Dawn W Foster, PhD, MPH
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Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
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Lecturer in Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public HealthBiography
A central theme of my research is the focus on social psychological principles related to etiology, prevention, and treatment of substance use among adolescents and young adults. My research objective is to better understand individual and contextual factors associated with risks for substance use so as to inform intervention and prevention efforts.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Harvard University (2014)
- PhD
- University of Houston (2013)
- MA
- University of Texas (2012)
- MPH
- University of Texas, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences (2008)
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A big-picture view of Dawn W Foster's research output by year.
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Meghan Morean, PhD
44Publications
1,053Citations
Publications
2017
Predictors of Adult E-Cigarette Users Vaporizing Cannabis Using E-Cigarettes and Vape-Pens
Morean ME, Lipshie N, Josephson M, Foster D. Predictors of Adult E-Cigarette Users Vaporizing Cannabis Using E-Cigarettes and Vape-Pens. Substance Use & Misuse 2017, 52: 974-981. PMID: 28323498, PMCID: PMC5409866, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1268162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2016
Perceived safety and controllability of events: Markers of risk for marijuana use in young adults?
Sartor CE, Ecker AH, Kraus SW, Leeman RF, Dukes KN, Foster DW. Perceived safety and controllability of events: Markers of risk for marijuana use in young adults? Addictive Behaviors 2016, 66: 114-117. PMID: 27930900, PMCID: PMC5181650, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.11.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricYouth Drug Offenders: An Examination of Criminogenic Risk and Juvenile Recidivism
Papp J, Campbell C, Onifade E, Anderson V, Davidson W, Foster D. Youth Drug Offenders: An Examination of Criminogenic Risk and Juvenile Recidivism. Corrections 2016, 1: 229-245. PMID: 28474004, PMCID: PMC5410661, DOI: 10.1080/23774657.2016.1218804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricI Want You to Like Me: Extraversion, Need for Approval, and Time on Facebook as Predictors of Anxiety
Steers M, Quist MC, Bryan JL, Foster DW, Young CM, Neighbors C. I Want You to Like Me: Extraversion, Need for Approval, and Time on Facebook as Predictors of Anxiety. Translational Issues In Psychological Science 2016, 2: 283-293. PMID: 28393084, PMCID: PMC5383211, DOI: 10.1037/tps0000082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricThe Interactive Influence of Cannabis-Related Negative Expectancies and Coping Motives on Cannabis Use Behavior and Problems
Foster DW, Jeffries ER, Zvolensky MJ, Buckner JD. The Interactive Influence of Cannabis-Related Negative Expectancies and Coping Motives on Cannabis Use Behavior and Problems. Substance Use & Misuse 2016, 51: 1504-1511. PMID: 27356272, PMCID: PMC4965297, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1188947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsSocial Anxiety and Cannabis-Related Impairment: The Synergistic Influences of Peer and Parent Descriptive and Injunctive Normative Perceptions
Foster DW, Garey L, Buckner JD, Zvolensky MJ. Social Anxiety and Cannabis-Related Impairment: The Synergistic Influences of Peer and Parent Descriptive and Injunctive Normative Perceptions. Substance Use & Misuse 2016, 51: 912-921. PMID: 27144526, PMCID: PMC4869705, DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2016.1156701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSocial anxietyInjunctive normsCannabis problemsCannabis usersDescriptive normsNormative perceptionsAnxious cannabis usersHigh social anxietyCurrent cannabis usersHierarchical multiple regressionCannabis-related problemsThree-way interactionParent normsParents' influenceParents' beliefsPeer normsAnxietyYoung adultsPerceptionMultiple regressionCannabisPeersAdditional researchNormsPresent studyInjunctive Norms and Alcohol Consumption: A Revised Conceptualization
Krieger H, Neighbors C, Lewis MA, LaBrie JW, Foster DW, Larimer ME. Injunctive Norms and Alcohol Consumption: A Revised Conceptualization. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2016, 40: 1083-1092. PMID: 27030295, PMCID: PMC4844760, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsGod, Can I Tell You Something? The Effect of Religious Coping on the Relationship Between Anxiety Over Emotional Expression, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms
Bryan JL, Lucas S, Quist MC, Steers MN, Foster DW, Young CM, Lu Q. God, Can I Tell You Something? The Effect of Religious Coping on the Relationship Between Anxiety Over Emotional Expression, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms. Psychology Of Religion And Spirituality 2016, 8: 46-53. PMID: 27019677, PMCID: PMC4808057, DOI: 10.1037/rel0000023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMultisubstance Use Among Treatment-Seeking Smokers: Synergistic Effects of Coping Motives for Cannabis and Alcohol Use and Social Anxiety/Depressive Symptoms
Foster DW, Buckner JD, Schmidt NB, Zvolensky MJ. Multisubstance Use Among Treatment-Seeking Smokers: Synergistic Effects of Coping Motives for Cannabis and Alcohol Use and Social Anxiety/Depressive Symptoms. Substance Use & Misuse 2016, 51: 165-178. PMID: 26846421, PMCID: PMC4755824, DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1082596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAnxiety/depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsTreatment-seeking smokersAlcohol useCo-occurring substance useSubstance useDaily cigarette smokersLower depressive symptomsMultisubstance useMultisubstance usersCigarette smokersNicotine dependenceClinical relevanceSymptomsGreater riskSmokersHeavy drinkingCannabisMultiple regression analysisRegression analysisPresent findingsAnxietyGreater drinkingDrinkingHierarchical multiple regression analysisThe Influence of Drinking Motives on Hookah use Frequency Among Young Multi-Substance Users
Foster DW, Greene MR, Allan NP, Geldsetzer P. The Influence of Drinking Motives on Hookah use Frequency Among Young Multi-Substance Users. International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2016, 14: 791-802. PMID: 27713680, PMCID: PMC5047663, DOI: 10.1007/s11469-016-9633-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConcepts
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Junior Investigator Travel Award; The College on Problems of Drug Dependence
National AwardDetails05/09/2015United Statesactivity Member
Professional OrganizationsAmerican Psychological Association (APA)Details05/25/2013 - 05/24/2014DescriptionEarly Career Psychologist (ECP) Co-Chair for the Task Force for Translating Psychological Science for the Publichonor Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology; Minority Travel Award
National AwardDetails07/25/2013United Stateshonor Psychology Institute Fellowship; American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program
National AwardDetails05/25/2013United Stateshonor Presidential Graduate Fellowship
Regional AwardDetails08/31/2012United States
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- December 13, 2016
Foster receives YCCI Scholar Award to examine cannabis use behaviors in young adults
- September 29, 2016
Foster co-chaired APA committee that translated science for the public
- July 07, 2016Source: University Herald
Yale University Research Shows That Intervention Is Needed To Solve School-Based Gambling Problems
- June 29, 2016
Yale researchers: Interventions needed to curtail school-based gambling
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