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  • Publications

  • 2023

    • Metzger, I. W., Jernigan-Noesi, M., Jones, S. C. T., Turner, E. A., Saleem, F., Jackson, J., Anderson, R. E., Bartolomeo, L. A., Tineo, P., Opara, I., (in press, 2023). Power to the People: Measuring Social Media and Mass Media Impact for Promotion and Tenure in Social and Applied Sciences. Higher Education Policy.
    • Henderson, D. X., Bond, G. D., Metzger, I., Griffin, C., Lee, A. K., Corneille, M., Sisneros, C., & Solis-Perez, F., (in press, 2023). Write it all Away: The Value of Writing on Emotional Regulation in Remembering Adverse Racial Experiences from School. Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice.
    • Kerr, J., Smith, A., Nzama, N., Bullock, N. A., Chandler, C., Osezua, V., Johnson, K., Rozema, I., Metzger, I. W., Harris, L., Bond, K., & Rice, B., (in press, 2023). Systematic Review of Neighborhood Factors Impacting Continuum of Care Participation in the United States. American Journal of Public Health.
    • Faber, S. C., Metzger, I. W., La Torre, J., Fisher, C., & Williams, M. T., (2023). The Illusion of Inclusion: Contextual Behavioral Science and the Black Community. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(217833):1-18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1217833  
    • Gilmore, A. K., García-Ramírez, G., Fortson, K., Salamanca, N. K., Mullican, K. N., Metzger, I. W., Leone, R. M., Kaysen, D. L., Orchowski, L. M., Davis, K. C. (2023). The association between alcohol use and sexual assault victimization among college students differs by gender identity and race. Addictive Behaviors, 149, 107892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107892
    • Burton, K. L., Ritchwood, T. D., & Metzger, I. W. (2023). Structural Racism and Racial Trauma Among African Americans at Elevated Risk for HIV Infection. American Journal of Public Health, 113(S2), S102-S106. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307223
    • Metzger, I. W., Moreland, A., Garrett, R., Quiones, K., Spivey, B.*, Hamilton, J.*, & Lopez, C. M. (2023). Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231169782 
    • Metzger, I., Turner, E., Jernigan-Noesi, M., Fisher, S., Nguyen, J.*, Griffith, B., & Shodiya-Zeumault, S.*, (2023). Conceptualizing Community Mental Health Service Utilization for BIPOC Youth. [Special Issue] Advancing Racial Justice in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2023.2202236 
    • Opara, I., Metzger, I. W., Dawoud, S., Pierre, K., Assan, A., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R., (2023). "It makes me feel like I can make a difference": A Qualitative Exploration on Peer Mentoring with Black and Hispanic High School Students. Youth Journal. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3020034 
    • Desrosiers, A., Bond, L., Hoffman, M., Kumar, P., Schafer, C., Metzger, I. W., Vandi, A., Hinton, M., & Betancourt, T.S. (in press, 2023). Exploring Naturalistic Diffusion of an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention Across Peer Networks of Youth in Sierra Leone. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054059
    • Spivey, B. N.*, Abrams, J.A., Watson-Singleton, N. N., & Metzger, I. W. (in press, 2023). “I Can Do Bad All By Myself”: Social support beliefs mediate the link between Strong Black Woman schema and depressive symptoms. Sex Roles.
    • Faber, S., Williams, M. T., Metzger, I., MacIntyre, M, Duniya, C., Cénat, J. M., Strauss, D., & Vina Goghari, V., (2023) Lions at the Gate: How Weaponization of Policy Prevents People of Color from Becoming Professional Psychologists in Canada. Canadian Psychology, 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000352
    • Fortson, K.*, Metzger, I., Leone, R., Lopez, C., & Gilmore. A.K. (2023). Race- and University-Specific Norms Associated with Alcohol Use among Black College Students. Addictive Behaviors, 136, 107487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107487 

     

