Not all those who wander are lost: examining the impact of sojourner adjustment and drinking motives on alcohol consequences experienced by Americans studying in foreign countriesEric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University ofWashington, Seattle, Washington
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:1005-15. 2012
..The present study examined the relationship between sojourner adjustment (i.e., the sociocultural and psychological adjustment of short-term residents in foreign environments), drinking motives, and alcohol-related consequences...
- When in Rome: factors associated with changes in drinking behavior among American college students studying abroad
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 24:535-40. 2010
..Continued identification of the risk factors associated with increased drinking can help inform targeted predeparture preventive interventions with these students...
Before you slip into the night, you'll want something to drink: exploring the reasons for prepartying behavior among college student drinkersEric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195 1525, USA
Issues Ment Health Nurs 30:354-63. 2009
..Finally, alcohol-related consequences were significantly and positively associated with nearly all reasons for prepartying for both men and women...
- Descriptive drinking norms: For whom does reference group matter?
Mary E Larimer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:833-43. 2011
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A campus-based motivational enhancement group intervention reduces problematic drinking in freshmen male college studentsJoseph W LaBrie
Loyola Marymount University, Department of Psychology, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Addict Behav 32:889-901. 2007
..In addition to the reductions in problematic drinking, the group AMI has advantages over individual formats because larger numbers of students can benefit with comparable expenditures of time and effort...
- Heavier drinking American college students may self-select into study abroad programs: An examination of sex and ethnic differences within a high-risk group
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
Addict Behav 35:844-7. 2010
..These findings provide empirical support that study abroad students may be a heavier drinking subgroup necessitating intervention prior to beginning programs abroad...
- Prevalence, social contexts, and risks for prepartying among ethnically diverse college students
Andrew P Paves
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, 1100 NE 45th St, Suite 405, Box 354944, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Addict Behav 37:803-10. 2012
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- Normative misperceptions of drinking among college students: a look at the specific contexts of prepartying and drinking games
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Suite 4700, Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:406-11. 2008
..The present study examines students' perceptions of the high-risk behaviors of prepartying and drinking games and investigates the relationship between perceived and actual behaviors...
- A randomized motivational enhancement prevention group reduces drinking and alcohol consequences in first-year college women
Joseph W LaBrie
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:149-55. 2008
..Further, the intervention, which targeted women's reasons for drinking, was more effective in reducing consumption for participants with high social and enhancement motivations for drinking...
- College students' perceptions of class year-specific drinking norms
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, United States
Addict Behav 35:290-3. 2010
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- Gender and dating relationship status moderate the association between alcohol use and sex-related alcohol expectancies
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, 1100 NE 45th St, Suite 300, Box 354944, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
Addict Behav 34:786-9. 2009
..However, there appears to be unique drinking risk for actively dating women with high sex-related alcohol expectancies...
- Perceived behavioral alcohol norms predict drinking for college students while studying abroad
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:924-8. 2009
..The present study explores this idea as well as the extent to which students' pre-abroad perceptions of study-abroad student drinking are related to actual drinking while abroad...
- A brief Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index with less potential for bias
Mitch Earleywine
Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA
Addict Behav 33:1249-53. 2008
..In addition, these data suggest that analyses of differential item functioning in other scales can reveal important information about the measurement of drug problems...
- Prepartying promotes heightened risk in the college environment: an event-level report
Joseph W LaBrie
Loyola Marymount University, Department of Psychology, 1 LMU Drive, Suite 4700, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Addict Behav 33:955-9. 2008
..Quick drinking during prepartying may raise BALs and lead to alcohol-related consequences particularly for female students...
- Reasons for drinking in the college student context: the differential role and risk of the social motivator
Joseph W LaBrie
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:393-8. 2007
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- Concurrent validity of an online version of the Timeline Followback assessment
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 26:672-7. 2012
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- Live interactive group-specific normative feedback reduces misperceptions and drinking in college students: a randomized cluster trial
Joseph W LaBrie
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:141-8. 2008
..Results demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel, technologically advanced, group-based, brief alcohol intervention that can be implemented with entire groups at relatively low cost...
- Differential alcohol expectancies based on type of alcoholic beverage consumed
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, University of Washington, Suite 300, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:925-9. 2010
..g., increased sociability, relaxation) and specific negative (e.g., impairment, aggression) expectancy effects vary by different types of alcoholic beverages...
- Examining the relationships between acculturation orientations, perceived and actual norms, and drinking behaviors of short-term american sojourners in foreign environments
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, 1100 NE 45th St, Suite 300, Box 354944, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Prev Sci 12:401-10. 2011
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- A brief decisional balance intervention increases motivation and behavior regarding condom use in high-risk heterosexual college men
Joseph W LaBrie
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive Suite 4700, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Arch Sex Behav 37:330-9. 2008
..College health professionals might adopt similar brief motivational enhancement interventions with the decisional balance to promote safer sex among at-risk college students...
- Brief motivational feedback for college students and adolescents: a harm reduction approach
Ursula Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Box 354933, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:150-63. 2010
..BASICS is conducted in a motivational interviewing style and includes cognitive-behavioral skills training and personalized feedback...
- HEADS UP! A nested intervention with freshmen male college students and the broader campus community to promote responsible drinking
Joseph W LaBrie
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
J Am Coll Health 54:301-4. 2006
..Promising results are forthcoming, and the authors encourage other universities to design and adopt similar campus-supported programs nested within the broader campus community that target high-risk populations on campus...
- The relationship between collective self-esteem, acculturation, and alcohol-related consequences among Asian American young adults
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 12:51-67. 2013
..This study suggests that differential aspects of collective self-esteem may serve as protective or risk factors for Asian American young adults depending on degree of acculturation...
- A within-subjects validation of a group-administered timeline followback for alcohol use
Eric R Pedersen
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:332-5. 2006
..The group-administered TLFB could be used in clinical and research settings as an efficient means of collecting information from large numbers of individuals...
- Classifying risky-drinking college students: another look at the two-week drinker-type categorization
Joseph W LaBrie
Loyola Marymount University, Department of Psychology, 1 LMU Drive, Suite 4700, Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:86-90. 2007
..Two-week drinker-type labels included the following: nonbinge drinker, binge drinker, and frequent binge drinker...
