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My research focuses on uncovering why adolescents and young adults engage in health-risk behavior and how this knowledge can be used to identify protective and risk factors as well as prevent risk. My scholarly interests focus on advancing the understanding of the dual processing nature of decisions to engage in health-risk behaviors and inform theoretically sound and efficacious alcohol use and related risky sexual behavior interventions among adolescents and young adults. Alcohol use and concomitant risky sexual behavior are public health concerns that often initiate during adolescence. For many adolescents and young adults, when they begin drinking, they do so in an extreme fashion, with frequent heavy-episodic drinking episodes. What factors place some individuals at greater risk for negative consequences than others? How can we use our knowledge of risk and protective factors in interventions to reduce harm? These are precisely the type of questions my research seeks to answer.
My research connects with my value to conduct research that has potential to make a significant impact on public health. I value research and policy that aims to expand prevention and intervention to adolescents and young adults. Our health services need to meet the needs of young adults and incorporate technology to bring preventative interventions to adolescents and young adults, with potential for significant impact on public health. My program of research has been funded by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, and the Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation.
My research connects with my value to conduct research that has potential to make a significant impact on public health. I value research and policy that aims to expand prevention and intervention to adolescents and young adults. Our health services need to meet the needs of young adults and incorporate technology to bring preventative interventions to adolescents and young adults, with potential for significant impact on public health. My program of research has been funded by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, and the Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation.
Education/Academic qualification
BS in Psychology, Montana State University
MS in Psychology, Montana State University
PhD in Health and Social Psychology, North Dakota State University
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Examining Motivations for and Quality of Alcohol and Marijuana Protective Behavior Strategy Use: Improving Prevention of Hazardous Young Adult Substance Use
Lewis, M., Lewis, M. & Lewis, M.
1/05/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Use of drinking protective behavioral strategies in association to sex-related alcohol negative consequences: The mediating role of alcohol consumption
Lewis, M. A., Rees, M., Logan, D. E., Kaysen, D. L. & Kilmer, J. R., Jun 2010, In: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 24, 2, p. 229-238 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Occasion-level investigation of playing drinking games: Associations with cognitions, situational factors, alcohol use, and negative consequences among adolescents and young adults
Lewis, M. A., Zhou, Z., Fairlie, A. M., Litt, D. M., Kannard, E., Resendiz, R., Walker, T., Seamster, M., Garcia, T. & Lee, C. M., Feb 2023, In: Addictive Behaviors. 137, 107497.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlates of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Among U.S. Adolescents
Barnett, T. E., Thompson, E. L., Litt, D. M. & Lewis, M. A., Nov 2019, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 57, 5, p. e175-e179Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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College students' perceptions about alcohol and consensual sexual behavior: Alcohol leads to sex
Lindgren, K., Pantalone, D., Lewis, M. & George, W., 1 Jan 2009, In: Journal of Drug Education. 39, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Semester and event-specific motives for alcohol use during Spring Break: Associated protective strategies and negative consequences
Patrick, M. E., Lewis, M. A., Lee, C. M. & Maggs, J. L., Apr 2013, In: Addictive Behaviors. 38, 4, p. 1980-1987 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review