Faculty Research

The following are research projects staff members have conducted prior to or alongside this study.

Publications

Cheong, J. W., Lindstrom, K., Chandler, S. D., Bacon, J. P., & Tucker, J. A. (2021). Social network feedbacking and drinking outcomes among emerging adult risky drinkers living in urban communities. Substance Abuse & Misuse, 56(13), 1989-1996. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1963985

Cheong, J., Tucker, J. A., & Chandler, S. D. (2022). Time horizons, substance use, and risky sex in young women in poor urban areas. SUCHT: Journal of Addiction Research and Practice, 68(2), 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000758

Cheong, J. W., Tucker, J. A., Simpson, C. A., & Chandler, S. D. (2014). Time horizons and substance use among African American youths living in disadvantaged urban areas. Addictive Behaviors, 39(4), 818-823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.12.016

Davies, S. L., Thind, H. R., Chandler, S. D., & Tucker, J. A. (2011). Enhancing resilience among young people: The role of communities and asset-building approaches to intervention. Adolescent Medicine, 22(3), 402-440.

McCarty, C., Lubbers, M., Vacca, R., & Molina J. L. (2019). Personal research: A practical guide. New York: Guilford Press.

McCarty, C., & Killworth, P. (2007). Impact of methods for reducing respondent burden on personal network structural measures of social networks. Social Networks, 29, 300-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2006.12.005

Tucker, J. A., Bacon, J. P., Chandler, S. D., Lindstrom, K., & Cheong, J. (2020). Utility of digital Respondent Driven Sampling to recruit community-dwelling emerging adults for assessment of drinking and related risks. Addictive Behaviors, 110, 106536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106536

Tucker, J. A., Chandler, S. D., Cheong, J., & Lindstrom, K. (2022). Social network drinking feedback is associated with use of protective behavioral strategies and drinking-related outcomes in emerging adult risky drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83(1), 64–73. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2022.83.64

Tucker, J. A., Cheong, J., & Chandler, S. D. (2016). Selecting communication channels for substance misuse prevention with at-risk emerging adults living in the Southern United States. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 25(6), 539-545. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1080/1067828X.2016.1153552

Tucker, J. A., Cheong, J., Chandler, S. D., Crawford, M. S., & Simpson, C. A. (2015). Social networks and substance use among at-risk emerging adults living in disadvantaged urban areas in the southern United States: A cross-sectional naturalistic study. Addiction, 110, 1524-1532. DOI: 10.1111/add.13010

Tucker, J. A., Simpson, C. A., Chandler, S. D., Borch, C. A., Davies, S. L., Kerbawy, S. J., Lewis, T. H., Crawford, M. S., Cheong, J., & Michael, M. (2016). Utility of respondent driven sampling to reach disadvantaged emerging adults for assessment of substance use, weight, and sexual behaviors. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(1), 194–208. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2016.0006

Tucker, J. A., Lindstrom, K., Chandler, S. D., Bacon, J. P., & Cheong, J. W. (2021). Behavioral economic indicators of risky drinking among community-dwelling emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 415–423. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000686

Tucker, J. A., Simpson, C. A., Chandler, S. D., Borch, C. A., Davies, S. L., Kerbawy, S. J., Lewis, T. H., Crawford, M. S., Cheong, J., & Michael, M. (2016). Utility of respondent driven sampling to reach disadvantaged emerging adults for assessment of substance use, weight, and sexual behaviors. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(1), 194–208. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2016.0006

Yurasek, A. M., Dennhardt, A. A., & Murphy, J. G. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of a behavioral economic intervention for substance abuse. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23, 332-338. 

Yurasek, A. M., Borsari, B., Magill, M., Mastroleo, N. R., Hustad, J. T. P., O’Leary Tevyaw, T., Barnett, N. P., Kahler, C. W., Monti, P. M. (2015). Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 1003-1011. 

Yurasek, A. M., Merrill, J., Metrik, J., Miller, M. B., Fernandez, A., & Borsari, B. (2017). Marijuana use in the context of a brief alcohol intervention for mandated college students. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 79, 53-60. 

Yurasek, A. M., Miller, M. B., *Pritschmann, R., *Curtis, A.F., & McCrae, C. S. (2020). Negative Mood as a Mediator of the Association between Insomnia Severity and Marijuana Problems in College Students. The Journal of Sleep Research, 29, e12985.

Yurasek, A. M., *Berey, B. L., *Pritschmann, R., Murphy, C. M., & Aston, E. R. (In press). Initial development and validation of a brief assessment of cannabis demand among young adult college students. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.