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| K E LeonardSummaryAffiliation: University at Buffalo Country: USA Publications
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Peer and partner drinking and the transition to marriage: a longitudinal examination of selection and influence processesKenneth E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York 14203, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 17:115-25. 2003..Wives' premarital drinking was unrelated to the subsequent drinking of their peers or their husbands' peers...
Predictors of heavy drinking and drinking problems over the first 4 years of marriageKenneth E Leonard
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY 14203 1016, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:25-35. 2008..In addition, the quality of the marriage was longitudinally protective from the experience of alcohol problems for both men and women, although it was not related to changes in heavy drinking...- Husbands' influence on wives' drinking: testing a relationship motivation model in the early years of marriageKenneth E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:340-9. 2004..Implications with respect to marriage and the drinking partnership are discussed... - Drinking, personality, and bar environmental characteristics as predictors of involvement in barroom aggressionKenneth E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Addict Behav 28:1681-700. 2003..The implications of these findings with respect to the influence of alcohol on barroom violence are discussed... - Cognitive functioning among infants of alcoholic fathersKenneth E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions and Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo Medical School, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 67:139-47. 2002..This raises the possibility that later problems in these areas may reflect more specific cognitive processes or the impact of parenting and behavioral problems among these children... 
Marital and family processes in the context of alcohol use and alcohol disordersKenneth E Leonard
Research Institute on Addiction, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 3:285-310. 2007....- Alcohol use in the year before marriage: alcohol expectancies and peer drinking as proximal influences on husband and wife alcohol involvementK E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14203, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24:1666-79. 2000.... - A longitudinal study of social competence among children of alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents: role of parental psychopathology, parental warmth, and self-regulationRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:36-46. 2009..The study elucidates developmental processes in predicting social competence and the role of fathers' alcoholism and associated risk factors in this process. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)... - Social networks, structural interdependence, and marital quality over the transition to marriage: a prospective analysisJill N Kearns
Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14203, USA
J Fam Psychol 18:383-95. 2004..No significant longitudinal relations were observed for husbands... - Paternal alcoholism, parental psychopathology, and aggravation with infantsR Das Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Subst Abuse 11:17-29. 2000..Results are further discussed in terms of their implications for parenting and later development among infants of alcoholics... - The longitudinal association between multiple substance use discrepancies and marital satisfactionGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Addiction 104:1201-9. 2009..In particular, this work examined if differences between husbands' and wives' heavy alcohol use and cigarette smoking, rather than simply use per se, predicted decreases in marital satisfaction over the first 7 years of marriage... - The transition to marriage and changes in alcohol involvement among black couples and white couplesPamela Mudar
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 63:568-76. 2002..Individuals who continue to drink heavily after this transition may be at an especially high risk for the subsequent development of serious alcohol and marital problems... - The effects of alcohol on the marital interactions of aggressive and nonaggressive husbands and their wivesK E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 107:602-15. 1998..The administration of alcohol led husbands, but not wives, to increase their problem-solving attempts. Alcohol, but not the placebo, led to increased negativity of both husbands and wives... - The impact of husband physical aggression and alcohol use on marital functioning: does alcohol "excuse" the violence?M Testa
Research Institute on Addictions State University of New York at Buffalo, 14203, USA
Violence Vict 16:507-16. 2001..Results fail to replicate an earlier study supporting an excuse function of alcohol and suggest that alcohol does not mitigate the negative effects of domestic violence on marital functioning... - Prospective prediction of husband marital aggression within newlywed couplesK E Leonard
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 105:369-80. 1996.... - Predicting risky drinking outcomes longitudinally: what kind of advance notice can we get?Robert A Zucker
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:243-52. 2006..Finally, Robert Zucker examines the degree to which the core symposium questions are answered and comments on next step research and clinical practice changes that are called for by these findings... - Parent-infant interactions among families with alcoholic fathersR D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY, USA
