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Alexandra Loukas is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of medicine, psychology, and social sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as physiology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and pharmacology.

Loukas has published extensively on topics related to smoking behavior and cessation, behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity, diet, the impact of technology on adolescents, cannabis and cannabinoid research, sexuality, behavior and technology, as well as LGBTQ health, identity, and policy.

Frequent publication venues for Loukas include:

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Journal of American College Health
  • Addiction

Among the recent papers involving Alexandra Loukas are:

  • Electronic nicotine delivery systems use predicts transitions in cigarette smoking among young adults, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Exposure and engagement with tobacco-related social media and associations with subsequent tobacco use among young adults: A longitudinal analysis, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Reactions to targeted tobacco control messaging: Transgender and gender diverse young adult perspectives, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Digital marketing of smokeless tobacco: A longitudinal analysis of exposure and initiation among young adults, 2021, Addictive Behaviors
  • How Does Social Media Exposure and Engagement Influence College Students' Use of ENDS Products? A Cross-lagged Longitudinal Study, 2021, Health Communication

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Loukas include:

  • Anna V. Wilkinson
  • C. Nathan Marti
  • Keryn E. Pasch
  • Melissa B. Harrell
  • Cheryl L. Perry

Best Publications

  • Examining School Connectedness as a Mediator of School Climate Effects

    Alexandra Loukas;Rie Suzuki;Karissa D. Horton

  • Relational aggression in college students: Examining the roles of social anxiety and empathy

    Jesse L. Loudin;Alexandra Loukas;Sheri Robinson

  • Examining the Moderating Role of Perceived School Climate in Early Adolescent Adjustment.

    Alexandra Loukas;Sheri Robinson

  • Flavored e-cigarette use: Characterizing youth, young adult, and adult users.

    Melissa B Harrell;S. R. Weaver;A. Loukas;Melisa R Creamer

  • Early Adolescent Social and Overt Aggression: Examining the Roles of Social Anxiety and Maternal Psychological Control

    Alexandra Loukas;Stephanie K. Paulos;Sheri Robinson

  • Middle school student perceptions of school climate: Examining protective functions on subsequent adjustment problems.

    Alexandra Loukas;Jonna L. Murphy

  • Examining temporal associations between school connectedness and early adolescent adjustment.

    Alexandra Loukas;Ken G. Ripperger-Suhler;Karissa D. Horton

  • School Connectedness Buffers the Effects of Negative Family Relations and Poor Effortful Control on Early Adolescent Conduct Problems

    Alexandra Loukas;Lori A. Roalson;Denise E. Herrera

  • Social anxiety and aggression in early adolescents: examining the moderating roles of empathic concern and perspective taking.

    Milena D. Batanova;Alexandra Loukas

  • The role of resource, protective, and risk factors on academic achievement-related outcomes of economically disadvantaged Latino youth

    Hazel M. Prelow;Alexandra Loukas

  • Developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior problems among sons of alcoholics: effects of parent psychopathology, family conflict, and child undercontrol.

    Alexandra Loukas;Robert A. Zucker;Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Jennifer L. Krull

  • The relation of personality to alcohol abuse/dependence in a high-risk sample.

    Alexandra Loukas;Jennifer L. Krull;Laurie Chassin;Adam C. Carle

  • Parental Alcoholism and Co-Occurring Antisocial Behavior: Prospective Relationships to Externalizing Behavior Problems in their Young Sons

    Alexandra Loukas;Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Robert A. Zucker;Alexander von Eye

  • Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Low-Income Latino Early Adolescents Risk, Resource, and Protective Factors

    Alexandra Loukas;Hazel M. Prelow

  • Exclusive e-cigarette use predicts cigarette initiation among college students.

    Alexandra Loukas;C. Nathan Marti;Maria R Cooper;Keryn E. Pasch

  • Flavored Tobacco Product Use among Youth and Young Adults: What if Flavors Didn't Exist?

    Harrell Mb;Loukas A;Jackson Cd;Marti Cn

  • Does School Connectedness Buffer the Impact of Peer Victimization on Early Adolescents' Subsequent Adjustment Problems?.

    Alexandra Loukas;Keryn E. Pasch

  • Youth or Young Adults: Which Group Is at Highest Risk for Tobacco Use Onset?

    Cheryl L. Perry;Adriana Pérez;Meagan Bluestein;Nicholas Garza

  • Depressive Symptoms Predict Current E-Cigarette Use Among College Students in Texas.

    Frank C Bandiera;Frank C Bandiera;Alexandra Loukas;Xiaoyin Li;Anna V Wilkinson

  • Trajectories of School Connectedness Across the Middle School Years Examining the Roles of Adolescents’ Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Alexandra Loukas;Jessica Duncan Cance;Milena Batanova

  • Prevalence and Harm Perceptions of Various Tobacco Products Among College Students

    Lara A. Latimer;Milena Batanova;Alexandra Loukas

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Michigan State University
Robert A. Zucker
Robert A. Zucker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer L. Krull
Jennifer L. Krull University of California, Los Angeles
Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin Arizona State University
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Stanford University
Alexander von Eye
Alexander von Eye Michigan State University
Robin J. Mermelstein
Robin J. Mermelstein University of Illinois at Chicago
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California

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