Steve Sussman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 261044 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Steve Sussman |
| PRENOMES | Steve |
| SOBRENOME | Sussman |
| ASSINATURA | SUSSMAN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6778-9718 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 87 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 121 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 86 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Repetitive nasal spray use and the five-component model of addiction
Repetitive nasal spray use may be an addiction. However, it is unclear what positively reinforcing appetitive effects it elicits. Repetitive use does lead to spray-related preoccupation, loss of control, and undesired consequences. With most nasal sprays, there may be no direct effect on the central nervous system, though it does involve imbibing a substance (as does food). It shows features of substance and behavioral addictions. Studies are nee…
Perceived coworkers' work addiction
The International Work Addiction Scale (Iwas)
Trends in e-cigarette flavour use and demographic correlates among US youth from 2020 to 2023
During 2020-2023, most US youth vaped non-tobacco flavours. Reducing the availability of: (1) fruit/ice-fruit flavoured e-cigarettes might impact most US youth, especially younger teens and (2) menthol-flavoured e-cigarettes might especially impact youth vulnerable to frequent vaping and rural youth
Effects of exposure to snus marketing with versus without modified risk tobacco product claims on snus use intention and perceived harm among young adults
Although some young adults who vape or smoke may have snus use intentions, snus MRTP claims might not affect young adults' snus use intentions, regardless of whether they vape/smoke. MRTP claims might modestly increase the accuracy of perceived harms of snus relative to cigarettes while also slightly causing unsubstantiated perceptions of lower harm than e-cigarettes
Characterizing Multisystem Barriers to Women’s Residential SUD Treatment
Commentary
The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories and the Moderating Role of Social Support
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have a strong association with alcohol and drug use; however, more research is needed to identify protective factors for this association. The present study assesses the longitudinal impact of ACE on problematic alcohol and drug use and the potential moderating effect of perceived social support. Data (n = 1404) are from a sample of Hispanic youth surveyed in high school through young adulthood. Linear growth c…
Peer Crowds and Tobacco Product Use in Hawai‘i
Tobacco and other substance use prevention interventions, such as mass media campaigns, may benefit from targeting high-risk peer crowds, especially those relevant for NHPI young adults, who are at high risk for tobacco and other substance use. E-cigarette use prevention interventions may benefit from paying close attention to vulnerable Popular and Athlete groups
Mental Health and Physical Complaints of German Children and Adolescents before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's mental and physical health is of increasing concern. We examined the levels of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior and physical complaints before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Data came from a repeated cross-sectional study on child and youth health in schools in Germany. Assessments took place from November to February each year. Two data collections were…
Validity, Reliability, and Cross-Cultural Comparability of a Problematic Overstudying Scale across European, North American, and Asian countries
Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early form of work addiction. Previous studies have shown that it is a different phenomenon from healthy learning engagement and is associated with considerable functional impairments. A valid, reliable, and convenient screening measure is warranted to provide cross-culturally comparable and generalizable findings, particularly from large epidemiological stu…
Still ‘Cool’
While manufacturers have removed menthol descriptors from CA packaging and the menthol ingredient from cigarettes, synthetic cooling chemicals detected in several CA brands suggest that cooling sensory effects may still be sustained. Policymakers must consider both the chemical ingredients themselves and sensory effects in future regulatory approaches
Proliferation of ‘non-menthol’ cigarettes amid a state-wide flavour ban
Approaching Addiction
This essay seeks to illuminate the shifting definitions of addiction over time by providing a brief, anecdotal history of addiction as well as a review of how it has been conceptualized by the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM classification system. While all addictions have in common the attempt to experience an appetitive effect (satiety), preoccupation, loss of control, and negative or undesired consequences, including physical danger, so…
An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations
Vape shops specialize in sales of e-cigarettes and related products. This study examines whether vape shops adapted their products and services in response to changes in federal and state policies that affect the tobacco retail environment between 2014-2022. In this multicohort study, four waves of study data were used to examine the trends in products sold in vape shops in Southern California. Items sold were assessed through systematic store pr…
