Publications

Perkins, D. F., Syvertsen, A. K., Mincemoyer, C., Chilenski, S. M., Olson, J. R., Berrena, E., et al. (2016). Thriving in school: The role of sixth grade adolescent-parent-school relationships in predicting eighth-grade academic outcomes. Youth & Society, 48(6), 739-762.

Mason, W. A., & Spoth, R. (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.

Mason, W. A., Hitchings, J. E., McMahon, R. J., & Spoth, R. (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.

Mason, W. A., Hitchings, J. E., McMahon, R. J., & Spoth, R. (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.

Perkins, D. F., Feinberg, M. E., Greenberg, M. T., Johnson, L. E., Chilenski, S. M., Mincemoyer, C. C., & Spoth, R. (2011). Team factors that predict to sustainability indicators for community-based prevention teams. Evaluation And Program Planning, 34(3), 283-291.

Muñoz, E. A., Lillehoj-Goldberg, C., & Dettman, M. M. (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.

Smith, J. A., & Moody, J. (2013). Structural effects of network sampling coverage I: Nodes missing at random. Social Networks, 35(4), 652-668.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Molgaard, V., McNair, L., et al. (2004). The Strong African American Families Program: Translating research into prevention programming. Child Development, 75(3), 900-917.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Molgaard, V., McNair, L., et al. (2004). The Strong African American Families Program: Translating research into prevention programming. Child Development, 75(3), 900-917.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Molgaard, V., McNair, L., et al. (2004). The Strong African American Families Program: Translating research into prevention programming. Child Development, 75(3), 900-917.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., McNair, L., Brown, A. C., et al. (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.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., McNair, L., Brown, A. C., et al. (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.

Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., McNair, L., Brown, A. C., et al. (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.

Gest, S. D., Osgood, D. W., Feinberg, M. E., Bierman, K. L., & Moody, J. (2011). Strengthening prevention program theories and evaluations: Contributions from social network analysis. Prevention Science, 12(4), 349-360.

Molgaard, V., & Spoth, R. (2001). The Strengthening Families Program for young adolescents: Overview and outcomes. Residential Treatment For Children And Youth, 18(3), 15-29.

Kumpfer, K. L., Molgaard, V., & Spoth, R. (1996). 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.

Jensen, T. M., Lippold, M. A., Mills-Koonce, R., & Fosco, G. M. (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

Temkin, D. A., Gest, S. D., Osgood, D. W., Feinberg, M. E., & Moody, J. (2018). Social network implications of normative school transitions in non-urban school districts. Youth And Society, 50(4), 462-484.

Mason, W. A., & Spoth, R. (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.

Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., Guyll, M., Willard, J., & Spoth, R. (2011). Self-verification as a mediator of mothers' self-fulfilling effects on adolescents' educational attainment. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin, 37(5), 587-600.

Madon, S., Willard, J., Guyll, M., Trudeau, L., & Spoth, R. (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.

Madon, S., Guyll, M., & Spoth, R. (2004). The self-fulfilling prophecy as an intrafamily dynamic. Journal Of Family Psychology, 18(3), 459-469.

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R., & Willard, J. (2004). Self-fulfilling prophecies: The synergistic accumulative effect of parents' beliefs on children's drinking behavior. Psychological Science, 15(12), 837-845.

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R., Cross, S. E., & Hilbert, S. J. (2003). The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 84(6), 1188-1205.

Willard, J., Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R., & Jussim, L. (2008). 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.

Meek, J., Lillehoj, C. J., Welsh, J. A., & Spoth, R. (2004). Rural community partnership recruitment for an evidence-based family-focused prevention program: The PROSPER project. Rural Mental Health, 29(2), 23-28.

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Scherr, K. C., Willard, J., Spoth, R., & Vogel, D. L. (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.

Mak, H. W., Fosco, G. M., & Feinberg, M. E. (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

Mak, H. Wa, Fosco, G. M., & Feinberg, M. E. (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

Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Mason, W. A., Schainker, L. M., & Borduin, L. (2015). Research on the Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14: Long-term effects, mechanisms, translation to public health, PROSPER partnership scale up. In Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention: Research, Intervention Strategies, and Practice (pp. 267-292). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Mason, W. A., Kosterman, R., Hawkins, J. D., Haggerty, K. P., & Spoth, R. (2003). Reducing adolescents' growth in substance use and delinquency: Randomized trial effects of a parent-training prevention intervention. Prevention Science, 4(3), 203-212.

