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78
Citations
30511
World Ranking
1554
National Ranking
927

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Michael D. Newcomb was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States.

During their career, Newcomb was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1991.

They were deceased at the time of this summary.

Best Publications

  • Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

    David P Bernstein;Judith A Stein;Michael D Newcomb;Edward Walker

  • Predictors of Early High School Dropout: A Test of Five Theories.

    Sara Battin-Pearson;Michael D. Newcomb;Robert D. Abbott;Karl G. Hill

  • Consequences of Adolescent Drug Use: Impact on the Lives of Young Adults

    Michael D. Newcomb;Peter M. Bentler

  • Depression, self-derogation, substance use, and suicide ideation: lack of purpose in life as a mediational factor

    Lisa L. Harlow;Michael D. Newcomb;P. M. Bentler

  • Life events and substance use among adolescents: mediating effects of perceived loss of control and meaninglessness in life.

    Michael D. Newcomb;L. L. Harlow

  • Risk factors for drug use among adolescents: concurrent and longitudinal analyses.

    M. D. Newcomb;Ebrahim Maddahian;P. M. Bentler

  • Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

    Richard F. Catalano;Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Michael D. Newcomb

  • Impact of adolescent drug use and social support on problems of young adults: a longitudinal study

    Michael D. Newcomb;Peter M. Bentler

  • Multiple protective and risk factors for drug use and abuse: cross-sectional and prospective findings.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Maria Felix-Ortiz

  • Substance use and abuse among children and teenagers.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Peter M. Bentler

  • A Multidimensional Measure of Cultural Identity for Latino and Latina Adolescents

    Maria Felix-Ortiz;Michael D. Newcomb;Hector Myers

  • A multidimensional assessment of stressful life events among adolescents : Derivation and correlates

    Michael D. Newcomb;George J. Huba;Peter M. Bentler

  • Substance abuse and psychosocial risk factors among teenagers: associations with sex, age, ethnicity, and type of school

    Michael D. Newcomb;Ebrahim Maddahian;Rodney Skager;P. M. Bentler

  • Longitudinal study of marital success and failure.

    P. M. Bentler;Michael D. Newcomb

  • Ethnic Belonging and Traditional Masculinity Ideology Among African Americans, European Americans, and Latinos

    José M. Abreu;Rodney K. Goodyear;Alvaro Campos;Michael D. Newcomb

  • Cognitive motivation and drug use: a 9-year longitudinal study.

    Alan W. Stacy;Michael D. Newcomb;Peter M. Bentler

  • Mediational and deviance theories of late high school failure: Process roles of structural strains, academic competence, and general versus specific problem behavior.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Robert D. Abbott;Richard F. Catalano;J. David Hawkins

  • Cognitive motivations for drug use among adolescents: Longitudinal tests of gender differences and predictors of change in drug use.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Chih-ping Chou;P. M. Bentler;G. J. Huba

  • An 8-year study of multiple influences on drug use and drug use consequences.

    Judith A. Stein;Michael D. Newcomb;P. M. Bentler

  • Sexual risk behavior among youth: modeling the influence of prosocial activities and socioeconomic factors

    Jesus Ramirez-Valles;Marc A. Zimmerman;Michael D. Newcomb

  • A multivariate model of the determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents.

    Felipe G. Castro;Ebrahim Maddahian;Michael D. Newcomb;Peter M. Bentler

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Alan W. Stacy
Alan W. Stacy Claremont Graduate University
Rodney K. Goodyear
Rodney K. Goodyear University of Redlands
Lisa L. Harlow
Lisa L. Harlow University of Rhode Island
Felipe González Castro
Felipe González Castro Arizona State University
Gail E. Wyatt
Gail E. Wyatt University of California, Los Angeles
Hector F. Myers
Hector F. Myers Vanderbilt University
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Thomas Ashby Wills
Thomas Ashby Wills University of Hawaii at Manoa
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California

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