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Emerging Adulthood

Current Projects

Steven Branstetter  

• Behavioral Economics, Delay Discounting, and Related Processes Involved in the Initiation and Progression of Substance Use in Adolescence (NIH) 
• Evaluating a Dissemination and Technical Assistance Web site to Reduce Teen Smoking (Centers for Disease Control)
• Internet-Based Power Guide for Teen Smoking Cessation (Centers for Disease Control)
• Predictors of Adolescent Smoking Cessation Success: A Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors (NIH/NCI)

Jennifer Maggs

• British Cohort Studies (NIH)
• Prevalence, Predictors, and Consequences of Alcohol Use from Childhood to Midlife (NIH)
• University Life Project (NIH)

Kimberly Mallett  

• Enhancing Patient Communication among Dermatologists (Project Options) (NCI)
• Parent-based Interventions to Prevent Student Drinking (Project ACT, the ENALC Project, Project PACT) (NIAAA) 
• Partner Assistance in Performing Skin Self-Examination (NCI)

Rob Turrisi

• An Appearance-based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk (Project iSTART)
• A Community-based ZT Program: Completing the Model of MLDA Enforcement (The Zero Tolerance Project) (NIAAA)
• Early Intervention to Prevent Student Binge Drinking in Student Athletes (NIAAA) 
• Enhancing Patient Communication among Dermatologists (Project Options) (NCI)
• Steroid Use in Adolescents (Project EPIC) (NIDA)
• Parent-based Interventions to Prevent Student Drinking (Project ACT, the ENALC Project, Project PACT) (NIAAA)
• Partner Assistance in Performing Skin Self-Examination (NCI)

 

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