Sarah Zemore, Dr.P.H.

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Sarah Zemore, Ph.D.

Background Information and Areas of Research

Sarah Zemore is a scientist at ARG.

Her areas of interest include treatment seeking and treatment outcomes among substance abusing populations. She is also interested in the roles of race, gender, and socioeconomic status in all aspects of substance abuse.

Past work at ARG has examined the roles of Alcoholics Anonymous, peer helping, and spirituality in recovery; other work has examined alcohol consumption and treatment utilization among Latinos in the United States. Recently, Zemore has explored applications of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985) toward understanding treatment motivation.

Zemore earned her doctorate in social psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected Publications

Zemore S.E .(2004) [under review]. Acculturation and alcohol among Latinos in the U.S.: A comprehensive review. Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Zemore, S.E. (2004) [under review]. Re-examining whether and why acculturation relates to drinking outcomes in a rigorous, national survey of Latinos. Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Zemore, S.E., & Kaskutas, L.A. (2004). Helping, spirituality, and AA in recovery. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 383-391.

Zemore, S.E., Kaskutas, L.A., & Ammon, L.N. (2004). In twelve-step groups, helping helps the helper. Addiction, 99, 1015-1023.

Zemore, S.E., Fiske, S.T., & Kim, H.J. (2000). Gender stereotypes and the dynamics of social interaction. In T. Eckes & H. M. Trautner (Eds.), The Developmental Social Psychology of Gender. Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ.

Zemore, S.E. (1995). Ability to generate mental images in students of art. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 14, 83-88.

Kaskutas, L.A., Ammon, L.N., Witbrodt, J., Graves, K., Zemore, S.E., & Borkman, T.J. (2004) [under review]. Understanding results from randomized trials: Use of program- and client-level data to explain differences between medical and non-medical treatment programs. Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Polcin, D.L., & Zemore, S.E. (2004) [in press]. How psychiatric severity is related to helping, spirituality, and achievement in Alcoholics Anonymous. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Gaines, S. O. Jr., Rugg, M. A., Zemore, S. E., Armm, J. L., Yum, N., Law, A., Underhill, J. M, & Feldman, K. (1999). Gender-related personality traits and interpersonal resource exchange among brother-sister relationships. Personal Relationships, 6, 187-198.

Other ARG Publications of This Author

Grants Information

Acculturation and Alcohol among U.S. Latinas, NIAAA, R21 AA015972

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Last updating of page: December 8, 2005