ARG’s research on the environment and the individual drinker involves a number of contextual influences on a person’s drinking behavior and related problems. These influences are at all levels, from context of drinking, social situations surrounding the individual such as partners, social networks, and norms supporting more or less drinking, and harms from heavy drinkers (whether from strangers, acquaintances or family members), to neighborhood and community conditions such as neighborhood disadvantage and alcohol outlet density, to policies and regulations at all levels from local and state to federal alcohol and drug-related policies.
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- Current Projects
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Completed Projects
- Identifying Modifiable Influences on Alcohol Problems in High-Risk Neighborhoods
- Social, Developmental and Genetic Epidemiology of Alcohol Use Disorders
- Race/ethnicity, Socioeconomic Disadvantage, and Disparities in Alcohol Problems (A Center Research Component)
- Alcohol’s Harms to Others among US Adults: Individual and Contextual Effects
- Identifying Modifiable Influences on Alcohol Problems in High-Risk Neighborhoods
- Effects of Disadvantage and Protective Resources on Alcohol-Related Disparities
- Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts
- Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol Outcomes: Moderators and Mediators
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Selected Publications
- MacLeod, K. E., Thorhauge, M., Villalobos, V., Meijgaard, J., Karriker-Jaffe, K., Kelley-Baker, T., Ragland, D.R. (2020). To drive or not to drive? A study of travel behavior for a recent drinking occasion. Travel Behaviour and Society, 20 74-82 Abstract or Full Text
- Ye, Y., Cherpitel, C. J., Witbrodt, (2020). The interactive effect of location, alcohol consumption and non-traffic injury. Addiction , 115 (9) 1640-1649 Abstract or Full Text
- Munroe, C., Clerkin, E.M. & Kuvalanka, K.A. The Impact of Peer and Family Functioning on Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children’s Mental Health. J Child Fam Stud 29, 2080–2089 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01729-x (2020). The impact of peer and family functioning on transgender and gender-diverse children’s mental health. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29 2080–2089 Abstract or Full Text
- Cook W.K., Kerr W.C., Karriker-Jaffe K.J., Greenfield T.K., Li L, Lui C. (2020). Racial/Ethnic Variations in Clustered Risk Behaviors in the U.S.. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58 (1) 21-29 Abstract or Full Text
- Laslett A.M, Stanesby O,. Wilsnack S., Room R., Greenfield T.K. (2020). Cross-National Comparisons and Correlates of Harms From the Drinking of People With Whom You Work.. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 44 (1) 141-151 Abstract or Full Text
- Subbaraman M., Kerr W.C. (2020). Subgroup trends in alcohol and cannabis co-use and related harms during the rollout of recreational cannabis legalization in Washington state.. International Journal of Drug Policy, 75 Abstract or Full Text
- Cook W.K., Li L., Greenfield T.K., Patterson D., Naimi T., Xuan Z., Karriker-Jaffe K.J. (2020). State Alcohol Policies, Binge Drinking Prevalence, Socioeconomic Environments and Alcohol’s Harms to Others: A Mediation Analysis. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1-8 Abstract or Full Text
- Cook W.K., Mulia N., Li L. (2020). Subjective Social Status and Financial Hardship: Associations of Alternative Indicators of Socioeconomic Status with Problem Drinking in Asian Americans and Latinos. Substance Use & Misuse, 55 (8) 1246-1256 Abstract or Full Text
- Borges, G., Lown, E.A., Orozco, R., Cherpitel, C.J., (2019). The relationship between social inequalities, substance use and violence in border and non-border cities of northern Mexico. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 200 1-5 Abstract or Full Text
- Rossheim, M.E., Thombs, D.L., Treffers, R.D., Trangenstein, P.J., Siklo, S.S., Ahmad, R., McDonald, K.K., Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., Suzuki, S., Jernigan, D.H., (2019). Price of Four Loko in Large U.S. Cities, 2018. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research , 8 Abstract or Full Text
- Cook WK, Tseng W. (2019). Associations of Asian Ethnicity and Parental Education with Overweight in Asian American Children and Adolescents: An Analysis of 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23 (4) 504-511 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M.G. (2019). Dose response relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption in 22 countries. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 54 (4) 396-401 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Monteiro MG. (2019). Dose-Response Relative Risk of Injury From Acute Alcohol Consumption in 22 Countries: Are Women at Higher Risk Than Men?. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 54 (4) 396-401 Abstract or Full Text
