Tara E Karns‐Wright

Biographic Data

ID5804030
NAMETara E Karns‐Wright
GIVEN NAMESTara E
FAMILY NAMEKarns‐Wright
SIGNATUREWRIGHT T E K
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Perceived Pubertal Timing and Deviant Peer Processes Predicting Substance Use Initiation

    Open AccessAlexander M Wasserman, T E Karns-Wright et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2023Cited by: 2References: 5

    The present study aimed to test if perceived pubertal timing was related to marijuana and alcohol use through deviant peer affiliation. Additionally, we examined if the deviant peer pathway was moderated by impulsiveness, gender, or both. Data were collected from 342 youth, most of whom had a family history of substance use disorder. Youth completed assessments every six months from age 13 to 16. For girls only, longitudinal analyses revealed tha…

  • Social Support and the Rehabilitation of Alcohol-Impaired Drivers

    T J Moon, C W Mathias et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2021

    Alcohol-impaired driving is a common and costly public health problem associated with alcohol misuse. This investigation aims to understand the role of social support and drinking motives in motivating alcohol-impaired drivers to reduce alcohol use. One hundred nineteen participants with a history of driving-while-intoxicated arrest were recruited from either a correctional treatment facility (n = 59) or the community (n = 60) and asked about the…

  • The externalizing and internalizing pathways to marijuana use initiation

    Open AccessAlexander M Wasserman, K J Shaw-Meadow et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2021References: 3

    Adolescent marijuana use has become increasingly more problematic compared with the past; thus, understanding developmental processes that increase the liability of marijuana use is essential. Two developmental pathways to adolescent substance use have been proposed: an externalizing pathway that emphasizes the expression of aggressive and delinquent behavior, and an internalizing pathway that emphasizes the role of depressive symptoms and negati…

  • The Development of Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors Among Youth With or Without a Family History of Substance Use Disorder

    Open AccessAlexander M Wasserman, John Wimmer et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2020

  • The Development of Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking

    Open AccessAlexander M Wasserman, C W Mathias et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2020Cited by: 2References: 4

    We investigated if the dual systems model could explain the increased rates of substance use among at-risk youth. This study sampled 365 adolescents, 289 of which had a family history of substance use disorder, assessed biannually between the ages 13-16 years old. Growth curve analyses revealed that higher levels of impulsivity were related to higher levels of sensation seeking and a slower rate of decline in impulsivity was related to a faster r…