Robert J. Turrisi, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Robert J. Turrisi, PhD
Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Research Interests
- Alcohols
- Students
- Drinking
- Alcohol Drinking in College
- Tanning
- Parents
- Alcohol Drinking
- Skin
- Drinking Behavior
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Melanoma
- Self-Examination
Recent Publications
2023
Trager, BM, Sell, NM, Hultgren, BA, Turrisi, R, Morgan, RM & Labrie, JW 2023, 'A Comparison of Parents’ and Students’ Reports of General and Alcohol-Specific Parenting Behaviors Across the Four Years of College', Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 235-244. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00002
Scaglione, NM, Ward, RM, Buben, A & Turrisi, R 2024, 'Alcohol's Role in Sexual Decision Making in First-Year College Women: An Event-Level Assessment', Psychology of Women Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231186319
Richards, VL, Turrisi, RJ, Glenn, SD, Waldron, KA, Rodriguez, GC, Mallett, KA & Russell, MA 2023, 'Alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers: A multilevel analysis', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 143, 107706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107706
Russell, MA, Smyth, JM, Turrisi, R & Rodriguez, GC 2023, 'Baseline Protective Behavioral Strategy Use Predicts More Moderate Transdermal Alcohol Concentration Dynamics and Fewer Negative Consequences of Drinking in Young Adults’ Natural Settings', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000941
Richards, VL, Glenn, SD, Turrisi, RJ, Altstaedter, A, Mallett, KA & Russell, MA 2023, 'Does it really matter that I do not remember my night? Consequences related to blacking out among college student drinkers', Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1798-1805. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15157
Glenn, SD, Turrisi, R, Mallett, KA, Waldron, KA & Lenker, LK 2024, 'Examination of Brief Parent-Based Interventions to Reduce Drinking Outcomes on a Nationally Representative Sample of Teenagers', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.010
Glenn, SD, Turrisi, R, Hecht, ML, Russell, MA & Ray, AE 2023, 'Examining engagement with and acceptability and usability of REAL Parenting: A brief online parent-based intervention to reduce alcohol use and consequences among high school students', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 143, 107673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107673
Napper, LE, Trager, BM, LaBrie, JW & Turrisi, R 2023, '“Let's Not Talk About It”: Parents' Reasons for Not Discussing Alcohol Use With Emerging Adult Children', Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.03.007
2022
Napper, LE, Trager, BM, Turrisi, R & LaBrie, JW 2022, 'Assessing parents’ motives for talking about alcohol with their emerging adult children', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 125, 107155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107155
LaBrie, JW, Trager, BM, Morgan, RM, Boyle, SC, Taylor, JE & Turrisi, R 2022, 'Do the effects of parent-based alcohol interventions depend on college residence? A short communication', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 129, 107257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107257
McClain, LM, Hultgren, BA, Geisner, IM, Mallett, KA, Turrisi, R & Larimer, ME 2022, 'Emotion-based decision-making as a predictor of alcohol-related consequences in college students', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 124, 107083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107083
Glenn, SD, Turrisi, R, Waldron, KA, Mallett, KA, Russell, MA & Reavy, RR 2022, 'Examining the impact of early college experiences on the cumulative number of alcohol-related consequences', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 132, 107357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107357
Waldron, KA, Wolfe, E, Plisiewicz, A, Turrisi, RJ & Romano, E 2022, 'Long-term impact of familismo and ethnic identity on latinx college student drinking and high-risk consequences', Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2022.2082618
Doumas, DM, Russo, GM, Miller, R, Esp, S, Mastroleo, NR & Turrisi, R 2022, 'Sensation seeking and adolescent drinking: Do protective behavioral strategies lower risk?', Journal of Counseling and Development, vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 352-363. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12430
Myrick, JG, Waldron, KA, Cohen, O, DiRusso, C, Shao, R, Cho, E, Willoughby, JF & Turrisi, R 2022, 'The Effects of Embedded Skin Cancer Interventions on Sun-Safety Attitudes and Attention Paid to Tan Women on Instagram', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 838297. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838297
Russell, MA, Turrisi, RJ & Smyth, JM 2022, 'Transdermal sensor features correlate with ecological momentary assessment drinking reports and predict alcohol-related consequences in young adults’ natural settings', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 100-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14739
