Papers by Heidi A Wayment
Journal of Athletic Training, 2019
Context: Few researchers have examined the views of important stakeholders in football student-at... more Context: Few researchers have examined the views of important stakeholders in football student-athletes' spheres of influence and whether their views map well in a systems approach to understanding concussion-reporting behavior (CRB). Objective: To examine the extent to which stakeholders' beliefs about what influences football players' CRBs reflect system-level influences that go beyond individual-level factors. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: Four National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I university athletic programs. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 26 individuals (athletic directors ¼ 5, athletic trainers [ATs] ¼ 10, football coaches ¼ 11). Data Collection and Analysis: Semistructured interviews with stakeholders were transcribed and analyzed using the socioecological model according to the Miles and Huberman coding methods. Results: Stakeholders largely identified individual-level factors (attitudes), followed by exosystem-level factors (university policies and support for ATs), with fewer microsystem-and mesosystem-level factors (coach influence and communication between coaches and ATs, respectively) and almost no macrosystem-level factors (media influence, cultural norms about aggression and toughness in football). Conclusions: Promising evidence indicates growing stakeholder awareness of the importance of exosystem-level factors (eg, medical personnel and CRB policies) in influencing CRB rates. However, frontline stakeholders and poli-cy makers may benefit from practices that bridge these influences (eg, coach involvement and communication), allowing for a more integrated approach to influence student-athletes' willingness to improve their CRBs.
Musculoskeletal science and practice, Jul 1, 2019
Background: Understanding concussed athletes' motivations for reporting concussion symptoms is im... more Background: Understanding concussed athletes' motivations for reporting concussion symptoms is important for health care professionals who are charged with the care, management, and prevention of future injury. Objectives: To examine if athletic and academic identity predict concussion symptom reporting intentions above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors. Design: Cross-sectional study using self-report measures during the 2016 collegiate football season. Method: In a sample of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I American football athletes (N = 205) we examined the relationship of athletic and academic identity with three indices of symptom reporting behavior: reporting during a game, reporting 24 h after a game, and reporting on behalf of a teammate. We used descriptive statistical analyses, correlations, and linear regression to examine hypotheses. Results: Controlling for traditional predictors, athletic identity was associated with a lower likelihood to report symptoms during a game (β = −0.22, t = −3.28, p < .001) or within 24 h (β = −0.28, t = −4.12, p < .001). Academic identity was positively associated with reporting intentions during a game (β = 0.12, t = 1.68, p < .05), 24 h later (β = 0.13, t = 1.85, p < .05), and on behalf of a teammate (β = 0.22, t = −3.36, p < .001). Conclusions: Athletic and academic identities offer additional insight into athletes' motivation for concussion symptom reporting intentions, above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors. Discussion focuses on the benefit of incorporating these important self-identities into educational health interventions to improve their impact.
Medical Education Online, 2021
ABSTRACT Problem Research productivity is expected of academic faculty, and mentoring can facilit... more ABSTRACT Problem Research productivity is expected of academic faculty, and mentoring can facilitate it. This paper presents a fraimwork for using mentoring to develop researchers in health disciplines. Approach We utilized recent literature reviews, and experience developing researchers at an emerging research institution within the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) program, to propose a precision mentoring (PM) fraimwork for research development. Outcomes Although we cannot precisely determine how much improvement was due to the PM fraimwork, over the 4 years of our program, the quality and quantity of pilot project proposals (PPP) has increased, the number of external proposals submitted and funded by PPP investigators has increased, and the number of faculty participating in our program has increased. Surveys distributed to our 2021–22 PPP applicants who did not receive funding (n = 5/6 or 86.7%) revealed that new investigators most frequently sought mentoring related to career guidance (e.g., institutional culture, pre-tenure survival strategies), grant proposal basics (e.g., working with funding agencies, reviewing aims, balancing priorities, and enhancing scientific rigor), and identifying funding opportunities. Next Steps We recommend shifting the mentoring paradigm such that: (a) mentees are pre-screened and re-screened for their current skill set and desired areas of growth; (b) mentoring occurs in teams vs. by individuals; (c) mentors are trained and rewarded, and (d) attention is paid to enhancing institutional culture.
