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| D RomerSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Older Versus Newer Media and the Well-being of United States Youth: Results From a National Longitudinal PanelDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Electronic address
J Adolesc Health 52:613-9. 2013..To determine the effects of both older and newer media use on academic, social, and mental health outcomes in adolescents and young adults...
Desire versus efficacy in smokers' paradoxical reactions to pictorial health warnings for cigarettesDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
PLoS ONE 8:e54937. 2013..The model suggests that pictorial warnings are effective for smokers with stronger quit-efficacy beliefs and provides guidance for how cigarette warnings and tobacco control strategies can be designed to help smokers quit...- Does adolescent risk taking imply weak executive function? A prospective study of relations between working memory performance, impulsivity, and risk taking in early adolescenceDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3806, USA
Dev Sci 14:1119-33. 2011.... - Can adolescents learn self-control? Delay of gratification in the development of control over risk takingDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Prev Sci 11:319-30. 2010..The findings support the conclusion that a complete understanding of the development of self-control must consider individual differences not easily explained by universal trends in brain maturation... - Adolescent risk taking, impulsivity, and brain development: implications for preventionDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center University of Pennsylvania, 202 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Dev Psychobiol 52:263-76. 2010..Continued translational research will help to identify strategies that protect youth as they transition to adulthood... - Mass media as an HIV-prevention strategy: using culturally sensitive messages to reduce HIV-associated sexual behavior of at-risk African American youthDaniel Romer
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 202 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3806, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2150-9. 2009..The results from an ongoing HIV-prevention trial implemented in 2 medium-sized cities in the United States illustrate the effectiveness of this intervention approach... - Reducing the stigma of mental illness among adolescents and young adults: the effects of treatment informationDaniel Romer
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, The Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 3309, USA
J Health Commun 13:742-58. 2008..The results indicate that messages focusing on persons who have been successfully treated are part of a promising strategy for reducing the stigma of mental illness in young people... 
A biosocial-affect model of adolescent sensation seeking: the role of affect evaluation and peer-group influence in adolescent drug useDaniel Romer
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St, Suite 550, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3309, USA
Prev Sci 8:89-101. 2007..Implications for the prevention of risky adolescent behavior are discussed...- Do adolescents appreciate the risks of smoking? Evidence from a national surveyD Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 6220, USA
J Adolesc Health 29:12-21. 2001..Estimates of objective risks that can be compared with epidemiologic evidence suggest that adolescents overstate the risks. Ratings of personal risk suggest the opposite... - Feelings about risk and the epidemic diffusion of adolescent sexual behaviorDaniel Romer
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6220, USA
Prev Sci 4:39-53. 2003..Interventions that focus on adolescents' feelings toward risk behavior can help to limit the diffusion of risk behavior in high-risk urban environments... - Parental influence on adolescent sexual behavior in high-poverty settingsD Romer
Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 3246, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153:1055-62. 1999..African American adolescents living in high-poverty urban settings are at increased risk for early sexual initiation and sexually transmitted diseases... - Beliefs about the risks of smoking mediate the relationship between exposure to smoking and smokingDaniel Rodriguez
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 4100, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Psychosom Med 69:106-13. 2007.... - Relation between newspaper coverage of 'light' cigarette litigation and beliefs about 'lights' among American adolescents and young adults: the impact on risk perceptions and quitting intentionsSally M Dunlop
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Centre, University of Pennsylvania, 202 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Tob Control 19:267-73. 2010.... - Do films about mentally disturbed characters promote ineffective coping in vulnerable youth?Patrick E Jamieson
The Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St, Suite 550, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3309, USA
J Adolesc 29:749-60. 2006..The findings suggest that exposure to fictional depictions of characters failing to get help for mental disorders may have long-term effects on depressed and suicidal youth... - Adolescent and young adult crash risk: sensation seeking, substance use propensity and substance use behaviorsSally M Dunlop
Annenberg Public Policy Centre, Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:90-2. 2010..Substance use propensity was associated with sensation seeking, suggesting that increased crash risk for these youth is likely a result of general risk-taking tendencies... - Using culture-centered qualitative formative research to design broadcast messages for HIV prevention for African American adolescentsJennifer R Horner
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Health Commun 13:309-25. 2008..We demonstrate how competing narratives identified in the analysis can be featured in radio and television messages advocating healthy behavior by modeling risk-reducing negotiation skills... - Executive cognitive functions and impulsivity as correlates of risk taking and problem behavior in preadolescentsDaniel Romer
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Neuropsychologia 47:2916-26. 2009.... - Differentiating between precursor and control variables when analyzing reasoned action theoriesMichael Hennessy
Public Policy Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
AIDS Behav 14:225-36. 2010.... - Condom failure: examining the objective and cultural meanings expressed in interviews with African American adolescentsSharon R Sznitman
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Sex Res 46:309-18. 2009..Third, it may serve as an explanation for males who deceive their partners into having unprotected sex. The findings are discussed with regard to their implications for HIV or STD prevention and research... - Withdrawal (coitus interruptus) as a sexual risk reduction strategy: perspectives from African-American adolescentsJennifer R Horner
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Arch Sex Behav 38:779-87. 2009..Beliefs about withdrawal as a gendered skill and as a sign of trust may undermine some adolescents' attempts to negotiate condom use for protection against STIs... - The impact of community-based sexually transmitted infection screening results on sexual risk behaviors of African American adolescentsSharon R Sznitman
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 202 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Adolesc Health 47:12-9. 2010.... - Gambling initiation in preadolescentsHallam Hurt
Neonatology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:91-3. 2008..Gamblers were more likely to be white, have tried alcohol, have positive affect toward gambling, and have friends who gamble... - Advancing prevention research on the role of culture in suicide preventionSean Joe
School of Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:354-62. 2008.... - The impact and acceptability of Canadian-style cigarette warning labels among U.S. smokers and nonsmokersEllen Peters
Decision Research, and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Oregon, OR 97401, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:473-81. 2007..A majority of both smokers and nonsmokers endorsed the use of Canadian labels in the United States. Canadian-style warnings should be adopted in the United States as part of the country's overall tobacco control strategy... - Suicide acceptability is related to suicide planning in U.S. adolescents and young adultsSean Joe
School of Social Work at the University of Michigan, 1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:165-78. 2007..001). Future behavioral prevention and intervention research should take into consideration adolescents' and young adults' approval of suicide as a risk factor for taking their own lives...
Research Grants
- A Multilevel HIV-Prevention Strategy for High-Risk YouthDaniel Romer; Fiscal Year: 2007....