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Brittany Evans

Befattning: Universitetslektor Organisation: Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

E-post: brittany.evans@oru.se

Telefon: 019 301229

Rum: L2221

Forskningsämne

Kriminologi

Forskningsmiljöer

Biopsykosocial kriminologi och psykologi

Om Brittany Evans

Min forskning fokuserar på underliggande mekanismer för utvecklingsproblem bland ungdomar, och i synnerhet biologisk stress som sådan underliggande mekanism. Den största delen av mitt arbete har varit fokuserat kring bredare externa problem och substansanvändning, men jag har även arbetat med internaliseringsproblem. Jag är fascinerad av de biologiska faktorer som ligger till grund för individuella skillnader, till exempel kortisolnivåer (ett stresshormon i hypotalamus-hypofys-binjure-axeln), autonom nervsystem-aktivitet (t.ex. hjärtfrekvens), hjärnaktivitet samt genetiska faktorer. Jag är särskilt intresserad av att studera samspelet mellan den bredare sociala miljön (till exempel stadsbebyggelse och socioekonomiska förhållanden) och individuella biologiska skillnader i utformningen av mänskligt beteende.

Jag undervisar i kvantitativa metoder, biopsykosocial kriminologi och psykopatologi, droger och brottslighet. Jag arbetar även som pedagogisk utvecklare inom Kriminologi-programmet.

Pågående projekt

Bostadsområde, brottlighet, och missbruk: En befolkningsomfattande utredning

Forskargrupper

Publikationer

Artiklar i tidskrifter | Artiklar, forskningsöversikter | Konferensbidrag | Manuskript |

Artiklar i tidskrifter

Oskarsson, S. , Bertoldi, B. , Andersson, A. , Siponen, R. , Ling, S. , Raine, A. , Baker, L. , Evans, B. & et al. (2024). Interaction of resting heart rate with empathy in predicting externalizing behavior. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Oskarsson, S. , Andersson, A. , Bertoldi, B. M. , Latvala, A. , Kuja-Halkola, R. , Evans, B. , Raine, A. , Patrick, C. J. & et al. (2024). Lower autonomic arousal as a risk factor for criminal offending and unintentional injuries among female conscripts. PLOS ONE, 19 (3).
Siponen, R. , Andersson, A. , Oskarsson, S. , Garcia-Argibay, M. , Beckley, A. L. , Långström, N. , Fazel, S. , Chang, Z. & et al. (2023). A population-based study of unintentional injury and premature death among non-imprisoned and imprisoned youth offenders. Journal of criminal justice, 84.
Isakovic, B. , Bertoldi, B. , Tuvblad, C. , Cucurachi, S. , Raine, A. , Baker, L. , Ling, S. & Evans, B. (2023). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsivity during adolescence in relation to psychopathic personality traits later in life. Acta Psychologica, 241.
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2023). Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety and life satisfaction among older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 27 (8), 1636-1643.
Siponen, R. , Andersson, A. , Oskarsson, S. , Ångström, A. , Beckley, A. L. , Fazel, S. , Larsson, H. , Evans, B. & et al. (2023). Psychiatric diagnoses and criminal convictions in youth: A population-based study of comorbidities of diagnoses. Journal of criminal justice, 88.
Evans, B. E. , Tuvblad, C. & Larsson, H. (2023). Urban living and mental health. Nature Medicine, 29 (6), 1322-1323.
Bertoldi, B. M. , Evans, B. , Oskarsson, S. , Joyner, K. , Tuvblad, C. , Baker, L. A. , Raine, A. , Schwartz, J. A. & et al. (2022). Relationship between resting heart rate and law enforcement involvement: The moderating role of socioeconomic status in a sample of urban youth. Journal of criminal justice, 82.
Ma, L. , Evans, B. , Kleppang, A. L. & Hagquist, C. (2021). The association between screen time and reported depressive symptoms among adolescents in Sweden. Family Practice, 38 (6), 773-779.
Evans, B. E. , Kim, Y. & Hagquist, C. (2020). A latent class analysis of changes in adolescent substance use between 1988 and 2011 in Sweden: associations with sex and psychosomatic problems. Addiction, 115 (10), 1932-1941.
Evans, B. E. , Kim, Y. & Hagquist, C. (2020). Classroom Disorder and Internalizing Problems Among Swedish Adolescents: Changes Between 1988 and 2011. Journal of School Health, 90 (7), 554-563.
Kim, Y. , Evans, B. E. & Hagquist, C. (2020). Mental Health Problems Among Adolescents in Sweden from 1995 to 2011: The Role of Immigrant Status and the Proportions of Immigrant Adolescents in Their Surrounding Community. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22 (2), 232-239.
Evans, B. E. , Huizink, A. C. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Tulen, J. H. M. , Roelofs, K. & van der Ende, J. (2020). Urbanicity, biological stress system functioning and mental health in adolescents. PLOS ONE, 15 (3).
Evans, B. , van der Ende, J. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Huizink, A. C. , Beijers, R. & de Weerth, C. (2020). Urbanicity, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning, and behavioral and emotional problems in children: a path analysis. BMC Psychology, 8 (1).
Evans, B. E. , Beijers, R. , Hagquist, C. & de Weerth, C. (2019). Childhood urbanicity and hair steroid hormone levels in ten-year-old children. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 53-57.
Allegrini, A. G. , Evans, B. E. , de Rooij, S. , Greaves-Lord, K. & Huizink, A. C. (2019). Gene × Environment contributions to autonomic stress reactivity in youth. Development and psychopathology (Print), 31 (1), 293-307.
Kim, Y. , Evans, B. E. & Hagquist, C. (2019). Towards explaining time trends in adolescents' alcohol use: a multilevel analysis of Swedish data from 1988 to 2011. European Journal of Public Health, 29 (4), 729-735.
Evans, B. , Buil, J. M. , Burk, W. J. , Cillessen, A. H. N. & van Lier, P. A. C. (2018). Urbanicity is associated with behavioral and emotional problems in Dutch elementary school-aged children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27 (7), 2193-2205.
Evans, B. E. , Stam, J. , Huizink, A. C. , Willemen, A. M. , Westenberg, P. M. , Branje, S. , Meeus, W. , Koot, H. M. & et al. (2016). Neuroticism and extraversion in relation to physiological stress reactivity during adolescence.. Biological Psychology, 117, 67-79.
Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Thissen, S. , Tulen, J. H. M. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2016). Stress Reactivity as a Prospective Predictor of Risky Substance Use During Adolescence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77 (2), 208-219.
Evans, B. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Koning, T. , Tulen, J. H. M. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2015). Blunted Heart Rate Response as a Potential Endophenotype of Substance Use Disorders: Evidence from High-Risk Youth. Frontiers in Pediatrics , 3.
Meyers, R. J. , Roozen, H. G. , Smith, J. E. & Evans, B. E. (2014). Reasons for entering treatment reported by initially treatment-resistant patients with substance use disorders. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 43 (4), 299-309.
Euser, A. S. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Crowley, M. J. , Evans, B. E. , Huizink, A. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2013). Blunted feedback processing during risky decision making in adolescents with a parental history of substance use disorders. Development and psychopathology (Print), 25 (4 Pt 1), 1119-1136.
Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2013). Cortisol levels in children of parents with a substance use disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38 (10), 2109-2120.
Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Tulen, J. H. M. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2013). Determinants of physiological and perceived physiological stress reactivity in children and adolescents. PLOS ONE, 8 (4).
Euser, A. S. , Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Huizink, A. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2013). Diminished error-related brain activity as a promising endophenotype for substance-use disorders: evidence from high-risk offspring. Addiction Biology, 18 (6), 970-984.
Euser, A. S. , Evans, B. , Greaves-Lord, K. , van de Wetering, B. J. M. , Huizink, A. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2013). Multifactorial determinants of target and novelty-evoked P300 amplitudes in children of addicted parents. PLOS ONE, 8 (11).
Euser, A. S. , Evans, B. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Huizink, A. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2013). Parental rearing behavior prospectively predicts adolescents' risky decision-making and feedback-related electrical brain activity. Developmental Science, 16 (3), 409-427.
Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Tulen, J. H. M. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2012). Alcohol and tobacco use and heart rate reactivity to a psychosocial stressor in an adolescent population. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 126 (3), 296-303.
Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Euser, A. S. , Franken, I. H. A. & Huizink, A. C. (2012). The relation between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and age of onset of alcohol use. Addiction, 107 (2), 312-322.
Huizink, A. C. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Evans, B. E. , Euser, A. S. , van der Ende, J. , Verhulst, F. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2012). Youth in the Netherlands study (JOiN): study design. BMC Public Health, 12.
van Toor, D. , Roozen, H. G. , Evans, B. E. , Rombout, L. , Van de Wetering, B. J. M. & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2011). The effects of psychiatric distress, inhibition, and impulsivity on decision making in patients with substance use disorders: A matched control study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33 (2), 161-168.
Roozen, H. G. , Evans, B. , Wiersma, H. & Meyers, R. J. (2009). The influence of extraversion on preferences and engagement in pleasant activities in patients with substance use disorders: one size fits all?. Journal of behavior analysis in health, sports, fitness and medicine, 2 (1), 55-66.

