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
Recent Publications
2026
Richards, VL, Glenn, SD, Mallett, KA, Sladek, MR, Turrisi, RJ, Croff, JM, Ackerman, S & Russell, MA 2026, 'Contextual Moderators of the Relationship Between Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among Young Adults', Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 50, no. 7, e70310. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70310
Mallett, KA, Richards, VL, Glenn, SD, Russell, MA, Ackerman, S & Turrisi, R 2026, 'Graduating With an Alcohol Problem? Associations Between Drinking, Willingness to Experience Consequences, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Repeated Alcohol Problems Across the Senior Year of College', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 183-191. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00176
Li, Y, Richards, VL, Glenn, SD, Turrisi, RJ, Mallett, KA & Russell, MA 2026, 'The Role of Fall Rate From Transdermal Alcohol Concentration on Alcohol-Related Consequences in College Students', Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 50, no. 7, e70369. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70369
2025
Hatch, OJ, Trager, BM, LaBrie, JW, Neighbors, C, Mallett, KA & Turrisi, R 2025, 'A longitudinal examination of factors predicting maternal permissiveness toward underage student drinking across the first three years of college', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 163, 108244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108244
Doumas, DM, Esp, S, Turrisi, R, Bond, L & Glenn, SD 2025, 'A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of the eCHECKUP TO GO on drinking games participation and behavior among high school seniors', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 160, 108183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108183
Russell, MA, Richards, VL, Turrisi, RJ, Li, Y & Mallett, KA 2025, 'Alcohol consumption dynamics and day-to-day experiences of alcohol-related problems: Combining transdermal alcohol concentration sensors and daily self-reports in young adults’ natural settings.', Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000819
Waldron, K, Turrisi, R, Richards, V, Rahal, D & Parks, E 2025, 'Effects of daily discrimination and microaggressions on alcohol use and related consequences among Latine college students at a predominantly White institution.', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001109
Richards, VL, Mallett, KA, Turrisi, RJ, Oliver, JA, Croff, JM & Russell, MA 2025, 'Effects of nicotine-alcohol co-use on alcohol-induced blackouts and other alcohol-related consequences in college students', Psychopharmacology, vol. 242, no. 12, pp. 2757-2767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-025-06830-x
Richards, VL, Mallett, KA, Turrisi, RJ, Glenn, SD & Russell, MA 2025, 'Profiles of Transdermal Alcohol Concentration and Their Prediction of Negative and Positive Alcohol-Related Consequences in Young Adults’ Natural Settings', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001054
Richards, VL, Turrisi, RJ, Glenn, SD, Mallett, KA, Altstaedter, A, Ackerman, S & Russell, MA 2025, 'Serious harm reduction protective behavioral strategies reduce consequences associated with alcohol-induced blackouts in college students', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 162, 108234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108234
2024
Glenn, SD, Turrisi, RJ, Richards, VL, Russell, MA & Mallett, KA 2024, 'A Dual-Process Decision-Making Model Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and Alcohol Use Disorder Risk Among College Student Drinkers', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00063
Russell, MA, Richards, VL, Turrisi, RJ, Exten, CL, Pesigan, IJA & Rodríguez, GC 2024, 'Profiles of Alcohol Intoxication and Their Associated Risks in Young Adults’ Natural Settings: A Multilevel Latent Profile Analysis Applied to Daily Transdermal Alcohol Concentration Data', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001022
Richards, VL, Turrisi, RJ & Russell, MA 2024, 'Subjective Intoxication Predicts Alcohol-Related Consequences at Equivalent Alcohol Concentrations in Young Adults Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Alcohol Sensors', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 334-346. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000993
Richards, VL, Glenn, SD, Turrisi, RJ, Mallett, KA, Ackerman, S & Russell, MA 2024, 'Transdermal alcohol concentration features predict alcohol-induced blackouts in college students', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 880-888. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15290
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, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 347-359. 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', Alcoholism: 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 2025, '“Let's Not Talk About It”: Parents' Reasons for Not Discussing Alcohol Use With Emerging Adult Children', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 727-733. 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 2024, 'Long-term impact of familismo and ethnic identity on latinx college student drinking and high-risk consequences', Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 201-221. 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
Miller-Day, M, Ray, AE, Hecht, ML & Turrisi, R 2022, Strengthening Families through Web-Based Interventions: Developing and Assessing Feasibility of the “Parenting Now!: Talking About Alcohol” Program. in Communicating with Our Families: Technology as Continuity, Interruption, and Transformation. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., pp. 203-225. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666987652.ch-011
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