2017
Age at drinking onset, age at first intoxication, and delay to first intoxication: Assessing the concurrent validity of measures of drinking initiation with alcohol use and related problems
Morean ME, L'Insalata A, Butler ER, McKee A, Krishnan-Sarin S. Age at drinking onset, age at first intoxication, and delay to first intoxication: Assessing the concurrent validity of measures of drinking initiation with alcohol use and related problems. Addictive Behaviors 2017, 79: 195-200. PMID: 29304425, PMCID: PMC5807182, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Integrating Acquired Preparedness and Dual Process Models of Risk for Heavy Drinking and Related Problems
Corbin WR, Papova A, Morean ME, O’Malley S, Krishnan-Sarin S, Abi-Dargham A, Anticevic A, Pearlson G, Petrakis I, Pittman BP, Krystal JH. Integrating Acquired Preparedness and Dual Process Models of Risk for Heavy Drinking and Related Problems. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2015, 29: 864-874. PMID: 26348221, PMCID: PMC6223629, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-process modelImpulsive sensationExpectancy challengeDrinking outcomesStronger positive expectanciesAlcohol useIndirect effectsHeavy drinkingExplicit measuresPositive expectanciesAlcohol expectanciesPreparedness modelImplicit influencePersonality traitsNondependent drinkersBehavioral controlTranslational neuroscienceProcess modelAlcohol dependenceHigh levelsExpectancyDrinkingRelated problemsSensationNeuroscienceThe Yale Craving Scale: Development and psychometric properties
Rojewski AM, Morean ME, Toll BA, McKee SA, Krishnan-Sarin S, Green BG, Bartoshuk LM, O’Malley S. The Yale Craving Scale: Development and psychometric properties. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 154: 158-166. PMID: 26183404, PMCID: PMC4834029, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCeiling effectsPsychometric evaluationCraving ScaleDrinking scoresTreatment-seeking smokersInternal consistencyGood internal consistencyHeavy drinkersSmokingGroup comparisonsDrinking urgesStudy sampleDrinking outcomesSensation intensitySubjective cravingLabeled Magnitude ScaleCigarettesPsychometric propertiesScoresCurrent studyLatent factor structureTest-criterion relationshipsSound scaleSmokersDependent population
2012
Age of First Use and Delay to First Intoxication in Relation to Trajectories of Heavy Drinking and Alcohol‐Related Problems During Emerging Adulthood
Morean M, Corbin W, Fromme K. Age of First Use and Delay to First Intoxication in Relation to Trajectories of Heavy Drinking and Alcohol‐Related Problems During Emerging Adulthood. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2012, 36: 1991-1999. PMID: 22897715, PMCID: PMC5777131, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01812.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrequency of heavy drinkingSenior year of collegeAlcohol-related problemsHeavy drinkingYear of collegeEarly drinkingLatent growth curve modelingExperience of alcohol-related problemsPredictors of heavy drinkingTrajectories of heavy drinkingSenior year of high schoolAlcohol-related outcomesGrowth curve modelsSenior yearCross-cultural differencesYear of high schoolUnique varianceDrinking outcomesEmerging adulthoodCollege freshmenCurve modelBiannual assessmentsHigh schoolShort delayAssociated with increased frequency
2008
Subjective alcohol effects and drinking behavior: The relative influence of early response and acquired tolerance
Morean M, Corbin W. Subjective alcohol effects and drinking behavior: The relative influence of early response and acquired tolerance. Addictive Behaviors 2008, 33: 1306-1313. PMID: 18619740, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubjective alcohol responsesRutgers Alcohol Problem IndexDrinking outcomesDrinking behaviorPredictive of drinking outcomesAssess alcohol useIncremental validityAlcohol responsesAlcohol effectsQuestionnaire-RevisedSelf-ratingsSedative responsePsychometric propertiesSedative effectsAlcohol useInternal consistencyAcquired toleranceProblem IndexRevised versionAssociated with useUnique variablesDrinkingOnline surveyModified versionEarly response