Asymptotics for the sum of powers of distances between power residues modulo a prime

For fixed $q\in(0,4)$, prime $p\to\infty$, and $d\le\exp(c\sqrt{\ln p})$, where $c>0$ is a constant, we obtain the asymptotics for the sum of $q$th powers of distances between neighboring residues of degree $d$ modulo $p$.