Research

Recent DCC research studies and media coverage of research.

Recent Research

  • Houston, J.B., First, J., & Danforth, L. (2019). Student coping with the effects of disasters media coverage: A qualitative study of school staff perceptions. School Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Journal, 11, 522-534. doi: 10.1007/s12310-018-9295-y 

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-018-9295-y

  • Houston, J.B., Schraedley, M.A., Sorenson, M.E., Reed, K., & Saidi, J. (2019). Disaster journalism: Fostering citizen and community disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience across the disaster cycle. Disasters, 43, 591-611. doi:10.1111/disa.12352 

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/disa.12352

  • Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L., & First, J.* (2018). Disaster media effects: A systematic review and synthesis based on the differential susceptibility to media effects model. Journal of Communication, 68, 734-757. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqy023 

    https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/68/4/734/5003433

  • First, J.,* First, N.L., & Houston, J.B. (2017). Intimate partner violence and disasters: A framework for empowering women experiencing violence in disaster settings. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 32, 390-403doi: 10.1177/0886109917706338 

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886109917706338

  • Houston, J.B., First, J., Spialek, M.L., Sorenson, M.E., Mills-Sandoval, T., Lockett, M., First, N.L., Nitiéma, P., Allen, S.F., & Pfefferbaum, B. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of the resilience and coping intervention (RCI) with undergraduate university students. Journal of American College Health, 65, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826

    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826?journalCode=vach20

  • J. Brian Houston , Jennifer First, Matthew L. Spialek, Mary E. Sorenson, Megan Koch (2016). Public Disaster Communication and Child and Family Disaster Mental Health: a Review of Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports. doi: 10.1007/s11920-016-0690-5

    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11920-016-0690-5

  • Houston, J.B. (2015). Bouncing forward: Assessing advances in community resilience assessment, intervention, and theory to guide future work. American Behavioral Scientist, 59, 175-180. doi:10.1177/0002764214550294

    http://abs.sagepub.com/content/59/2/175.abstract

  • Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L., Cox, J., Greenwood, M., & First, J. (2015). The centrality of media and communication in fostering community resilience: A framework for assessment and intervention. American Behavioral Scientist, 59, 270-283. doi: 10.1177/0002764214548563

    http://abs.sagepub.com/content/59/2/270.abstract

  • Houston, J.B., Pfefferbaum, B., Sherman, M.D., Melson, A.G., & Brand, M.W. (2013). Family communication across the military deployment experience: Child and spouse report of communication frequency and quality and associated emotions, behaviors, and reactions. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 18, 103-119. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2012.684576

    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15325024.2012.684576#.U72tE_ldV8E

Media Coverage and Presentations