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A Randomized Trial Evaluating a Parent Based Intervention to Reduce College Drinking (with Rob Turrisi, Anne E. Ray, Susan M. Esp, and Amy K. Curtis-Schaeffer), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2013)

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a parent based intervention (PBI) in reducing drinking among...

 

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Alcohol-Related Consequences Among Intercollegiate Student Athletes: The Role of Drinking Motives, Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling (2013)

This study examined drinking motives as predictors of alcohol-related consequences among student athletes and nonathletes....

 

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Developing the Counselor as a Person and as a Professional: Attitudinal Changes in Core Counseling Courses (with Kenneth M. Coll, Ann Trotter, and Brenda J. Freeman), The Journal of Humanistic Counseling (2013)

This quantitative pilot study examined changes in counseling students’ professional attitudes in 3 master's-level core...

 

Untangling Hope and Optimism: Implications for Counselors (with Aida Hutz-Midgett, Becca Dickinson, Angela Dondero, Mary Johnson, and Jenni Kimball), Vistas (2012)

Counselors often help clients gain insight that allows them to view the world through a...

 

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Treatment for Childhood Refugee Trauma: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (with April A. Schottelkorb and Rhyan Garcia), International Journal of Play Therapy (2012)

The authors investigated the effectiveness of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) in comparison with an evidence-based...

 

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Daytime Predictors of Evening Alcohol Use: Treatment Implications for Moderate to Heavy Drinkers, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (2012)

This study examined daytime mood, stress, and drinking-related consequences as predictors of evening alcohol use....

 

Evaluation of Web-Based and Counselor-Delivered Feedback Interventions for Mandated College Students (with Camille Workman, Anabel Navarro, and Diana M. Smith), Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling (2011)

This study evaluated the efficacy of 2 brief personalized feedback interventions aimed at reducing drinking...

 

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Reducing High-Risk Drinking in Mandated College Students: Evaluation of Two Personalized Normative Feedback Interventions (with Camille Workman, Diana Smith, and Anabel Navarro), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2011)

This study evaluated the efficacy of two brief personalized normative feedback interventions aimed at reducing...

 

Decreasing Heavy Drinking in First-Year Students: Evaluation of a Web-Based Personalized Feedback Program Administered During Orientation (with Christina M. Kane, Tabitha B. Navarro, and Jennifer Roman), Journal of College Counseling (2011)
 

Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension Among Elementary Students: Evaluation of a School Remedial Reading Program (with Robin Hausheer and Alana Hansen), Journal of School Counseling (2011)

This study examined the effectiveness of a remedial reading program on improving reading fluency and...

 

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Reducing Heavy Drinking Among First Year Intercollegiate Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Web-Based Normative Feedback (with Tonya Haustveit and Kenneth M. Coll), Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (2010)

This study evaluated the efficacy of a web-based personalized normative feedback program targeting heavy drinking...

 

Reducing Alcohol Use in First-Year University Students: Evaluation of a Web-Based Personalized Feedback Program (with Lorna L. Andersen), Journal of College Counseling (2009)

The efficacy of a Web-based personalization feedback program--electronic CHECKUP TO GO (e-CHUG), aimed at reducing...

 

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Evaluation of Two Web-Based Alcohol Interventions for Mandated College Students (with Lisa L. McKinley and Phares Book), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2009)

This study evaluated the efficacy of two web-based interventions aimed at reducing heavy drinking in...

 

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Reducing Heavy Drinking in Intercollegiate Athletes: Evaluation of a Web-Based Personalized Feedback Program (with Tonya Haustveit), The Sport Psychologist (2008)

This study evaluated the efficacy of a Web-based personalized feedback program aimed at reducing drinking...

 

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Adult Attachment as a Risk Factor for Intimate Partner Violence: The “Mispairing” of Partners’ Attachment Styles (with Christine L. Pearson, Jenna E. Elgin, and Lisa L. McKinley), Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2008)

This study examined the relationship between intimate partner violence and adult attachment in a sample...

 

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Preventing High-Risk Drinking in Youth in the Workplace: A Web-Based Normative Feedback Program (with Elizabeth Hannah), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2008)

This study evaluated the efficacy of an alcohol web-based personalized feedback program delivered in the...

 

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Spillover Patterns in Single-Earner Couples: Work, Self-Care, and the Marital Relationship (with Gayla Margolin and Richard S. John), Journal of Family and Economic Issues (2008)

The relationship between work and marriage is well documented in dual-earner couples. Work-marital spillover patterns,...

 

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High-Risk Drinking in College Athletes and Nonathletes Across the Academic Year (with Rob Turrisi, Kenneth M. Coll, and Kate Haralson), Journal of College Counseling (2007)

This study compared heavy drinking and alcohol-related consequences between freshman student-athletes (n = 137) and...

 

Risk Factors for Heavy Drinking and Associated Consequences in College Freshmen: Athletic Status and Adult Attachment (with Rob Turrisi and Dale A. Wright), The Sport Psychologist (2006)

This study examined athletic status and adult attachment as risk factors for high-risk drinking in...

 

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Adult Attachment, Emotional Distress, and Interpersonal Problems in Alcohol and Drug Dependency Treatment (with Christine M. Blasey and Shannon Mitchell), Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (2006)

The present study examined the relationship between adult attachment, emotional distress, and interpersonal problems in...

 

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Attrition from Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Treatment (with Christine M. Blasey and Cory L. Thacker), Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (2005)

This study examined the relationship between treatment attrition, psychological distress, and interpersonal problems in 120...

 

The Relationship Between Daily Marital Interaction, Work, and Health-promoting Behaviors in Dual-earner Couples: An Extension of the Work-family Spillover Model (with Gayla Margolin and Richard S. John), Journal of Family Issues (2003)

This article examines the spillover and crossover patterns between an individual’s daily work experiences...

 

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Enhancing Workplace Safety: Evaluation of a Drug-Free Workplace Program (with Marianne King and Beau Lachance), Workplaces: Safety, Social Implications and Expectation (2012)
 

Presentations

Evaluation of a Parent-Based Intervention to Reduce Heavy Drinking in the Freshman Year of College, 42nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies in Geneva (2012)
 

Evaluation of a Web-Based Workplace Program for Reducing Harmful Drinking Patterns, 42nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (2012)
 

An Examination of Intimate Partner Violence, Attachment, and Violence Reciprocity (with Lisa L. McKinley, Christine L. Pearson, and Jenna E. Elgin), Western Psychological Association (2007)
 

Web-based Alcohol Interventions for Mandated College Students (with Kate Haralson and Phares Book), Western Psychological Association (2007)
 

Prevention of High-Risk Drinking in Youth in the Workplace: A Brief Computerized Intervention (with Elizabeth Hannah, Heather Stocker, and Marianne King), Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (2006)

Introduction: Research demonstrates the efficacy of brief interventions based on social norming and motivational enhancement...