This article argues that ideal longitudinal research is characterized by the seamless
integration of three elements:(a) a well-articulated theoretical model of change observed�…

Researchers have found that, compared to European Americans, African Americans report
later initiation of drinking, lower rates of use, and lower levels of use across almost all age�…

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of�…

Using data from a longitudinal community study (N= 231), the authors tested whether body-
image and eating disturbances might partially explain the increase in depression observed�…

Bowen, S., Witkiewitz, K., Clifasefi, SL, Grow, J., Chawla, N., Hsu, SH, Carroll, HA, Harrop, E.,
Collins, SE, Lustyk, MK, & Larimer, ME (2014). Relative efficacy of mindfulness-based�…

Descriptive norms are consistently found to predict adolescent alcohol use but less is known
about the factors that predict descriptive norms. The objective of this study is to test if�…

Associating with substance using peers is generally considered as one of the most important
predictors of adolescent substance use. However, peer association does not affect all�…

Aims We examined the relationship between alcohol expectancies in childhood and onset of
drinking, binge drinking and drunkenness in adolescence and the influence of drinking�…

Expectations are probabilistic beliefs about the future that shape and influence our
perception, affect, cognition, and behavior in many contexts. This makes expectations a�…

Current models of adolescent drinking behavior hypothesize that alcohol expectancies
mediate the effects of other proximal and distal risk factors. This longitudinal study tested the�…