- Ehlers CL, Phillips E, Kim C, Wills DN, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Gilder DA. (2019). CR-19-0950: Event-related responses to alcohol-related stimuli in Mexican-American young adults: Relation to age, gender, comorbidity and “dark side” symptoms.. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 202 76-86 Abstract or Full Text
- Compton K.S., Barr P., Karriker-Jaffe K.J., et al. (2019). Evaluating Neighborhood, Social, and Genetic Influences on Precursors of Alcohol Use Risk Behavior in African American Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (17) Abstract or Full Text
- Ramos, R., Cherpitel, C.J., Alvarez, J., Beltran, O., Woolard, R., Villalobos, S., Bernstein, J., Bernstein, E., (2018). Preparing Mexican-origin community health advocates. Pedagogy in Health Promotion , 4 247-253 Abstract or Full Text
- Tam, C.C., (2018). Beyond the immigrant enclave: Differentiating between coethnic neighborhoods for the study of health and social problems. GeoJournal , Abstract or Full Text
- Pinedo, M., Zemore, S., Rogers, S., (2018). Understanding barriers to specialty substance abuse treatment among Latinos. , 94 1-8 Abstract or Full Text
- Amy A. Mericle, Lee A. Kaskutas, Doug L. Polcin, and Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe (2018). Independent and Interactive Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Social Network Characteristics on Problem Drinking After Treatment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37 (1) 1-21 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M. (2018). Risk of violence-related injury from alcohol consumption and burden to society in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 42 (7) Abstract or Full Text
- Wallisch, L. & Zemore, S.E., Borges, G., Cherpitel, C.J., & Maxwell, J.C. (2018). Prevalence and correlates of arrests or stops for drunk driving on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 17 478-500 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Lönn, S.L., Cook, W.K., Kendler, K.S., Sundquist, K (2018). Chains of risk for alcohol use disorder: Mediators of exposure to neighborhood deprivation in early and middle childhood. Health and Place, 50 16-26 Abstract or Full Text
- Tedor, M.F., Quinn, L.M., Wilsnack, S.C., Wilsnack, R.W., Greenfield, T.K., (2018). Gender and country differences in alcohol-aggression expectancy and alcohol-related intimate partner violence. Deviant Behavior, 39 (5) 554-575 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M., (2018). Risk of violence-related injury from alcohol consumption and its burden to society in Latin American and the Caribbean. PAHO Pan American Journal of Public Health, 42 (7)
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Au, V., Frendo, M., Mericle, A.A. (2017). Offsetting the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on problem drinking. Journal of Community Psychology, 45 (5) 678-684 Abstract or Full Text
- Greenfield, T.K., Ye, Y., Lown, E.A., Cherpitel, C.J., Zemore, S., Borges, G. (2017). Alcohol use patterns and DSM-5 alcohol use disorder on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 41 (4) 769-778 Abstract or Full Text
- Pinedo, M., Zemore, S.E., Cherpitel, C.J., Caetano, R., (2017). Acculturation and alcohol use: the role of environmental contexts. Acculturation and alcohol use: the role of environmental contexts, 239-262 Abstract or Full Text
- (2017). Economic Recession, Alcohol, and Suicide Rates: Comparative Effects of Poverty, Foreclosure, and Job Loss. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 52 469-475 Abstract or Full Text
- Lown, E.A., Cherpitel, C.J., Zemore, S.E., Borges, G., Greenfield, T.K., (2017). Hazardous drinking and exposure to interpersonal. , 39 528-545 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, SE, Cherpitel, CJ, Ye, Y, Borgas, G, Li, L, Wallisch, LS. (2016). Factors explaining variation in alcohol use disorder prevalence across border and nonborder communities in Texas. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental , 40 (8) 1707-1716 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Liu, H. & Kaplan, L.M. (2016). Understanding associations between neighborhood socioeconomic status and negative consequences of drinking: A moderated mediation analysis. Prevention Science, 1-12 Abstract or Full Text
- Jones-Webb, R., Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Zemore, S.E., Mulia, N. (2016). Effects of economic disruptions on alcohol use and problems: why do African Americans fare worse?. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77 (2) 261-71 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., (2016). Alcohol and drug use at the U.S.-Mexico border – Does cross-border mobility make a difference?. Drug Abuse Journals, 2 (1) 13 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Zemore, S., Bond, J., Borges, G. (2015). The effect of cross-border mobility on alcohol and drug use among Mexican-American residents living at the U.S.-Mexico border. Addictive Behaviors, 50: 28-33 Abstract or Full Text