Dev Psychopathol 11:745-62. 1999..The results from the present study suggest that the origins of risk for later maladjustment among children of alcoholic fathers are apparent as early as infancy and highlight the role of comorbid parental risk factors... - Discrepant substance use and marital functioning in newlywed couplesP Mudar
Research Institute on Addictions, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 69:130-4. 2001..Husband Use x Wife Use interactions were not significant for cigarette use, alcohol use, or regular drinking. Discrepancies in more deviant substance use behaviors may be most relevant to marital functioning... - Alcohol and the continuation of early marital aggressionB M Quigley
Research Institute on Additions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 14203, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24:1003-10. 2000..The present study examined the relationships of husband violence, marital conflict, and couple's alcohol use in the first year of marriage to husband-to-wife marital violence in the second and third years of marriage... - What troubles clerks in psychiatry? A strategy to explore the questionLinda F Pessar
SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Acad Psychiatry 32:194-8. 2008..This study focused on medical students' encounters with patients they found troubling or difficult, and whether specific themes regarding their emotional responses could be identified... - Spousal influence on general health behaviors in a community sampleGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:754-63. 2008..To examine if one partner's premarital health behavior was longitudinally associated with his or her partner's health behaviors... - Illicit drug use and marital satisfactionGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 8028, USA
Addict Behav 33:279-91. 2008..Over the first four years of marriage, couples in each group experienced significant declines in marital satisfaction... - Alcohol use and partner expectations among newly married couplesGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:1427-41. 2007..However, wives' expectations appeared more influential compared to husbands and this influence is not present at the start of marriage, but rather develops slightly later. The study's limitations are noted... - A conceptual model for the development of externalizing behavior problems among kindergarten children of alcoholic families: role of parenting and children's self-regulationRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Dev Psychol 43:1187-201. 2007..Results indicate that one pathway to higher externalizing behavior problems among children of alcoholics may be via parenting and self-regulation in the toddler to preschool years... - Predictors of marijuana use among married couples: the influence of one's spouseGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 1016, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:121-8. 2007..After considering the impact of time and individual risk factors, a spouse's use of marijuana prior to marriage was a strong predictor of increased risk for marijuana use during the first four years of marriage... - Longitudinal prediction of early childhood discipline styles among heavy drinking parentsEllen P Edwards
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York, United States
Addict Behav 34:100-6. 2009..Findings begin to elucidate the nature of early family processes that may contribute to maladaptive child outcomes in heavy drinking families... - The social network and alcohol useGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14214 8028, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:906-14. 2008..The objective of this work was to understand the individual difference and interpersonal factors that predict changes in the social network relevant to alcohol use... - Relationship functioning among adult children of alcoholicsJill N Kearns-Bodkin
Research Institute on Addictions, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:941-50. 2008..The purpose of the current research was to examine the impact of both maternal and paternal alcoholism on the relationship functioning of husbands and wives over the early years of marriage... - Relationship-specific alcohol expectancies in couples with concordant and discrepant drinking patternsJaye L Derrick
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:761-8. 2010..The current research examines the association between the configuration of partners' drinking and relationship-specific alcohol expectancies... - Individual, partner and relationship factors associated with non-medical use of prescription drugsGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, Research Institute on Addictions, and Department of Family Medicine, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Addiction 105:1457-65. 2010..The objective of the current report was to examine individual, partner and relationship factors (e.g. relationship satisfaction) associated with the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) in a community sample of married adults... - Parent alcohol problems and peer bullying and victimization: child gender and toddler attachment security as moderatorsRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:341-50. 2010..The association between fathers' alcohol symptoms and bullying was significant for insecure boys but not secure boys or secure/insecure girls... - A randomized trial: are care navigators effective in connecting patients to primary care after psychiatric crisis?Kim S Griswold
Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Research Institute, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, SUNY Clinical Center, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Community Ment Health J 46:398-402. 2010..4 vs. 37.6%, P < .001). Navigators were effective in helping patients connect to primary care after a psychiatric crisis. Improved access to primary care is important given the complex chronic health problems of this vulnerable cohort... - Analyzing family data: A GEE approach for substance use researchersGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 8028, United States
Addict Behav 35:558-63. 2010..The objective of this report was to compare traditional ordinary least squares regression (OLS) to a GEE approach for analyzing family data... - Alcoholism, associated risk factors, and harsh parenting among fathers: Examining the role of marital aggressionBrent Finger
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States
Addict Behav 35:541-8. 2010..Results of this study suggest that one pathway linking fathers' alcohol diagnosis to harsh parenting is via marital aggression... - A conceptual model predicting internalizing problems in middle childhood among children of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fathers: the role of marital aggressionRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:741-50. 2009..Higher levels of marital aggression and parental aggravation were hypothesized to predict children's depression/anxiety within time (18 months to kindergarten age and, prospectively, to age during fourth grade)... - Testing methodologies to recruit adult drug-using couplesGregory G Homish
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 8028, United States
Addict Behav 34:96-9. 2009..This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using a multi-step mailed survey to recruit a representative sample of adult, substance-using couples... - Paternal alcoholism, negative parenting, and the mediating role of marital satisfactionLorig K Kachadourian
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States
Addict Behav 34:918-27. 2009..The implications of these findings for interventions for alcoholic families are discussed... - Spousal and alcohol-related predictors of smoking cessation: a longitudinal study in a community sample of married couplesKatherine M Dollar
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 99:231-3. 2009..Heavy drinking and spousal behavior should be considered when developing public health interventions and policies for smoking cessation... - Women's physical aggression in bars: an event-based examination of precipitants and predictors of severityR Lorraine Collins
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
Aggress Behav 33:304-13. 2007..This study adds to the paucity of research on women's aggression in bars and expands our understanding of women's roles as perpetrator and victim of such aggression... - The occurrence of male-to-female intimate partner violence on days of men's drinking: the moderating effects of antisocial personality disorderWilliam Fals-Stewart
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:239-48. 2005..These results provide partial support for a multiple threshold model of intoxication and aggression... - Characteristics of violent bars and bar patronsBrian M Quigley
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:765-72. 2003.... - Predictors of effortful control among children of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fathersRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:309-19. 2004.... - A transactional model of parent-infant interactions in alcoholic familiesRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:350-61. 2004.... - The drinking partnership and marital satisfaction: The longitudinal influence of discrepant drinkingGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203 1016, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:43-51. 2007..Over time, these couples may be at greater risk for decreased marital functioning that may lead to relationship dissolution... - Women's substance use and experiences of intimate partner violence: a longitudinal investigation among a community sampleMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Addict Behav 28:1649-64. 2003..Experiences of intimate partner violence had a significant effect on subsequent relationship satisfaction, which was modestly associated with subsequent heavy episodic drinking but not with subsequent drug use... - Connections to primary medical care after psychiatric crisisKim S Griswold
Department of Family Medicine, Family Medicine Research Institute, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 18:166-72. 2005..Patients presenting with a psychiatric emergency face a unique set of challenges in connecting to primary care... - Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couplesGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 1016, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:2557-67. 2005..These findings suggest that during the transition into marriage, spouses do influence their partners' behaviors. In particular, women are more likely to resume smoking, or return to smoking if their partners smoke... - Domestic violence treatment referrals for men seeking alcohol treatmentJulie A Schumacher
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 24:279-83. 2003.... - Mother-infant and father-infant attachment among alcoholic familiesRina Das Eiden
