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Papers by Larissa Tsvetkova

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2014

Balachova, T., Bonner, B., Bard, D., Chaffin, M., Isurina, G., Owora, A., Tsvetkova, L., & Volkov... more Balachova, T., Bonner, B., Bard, D., Chaffin, M., Isurina, G., Owora, A., Tsvetkova, L., & Volkova, E. (2014). Women’s receptivity to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders prevention approaches: A case study of two regions in Russia. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 3(1), 5-15. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v3i1.158Aims: This study obtained data to inform the development of programs for prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) by examining Russian women’s perceptions about the determinants of their decisions regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy; the importance of educating professionals and community about FASD; and the credibility of various sources of information.Design: Cross-sectional survey.Setting: Seven women’s clinics in St. Petersburg and the Nizhny Novgorod region in Russia.Participants: Six hundred and forty-eight pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age.Measures: A face-to-face structured interview assessed demographic characterist...

Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Российская Федерация, 199034, Санкт-Петербург, У... more Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Российская Федерация, 199034, Санкт-Петербург, Университетская наб., 7-9 В рамках психологии риска встает вопрос о дифференциации таких понятий, как «объек-тивный» и «субъективный» риск, «восприятие риска», «установка к риску» и «принятие ри-ска». Весной 2014 г. было обследовано две группы респондентов, систематически практикую-щих поведение риска: промышленные альпинисты и находящиеся на лечении наркологические больные. Результаты исследования показали, что среди представителей рискованной профессии в онтогенетическом процессе формирования личности уже на ранних его этапах прослежива-ется склонность личности к риску и поиску ролевых моделей, связанных с риском. Склонность к риску может и не обуславливать выбор аддиктивного поведения (алко-и наркопотребления) в подростковом и юношеском периодах, а в дальнейшем вообще терять значимость в результате формирования химической зависимости у индивида. Библиогр. 4 назв. Ил. 6. Ключевые слова:...

Social Psychology and Society, 2019

Worldwide significant efforts are invested in building biobanks—specialized facilities for storin... more Worldwide significant efforts are invested in building biobanks—specialized facilities for storing biological materials for research and medical purposes. The successful functioning of biobanks depends directly on people’s willingness to donate their biological materials. Fragmentary empirical studies of people’s attitudes toward donations to biobanks have been undertaken in Russia. The goal of this study was to measure at titudes toward biobank donation among Russians population and to evaluate potential sociopsychological factors that play a role in a person’s readiness to become a donor. Data from 542 students and 254 scientific staff at St. Petersburg State University were collected from group-administered paper-and-pencil and online surveys respectively. Both students (74%) and scientific staff (52%) indicated a relatively high level of readiness to become biobank donors. Regression analysis showed that refusal to be a biobahk donor was correlated significantly with being unive...

Problems of Social Hygiene Public Health and History of Medicine, 2018

The tobacco smoking of women during pregnancy and breast feeding represents a significant danger ... more The tobacco smoking of women during pregnancy and breast feeding represents a significant danger to public health. During pregnancy, the WHO recommends to abstain from cigarettes smoking. In spite of extensive information concerning related to smoking dangers to health of women and fetus, certain females continue to smoke during all pregnancy. The purpose of review is to identify and systematize existing data concerning prevalence, factors and modes of prevention tobacco smoking among pregnant females. In Russia, prevalence of tobacco smoking is at the level of highest European indices though in-land territorial differences are observed. The psycho-social factors significantly contribute to prevalence of smoking among pregnant women. The main social factors of tobacco smoking of pregnant women are low social economic status, unplanned pregnancy, smoking of representatives of the closest social environment (members of family and husband). The leading psychological factors effecting on success of smoking women to quit are psychological well-being, supporting relationship with significant others, high perceptible risks of smoking.

Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 2017

Biobanking is an emerging medical, research, and social institution that has many implications fo... more Biobanking is an emerging medical, research, and social institution that has many implications for psychological science and practice. The bibliographic study of abstracts and full text articles retrieved from major databases (PsycInfo, PubMed, EBSCO, SAgE) indicates that the role of psychology in the establishment and functioning of biobanks is not well articulated. Two promising directions of biobank-based studies are concerned with studies of risk factors for various disorders and with genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of psychological and behavioral trait development, and are closely tied to a developing model of a new "personalized" medicine. It is important to carefully select the psychological variables and measurements, with consideration of their suitability for genetic studies, possibilities for networking and sharing of results, economic limitations, and biobank purposes. Of special importance is a systemic foundation of mental functions that requires not only the assessment of efficacy, but also the search for simple, natural, and objectively observable components. Applied tasks of professional psychologists in the field of biobanking can be defined, such as donor selection and management of ethical issues. As a new technology, biobanking poses several challenges to society and the individual that need to be studied in order to prevent misuse and to earn the public trust. The hidden dangers of eugenics-like ideas, of consumer practices with genetic products, and of over-emphasis on human enhancement are particularly stressed. We conclude that while biobanks represent a promising and fertile ground for psychological research and applications, there is a need for a comprehensive psychology of biobanking to make them fruitful.

Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 2016

Today in Russia and all over the world significant efforts are invested in building biobanks-spec... more Today in Russia and all over the world significant efforts are invested in building biobanks-specialized facilities for storing biological materials for research and medical purposes. The successful functioning of biobanks depends directly on people's willingness to donate their biological materials. No previous studies of people's attitudes toward donations to biobanks have been undertaken in Russia. The goal of this study was to measure attitudes toward biobank donation among young Russians and to evaluate potential sociodemographic and personality factors that play a role in a person's readiness to become a donor. data from 542 students at Saint Petersburg State University were collected from group-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires. Only one-fifth of the students knew about the existence of biobanks, while roughly the same number believed they might have heard something about them but were not absolutely certain. However, the students indicated a relatively high level of readiness to become biobank donors (74%). Willingness to be a biobank donor was correlated significantly with studying biology and was just modestly correlated with students' values. In addition, we found gender-specific differences in the biobank characteristics that students felt were important in making a decision about whether to donate. The study demonstrated that today the attitudes of the general population (at least, those of the subgroup studied, students) do not pose a problem for the further development of biobanking in Russia.

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2016

The Quick Drinking Screen (QDS) and Timeline Followback (TLFB), measures of alcohol use, have yie... more The Quick Drinking Screen (QDS) and Timeline Followback (TLFB), measures of alcohol use, have yielded similar reports of drinking with English speakers. The present study, a secondary data analyses, compared three measures of alcohol use (i.e., QDS, TLFB, and AUDIT) with Russianspeaking women. This is the first study to compare all three measures. This study replicated the findings of studies with English speakers, and demonstrated that brief screening measures (QDS, AUDIT) provide reliable summary measures of alcohol use when compared to a detailed drinking measure (TLFB). The use of brief screening measures is recommended for use with Russian women.

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, May 13, 2016

Drinking patterns among Russian women indicate substantial risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. ... more Drinking patterns among Russian women indicate substantial risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Data about women's knowledge and attitudes related to alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the extent to which women's knowledge and attitudes affect their alcohol use remain limited. To describe Russian women's knowledge and attitudes and assess whether women's knowledge and attitudes were associated with their risky drinking. A cross-sectional survey was administered to women of childbearing age (n = 648). Participants were recruited at women's health clinics and asked about their alcohol consumption, pregnancy status, attitudes, and knowledge about effects of alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). 40% of the women surveyed believed or were uncertain whether alcohol consumption during pregnancy was acceptable. Although 34% had heard of FAS, only 8% possessed accurate knowledge. Correct knowledge was associated with decreased alcohol consumption among pregnant...

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Problemy sot︠s︡ialʹnoĭ gigieny, zdravookhranenii︠a︡ i istorii medit︠s︡iny / NII sot︠s︡ialʹnoĭ gigieny, ėkonomiki i upravlenii︠a︡ zdravookhraneniem im. N.A. Semashko RAMN ; AO "Assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ 'Medit︠s︡inskai︠a︡ literatura'."

The article considers experience of application of focus-group technique for both analyzing socia... more The article considers experience of application of focus-group technique for both analyzing social psychological conceptions about harm of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and development of prevention programs concerning fetal alcoholic syndrome, an incurable children disease developing because of mother's consumption of alcohol during her pregnancy. The development of preventive program is possible only on the basis the study results allowing getting reliable information about existing in different population groups (first of all in pregnant women, women of childbearing age and medical workers) attitudes concerning alcohol consumption during pregnancy and factors effecting decrease or stopping alcohol consumption by pregnant women as well. The study was carried out involving 7 focus groups: three with physicians (n=23) and four with women (n=23) and their husbands (n=5). The protocols of focus groups were analyzed using software A TLAS-ti 5.0. The most typical attitudes co...

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2015

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2010

Two important traditions of clinical and experimental research played a decisive role in the deve... more Two important traditions of clinical and experimental research played a decisive role in the development of psychology in Russia. Psychiatrists established most of the early psychological laboratories to serve the needs of psychiatric patients and to facilitate clinical research. V. Bekhterev inaugurated the first laboratory at the Kazan University clinic in 1886, soon followed by laboratories in other psychiatric clinics. Bekhterev founded the journal Review of Psychiatry, Neuropathology, and Experimental Psychology in 1896, and in 1907, he founded the Psychoneurological Institute in St. Petersburg, which is currently named the Bekhterev Research Psychoneurological Institute and is the leading center for medical (clinical) psychology in Russia. Keywords: cross-cultural psychology; International psychology; psychology abroad; Russia

Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2013

Over the last decade, the problem of young people's health has been among the most important and ... more Over the last decade, the problem of young people's health has been among the most important and complicated ones for Russian society; these problems affect not only young children but also students in higher education institutions. The low level of physical and psychological health of young people has become an alarming characteristic of the demographic situation in modern Russia. This study was carried out at the State University of St. Petersburg, which is one of the largest higher education institutions in Russia. The university consists of many academic departments, and thus it is possible to study the health-related behavior of students with different professional backgrounds. The results show that drug use among students in Russia still remains relatively rare and episodic; in most cases, students use "light" drugs and thus have both slow rates of developing an addiction and an alternative but successful socialization in modern youth subculture. Such drugs are also not generally associated with significant health risks.

