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Event-specific analyses of poly-drug abuse and concomitant risk behavior in a college bar district in FloridaDennis L Thombs
The Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:575-85. 2009..The authors describe the epidemiology of risk behavior associated with poly-drug use in a college bar district of a large campus community...
Undergraduate drinking and academic performance: a prospective investigation with objective measuresDennis L Thombs
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610 0175, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:776-85. 2009..This study was designed to address weaknesses of the past research by relying on objective measures of both drinking and academic performance...- Event-level analyses of energy drink consumption and alcohol intoxication in bar patronsDennis L Thombs
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610 0175, USA
Addict Behav 35:325-30. 2010..To assess event-level associations between energy drink consumption, alcohol intoxication, and intention to drive a motor vehicle in patrons exiting bars at night... 
A field study of bar-sponsored drink specials and their associations with patron intoxicationDennis L Thombs
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0175, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:206-14. 2009..The study examined associations between bar-sponsored drink specials and alcohol intoxication at the patron level...- 5-HTTLPR genotype and associations with intoxication and intention to drive: results from a field study of bar patronsDennis L Thombs
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610 0175, USA
Addict Biol 16:133-41. 2011..The 5-HTTLPR genotype may play an important role in the etiology of problems associated with on-premise drinking establishments... - Relationships between drinking onset, alcohol use intensity, and nighttime risk behaviors in a college bar districtDennis L Thombs
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 35:421-8. 2009..To identify antecedents of risk behavior events in college bar patrons... - Efficacy of a brief image-based multiple-behavior intervention for college studentsChudley E Werch
University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:149-57. 2008..Epidemiologic data indicate most adolescents and adults experience multiple, simultaneous risk behaviors... - Are effects from a brief multiple behavior intervention for college students sustained over time?Chudley E Chad Werch
Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA
Prev Med 50:30-4. 2010..This study examined whether 3-month outcomes of a brief image-based multiple behavior intervention on health habits and health-related quality of life of college students were sustained at 12-month follow-up without further intervention... - Brief integrative multiple behavior intervention effects and mediators for adolescentsChudley E Werch
Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, 7800 Belfort Pkwy, Suite 270, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA
J Behav Med 34:3-12. 2011..Findings suggest that the brief intervention resulted in health risk and promoting behavior improvements for adolescents, with outcomes mediated by several risk factors... - Brief multiple behavior health interventions for older adolescentsChudley E Werch
Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, 7800 Belfort Parkway, Suite 270, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:92-6. 2008.... - A brief image-based prevention intervention for adolescentsChudley E Chad Werch
Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, 7800 Belfort Parkway, Suite 270, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 24:170-5. 2010..32-0.43, ps < .01). This study suggests that brief image-based messages may increase health behavior goal setting and reduce substance use, particularly among drug-using older adolescents... - An exploratory study of bar and nightclub expectanciesJennifer Reingle
The Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:629-37. 2009..The authors identified the principal components of bar and nightclub expectancy in college students and the associations between these factors and the risk behavior of night-clubbing... - Drink specials and the intoxication levels of patrons exiting college barsDennis L Thombs
Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8210, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:411-9. 2008..To determine whether drink specials independently increase patrons' risk of achieving a high level of intoxication upon exiting drinking establishments... - Outcomes of a technology-based social norms intervention to deter alcohol use in freshman residence hallsDennis L Thombs
Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8210, USA
J Am Coll Health 55:325-32. 2007..The authors tested a prototype intervention designed to deter alcohol use in residence halls... - Carbon monoxide levels among patrons of hookah cafesTracey E Barnett
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, 101 S Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:324-8. 2011..In Florida, smoking is prohibited in public places under the Florida Clean Indoor Act but permitted in establishments that have less than 10% gross revenue from food... - Alcohol price and intoxication in college barsRyan J O'Mara
Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, FL 32611 8210, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 33:1973-80. 2009..Therefore, we assessed patron's cost per gram of ethanol consumed at on-premise drinking establishments and its association with intoxication upon leaving an establishment... - Health behavior insights: the transtheoretical/stages of change model: Carlo C. DiClemente, PhDChudley E Werch
Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Health Promot Pract 10:41-8. 2009..A concluding section summarizes key lessons learned from the professional experiences of Dr. DiClemente and discusses implications for advancing health behavior intervention practice and research... - A vision for doctoral research training in health behavior: a position paper from the American Academy of Health BehaviorJulie Baldwin
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Am J Health Behav 29:542-56. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The doctoral students who are to become the stewards of our field should be prepared to engage in scholarship that creates new knowledge, uses research to transform practice, and effectively communicates research findings...
Research Grants
- A Prospective Study of Drinking & Academic PerformaceDennis Thombs; Fiscal Year: 2006..The proposed study will inform both public health and higher education policy by filling knowledge gaps about the nature of the relation between college drinking and academic performance. ..