The following are research projects staff members have conducted prior to or alongside this study.
Acuff, S. F., Belisario, K., Dennhardt, A., Amlung, M., Tucker, J. A., MacKillop, J., & Murphy, J. G. (2024). Applying behavioral economics to understand changes in alcohol outcomes during the transition to adulthood: Longitudinal relations and differences by sex and race. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 38(4), 424–436. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000943
Almog, S., Scaglione, N. M., Cheong, J., Rung, J. M., Vásquez Ferreiro, A., & Berry, M. S. (2022). Spending time in nature serves as a protective factor against harmful alcohol use: A structural equation modeling approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013356
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
Cheong, J., Wilson, A., & Lee, J. (2022). Latent variable mixture modeling approaches to investigating longitudinal recovery process. In J. Tucker & K. Witkiewitz (Eds.), Dynamic pathways to recovery from alcohol use disorder: Meaning and Methods (pp. 137 – 156). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976213
Dallery, J., Stinson, L., Bolívar, H., Modave, F., Salloum, R. G., Viramontes, T. M., & Rohilla, P. (2021). mMotiv8: A smartphone-based contingency management intervention to promote smoking cessation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(1), 38-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.800
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.
Dora, J., Piccirillo, M., Foster, K. T., Arbeau, K., Armeli, S., Auriacombe, M., Bartholow, B., Beltz, A. M., Blumenstock, S. M., Bold, K., Bonar, E. E., Braitman, A., Carpenter, R. W., Creswell, K. G., De Hart, T., Dvorak, R. D., Emery, N., Enkema, M., Fairbairn, C. E., Scaglione, N. M.,. . . King, K. M. (2023). The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data. Psychological Bulletin, 149(1-2), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000387
Foxx, R. K., Jake-Schoffman, D. E., Mathews, A. E., Cheong, J., & Yurasek, A. M. (2022). Relative reinforcement from physical activity in real-world environments: A novel application of behavioral economics. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45(6), 914-924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00363-w
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
MacKinnon, D. P., Cheong, J., Pirlott, A. G., & Symth, H. (2023). Statistical mediation analysis. In H. Cooper (Editor-in-Chief), APA handbook of research methods in psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 435 – 458). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Mallett, K. A., Turrisi, R., Reavy, R., Sell, N., Waldron, K. A., Scaglione, N. M., & Ackerman, S. D. (2022). What predicts willingness to experience negative consequences in college student drinkers? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83(5), 704–711. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.20-00378
Rizzo, A. J., Klein, L. B., & Scaglione, N. M. (2023). Alcohol’s role in campus sexual assault bystander behavior: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 24(5), 3662–3677. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221134633
Scaglione, N. M., Buben, Al, Williams, J., Cance, J. D., Elek, E., Clarke, T., & Graham, P. W. (2021). A latent class analysis of prevention approaches used to reduce community-level prescription drug misuse in adolescents and young adults. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 42(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00631-6
Scaglione, N. M., Ward, R. M., Buben, A., & Turrisi, R. (2023). Alcohol’s role in sexual decision-making in first-year college women: An event-level assessment. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48(1), 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231186319
Stinson, L., & Dallery, J. (2023). Reducing problematic social media use via a package intervention. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(2), 323-335. https://doi:10.1002/jaba.975
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., Cheong, J., Stinson, L. A., & Chandler, S. D. (2023). Relationship between drinking risk and preferences for helping resources among emerging adults living in disadvantaged communities in the Southeastern United States. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 58(5), 539-546. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agad054
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
Van Heukelom, J. T., Cheong, J., & Tucker, J. A. (2025). Associations between behavioral economic indicators and risky drinking are moderated by peer similarity in behavioral economic indicators in community-dwelling emerging adults. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.25-00173
Van Heukelom, J. T., Stinson, L. A., & Tucker, J. A. (2025). Utility of substance-free alternatives in treating and preventing harmful substance use: A narrative review of the translational research spectrum. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 17, 100393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100393
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. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000025.
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. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000092
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2017.05.015
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12985
Yurasek, A. M., *Berey, B. L., Pritschmann, R., Murphy, C. M., & Aston, E. R. (2023). Initial development and validation of a brief assessment of cannabis demand among young adult college students. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(2), 218 – 323. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000589
Witkiewitz, K., & Tucker, J. A. (2024). Whole person recovery from Substance Use Disorder: A call for research examining a dynamic behavioral ecological model of contexts supportive of recovery. Addiction Research & Theory, 33(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2329580
