Publications
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Montes, K. S., Pearson, M. R., & Bravo, A. J. (in press). Use of alcohol protective behavioral strategies as a moderator of the alcohol use-consequences relationship: Evidence from multiple replications. Substance Use & Misuse.
- Mezquita, L., Bravo, A. J., Ortet, G., Pilatti, A., Pearson, M. R., & Ibanez, M. I. (in press). Cross-cultural examination of different personality pathways to alcohol use and misuse. Drug & Alcohol Dependence.
- Witkiewitz, K., Wilson, A. D., Pearson, M. R., Montes, K. S., Kirouac, M., Roos, C. R., Hallgren, K. A., & Maisto, S. A. (in press). Profiles of Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder at Three Years Following Treatment: Can Definitions of Recovery be Extended to Include High Functioning Heavy Drinkers? Addiction.
- Bravo, A. J., Villarosa-Hurlocker, M. C., Pearson, M. R., & Protective Strategies Study Team (in press). College Student Mental Health: An Evaluation of the DSM-5 Self-rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure. Psychological Assessment.
- Tonigan, J. S., Pearson, M. R., Magill, M., & Hagler, K. (in press). AA attendance and abstinence for dually diagnosed problem drinkers: A meta-analytic review. Addiction.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Henson, J. M., & Stevens, L. E. (in press). Weighing the pros and cons of using protective behavioral strategies: A qualitative examination among college students. Substance Use & Misuse.
- Wilson, A. D., Montes, K. S., Bravo, A. J., Conner, B. T., Pearson, M. R., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team (in press). Making decisions with trees: Identifying predictors of marijuana outcomes among college students using recursive partitioning. Clinical Psychological Science.
- Prince, M. A., Conner, B. T., & Pearson, M. R. (in press). Quantifying cannabis: A field study of marijuana quantity estimation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
- Prince, M. A., Pearson, M. R., Bravo, A. J., & Montes, K. S. (2018). A quantification of the alcohol use-consequences association in college student and clinical populations: A large, multi-sample study. American Journal on Addictions, 27, 116-123.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Pilatti, A., Read, J. P., Mezquita, L., Ibáñez, M. I., & Ortet, G. (2018). Impulsivity-like traits, college alcohol beliefs, and alcohol outcomes: Examination of a prospective multiple mediation model among college students in Spain, Argentina, and USA. Addictive Behaviors, 81, 125-133. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.009
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Pilatti, A., Mezquita, L., Ibanez, M. I., & Ortet, G. (in press). Ruminating in English, ruminating in Spanish: Psychometric evaluation and validation of the Ruminative Thoughts Style Questionnaire in Spain, Argentina, and USA. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.
- Bravo, A. J., Pilatti, A., Pearson, M. R., Mezquita, L., Ibáñez, M. I., & Ortet, G. (2018). Depressive symptoms, ruminative thinking, drinking to cope, and negative alcohol-related consequences: A Multiple mediation model among college students in three countries. Addictive Behaviors, 76, 319-327.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Pilatti, A., Read, J. P., Mezquita, L., Ibáñez, M. I., & Ortet, G. (2018). Cross-cultural examination of college drinking culture in Spain, Argentina, and USA: Measurement invariance testing of the College Life Alcohol Salience Scale. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 180, 349-355/.
- Pearson, M. R., Hustad, J. T. P., Neighbors, C., Conner, B. T., Bravo, A. J., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team. (2018). Personality, marijuana norms, and marijuana outcomes among college students. Addictive Behaviors, 76, 291-297.
- Kirouac, M., Stein, E. R., Pearson, M. R., & Witkiewitz, K. (2018). Viability of the World Health Organization Quality of Life measure to assess changes in quality of life following treatment for alcohol use disorder. Quality of Life Research, 26, 2987-2997.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2018). Mindfulness and psychological health outcomes: A latent profile analysis among military personnel and college students. Mindfulness, 9, 259-270.
- 069. Bravo, A. J., Wilson, A. D., Pearson, M. R., & Witkiewitz, K. (2018). When traits match states: Examining the associations between trait and state mindfulness following a state mindfulness induction. Mindfulness, 9, 199-211.
