Kenneth W Griffin
Biographic Data
| ID | 242548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth W Griffin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth W |
| FAMILY NAME | Griffin |
| SIGNATURE | GRIFFIN K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4653-879X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Modeling change in cognitive skills and its effects on self-esteem and drug use during adolescence
We used latent transition analysis with a panel cohort of youth to examine change in cognitive skill use and its influence on self-esteem and drug use. Skills were assessed in the 7th and 9th grades, self-esteem in the 10th grade, and drug use in the 12th grade. Three status groups emerged, including both high and low cognitive skill use, and a class employing mostly self-talk reward strategies. There was moderate stability in status; however, ov…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on university students’ psychological distress, well-being, and utilization of mental health services in the United States
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to major disruptions in the lives of university students, which is a population that is already at a greater risk of mental health concerns. Little is known about how the pandemic impacted distress and mental health services utilization among university students across the United States. Methods: = 96,489), the present study examined mental health symptoms and utilization of mental health services among und…
Onset of the Non-Medical Use of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications during Early Adolescence
This study examined the prevalence and psychosocial predictors of the non-medical use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications and compared these to cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol use in a cohort of early adolescents ( N = 1887) aged 11 to 13, a critical risk period for the initiation of substance use. Participants were students attending 22 middle schools in the northeastern United States. Participants completed surveys in the c…
Sexual Violence and Substance Use among First-Year University Women
Sexual violence and substance use are important public health problems among university students. The present study examined rates of sexual violence victimization, perpetration, and substance use among first-year university women. Participants ( n = 974) attending 14 universities across the United States completed an online confidential survey at the beginning and again later in their first year. The sample included women who identified as heter…
Multiple Health Behavior Programs in School Settings
Typically, schools implement health promotion programs that focus on a single behavioral domain. Multiple related health topics may be addressed using separate interventions, potentially producing overlap in program content. However, integrative approaches in health promotion have the potential to produce interventions capable of improving multiple health behaviors. In particular, more research is needed to identify the conditions and the factors…
Testing an evidence-based drug abuse and violence preventive approach adapted for youth in juvenile justice diversionary settings
Prevention of Unwanted Sexual Contact Among Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy
This study tested the effectiveness of a small-group preventive intervention designed to prevent unwanted sexual contact among cadets at the US Air Force Academy. Among cadets in the incoming class of 2021, unwanted sexual contact was cut by nearly half in the intervention group relative to the control group. This study is one of the first rigorously designed trials to demonstrate a significant impact on unwanted sexual contact among students att…
Increasing Implementation Fidelity for School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention
Objective: A substantial barrier to translating prevention science into practice is the potential for low implementation fidelity when evidence-based interventions are delivered in real-world settings. This study tested the extent to which enhanced training and technical assistance can improve implementation fidelity of LifeSkills Training, an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program. Method: We recruited and randomly assigned middle schools …
Identity Distress and Negative Affect in College Students
Many young people attend college during the peak years of identity exploration. This research examines the prevalence of identity distress among college students and the degree to which participants may meet the DSM-IV classification for identity problem. In addition, this study examines the extent to which participants with high levels of identity distress report symptoms of depression and other symptoms of negative affect. Findings indicated th…
Perceived Friend and Peer Smoking and Direct and Indirect Refusal Skills as Predictors of Cigarette Smoking in U.S. and Japanese Middle School Students
Adolescents (aged 12-14 years) from the United States (n = 539) and Japan (n = 644) completed surveys regarding tobacco use, perceptions of friend and peer smoking, and their own likelihood of using smoking refusal skills. U.S. youth were more likely to report lifetime or monthly tobacco use, whereas Japanese youth were more likely to smoke ≥20 cigarettes per week. High perceived friend and peer smoking prevalence predicted lifetime smoking, wher…
Long-Term Effects of Self-Control on Alcohol Use and Sexual Behavior among Urban Minority Young Women
High risk alcohol use and sexual behaviors peak in young adulthood and often occur in the same individuals. Alcohol use has been found to impair decision-making and contribute to high risk sexual activity. However, the association between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior may also reflect enduring individual differences in risk taking, sociability, self-control, and related variables. Both behaviors can serve similar functions related to recr…
Adolescent motherhood and developmental outcomes of children in early Head Start
This longitudinal study examined the influence of parenting behaviors, well-being, and risk factors of low-income adolescent mothers on the cognitive and language abilities of children from infancy to age 3. Participants consisted of 1,240 mother-child dyads enrolled in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Data were collected using structured interviews with the mothers and from videotaped mother-child interactions during play ac…
Evidence-Based Interventions for Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Maternal depression and parental distress among families in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
This study examined the influence of risk factors within the family environment (inadequate resources, insufficient caregiving support from child's father, higher family conflict) on maternal well being (depression and parental distress) using a longitudinal panel research design. Participants consisted of 2,040 low‐income mothers of young children enrolled in the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project. Findings indicated that gre…
