Grace Kong PhD

Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Lecturer in Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Departments & Organizations

Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests

Substance use; Alcohol; Tobacco; Marijuana; Adolescent; Culture; Developmental; Prevention; Cessation; Clinical Psychology;

Education

• BA, University of Rochester, 2003
• M.S., St. John's University, 2007
• Ph.D., St. John's University, 2009

Selected Publications

• Kong, G., Camenga, D., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (In Press). Parental Influence on Adolescent Smoking Cessation: Is there a Gender Difference? Addictive Behaviors.
• Kong, G., Camenga, D., Cavallo, D., Connell, C.M., Pflieger, J.C., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (In Press). The role of ethnic pride and parental disapproval of smoking on smoking behaviors among minority and White adolescents in a suburban high school. The American Journal on Addictions.
• Fives, C., Kong, G., Fuller, R., & DiGiuseppe. (2011). Anger, aggression and irrational beliefs in adolescents. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 199-208.