The Latest Research
The following selection of research relates to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions. The citations are compiled on a monthly basis from 15 peer-reviewed journals serving as the primary source of college AODV prevention articles and from keyword searches of online research databases.
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Angelone, D. J., Mitchell, D., & Pilafova, A. (2007). Club drug use and intentionality in perceptions of rape victims. Sex Roles, 57(3/4), 283-292.
Benson, B., Gohm, C., & Gross, A. (2007). College women and sexual assault: The role of sex-related alcohol expectancies. Journal of Family Violence, 22(6), 341-351.
Burgess, G. H. (2007). Assessment of rape-supportive attitudes and beliefs in college men: Development, reliability, and validity of the rape attitudes and beliefs scale. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(8), 973-993.
Bushman, B. J. (2007). That was a great commercial, but what were they selling? Effects of violence and sex on memory for products in television commercials. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(8), 1784-1796.
Carey, K. B., Henson, J. M., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2007). Which heavy drinking college students benefit from a brief motivational intervention? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 663-669.
Di Pietro, M. C., Doering-Silveira, E. B., Oliveira, M. P. T., Rosa-Oliveira, L. Q., & Da Silveira, D. X. (2007). Factors associated with the use of solvents and cannabis by medical students. Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), 1740-1744.
Hirsch, J. K., Wolford, K., LaLonde, S. M., Brunk, L., & Morris, A. P. (2007). Dispositional optimism as a moderator of the relationship between negative life events and suicide ideation and attempts. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 31(4), 533-546.
Humphreys, T., & Herold, E. (2007). Sexual consent in heterosexual relationships: Development of a new measure. Sex Roles , 57(3/4), 305-315.
Johnson, W., Hicks, B. M., McGue, M., & Iacono, W. G. (2007). Most of the girls are alright, but some aren't: Personality trajectory groups from ages 14 to 24 and some associations with outcomes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(2), 266-284.
Katz, J., Moore, J. A., & Tkachuk, S. (2007). Verbal sexual coercion and perceived victim responsibility: Mediating effects of perceived control. Sex Roles, 57(3/4), 235-247.
Kaura, S., & Lohman, B. (2007). Dating violence victimization, relationship satisfaction, mental health problems, and acceptability of violence: A comparison of men and women. Journal of Family Violence, 22(6), 367-381.
Lande, R. G., Marin, B. A., Chang, A. S., Mason, S., & Lande, G. R. (2007). A survey of alcohol consumption among first-year military medical students. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 33(4), 605-610.
Porter, S. R., & Pryor, J. (2007). The effects of heavy episodic alcohol use on student engagement, academic performance, and time use. Journal of College Student Development, 48(4).
Próspero, M.., & Vohra-Gupta, S. (2007). Gender differences in the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization and the perception of dating situations among college students. Violence & Victims, 22(4), 489-502.
Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. (2007). Natural myside bias is independent of cognitive ability. Thinking & Reasoning, 13(3), 225-247.
Turchik, J. A., Probst, D. R., Chau, M., Nigoff, A., & Gidycz, C. A. (2007). Factors predicting the type of tactics used to resist sexual assault: A prospective study of college women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 605-614.
White, H. R., Mun, E. Y., Pugh, L., & Morgan, T. J. (2007). Long-term effects of brief substance use interventions for mandated college students: Sleeper effects of an in-person personal feedback intervention. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(8), 1380-1391.