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Overview

Craig R. Colder is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily spans psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology, applied psychology, epidemiology, general health professions, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Craig R. Colder has published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Addictive Behaviors

Some recent papers include:

  • Developmental Cascade Effects of Maternal Depression on Offspring Substance Use Across Adolescence: Pathway Through Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Peer Deviancy, 2022, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Alcohol and cannabis co-use and social context as risk pathways to sexual assault, 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Long-Term Effects of Early Adolescent Marijuana Use on Attentional and Inhibitory Control, 2020, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Evaluating Declines in Compliance With Ecological Momentary Assessment in Longitudinal Health Behavior Research: Analyses From a Clinical Trial, 2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Testing alternative cascades from internalizing and externalizing symptoms to adolescent alcohol use and alcohol use disorder through co-occurring symptoms and peer delinquency, 2020, Development and Psychopathology

Frequent co-authors of Craig R. Colder include:

  • Katie J. Paige
  • Jennifer P. Read
  • Larry W. Hawk
  • Martin C. Mahoney
  • Nolan E. Ramer

In addition to peer-reviewed articles, Craig R. Colder has contributed to book publications. One notable work published by Cambridge University Press in 2024 is Temperament and Child Development in Context.

Best Publications

  • Development and Preliminary Validation of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire.

    Jennifer P Read;Christopher W Kahler;David R Strong;Craig R Colder

  • The relation of parent alcoholism to adolescent substance use: A longitudinal follow-up study.

    Laurie Chassin;Patrick J. Curran;Andrea M. Hussong;Craig R. Colder

  • Differentiating between sensation seeking and impulsivity through their mediated relations with alcohol use and problems

    Viktoriya Magid;Michael G. MacLean;Craig R. Colder

  • Rates of DSM-IV-TR Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Newly Matriculated College Students.

    Jennifer P. Read;Paige Ouimette;Jacquelyn White;Craig Colder

  • A finite mixture model of growth trajectories of adolescent alcohol use: predictors and consequences.

    Craig R. Colder;Richard T. Campbell;Erin Ruel;Jean L. Richardson

  • Vulnerability to peer influence: A moderated mediation study of early adolescent alcohol use initiation

    Elisa M. Trucco;Craig R. Colder;William F. Wieczorek

  • The UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale: Factor structure and associations with college drinking

    Viktoriya Magid;Craig R. Colder

  • The moderating effects of children's fear and activity level on relations between parenting practices and childhood symptomatology.

    Craig R. Colder;John E. Lochman;Karen C. Wells

  • Psychometric Properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): a replication with motor vehicle accident survivors.

    J. Gayle Beck;Scott F. Coffey;Sarah A. Palyo;Berglind Gudmundsdottir

  • Prospective Associations of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems and Their Co-Occurrence with Early Adolescent Substance Use

    Craig R. Colder;Matthew Scalco;Elisa M. Trucco;Jennifer P. Read

  • Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Predict Alcohol and Other Drug Consequence Trajectories in the First Year of College

    Jennifer P. Read;Craig R. Colder;Jennifer E. Merrill;Paige Ouimette

  • Affectivity and impulsivity: Temperament risk for adolescent alcohol involvement

    Craig R. Colder;Laurie Chassin

  • Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Model and Child Psychopathology: Laboratory and Questionnaire Assessment of the BAS and BIS.

    Craig R. Colder;Roisin M. O'Connor

  • Predicting alcohol patterns in first-year college students through motivational systems and reasons for drinking.

    Roisin M. O'Connor;Craig R. Colder

  • Identifying trajectories of adolescent smoking: an application of latent growth mixture modeling.

    Craig R. Colder;Paras Mehta;Kevin Balanda;Richard T. Campbell

  • A longitudinal study of social competence among children of alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents: role of parental psychopathology, parental warmth, and self-regulation

    Rina D. Eiden;Craig Colder;Ellen P. Edwards;Kenneth E. Leonard

  • A Longitudinal Study of the Interactive Effects of Impulsivity and Anger on Adolescent Problem Behavior.

    Craig R. Colder;Eric Stice

  • Life stress, physiological and subjective indexes of negative emotionality, and coping reasons for drinking: is there evidence for a self-medication model of alcohol use?

    Craig R. Colder

  • The interactive effects of infant activity level and fear on growth trajectories of early childhood behavior problems.

    Craig R. Colder;Joshua A. Mott;Arielle S. Berman

  • The relation of perceived neighborhood danger to childhood aggression : A test of mediating mechanisms

    Craig R. Colder;Joshua Mott;Susan Levy;Brian Flay

Frequent Co-Authors

Rina D. Eiden
Rina D. Eiden Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer P. Read
Jennifer P. Read University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Larry W. Hawk
Larry W. Hawk University at Buffalo, State University of New York
William F. Wieczorek
William F. Wieczorek Buffalo State College
Liliana J. Lengua
Liliana J. Lengua University of Washington
Paula J. Fite
Paula J. Fite University of Kansas
Kenneth E. Leonard
Kenneth E. Leonard University at Buffalo, State University of New York
John E. Lochman
John E. Lochman University of Alabama
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin Arizona State University

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