Mallett, KA, Turrisi, R, Reavy, R, Sell, N, Waldron, KA, Scaglione, N & Ackerman, SD 2022, 'What Predicts Willingness to Experience Negative Consequences in College Student Drinkers?', Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 704-711. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.20-00378
2021
Doumas, DM, Esp, S, Turrisi, R & Bond, L 2021, 'A Randomized Controlled Trial of the eCHECKUP to GO for High School Seniors across the Academic Year', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 56, no. 13, pp. 1923-1932. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1958862
Hultgren, BA, Waldron, KA, Mallett, KA & Turrisi, R 2021, 'Alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine use as predictors of impaired driving and riding with an impaired driver among college students who engage in polysubstance use', Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 160, 106341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106341
Scaglione, NM, Turrisi, R, Sell, NM, Mallett, KA & Cleveland, MJ 2022, 'An Ecological Momentary Assessment of College Women’s Decisions to Use Protective Behavioral Strategies', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 37, no. 15-16, pp. NP13291-NP13314. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211005143
Waldron, KA, Turrisi, RJ, Mallett, KA & Romano, E 2021, 'Examining parental permissiveness toward drinking and perceived ethnic discrimination as risk factors for drinking outcomes among Latinx college students', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 118, 106900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106900
Trager, BM, Koning, IM & Turrisi, R 2021, 'Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the parental rules toward adolescent drinking questionnaire: Two factors are better than the original one', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 117, 106855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106855
Waldron, KA, Mallett, KA, Turrisi, RJ, Reavy, R, Wolfe, E & Plisiewicz, A 2021, 'Motivations to combine alcohol and nicotine in college students: A validation of the Alcohol and Nicotine Motives Scale', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 112, 106645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106645
Trager, BM, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Morgan, RM, Mallett, KA, Turrisi, R & LaBrie, J 2021, 'The Prospective Effects of Parents’ and Friends’ Approval of Drinking on Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use during College', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 56, no. 14, pp. 2269-2274. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1981390
2020
Graupensperger, S, Turrisi, R, Jones, D & Evans, MB 2021, 'Dynamic characteristics of groups and individuals that amplify adherence to perceived drinking norms in college club sport teams: A longitudinal multilevel investigation.', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000654
Doumas, DM, Esp, S, Turrisi, R, Bond, L & Flay, B 2020, 'Efficacy of the echeckup to go for high school seniors: Sex differences in risk factors, protective behavioral strategies, and alcohol use', Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 135-143. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2020.81.135
Hultgren, BA, Scaglione, NM, Buben, A & Turrisi, R 2020, 'Examining protocol compliance and self-report congruence between daily diaries and event-contingent ecological momentary assessments of college student drinking', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 110, 106471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106471
Graupensperger, S, Turrisi, R, Jones, D & Evans, MB 2020, 'Longitudinal Associations Between Perceptions of Peer Group Drinking Norms and Students' Alcohol Use Frequency Within College Sport Teams', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 541-552. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14270
Robinson, JK, Abou-el-Seoud, D, Reavy, R, Turrisi, R & Mallett, KA 2020, 'Persistence of partner-assisted skin self-examination supported by ‘being in this together’: a randomized trial', British Journal of Dermatology, vol. 183, no. 3, pp. 571-573. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.19048
Robinson, JK, Reavy, R, Mallett, KA & Turrisi, R 2020, 'Remote skin self-examination training of melanoma survivors and their skin check partners: A randomized trial and comparison with in-person training', Cancer medicine, vol. 9, no. 19, pp. 7301-7309. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.3299
Doumas, DM, Esp, S, Turrisi, R, Bond, L, Porchia, S & Flay, B 2020, 'Sex differences in the acceptability and short-term outcomes of a web-based personalized feedback alcohol intervention for high school seniors', Psychology in the Schools, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 1724-1740. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22422
Reavy, R, Turrisi, R & Mallett, K 2021, 'Single-Parent Families: An Underserved Population for Adolescent Alcohol Interventions?', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 241-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.10.027