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 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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  • Agrawal, N., & Duhachek, A. (2010). Emotional compatibility and the effectiveness of anti-drinking messages: A defensive processing perspective on shame and guilt. Journal of Marketing Research, 47(2), 263-273.

  • Armeli, S., Conner, T. S., Cullum, J., & Tennen, H. (2010). A longitudinal analysis of drinking motives moderating the negative affect-drinking association among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(1), 38-47.

  • Boekeloo, B. O., Novik, M. G., Bush, E. N., & O’Grady, K. E. (2010). Impact of the “Peers as Family” dormitory wing-based intervention on college student alcohol use and it’s secondhand effects. Journal of Drug Education, 39(4), 339-359.

  • Howland, J., Rohsenow, D. J., Greece, J. A., Littlefield, C. A., Almeida, A., Heeren, T., Winter, M., Bliss, C. A., Hunt, S., & Hermos, J. (2010). The effects of binge drinking on college students’ next-day academic test-taking performance and mood state. Addiction, 105(4), 655-665.

  • Kelley, M. S., Fukushima, M., Spivak, A. L., & Payne, D. (2010). Deterrence theory and the role of shame in projected offending of college students against a ban on alcohol. Journal of Drug Education, 39(4), 419-437.

  • LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Neighbors, C., & Larimer, M. E. (2010). Whose opinion matters? The relationships between injunctive norms and alcohol consequences in college students. Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 343-349.

  • Osberg, T. M., Atkins, L., Buchholz, L., Shirshova, V., Swiantek, A., Whitley, J., Hartman, S., & Oquendo, N.(2010). Development and validation of the College Life Alcohol Salience Scale: A measure of beliefs about the role of alcohol in college life. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(1), 1-12.

  • Peralta, R. L. & Steele, J. L. (2010). Nonmedical prescription drug use among US college students at a Midwest University: A partial test of Social Learning Theory. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(6), 865-887.

  • Serras, A., Saules, K. K., Cranford, J., & Eisenberg, D. (2010). Self-injury, substance use, and associated risk factors in a multi-campus probability sample of college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(1), 119-128.

  • Testa, M., Hoffman, J. H., Livingston, J. A. (2010). Alcohol and sexual risk behaviors as mediators of the sexual victimization—revictimization relationship. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78(2), 249-259.

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