Differences in Young Adults’ Perceptions of and Willingness to Use Nicotine Pouches by Tobacco Use Status
Oral nicotine pouches may appeal to young adult current nicotine/tobacco users interested in alternative forms of nicotine that lack pulmonary exposure, but may also appeal to young adult non-users of nicotine/tobacco products. We used data from a 2020 remote digital survey of an ongoing cohort study of young adults from Southern California (aged 19-23) to examine differences in pouch perceptions and use willingness across nicotine/tobacco use st…
Smoking-related psychosocial beliefs and justifications among smokers in India
These results suggest that smokers in India exhibit similar patterns of dissonance reduction as reported in studies from HICs: smokers who quit reduced their smoking justifications in the form of functional beliefs, not risk-minimizing beliefs. Smokers' beliefs change in concordance with their smoking behavior and functional beliefs tend to play a significant role as compared to risk-minimizing beliefs. Tobacco control messaging and interventions…
Recovery and Substitute Addictions
Substitute addictions – addictions that replace terminated substance use disorders ( sud s) – involving addictive behaviours such as a new substance, food/eating, gambling, shopping, or sex, have implications for recovery but remain poorly understood. While extant studies suggest a multifaceted aetiology, research is needed to illuminate the nature, dynamics/mechanisms, motives and risk factors of substitute addictions. This multiple-methods stud…
Substitute addictions in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
The global spread of COVID-19, subsequent stay-at-home requirements, spatial distancing measures, and long-term isolation present additional challenges for persons in recovery. Using an illustrative case from South Africa, we discuss COVID-19 related pornography use through the lens of relapse and substitute addiction. South Africa is the epicenter of the pandemic in Africa, and has issued an alcohol and cigarette ban. Historical examples suggest…
Substitute Addictions in Persons with Substance Use Disorders
Background Substitute addictions, addictive behaviors that sequentially replace each other’s functions, have implications for recovery trajectories but remain poorly understood. We sought to scope the extent, range, and characteristics of research on substitute addictions in persons with substance use disorders. Method: Using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for scoping reviews, a systematic search was conducted to identify publications that refer…
Childhood Trauma and Prescription Drug Misuse in a College Population
Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) predict health-compromising behaviors such as substance use. However, few studies have examined the association between ACE and prescription drug misuse among young adults—a growing public health concern. College students are especially vulnerable to prescription drug misuse due to social and academic stressors. This study investigated associations between ACE and prescription drug misuse (e.g., a…
Developing and Validating a Novel Anonymous Method for Matching Longitudinal School-Based Data
Prospective longitudinal data collection is an important way for researchers and evaluators to assess change. In school-based settings, for low-risk and/or likely-beneficial interventions or surveys, data quality and ethical standards are both arguably stronger when using a waiver of parental consent—but doing so often requires the use of anonymous data collection methods. The standard solution to this problem has been the use of a self-generated…
Emerging adulthood attributes, discrimination, mental health, and substance use in a sample of Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and White college students
Although Asian/Pacific Islanders are considered a single ethnic/racial category in national studies, Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs) and Asians show marked disparities in health outcomes and risk behaviors, including substance use. Currently, knowledge regarding the psychosocial mechanisms by which NHOPI ethnicity is associated with increased substance use, compared with Asian or White, is limited, especially among emerging adul…
Substitute Behaviors following Residential Substance Use Treatment in the Western Cape, South Africa
The dynamics of substitute behaviors and associated factors remain poorly understood globally, and particularly in low- and middle-income contexts. This prospective study describes the prevalence and types of substitute behaviors as well as predictors, correlates, and motivations associated with substitution in persons (n = 137) admitted to residential substance use treatment in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The brief assessment of r…
The intersection of social networks and individual identity in adolescent problem behavior
We provide a conceptual framework for considering how an individual’s identity is influenced by social groups and an empirical exploration of how identity is related to cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use. We report findings on e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking from studies of adolescents and young adults. Mediation analyses focused on (a) pathways from specific peer crowd membership to tobacco product use, and (b) self-esteem as a pathway …
Differential Influence of Parental Smoking and Friends' Smoking on Adolescent Initiation and Escalation and Smoking
