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Rebeccah Sokol
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Rebeccah Sokol, PhD, is a behavioral scientist who studies youth trauma exposure. Her overarching research agenda seeks to ease the burden of adversity experienced in childhood and adolescence, with a central focus on reducing youth violence exposure and involvement. Sokol uses a developmental lens, public health framework, quasi-experimental methods and data science techniques to inform strategies that prevent youth trauma. A common thread of Sokol’s research involves describing risk and identifying etiological factors for youth firearm violence exposure in different populations, with the ultimate goal of improving firearm injury and violence prevention interventions and policies.
Contact Information
| Phone | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (734) 936-4894 | [email protected] | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PhD | Health Behavior | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2016 | MSPH | Health Behavior | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2014 | BS | Biomedical Science | Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI |
News
- Austin, A. & Sokol, R. (in press). Emergency allotments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and food hardship among households with children. JAMA Network Open.
- Sokol, R., Oliphant, S., Bhatia, S., Thulin, E., Degli Esposti, M., & Hans, Z. (in press). Associations between preceived threats and firearm behaviors among US adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
- Degli Esposti, M., & Sokol, R. (in press). Firearm ownership for protection in the United States, 2023: Results from a nationally representative survey. Injury Prevention.
- Lee, D., Sokol, R., Simmons, M., LaRose, J., Crimmins, H., Zimmerman, M., & Carter, P. (2024). Firearm suicide risk beliefs and prevention: The role of fear of community violence and firearm ownership for protection. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
- Sokol, R & Austin, A. (2024). State expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and rates of firearm-involved deaths in the United States. Injury Prevention.
- Carter, P., Zimmerman, M., & Sokol, R. (2023). Most shooters get their guns from home - and during the pandemic the number of firearms in households went up. In J. Densley (Eds.). The Conversation on Guns.
- ~Miller, A., Varisco, R., Simone, C., Haan, P., Stein, S., Hernandez, J., Riley, H., Sokol, R., Trout,P., Arboleda, L., Ribaudo, J., & Peterson, K. (2023). Parenting and lead mitigation at home: A multi-faceted community partnership model promoting parent engagement in lead exposure prevention. Health Promotion Practice.
- ~Sokol, R., Victor, B., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2023). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment.
- Victor, B., Sokol, R., Goldkind, L., & Perron, B. (2023). Recommendations for social work researchers and journal editors on the use of generative AI and large language models. Journal for the Society of Social Work Research.
- Sokol, R., Clift, J., Mitchell, L., Martinez, J., & Rusnak, C. (2023). Students' and caregivers' attitudes and preferences toward screening for social risk factors in a predominantly Latinx high school. Journal of Society for Social Work and Research.
- Sokol, R., Haasz, M., Zimmerman, M., Cunningham, R., & Carter, M. (2023). The association between witnessing firearm violence and firearm carriage: Results from a national study of teens. Preventive Medicine.
- Haasz, M., Myers, M. G., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Zimmerman, M. A., Seewald, L., Sokol, R. L.,Cunningham, R. M., & Carter, P. M. (2023). Firearms availability among high-school age youth with recent depression or suicidality. Pediatrics.
- Sokol, R., & Miller, A. (2023). How to scale the integration of social care into healthcare: Ideas for research and practice. Pediatrics.
- Sokol, R., Lee, D., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Pelletier, K., Zimmerman, M., & Carter, P. (2023). Associations between experiencing violence, owning a firearm for protection and firearm storage: A nationally representative analysis of US caregivers of teens. Injury Prevention.
- Sokol, R., Sethuraman, U., Oag, K., Vitale, L., Donoghue, L., & Kannikeswaran, N. (2022). Social determinants of severe injury among pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory study. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36(6), 549-559.
- Herrenkohl, T., Fedina, L., Sokol, R., & Ashwell, L. (2022). Youth Violence. Katzman, C. & Gordon, C., Eds. Neinstein's 7th Edition Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide. Wolters Kluwer.
