Stephanie Trea Lanza, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Stephanie Trea Lanza, PhD
Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Interim Director, Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Director and C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention Research, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Interim Director, Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Director and C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention Research, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2026
Stull, SW, Wakely, ME, Saunders, EC, Jacobson, NC, Marsch, LA & Lanza, ST 2026, 'A qualitative study investigating the role of humor in supporting recovery from addiction', Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, vol. 181, 209833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209833
Stull, SW, Mogle, J, Panlilio, LV, Wolchok, R, Lanza, ST, Bertz, JW & Epstein, DH 2026, 'Between- and within-person predictors of missingness in intensive longitudinal data among people in outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder.', Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001454
Stull, SW, Epstein, DH, Gersz, M, Mondry, L & Lanza, ST 2026, 'Daily motivation for and perceived accessibility of nondrug reward among people in long-term recovery from opioid use disorder', Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 283, 113154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113154
Lanza, ST 2026, 'Innovative Methods Can Accelerate Advancements in Research on Alcohol and Other Drugs', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.25-00384
Lee, SA, Mukherjee, D, Lanza, ST & Almeida, DM 2026, 'Longitudinal profiles of affect dynamics in middle and later life: A latent transition analysis.', Psychology and aging, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 256-267. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000938
Mongilio, JM, Kcomt, L, Lanza, ST, Pasman, E, Clift, J & Evans-Polce, RJ 2026, 'Patterns of ENDS-Related Content Exposure on Social Media Among US Adolescents and Young Adults', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 990-997. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf259
Lanza, ST & Hochgraf, AK 2026, Time-Varying Effect Modeling to Address Novel Questions in Developmental Research. in Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science. wiley, pp. 583-611. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119880851.ch24
2025
Stull, SW & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Affect-laden risk profiles derived from two days of EMA predict substance use and quality of life three- and six-months after SUD treatment', Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, vol. 170, 209613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209613
Shakya, E, Whetzel, CA, Lanza, ST & Na, M 2025, 'Association between food insecurity and depressive symptoms in college students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of American College Health, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 4041-4047. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2469149
Rahal, D, Fosco, GM & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Associations between affect variability, mean affect, and mental health among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of American College Health, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 3832-3844. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2449428
Linden-Carmichael, AN, Chiang, SC, Dyer, W, Bhandari, S & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Comparing subjective effects and intoxication on simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use occasions relative to alcohol- or cannabis-only occasions', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1818-1827. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70101
Hochgraf, AK, Barry, MR, Lanza, ST, Jacobsen, M & Neumark-Sztainer, D 2025, 'Constellations of Family Qualities and Links with Psychological and Behavioral Health in Adolescence and Young Adulthood', Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 2734-2748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03154-4
Stull, SW, Marsch, LA & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Daily profiles of nondrug reward and their association with daily outcomes for people in recovery from opioid use disorder: An application of latent profile analysis applied to intensive longitudinal data', Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 271, 112646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112646
Wilding, HE, Dyer, WG, Sutara, B, Lee, SH, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Lanza, ST & Lee, HH 2026, 'Genetic susceptibility to depressive symptoms in middle-aged to older Americans: time-varying effects and effect modification by early psychosocial factors', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 1139-1149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02987-0
Mama, SK, Bhatia, M, Shi, J, Schmitz, KH, Rogers, LQ, Davis, T, Selman, J, Murley, B, Haas, B, Smyth, JM, Sciamanna, CN, Lanza, ST & McNeill, LH 2025, 'Integrating and adapting three evidence-based interventions to enhance physical activity and reduce psychosocial distress among rural breast cancer survivors: The Mind Your BEAT study', Translational behavioral medicine, vol. 15, no. 1, ibaf078. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaf078
Rahal, D, Perry, KJ & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Mental Health Modulates Associations Between Institutional Belonging and Substance Use Risk', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 424-435. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00382
Evans-Polce, RJ, Arterberry, BJ, Lanza, ST & Patrick, ME 2025, 'Patterns of substance use on a given day in a national sample of U.S. young adults', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 168, 108376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108376
Sloan, CJ, Lanza, ST, Forrester, EJ, Feinberg, ME & Fosco, GM 2025, 'The Role of Interparental Conflict in Divergent Perceptions of Parenting', Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 87, no. 5, pp. 2157-2166. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13108
2024
Lanza, ST, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Wang, D, Bhandari, S & Stull, SW 2024, 'A Personalized Data Dashboard to Improve Compliance with Ecological Momentary Assessments in College Students: Protocol for a Microrandomized Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, e57664. https://doi.org/10.2196/57664
Hochgraf, AK, Berge, JM & Lanza, ST 2024, 'Age-varying associations between attempts to change weight and suicidal ideation among adolescents in the United States', Preventive Medicine, vol. 182, 107946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107946
Linden-Carmichael, AN, Stull, SW & Lanza, ST 2024, 'Alcohol and cannabis use in daily lives of college-attending young adults: Does co-use correspond to greater reported pleasure?', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 159, 108130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108130