Spoth, R., & Molgaard, V. (1999). Project Family: A partnership integrating research with the practice of promoting family and youth competencies. In Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships: Success Stories (Vol. 1, pp. 127-137). New York: Springer Science & Business Media .

Kosterman, R., Mason, W. A., Haggerty, K. P., Hawkins, J. D., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (2011). Positive childhood experiences and positive adult functioning: Prosocial continuity and the role of adolescent substance use. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 49(2), 180-186.

Moody, J., Brynildsen, W. D., Osgood, D. W., Feinberg, M. E., & Gest, S. D. (2011). Popularity trajectories and substance use in early adolescence. Social Networks, 33(2), 101-112.

Guyll, M., Madon, S., Spoth, R., & Lannin, D. G. (2014). Popularity as a predictor of early alcohol use and moderator of other risk processes. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, 75(6), 919-928.

Mincemoyer, C. C., Perkins, D. F., & Lillehoj, C. J. (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

Osgood, D. W., Ragan, D. T., Wallace, L. N., Gest, S. D., Feinberg, M. E., & Moody, J. (2013). Peers and the emergence of alcohol use: Influence and selection processes in adolescent friendship networks. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 23(3), 500-512.

McMillan, C., Felmlee, D., & Osgood, D. W. (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

Miller, B. A., Aalborg, A. E., Byrnes, H. F., Bauman, K. E., & Spoth, R. (2012). Parent and child characteristics related to chosen adolescent alcohol and drug prevention program. Health Education Research, 27(1), 1-13.

Smith, J. A., Moody, J., & Morgan, J. H. (2017). Network sampling coverage II: The effect of non-random missing data on network measurement. Social Networks, 48, 78-99.

Smith, J. A., Moody, J., & Morgan, J. H. (2017). Network sampling coverage II: The effect of non-random missing data on network measurement. Social Networks, 48, 78-99.

Moody, J., Feinberg, M. E., Osgood, D. W., & Gest, S. D. (2010). Mining the network: Peers and adolescent health. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 47(4), 324-326.

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Buller, A. A., Scherr, K. C., Willard, J., & Spoth, R. (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.

Mason, W. A., Hitch, J. E., & Spoth, R. (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.

Mason, W. A., & Spoth, R. (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.

Perkins, D. F., Chilenski, S. M., Olson, J. R., Mincemoyer, C. C., & Spoth, R. (2014). Knowledge, attitudes, and commitment concerning evidence-based prevention programs: Differences between family and consumer sciences and 4-H youth development educators. Journal Of Extension, 52(3). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2014june/a6.php

Muñoz, E. A., Lillehoj-Goldberg, C., & Vargas-Chanes, D. (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.

Trudeau, L., Spoth, R., Randall, G. K., Mason, W. A., & Shin, C. (2012). Internalizing symptoms: Effects of a preventive intervention on developmental pathways from early adolescence to young adulthood. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 41(6), 788-801.

Mason, W. A., Hitchings, J. E., & Spoth, R. (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.

Mason, W. A., Kosterman, R., Hawkins, J. D., Haggerty, K. P., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (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.

Mincemoyer, C. C., Perkins, D. F., Ang, P. M., Greenberg, M. T., Spoth, R., Redmond, C., & Feinberg, M. E. (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

Aalborg, A. E., Miller, B. A., Husson, G., Byrnes, H. F., Bauman, K. E., & Spoth, R. (2012). Implementation of adolescent family-based substance use prevention programs in health care settings: Comparisons across conditions and programs. Health Education Journal, 71(1), 53-61.

Melby, J. N., Hoyt, W. T., & Bryant, C. M. (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.

Mason, W. A., Chmelka, M. B., Trudeau, L., & Spoth, R. L. (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.

Mason, W. A., Kosterman, R., Haggerty, K. P., Hawkins, J. D., Redmond, C., Spoth, R., & Shin, C. (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.

Osgood, D. W., Feinberg, M. E., Wallace, L. N., & Moody, J. (2014). Friendship group position and substance use. Addictive Behaviors, 39(5), 923-933.

