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Overview

Peter A. Vanable is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on health-related fields, including medicine and health professions. The subfields of study in which they have published include general health professions, pharmacology, infectious diseases, physiology, and social psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, smoking behavior and cessation, cannabis and cannabinoid research, coffee research and impacts, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, as well as behavioral health and interventions.

Vanable has contributed to several research publications over recent years. Selected papers include:

  • "Pain self-efficacy, race, and motivation to quit smoking among persons living with HIV (PLWH)", 2020, published in Addictive Behaviors
  • "Framed Messages to Increase Condom Use Frequency Among Individuals Taking Daily Antiretroviral Medication for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis", 2021, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Delay Discounting and Sexual Decision-Making: Understanding Condom Use Behavior Among U.S. College Students", 2023, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Sexual Risk and Social Desirability among Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men", 2020, Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships
  • "Storytelling in Health Behavior Research: An Adolescent Health Risk Data Collection Conundrum", 2025, Health Behavior Research

The most frequent venues for their research articles include Archives of Sexual Behavior, Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, and Health Behavior Research.

Vanable often collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Frequent coauthors include Madison K. Firkey, Luke D. Mitzel, Lisa R. LaRowe, Yvette Rother, and Jessica M. Powers.

Best Publications

  • Paranoia and Self-Consciousness

    Allan Fenigstein;Peter A. Vanable

  • Impact of HIV-Related Stigma on Health Behaviors and Psychological Adjustment Among HIV-Positive Men and Women

    Peter A. Vanable;Michael P. Carey;Donald C. Blair;Rae A. Littlewood

  • Methodological Challenges in Research on Sexual Risk Behavior: II. Accuracy of Self-Reports

    Kerstin E. E. Schroder;Michael P. Carey;Peter A. Vanable

  • Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and subsequent sexual risk behavior: Evidence from controlled studies, methodological critique, and suggestions for research

    Theresa E. Senn;Michael P. Carey;Peter A. Vanable

  • The Association of HIV-Related Stigma to HIV Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of the Literature

    Shannon M. Sweeney;Peter A. Vanable

  • Alcohol Use, Partner Type, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among College Students: Findings from an Event-Level Study

    Jennifer L. Brown;Peter A. Vanable

  • Attitudes towards highly active antiretroviral therapy are associated with sexual risk taking among HIV-infected and uninfected homosexual men.

    David E. Ostrow;Kelly J. Fox;Kelly J. Fox;Joan S. Chmiel;Joan S. Chmiel;Anthony Silvestre;Anthony Silvestre

  • Impact of combination therapies on HIV risk perceptions and sexual risk among HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay and bisexual men.

    Peter A. Vanable;David G. Ostrow;David J. McKirnan;Kittiwut J. Taywaditep

  • Expectancies of sexual “escape” and sexual risk among drug- and alcohol-involved gay and bisexual men

    David J McKirnan;Peter A Vanable;David G Ostrow;Brent Hope

  • Sleep latency and duration estimates among sleep disorder patients: variability as a function of sleep disorder diagnosis, sleep history, and psychological characteristics.

    Peter A. Vanable;James E. Aikens;Lakshminarayana Tadimeti;Brendan Caruana-Montaldo

  • Childhood sexual abuse and sexual risk behavior among men and women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

    Theresa E. Senn;Michael P. Carey;Peter A. Vanable;Patricia Coury-Doniger

  • Methodological challenges in research on sexual risk behavior: I. Item content, scaling, and data analytical options.

    Kerstin E. E. Schroder;Michael P. Carey;Peter A. Vanable

  • Reducing HIV-Risk Behavior Among Adults Receiving Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto;Christopher M. Gordon

  • Characteristics of sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence influence sexual risk behavior in adulthood

    Theresa E. Senn;Michael P. Carey;Peter A. Vanable;Patricia Coury-Doniger

  • Alcohol Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Effects of Consumption Level and Partner Type.

    Peter A. Vanable;David J. McKirnan;Susan P. Buchbinder;Bradford N. Bartholow

  • Cognitive–Behavioral Stress Management Interventions for Persons Living with HIV: A Review and Critique of the Literature

    Jennifer L. Brown;Peter A. Vanable

  • Smoking among psychiatric outpatients: relationship to substance use, diagnosis, and illness severity.

    Peter A. Vanable;Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto

  • HIV knowledge and its contribution to sexual health behaviors of low-income African American adolescents.

    Rebecca R. Swenson;Christie J. Rizzo;Larry K. Brown;Peter A. Vanable

  • Mass Media as an HIV-Prevention Strategy: Using Culturally Sensitive Messages to Reduce HIV-Associated Sexual Behavior of At-Risk African American Youth

    Daniel Romer;Sharon Sznitman;Ralph J. DiClemente;Laura F. Salazar

  • HIV risk behavior among psychiatric outpatients: association with psychiatric disorder, substance use disorder, and gender.

    Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto;Kerstin E. E. Schroder

  • Cigarette Smoking among HIV+ Men and Women: Examining Health, Substance Use, and Psychosocial Correlates across the Smoking Spectrum

    Monica S. Webb;Peter A. Vanable;Michael P. Carey;Donald C. Blair

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Robert F. Valois
Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina
Larry K. Brown
Larry K. Brown Brown University
Daniel Romer
Daniel Romer University of Pennsylvania
Kate B. Carey
Kate B. Carey Brown University
Stephen A. Maisto
Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University
Tanya L. Eckert
Tanya L. Eckert Syracuse University
Craig K. Ewart
Craig K. Ewart Syracuse University
Keith J. Zullig
Keith J. Zullig West Virginia University

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