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  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sharon C. Wilsnack is affiliated with the University of North Dakota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas intersecting psychology, medicine, and health professions.

The main fields of study for Wilsnack include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these disciplines, Wilsnack's work spans several subfields such as:

  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Epidemiology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Wilsnack's research covers multiple topics, including:

  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

The scientist's recent notable papers include:

  • Research on alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among sexual minority women: A global scoping review, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • Alcohol use among sexual minority women: Methods used and lessons learned in the 20-Year Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women Study, 2021, published in The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
  • Cross-sectional surveys of financial harm associated with others' drinking in 15 countries: Unequal effects on women?, 2020, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Do relationships provide the same levels of protection against heavy drinking for lesbian and bisexual women? An intersectional approach., 2020, published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Improving measurement of harms from others' drinking: A key informant study on type and severity of harm, 2020, published in Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wilsnack include:

  • Tonda L. Hughes
  • Cindy B. Veldhuis
  • Thomas K. Greenfield
  • Kathryn Graham
  • Kim Bloomfield

The regular publication venues for this scientist's work are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Wilsnack was honored as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in alcohol consumption and adverse drinking consequences: cross‐cultural patterns

    R W Wilsnack;N D Vogeltanz;S C Wilsnack;T R Harris

  • Gender and alcohol consumption: patterns from the multinational GENACIS project.

    Richard W. Wilsnack;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Arlinda F. Kristjanson;Nancy D. Vogeltanz-Holm

  • Childhood sexual abuse and women's substance abuse : National survey findings

    S C Wilsnack;N D Vogeltanz;A D Klassen;T R Harris

  • Predicting onset and chronicity of women's problem drinking: a five-year longitudinal analysis.

    S C Wilsnack;A D Klassen;B E Schur;R W Wilsnack

  • Women's drinking and drinking problems: patterns from a 1981 national survey.

    R W Wilsnack;S C Wilsnack;A D Klassen

  • Prevalence and risk factors for childhood sexual abuse in women: national survey findings.

    N. D. Vogeltanz;Sharon C. Wilsnack;T. R. Harris;R. W. Wilsnack

  • Victimization and substance use disorders in a national sample of heterosexual and sexual minority women and men

    Tonda L. Hughes;Sean Esteban McCabe;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Brady T. West

  • Gender and alcohol : individual and social perspectives

    Richard William Wilsnack;Sharon C. Wilsnack

  • Alcohol May Not Cause Partner Violence But It Seems to Make It Worse: A Cross National Comparison of the Relationship Between Alcohol and Severity of Partner Violence:

    Kathryn Graham;Sharon Bernards;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Gerhard Gmel

  • The Influence of Gender and Sexual Orientation on Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Problems: Toward a Global Perspective

    Tonda L. Hughes;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Lori Wolfgang Kantor

  • Drinking and drinking-related problems among heterosexual and sexual minority women.

    Sharon C. Wilsnack;Tonda L. Hughes;Timothy P. Johnson;Wendy B. Bostwick

  • Alcohol problems in women : antecedents, consequences, and intervention

    Sharon C. Wilsnack;Linda J. Beckman

  • Epidemiology of women's drinking.

    Sharon C. Wilsnack;Richard W. Wilsnack

  • Sex role identity in female alcoholism.

    Sharon C. Wilsnack

  • How Women Drink: Epidemiology of Women's Drinking and Problem Drinking.

    Sharon C. Wilsnack;Richard W. Wilsnack;Susanne Hiller-Sturmhofel

  • Sexual assault and alcohol abuse: a comparison of lesbians and heterosexual women.

    Tonda L Hughes;Timothy Johnson;Sharon C Wilsnack

  • Sexual victimization and hazardous drinking among heterosexual and sexual minority women.

    Tonda L. Hughes;Laura A. Szalacha;Timothy P. Johnson;Kelly E. Kinnison

  • Sexual experience and drinking among women in a U.S. national survey.

    Albert D. Klassen;Sharon C. Wilsnack

  • Prevalence of sexual assault history among women with common gynecologic symptoms

    Jacqueline M. Golding;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Lee A. Learman

  • Sexual assault history and social support: six general population studies.

    Jacqueline M. Golding;Sharon C. Wilsnack;M. Lynne Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Tonda L. Hughes
Tonda L. Hughes Columbia University
Thomas K. Greenfield
Thomas K. Greenfield Alcohol Research Group
Gerhard Gmel
Gerhard Gmel University of Lausanne
Timothy P. Johnson
Timothy P. Johnson University of Illinois at Chicago
Kim Bloomfield
Kim Bloomfield Aarhus University
Kathryn Graham
Kathryn Graham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Ulrike Grittner
Ulrike Grittner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jacqueline M. Golding
Jacqueline M. Golding University of California, San Francisco

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