Emerging Adulthood

Recent Selected Publications

Steven Branstatter

Branstetter, S. A., Masse, J., & Greene, L. (2007). Parent training for parents of substance abusing adolescents who are engaging in delinquent behavior. In C. E. Schaefer & J. M. Briesmeister (Eds.), Handbook of parent training (pp. 467–509). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Branstetter, S. A., Furman, W., & Cottrell, L. (2009). The influence of representations of attachment, maternal-adolescent relationship quality, and maternal monitoring on adolescent substance use: A 2-year longitudinal examination. Child Development, 80, 1448–1462.

Branstetter, S. A., Horn, K., Dino, G., & Zhang, J. (2009). Beyond quitting: Predictors of teen smoking acceleration, cessation, and reduction following a school-based intervention. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, 160–168.

Horn, K., Branstetter, S. A., Dino, G., Tworek, C. & Zhang, J. & Jarrett, T. (2009). Potential effects of active parental consent: Enrolling teen smokers into research and non-research applications of a school-based cessation program. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 11, 1359–1367.

Michael Cleveland

Cleveland, M. J., Feinberg, M. E., & Greenberg, M. T. (2010). Protective families in high- and low-risk environments: Implications for adolescent substance use. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 114–126. DOI:10.1007/s10964-009-9395-y

Cleveland, M. J., Collins, L. M., Lanza, S. T., Greenberg, M. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (2010). Does individual risk moderate the effect of contextual level protective factors? A latent class analysis of substance use. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community--Special Issue. DOI: 10.1080/10852352 2010.486299

John Hustad

Barnett, N. P., Borsari, B., Hustad, J. T. P., O'Leary Tevyaw, T., Colby, S. M., Kahler, C. W., et al. (2008). Profiles of college students mandated to alcohol interventions. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 684–694.

Hustad, J. T. P., Carey, K. B., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. (2009). Self-regulation, alcohol consumption and consequences in college student heavy drinkers: A simultaneous latent growth analysis. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 373–382.

Hustad, J. T. P., Barnett, N. P., Borsari, B., & Jackson, K. (2010). Web-based interventions for college student drinkers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Addictive Behaviors, 35, 183–189.

Kimberly Mallett

Selected Publications—Alcohol

Mallett, K. A., Bachrach, R. L., & Turrisi, R. (2008). Are all negative consequences truly negative? Assessing variations among college students' perceptions of alcohol related consequences. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1375–1381.

Mallett, K. A., Turrisi, R., Larimer, M. E., & Mastroleo, N. R. (2009). Have I had one drink too many? Assessing gender differences in misperceptions of intoxication among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 964–970.

Mallett, K. A., Ray, A. E., Turrisi, R., Belden, C., Bachrach, R. L., & Larimer, M. E. (2010). Age of drinking onset as a moderator of the efficacy of a combined intervention approach to reduce peak drinking among college students. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 34, 1154–1161.

Mallett, K. A., Marzell, M., Varvil-Weld, L., Turrisi, R., Guttman, K., & Abar. C. (2011). One-time or repeat offenders? An examination of the patterns of alcohol-related consequences experienced by college students across the freshman year. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 508–511.

Mallett, K. A., Varvil-Weld, L., Turrisi, R., & Read, A. (2011). An examination of college students’ willingness to experience consequences as a unique predictor of alcohol problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 25, 41–47.

Selected Publications—Skin Cancer

Mallett, K. A., Robinson, J. K., & Turrisi, R. (2008). Enhancing patient motivation to reduce UV risk behaviors: Assessing the interest and willingness of dermatologists to try a different approach. Archives of Dermatology, 144, 265–266.

Robinson, J. K., & Mallett, K. A. (2009). The duty to inspect the skin and counsel those at risk to develop melanoma. JAMA, 301, 1702–1704.

Mallett, K. A., Turrisi, R., Guttman, K., Read, A., Billingsley, E., & Robinson, J. (2011). Assessing dermatologists’ ability to deliver a novel intervention to improve patients’ use of sun protection: The ABC method of physician-patient communication. Archives of Dermatology, In press.

Rob Turrisi

Selected Publications—Alcohol

Turrisi, R., Larimer, M. E., Mallett, K. A., Kilmer, J. R., Ray, A. E., Mastroleo, N. R., Giesner, I. M., Grossbard, J., Tollison, S., Lostutter, T. W., & Montoya, H. (2009). A randomized clinical trial evaluating a combined alcohol intervention for high-risk college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(4), 555–567. PMCID: PMC2696296.

Turrisi, R., Abar, C., Mallett, K. A., & Jaccard, J. (2010). An examination of the mediational effects of cognitive and attitudinal factors on a parent intervention to reduce college drinking. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 2500–2526.

Turrisi, R., Ray, A. E., & Abar, C. (2010). When is parenting over? Examining parental monitoring and high-risk alcohol consumption in young adult college students. In J. Jaccard, P. Dittus, and V. Guilamo-Ramos (Eds.), Parental monitoring of adolescents. NY: Columbia University Press.

Turrisi, R., & Ray, A. E. (2010). Sustained parenting and college drinking in first-year students. Developmental Psychobiology, 52(3), 286–294. PMID: 20213752.

Mallett, K. A., Marzell, M., Varvil-Weld, L., Turrisi, R., Guttman, K., & Abar, C. (2011). One-time or repeat offenders? An examination of the patterns of alcohol-related consequences experienced by college students across the freshman year. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 508–511.

Selected Publications—Skin Cancer

Turrisi, R., Mastroleo, N. R., Stapleton, J., & Mallett, K. A. (2008). A comparison of 2 brief intervention approaches to reduce indoor tanning behavior in young women who indoor tan very frequently. Archives of Dermatology, 144(11), 1521–1524. PMID: 19015434.

Robinson, J. K., Turrisi, R., Mallett, K. A., Stapleton, J., & Pion, M. (2010). Comparing the efficacy of an in-person intervention with a skin self-examination workbook. Archives of Dermatology, 146(1), 91–94. PMID: 20083705.

Stapleton, J., Turrisi, R., Hillhouse, J., Robinson, J. K., & Abar, B. (2010). A comparison of the efficacy of an appearance-focused skin cancer intervention within indoor tanner subgroups identified by latent profile analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 181–190.

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