Fava, Nicole Graduate Faculty
- Associate Professor, School of Social Work , Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work
Overview
research interests
- Healthy adolescent and young adult development, sexual health and well-being, trauma, childhood maltreatment, adverse childhood experiences; Adolescence
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2026Beyond the family: Peer and neighborhood contexts buffer the effects of childhood threat and deprivation on adolescent functioning. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 176.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108049 Web of Science: 001750416100001
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2026"Uncle maria you look beautiful": experiences of family acceptance among transgender women of color in South FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2479186 Web of Science: 001467654000001
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2025"They Think Transgender is Like Something on the Side:" Perceptions of Transgender Women of Color of Cisgender Members of the LGBTQIA plus "Community". JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY. 72:2534-2563.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2433047 Web of Science: 001370009200001
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2024Internalizing Pathways to Adolescent Substance Use from Adverse Childhood Experiences. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 21.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21111408
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2024How Adults From the General Population Define Trauma: Highlighting a Need for a Broader and More Inclusive UnderstandingFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/trm0000422 Web of Science: 000887968200001
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2024Sexual Self-Concept After Child Maltreatment: The Role of Resilient Coping and Sexual Experience Among US Young Adults. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 53:359-373.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10508-023-02706-3 Web of Science: 001091440000001
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2023Adverse childhood experiences, sleep problems, low self-control, and adolescent delinquency: A longitudinal serial mediation analysis. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 35:1868-1877.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0954579422000530 Web of Science: 000808354200001
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2023Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts the Link between Child Abuse and Adolescent Internalizing Problems. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 52:1313-1324.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-023-01775-w Web of Science: 000970737800002
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2022#BlueGirl: A study of collective trauma on Twitter. JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS. 35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jts.22865 Web of Science: 000834794900001
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2022The Mediating Effect of Maternal Wellbeing on the Association between Neighborhood Perception and Child Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Investigation. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL. 26:2070-2078.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10995-022-03490-7 Web of Science: 000836986500002
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2022Sexual health education: the untapped and unmeasured potential of US-based websites. SEX EDUCATION-SEXUALITY SOCIETY AND LEARNING. 22:335-347.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2021.1935227 Web of Science: 000661373300001
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2021Trauma-Informed Sex Positive Approaches to Sexual Pleasure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH. 33:537-549.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1961965 Web of Science: 000698927800001
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2021Longitudinal Effects of Peer, School, and Parenting Contexts on Substance Use Initiation in Middle AdolescenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2021.1932660 Web of Science: 000658545700001
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2021"Is there anything else you would like me to know?": Applying a trauma-informed approach to the administration of the adverse childhood experiences questionnaire. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY. 49:1079-1099.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22562 Web of Science: 000635352000001
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2021At risk and in love: A mixed methodexamination of the link between childhood maltreatment and youth relationships. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE. 87:28-37.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.12.007 Web of Science: 000620287200004
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2020Associations Between Sexual Trauma and Sexual Relationship Power Among Latina Immigrant Farmworkers: The Moderating Role of Gender Norms. JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS. 33:1093-1101.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jts.22561 Web of Science: 000548301900001
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2020Psychometric Properties of a Comprehensive Parenting Practice Measure for Parents of AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10560-019-00627-6 Web of Science: 000511755200005
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2019Childhood adversity, externalizing behavior, and substance use in adolescence: Mediating effects of anterior cingulate cortex activation during inhibitory errors. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 31:1439-1450.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0954579418001025 Web of Science: 000483712300018
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2019Factors influencing attrition in 35 Alzheimer's Disease Centers across the USA: a longitudinal examination of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center's Uniform Data Set. AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 31:1283-1297.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40520-018-1087-6 Web of Science: 000478885700012
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2019Effects of Traumatic Incident Reduction on Posttraumatic Symptoms in a Community-Based Agency. RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 29:401-409.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1049731517745993 Web of Science: 000463915700004
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2019Immigration Stress among Recent Latino Immigrants: The Protective Role of Social Support and Religious Social Capital. SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 34:279-292.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2019.1606749 Web of Science: 000471793900001
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2019Sex differences in the development of mild cognitive impairment and probable Alzheimer's disease as predicted by hippocampal volume or white matter hyperintensities. JOURNAL OF WOMEN & AGING. 31:140-164.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2018.1419476 Web of Science: 000459910000005
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2018A resilience framework: Sexual health trajectories of youth with maltreatment histories. JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & DISSOCIATION. 19:444-460.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2018.1451974 Web of Science: 000428863100005
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2017Resilience in the context of fragility: Development of a multidimensional measure of child wellbeing within the Fragile Families dataset. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 81:358-367.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.08.023 Web of Science: 000412616400040