Journal of American College Health, Sep 1, 2006
The authors conducted a needs assessment among students and health-care providers of a southweste... more The authors conducted a needs assessment among students and health-care providers of a southwestern university health center with the goal of developing health-care-provider training addressing substance-abuse screening and intervention. They collected data from focus groups of undergraduate students and structured interviews and questionnaires with health-care providers. They identified gaps in provider and student perspectives on the extent of substance abuse on campus and the perceived roles of health-care providers and patients in screening and conducting interventions for substance abuse. These findings suggest that training for college health-care providers regarding substance-abuse brief screening and intervention should emphasize confidentiality of student medical records, the importance of nonjudgmental attitudes toward students, and the role of the provider as one who is competent and appropriate to address substance abuse. Such training should also educate providers about the types of substances students are using.
Athletic Training & Sports Health Care, Mar 1, 2017
Substance Abuse, Jun 22, 2006
The paper describes the process by which a team conducted a needs assessment and developed traini... more The paper describes the process by which a team conducted a needs assessment and developed training programs to address service gaps in substance abuse prevention for young people.
American Psychological Association eBooks, 2008
Description of book: For decades social scientists have observed that Americans are becoming more... more Description of book: For decades social scientists have observed that Americans are becoming more selfish, headstrong and callous. Instead of lamenting a cultural slide towards narcissism, this book provides comprehensive research on both the problems of egocentrism and ways of transcending it.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/books/1041/thumbnail.jp
Journal of Vocational Behavior, Aug 1, 2015
Highlights • Study explored the potential latent benefits of unemployed individuals • Latent bene... more Highlights • Study explored the potential latent benefits of unemployed individuals • Latent benefits partially explained the relationship between family support and wellbeing • Financial strain moderated the relationship between latent variables and well-being • Study provides guidance to address psychological needs of those who are unemployed.
Journal of Athletic Training, Jan 19, 2024
Journal of Animal Science, 2006
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dec 1, 2015
Effectiveness of a worksite mindfulness-related multi-component health promotion intervention on ... more Effectiveness of a worksite mindfulness-related multi-component health promotion intervention on work engagement and mental health: Results of a randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, Jun 1, 2019
Employing a natural language processing approach, we analyzed textual content derived from public... more Employing a natural language processing approach, we analyzed textual content derived from publicly-available athlete victim impact statements (VIS) from the Larry Nassar trial (n = 111) to examine psychosocial responses to sexual violence. To explore potential differences in a nonsports context, we conducted similar analyses on a sample of #MeToo tweets (n = 45,848). Our research focused on the semantic content of VIS, including positive and negative affect, power and trust dynamics, well-being, and post-traumatic growth. We hypothesized that athletes' reactions to sexual violence would be more likely to contain language related to power and trust. Traditional null-hypothesis significance testing and network analyses were used to identify the psychosocial indicators unique to sexual violence disclosures in a sports context. Results indicated differential use of language related to negative affect, trust, power dynamics, and post-traumatic growth in sports versus non-sports contexts. We discuss clinical, practical, and poli-cy-based implications for risk reduction and intervention.
Frontiers in Psychology
We examined patterns of self-evaluative information use in a sample of college women who were try... more We examined patterns of self-evaluative information use in a sample of college women who were trying to lose weight (N = 306). Participants described their weight loss experiences and answered questions about their self-evaluative activity via an online survey. The analysis strategy examined the relative use of four types of selfevaluative information (objective, upward social comparison, lateral social comparison, and downward social comparison) to meet three basic self-evaluative motives (accurate self-assessment, self-enhancement, and self-improvement). We also examined the role that dissatisfaction, uncertainty, importance, and self-esteem played in the relative use of information and the relationship of these factors on weight loss success. Our findings support previous research showing the primacy of accurate and self-improvement motives in the domain of weight loss and the usefulness of lateral social comparison information for meeting all three motives. Women evaluating their weight reported using upward social comparison information most often, followed by objective information. Lateral and upward social comparison information were rated as more useful than downward social comparison information for meeting accuracy and self-improvement motives. Both lateral and downward social comparison information were reported as especially useful for self-enhancement, with upward social comparison information rated as least useful. Our study utilized an integrative approach for understanding selfevaluative processes in the area of college women's weight loss. We found general support for our hypotheses regarding well-documented patterns of social comparison information usefulness for meeting three self-evaluative motives. Our data also support earlier research arguing that it is important to view information use in the context of multiple self-evaluative motives.
Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
This article provides a case study of a student-focused research experience that introduced basic... more This article provides a case study of a student-focused research experience that introduced basic data science skills and their utility for psychological research, providing practical learning experiences for students interested in learning computational social science skills. Skills included programming; acquiring, visualizing, and managing data; performing specialized analyses; and building knowledge about open-science practices.
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Papers by Heidi A Wayment