Life Skills Training
Efficacy, Self-Derogation, and Alcohol Use Among Inner-City Adolescents
Initial Internal Reliability and Descriptive Statistics for a Brief Assessment Tool for the Life Skills Training Drug-Abuse Prevention Program
Adolescent drug use in the United States remains the highest in the industrialized world. Fortunately there have been significant advances in developing effective prevention programs for adolescent drug use. An important issue in evaluating such programs is that the self-report surveys have adequate psychometric properties and assess constructs targeted by an intervention. A questionnaire focusing on knowledge and drug-related measures was develo…
Social Competence and Substance Use Among Rural Youth
Parenting practices as predictors of substance use, delinquency, and aggression among urban minority youth
This study examined how parenting factors were associated with adolescent problem behaviors among urban minority youth and to what extent these relationships were moderated by family structure and gender.Sixth-grade students (N = 228) reported how often they use alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or engage in aggressive or delinquent behaviors; a parent or guardian reported their monitoring and other parenting practices.Findings indicated that boys and t…
Dynamic Growth Models of Self-Esteem and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Latent growth modeling was used to test dynamic relations between self-esteem and alcohol use in 740 middle school youth assessed at four time points. Self-esteem was characterized by a negative growth trajectory, whereas alcohol use increased steadily in a linear fashion. An initial simplified model positing bidirectional influences indicated an inverse relation between changes in self-esteem and alcohol use over time, but that initial levels of…
Interpersonal aggression in urban minority youth
This study examined perceived social environment and personal control variables as predictors of interpersonal aggression in urban minority youth. Perceived environmental factors included neighborhood risk, friends' delinquency, and parental monitoring practices, which were examined as direct predictors of aggression and as indirect predictors mediated by anger control skills and risk-taking characteristics. The sample consisted of 452 primarily …
Psychological Distress in People with HIV/Aids
The effect of a patient education program on emergency room use for inner-city children with asthma
An educational program for children with asthma designed to reduce emergency room (ER) use enrolled all eligible children (n = 253 primarily low-income Black) within a health maintenance organization (HMO) who had used the hospital or ER for asthma during the pre-enrollment period and randomized them into two groups. Twenty-four of the experimental group patients had 55 ER visits and 18 of the control patients had 39 ER visits during the first 12…
Dynamic Growth Models of Self-Esteem and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Latent growth modeling was used to test dynamic relations between self-esteem and alcohol use in 740 middle school youth assessed at four time points. Self-esteem was characterized by a negative growth trajectory, whereas alcohol use increased steadily in a linear fashion. An initial simplified model positing bidirectional influences indicated an inverse relation between changes in self-esteem and alcohol use over time, but that initial levels of…
Maternal depression and parental distress among families in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
This study examined the influence of risk factors within the family environment (inadequate resources, insufficient caregiving support from child's father, higher family conflict) on maternal well being (depression and parental distress) using a longitudinal panel research design. Participants consisted of 2,040 low‐income mothers of young children enrolled in the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project. Findings indicated that gre…
Efficacy, Self-Derogation, and Alcohol Use Among Inner-City Adolescents
Social Competence and Substance Use Among Rural Youth
The effect of a patient education program on emergency room use for inner-city children with asthma
An educational program for children with asthma designed to reduce emergency room (ER) use enrolled all eligible children (n = 253 primarily low-income Black) within a health maintenance organization (HMO) who had used the hospital or ER for asthma during the pre-enrollment period and randomized them into two groups. Twenty-four of the experimental group patients had 55 ER visits and 18 of the control patients had 39 ER visits during the first 12…
Psychological Distress in People with HIV/Aids
Interpersonal aggression in urban minority youth
This study examined perceived social environment and personal control variables as predictors of interpersonal aggression in urban minority youth. Perceived environmental factors included neighborhood risk, friends' delinquency, and parental monitoring practices, which were examined as direct predictors of aggression and as indirect predictors mediated by anger control skills and risk-taking characteristics. The sample consisted of 452 primarily …
Parenting practices as predictors of substance use, delinquency, and aggression among urban minority youth
This study examined how parenting factors were associated with adolescent problem behaviors among urban minority youth and to what extent these relationships were moderated by family structure and gender.Sixth-grade students (N = 228) reported how often they use alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or engage in aggressive or delinquent behaviors; a parent or guardian reported their monitoring and other parenting practices.Findings indicated that boys and t…
Dynamic Growth Models of Self-Esteem and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Latent growth modeling was used to test dynamic relations between self-esteem and alcohol use in 740 middle school youth assessed at four time points. Self-esteem was characterized by a negative growth trajectory, whereas alcohol use increased steadily in a linear fashion. An initial simplified model positing bidirectional influences indicated an inverse relation between changes in self-esteem and alcohol use over time, but that initial levels of…
Social Competence and Substance Use Among Rural Youth
Initial Internal Reliability and Descriptive Statistics for a Brief Assessment Tool for the Life Skills Training Drug-Abuse Prevention Program
Adolescent drug use in the United States remains the highest in the industrialized world. Fortunately there have been significant advances in developing effective prevention programs for adolescent drug use. An important issue in evaluating such programs is that the self-report surveys have adequate psychometric properties and assess constructs targeted by an intervention. A questionnaire focusing on knowledge and drug-related measures was develo…