Gopalan, M, Jung, J, Shou-Chun, C, Linden-Carmichael, A & Lanza, S 2024, 'College students’ sense of belonging and alcohol use amidst COVID-19: Evidence from a 21-day daily diary study', PloS one, vol. 19, no. 12 December, e0310496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310496
Hochgraf, AK, Fosco, GM & Lanza, ST 2025, 'Comorbidity between body dissatisfaction and nicotine vaping among young adults in college: a daily diary study', Journal of American College Health, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 2913-2919. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2346354
Sloan, CJ, Forrester, E, Lanza, S, Feinberg, ME & Fosco, GM 2025, 'Examining profiles of convergence and divergence in reports of parental warmth: Links to adolescent developmental problems', Development and Psychopathology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 927-943. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000762
Andrushko, Y & Lanza, ST 2024, 'Exploring Resilience and Its Determinants in the Forced Migration of Ukrainian Citizens: A Psychological Perspective', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 21, no. 11, 1409. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111409
Toledo, MJL, Zawadzki, MJ, Scott, SB, Johnson, JA, Marcusson-Clavertz, D, Kim, J, Lanza, S, Almeida, DM, Sliwinski, MJ & Smyth, JM 2024, 'Exploring the Utility of a Real-Time Approach to Characterising Within-Person Fluctuations in Everyday Stress Responses', Stress and Health, vol. 40, no. 6, e3501. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3501
Linden-Carmichael, A, Stull, SW, Wang, D, Bhandari, S & Lanza, ST 2024, 'Impact of Providing a Personalized Data Dashboard on Ecological Momentary Assessment Compliance Among College Students Who Use Substances: Pilot Microrandomized Trial', JMIR Formative Research, vol. 8, e60193. https://doi.org/10.2196/60193
Evans-Polce, RJ, Maggs, JL, Lanza, ST & Patrick, ME 2024, 'Negative consequences associated with daily alcohol use as a nonlinear function of number of drinks in a daily diary study', Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 256, 111089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111089
Pham, HT, Lanza, ST, Claus, ED, Heim, CM, Noll, JG, Shenk, CE & Schreier, HMC 2024, 'Sex differences in the roles of nicotine use and puberty on youth C-reactive protein levels: Effects above and beyond adversity', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, vol. 40, 100841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100841
2023
Rahal, D, Linden-Carmichael, AN & Lanza, ST 2024, 'Affect variability in relation to alcohol use frequency, intensity, and concurrent cannabis use among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic', Addiction Research and Theory, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 375-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2284209
Mendu, S, Doyle Fosco, SL, Lanza, ST & Abdullah, S 2023, 'Designing voice interfaces to support mindfulness-based pain management', Digital Health, vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231204418
Coyne, KS, Barsdorf, AI, Mazière, JY, Pierson, RF, Lanza, ST, Farrar, JT, Gelfand, CAPTAPTHJ, Porter, LN, Schnoll, SH & Butler, SF 2023, 'Identification of prescription opioid misuse and abuse behaviors and risk factors in chronic pain patients using the Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse Questionnaire (POMAQ)', Current Medical Research and Opinion, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2023.2174343
The Family Life Project Key Investigators 2024, 'Maternal Responsiveness, Children’s Language Abilities, and the Mediating Role of Pivotal Behavior in Low-Income Families', Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1857-1868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02722-w
Stull, SW, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Scott, CK, Dennis, ML & Lanza, ST 2023, 'Time-varying effect modeling with intensive longitudinal data: Examining dynamic links among craving, affect, self-efficacy and substance use during addiction recovery', Addiction, vol. 118, no. 11, pp. 2220-2232. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16284
2022
Hochgraf, AK, Fosco, GM & Lanza, ST 2023, 'Age-Varying Associations Between Attempts to Lose Weight and Nicotine Vaping Across Adolescence: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 352-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.009
Stull, SW, Bertz, JW, Epstein, DH, Bray, BC & Lanza, ST 2022, 'Anhedonia and Substance Use Disorders by Type, Severity, and With Mental Health Disorders', Journal of Addiction Medicine, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. E150-E156. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000891
Cloutier, RM, Calhoun, BH, Lanza, ST & Linden-Carmichael, AN 2022, 'Assessing subjective cannabis effects in daily life with contemporary young adult language', Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 230, 109205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109205
Lanza, ST, Whetzel, CA, Linden-Carmichael, AN & Newschaffer, CJ 2022, 'Change in college student health and wellbeing profiles as a function of the COVID-19 pandemic', PloS one, vol. 17, no. 5 May, e0267724. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267724
Bray, BC, Layland, EK, Stull, SW, Vasilenko, SA & Lanza, ST 2023, 'Estimating the Effects of a Complex, Multidimensional Moderator: An Example of Latent Class Moderation to Examine Differential Intervention Effects of Substance Use Services', Prevention Science, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 493-504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01448-3
Stull, SW, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Cloutier, RM, Bonny, AE & Lanza, ST 2022, 'Flexibly modeling age trends in the prevalence of co-occurring patterns of substance use and mental health disorders using time-varying effects and latent class analysis', American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2021.2016786
Qian, T, Walton, AE, Collins, LM, Klasnja, P, Lanza, ST, Nahum-Shani, I, Rabbi, M, Russell, MA, Walton, MA, Yoo, H & Murphy, SA 2022, 'The Microrandomized Trial for Developing Digital Interventions: Experimental Design and Data Analysis Considerations', Psychological Methods, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 874-894. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000283
Kunchay, S, Linden-Carmichael, AN, Lanza, ST & Abdullah, S 2022, 'Understanding Design Approaches and Evaluation Methods in mHealth Apps Targeting Substance Use: Protocol for a Systematic Review', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 11, no. 7, e35749. https://doi.org/10.2196/35749
Lanza, ST, Sokolovsky, AW, Linden-Carmichael, AN, White, HR & Jackson, KM 2022, 'Understanding Heterogeneity Among Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Users: Latent Classes Derived From Daily Diary Data', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 358-363. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2022.83.358
Stull, SW, Mogle, J, Bertz, JW, Burgess-Hull, AJ, Panlilio, LV, Lanza, ST, Preston, KL & Epstein, DH 2022, 'Variability in Intensively Assessed Mood: Systematic Sources and Factor Structure in Outpatients With Opioid Use Disorder', Psychological Assessment, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 966-977. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001160