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Overview

Jeremy Staff is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, with a notable focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Physiology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Demography.

Their work frequently addresses main topics such as Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, Employment and Welfare Studies, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, and Retirement, Disability, and Employment.

Jeremy Staff's recent publications include:

  • Adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking in the Millennium Cohort Study (2021, Addiction)
  • Electronic cigarette use in adolescence is associated with later cannabis use (2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)

They have published frequently in venues such as Addiction, Criminology, Tobacco Control, Research in Human Development, and the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Collaborations with other researchers are evident, with frequent co-authors including Jennifer L. Maggs, Mike Vuolo, Brian C. Kelly, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Maria M. Orsini. These partnerships reflect a collaborative approach to studying adolescent behavior, public health, and social outcomes.

Their research interests place a particular emphasis on adolescent health behaviors, especially related to smoking and electronic cigarette use. The studies involve longitudinal data analysis and exploration of the social and environmental factors that affect youth development and health trajectories.

Best Publications

  • THE SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARD AND ADOLESCENT PEER ACCEPTANCE

    Derek A. Kreager;Jeremy Staff

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis From Kindergarten to Eighth Grade

    Paul L. Morgan;Jeremy Staff;Marianne M. Hillemeier;George Farkas

  • Substance Use Changes and Social Role Transitions: Proximal Developmental Effects on Ongoing Trajectories from Late Adolescence through Early Adulthood

    Jeremy Staff;John E. Schulenberg;Julie Maslowsky;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Too Cool for School? Violence, Peer Status and High School Dropout

    Jeremy Staff;Derek A. Kreager

  • Work as a Turning Point for Criminal Offenders

    Christopher Uggen;Jeremy Staff

  • Educational and Work Strategies from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Consequences for Educational Attainment

    Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Work Intensity on High School Dropout.

    Jennifer C. Lee;Jeremy Staff

  • Early Occupational Aspirations and Fractured Transitions: A Study of Entry into ‘NEET’ Status in the UK

    Scott Yates;Angel Harris;Ricardo Sabates;Jeremy Staff

  • The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Depressive Symptoms during the Early Occupational Career

    Jason N. Houle;Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Christopher Uggen

  • Uncertainty in Early Occupational Aspirations: Role Exploration or Aimlessness?

    Jeremy Staff;Angel Harris;Ricardo Sabates;Laine Briddell

  • The Double Standard at Sexual Debut: Gender, Sexual Behavior and Adolescent Peer Acceptance.

    Derek A. Kreager;Jeremy Staff;G. Robin Gauthier;Eva S. Lefkowitz

  • The Fruits of Good Work: Early Work Experiences and Adolescent Deviance

    Jeremy Staff;Christopher Uggen

  • Weathering the Great Recession: Psychological and Behavioral Trajectories in the Transition from School to Work

    Michael Vuolo;Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • ADOLESCENT WORK INTENSITY, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, AND ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT

    Jeremy Staff;John E. Schulenberg;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Parent and child cigarette use: A longitudinal, multigenerational study

    Mike Vuolo;Jeremy Staff

  • Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career

    Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • EXPLAINING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE‐DELINQUENCY RELATIONSHIP*

    Richard B. Felson;Jeremy Staff

  • Adolescent Precursors of Pathways From School to Work

    Mike Vuolo;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Jeremy Staff

  • Early work as a source of developmental discontinuity during the transition to adulthood

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Jeremy Staff

  • The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication on Violent Versus Other Offending

    Richard B. Felson;Jeremy Staff

  • TRACING THE TIMING OF “CAREER” ACQUISITION IN A CONTEMPORARY YOUTH COHORT

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Mike Vuolo;Jeremy Staff;Sara Wakefield

  • Work as a Turning Point for Criminal Offenders: Critical Issues in Crime Reduction for Corrections

    Christopher Uggen;Jeremy Staff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer L. Maggs
Jennifer L. Maggs Pennsylvania State University
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Jeylan T. Mortimer University of Minnesota
John E. Schulenberg
John E. Schulenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Megan E. Patrick
Megan E. Patrick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick M. O'Malley
Patrick M. O'Malley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jerald G. Bachman
Jerald G. Bachman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher Uggen
Christopher Uggen University of Minnesota
Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson
Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson Washington State University
Richard B. Felson
Richard B. Felson Pennsylvania State University
George Farkas
George Farkas University of California, Irvine

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