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  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

James H. Bray is affiliated with The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pharmacology. The topics most frequently explored in their work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Health Disparities and Outcomes, and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

The researcher has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Parental monitoring, family conflict, and adolescent alcohol use: A longitudinal latent class analysis, 2022, Journal of Family Psychology
  • MIRRORS Program: Helping Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Families with Substance use Problems, 2022, Substance Abuse
  • COVID-19 pandemic stresses and relationships in college students, 2021, Family Relations
  • Detachment, peer pressure, and age of first substance use as gateways to later substance use, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Toward a new predoctoral model: Education and training in clinical psychopharmacology, 2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

James H. Bray's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple contributions to the PsycEXTRA Dataset, as well as publications in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Family Relations, Journal of Family Psychology, and Substance Abuse.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Brittany Zaring-Hinkle, Martin I. Gallegos, Nan Wang, Meghan K Cain, and Nadine Scamp. Collaboration with these individuals reflects interdisciplinary efforts across topics related to substance use, family dynamics, and clinical psychology.

In recognition of their professional contributions, James H. Bray was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Multivariate Analysis of Variance

    James H. Bray;Scott E. Maxwell

  • Pathways to adolescent alcohol use: family environment, peer influence, and parental expectations.

    Susan G. Nash;Amy McQueen;James H. Bray

  • Analyzing and Interpreting Significant MANOVAs

    James H. Bray;Scott E. Maxwell

  • Personal authority in the family system: Development of a questionnaire to measure personal authority in intergenerational family processes.

    James H. Bray;Donald S. Williamson;Paul E. Malone

  • Sodium bicarbonate supplementation and ingestion timing: does it matter?

    Jason C. Siegler;Paul W.M. Marshall;James Bray;Chris Towlson

  • Developmental Issues in StepFamilies Research Project: Family relationships and parent-child interactions.

    James H. Bray;Sandra H. Berger

  • TREATMENT OF MARITAL CONFLICT AND PREVENTION OF DIVORCE

    James H. Bray;Ernest N. Jouriles

  • Stepfamilies: Love, Marriage, and Parenting in the First Decade

    James H. Bray;John Kelly

  • Children's development during early remarriage.

    James H. Bray

  • Acculturation, Substance Use, and Deviant Behavior: Examining Separation and Family Conflict as Mediators

    Amy McQueen;J. Greg Getz;James H. Bray

  • Internal Invalidity in Studies Employing Self-Report Instruments: A Suggested Remedy.

    George S. Howard;Ronald R. Schmeck;James H. Bray

  • Families in transition: Introduction and overview.

    James H. Bray;E. Mavis Hetherington

  • Gender, perceived parental monitoring, and behavioral adjustment: influences on adolescent alcohol use.

    John A. Webb;James H. Bray;J. Greg Getz;Gerald Adams

  • Developmental, family, and ethnic in influences on adolescent alcohol usage: A growth curve approach.

    James H. Bray;Gerald J. Adams;J. Greg Getz;Paul E. Baer

  • Family Assessment: Current Issues in Evaluating Families.

    James H. Bray

  • Evaluation of an intergenerational theory of personal development : family process determinants of psychological and health distress

    David M. Harvey;James H. Bray

  • Individuation, peers, and adolescent alcohol use: a latent growth analysis.

    James H. Bray;Gerald J. Adams;J. Greg Getz;Amy McQueen

  • Individuation and intimacy in intergenerational relationships and health : patterns across two generations

    David M. Harvey;Cynthia J. Curry;James H. Bray

  • Methodological considerations in the evaluation of a teacher-training program.

    James H. Bray;George S. Howard

  • Intergenerational family relationships: An evaluation of theory and measurement.

    James H. Bray;David M. Harvey;Donald S. Williamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott E. Maxwell
Scott E. Maxwell University of Notre Dame
Susan H. McDaniel
Susan H. McDaniel University of Rochester Medical Center
Ronald F. Levant
Ronald F. Levant University of Akron
Howard A. Liddle
Howard A. Liddle University of Miami
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Geoffrey M. Reed
Geoffrey M. Reed Columbia University
Laurie J. Bauman
Laurie J. Bauman Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David A. Cole
David A. Cole Vanderbilt University
Ernest N. Jouriles
Ernest N. Jouriles Southern Methodist University
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Suzanne Bennett Johnson Florida State University

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