Smoking-related behaviors and attitudes of significant others (especially friends and parents) are among the most consistent predictors of adolescent smoking. However, theorists remain divided on whether the behaviors of significant others influence adolescent smoking directly or indirectly, and the relative influence of parental and peer smoking on adolescents' own smoking is still a matter of debate. In addition, little research has examined th…
The influence of acculturation on drug and alcohol use in a sample of adolescents
Acculturation and Substance Use
Research suggests that acculturation increases the risk of substance use among Hispanic youth. However, this process is not well understood. This study examined associations between acculturation and several substance use indicators among a sample of 714 Hispanic youth attending alternative high schools in southern California. Peer social influence was assessed as a potential mediator. Acculturation, measured by language use, was associated with …
You're only as pretty as you feel
Photos of IS target persons posing happy, neutral, and sad facial expressions were rated for facial attractiveness using paired comparisons and Likert scales. Half the raters were instructed to compensate for the effects of facial expression. Paired comparisons and Likert ratings were highly correlated. Target persons were less attractive when posing sad expressions than when posing neutral or happy expressions, which did not differ. No effect of…
Relative income inequality and selected health outcomes in urban Chinese youth
Longitudinal Relations Among Depression, Stress, and Coping in High Risk Youth
The relation of ethnic identification with cigarette smoking among US Urban African American and Latino Youth
Primarily African American and Latino seventh graders (N = 545) attending health and science classes at three urban Southern California junior high schools were administered a 13-item ethnic identification assessment during one class period, to investigate the relationship between ethnic identification and tobacco use. For African Americans, the perception of looking different from other ethnic groups was found to be associated with avoidance of …
Perceived discrimination, cultural identity development, and intimate partner violence among a sample of Hispanic young adults
Intervention strategies should consider gender-specific risk profiles, cultural contexts, and the influence of sociocultural stressors. Addressing the harmful effects of perceived discrimination and leveraging the protective effects of ethnic-identity affirmation may be promising IPV-prevention strategies for Hispanic young adults. Future research directions and implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
Project towards no tobacco use
OBJECTIVES. We present 1-year follow-up data from a school-based tobacco use prevention project designed to test the effectiveness of three main components of social influence programs. The components teach refusal skills, awareness of social misperceptions about tobacco use, and misconceptions about physical consequences. METHODS. Four different curricula were developed and tested in a randomized experiment involving 48 junior high schools. The …
Music preference as a diagnostic indicator of adolescent drug use
Music preference as a diagnostic indicator of adolescent drug use. C W Dent, J Galaif, S Sussman, A W Stacy, D Burton, and B R FlayCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.124 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Smokeless tobacco
Smokeless tobacco: less seen at 1988 World Series. S Sussman, and M BarovichCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.4.521-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Stability of females' facial attractiveness during childhood
Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use Among Continuation High School Students
Drug Abuse Prevention Programming
This article summarizes the theoretical underpinnings, substantive contents, and limitations of comprehensive social-influences-based drug abuse prevention programming. This type of programming has produced the most consistently successful preventive effects. There is some evidence that one major part of these programs, changing social norms, is an essential ingredient for successful drug abuse prevention programming. Research suggests that these…
Is Current Drug Abuse Prevention Programming Generalizable Across Ethnic Groups
Considerable progress has been made over the past two decades in identifying effective drug abuse prevention strategies. In particular, much support has been obtained for the effectiveness of a comprehensive social influences approach to drug abuse prevention. Given the inclusion of fundamental social psychological principles in comprehensive programs, it is possible that currently developed drug abuse prevention programming is generalizable to d…
Are we marketing the right message
Two hundred sixty‐eight adolescents from two Southern California schools participated in a study designed to assess the compliance‐resisting strategies children use when rejecting pressure to smoke. Participants were asked to indicate how they would respond to eight hypothetical situations varying in relationship (friend vs. acquaintance), number of people present (dyad vs. group), and amount of pressure (first vs. second exertion of pressure). T…
The Use of Empirical Curriculum Development to Improve Prevention Research
