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.