- Witkiewitz, K., Pearson, M. R., Hallgren, D. A., Maisto, S. A., Roos, C. R., Kirouac, M., Wilson, A. D., Montes, K. A., & Heather, N. (2017). Who achieves low risk drinking during alcohol treatment? An analysis of patients in three alcohol clinical trials. Addiction, 112, 2112-2121.
- Bravo, A. J., & Pearson, M. R. (2017). In the process of drinking to cope among college students: An examination of specific vs. global coping motives for depression and anxiety symptoms. Addictive Behaviors, 73, 94-98.
- Parnes, J. E., Bravo, A. J., Conner, B. T., & Pearson, M. R. (2018). A burning problem: Cannabis lessons learned from Colorado. Addiction Research and Theory, 26, 3-10.
- Hagler, K. J., Pearson, M. R., Venner, K. L., & Greenfield, B. L. (2017). Descriptive drinking norms among Native American and Non-Hispanic White college students. Addictive Behaviors, 72, 45-50.
- Witkiewitz, K., Wilson, A. D., Pearson, M. R., Hallgren, K. A., Falk, D. E., Litten, R. Z., Kranzler, H. R., Mann, K. F., Hasin, D. S., O’Malley, S., & Anton, R. (2017). Temporal stability of heavy drinking days and drinking reductions among heavy drinkers in the COMBINE study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41, 1054-1062.
- Bravo, A. J., Prince, M. A., & Pearson, M. R. (2017). College-related alcohol beliefs and problematic alcohol consumption: Alcohol protective behavioral strategies as a mediator. Substance Use & Misuse, 52, 1059-1068.
- Bravo, A. J., Anthenien, A. M., Prince, M. A., Pearson, M. R., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team (2017). Marijuana protective behavioral strategies as a moderator of the effects of risk/protective factors on marijuana-related outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 69, 14-21.
- Bravo, A. J., Prince, M. A., Pearson, M. R., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team (2017). Can I use marijuana safely? An examination of distal antecedents, marijuana protective behavioral strategies, and marijuana outcomes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78, 203-212.
- Pearson, M. R., Bravo, A. J., Kirouac, M., & Witkiewitz, K. (2017). The search for an elusive cutoff remains: Problems of binary classification of heavy drinking as an endpoint for alcohol clinical trials. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 171, 91-96.
- Pearson, M. R., Bravo, A. J., Conner, B. T., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team (2017). Distinguishing subpopulations of marijuana users with latent profile analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 172, 1-8.
- Pearson, M. R., Prince, M. A., & Bravo, A. J. (2017). Moderators of the effects of alcohol protective behavioral strategies: Three attempts of replication and extension. Substance Use & Misuse, 52, 939-949.
- Pearson, M. R ., Kholodkov, T., Gray, M. J., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team (2017). Perceived Importance of Marijuana to the College Experience (PIMCES): Initial Development and Validation. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78, 319-324.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Conner, B. T., & Parnes, J. E. (2017). Is 4/20 an event-specific marijuana holiday? A daily diary investigation of marijuana use and consequences among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 78, 134-139.
- Pearson, M. R., Liese, B. S., Dvorak, R. D., & Marijuana Outcomes Study Team. (2017). College Student Marijuana Involvement: Perceptions, Use, and Consequences across 11 College Campuses. Addictive Behaviors, 66, 83-89.
- Tonigan, J. S., McCallion, E., Frohe, T., & Pearson, M. R. (2017). Lifetime Alcoholics Anonymous attendance as a predictor of spiritual gains in the Relapse Replication and Extension Project (RREP). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31, 54-60.
- Witkiewitz, K., Roos, C. R., Pearson, M. R., Hallgren, K. A., Kirouac, M., Forcehimes, A. A., Wilson, A. D., Robinson, C. S., McCallion, E., Tonigan, J. S., & Maisto, S. A. (2017). How Much is Too Much? Patterns of Drinking During Alcohol Treatment and Associations with Post-Treatment Outcomes across Three Alcohol Clinical Trails. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78, 59-69.
- Wilson, A. D., Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., & Witkiewitz, K. (2016). Finding success in failure: Using latent profile analysis to examine heterogeneity in psychosocial functioning among heavy drinkers following treatment. Addiction, 111, 2145-2154.
