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3342
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1613

Overview

Rick Kosterman is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Health.

Their work covers key topics such as Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child Abuse and Trauma, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Rick Kosterman has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • Marijuana Legalization and Youth Marijuana, Alcohol, and Cigarette Use and Norms, 2020, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Outcomes of Childhood Preventive Intervention Across 2 Generations, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Applying the Social Development Model in Middle Childhood to Promote Healthy Development: Effects from Primary School Through the 30s and Across Generations, 2020, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • E-cigarette use is associated with subsequent cigarette use among young adult non-smokers, over and above a range of antecedent risk factors: a propensity score analysis, 2020, Addiction
  • A trait-like propensity to experience internalizing symptoms is associated with problem alcohol involvement across adulthood, but not adolescence, 2020, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Kosterman frequently publishes in venues such as Addictive Behaviors, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Substance Use & Misuse, and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Collaborations have occurred with a range of researchers. Frequent co-authors include Jennifer A. Bailey, Marina Epstein, J. David Hawkins, Sabrina Oesterle, and Sheryl A. Hemphill.

Best Publications

  • Preventing adolescent health-risk behaviors by strengthening protection during childhood.

    J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano;Rick Kosterman;Rebecca Abbott

  • Toward a measure of patriotic and nationalistic attitudes.

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  • 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

  • The dynamics of alcohol and marijuana initiation: patterns and predictors of first use in adolescence.

    R. Kosterman;J. D. Hawkins;Jie Guo;R. F. Catalano

  • Promoting Positive Adult Functioning Through Social Development Intervention in Childhood Long-term Effects From the Seattle Social Development Project

    J. David Hawkins;Rick Kosterman;Richard F. Catalano;Karl G. Hill

  • Examinations of Core Concepts and Processes Is It Really Racism?: The Origins of White American Opposition to Race-Targeted Policies

    David O. Sears;Colette Van Laar;Mary Carrillo;Rick Kosterman

  • Effects of social development intervention in childhood 15 years later

    J. David Hawkins;Rick Kosterman;Richard F. Catalano;Karl G. Hill

  • Effects of the Seattle social development project on sexual behavior, pregnancy, birth, and sexually transmitted disease outcomes by age 21 years.

    Heather S. Lonczak;Robert D. Abbott;J. David Hawkins;Rick Kosterman

  • COMPARING DELINQUENCY CAREERS IN COURT RECORDS AND SELF-REPORTS*

    David P. Farrington;Darrick Jolliffe;J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano

  • Predictive, concurrent, prospective and retrospective validity of self-reported delinquency

    Darrick Jolliffe;David P. Farrington;J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano

  • Adolescent school failure predicts later depression among girls.

    Carolyn A. McCarty;W. Alex Mason;Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins

  • Effects of a preventive parent‐training intervention on observed family interactions: proximal outcomes from preparing for the drug free years

    Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Richard Spoth;Kevin P. Haggerty

  • The social predictors of adolescent alcohol misuse: a test of the social development model.

    H. S. Lonczak;B. Huang;R. F. Catalano;J. D. Hawkins

  • Growth in adolescent delinquency and alcohol use in relation to young adult crime, alcohol use disorders, and risky sex: a comparison of youth from low‐ versus middle‐income backgrounds

    W. Alex Mason;Julia E. Hitch;Rick Kosterman;Carolyn A. McCarty

  • Effects of the “Preparing for the Drug Free Years” Curriculum on Growth in Alcohol Use and Risk for Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence

    J Park;R Kosterman;J D Hawkins;K P Haggerty

  • Pathways from physical childhood abuse to partner violence in young adulthood.

    Todd I. Herrenkohl;W. Alex Mason;Rick Kosterman;Liliana J. Lengua

  • Impacts of Changing Marijuana Policies on Alcohol Use in the United States

    Katarina Guttmannova;Christine M. Lee;Jason R. Kilmer;Charles B. Fleming

  • Neighborhood, Family, and Peer Factors Associated with Early Adolescent Smoking and Alcohol Use

    Christopher Cambron;Rick Kosterman;Richard F. Catalano;Katarina Guttmannova

  • Preparing for the drug free years: session-specific effects of a universal parent-training intervention with rural families.

    Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Kevin P. Haggerty;Richard Spoth

  • Predicting Depression, Social Phobia, and Violence in Early Adulthood from Childhood Behavior Problems.

    W. Alex Mason;Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Todd I. Herrenkohl

  • Understanding and Preventing Crime and Violence

    J. David Hawkins;Brian H. Smith;Karl G. Hill;Rick Kosterman

  • MODELING MEDIATION IN THE ETIOLOGY OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE: A TEST OF THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL*

    Bu Huang;Rick Kosterman;Richard F. Catalano;J. David Hawkins

Frequent Co-Authors

J. David Hawkins
J. David Hawkins University of Washington
Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
Karl G. Hill
Karl G. Hill University of Colorado Boulder
Todd I. Herrenkohl
Todd I. Herrenkohl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
W. Alex Mason
W. Alex Mason University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Robert D. Abbott
Robert D. Abbott University of Washington
Kevin P. Haggerty
Kevin P. Haggerty University of Washington
Richard Spoth
Richard Spoth Iowa State University
Liliana J. Lengua
Liliana J. Lengua University of Washington
Carolyn A. McCarty
Carolyn A. McCarty Seattle Children's Hospital

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