CHANGE Lab Texas

Challenging Health disparities in Adolescents & Nurturing Global Empowerment

Publications

* Current graduate or undergraduate student who I mentored
# Former student current professional who I mentored
¥ Post-baccalaureate trainee who I mentored
^co-first authors

Note: Senior authorship conveyed in two ways: a) when a first author mentee is immediately preceding Thurston (consistent with psychology convention), b) when Thurston is last author (consistent with medical/public health convention)

2021

  • Napier, T. R., Howell, K. H., *Maye, C. E., Jamison, L. E., *Mandell, J. E., & Thurston, I. B. (Accepted). Demographic Factors, Personal Life Experiences and Types of Intimate Partner Violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

  • Thurston, I. B., Howell, K. H., *Kaufman, C. C., *Mandell, J. E., & *Decker, K. M. (In Press).  Parenting in Matched-Pairs of Women of Color Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence living with and without HIV. Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22737

  • ^Buchanan, N., ^Perez, M., ^Prinstein, M. J., & ^Thurston, I. B. (In Press). Upending Racism in Psychological Science: Strategies to Change How Our Science is Conducted, Reported, Reviewed & Disseminated. American Psychologist.

  • *Mandell, J. E., Howell, K. H., & Thurston, I. B. (In Press). Developmental Assets, Defiance, and Caregiver Communication among Black Adolescents with High Body Weights. Journal of Child and Family Studies.

  • Fix, R. L., Testa, E. G., Thurston, I. B., Gray, W., & Russell, M. (In Press). Anti-Racism Strategies in Pediatric Psychology: Your STYLE can improve community-police relations. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings.

  • Schwartz, L.E., Howell, K.H., Jamison, L.E., *Decker, K.M. & Thurston, I.B. (2021). Examining Resource-Driven Resilience and Intimate Partner Violence in Women. Partner Abuse, 12 (2), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1891/PA-2020-0017

  • Thurston, I. B., *Decker, K. M., *Kamody, R. C., *Kaufman, C. C., *Maye, C. E., Richmond, T. K., & Sonneville, K. R. (2021). The Scale Matters: Assessing Body Size with Figure Rating Scales in a Diverse Sample of Young Adults. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01166-9

  • *Kamody, R. C., Thurston, I. B., & Burton, E. T. (2021). Adolescent Engagement in a Binge-Eating Behavioral Health Intervention: Influence of Perceptions of Physical Appearance and Locus of Control. Children, 8 (2), 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020102

  • Jamison, L. E., Howell, K. H., *Decker, K. M., Schwartz, L. E., & Thurston, I. B. (2021). Associations between substance use and depressive symptoms among women experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1869646

  • *Decker, K. M., Thurston, I. B., Howell, K. H., Hasselle, A. J., & *Kamody, R. C. (2021). Associations between profiles of maternal strengths and positive parenting practices among mothers experiencing adversity. Parenting: Science and Practice, 21 (1), 1-23.https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2020.1729611

2020

  • Richmond, T. K., Thurston, I.B., & Sonneville, K.R. (2020). Weight-focused public health interventions: No benefit, some harm. JAMA Pediatrics, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4777

  • *Kaufman, C. C., *Paladino, J. P., *Porter, D. V., & Thurston, I. B. (2020). Psychological Research Examining Antisemitism in the United States: A Literature Review. Antisemitism Studies, 4(2), 237-269. https://doi.org/10.2979/antistud.4.2.03

  • Marks, L. R., Thurston, I. B., *Kamody, R. C., & Schaeffer-Smith, M. (2020). The Role of Multiracial Identity Integration in the Relation between Discrimination and Depression in Multiracial Young Adults. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(4), 317-324. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000315

  • Howell, K. H., Schaefer, L. M., Hasselle, A. J., & Thurston, I. B. (2020). Social support as a moderator between syndemics and posttraumatic stress among women experiencing adversity. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2020.1783732

  • *Kaufman, C. C., Howell, K. H., *Mandell, J. E., Hasselle, A. J., & Thurston, I. B. (2020). Spirituality and Parenting among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Family Violence, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00158-0

  • Valrie, C., Thurston, I. B., & Santos, M. (2020). Co-guest editor. Introduction to the Special Issue: Addressing Health Disparities in Pediatric Psychology. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45 (8), 833-838. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa066

  • Pichon, L.C., Powell, T. W., Stubbs, A. W., Becton-Odum, N., Ogg, S., *Arnold, T., & Thurston, I. B. (2020). An exploration of U.S. southern faith leaders’ perspectives of sexuality and sexual health teachings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (16), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165734

  • Banks, G. G., Berlin, K. S., Keenan, M., Cook, J., Klages, K. L., Rybak, T. M., Ankney, R. L., Semenkovich, K., Cohen, R., Thurston, I. B., Diaz-Thomas, A., Alemzadeh, R., & Eddington, A. R. (2020). How Peer Conflict Profiles and Socio-Demographic Factors Influence Type 1 Diabetes Adaptation. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45 (6), 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa036

  • Nagata, J. M., Thurston, I. B., Karazsia, B. T., Woolridge, D., Buckelew, S. M., Murray, S. B., & Calzo, J. P. (2020). Self-Reported Eating Disorders and Sleep Disturbances in Young Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 26, 695–702 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00888-6

  • *Kamody, R. C., Thurston, I. B., & Burton, E. T. (2020). Acceptance-based skill acquisition and cognitive reappraisal in a culturally responsive treatment for binge eating in adolescence. Eating Disorders, 28, 184-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2020.1731055

  • *Kamody, R.C., Howell, K.H., Schwartz, L.E., & Schaefer, L.M., & Thurston, I. B. (2020). A Cross-Sectional Examination of Intimate Partner Violence and Mother-Child Communication. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 1363-1373.