- Bravo, A. J., Prince, M. A., & Pearson, M. R. (2016). A multiple replication examination of distal antecedents to alcohol protective behavioral strategies. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 958-967.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., & Henson, J. M. (2017). Drinking to cope with depressive symptoms and ruminative thinking: A multiple mediation model among college students. Substance Use & Misuse, 52, 52-62.
- Pearson, M. R., Kirouac, M., & Witkiewitz, K. (2016). We still question the utility and validity of the binge/heavy drinking criterion. Addiction, 111, 1733-1734.
- Dvorak, R. D., Kuvaas, N. J., Lamis, D. A., Pearson, M. R., & Stevenson, B. L. (2015). Emotionally up and down, behaviorally to and fro: Drinking motives mediate the synergistic effects of urgency and emotional instability on alcohol outcomes. Journal of Drug Education: Substance Abuse Research & Prevention, 45, 156-184. doi: 10.1177/0047237916639030.
- Doane, A. N., Boothe, L. G., Pearson, M. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2016). Risky electronic communication behaviors and cyberbullying victimization: An application of protection motivation theory. Computers in Human Behavior, 60, 508-513.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., Stevens, L. E., & Henson, J. M. (2016). Depressive symptoms and alcohol-related problems among college students: A moderated-mediated model of mindfulness and drinking to cope. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 661-666.
- Bravo, A. J., Boothe, L. G., & Pearson, M. R. (2016). Getting personal with mindfulness: A latent profile analysis of mindfulness and psychological outcomes. Mindfulness, 7, 420-432. doi: 10.1007/s12671-015-0459-7.
- Pearson, M. R., Kirouac, M., Witkiewitz, K. (2016). Questioning the validity of the 4+/5+ criterion in college student and clinical populations. Addiction, 111, 1720-1726.
- Dvorak, R. D., Pearson, M. R., Sargent, E. M., Stevenson, B. L., & Mfon, A. M. (2016). Daily associations between emotional functioning and alcohol involvement: Moderated effects of response inhibition and gender. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163(Suppl 1), S46-S53.
- Dvorak, R. D., Pearson, M. R., Neighbors, C., Martens, M. P., Kuvaas, N. J., & Stevenson, B. L. (2016). A road paved with safe intentions: Increasing intentions to use alcohol protective behavioral strategies via Deviance Regulation Theory. Health Psychology, 35, 604-613.
- Bravo, A. J., Pearson, M. R., & Stevens, L. E. (2016). Making religiosity person-centered: A latent profile analysis of religiosity and psychological health outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 88, 160-169.
- Sanjuan, P. M., Pearson, M. R., & Langenbucher, J. L. (2015). Conditional effects of appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APEDs) use on mood in powerlifters and bodybuilders. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 33, 444-457.
- Bravo, A. J., Prince, M. A., & Pearson, M. R. (2015) Does the how mediate the why? A multiple replication examination of drinking motives, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and alcohol outcomes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
- Doane, A. N., Kelley, M. L., & Pearson, M. R. (2016). Reducing cyberbullying: A theory of reasoned action-based video prevention program for college students. Aggressive Behavior, 42, 136-146.
- Dvorak, R. D., Pearson, M. R., Neighbors, C., Martens, M. P., & Williams, T. J. (2015). Fitting in and standing out: Increasing the use of protective behavioral strategies with a deviance regulation intervention. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 83, 482-493.
- Roos, C. R., Kirouac, M., Pearson, M. R., Fink, B. C., & Witkiewitz, K. (2015). Examining temptation to drink from an existential perspective: Associations among temptation, purpose in life, and drinking outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 716-724.
- Wilcox, C. E., Pearson, M. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (2015). Effects of long-term AA attendance and spirituality on the course of depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 382-391.
- Henson, J. M., Pearson, M. R., & Carey, K. B. (2015). Defining and predicting differences in the efficacy of college alcohol interventions: A growth mixture modeling approach. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 370-381.
- Roos, C. R., Pearson, M. R., & Brown, D. B. (2015). Drinking motives mediate the negative associations between mindfulness facets and alcohol outcomes among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 176-183.
- Brown, D. B., Bravo, A. J., Roos, C. R., & Pearson, M. R. (2015). Five facets of mindfulness and health-related outcomes: Evaluating a psychological model of the mechanisms of mindfulness. Mindfulness, 6, 1021-1032.
