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Attitudes and persuasionWilliam D Crano
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California 91711, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 57:345-74. 2006..Our review reflects the dynamism and the reach of the area, and suggests a sure and sometimes rapid accumulation of knowledge and understanding...
Enhancing prediction of inhalant abuse risk in samples of early adolescents: a secondary analysisWilliam D Crano
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Addict Behav 33:895-905. 2008..This approach may facilitate prevention efforts, and may be extrapolated to any context in which risk categorization is used as a basis for prevention or amelioration...- The at-risk adolescent marijuana nonuser: expanding the standard distinctionWilliam D Crano
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Prev Sci 9:129-37. 2008..Results support the utility of distinguishing vulnerable from resolute nonusers, counsel against considering nonusers as a homogeneous group, and provide insight into variables that might prove useful in future prevention efforts... - Overcoming adolescents' resistance to anti-inhalant appealsWilliam D Crano
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 21:516-24. 2007..22), and this association held even after the contributions of sex, sensation seeking, acculturation, prior use, familism, and assumed peer usage were accounted for in a multiple regression analysis (overall R(2)=.24)... 
A mass mediated intervention on Hispanic live kidney donationEusebio M Alvaro
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA
J Health Commun 15:374-87. 2010..those in the same community not exposed to the campaign. Exposed respondents reported more positive living organ donation behavioral intentions than nonexposed respondents. Implications for research and practice are discussed...- Acculturation, familism, parental monitoring, and knowledge as predictors of marijuana and inhalant use in adolescentsJuan R Ramirez
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:3-11. 2004..Familism and monitoring were not associated with diminished usage among the less knowledgeable. For inhalants, monitoring combined with high knowledge or high familism was associated with diminished usage... - Expectancy change and adolescents' intentions to use marijuanaJessica J Skenderian
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, CA 91711, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:563-9. 2008..These results counsel caution when describing negative outcomes of marijuana initiation. If adolescents conclude that the harms of marijuana use are not as grave as they had been led to expect, intentions to use might intensify... - A quasi-experimental investigation of message appeal variations on organ donor registration ratesJason T Siegel
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Health Psychol 27:170-8. 2008..This study is the first to evaluate the differential effectiveness of various organ donor messages in naturalistic settings... - Passive-positive organ donor registration behavior: a mixed method assessment of the IIFF ModelJason T Siegel
Department of Psychology, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Psychol Health Med 15:198-209. 2010..6%. Passive-positives claiming to have put off registering because of their discomfort with thoughts of death or fear that organ donors are allowed to die so their organs can be harvested registered at a rate of 5.8%... - Influencing inhalant intentions by changing socio-personal expectationsJason T Siegel
Department of Psychology, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, 123 East 8th Street, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Prev Sci 9:153-65. 2008..26, p< .01). Moreover, being exposed to a social, rather than a physical threat, message resulted in different variables being predictive of future intentions to use inhalants... - Pathways from parental knowledge and warmth to adolescent marijuana use: an extension to the theory of planned behaviorAndrew Lac
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, 123 E 8th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
Prev Sci 10:22-32. 2009..54, p < .001). Owing to the analysis of nationally representative data, results are generalizable to the United States population of adolescents 12-18 years of age... - Family structure and adolescent drug use: an exploration of single-parent familiesVanessa Hemovich
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California 91711, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:2099-113. 2009..Factors responsible for variations in sons' and daughters' usage in single-parent families have important implications for future drug prevention efforts... - Living kidney donation among Hispanics: a qualitative examination of barriers and opportunitiesEusebio M Alvaro
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA
Prog Transplant 18:243-50. 2008..Despite their increasing need for kidneys and low nonliving donation rates, minimal research has been conducted to ascertain the perceptions of Hispanic Americans about living organ donation and the process of asking for such a donation... - "...you would probably want to do it. Cause that's what made them popular": Exploring perceptions of inhalant utility among young adolescent nonusers and occasional usersJason T Siegel
Claremont Graduate University, 150 E10th Street, Claremont CA 91711, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:597-615. 2009..Additionally, participants discussed an interaction hypothesis regarding inhalant use and popularity. Implications for future research are suggested and limitations described... - Intentions of becoming a living organ donor among Hispanics: a theory-based approach exploring differences between living and nonliving organ donationJason T Siegel
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA
J Health Commun 13:80-99. 2008..The implications of these results, and our recommendations for future health campaigns, are presented in light of these theoretical models... - Effects of fatalism and family communication on HIV/AIDS awareness variations in Native American and Anglo parents and childrenJuan R Ramirez
Claremont Graduate University, CA 91711, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 14:29-40. 2002..Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that fatalism and family communication mediate the HIV/AIDS awareness-ethnicity relationship beyond the effects of socioeconomic status... - Assumed policy similarity and voter preferenceRyan M Quist
Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, CA 91711, USA
J Soc Psychol 143:149-62. 2003..Findings demonstrate the importance of perceived attitude similarity in determining voter preferences and suggest the utility of earlier similarity-attraction research for the development of models of policy choice behavior...
Research Grants
- Reducing Inhalant Use in Young AdolescentsWILLIAM CRANO; Fiscal Year: 2005..It is hypothesized that messages focusing on social identity will be most effective in this population--especially if delivered by a peer source. ..
- Marijuana use patterns: Temporal change in predictors, perceptions, and ad impactWILLIAM CRANO; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Marijuana prevention ad impact: Ad coding and secondary analyses of national dataWilliam D Crano; Fiscal Year: 2010..This knowledge will facilitate developing a theoretical approach to guide future prevention efforts. ..