Kreager, D. A., Molloy, L. E., Moody, J., & Feinberg, M. E. (2016). Friends first? The peer network origins of adolescent dating. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 26(2), 257-269.

Kreager, D. A., Molloy, L. E., Moody, J., & Feinberg, M. E. (2016). Friends first? The peer network origins of adolescent dating. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 26(2), 257-269.

Scheve, J. A., Perkins, D. F., & Mincemoyer, C. C. (2006). Fostering Youth Engagement on Community Teams. Journal Of Youth Development: Bridging Research And Practice, 1(1), 601PA003. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297413/

Lillehoj, C. J., Trudeau, L., Spoth, R., & Madon, S. (2005). Externalizing behaviors as predictors of substance initiation trajectories among rural adolescents. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 37(6), 493-501.

Molgaard, V. (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.

Perkins, D. F., Mincemoyer, C. C., & Lillehoj, C. J. (2006). Extension educators' perceptions of community readiness, knowledge of prevention science, and experience with collaboration. Journal Of Family And Consumer Science, 98(4), 20-26. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798072/

Spoth, R., Guyll, M., Chao, W., & Molgaard, V. (2003). Exploratory study of a preventive intervention with general population African American families. Journal Of Early Adolescence, 23(4), 435-468.

Molloy, L. E., Gest, S. D., Feinberg, M. E., & Osgood, D. W. (2014). Emergence of mixed-sex friendship groups during adolescence: Developmental associations with substance use and delinquency. Developmental Psychology, 50(11), 2449-2461.

Mason, W. A., Hitchings, J. E., & Spoth, R. (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.

Osgood, D. W., Feinberg, M. E., Gest, S. D., Moody, J., Ragan, D. T., Spoth, R., et al. (2013). Effects of PROSPER on the influence potential of prosocial versus antisocial youth in adolescent friendship networks. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 53(2), 174-179.

Trudeau, L., Mason, W. A., Randall, G. K., Spoth, R., & Ralston, E. (2012). Effects of parenting and deviant peers on early to mid-adolescent conduct problems. Journal Of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40(8), 1249-1264.

Trudeau, L., Spoth, R., Mason, W. A., Randall, G. K., Redmond, C., & Schainker, L. M. (2016). Effects of adolescent universal substance misuse preventive interventions on young adult depression symptoms: Mediational modeling. Journal Of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(2), 257-268.

Cleveland, M. J., Feinberg, M. E., Osgood, D. W., & Moody, J. (2012). Do peers' parents matter? A new link between positive parenting and adolescent substance use. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, 73(3), 423-433.

Mason, W. A., Kosterman, R., Haggerty, K. P., Hawkins, J. D., Redmond, C., Spoth, R., & Shin, C. (2008). Dimensions of adolescent alcohol involvement as predictors of young-adult major depression. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, 69(2), 275-285.

Copeland, M., Fisher, J. C., Moody, J., & Feinberg, M. E. (2018). Different kinds of lonely: Dimensions of isolation and substance use in adolescence. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 47(8), 1755-1770. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-018-0860-3

Kreager, D. A., Rulison, K. L., & Moody, J. (2011). Delinquency and the structure of adolescent peer groups. Criminology, 49(1), 95-127.

Spoth, R., & Molgaard, V. (1993). Consumer-focused data collection in prevention program evaluation: Rationale and illustrations. Evaluation And The Health Professions, 16(3), 278-294.

Molgaard, V., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (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

Greenberg, M. T., Feinberg, M. E., Meyer-Chilenski, S., Spoth, R., & Redmond, C. (2007). Community and team member factors that influence the early phase functioning of community prevention teams: The PROSPER project. Journal Of Primary Prevention, 28(6), 485-504.

Goldberg, C. J., Spoth, R., Meek, J., & Molgaard, V. (2001). The Capable Families and Youth Project: Extension-university-community partnerships. Journal Of Extension, 39(3). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2001june/a6.php

Goldberg, C. J., Spoth, R., Meek, J., & Molgaard, V. (2001). The Capable Families and Youth Project: Extension-university-community partnerships. Journal Of Extension, 39(3). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2001june/a6.php