- Pearson, M. R., Brown, D. B., Bravo, A. J., & Witkiewitz, K. (2015). Staying in the moment and finding purpose: The predictive effects of trait mindfulness, decentering, and purpose in life on depression, anxiety, and alcohol problems. Mindfulness, 6, 645-653. doi: 10.1007/s12671-014-0300-8
- Pearson, M. R., Lawless, A. K., Brown, D. B., & Bravo, A. J. (2015). Mindfulness and emotional outcomes: Identifying subgroups of college students using latent profile analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 76, 33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.009
- Owens, M. D., McCrady, B. S., Borders, A. Z., Brovko, J. M., & Pearson, M. R. (2014). Psychometric properties of the system for coding couples’ interactions in therapy-alcohol. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1077-1088.
- Dvorak, R. D., Pearson, M. R., & Day, A. M. (2014). Ecological momentary assessment of acute alcohol use disorder symptoms: Associations with mood, motives, and use on planned drinking days. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 22, 285-297. doi: 10.1037/a0037157.
- Moser, K., Pearson, M. R., Hustad, J. T. P., & Borsari, B. (2014). Drinking games, tailgating, and pregaming: Precollege predictors or risky college drinking. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 40, 367-373. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2014.936443
- Qi, D., Pearson, M. R., & Hustad, J. T. P. (2014). Predictors of motivation to change in mandated college students following a referral incident. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 524-531. doi: 10.1037/a0035910
- Hustad, J. T. P., Pearson, M. R., Neighbors, C., & Borsari, B. (2014). The role of alcohol perceptions as mediators between personality and alcohol-related outcomes among incoming college student drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 336-347. doi: 10.1037/a0033785
- Doane, A. N., Pearson, M. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2014). Predictors of cyberbullying perpetration among college students: An application of the Theory of Reasoned Action. Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 154-162. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.051
- Pearson, M. R., & Hustad, J. T. P. (2014). Personality and alcohol-related outcomes among mandated college students: Descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and college-related alcohol beliefs as mediators. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 879-884. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.008
- Pearson, M. R., Derlega, V. J., Henson, J. M., Holmes, K., Ferrer, R., & Harrison, S. (2014). Role of neuroticism and coping strategies in psychological reactions to a racist incident among African American university students. Journal of Black Psychology, 40, 81-111. doi: 10.1177/0095798412471682.
- Kuvaas, N. J., Dvorak, R. D., Pearson, M. R., & Lamis, D. A. (2014). Self-regulation and alcohol use involvement: A latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 146-152 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.020.
- Kelley, M. L., Runnals, J., Pearson, M. R., Miller, M., VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veteran’s Workgroup, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, & Brancu, M. (2013). Alcohol use and trauma exposure among male and female veterans before, during, and after military service. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 133, 615-624. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.002.
- Kite, B. A., Pearson, M. R, & Henson, J. M. (2013). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing absolute frequency and contingent frequency response scales. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 1010-1018. doi: 10.1037/a0031366.
- Pearson, M. R. (2013). Use of alcohol protective behavioral strategies among college students: A critical review. Clinical Psychology Review, 33, 1025-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.08.006
- Pearson, M. R., D’Lima, G. M., & Kelley, M. L. (2013). Daily use of protective behavioral strategies and daily alcohol use/problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 826-831. doi: 10.1037/a0032516
- Pearson, M. R., & Henson, J. M. (2013). Unplanned drinking and alcohol problems: A preliminary test of the model of unplanned drinking behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 584-595. doi: 10.1037/a0030901
- Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (2013). Predictive effects of good self-control and poor regulation on alcohol-related problems: Do protective behavioral strategies mediate? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 81-89. doi: 10.1037/a0028818
- Dvorak, R. D., & Pearson, M. R., & Kuvaas, N. J. (2013). The five-factor model of impulsivity-like traits and affect lability in aggressive behavior. Aggressive Behaviors, 39, 222-228. doi: 10.1002/ab.21474
- Henson, J. M., Derlega, V. J., Pearson, M. R., Ferrer, R., & Holmes, K. (2013). African American students’ responses to racial discrimination: How race-based rejection sensitivity and social constraints are related to psychological reactions. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32, 503-528.