  • 2022

    • Kwon, E., Metzger, I., & Kogan, S. M. (2022). Racial Discrimination and Conduct Problems Among Black American Youth: The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Racial Socialization. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(4), 488-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.05.007 
    • Rajbhandari‐Thapa, J., Metzger, I., Ingels, J., Thapa, K., & Chiang, K. (2022). School Climate Related Determinants of Physical Activity Among High School Girls and Boys. Journal of Adolescence, 94(4), 642-655. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12052 
    • Carter, S., Mekawi, Y., Sheikh, I., Sanders, A. A., Packard, G., Harnett, N., & Metzger, I. (2022). Approaching Mental Health Equity in Neuroscience for Black Women Across the Lifespan: Biological Embedding of Racism From Black Feminist Conceptual Frameworks. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7, 1235–1241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.08.007.
    • Griffin, C. B., Gray, D., Hope, E., Metzger, I. W., & Henderson, D. X. (2022). Do Coping Responses and Racial Identity Promote School Engagement Among Black Youth? Applying an Equity-Elaborated Social-Emotional Learning Lens. Urban Education, 57(2), 198-223. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085920933346.

     

  • 2021

    • Metzger, I., Anderson, R., Are, F.*, & Ritchwood, T. (2021). Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization into TF-CBT for African American Youth. 26(1) 17-27. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559520921457.
    • Anderson, R., Jones, S. C. T., Metzger, I., Saleem, F., Anyiwo, N., Nisbeth, K., Bess, K., Resnicow, K., & Stevenson, H. (2021). Interrupting the pathway from discrimination to psychological outcomes: The contribution of racial worries and racial socialization competency. Child Development, 92(6), 2375-2394. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13607 
    • Stewart, R. W., Orengo-Aguayo, R., Wallace, M., Metzger, I. W., & Rheingold, A. A. (2021). Leveraging technology and cultural adaptations to increase access and engagement among trauma-exposed African American youth: Exploratory study of school-based telehealth delivery of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(15-16), 7090-7109.. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519831380.

  • 2020

    • Anderson, R., Metzger, I., Applewhite, K., Sawyer, B., Jackson, W., Flores, S., McKenny, M., & Carter, R. (2020). Hands Up, Now What?: Black Families’ Reactions to Racial Socialization Interventions to Reduce Racial Stress for Black Youth. Journal of Youth Development. 93-109. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2020.755
    • Bountress, K. E., Gilmore, A.K., Metzger, I.W., Aggen, S.H., Tomko, R.L., Danielson, C.K., Williamson, V., Vladimirov, V., Ruggiero, K., & Amstadter, A.B. (2020). The impact of disaster exposure severity: Cascading effects across parental distress, adolescent PTSD symptoms, and parent-child conflict and communication. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113293.
    • Ritchwood, T., Malo, V., Jones, C., Metzger, I., Atujuna, M., Marcus, R., Conserve, D., Handler, L., & Bekker, L. G. (2020). Healthcare retention and clinical outcomes among adolescents living with HIV after transition from pediatric to adult care: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09312-1.
    • Metzger, I., Cooper, S., Griffin, C. B., Golden, A.*, Opara, I., & Ritchwood, T., (2020). Parenting Profiles of Academic and Racial Socialization: Associations with Academic Engagement and Perception of Academic Ability of African American Adolescents. Journal of School Psychology. 82;36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2020.07.001.
    • Opara, I., Lardier Jr. D.T., Metzger, I., Herrera, A., Franklin, L., Garcia-Reid, & Reid R. J., (2020). “Bullets have no names”: A qualitative exploration of community trauma. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01764-8.
    • Jones, S. T., Anderson, R., & Metzger, I., (2020). “Standing in the Gap”: The continued importance of culturally competent therapeutic interventions for Black youth. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 3, 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2020.1796546.
    • Salami, T., Lawson, E., & Metzger, I., (2020). The Impact of Microaggressions on African American College Students’ Worry about Their Future Employment: The Moderating Role of Campus Support and GPA. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000340.
    • Opara, I., Assan, M.A., Pierre, K., Gunn, J III., Metzger, I., Hamilton* J., & Arugu, E. (2020). Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers & Clinicians. Journal of Black Studies, 51(6), 611-631. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934720935641
    • Griffin, C. B., Metzger, I., Halliday-Boykins, C., & Salazar, C. (2020). Racial Fairness, School Engagement, and Discipline Outcomes in African American High School Students: The Important Role of Gender. School Psychology Review, 49(3), 222-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2020.1726810.
    • Henderson, D., Jones, J., McLeod, K., Jackson, K., Lunsford, A., & Metzger, I. (2020). A Phenomenological Study of Racial Harassment in School and Emotional Effects the Retrospective Accounts of Older Black Adolescents. The Urban Review, 52, 458-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-020-00551-5.
    • Jones, S., Anderson, R., Gaskin-Wasson, A., Sawyer, B. Applewhite, K., & Metzger, I., (2020). From “Crib to Coffin”: Navigating Coping from Racism-Related Stress throughout the Lifespan of Black Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 90(2), 267. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000430.

