Sylvie Mrug

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Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Initiation of alcohol use in early adolescence: links with exposure to community violence across time
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, 912 bld 133, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    Addict Behav 34:779-81. 2009
  2. ncbi School-level substance use: effects on early adolescents' alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH 415, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 1170, USA
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:488-95. 2010
  3. ncbi Other-sex friendships in late adolescence: risky associations for substance use and sexual debut?
    Sylvie Mrug
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Youth Adolesc 40:875-88. 2011
  4. ncbi Prospective effects of violence exposure across multiple contexts on early adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:953-61. 2010
  5. ncbi Temperament alters susceptibility to negative peer influence in early adolescence
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, CH 415, Birmingham, AL, 35294 1170, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 40:201-9. 2012
  6. ncbi Bidirectional influences of violence exposure and adjustment in early adolescence: externalizing behaviors and school connectedness
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 912 Building, Rm 133, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:611-23. 2009
  7. ncbi Social cognitive and emotional mediators link violence exposure and parental nurturance to adolescent aggression
    Wei Su
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:814-24. 2010
  8. ncbi Predictive value of informant discrepancies in reports of parenting: relations to early adolescents' adjustment
    Kim Guion
    Psychology Department CH415, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:17-30. 2009
  9. ncbi Discriminating between children with ADHD and classmates using peer variables
    Sylvie Mrug
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Atten Disord 12:372-80. 2009
  10. ncbi Brief report: do delinquency and community violence exposure explain internalizing problems in early adolescent gang members?
    Anjana Madan
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    J Adolesc 34:1093-6. 2011

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Publications20

  1. ncbi Initiation of alcohol use in early adolescence: links with exposure to community violence across time
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, 912 bld 133, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    Addict Behav 34:779-81. 2009
    ..Prevention programs targeting early alcohol initiation may result in decreased victimization, while interventions addressing constructive ways of coping with witnessing community violence may also reduce early adolescents' alcohol use...
  2. ncbi School-level substance use: effects on early adolescents' alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH 415, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 1170, USA
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:488-95. 2010
    ..This study examined school-wide levels of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in relation to early adolescents' substance use and the role of peer deviance and parenting practices as modifiers of school-level effects...
  3. ncbi Other-sex friendships in late adolescence: risky associations for substance use and sexual debut?
    Sylvie Mrug
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Youth Adolesc 40:875-88. 2011
    ..Promoting mixed-gender activities and friendships among older high school students may be helpful in reducing males' alcohol use, but may need to incorporate additional components to prevent increases in females' smoking...
  4. ncbi Prospective effects of violence exposure across multiple contexts on early adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:953-61. 2010
    ..This study addresses this gap by examining independent and interactive effects of witnessing violence and victimization in the community, home, and school on subsequent internalizing and externalizing problems in early adolescence...
  5. ncbi Temperament alters susceptibility to negative peer influence in early adolescence
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, CH 415, Birmingham, AL, 35294 1170, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 40:201-9. 2012
    ..General activity level and sleep rhythmicity did not moderate the effect of peer behavior on delinquency...
  6. ncbi Bidirectional influences of violence exposure and adjustment in early adolescence: externalizing behaviors and school connectedness
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 912 Building, Rm 133, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:611-23. 2009
    ..Victimization was linked with lower school connectedness over time, and for boys but not girls also with more conduct problems. Only adolescent delinquency was associated with subsequent witnessing violence and victimization...
  7. ncbi Social cognitive and emotional mediators link violence exposure and parental nurturance to adolescent aggression
    Wei Su
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:814-24. 2010
    ..In the context of high violence exposure, parental nurturance was related to lower aggression through higher social emotional empathy, but under low violence exposure, the effect was mediated by greater disapproval of violence...
  8. ncbi Predictive value of informant discrepancies in reports of parenting: relations to early adolescents' adjustment
    Kim Guion
    Psychology Department CH415, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:17-30. 2009
    ..The three models applied across gender and ethnicity...
  9. ncbi Discriminating between children with ADHD and classmates using peer variables
    Sylvie Mrug
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    J Atten Disord 12:372-80. 2009
    ..Impaired peer relationships have long been recognized as one of the major functional problems of children with ADHD, but no specific guidelines on clinical levels of impairment in this domain exist...
  10. ncbi Brief report: do delinquency and community violence exposure explain internalizing problems in early adolescent gang members?
    Anjana Madan
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    J Adolesc 34:1093-6. 2011
    ..Both delinquency and witnessing community violence mediated this association. Professionals working with gang members should assess these youth for suicidal behavior and provide interventions as needed...
  11. ncbi Mediators of neighborhood influences on externalizing behavior in preadolescent children
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:265-80. 2009
    ..The final mediation model explained children's externalizing behavior equally well across gender and ethnicity, suggesting the presence of universal processes...
  12. ncbi Positive parenting and early puberty in girls: protective effects against aggressive behavior
    Sylvie Mrug
    Departments of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 912 18th St South, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:781-6. 2008
    ..To determine whether positive parenting practices are associated with less aggressive and delinquent behavior in early-maturing girls...
  13. ncbi Violence exposure across multiple contexts: individual and joint effects on adjustment
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1200, USA
    Am J Orthopsychiatry 78:70-84. 2008
    ..Finally, high levels of cumulative violence exposure were associated with a plateau or decrease in emotional distress...
  14. ncbi Marital conflict and fifth-graders' risk for injury
    David C Schwebel
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Accid Anal Prev 47:30-5. 2012
    ..We hypothesized marital conflict would be related to increased youth injury risk after controlling for relevant demographic and parenting covariates...
  15. ncbi Mediators of maternal depression and family structure on child BMI: parenting quality and risk factors for child overweight
    Regina L McConley
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:345-52. 2011
    ..Interventions for child obesity may be more successful if they target family environment, particularly parenting quality and its impact on children's active and sedentary behaviors...
  16. ncbi Peer selection and socialization in adolescent depression: the role of school transitions
    Natalie P Goodwin
    University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, CH 415, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
    J Youth Adolesc 41:320-32. 2012
    ..These findings suggest normative selection effects after school transitions, followed by socialization effects in middle school, but not high school...
  17. ncbi Dimensions and correlates of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
    Annie A Garner
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:1097-107. 2010
    ..Findings support the statistical validity of the SCT construct, but its clinical utility is still unclear...
  18. ncbi Mediating factors associated with pedestrian injury in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Despina Stavrinos
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham University Transportation Center, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
    Pediatrics 128:296-302. 2011
    ..This study examined (1) the differences in pedestrian behavior between children with ADHD-C and normally developing comparison children and (2) the mediating factors that might link ADHD-C with pedestrian injury risk...
  19. ncbi Behavior and peer status in children with ADHD: continuity and change
    Sylvie Mrug
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    J Atten Disord 10:359-71. 2007
    ..Using a short-term longitudinal design, this study links specific behaviors to peer functioning in groups of previously unfamiliar children with ADHD...
  20. ncbi Outcomes of a massage intervention on teen mothers: a pilot study
    Krista L Oswalt
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Pediatr Nurs 35:284-9, 317. 2009
    ..Results indicate that infant massage training may lead to improvements beyond those achieved with a typical parent education curriculum and shows potential as a low-cost supplement to current teen mother education in high schools...