Life Skills Training
Efficacy, Self-Derogation, and Alcohol Use Among Inner-City Adolescents
Evidence-Based Interventions for Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Maternal depression and parental distress among families in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
This study examined the influence of risk factors within the family environment (inadequate resources, insufficient caregiving support from child's father, higher family conflict) on maternal well being (depression and parental distress) using a longitudinal panel research design. Participants consisted of 2,040 low‐income mothers of young children enrolled in the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project. Findings indicated that gre…
Long-Term Effects of Self-Control on Alcohol Use and Sexual Behavior among Urban Minority Young Women
High risk alcohol use and sexual behaviors peak in young adulthood and often occur in the same individuals. Alcohol use has been found to impair decision-making and contribute to high risk sexual activity. However, the association between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior may also reflect enduring individual differences in risk taking, sociability, self-control, and related variables. Both behaviors can serve similar functions related to recr…
Adolescent motherhood and developmental outcomes of children in early Head Start
This longitudinal study examined the influence of parenting behaviors, well-being, and risk factors of low-income adolescent mothers on the cognitive and language abilities of children from infancy to age 3. Participants consisted of 1,240 mother-child dyads enrolled in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Data were collected using structured interviews with the mothers and from videotaped mother-child interactions during play ac…
Identity Distress and Negative Affect in College Students
Many young people attend college during the peak years of identity exploration. This research examines the prevalence of identity distress among college students and the degree to which participants may meet the DSM-IV classification for identity problem. In addition, this study examines the extent to which participants with high levels of identity distress report symptoms of depression and other symptoms of negative affect. Findings indicated th…
Perceived Friend and Peer Smoking and Direct and Indirect Refusal Skills as Predictors of Cigarette Smoking in U.S. and Japanese Middle School Students
Adolescents (aged 12-14 years) from the United States (n = 539) and Japan (n = 644) completed surveys regarding tobacco use, perceptions of friend and peer smoking, and their own likelihood of using smoking refusal skills. U.S. youth were more likely to report lifetime or monthly tobacco use, whereas Japanese youth were more likely to smoke ≥20 cigarettes per week. High perceived friend and peer smoking prevalence predicted lifetime smoking, wher…
Increasing Implementation Fidelity for School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention
Objective: A substantial barrier to translating prevention science into practice is the potential for low implementation fidelity when evidence-based interventions are delivered in real-world settings. This study tested the extent to which enhanced training and technical assistance can improve implementation fidelity of LifeSkills Training, an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program. Method: We recruited and randomly assigned middle schools …
Multiple Health Behavior Programs in School Settings
Typically, schools implement health promotion programs that focus on a single behavioral domain. Multiple related health topics may be addressed using separate interventions, potentially producing overlap in program content. However, integrative approaches in health promotion have the potential to produce interventions capable of improving multiple health behaviors. In particular, more research is needed to identify the conditions and the factors…
Testing an evidence-based drug abuse and violence preventive approach adapted for youth in juvenile justice diversionary settings
Prevention of Unwanted Sexual Contact Among Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy
This study tested the effectiveness of a small-group preventive intervention designed to prevent unwanted sexual contact among cadets at the US Air Force Academy. Among cadets in the incoming class of 2021, unwanted sexual contact was cut by nearly half in the intervention group relative to the control group. This study is one of the first rigorously designed trials to demonstrate a significant impact on unwanted sexual contact among students att…
Sexual Violence and Substance Use among First-Year University Women
Sexual violence and substance use are important public health problems among university students. The present study examined rates of sexual violence victimization, perpetration, and substance use among first-year university women. Participants ( n = 974) attending 14 universities across the United States completed an online confidential survey at the beginning and again later in their first year. The sample included women who identified as heter…
Onset of the Non-Medical Use of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications during Early Adolescence
This study examined the prevalence and psychosocial predictors of the non-medical use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications and compared these to cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol use in a cohort of early adolescents ( N = 1887) aged 11 to 13, a critical risk period for the initiation of substance use. Participants were students attending 22 middle schools in the northeastern United States. Participants completed surveys in the c…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on university students’ psychological distress, well-being, and utilization of mental health services in the United States
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to major disruptions in the lives of university students, which is a population that is already at a greater risk of mental health concerns. Little is known about how the pandemic impacted distress and mental health services utilization among university students across the United States. Methods: = 96,489), the present study examined mental health symptoms and utilization of mental health services among und…
Modeling change in cognitive skills and its effects on self-esteem and drug use during adolescence
We used latent transition analysis with a panel cohort of youth to examine change in cognitive skill use and its influence on self-esteem and drug use. Skills were assessed in the 7th and 9th grades, self-esteem in the 10th grade, and drug use in the 12th grade. Three status groups emerged, including both high and low cognitive skill use, and a class employing mostly self-talk reward strategies. There was moderate stability in status; however, ov…
Psychology (20 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Substance abuse (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Public health (6 works)