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.

Health Protection/Promotion

  • Campo, S., et al. (2011). The secondhand effects of college drinking: The need for media relations. Public Relations Journal, 5(2).

  • Carey, K. B., Carey, M. P., Henson, J. M., Maisto, S. A., DeMartini, K. S. (2011). Brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: Comparison of face-to-face counseling and computer-delivered interventions. Addiction, 106(3), 528-537.

  • Collins, S. E., Witkiewitz, K., Larimer, M. E. (2011). The theory of planned behavior as a predictor of growth in risky college drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(2), 322-332.

  • Jensen, C. D., Cushing, C. C., Aylward, B. S., Craig, J. T., Sorrell, D. M., Steele, R. G. (2011). Effectiveness of motivational interviewing interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(4), 433-440.

  • LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Lac, A., Ehret, P. J., and Kenney, S. R. (2011). Parents know best, but are they accurate? Parental normative misperceptions and their relationship to students’ alcohol-related outcomes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(4), 521-529.

  • Labrie, J. W., Kenney, S. R., Lac, A. (2011). The use of protective behavioral strategies is related to reduced risk in heavy drinking college students with poorer mental and physical health. Journal of Drug Education, 40(4), 361-378.

  • LaBrie, J. W., Lac, A., Kenney, S. R., Mirza, T. (2011). Protective behavioral strategies mediate the effect of drinking motives on alcohol use among heavy drinking college students: Gender and race differences. Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 354-361.

  • Martens, M. P., Martin, J. L., Littlefield, A. K., Murphy, J. G., Cimini, M. D. (2011). Changes in protective behavioral strategies and alcohol use among college students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 118(2-3), 504-507.

  • Nguyen, N., Walters, S. T., Wyatt, T. M., DeJong, W. (2011). Use and correlates of protective drinking behaviors during the transition to college: Analysis of a national sample. Addictive Behaviors, 36(10), 1008-1014.

  • Norman, P. (2011). The theory of planned behavior and binge drinking among undergraduate students: Assessing the impact of habit strength. Addictive Behaviors, 36(5), 502-507.

  • Rosenberg, H., Bonar, E., Hoffmann, E., Kryszak, E., Young, K. M., Kraus, S. W., Ashrafioun, L., Bannon, E. E., Pavlick, M. (2011). Assessing university students’ self-efficacy to employ alcohol-related harm reduction strategies. Journal of American College Health, 59(8), 736-742.

  • Young, K. M., Ashrafioun, L., Pavlick, M., Bannon, E. E. (2011). Measuring university students’ self-efficacy to use drinking self-control strategies, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 25(1), 155-161.

  • 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.

  • Cameron, J. M., Heidelberg, N., Simmons, L., Lyle, S. B., Mitra-Varma, K., & Correia, C. (2010). Drinking game participation among undergraduate students attending National Alcohol Screening day, Journal of American College Health, 58(5), 499-506.

  • Fairlie, A. M., DeJong, W., Stevenson, J. F., Lavigne, A. M., & Wood, M. D. (2010). Fraternity and sorority leaders and members: A comparison of alcohol use, attitudes, and policy awareness. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 36(4), 187-193.

  • Kulesza, M., Apperson, M., Larimer, M. E. & Copeland, A. L. (2010). Brief alcohol intervention for college drinkers: How brief is it? Addictive Behaviors, 35(7), 730-733.

  • LaBrie, J. W., Migliuri, S., Kenney, S. R. & Lac, A. (2010). Family history of alcohol abuse associated with problematic drinking among college students. Addictive Behaviors, 35(7), 721-725.

  • Mallet, 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 parent-based, brief motivational, and combined intervention approaches to reduce drinking and consequences among college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(7), 1154-1161.

  • Pedersen, E. R., Neighbors, C., & LaBrie, J. W. (2010) College students’ perceptions of class year-specific drinking norms, Addictive Behaviors, 35(3), 290-293.

  • Testa, M., Hoffman, J. H., Livingston, J. A., & Turrisi, R. (2010) Preventing college women’s sexual victimization through parent based intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science, Online February 2010.

  • Clapp, J. D., Min, J. W., Shillington, A. M., Reed, M. B., & Croff, J. K. (2008). Person and environment predictors of blood alcohol concentrations: A multi-level study of college parties. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 32(1), 100-107.

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