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, 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', 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 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
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