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Kenneth E. Leonard is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, in the United States. Their research spans primary fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a strong focus on epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, general health professions, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work concentrates on several interconnected topics, including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, prenatal substance exposure effects, attachment and relationship dynamics, intimate partner and family violence, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as homelessness and social issues.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Differences in Opioid Overdose Mortality Rates Among Middle-Aged Adults by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, 1999-2018 (2020), Public Health Reports
  • Relationships on the rocks: A meta-analysis of romantic partner effects on alcohol use (2020), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Does state self-control depletion predict relationship functioning and partner aggression? An ecological momentary assessment study of community couples (2020), Aggressive Behavior
  • Early Childhood Risk and Protective Factors Predicting Resilience against Adolescent Substance Use (2020), Adversity and Resilience Science
  • The Influence of Drinking Buddies: A Longitudinal Investigation of Drinking Motivations and Drinking Behaviors in Emerging Adults (2020), Substance Use & Misuse

Kenneth E. Leonard frequently publishes in journals such as Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Substance Use & Misuse, and Addictive Behaviors.

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors Zackary Falls, Peter L. Elkin, Gail Jette, David M. Jacobs, and Walter Gibson.

Best Publications

  • Psychological Theories of Drinking and Alcoholism

    Howard T. Blane;Kenneth E. Leonard

  • Attachment Styles and Marital Adjustment among Newlywed Couples

    Marilyn Senchak;Kenneth E. Leonard

  • Nonstranger sexual aggression: A discriminant analysis of the psychological characteristics of undetected offenders

    Mary P. Koss;Kenneth E. Leonard;Dana A. Beezley;Cheryl J. Oros

  • Prospective prediction of husband marital aggression within newlywed couples.

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Marilyn Senchak

  • Psychological theories of drinking and alcoholism, 2nd ed.

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Howard T. Blane

  • Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Rina D. Eiden

  • Drinking and marital aggression in newlyweds: an event-based analysis of drinking and the occurrence of husband marital aggression.

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Brian M. Quigley

  • Women's substance use and experiences of intimate partner violence: a longitudinal investigation among a community sample.

    Maria Testa;Jennifer A Livingston;Kenneth E Leonard

  • Alcohol and intimate partner violence: when can we say that heavy drinking is a contributing cause of violence?

    Kenneth E. Leonard

  • A conceptual model for the development of externalizing behavior problems among kindergarten children of alcoholic families: role of parenting and children's self-regulation.

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

  • Husbands' and wives' marital adjustment, verbal aggression, and physical aggression as longitudinal predictors of physical aggression in early marriage.

    Julie A. Schumacher;Kenneth E. Leonard

  • Alcohol and the marriage effect.

    Kenneth E. Leonard;J. C. Rothbard

  • Intimate partner violence and specific substance use disorders: findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

    Philip H. Smith;Gregory G. Homish;Kenneth E. Leonard;Jack R. Cornelius

  • Current directions in research on understanding and preventing intoxicated aggression

    K Graham;K E Leonard;R Room;T C Wild

  • Marriage and alcohol use: a longitudinal study of "maturing out".

    Carol Miller-Tutzauer;K. E. Leonard;M. Windle

  • Alcohol and premarital aggression among newlywed couples.

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Marilyn Senchak

  • Alcohol and Marital Aggression in a National Sample of Young Men

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Howard T. Blane

  • Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couples

    Gregory G. Homish;Kenneth E. Leonard

  • Cognition During Marital Conflict: The Relationship of Thought and Talk:

    Alan Sillars;Linda J. Roberts;Kenneth E. Leonard;Tim Dun

  • Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Family Violence

    Kenneth E. Leonard;Theodore Jacob

Frequent Co-Authors

Rina D. Eiden
Rina D. Eiden Pennsylvania State University
Brian M. Quigley
Brian M. Quigley University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Maria Testa
Maria Testa University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Craig R. Colder
Craig R. Colder University at Buffalo, State University of New York
R. Lorraine Collins
R. Lorraine Collins University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jack R. Cornelius
Jack R. Cornelius University of Pittsburgh
Theodore Jacob
Theodore Jacob Veterans Health Administration
Stuart P. Taylor
Stuart P. Taylor Kent State University
Jennifer A. Livingston
Jennifer A. Livingston University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sherry H. Stewart
Sherry H. Stewart Dalhousie University

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