Research

The following selection of research relates to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions. The citations are compiled on a monthly basis from 15 peer-reviewed journals serving as the primary source of college AODV prevention articles and from keyword searches of online research databases.

Parents

  • Boyle, J. and Boekeloo, B. (2009). The association between parent communication and college freshmen’s alcohol use, Journal of Drug Education, 39(2): 113-131.

  • Chawla, N., Neighbors, C., Logan, D., Lewis, M. A., & Fossos, N. (2009). Perceived Approval of Friends and Parents as Mediators of the Relationship Between Self-Determination and Drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 70(1), 92-100.

  • Walls, T.A., Fairlie, A.M., and Wood, M.D. (2009) Parents do matter: a longitudinal two-part mixed model of early college alcohol participation and intensity, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(6): 908-918.

  • Abar, C., & Turrisi, R. (2008). How important are parents during the college years? A longitudinal perspective of indirect influences parents yield on their college teens' alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 33(10), 1360-1368.

  • Capone, C., & Wood, M. D. (2008). Density of familial alcoholism and its effects on alcohol use and problems in college students. Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research, 32(8), 1451-1458.

  • Kelley, M. L., French, A., Schroeder, V., Bountress, K., Fals-Stewart, W., Steer, K., & Cooke, C. G. (2008). Mother-daughter and father-daughter attachment of college student ACOAs. Substance Use & Misuse, 43(11), 1562-1573.

  • Marmion, S. L., & Lundberg-Love, P. K. (2008). PTSD Symptoms in College Students Exposed to Interparental Violence: Are they Comparable to those that Result from Child Physical and Sexual Abuse? Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 17(3), 263-278.

  • Montgomery, C., Fisk, J. E., & Craig, L. (2008). The effects of perceived parenting style on the propensity for illicit drug use: The importance of parental warmth and control. Drug & Alcohol Review, 27(6), 640-649.

  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Madsen, S. D., & Barry, C. M. (2008). The role of perceived parental knowledge on emerging adults' risk behaviors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37(7), 847-859.

  • Simons, L. G., Burt, C. H., & Simons, R. L. (2008). A test of explanations for the effect of harsh parenting on the perpetration of dating violence and sexual coercion among college males. Violence & Victims, 23(1), 66-82.

  • Wetherill, R. R., & Fromme, K. (2007). Perceived awareness and caring influences alcohol use by high school and college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21(2), 147-154.

  • Fischer, J. L., Forthun, L. F., Pidcock, B. W., & Dowd, D. A. (2007). Parent relationships, emotion regulation, psychosocial maturity and college student alcohol use problems. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 36(7), 912-926.

  • Greene, H., & Greene, M. (2007). Taking a Stand Against Drugs and Alcohol. University Business, 10(2), 23-24.

  • Shutt, M. D., Oswalt, S. B., & Cooper, D. L. (2006). Parent misperceptions of incoming student use of alcohol and other drugs. Journal of College Student Development, 47(5), 577–585.

  • Wagenaar, A.C., & Toomey, T.L. (2002). Effects of minimum drinking age laws: Review and analyses of the literature from 1960 to 2000. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement 14, 206–225.