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Overview

Rob Turrisi is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on epidemiology, applied psychology, general health professions, physiology, and clinical psychology.

The main topics within their work include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, behavioral health and interventions, smoking behavior and cessation, alcohol consumption and health effects, mental health research topics, homelessness and social issues, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Frequent publication venues for Rob Turrisi's work include:

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Rob Turrisi are:

  • Transdermal sensor features correlate with ecological momentary assessment drinking reports and predict alcohol-related consequences in young adults' natural settings, 2022, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Longitudinal Associations Between Perceptions of Peer Group Drinking Norms and Students' Alcohol Use Frequency Within College Sport Teams, 2020, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Efficacy of the eCHECKUP TO GO for High School Seniors: Sex Differences in Risk Factors, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol Use, 2020, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Examining protocol compliance and self-report congruence between daily diaries and event-contingent ecological momentary assessments of college student drinking, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • Remote skin self-examination training of melanoma survivors and their skin check partners: A randomized trial and comparison with in-person training, 2020, Cancer Medicine

Rob Turrisi has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Kimberly A. Mallett (22 collaborations)
  • Michael A. Russell (14 collaborations)
  • Shannon D. Glenn (11 collaborations)
  • Veronica L. Richards (10 collaborations)
  • Katja A. Waldron (9 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Interaction effects in multiple regression

    James Jaccard;Robert Turrisi;Choi K. Wan

  • The Detection and Interpretation of Interaction Effects Between Continuous Variables in Multiple Regression.

    James Jaccard;Choi K. Wan;Robert Turrisi

  • Examination of the short-term efficacy of a parent intervention to reduce college student drinking tendencies.

    Rob Turrisi;James Jaccard;Racheal Taki;Heather Dunnam

  • Preventive Interventions Addressing Underage Drinking: State of the Evidence and Steps Toward Public Health Impact

    Richard L. Spoth;Michael Greenberg;Robert Turrisi

  • Heavy Drinking in College Students: Who Is at Risk and What Is Being Done About It?

    Robert Turrisi;Kimberly A. Mallett;Nadine R. Mastroleo;Mary E. Larimer

  • University Image: The Benefits of Assessment and Modeling

    R. Eric Landrum;Rob Turrisi;Clayton Harless

  • A randomized clinical trial evaluating a combined alcohol intervention for high-risk college students.

    Robert Turrisi;Mary E. Larimer;Mary E. Larimer;Kimberly A. Mallett;Jason R. Kilmer;Jason R. Kilmer

  • Binge-drinking-related consequences in college students: role of drinking beliefs and mother-teen communications.

    Rob Turrisi;Kimberly A. Wiersma;Kelli K. Hughes

  • How important are parents during the college years? A longitudinal perspective of indirect influences parents yield on their college teens' alcohol use.

    Caitlin Abar;Robert Turrisi

  • Modeling tanning salon behavioral tendencies using appearance motivation, self-monitoring and the Theory of Planned Behavior

    Joel J. Hillhouse;Rob Turrisi;Monica Kastner

  • Are all negative consequences truly negative? Assessing variations among college students' perceptions of alcohol related consequences.

    Kimberly A. Mallett;Rachel L. Bachrach;Rob Turrisi

  • Application of Azjen's Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Sunbathing, Tanning Salon Use, and Sunscreen Use Intentions and Behaviors

    Joel J. Hillhouse;Christine M. Adler;Joy Drinnon;Rob Turrisi

  • The impact of parental modeling and permissibility on alcohol use and experienced negative drinking consequences in college.

    Caitlin C. Abar;Beau W. Abar;Robert Turrisi

  • A randomized controlled trial of an appearance-focused intervention to prevent skin cancer.

    Joel Hillhouse;Rob Turrisi;Jerod Stapleton;June Robinson

  • An examination of college student money management tendencies

    Blair Kidwell;Robert Turrisi

  • Examination of the efficacy of an appearance-focused intervention to reduce UV exposure.

    Joel J. Hillhouse;Rob Turrisi

  • Examination of the Mediational Influences of Peer Norms, Environmental Influences, and Parent Communications on Heavy Drinking in Athletes and Nonathletes

    Rob Turrisi;Nadine R. Mastroleo;Kimberly A. Mallett;Mary E. Larimer

  • Parental and School Correlates of Binge Drinking Among Middle School Students

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;James Jaccard;Robert Turrisi;Margaret Johansson

  • Predictors of skin self-examination performance.

    June K. Robinson;Susan G. Fisher;Robert J. Turrisi

  • A Randomized Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention on Drinking Behavior Among Incoming College Freshmen

    Michael A. Ichiyama;Anne M. Fairlie;Mark D. Wood;Rob Turrisi

  • Examination of the short-term efficacy of a parent-based intervention to reduce college student drinking tendencies

    R. Turrisi;James Jaccard;R. Taki;H. Dunnam

  • Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression

    Sudeep Haldar;James Jackard;Robert Turrisi;Choi K. Wan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimberly A. Mallett
Kimberly A. Mallett Pennsylvania State University
James Jaccard
James Jaccard New York University
Mary E. Larimer
Mary E. Larimer University of Washington
Jason R. Kilmer
Jason R. Kilmer University of Washington
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Christine M. Lee
Christine M. Lee University of Washington
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University
Helene R. White
Helene R. White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard Spoth
Richard Spoth Iowa State University
Clayton Neighbors
Clayton Neighbors University of Houston

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