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Eric R. Pedersen is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans various fields including Psychology, Medicine, and Health Professions, with notable focus areas such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics explored in their work center around Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Homelessness and Social Issues, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Behavioral Health and Service Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Emerging Adults Currently or Recently Experiencing Homelessness (2020, Journal of Adolescent Health)
  • Early and Late Adolescent Factors that Predict Co-use of Cannabis with Alcohol and Tobacco in Young Adulthood (2020, Prevention Science)
  • Examining Associations Between Licensed and Unlicensed Outlet Density and Cannabis Outcomes From Preopening to Postopening of Recreational Cannabis Outlets (2020, American Journal on Addictions)
  • Sources of cannabis among young adults and associations with cannabis-related outcomes (2020, International Journal of Drug Policy)
  • Disposable E-Cigarette Use Prevalence, Correlates, and Associations With Previous Tobacco Product Use in Young Adults (2021, Nicotine & Tobacco Research)

The scientist has frequent coauthors, indicating collaborative work with:

  • Jordan P. Davis
  • Joan S. Tucker
  • Elizabeth J. D'Amico
  • Michael S. Dunbar
  • Anthony Rodriguez

Eric R. Pedersen's research is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, predominantly with RAND Corporation eBooks, comprising a total of 20 titles focused on health-related behaviors and assessments of health readiness among various military components between 2020 and 2021.

Best Publications

  • Comparing perceived public stigma and personal stigma of mental health treatment seeking in a young adult sample

    Eric R. Pedersen;Andrew P. Paves

  • Partying before the party: examining prepartying behavior among college students.

    Eric R. Pedersen;Joseph W. LaBrie

  • Reasons for drinking in the college student context: the differential role and risk of the social motivator.

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

  • Effects of alcohol, expectancies, and partner type on condom use in college males: Event‐level analyses

    Joseph LaBrie;Mitch Earleywine;Jason Schiffman;Eric Pedersen

  • Measuring Sojourner Adjustment among American students studying abroad.

    Eric R. Pedersen;Clayton Neighbors;Mary E. Larimer;Christine M. Lee

  • Help-Seeking Stigma and Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among Young Adult Veterans

    Magdalena Kulesza;Eric R. Pedersen;Patrick W. Corrigan;Grant N. Marshall

  • Sleep in the Military: Promoting Healthy Sleep Among U.S. Servicemembers

    Wendy M Troxel;Regina A Shih;Eric R Pedersen;Lily Geyer

  • Concurrent Validity of an Online Version of the Timeline Followback Assessment

    Eric R. Pedersen;Joel Grow;Sean Duncan;Clayton Neighbors

  • Live interactive group-specific normative feedback reduces misperceptions and drinking in college students: a randomized cluster trial.

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Justin F. Hummer;Clayton Neighbors;Eric R. Pedersen

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

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

  • Using Facebook for health-related research study recruitment and program delivery

    Eric R Pedersen;Jeremy Kurz

  • To Educate or To Incarcerate: Factors in Disproportionality in School Discipline.

    Matthew L. Mizel;Jeremy N.V. Miles;Eric R. Pedersen;Joan S. Tucker

  • Cognitive processing therapy for veterans with comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorders.

    Debra L. Kaysen;Jeremiah Schumm;Jeremiah Schumm;Eric R. Pedersen;Richard W. Seim

  • Descriptive Drinking Norms: For Whom Does Reference Group Matter?*

    Mary E. Larimer;Clayton Neighbors;Joseph W. LaBrie;David C. Atkins

  • Longitudinal family effects on substance use among an at-risk adolescent sample.

    Brett A. Ewing;Karen Chan Osilla;Eric R. Pedersen;Sarah B. Hunter

  • Prepartying promotes heightened risk in the college environment: An event-level report ☆

    Joseph W. LaBrie;Eric R. Pedersen

  • Alcohol and marijuana use trajectories in a diverse longitudinal sample of adolescents: examining use patterns from age 11 to 17 years.

    Elizabeth J. D'Amico;Joan S. Tucker;Jeremy N. V. Miles;Brett A. Ewing

  • Types of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine co-use and associated outcomes in young adulthood.

    Joan S. Tucker;Eric R. Pedersen;Rachana Seelam;Michael Stephen Dunbar

  • A brief Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index with less potential for bias

    Mitch Earleywine;Joseph W. LaBrie;Eric R. Pedersen

  • Planting the seed for marijuana use: Changes in exposure to medical marijuana advertising and subsequent adolescent marijuana use, cognitions, and consequences over seven years.

    Elizabeth J. D’Amico;Anthony Rodriguez;Joan S. Tucker;Eric R. Pedersen

  • Using facebook to recruit young adult veterans: online mental health research.

    Eric R Pedersen;Eric D Helmuth;Grant N Marshall;Terry L Schell

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth J. D'Amico
Elizabeth J. D'Amico RAND Corporation
Joan S. Tucker
Joan S. Tucker RAND Corporation
Joseph W. LaBrie
Joseph W. LaBrie Loyola Marymount University
Clayton Neighbors
Clayton Neighbors University of Houston
Jeremy N. V. Miles
Jeremy N. V. Miles Google (United States)
David M. Grant
David M. Grant University of Nottingham
Mary E. Larimer
Mary E. Larimer University of Washington
Terri Tanielian
Terri Tanielian RAND Corporation
Christine M. Lee
Christine M. Lee University of Washington
David J. Klein
David J. Klein RAND Corporation

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