- Pearson, M. R., Murphy, E. M., & Doane, A. N. (2013). Impulsivity-like traits and risky driving behaviors among college students. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 53, 142-148. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.01.009
- Pearson, M. R., & Richardson, T. R. (2013). Teaching the truth about lies to psychology students: The speed lying task. Teaching of Psychology, 40, 56-58.doi: 10.1177/0098628312465866
- Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (2012). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing prediction and factor structures across measures. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26, 573-584. doi: 10.1037/a0028187
- Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (2012). Unique direct and indirect effects of impulsivity on alcohol-related outcomes via protective behavioral strategies. Journal of Drug Education, 42, 425-446. doi: 10.2190/DE.42.4.d
- Pearson, M. R., D’Lima, G. M., & Kelley, M. L. (2012). Maternal and paternal alcohol abuse and alcohol-related outcomes among college students. Substance Use & Misuse, 47, 708-717. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2012.664237
- D’Lima, G. M., Pearson, M. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2012). Protective behavioral strategies as a mediator and moderator of the relationship between self-regulation and alcohol-related outcomes in first-year college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26, 330-337. doi: 10.1037/a0026942
- Pearson, M. R., Kholodkov, T., Henson, J. M., & Impett, E. A. (2012). Pathways to early coital debut for adolescent girls: A recursive partitioning analysis. Journal of Sex Research, 49, 13-26. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2011.565428
- Pearson, M. R., D’Lima, G. M., & Kelley, M. L. (2011). Self-regulation as a buffer of the relationship between parental alcohol misuse and alcohol-related outcomes in first-year college students. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 1309-1312. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.07.009
- Kelley, M. L., Pearson, M. R., Trinh, S., Klostermann, K., & Krakowski, K. (2011). Maternal and paternal alcoholism and depressive mood: Parental relationships as mediators of ACOA-depressive mood link. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 700-706. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.01.028.
- Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B. A., Pearson, M. R., Dutton, L. B., Ferrer, R., Janda, L. J., Lewis, R. J., & Greene, K. (2011). Unwanted pursuit in same-sex relationships: Effects of attachment styles, investment model variables, and sexual minority stressors. Partner Abuse, 2, 300-322. doi: 10.1891/1946&U8211;6560.2.3.300.
- Milletich, R. J., Kelley, M. L., Doane, A. N., & Pearson, M. R. (2010). Exposure to interparental violence and childhood physical and emotional abuse as related to physical aggression in undergraduate dating relationships. Journal of Family Violence, 25, 627-637. doi: 10.1007/s10896-010-9319-3.
- Pearson, M. R. (2010). How 'Undocumented Workers' and 'Illegal Aliens' affect prejudice toward Mexican immigrants. Social Influence, 5, 118-132. doi: 10.1080/15534511003593679.
Chapters/Other Publications
- Pearson, M. (2015). Stigma and Substance Use: A Methodological Review. Commissioned paper prepared for the Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms. Available: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/ documents/webpage/dbasse_170044.pdf [March 2016].
- Doane. A. N., Pearson, M. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2016). Approaches to reducing cyberbullying: Change the bully, change the bystander, or change the victim? In M. Wright (Ed). A Social-Ecological Approach to Cyberbullying. Nova Publishers. pp. 339-356.
- Pearson, M. R., Roos, C. R., Brown, D. B., & Witkiewitz, K. (2015). Neuroscience and mindfulness-based interventions: Translating neural mechanisms to addiction treatment. In S. W. Feldstein-Ewing, K. Witkiewitz, & F. M. Filbey, (Eds.), Neuroimaging and Psychosocial Addiction Treatment: An Integrative Guide for Researchers and Clinicians. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Kholodkov, T., & Pearson, M. R. (2014, November). Mindfulness based interventions for substance use disorders: Untapped potential in veteran and military populations. The Addiction Newsletter.
- Wetzell, B. B., Pearson, M. R., & Henson, J. M. (2011). Hierarchical linear modeling of drinking to cope with anxiety among college students. Journal of Undergraduate Research, Old Dominion University Honors College.
- Kelley, M. L., Doane, A., & Pearson, M. R. (2011). Single military mothers in the new millennium: Stresses, supports, and effects of deployment. In S. M. MacDermid Wadsworth & D. Riggs (Eds.), Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families. New York: Springer.