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2016Patient-Centered Participatory Research in Three Health Clinics: Benefits, Challenges, and Lessons Learned. WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH. 38:1509-1530.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0193945916654665 Web of Science: 000385960300007
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2016What are we missing? Risk behaviors among Arab-American adolescents and emerging adults. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS. 28:493-502.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12352 Web of Science: 000385610900006
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2016Perceptions of general and parenting-specific posttraumatic change among postpartum mothers with histories of childhood maltreatment. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 56:20-29.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.04.007 Web of Science: 000377055500003
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2015Positive and Negative Posttraumatic Change Following Childhood Sexual Abuse Are Associated With Youths' Adjustment. CHILD MALTREATMENT. 20:278-290.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1077559515590872 Web of Science: 000363331800007
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2014What Puts "At-Risk Girls" at Risk? Sexual Vulnerability and Social Inequality in the Lives of Girls in the Child Welfare System. SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY. 11:116-125.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13178-013-0142-5 Web of Science: 000336405200003
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2014Refining the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale: An Alternative Confirmatory Factor Analysis. SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH. 38:47-58.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/swr/svu006 Web of Science: 000335900700006
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2013Trauma-informed sexuality education: recognising the rights and resilience of youth. SEX EDUCATION-SEXUALITY SOCIETY AND LEARNING. 13:383-394.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2012.745808 Web of Science: 000343710100002
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2012Young women's adolescent experiences of oral sex: Relation of age of initiation to sexual motivation, sexual coercion, and psychological functioning. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE. 35:1191-1201.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.03.010 Web of Science: 000325600000008
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2011Adolescent Girls' Assessment and Management of Sexual Risks: Insights From Focus Group Research. YOUTH & SOCIETY. 43:1167-1193.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10384475 Web of Science: 000293641600014
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2011Young Women's Experiences and Perceptions of Cunnilingus during Adolescence. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH. 48:531-542.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2010.535221 Web of Science: 000299253400003
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Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary impact of mindfulness-based yoga among Hispanic/Latinx adolescents. EXPLORE-THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING. 18:299-305.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2021.03.002 Web of Science: 000803721500009
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Patient-Centered Communication and Health Assessment With Youth. NURSING RESEARCH. 62:383-393.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000005 Web of Science: 000326944400004
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The Effect of a Youth-Centered Sexual Risk Event History Calendar (SREHC) Assessment on Sexual Risk Attitudes, Intentions, and Behavior. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE. 31:302-313.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2016.09.004 Web of Science: 000402480000008
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Conference
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2019Examining the Link Between Childhood Adversity and Youth Sexual Relationships. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH. A192-A192.Web of Science: 000489340400343
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2017RELATION BETWEEN CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY, EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR, AND SUBSTANCE USE IN ADOLESCENCE: MEDIATING EFFECTS OF BRAIN PROCESSES. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 243A-243A.Web of Science: 000402419601396
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2011THWARTED SEXUAL AGENCY: NARRATIVES FROM ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE US CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE. 216-216.Web of Science: 000291345300538
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Review
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2025Lifetime Sexual Revictimization in Military Populations: A Scoping Review. TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/15248380251383936 Web of Science: 001607100600001
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2024Examining the Relationships Among Adverse Experiences, Impulsivity, and Alcohol Use: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature. 210-228.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40429-024-00552-4 Web of Science: 001194664300001
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2023Digital Interventions for the Mental Health and Well-Being of International Migrants: A Systematic Review. RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 518-529.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/10497315221118854 Web of Science: 000838610000001
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2020Exploring How Trauma Is Addressed in Sexual Education Interventions for Youth: A Scoping Review. HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR. 880-893.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1090198120954398 Web of Science: 000567855400001
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2019Parent-Focused Preventive Interventions for Youth Substance Use and Problem Behaviors: A Systematic Review. RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 420-442.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1049731517753686 Web of Science: 000463915700006
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Research
principal investigator on
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment: University Community Partnership. awarded by Children's Trust 2024 - 2025
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment: University Community Partnership. awarded by Children's Trust 2023 - 2024
- South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2021 - 2024
- South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2021 - 2024
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2022 - 2023
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2021 - 2022
- Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force To Combat Human Trafficking awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2020 - 2022
- Human Trafficking Program Evaluation awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2020 - 2022
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2020 - 2021
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2019 - 2020
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2018 - 2019
- Trauma-informed screening & treatment in community university clinic: Parents & youth awarded by Children's Trust 2017 - 2018
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Contact
full name
- Nicole Fava
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9803-2286 (confirmed)
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