Courtney B Dunn

Biographic Data

ID4466913
NAMECourtney B Dunn
GIVEN NAMESCourtney B
FAMILY NAMEDunn
SIGNATUREDUNN C B
AFFILIATIONSVirginia Commonwealth University
ORCID0000-0001-9388-7269
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The Value of Brief Intervention to Prevent and Decrease Nicotine, Tobacco, and Cannabis Use among Adolescents

    Open AccessSarah J Beal, Grace Gerdts et al.ARTICLEPolicy Insights from the…2026

    Onset of nicotine and tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use is most likely to occur during adolescence. Effective, evidence-based interventions to prevent or reduce substance use for adolescents are not widely available. This paper reviews the existing literature on the delivery of the Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI) during routine medical visits to reduce substance use, with evidence of effectiveness for adolescents in general and for those at inc…

  • A Latent Transition Analysis of Substance Use Patterns Among Early Adolescents in an Urban Community

    Courtney B Dunn, Albert D FarrellARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2026

    Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify subgroups of early adolescents based on their history of initiation and recent substance use, examine changes in their subgroup membership across two waves, and evaluate whether sociodemographic characteristics were associated with longitudinal changes in substance use patterns. Methods: Participants were 1,811 early adolescents (72% Black, 53% female) attending middle schools in neighborhoods…

  • Profiles of Risk and Promotive Factors Associated With Aggression and Other Problem Behaviors Among Middle School Students in an Urban School System

    Open AccessAlbert D Farrell, Courtney B Dunn et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2024References: 2

    This study’s goal was to identify patterns of risk and promotive factors across multiple social-ecological domains and their associations with adolescents’ problem behaviors (aggression, substance use, and other delinquent behaviors), victimization, and distress symptoms. Participants were a mostly African American (79%) sample of 2711 middle school students (M age = 12.7; 52% female) in urban neighborhoods who completed measures of 13 risk and p…

  • Substance Use Patterns among Early Adolescents in an Urban Community: Associations with Risk and Promotive Factors

    Open AccessCourtney B Dunn, Albert D FarrellARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2024References: 2

    Polysubstance use is related to elevated risk for adverse outcomes but remains understudied among early adolescents. This study focused on a cross-sectional ( N = 1568) primarily Black (79%) sample of eighth grade students living in urban communities (Mean age = 13.8, SD = .68) to identify subgroups based on adolescents’ reports of lifetime and past 30-day substance use. It also examined subgroup differences in individual, peer, caregiver, and co…

  • Patterns of alcohol use among middle school students in rural communities: Associations with community violence exposure

    Open AccessCourtney B Dunn, Albert D FarrellARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2023References: 52

    Stress‐coping theory posits that exposure to stressors, such as community violence, increases risk for early alcohol initiation. The current study identified patterns of alcohol use in an ethnically diverse sample of early adolescents in rural communities, and examined relations between different forms of exposure to community violence and severity of adolescents' alcohol use patterns. Participants were 5011 middle school students (46.4% non‐Hisp…

  • Early Adolescents’ Social Goals in Peer Conflict Situations: A Mixed Methods Study

    Open AccessCourtney B Dunn, Sarah K Pittman et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2022Cited by: 2References: 3

    Identification of goals is a key social-cognitive process that guides whether adolescents engage in aggressive or nonviolent behavior during social conflicts. This study investigated early adolescents' goals in response to hypothetical social conflict situations involving close friends and peers. Participants ( n = 160; M age = 12.7, 53% female) were 7th graders from two urban and one rural middle school. On average, participants identified 2.5 g…

  • A Meta-Analysis Linking Parent-to-Child Aggression and Dating Abuse During Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Open AccessElizabeth A Goncy, Evan J Basting et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2021

    Relationship continuity and social learning theories provide support for parent-to-child aggression as one potential explanatory factor for dating abuse (DA); however, empirical results are mixed across studies as to the strength of this association. This meta-analysis sought to estimate the overall size of this effect among adolescent and young adult samples and investigate potential moderating factors including sample and measurement variables.…

  • Beliefs as Mediators of Relations Between Exposure to Violence and Physical Aggression During Early Adolescence

    Open AccessAlbert D Farrell, Sarah K Pittman et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2021Cited by: 3

    This study examined beliefs about aggression and self-efficacy for nonviolent responses as mediators of longitudinal relations between exposure to violence and physical aggression. Participants were a predominantly African American (79%) sample of 2,705 early adolescents from three middle schools within urban neighborhoods with high rates of violence. Participants completed measures across four waves (fall, winter, spring, and summer) within a sc…

  • Patterns of Adolescents’ Appraisals of Responses to Problem Situations: Associations with Aggression, Victimization, and Contextual Factors

    Open AccessAlbert D Farrell, Courtney B Dunn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2021References: 45