Publications & Presentations
IN PRESS
Fox, G. Q., Luong, M. Q., Kimmel, A., & Napper, L. E. (in press). Vices and vegetables: A systematic review and series of meta-analyses examining the relationships among compensatory health beliefs with health-related intentions and behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2026
Gomez Gorgonio, L., Luong, Q., & Napper, L. E. (February, 2026). How cultural mismatch and family support shape students’ experiences in college. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Poster)
Fox, G. Q., Luong, Q., Kimmel, A. L., & Napper, L. E. (February, 2026). Vices and vegetables: A series of meta-analyses of compensatory health beliefs with health intentions and behaviors. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Poster)
Fox, G. Q., & Napper, L. E. (February, 2026). Sweat to salad: Comparing two mechanisms for transfer of self-regulatory resources across multiple health behaviors. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Talk)
McGowan, M. G., & Napper, L. E. (February, 2026). Looking into the crystal ball: Aspirational and feared future selves in smokers. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Poster)
McGowan, M. G., Trager, B. M., Hatch, O. J., Boyle, S., Lebowitz, M., LaBrie, J. W., & Napper, L. E. (February, 2026). Exploring parent-for-child opioid storage and disposal through the Prototype Willingness Model. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Poster)
2025
McChargue, D. E., Khan, B., Phelps, J., Duryea, P., Tyler, K. A., Andrews, A., Reznicek, E., Napper, L. E., Saad, M., & Lee, H. W. (2025). The feasibility of utilizing the open dynamic interaction network (ODIN) app to assess rEMA data across 30 days among those recovering from alcohol use disorders. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 14, 100305.
Napper, L. E., Kenney, S., Johnson, N., Wolter, L., & Orchowski, L. (2025). College students’ perceptions of positive and negative drinking-related sexual experiences. Journal of American College Health, 73(5), 2063–2070.
Napper, L. E., Kenney, S. R., Wolter, L. C., Johnson, N. L., Orchowski, L. M., Bhuptani, P. H., & Barnett, N. (2025). Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a multiple behavior change intervention addressing alcohol use, sexual risk-taking, and bystander intervention. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 86(2), 246–260.
Napper, L. E., Trager, B., Turrisi, R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2025). “Let’s not talk about it”: Parents’ reasons for not discussing alcohol use with emerging adult children. Journal of Adolescent Health, 76(4), 727–733.
Trager, B., Napper, L. E., Hatch, O. J., Morgan, R. M., Boyle, S. C., & LaBrie, J. W. (2025). It’s not just what parents say, it’s why they say it: Students’ perceptions of parents’ motives for alcohol communication. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 86(3), 446–454.
Crispe, N. C., & Napper, L. E. (June, 2025). Emerging adults’ willingness to seek help from their parents in alcohol-related situations. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Poster)
Gomez Gorgonio-Syas, L., LaMena, G., Kimmel, A., Stevenson, S., & Napper, L. E. (March, 2025). Assessing parents’ motives for discussing sexual consent. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY. (Poster)
Napper, L. E., Costenbader, J., Fox, G. Q., Luong, M. Q., & Munley-Stone, M. (March, 2025). Identity labels and perceptions of autism. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference. (Poster)
Napper, L. E., Fox, G. Q., Stevenson, S., Khan, B. B., & McChargue, D. E. (June, 2025). Do passive sensors deter young adults from alcohol-related ecological momentary assessment research? Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Poster)
2024
Bhuptani, P. H., Kenney, S. K., Napper, L. E., & Orchowski, L. (2024). Pornography use, perceived peer norms and attitudes towards women: A study of college men. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 19(3), 280–301.
Fox, G., Napper, L. E., & Wakeel, F. (2024). Utility of the Theory of Planned Behaviour for predicting parents’ intentions to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Journal of Health Psychology, 30(1), 77–89.
Isaac, M. S., Wang, R., Napper, L. E., & Marsh, J. (2024). To err is human: Bias salience can help overcome resistance to medical AI. Computers in Human Behavior, 161, 108402.
Kenney, S., Napper, L. E., Johnson, N., Wolter, L., & Orchowski, L. (2024). Looking out for you and me: College students’ strategies for preventing sexual risk in college drinking contexts. Substance Use & Misuse, 59, 928–936.
Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S. A., et al. (2024). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioral science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134–147.
Zamboanga, B. L., Napper, L. E., et al. (2024). Utility of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire-Drinking Game (B-YAACQ-DG) in screening hazardous alcohol use among college students. Addiction Research & Theory, 32(2), 129–137.
Napper, L. E., Fox, G. Q., Khan, B., & Wolter, L. C. (June, 2024). Acceptability of using ecological momentary assessment to assess location- and time-based drinking experiences among college students. Poster presented at the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster)
2023
Hurlocker, M. C., Madson, M. B., Lui, P. P., Dvorak, R., Ham, L. S., Leffingwell, T., Looby, A., Meier, E., Montes, K., Napper, L. E., Prince, M. A., Skewes, M., Zamboanga, B. L., & Harm Reduction Research Team. (2023). Mental health risk profiles and related substance use during coronavirus pandemic among college students who use substances. International Journal of Mental Health.
Napper, L. E., Munley-Stone, M., & Neely, P. O. (2023). Capturing connections during COVID-19: Using reflective photography to assess U.S. college students’ sense of belonging. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(4), 920–936.