  • Research spotlights - 2020

  • 2019

    • Cooper, S. M., Metzger, I., Georgeson, A., Golden, A. R.*, Burnett, M., & White, C. N. (2019). Communicative Support and Parental Knowledge among African American Residential Fathers: Longitudinal Associations with Adolescent Substance Use. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(12), 3433-3445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01525-2.
    • Ritchwood, T., Metzger, I., Powell, T., Vander Schaff, E., Wynn, M., Zhou, W., Lin, F., Corbie-Smith, G., & Akers, A. (2019). How Does Pubertal Development Impact Caregiver-Adolescent Communication about Sex in Rural, African American Families? An Examination of Mediation Effects. Journal of Early Adolescence, 39(8), 1129-1153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618806054.
    • Apatu, E., Hamadi, H., Abrams, J., Metzger, I., & Spaulding, A. (2019). Association between Hospital Community Services and County Population Health in the United States. Journal of Public Health, 41(1), 71-79.. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy007. 

  • 2018

    • Williams, M. T., Metzger, I. W., Leins, C., & DeLapp, C. (2018). Assessing racial trauma within a DSM–5 framework: The Uconn Racial/Ethnic Stress & Trauma Survey. Practice Innovations, 3(4), 242-260. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000076.
    • Jaffe, A. E., Bountress, K. E., Metzger, I. W., Maples-Keller, J. L., Pinsky, H. T., George, W. H., & Gilmore, A. K. (2018). Student Engagement and Comfort During a Web-Based Personalized Feedback Intervention for Alcohol and Sexual Assault. Addictive Behaviors, 82, 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.020.
    • Walker, J. H., Bountress, K. E., Calhoun, C. D., Metzger, I. W., Adams, Z. W., Amstadter, A., Thomas, S. & Danielson, C. K. (2018). Impulsivity and Comorbid PTSD-Binge Drinking. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 14(2), 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2018.1439212.
    • Golden, A. R.*, Griffin, C. B., Metzger, I., & Cooper, S. M. (2018). School Racial Climate and Academic Outcomes in African American Adolescents: The Protective Role of Peers. Journal of Black Psychology, 44, 47-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798417736685
    • Neilson, E. C., Bird, E. R., Metzger, I., George, W. H., Norris, J., & Gilmore, A. K., (2018). Understanding Sexual Assault Risk Perception in College: Associations among Sexual Assault History, Drinking to Cope, and Alcohol Use. Addictive Behaviors, 78, 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.11.022.