Artiklar, forskningsöversikter

Oskarsson, S. , Patrick, C. J. , Siponen, R. , Bertoldi, B. M. , Evans, B. & Tuvblad, C. (2021). The startle reflex as an indicator of psychopathic personality from childhood to adulthood: A systematic review. Acta Psychologica, 220.
Euser, A. S. , Arends, L. R. , Evans, B. E. , Greaves-Lord, K. , Huizink, A. C. & Franken, I. H. A. (2012). The P300 event-related brain potential as a neurobiological endophenotype for substance use disorders: a meta-analytic investigation. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 36 (1), 572-603.

Konferensbidrag

Oskarsson, S. , Bertoldi, B. , Andersson, A. , Siponen, R. , Ling, S. , Evans, B. , Baker, L. , Raine, A. & et al. (2023). Resting Heart Rate and Empathy Interacts in Predicting Law Enforcement Involvement. Konferensbidrag vid 78th Annual Meeting American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November 15-18, 2023.
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2022). Vulnerability for perceived unsafety among older adults: A latent profile analysis. Konferensbidrag vid 26th Nordic Congress of Gerontology (26NKG), Odense, Denmark, June 8-10, 2022.

Manuskript

Siponen, R. , Ångström, A. , Oskarsson, S. , Andersson, A. , Evans, B. , Larsson, H. & Tuvblad, C. A population-based study on victimization and risk for reoffending among youth offenders with and without psychiatric diagnoses.
Oskarsson, S. , Andersson, A. , Bertoldi, B. M. , Latvala, A. , Evans, B. , Raine, A. , Patrick, C. J. , Larsson, H. & et al. Lower Resting Heart Rate as a Risk Factor for Criminal Offending Among Female Conscripts.
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety, and life satisfaction among older adults.
Arnison, T. , Evans, B. , Schrooten, M. G. S. , Persson, J. & Palermo, T. M. Sex differences, negative mood and rumination in the effect of insomnia on musculoskeletal pain in adolescents.