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Rebecca L. Collins
Researcher at RAND Corporation
Publications - 195
Citations - 13708
Rebecca L. Collins is an academic researcher from RAND Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 186 publications receiving 12448 citations. Previous affiliations of Rebecca L. Collins include University of California, Los Angeles & University of British Columbia.
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A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Mark A. Schuster,Bradley D. Stein,Lisa H. Jaycox,Rebecca L. Collins,Grant N. Marshall,Marc N. Elliott,Annie Jie Zhou,David E. Kanouse,Janina L. Morrison,Sandra H. Berry +9 more
TL;DR: After the September 11 terrorist attacks, Americans across the country, including children, had substantial symptoms of stress, and clinicians who practice in regions that are far from the recent attacks should be prepared to assist people with trauma-related Symptoms of stress.
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For Better or Worse: The Impact of Upward Social Comparison on Self-Evaluations
TL;DR: In this article, it was proposed that upward social comparison is generally regarded as ego deflating, yet people often compare themselves with those whose abilities and attributes are better than their own.
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The Affective Consequences of Social Comparison: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs
TL;DR: Two studies proposed and found that a comparison can produce either positive or negative feelings about oneself, independent of its direction, and found individuals with high marital dissatisfaction and those who felt uncertain about their marital relationship were more likely to experience negative affect from upward and downward comparisons.
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Watching sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of sexual Behavior
Rebecca L. Collins,Marc N. Elliott,Sandra H. Berry,David E. Kanouse,Dale Kunkel,Sarah B. Hunter,Angela Miu +6 more
TL;DR: Watching sex on TV predicts and may hasten adolescent sexual initiation and reducing the amount of sexual content in entertainment programming, reducing adolescent exposure to this content, or increasing references to and depictions of possible negative consequences of sexual activity could appreciably delay the initiation of coital and noncoital activities.
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A Better World or a Shattered Vision? Changes in Life Perspectives Following Victimization
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an integration of these literatures, considering the coping responses of the victim, the area of belief examined, and attributes of victimizing event as mediators of change valence.