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| MARIA L TESTASummaryAffiliation: University at Buffalo Country: USA Publications
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Husband and wife alcohol use as independent or interactive predictors of intimate partner violenceMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:268-76. 2012..The current study examined the relative strength of husbands' and wives' alcohol use and alcohol dependence symptoms on the occurrence and frequency of husbands' and wives' IPV perpetration...- Prospective prediction of women's sexual victimization by intimate and nonintimate male perpetratorsMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, NY 14203, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:52-60. 2007..The finding that there are different risk factors for sexual victimization from intimates versus nonintimates suggests the need for tailored prevention strategies... - Does sexual victimization predict subsequent alcohol consumption? A prospective study among a community sample of womenMaria Testa
University at Buffalo, Research Institute on Addictions, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Addict Behav 32:2926-39. 2007..Findings suggest that heavy drinking is relatively stable over time and that sexual victimization does not make a substantial independent contribution to heavy drinking among women in the general population... - Effect of precollege drinking intentions on women's college drinking as mediated via peer social influencesMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:575-82. 2009..We hypothesized that the effects of drinking intentions on college first and second semester HED would be mediated by first semester social norms and drinking pressure... - Alcohol consumption and women's vulnerability to sexual victimization: can reducing women's drinking prevent rape?Maria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:1349-76. 2009..Applications of existing drinking prevention strategies to reducing women's sexual victimization are discussed... - Preventing college women's sexual victimization through parent based intervention: a randomized controlled trialMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Prev Sci 11:308-18. 2010.... - Alcohol and sexual risk behaviors as mediators of the sexual victimization-revictimization relationshipMaria Testa
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY 14203, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 78:249-59. 2010.... - Advancing the study of violence against women using mixed methods: integrating qualitative methods into a quantitative research programMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Violence Against Women 17:236-50. 2011..This mixed methods approach is described and recommendations for integrating qualitative data into quantitative research are provided... - Female intimate partner violence perpetration: stability and predictors of mutual and nonmutual aggression across the first year of collegeMaria Testa
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Aggress Behav 37:362-73. 2011..After accounting for T1 IPV, the only significant predictor of T2 IPV category was T1 psychological aggression, suggesting that this may be an appropriate target for IPV prevention efforts among college dating couples... - Naturally occurring changes in women's drinking from high school to college and implications for sexual victimizationMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:26-33. 2012..We examined the hypothesis that the association between college drinking and sexual victimization would be stronger for women with less high school drinking experience... - The role of women's alcohol consumption in managing sexual intimacy and sexual safety motivesMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:665-74. 2006..We predicted that, in a high- conflict social situation, alcohol would make it more difficult to recognize sexual assault risk, lowering intentions to resist sexual advances... 
The impact of men's alcohol consumption on perpetration of sexual aggressionMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, 14203 Buffalo, NY, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 22:1239-63. 2002....- 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... - 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... - The role of women's substance use in vulnerability to forcible and incapacitated rapeMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:756-64. 2003.... - The role of victim and perpetrator intoxication on sexual assault outcomesMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:320-9. 2004..The current study was designed to examine the impact of perpetrator and victim substance use on the sexual assault outcomes of penetration and victim injury... - The role of substance use in male-to-female physical and sexual violence: a brief review and recommendations for future researchMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
J Interpers Violence 19:1494-505. 2004.... - Childhood sexual abuse, relationship satisfaction, and sexual risk taking in a community sample of womenMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY 14203, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1116-24. 2005..Elevated sexual risk behaviors among CSA survivors reflect difficulty in establishing stable and safe relationships and may be reduced by interventions aimed at improving intimate relationships... - 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... - The impact of sexual assault history and relationship context on appraisal of and responses to acquaintance sexual assault riskCarol Vanzile-Tamsen
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Interpers Violence 20:813-32. 2005..The primary influence on appraisal and responses was perpetrator intimacy. Women facing advances within a more intimate relationship were less likely to appraise those advances as threatening and less likely to resist... - 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... - Can parents prevent heavy episodic drinking by allowing teens to drink at home?Jennifer A Livingston
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States
Addict Behav 35:1105-12. 2010..Path analysis revealed that the relationship between alcohol permissiveness and college HED was mediated via perceptions of parental alcohol approval... - A measurement model of women's behavioral risk takingCarol Vanzile-Tamsen
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Health Psychol 25:249-54. 2006..Negative affect had smaller, yet still significant, effects. Impulsivity and anxiety were unrelated to sexual health risk domains... - The reciprocal relationship between sexual victimization and sexual assertivenessJennifer A Livingston
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Violence Against Women 13:298-313. 2007..The effect of recent sexual victimization on subsequent sexual assertiveness also was replicated prospectively. These findings suggest that strengthening sexual assertiveness may help reduce vulnerability to future victimization... - The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on infant mental development: a meta-analytical reviewMaria Testa
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 38:295-304. 2003..Future research would benefit from use of more specific measures of infant outcomes and consideration of the impact of relevant covariates, different dosage patterns and timing of drinking on infant mental development...
Research Grants
- Men's Alcohol Use and Perpetration of Sexual AggressionMARIA L TESTA; Fiscal Year: 2010..Study findings can aid in the development of efficacious sexual aggression prevention programs that target men's alcohol consumption. ..
- Alcohol, Relationship Conflict, and Intimate Partner ViolenceMaria Testa; Fiscal Year: 2007..Considering the proximal relationship between alcohol consumption and relationship conflict is expected to provide important insight into the causal mechanisms underlying the alcohol-intimate partner violence relationship. ..
- Preventing Alcohol-Related STD/HIV and AssaultMaria Testa; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Alcohol and Women's Responses to AggressionMaria Testa; Fiscal Year: 2004..The role of several potential covariates: liking for man, assertiveness, alcohol expectancies, and previous aggression, also will be considered. ..
- ALCOHOL, HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AND VICTIMIZATIONMaria Testa; Fiscal Year: 2003..These findings will supplement the findings of the panel study with information on the proximal effects of alcohol consumption on perceptions and behaviors relevant to victimization. ..
- Alcohol, Relationship Conflict, and Intimate Partner ViolenceMARIA L TESTA; Fiscal Year: 2010..Considering the proximal relationship between alcohol consumption and relationship conflict is expected to provide important insight into the causal mechanisms underlying the alcohol-intimate partner violence relationship. ..