2022
Modeling reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro‐longitudinal study
Weiss NH, Brick LA, Forkus SR, Goldstein SC, Thomas ED, Schick MR, Barnett NP, Contractor AA, Sullivan TP. Modeling reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro‐longitudinal study. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 1460-1471. PMID: 35676805, PMCID: PMC11100457, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive emotion dysregulationEmotion dysregulationAlcohol useDynamic structural equation modelingLater alcohol useMicro-longitudinal studyCross-lagged effectsPotential reciprocal associationsCross-lagged associationsIntimate partner violenceStructural equation modelingMomentary levelIdiographic approachReciprocal associationsCross-sectional designLater levelsEquation modelingReciprocal relationsCommunity womenExtant literatureParticipantsSignificant interindividual variabilityPartner violenceVoice recordingsDysregulation
2018
Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis
Weiss N, Forkus S, Contractor A, Schick M. Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis. Addictive Behaviors 2018, 84: 45-52. PMID: 29625262, PMCID: PMC5975124, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPositive emotionsCollege studentsDrug misuseTreatment of alcoholismEmotion dysregulationStructural equation modelingNegative emotionsReduce alcoholEmotionsEquation modelingAlcoholMisuseCollegeDysregulationAlternative modelsDifficultiesStudentsDrugNarrow focusParticipantsResearchCreation and validation of the barriers to alcohol reduction (BAR) scale using classical test theory and item response theory
Kunicki Z, Schick M, Spillane N, Harlow L. Creation and validation of the barriers to alcohol reduction (BAR) scale using classical test theory and item response theory. Addictive Behaviors Reports 2018, 7: 47-52. PMID: 29450256, PMCID: PMC5805497, DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2018.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchItem response theoryClassical test theoryYoung Adult Alcohol Consequences QuestionnaireBrief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences QuestionnaireExploratory structural equation modelingBinge drinkingAlcohol-related consequencesTwo-factor structureNon-binge drinkersResponse theoryPast-month binge drinkingAlcohol reductionConsequences QuestionnaireStructural equation modelingTest theoryDiscriminant validityDrinking behaviorConvergent validityBinge drinkersCollege studentsDiverse sampleUndergraduate student populationInternal consistencyPhysical activityUnidimensionality assumption