- Sokol, R., Clift, J., Martinez, J., Goodwin, B., Rusnak, C., & Garza, L. (2022). Concordance in adolescent and caregiver report of social determinants of health. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 63(5), 708-716.
- Sokol, R., Victor, B., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2022). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment.
- Perron, B., Victor, B., Ryan, J., Piellusch, E., & Sokol, R. (2022). A text-based approach to measuring opioid-related risk among families involved in the child welfare system. Child Abuse and Neglect.
- Miller, A., Varisco, R., Simone, C., Haan, P., Stein, S., Hernandez, J., Riley, H., Sokol, R., Trout, P., Arboleda, L., Ribaudo, J., & Peterson K. (2022). Parenting and lead mitigation at home: A multifaceted community partnership model promoting parent engagement in lead exposure prevention. Health Promotion Practice, 24(5), 911-920.
- Miller, A., Stein, S., Sokol, R., Varisco, R., Trout, P., Julian, M., Ribaudo, J., Kay, J., Pilkauskas, N., Gardner-Neblett, N., Herrenkohl, T., Zivin, K., Muzik, M., & Rosenblum K. (2022). From zero to thrive: A model of cross-system and cross-sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child-serving ecosystem. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43(4), 624-637.
- Sokol, R., Bushman, G., Gong, C. H., Rupp, L., Ryan, J., & Zimmerman M. (2022). Associations between micro-neighborhood greening and child maltreatment. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 5, 281-293.
- Austin, A., Sokol, R., & Kerr, C. (2022). Medicaid expansion and postpartum depressive symptoms: Evidence from the 2009-2018 pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system survey. Annals of Epidemiology, 68, 9-15.
- Grummon, A., Sokol, R., Goodman, D., Salvia, M., Hecht, C., & Patel, A. (2022). Storybooks about healthy beverage consumption: Effects in an online randomized experiment with parents. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 62(2), 183-192.
- Sokol, R., Kumodzi, T., Cunningham, R., Resnicow, K., Steiger, M., Walton, M., Zimmerman, M., & Carter, P. (2022). The association between perceived community violence, police bias, race, and firearm carriage among urban adolescents and young adults. Preventative Medicine, 154
- Sokol, R., Heinze, J., Doan, J., Normand, M., Grodzinski, A., Pomerantz, N., Scott, B., Gaswirth, M., & Zimmerman M. (2021). Crisis intervention in schools: A systematic review. Journal of School Violence, 20(2), 241-260.
- Victor, B., Perron, B., Sokol, R., Fedina, L., & Ryan, J. (2021). Automated identification of domestic violence in written child welfare records: Leveraging text mining and machine learning to enhance social work research and evaluation. Journal of Society of Social Work Research, 12(4),
- Tang, P., Duni, J., Peeples, M., Kowitt, S., Bhushan, N., Sokol, R., & Fisher, E. (2021). Complementarity of digital health and peer support: “This is what’s coming”. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare.
- Sokol, R., Victor, B., Mariscal, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2021). Using administrative data to uncover how often and why supervisory neglect happens: Implications for child maltreatment prevention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 122,
- Sokol, R., Stein, S., Ammer, J., Trout, P., Mohammed, L., & Miller, A. (2021). Provider perspectives on screening for social determinants of health in pediatric settings: A qualitative study. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 35(6), 577-586.
- Sokol, R., Marineau, L., Zimmerman, M., Rupp, L., Cunningham, R., & Carter, P. (2021). Why some parents made firearms more accessible during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic Results from a national study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44(6), 867-873.
- Sokol, R., Zimmerman, M., Rupp, L., Heinze, J., Cunningham, R., & Carter, P. (2021). Firearm purchasing during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in households with teens: A national study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44(6), 874-882.
- Sokol, R., Mehdipanah, R., Bess, K., Mohammed, L., & Miller, A. (2021). When families do not request help: Assessing a social determinants of health screening tool in practice. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 35(5), 471-478.
- Luan, H., Wang, M., Sokol, R., Wu, S., Victor, B., & Perron, B. (2020). A scoping review of WeChat to facilitate professional healthcare education in mainland China. Medical Education Online, 25(1).