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Dev Psychopathol 14:253-78. 2002.... - Children's internalization of rules of conduct: role of parenting in alcoholic familiesRina D Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:305-15. 2006..Children of fathers with alcoholism were rated by their mothers as having lower internalized conduct over the 2- to 3-year period. This direct association was not mediated by parental sensitivity... - Behaviour problems in 18- to 36-month old children of alcoholic fathers: secure mother-infant attachment as a protective factorEllen P Edwards
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY, USA
Dev Psychopathol 18:395-407. 2006..A similar pattern was noted for internalizing behavior at 36 months of age. Implications for intervention are discussed... - The development of aggression in 18 to 48 month old children of alcoholic parentsEllen P Edwards
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 34:409-23. 2006..However, boys with two alcoholic parents had significantly less of a decline in aggression from 36 to 48 months compared to boys in the nonalcoholic group... - Does alcohol make a difference? Within-participants comparison of incidents of partner violenceMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
J Interpers Violence 18:735-43. 2003..Violent episodes that include alcohol may be more severe and more mutually violent than sober episodes. Discrepancies between husband and wife reports may reflect differences in recall or self-serving biases... - Understanding alcohol expectancy effects: revisiting the placebo conditionMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:339-48. 2006..Kenneth Leonard provided concluding remarks on the meaning of placebo effects and the value of placebo conditions in research... - Alcohol involvement and marital quality in the early years of marriage: a longitudinal growth curve analysisJill N Kearns-Bodkin
Research Institute on Addictions, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:2123-34. 2005..The current study examines two potential influences on newly married husbands' and wives' drinking trajectories, the impact of the partner's drinking and the quality of the marriage... - Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couplesGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 1016, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 83:185-92. 2006..This work examined how one spouse's alcohol involvement and alcohol-related problems affect his/her spouse's depressive symptomatology over time... - Marital quality and congruent drinkingGregory G Homish
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 1016, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:488-96. 2005.... - Husbands' and wives' marital adjustment, verbal aggression, and physical aggression as longitudinal predictors of physical aggression in early marriageJulie A Schumacher
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:28-37. 2005..Contrary to prior research, results also failed to support physical aggression as a unique predictor of marital adjustment... - Paternal alcoholism and toddler noncomplianceR Das Eiden
Research Institute on Addictions, and Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:1621-33. 2001..This study examined the effect of fathers' alcoholism and associated risk factors on toddler compliance with parental directives at 18 and 24 months of age... - The taxometrics of marriage: is marital discord categorical?Steven R H Beach
Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 3013, USA
J Fam Psychol 19:276-85. 2005..Implications for marital assessment are outlined... - Diverse research on alcohol and aggression in humans: in memory of John A. CarpenterPeter R Giancola
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506 0044, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:198-208. 2003..Finally, Kenneth E. Leonard presented data on personal and contextual factors influencing alcohol-related barroom violence... - Initial depression and subsequent drinking during alcoholism treatmentKenneth R Conner
Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:401-6. 2005..The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of depression at treatment entry on drinking over the course of treatment... - Alcohol and intimate partner violence: when can we say that heavy drinking is a contributing cause of violence?Kenneth E Leonard
Addiction 100:422-5. 2005
Research Grants
- ALCOHOL AND EARLY MARRIAGE--SPOUSE AND PEER INFLUENCEKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2000....
- Binge Drinking in Couples and Intimate Partner ViolenceKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..
- Binge Drinking in Couples and Intimate Partner ViolenceKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..
- Alcohol and Early Marriage: Spouse and Peer InfluenceKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2007..In the next award period, we will be able to examine these issues longitudinally and integrate information concerning coworker drinking into models of family/work conflict and drinking. ..
- PARENTING AND INFANT DEVELOPMENT IN ALCOHOLIC FAMILIESKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Alcohol and Early Marriage: Spouse and Peer InfluenceKenneth Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2001..Linear growth models will be utilized to describe the 4 year drinking trajectories of drinking problems on marital dissolution. ..
- Binge Drinking in Couples and Intimate Partner ViolenceKenneth E Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results will provide important insights with respect to the role of women's drinking, alone and in combination with men's drinking, on the occurrence of IPV. ..