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Overview

Andrew Lac is affiliated with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with 43 publications in the field. Within psychology, Lac's work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

Lac has contributed to key topics such as behavioral health and interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, sleep and related disorders, and intimate partner and family violence.

Some of the recent research papers authored by Andrew Lac include:

  • Sensation seeking versus alcohol use: Evaluating temporal precedence using cross-lagged panel models (2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Development and Validation of the Drama Triangle Scale: Are You a Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor? (2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence)
  • Experimental priming of peer injunctive norms and peer descriptive norms on personal alcohol attitudes, behaviors, and motivations (2020, Addiction Research & Theory)

Lac frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Journal of Dual Diagnosis

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Candice D. Donaldson, Michael A. Kisley, Michele L. Okun, Josh Shulkin, and Jeremy W. Luk.

Best Publications

  • Principles and Methods of Social Research

    William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

  • Principles and methods of social research, 2nd ed.

    William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

  • An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to sorority alcohol consumption.

    Karen K. Huchting;Andrew Lac;Joseph W. LaBrie

  • Protective behavioral strategies mediate the effect of drinking motives on alcohol use among heavy drinking college students: Gender and race differences

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Andrew Lac;Shannon R. Kenney;Tehniat Mirza

  • Monitoring Matters: Meta-analytic review reveals the reliable linkage of parental monitoring with adolescent marijuana use

    Andrew Lac;William D. Crano

  • Understanding early-onset drug and alcohol outcomes among youth: the role of family structure, social factors, and interpersonal perceptions of use.

    Vanessa Hemovich;Andrew Lac;William D. Crano

  • Hooking Up in the College Context: The Event-Level Effects of Alcohol Use and Partner Familiarity on Hookup Behaviors and Contentment

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Justin F. Hummer;Tehniat M. Ghaidarov;Andrew Lac

  • Mental Health, Sleep Quality, Drinking Motives, and Alcohol-Related Consequences: A Path-Analytic Model

    Shannon R. Kenney;Andrew Lac;Joseph W. LaBrie;Justin F. Hummer

  • Identifying Factors That Increase the Likelihood for Alcohol-Induced Blackouts in the Prepartying Context

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Justin F. Hummer;Shannon Kenney;Andrew Lac

  • Intentions of becoming a living organ donor among Hispanics: a theory-based approach exploring differences between living and nonliving organ donation.

    Jason T. Siegel;Eusebio M. Alvaro;Andrew Lac;William D. Crano

  • Marijuana Use Among Latino Adolescents: Gender Differences in Protective Familial Factors

    Andrew Lac;Jennifer B. Unger;Tatiana Basáñez;Anamara Ritt-Olson

  • Measuring college students' motives behind prepartying drinking: development and validation of the prepartying motivations inventory.

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Justin F. Hummer;Eric. R. Pedersen;Andrew Lac

  • Pathways from parental knowledge and warmth to adolescent marijuana use: an extension to the theory of planned behavior.

    Andrew Lac;Eusebio M. Alvaro;William D. Crano;Jason T. Siegel

  • THE USE OF PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES IS RELATED TO REDUCED RISK IN HEAVY DRINKING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH POORER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

    Joseph W. Labrie;Shannon R. Kenney;Andrew Lac

  • Expectancy change and adolescents' intentions to use marijuana.

    Jessica J. Skenderian;Jason T. Siegel;William D. Crano;Eusebio E. Alvaro

  • Family history of alcohol abuse associated with problematic drinking among college students

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Savannah Migliuri;Shannon R. Kenney;Andrew Lac

  • A group Motivational Interviewing intervention reduces drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences in adjudicated college women

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Alysha D. Thompson;Karen Huchting;Andrew Lac

  • Mental and Social Health Impacts the Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies in Reducing Risky Drinking and Alcohol Consequences

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Shannon R. Kenney;Andrew Lac;Jonathan A. Garcia

  • Alcohol attitudes, motives, norms, and personality traits longitudinally classify nondrinkers, moderate drinkers, and binge drinkers using discriminant function analysis.

    Andrew Lac;Candice D. Donaldson

  • Identifying factors that increase the likelihood of driving after drinking among college students

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Shannon R. Kenney;Tehniat Mirza;Andrew Lac

  • A quasi-experimental investigation of message appeal variations on organ donor registration rates

    Jason T. Siegel;Eusebio M. Alvaro;William D. Crano;Andrew Lac

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph W. LaBrie
Joseph W. LaBrie Loyola Marymount University
William D. Crano
William D. Crano Claremont Graduate University
Marilynn B. Brewer
Marilynn B. Brewer The Ohio State University
Eric R. Pedersen
Eric R. Pedersen University of Southern California
Mary E. Larimer
Mary E. Larimer University of Washington
Daniel W. Soto
Daniel W. Soto University of Southern California
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Frederick L. Coolidge
Frederick L. Coolidge University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Christine M. Lee
Christine M. Lee University of Washington
Michael A. Hogg
Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University

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