Implications of State Alcohol Policy for College Students' Binge Drinking, Suicidal Behavior, and Sexual Assault Victimization (R21 AA030389).
This research will quantify the associations that more restrictive state alcohol policy environments have with binge drinking among young adult college students overall, and within subgroups that experience disparities. The project then specifies relations that state alcohol policies have with suicide and sexual assault risk, through effects on binge drinking. Accounting for the distal protective effects of state alcohol policies will inform other state- and campus-level planning to prevent alcohol misuse, suicide, and sexual assault.
Assisting Licensees by Evaluating Retail Transactions (ALERT) Observational Study
The ALERT Observational Study considers alcohol purchasing at stores with an off-premise alcohol license, and the characteristics of clerks, customers, and store environments associated with underage purchase attempts and age verification.
Assisting Licensees by Evaluating Retail Transactions (ALERT) Customers Study
The ALERT Customers Study investigates the prevalence and dynamics of fake identification use by adolescent and young adults customers of stores with an off-premise alcohol license.
Validating Campus Crime Data
This study stems from our commitment to understand and prevent two critical public health problems facing college students: alcohol misuse and sexual assault. We are studying the associations that publicly available crime and disciplinary data reported by colleges and universities (U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data; https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/) may have with the prevalence of student-reported alcohol and other substance use behaviors, assaults, perceptions of safety, and other issues queried on the National College Health Assessment survey.
Informing Suicide Prevention with Gender Diverse Youth
Our lab is using several Oregon-specific and national datasets to identify risk and protective factors for suicidal behavior among trans and gender diverse adolescents and young adult college students. In an attempt to inform prevention, our approach is to identify factors that are potentially modifiable and are relevant to gender diverse individuals based on theory. This work documents any differences between cisgender and gender diverse youth on risk and protective factors—such as caring adults at school or perceptions of safety on campus—and then distinguishes factors that may be particularly powerful for young people who identify as gender diverse.
Community Support and Wellness in Trans and Gender Diverse Adults
With this survey-based study of trans and gender diverse adults ages 18-25 years we seek to understand connections that community support and trans-specific support have with mental wellness. This study places a particular focus on factors commonly related to suicidal ideation including thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness. The qualitative aspect of this survey will give us opportunities to learn from participants’ personal experiences with community service.