Lindsey Nichols
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Nichols' research focuses on understanding substance use behaviors and mental health among young people. Nichols seeks to study variability in substance use treatment and intervention effects by identifying salient risk and protective factors, as well as promoting treatment outcomes and improving continuing care supports. Nichols also has expertise in research synthesis methods and has published in various clinical psychology and substance use focused peer-reviewed journals, and serves on the review board of Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
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Explores themes related to students’ experiences of recovery, including their recovery needs and challenges while also attending college. Findings offer insight into barriers and facilitators to recovery among colleges students and are discussed in terms of their implications for primary stakeholders at institutions of higher education to support college students in substance use recovery.
Examines whether school and community connectedness buffer the relationships between mental health conditions and suicide risk in a clinical sample of adolescents with histories of substance use disorders. Findings suggest clinical populations of adolescents may benefit from approaches aiming to promote social connectedness, further supporting a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention.
Reviews and analyzes crime intervention programs to assess their effectiveness in reducing individual recidivism. Findings show that crime intervention programs were associated with statistically significant reductions in recidivism regardless of outcome type.
Evaluates the reliability and validity of an abridged 17-item version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) among adolescents recovering from substance use disorders and their parents. Results supported a three-factor model (Positive Parenting, Poor Monitoring, and Inconsistent Discipline) that predicted adolescents’ later behavior problems.
Presents a recovery capital–based framework for evaluating Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs), proposing a theory of change and logic model grounded in recovery capital theory and providing a data collection toolkit to guide future evaluations.
Explores differences between parent and adolescent reports of parenting practices and how these discrepancies relate to mental health outcomes among youth with substance use disorder histories. Finds that while single-informant reports were mostly unrelated to symptoms, discrepancies between parent and adolescent perceptions of positive parenting and poor monitoring were linked to adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems.
Describes the mental and behavioral health histories and treatment utilization among students enrolled in Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs). Results indicate a complex history of mental health and substance use recovery needs among students.
Explores the associations between individual, peer, family, community, and school-level risk and protective factors and opioid use among adolescents with histories of substance use disorders (SUDs). Findings show that adolescents with antisocial traits, parents with substance abuse histories, and those who perceived substances as easily available were more likely to report lifetime opioid use.
Explores reentry experiences of people who have been recently released from prison with a specific focus on their experiences with substance use during the reentry process. Findings suggest complex histories of substance use spanning ecological contexts, including family, neighborhood, and corrections facilities as well as provide support for the pervasive and persistent nature of substance use among previously incarcerated individuals.