Publications
This is a list of articles, chapters, and commentaries written by PPSI scientists and collaborators from other research institutions.
] (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.
(2002). Iowa Mexican immigrant families: Negotiating an optimal level of cultural assimilation. In The Illusion of Borders: The National Presence of Mexicanos in the United States (pp. 55-79). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.
(2010). Mining the network: Peers and adolescent health. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 47(4), 324-326.
(2011). Popularity trajectories and substance use in early adolescence. Social Networks, 33(2), 101-112.
(2014). Emergence of mixed-sex friendship groups during adolescence: Developmental associations with substance use and delinquency. Developmental Psychology, 50(11), 2449-2461.
(1997). The Extension Service as key mechanism for research and services delivery for prevention of mental health disorders in rural areas. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 25(4), 515-544.
(2000). Competency Training: The Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10‑14. OJJDP Family Strengthening Series, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 11 pages. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/182208.pdf
(2001). The Strengthening Families Program for young adolescents: Overview and outcomes. Residential Treatment For Children And Youth, 18(3), 15-29.
(2008). Improving the reputation of Cooperative Extension as a source of prevention education for youth and families: The effects of the PROSPER model. Journal Of Extension, 46(4). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2008february/a6.shtml
(2004). Perceptions of the Cooperative Extension Service: A community resource for youth and family programs. Journal Of Extension, 42(5), 1-11. Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2004october/a5.php
(2012). Parent and child characteristics related to chosen adolescent alcohol and drug prevention program. Health Education Research, 27(1), 1-13.
(2003). A generalizability approach to assessing the effects of ethnicity and training on observer ratings of family interactions. Journal Of Social And Personal Relationships, 20(2), 171-191.
(2004). Rural community partnership recruitment for an evidence-based family-focused prevention program: The PROSPER project. Rural Mental Health, 29(2), 23-28.
(2018). Peer Influence, Friend Selection, and Gender: How Network Processes Shape Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, And Delinquency. Social Networks, 55, 86-96. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037887331730494X
(2003). Reducing adolescents' growth in substance use and delinquency: Randomized trial effects of a parent-training prevention intervention. Prevention Science, 4(3), 203-212.
(2007). Influence of a family-focused substance use preventive intervention on growth in adolescent depressive symptoms. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 17(3), 541-564.
(2017). Gender moderation of the intergenerational transmission and stability of depressive symptoms from early adolescence to early adulthood. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 46(1), 248-260.
(2007). A test of three alternative hypotheses regarding the effects of early delinquency on adolescent psychosocial functioning and substance involvement. Journal Of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35(5), 831-843.
(2008). Dimensions of adolescent alcohol involvement as predictors of young-adult major depression. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, 69(2), 275-285.
(2007). Emergence of delinquency and depressed mood throughout adolescence as predictors of late adolescent problem substance use. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 21(1), 13-24.
(2011). Longitudinal associations of alcohol involvement with subjective well-being in adolescence and prediction to alcohol problems in early adulthood. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 40(9), 1215-1224.
(2012). Sequence of alcohol involvement from early onset to young adult alcohol abuse: Differential predictors and moderation by family-focused preventive intervention. Addiction, 107(12), 2137-2148.
(2011). Thrill seeking and religiosity in relation to adolescent substance use: Tests of joint, interactive, and indirect influences. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 25(4), 683-696.
(2009). Gender moderation and social developmental mediation of the effect of a family-focused substance use preventive intervention on young adult alcohol abuse. Addictive Behaviors, 34(6-7), 599-605.
(2009). Longitudinal relations among negative affect, substance use, and peer deviance during the transition from middle to late adolescence. Substance Use And Misuse, 44(8), 1142-1159.
(2008). The interaction of conduct problems and depressed mood in relation to adolescent substance involvement and peer substance use. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 96(3), 233-248.
(2018). The role of family for youth friendships: Examining a social anxiety mechanism. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 47(2), 306-320. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10964-017-0738-9
(2018). The role of family for youth friendships: Examining a social anxiety mechanism. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 47(2), 306-320. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10964-017-0738-9
(2003). The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 84(6), 1188-1205.
(2004). 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.
(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.
(2013). The role of the self-fulfilling prophecy in young adolescents' responsiveness to a substance use prevention program. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology, 43(9), 1784-1798.
(2008). The mediation of mothers' self-fulfilling effects on their children's alcohol use: Self-verification, informational conformity, and modeling processes. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 95(2), 369-384.