Wakeel, F., Jia, H., He, L., Shehadeh, K. S., & Napper, L. E. (2023). Development and application of a comprehensive measure of access to health services to examine COVID-19 health disparities. Healthcare, 11(3), 354.
Wolter, L. C., & Napper, L. E. (2023). (Mis)perceptions of bystander behaviors and approval: The role of sex-specific perceived norms. Psychology of Violence, 13(4), 329–337.
Zamboanga, B. L., Blumenthal, H., Ramadan, B., Ford, K., Napper, L. E., Hurlocker, M., Madson, M. B., & The Harm Reduction Research Team. (2023). What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic academic year. Addictive Behaviors, 138, 107560.
2022
Jordan, H. R., Hoover, S. M., Prince, M. A., Madson, M. B. & Harm Reduction Research Team (2022). Evaluating the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale (PBSM) short-form: Support for a two-factor structure and measurement invariance. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 236, 109489.
Napper, L. E., Trager, B., Turrisi, R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2022). Assessing parents’ motives for talking about alcohol with their emerging adult children. Addictive Behaviors, 125, 107155. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107155
2020
Earle, A. M., Napper, L. E., LaBrie. J. W., Brooks-Russell, A., Smith, D. J., & de Rutte, J. L. (2020). Examining interactions within the Theory of Planned Behavior in the prediction of intentions to engage in cannabis-related driving behaviors. Journal of American College Health, 68(4), 374-380. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1557197
Napper, L. E., Wolter, L. C., & Ebersole, D. S. (2020). ‘Mama don’t preach’: Young adults’ perceptions of maternal messages about underage drinking. Journal of Family Communication, 20(2), 160-174. DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2020.1723591
2019
Harris, P. R., Griffin, D. W., Napper, L. E., Bond, R., Schüz, B. Stride, C., Brearley, I. (2019). Individual differences in self-affirmation: Distinguishing self-affirmation from positive self-regard. Self and Identity, 18(6), 589-630. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2018.1504819
Montes, K. & Napper, L. E. (2019). An examination of the direct and indirect effects of marijuana identity on marijuana use and consequences. Substance Use and Misuse, 54(8), 1286-1296. DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1573835
Napper, L. E. (2019). Harm-reduction and zero-tolerance maternal messages about college alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 89, 136-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.024
Zamboanga, B., Napper, L. E., George, A., & Olthuis, J. (2019). Examining drinking game harms as a function of gender and college student status. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 33(8), 685-696. DOI: 10.1037/adb0000520
2018
Napper, L. E. (2018). Examining theoretical predictors of (mis)perceived alcohol norms. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(3), 474-480. DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2018.79.474
Napper, L. E., & Derby, A. (2018). Longitudinal associations between maternal disclosure of past alcohol use and underage college drinking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(3), 301-308. DOI: 10.1037/adb0000363
2016
Cervantes, R. C., Fisher, D. G., Padilla, A. M., & Napper, L. E. (2016). The Hispanic Stress Inventory Version 2: Improving the assessment of acculturation related stress. Psychological Assessment, 28(5), 506-522. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000200
LaBrie, J. W., Earle, A.M., Boyle, S.C., Hummer, J.F., Montes, K., Turrisi, R, & Napper, L. E. (2016). A parent-based intervention reduces heavy episodic drinking among first-year college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30(5), 523-535. DOI: 10.1037/adb0000187
Napper, L. E., Froidevaux, N. M., & LaBrie, J. W. (2016). Being blunt about marijuana: Parent communication about marijuana with their emerging adult children. Prevention Science, 17, 882-891. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0681-0
Napper, L. E., Kenney, S. R., Hummer, J. F., Fiorot, S., & LaBrie, J. W. (2016). Longitudinal relationships among perceived injunctive and descriptive norms and marijuana use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(3), 457-463. DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.457
Napper, L. E., Montes, K., Kenney, S. R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2016). Assessing the personal negative impacts of hooking up experienced by college students: Gender differences and mental health. Journal of Sex Research, 53(7), 766-775. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1065951
2015
LaBrie, J. W., Napper, L. E., Grimaldi, E. M., Kenney, S. R., & Lac, A. (2015). The efficacy of a standalone protective behavioral strategies intervention for students accessing mental health services. Prevention Science, 16(5), 663-673. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-015-0549-8
Napper, L. E., Hummer, J. F., Chithambo, T. P., & LaBrie, J. W. (2015). Perceived parent and peer marijuana norms: The moderating effect of parental monitoring during college. Prevention Science, 16, 364-373. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0493-z
Napper, L. E., Kenney, S. R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2015). The longitudinal relationships among injunctive norms and hooking up attitudes and behaviors in college students. Journal of Sex Research, 52(5), 499-506. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2014.952809
2014
Kenney, S. R., Napper, L. E., Martens, M. P., & LaBrie, J. W. (2014). Examining the efficacy of a brief group protective behavioral strategies skills training intervention with college women. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(4), 1041-1051. DOI: 10.1037/a0038173
LaBrie, J. W., Napper, L. E., & Hummer, J. F. (2014). Normative feedback for parents of college students: Piloting a parent based intervention to correct misperceptions of students’ alcohol use and other parents’ approval of drinking. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 107-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.036