  • Hasselle, A. J., Howell, K. H., Thurston, I. B., *Kamody, R. C., & Crossnine, C. B. (2020). Childhood Exposure to Partner Violence as a Moderator of Current Partner Violence and Negative Parenting. Violence Against Women, 26, 851-869. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219847291.

2019

  • *Kaufman, C, C., Thurston, I. B., Howell, K. H., & Crossnine, C. B. (2019). Associations between spirituality and mental health in women exposed to adversity. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 12, 400-408. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000254

  • *Hardin, R. N., Thurston, I. B., Howell, K. H., *Kamody, R. C., & *Kaufman, C. C. (2019). External Predictors of Community Cohesion in Women Living with HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 31, 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000123

  • Hipp, T. N., Gore, K. R., *Toumayan, A. C., Anderson, M. B., & Thurston, I. B. (2019). From Conversion toward Affirmation: Psychology, civil rights, and experiences of gender-diverse communities in Memphis. American Psychologist, 74, 882-897. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000558
  • Archer, C. M., Jiang, X., Thurston, I. B., & Floyd, R. G. (2019). The Differential Effects of Perceived Social Support on Adolescent Hope: Testing the Moderating Effects of Age and Gender. Child Indicators Research, 12, 2079–2094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-019-9628-x
  • *Kamody, R. C., Thurston, I. B., Pluhar, E. I., Han, J. C., & Burton, E. T. (2019). Implementing a condensed dialectical behavior therapy skills group for binge eating behaviors in adolescents. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 24, 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-018-0580-4

  • *Maclin-Akinyemi, C., Thurston, I. B., Howell, K. H., Jamison, L. E., & *Anderson, M. B. (2019). The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity and Community Cohesion on Substance Use among Black Women Experiencing Adversity. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1622477

  • Mimiaga, M. J., Bogart, L. M., Thurston, I. B., Santostefano, C. M., Closson, E. F., Skeer, M. R., Biello, K. B., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Positive Strategies to Enhance Problem-Solving Skills (STEPS): A Pilot Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent, Technology-Enhanced, Customizable Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention for HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 33, 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2018.0138

2018

  • *Kaufman, C.C., Thurston, I.B., *Maclin-Akinyemi, C., *Hardin, R.N., *Decker, K.M., & *Kamody, R.C. (2018). Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults with Overweight and Obesity. Journal of American College Health, 68, 148-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1536057

  • Howell, K.H., Thurston, I.B., Hasselle, A.J., *Decker, K., & Jamison, L.E. (2018). Systemic Factors associated with Prosocial Skills and Maladaptive Functioning in Youth Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

  • Schaefer, L. M., Howell, K. H., Thurston, I. B., *Kaufman, C. C., & Hasselle, A. H.(2018). Protective Factors Associated with Fewer Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

  • Thurston, I. B., Howell, K.H., *Kamody, R.C., *Maclin-Akinyemi, C., & *Mandell, J. (2018). Resilience as a Moderator between Syndemics and Depression in Mothers Living with HIV. AIDS Care, 30, 1257-1264. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1446071

  • Burton, E. T., Smith, W. A., Thurston, I. B., Gray, E., Perry, V., Jogal, S., & Han, J. C. (2018). Interdisciplinary Management of Pediatric Obesity: Lessons Learned in the Midsouth. Clinical Pediatrics, 57, 509-518.

  • Howell, K. H., Thurston, I. B., Schwartz, L. E., Jamison, L. E., & Hasselle, A. J. (2018). Protective Factors Associated with Resilience in Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Psychology of Violence, 8, 438-447.

  • *Decker, K. M., Thurston, I. B., & *Kamody, R. C. (2018). The Mediating Role of Internalized Weight Stigma on Weight Perception and Depression among Emerging Adults: Exploring Moderation by Weight and Race. Body Image, 27, 202-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.10.004

  • Pluhar, E. I., *Kamody, R. C., Sanchez, J., Thurston, I. B., & Burton, E. T. (2018). Description of an Intervention to Treat Binge-Eating Behaviors among Adolescents: Applying the Template for Intervention Description and Replication. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51, 1128-1133.

  • *Kamody, R. C., Thurston, I. B., *Decker, K. M., *Kaufman, C. C., Sonneville, K. R., & Richmond, T. K. (2018). Relating Shape/Weight Based Self-Esteem, Depression, and Anxiety with Weight and Perceived Physical Health among Young Adults. Body Image, 25, 168-176.

  • Thurston, I. B., *Hardin, R., *Kamody, R.C., Herbozo, S., & *Kaufman, C. (2018). The Moderating Role of Resilience on the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Binge Eating Symptoms among Young Adult Women. Eating Behaviors, 29, 114-119.

  • Thurston, I.B., & Howell, K.H. (2018). To Screen or Not to Screen: Overreliance on Risk without Protective Factors in Violence Research. Pediatrics, 141, e20180075.

  • *Kaufman, C.C. & Thurston, I.B. (2018). JPP Student Journal Club Commentary: Toward a More Complete Understanding of Disruption and Resilience among Latino and Non-Latino White Youth with Spina Bifida. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43, 120-121.

  • Thurston, I. B., *Hardin, R., *Decker, K., *Arnold, T., Howell, K. H., and Phares, V. (2018). Black and White Parents’ Willingness to Seek Help for Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74, 161–177.