- Cook W.K., Karriker-Jaffe K.J., Bond J., Lui C. (2015). Asian American problem drinking trajectories during the transition to adulthood: ethnic drinking cultures and neighborhood contexts. American Journal of Public Health, 105 :1020-1027. Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Zemore S.E., Borges G., Greenfield T.K. (2015). Border effects on DSM-5 alcohol use disorders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Jan. 19 Abstract or Full Text
- Borges G., Zamora B., Garcia J., Orozco R., Cherpitel C.J., Zemore S., Breslau J. (2015). Symptoms of anxiety on both sides of the US-Mexico border: the role of immigration. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 61 46-51 Abstract or Full Text
- Mulia N., Zemore S., Murphy R., Liu H., Catalano R. (2014). Economic loss and alcohol consumption and problems during the 2008-9 U.S. recession. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38 (4) 1026-1034 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. & Greenfield, T.K. (2014). Gender differences in alcohol’s harms to others in disadvantaged U.S. neighborhoods. Drug & Alcohol Review, 33 (3) 296-303 Abstract or Full Text
- Gilbert P.A., Perreira K., Eng E, Rhodes S.D. (2014). Social Stressors and Alcohol Use among Immigrant Sexual and Gender Minority Latinos in a Non-Traditional Settlement State. Substance Use & Misuse, 49 (11) 1365-75 Abstract or Full Text
- Greenfield T.K., Karriker-Jaffe K.J., Giesbrecht N., Kerr W.C., Ye Y., Bond J. (2014). Second-hand drinking may increase support for alcohol policies: new results from the 2010 National Alcohol Survey. Drug & Alcohol Review, 33 (3) 259-267 Abstract or Full Text
- Polcin D.L., Mericle A., Howell J., Sheridan D., Christensen J. (2014). Maximizing social model principles in residential recovery settings. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 46 (5) 436-43 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Roberts, S.C.M., & Bond, J. (2013). Understanding the contribution of income inequality to alcohol use patterns and associated problems. American Journal of Public Health, 103 (4) 649-656 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2013). Neighborhood socioeconomic status and substance use by US adults. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcep.2013.04.033 [Epub: 31 May 2013].. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, Abstract or Full Text
- Cook, W. K., Bond, J., Karriker-Jaffe, K. J., & Zemore, S. E. (2013). Who’s At Risk? Ethnic Drinking Cultures, Foreign Nativity, and Asian American Young Adult Drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74 (4) 532-541 Abstract or Full Text
- Jones-Webb, R. & Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2013). Neighborhood disadvantage, high alcohol content beverage consumption, drinking norms, and drinking consequences: A mediation analysis. Journal of Urban Health, 90 (4) 667-684 Abstract or Full Text
- Mulia, N. & Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2012). Interactive Influences of Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Status on Alcohol Consumption and Problems. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47 (2) 178-186 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Zemore, S.E., Mulia, N., Jones-Webb, R., Bond, J., & Greenfield, T.K. (2012). Neighborhood disadvantage and adult alcohol outcomes: Differential risk by race and sex. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73 (6) 856-873 Abstract or Full Text
- Greenfield, T.K., Ye, Y., Nayak, M.B., Bond, J., Kerr, W.C, & Trocki, K. (2011). Heaviest drinking locations and the most drunk there predict the likelihood of fighting and being assaulted: results from the 2000 US National Alcohol Survey. Contemporary Drug Problems, 38 (Summer) 213-236 Abstract or Full Text
- Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2011). Areas of disadvantage: A systematic review of effects of area-level socioeconomic status on substance use. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30 84-95 Abstract or Full Text
- Kerr, W.C. (2010). Categorizing US State Drinking Practices and Consumption Trends. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7 (1) 269-283 Abstract or Full Text
- Nyaronga, D., Greenfield, T. K., & McDaniel, P. A (2009). Drinking context and drinking problems among black, white and Hispanic men and women in the 1984, 1995 and 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Surveys. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70 (1) 16-26 Abstract or Full Text
- Greenfield, T.K., Yu, Y., Kerr, W.C., Bond, J., Rehm, J., and Giesbrecht, N. (2009). Externalities from alcohol consumption in the 2005 US National Alcohol Survey: Implications for policy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6 (12) 3205-3224 Abstract or Full Text
- Mulia, N., Schmidt, L., Bond, J., Jacobs, L., & Korcha, R. (2008). Stress, social support and problem drinking among women in poverty. Addiction, 103 (8) 1283-93 Abstract or Full Text
- Kairouz, S, Greenfield, T. K. (2007). A comparative multilevel analysis of contextual drinking in American and Canadian adults. Addiction, 102 (1) 71-80 Abstract or Full Text
- Mulia, N., & Schmidt, L. (2003). Conflicts and trade-offs due to alcohol and drugs: clients’ accounts of leaving welfare. Social Service Review, 77 (4) 499-522