  • Research spotlights - 2018

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  • 2017

    • Metzger, I., Blevins, C., Calhoun, C., Ritchwood, T., Gilmore, A., Stewart, R., Bountress, K. (2017). An Examination of the Impact of Maladaptive Coping on the Association between Stressor Type and Alcohol Use in College. Journal of American College Health, 65, 534-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2017.1351445.
    • Ritchwood, T.D., Powell, T. W., Metzger, I. W., Dave, G., Corbie-Smith, G., Atujuna, M., Vander Schaaf, E., Wynn, M., Lin, F., Zhou, W., & Akers, A.Y. (2017). Understanding the Relationship between Religiosity and Caregiver-Adolescent Communication about Sex within African-American Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 2979-2989. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0810-9.
    • Griffin, C. B., Cooper, S. M., Metzger, I., Golden, A., & White, C. N. (2017). School Racial Climate and the Academic Achievement of African American High School Students: The Mediating Role of School Engagement. Psychology in the Schools, 54, 673-688. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22026. 
    • Bountress, K., Metzger, I., Maples-Keller, J., & Gilmore, A. (2017). Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors: Secondary Analyses from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Web-Based Alcohol Intervention for Underage, Heavy Episodic Drinking College Women, Addiction Research & Theory, 25:4, 302-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2016.1271416.
    • Metzger, I., Cooper, S. M., Ritchwood, T. D., Onyeuku, C., & Griffin, C. B. (2017). Profiles of African American College Students’ Alcohol Use and Sexual Behaviors: Associations with Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Social Support. The Journal of Sex Research, 54(3), 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1179709. 

  • Research spotlight - 2017

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  • 2016

    • Ritchwood, T.D., DeCoster, J, Metzger, I., Bolland, J., & Danielson, C.K. (2016). Does it Really Matter which Drug you Choose? An Examination of the Influence of Type of Drug on Type of Risky Sexual Behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 60, 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.022.
    • Stewart, R.W., Tuerk, P.W., Metzger, I., Davidson, T.M., & Young, J. (2016). A Decision Tree Approach to the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Engineering Empirically Rigorous and Ecologically Valid Assessment Measures. Psychological Services, 13, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000069. 

  • 2015

    • Andrews III, A. R., Jobe-Shields, L., López, C. M., Metzger, I. W., de Arellano, M. A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2015). Polyvictimization, Income, and Ethnic Differences in Trauma-Related Mental Health During Adolescence. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 50(8), 1223-1234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1077-3.
    • Cooper, S.M., Smalls-Glover, C., Metzger, I., & Brown, C. (2015). African American Fathers' Racial Socialization Patterns: Associations with and Racial Identity Beliefs and Discrimination Experiences. Family Relations, 64, 278-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12115.
    • Cooper, S.M., White-Johnson, R., Brown Griffin, C., Metzger, I., Avery, M., Eaddy, H., Shephard, C., & Guthrie, B. (2015). Community Involvement and Reduced Risk Behavior Engagement among African American Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Empowerment Beliefs. Journal of Black Psychology, 41, 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798414536225.

  • 2013

    • Cooper, S. M., Brown, C., Metzger, I., Clinton, Y., & Guthrie, B. (2013). Racial Discrimination and African American Adolescents’ Adjustment: Gender Variation in Family and Community Social Support, Promotive and Protective Factors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-012-9608-y.
    • Metzger, I., Cooper, S. M., Flory, K., & Zarrett, N. (2013). Culturally Sensitive Risk-Behavior Prevention Programs for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 16, 187-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-013-0133-3.
    • Williams, R. S., Terry, N. P., & Metzger, I., (2013). Kid Categories: A Comparison of the Category Productions of LSES and MSES Elementary School Children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 34, 71-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740112460368.

  • 2011

    • Cooper, S.M., Guthrie, B.J., Brown, C.L., & Metzger, I. (2011). Daily Hassles and African American Adolescent Females’ Psychological Functioning: Direct and Interactive Associations with Gender Role Orientation. Sex Roles, 65, 397-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0019-0.
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