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2018

Background. Russia has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption in the world and increasi... more Background. Russia has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption in the world and increasingly hazardous drinking in young women. Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in children. Data on women's alcohol consumption and risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies necessary for developing prevention of FASD in Russia are limited. Aims: to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use and hazardous drinking and risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies in women of childbearing age. Materials and methods. Women were recruited at public women's clinics in two regions in Russia. Women of childbearing age (n = 648) completed a face-to-face structured interview which assessed alcohol consumption and contraception use. Results. Among non-pregnant women, 89 % reported consuming alcohol and 65 % reported binge drinking in the last three months; 70 % of women in Nizhny Novgorod Region and 44 % in Saint-Petersburg may become pregnant, including 12 % in Nizhny Novgorod Region and 9 % in Saint-Petersburg who were trying to conceive. These women consumed alcohol at similar rates and amounts as women who were not at-risk for pregnancy. Among currently non-pregnant women, 32 % in Saint-Petersburg and 54 % in Nizhny Novgorod Region reported not using contraception consistently and at-risk drinking; therefore, they were at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy. After pregnancy identification: 20 % reported continued drinking. Significant differences in drinking and risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy between women in Saint-Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod Region were identified. Conclusions. Although the majority of Russian women decrease alcohol consumption after pregnancy identification, high levels of drinking were reported around conceptions and prior to pregnancy identification.

Purpose: Prenatal alcohol exposure can result in a range of adverse pregnancy outcomes including ... more Purpose: Prenatal alcohol exposure can result in a range of adverse pregnancy outcomes including stillbirth and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Russia is a country with high alcohol consumption among women. This presentation describes a line of international studies aimed at developing FASD prevention in Russia and discusses implications for public health. Data Used: The first pilot study (2003-2005) evaluated FASD knowledge, attitudes, and risk behaviors. The second (2006-2007) designed a prevention intervention and developed education for women and physicians. The third (2007-2012) determined efficacy of the intervention in reducing women's risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies (AEP). A total of 1,790 women and 341 physicians have participated in the studies. Methods: This assessment driven translational research included mixed qualitative and quantitative methods and involved 1) formative assessment, 2) evaluation of FASD education in randomized educational trials, an...

Addictive Behaviors, 2015

Screening for binge drinking identifies 99% at-risk Russian women.

Substance use & misuse, 2007

Fetal alcohol syndrome is a severe outcome of alcohol use during pregnancy, and the rates may be ... more Fetal alcohol syndrome is a severe outcome of alcohol use during pregnancy, and the rates may be higher in countries with greater use of alcohol. To obtain information from Russian physicians (N = 23), women (N = 23), and male partners (N = 5), focus groups were conducted with 51 participants in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main objective was to determine the participants' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to drinking during pregnancy. Data were analyzed using ATLAS-ti 5.0. The results will be used to develop a survey of Russian professionals and women leading to FAS prevention programming. The study's limitations are described.

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2012

Prenatal alcohol consumption can result in a range of adverse outcomes including fetal alcohol sp... more Prenatal alcohol consumption can result in a range of adverse outcomes including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Russia has high alcohol use, and hazardous drinking among women has increased. Russian women reported that obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) would be the best source of information about associated risks of alcohol use during pregnancy. Two initiatives to reduce FASD, Project CHOICES (Changing High-Risk Alcohol Use and Increasing Contraception Effectiveness Study) and the Healthy Moms intervention, as well as a brief dial-focused physician intervention (DFBPI), were modified for use in Russian OB-GYN care. We compared OB-GYN skills demonstrated in an educational trial and in a clinical trial aimed at preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Sixty-five OB-GYNs participated in the educational trial through continuing medical education (CME) programs at St. Petersburg Pediatric Academy in Russia. Participants' DFBPI skills were assessed using videotapes of roleplaying with a simulated patient. Audiotapes of 80 clinic visits conducted by 14 OB-GYNs trained in DFBPI were coded. The OB-GYNs and study participants completed exit checklists after each clinic visit. Compared with OB-GYN physicians assigned to regular CME programs, physicians who received DFBPI training had significantly improved skills and higher levels of competency in conducting alcohol screening and interventions. Discussing the difficulties and barriers that may prevent women from achieving alcohol abstinence/reduction goals appeared to be the most difficult component for physicians to implement, and OB-GYNs had difficulty assisting patients in discussing barriers and selecting contraception methods. Russian physicians trained in DFBPI were able to implement skills learned in the clinical trial. In addition to the alcohol focus, a component to improve physicians' skills in discussing contraceptive use should be added to DFBPI training.