Publications
This is a list of articles, chapters, and commentaries written by PPSI scientists and collaborators from other research institutions.
Sociodemographic factors and parent beliefs relevant to the prevention of adolescent behavior problems. Family Perspective, 27(3), 285-303.
(1993). Stage of quitting and motivational factors relevant to smoking cessation program choices. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 7(1), 29-42.
(1993). Study of participation barriers in family-focused prevention: Research issues and preliminary results. International Quarterly Of Community Health Education, 13(4), 365-388.
(1993). Survey of prevention-relevant beliefs and efforts to enhance parenting skills among rural parents. The Journal Of Rural Health, 9(3), 227-239.
(1993). The Strengthening Families Program for the prevention of delinquency and drug use. In Preventing Childhood Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency (pp. 241-267). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
(1996). The social context of substance abuse: A developmental perspective. In Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge and Issues. NIDA Research Monograph 168 (pp. 6-36). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Retrieved from https://archives.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/monograph168/monograph168.pdf#page=10
(1997). Social competence and substance use among rural youth: Mediating role of social benefit expectancies of use. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 30(4), 485-498.
(2001). The Strengthening Families Program for young adolescents: Overview and outcomes. Residential Treatment For Children And Youth, 18(3), 15-29.
(2001). The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 84(6), 1188-1205.
(2003). Self-fulfilling prophecies: The synergistic accumulative effect of parents' beliefs on children's drinking behavior. Psychological Science, 15(12), 837-845.
(2004). The self-fulfilling prophecy as an intrafamily dynamic. Journal Of Family Psychology, 18(3), 459-469.
(2004). The Strong African American Families Program: Translating research into prevention programming. Child Development, 75(3), 900-917.
(2004). Substance use prevention: An Iowa Mexican im/migrant family perspective. In Cocktails and Dreams: Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Use (pp. 341-355). NJ: Prentice Hall.
(2004). School- and family-level income effects in a randomized controlled prevention trial: A multilevel analysis. In Family Support as Reflective Practice (pp. 250-265). London: Jessica Kingsley.
(2006). Self-fulfilling prophecy effects of mothers' beliefs on children's alcohol use: Accumulation, dissipation, and stability over time. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 90(6), 911-926.
(2006). The Strong African American Families Program: Prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change. Journal Of Family Psychology, 20(1), 1-11.
(2006). Substance-use outcomes at 18 months past baseline: The PROSPER community-university partnership trial. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine, 32(5), 395-402.
(2007). Self-efficacy as a moderator of negative and positive self-fulfilling prophecy effects: Mothers' beliefs and children's alcohol use. European Journal Of Social Psychology, 38(3), 499-520.
(2008). Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 96(1-2), 57-68.
(2008). Self-verification as a mediator of mothers' self-fulfilling effects on adolescents' educational attainment. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin, 37(5), 587-600.
(2011). Six-year sustainability of evidence-based intervention implementation quality by community-university partnerships: The PROSPER study. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 48(3-4), 412-425.
(2011). Strengthening prevention program theories and evaluations: Contributions from social network analysis. Prevention Science, 12(4), 349-360.
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Substance misuse prevention and economic analysis: Challenges and opportunities regarding international utility. Substance Use And Misuse, 47(8/9), 877-888.
(2012). Structural effects of network sampling coverage I: Nodes missing at random. Social Networks, 35(4), 652-668.
(2013). Social networks and the diffusion of adolescent problem behavior: Reliable estimates of selection and influence from sixth through ninth grades. Prevention Science, 16(6), 832-843.
(2015). Social network implications of normative school transitions in non-urban school districts. Youth And Society, 50(4), 462-484.
(2018). Sources of bias in Gorman critique of bias: again a need for more reasonable, valid conclusions with true dialogue. Psychological Medicine, 48(04), 697-700. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033291717002951/type/journal_article
(2018). Stepfamily relationship quality and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. Family Process, 57(2), 477-495. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12284
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