Normalization of prevention principles and practices to reduce substance use disorders through an integrated dissemination and implementation framework

Z Sloboda, KA Johnson, DH Fishbein, CH Brown… - Prevention …, 2023 - Springer
Major research breakthroughs over the past 30 years in the field of substance use
prevention have served to:(1) enhance understanding of pharmacological effects on the …

How do unobserved confounding mediators and measurement error impact estimated mediation effects and corresponding statistical inferences? Introducing the R …

Q Lin, AK Nuttall, Q Zhang, KA Frank - Psychological Methods, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Empirical studies often demonstrate multiple causal mechanisms potentially involving
simultaneous or causally related mediators. However, researchers often use simple …

Statistical evaluation of person-oriented mediation using configural frequency analysis

HL Smyth, DP MacKinnon - Integrative Psychological and Behavioral …, 2021 - Springer
Mediation analysis helps explain how and why two variables are related, providing
information for investigating causal processes useful for theoretical and applied research …

A randomized clinical trial of smartphone self-managed recovery support services

CK Scott, ML Dennis, KA Johnson, CE Grella - Journal of substance abuse …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines the effectiveness of smartphone-based ecological momentary
interventions (EMI) and assessments (EMA), delivered separately and combined, to provide …

Assessing potential outcomes mediation in HIV interventions

HL Smyth, EV Pitpitan, DP MacKinnon, RE Booth - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of causal processes through mediation analysis can help improve the
effectiveness and reduce costs of public health programs, like HIV prevention and treatment …

Brief Negative Affect Focused Functional Imagery Training Abolishes Stress‐Induced Alcohol Choice in Hazardous Student Drinkers

AE Bakou, R Shuai, L Hogarth - Journal of Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Imagery‐based stress management therapies are effective at reducing alcohol
use. To explore the therapeutic mechanism, the current study tested whether brief functional …