- Sokol, R. & Grummon, A. (2020). COVID-19 and parent intention to vaccinate their children against influenza. Pediatrics, 146(6), e2020022871.
- Perron, B., Haroney, J., Hayes, D., Sokol, R., & Kolton, S. (2020). Potentially serious unintended consequences for the use of 1,1-difluoroethane as a deterrent for the intentional inhalation of computer duster sprays. Forensic Toxicology, 39, 286-290.
- Sokol, R., Schmidt, C., Miller, A., Walton, M., Zimmerman, M., Resnicow, K., Cunningham, R., & Carter, P. (2020). Motivations for firearm possession and storage practices among urban young adults: Differences between parents and non-parents. Injury Prevention, 27(5).
- Sokol, R., Goldstick, J., Zimmerman, M., Muzik, M., Rosenblum, K., & Miller, A. (2020). Transitions into and out of post-traumatic stress among children involved in the child welfare system. Child Youth Services Review, 118, 105384.
- Sokol, R., Miller, A., & Ryan, J. (2020). Well-child visits while in state care. Pediatrics, 146(4), e20201539.
- Sokol, R., Victor, B., Piellusch, E., Nielsen, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Prevalence and context of firearms-related problems in child protective service investigations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107, 104572.
- Wang, M., Sokol, R., Perron, B., Victor, B., & Wu, S. (2020). Mental health service interventions for left-behind children in mainland China: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Child Youth Services Review, 117, 105304.
- Sokol, R., Li, J., Victor, B., Miller, A., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review. Child Youth Services Review, 112, 104917.
- Grummon, A., Sokol, R., & Lytle, L. (2020). Is late bedtime an overlooked sleep behavior? Investigating associations between sleep timing, sleep duration, and eating behaviors in adolescence and adulthood. Public Health Nutrition, 24(7), 1671-1677.
- Sokol, R. (2020). Considerations for public health research involving secondary data: Investigating the association between childhood maltreatment and BMI. Sage Research Methods.
- Sokol, R., Carter, P., Goldstick, G., Miller, A., Walton, M., Zimmerman, M., & Cunningham, R. (2020). Within-person variability in firearm carriage among high-risk youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(3), 386-393.
- Sokol, R., Perron, B., Rosenblum, K., Muzik, M., Zimmerman, M., & Miller, A. (2020). Developmental differences in the association of peer relationships with traumatic stress symptoms. Preventive Medicine, 21, 841-849.
- Sokol, R., & Austin, A. (2020). Operationalizing SDoH into a broader screening context: Author response. Pediatrics, 145(3), e20193899.
- Sokol, R., Grummon, A., & Lytle, L. (2019). Sleep duration and body mass: Direction of the associations from adolescence to young adulthood. International Journal of Obesity, 44, 852-856.
- Jordan, D., Kane, M., Gehring, T., Sokol, R., & Alm, E. (2019). Exclusion of Ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) from recreational beaches using canid harassment. Condor, 121(1).
- Sokol, R., Ennett, S., Gottfredson, N., Shanahan, M., Poti, J., Halpern, C., & Fisher, E. (2019). Child maltreatment and body mass index over time: The roles of social support and stress responses. Child Youth Services Review, 100, 214-220.
- Sokol, R., Ennett, S., Shanahan, M., Gottfredson, N., Poti, J., Halpern, C., & Fisher, E. (2019). Maltreatment experience in childhood and average excess body mass from adolescence to young adulthood. Child Abuse Neglect.
- Sokol, R., Gottfredson, N., Poti, J., Shanahan, M., Halpern, C., Fisher, E., & Ennett, S. (2019). Sensitive periods for the association between childhood maltreatment and BMI. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 57(4), 495-502.
- Sokol, R., Austin, A., Chandler, C., Byrum, E., Bousquette, J., Lancaster, C., Doss, G., Dotson, A., Urbaeva, V., Singichetti, B., Brevard, K., Wright, S., Lanier, P., & Shanahan, M. (2019). Screening children for social determinants of health: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 144(4), e20191622.