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Overview

Helene R. White is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, prominently focusing on medicine and psychology. Within these fields, White's work is particularly concentrated in epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

White's notable recent papers explore various aspects of substance use and behavioral health, especially among college populations. Key publications include:

  • Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among College Students Due to COVID-19: Effects of Campus Closure and Residential Change (2020), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Alcohol and marijuana co-use: Consequences, subjective intoxication, and the operationalization of simultaneous use (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among college students: Prevalence rates and attributions to substance-specific versus simultaneous use (2020), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Changes in Alcohol Use and Drinking Context due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multimethod Study of College Student Drinkers (2021), Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students (2020), Addictive Behaviors

Their frequent co-authors demonstrate collaboration across several researchers in related domains. The most common co-authors include:

  • Kristina M. Jackson
  • Alexander W. Sokolovsky
  • Angela K. Stevens
  • Rachel L. Gunn
  • Holly K. Boyle

White's work appears regularly in a selection of publication venues associated with substance use and behavioral health research. These venues include:

  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Cannabis

Their main research topics reflect a focus on the health and behavioral effects of substance use. Major topics include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

This research profile highlights a comprehensive engagement with substance use and mental health issues, combining clinical and epidemiological approaches predominantly within college student populations and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Towards the assessment of adolescent problem drinking.

    Helene R. White;Erich W. Labouvie

  • An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory

    Robert Agnew;Helene Raskin White

  • The impact of childhood abuse and neglect on adult mental health: a prospective study

    Allan V. Horwitz;Cathy Spatz Widom;Julie McLaughlin;Helene Raskin White

  • Becoming married and mental health: A longitudinal study of a cohort of young adults.

    Allan V. Horwitz;Helene Raskin White;Sandra Howell-White

  • Increases in alcohol and marijuana use during the transition out of high school into emerging adulthood: The effects of leaving home, going to college, and high school protective factors.

    Helene Raskin White;Barbara J. McMORRIS;Richard F. Catalano;Charles B. Fleming

  • Violence and Serious Theft : Development and Prediction from Childhood to Adulthood

    Rolf Loeber;Rolf Loeber;David P. Farrington;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber;Helene Raskin White

  • Early adult outcomes of adolescent binge drinking: person- and variable-centered analyses of binge drinking trajectories.

    Karl G. Hill;Helene R. White;Ick Joong Chung;J. David Hawkins

  • Changes in Substance use during the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of College Students and Their Noncollege Age Peers

    Helene R. White;Erich W. Labouvie;Vasiliki Papadaratsakis

  • Parental modeling and parenting behavior effects on offspring alcohol and cigarette use. A growth curve analysis.

    Helene Raskin White;Valerie Johnson;Steven Buyske

  • Intimate Partner Violence Among Abused and Neglected Children in Young Adulthood: The Mediating Effects of Early Aggression, Antisocial Personality, Hostility and Alcohol Problems

    Helene Raskin White;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Childhood victimization and illicit drug use in middle adulthood

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Naomi R. Marmorstein;Helene Raskin White

  • Longitudinal effects of age at onset and first drinking situations on problem drinking

    Lynn A. Warner;Helene R. White

  • Problem behaviours in abused and neglected children grown up: Prevalence and co-occurrence of substance abuse, crime and violence

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Helene Raskin White

  • Developmental associations between substance use and violence.

    Helene Raskin White;Rolf Loeber;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber;David P. Farrington

  • Gender role orientations and styles of pathology among adolescents

    Allan V. Horwitz;Helene Raskin White

  • Social and psychological influences on emerging adult drinking behavior

    Helene Raskin White;Kristina Jackson

  • Developmental Aspects of Delinquency and Internalizing Problems and Their Association With Persistent Juvenile Substance Use Between Ages 7 and 18

    Rolf Loeber;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber;Helene Raskin White

  • Long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on alcohol use and excessive drinking in middle adulthood.

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Helene Raskin White;Sally J. Czaja;Naomi R. Marmorstein

  • Adolescence-limited versus persistent delinquency: extending Moffitt's hypothesis into adulthood

    Helene Raskin White;Marsha E. Bates;Steven Buyske

  • The use of multiple outcomes in stress research : A case study of gender differences in responses to marital dissolution

    Allan V. Horwitz;Helene Raskin White;Sandra Howell-White

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Kristina M. Jackson
Kristina M. Jackson Brown University
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
Erich Labouvie
Erich Labouvie Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Marsha E. Bates
Marsha E. Bates Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dustin A. Pardini
Dustin A. Pardini Arizona State University
Cathy Spatz Widom
Cathy Spatz Widom City University of New York
Charles B. Fleming
Charles B. Fleming University of Washington
Alison E. Hipwell
Alison E. Hipwell University of Pittsburgh

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