There is a paucity of curriculum development research. Many people may consider curriculum development an art, not worthy of its own status as an area of research. Yet, in theory, empirical curriculum development-evaluating a curriculum as one develops it-can be a useful tool for drug abuse prevention efforts as well as in other contexts. The present article provides the rationale for an empirical curriculum development process. This article also…
The Relation of Interpersonal Attraction To Clinical Adjustment in Psychiatric Patients
Stability of females' facial attractiveness during childhood
You're only as pretty as you feel
Photos of IS target persons posing happy, neutral, and sad facial expressions were rated for facial attractiveness using paired comparisons and Likert scales. Half the raters were instructed to compensate for the effects of facial expression. Paired comparisons and Likert ratings were highly correlated. Target persons were less attractive when posing sad expressions than when posing neutral or happy expressions, which did not differ. No effect of…
Are we marketing the right message
Two hundred sixty‐eight adolescents from two Southern California schools participated in a study designed to assess the compliance‐resisting strategies children use when rejecting pressure to smoke. Participants were asked to indicate how they would respond to eight hypothetical situations varying in relationship (friend vs. acquaintance), number of people present (dyad vs. group), and amount of pressure (first vs. second exertion of pressure). T…
Smokeless tobacco
Smokeless tobacco: less seen at 1988 World Series. S Sussman, and M BarovichCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.4.521-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Music preference as a diagnostic indicator of adolescent drug use
Music preference as a diagnostic indicator of adolescent drug use. C W Dent, J Galaif, S Sussman, A W Stacy, D Burton, and B R FlayCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.124 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Project towards no tobacco use
OBJECTIVES. We present 1-year follow-up data from a school-based tobacco use prevention project designed to test the effectiveness of three main components of social influence programs. The components teach refusal skills, awareness of social misperceptions about tobacco use, and misconceptions about physical consequences. METHODS. Four different curricula were developed and tested in a randomized experiment involving 48 junior high schools. The …
Differential Influence of Parental Smoking and Friends' Smoking on Adolescent Initiation and Escalation and Smoking
Smoking-related behaviors and attitudes of significant others (especially friends and parents) are among the most consistent predictors of adolescent smoking. However, theorists remain divided on whether the behaviors of significant others influence adolescent smoking directly or indirectly, and the relative influence of parental and peer smoking on adolescents' own smoking is still a matter of debate. In addition, little research has examined th…
Development of a School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Curriculum for High-Risk Youths
This paper presents the rationale for and description of the empirical curriculum development process in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (Project TND), which is a five-year grant funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. First, the target population is described, continuation high-school youths who are at high risk for drug abuse. The rationale for developing a classroom-based curriculum tailored for them is also provided. Second, a brief des…
The Use of Empirical Curriculum Development to Improve Prevention Research
There is a paucity of curriculum development research. Many people may consider curriculum development an art, not worthy of its own status as an area of research. Yet, in theory, empirical curriculum development-evaluating a curriculum as one develops it-can be a useful tool for drug abuse prevention efforts as well as in other contexts. The present article provides the rationale for an empirical curriculum development process. This article also…
Drug Abuse Prevention Programming
This article summarizes the theoretical underpinnings, substantive contents, and limitations of comprehensive social-influences-based drug abuse prevention programming. This type of programming has produced the most consistently successful preventive effects. There is some evidence that one major part of these programs, changing social norms, is an essential ingredient for successful drug abuse prevention programming. Research suggests that these…
Is Current Drug Abuse Prevention Programming Generalizable Across Ethnic Groups
Considerable progress has been made over the past two decades in identifying effective drug abuse prevention strategies. In particular, much support has been obtained for the effectiveness of a comprehensive social influences approach to drug abuse prevention. Given the inclusion of fundamental social psychological principles in comprehensive programs, it is possible that currently developed drug abuse prevention programming is generalizable to d…
Methodological and Substantive Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention Research
This article summarizes current issues in drug abuse prevention research through integration of other articles in this journal and by heeding historical trends in prevention science. Recommendations are made for future research directions. For prevention to advance, iterative processes are needed involving both quasi-experimental and experimental designs and involving both small, simple units and large, complex, interactive units. Accuracy of mea…
Drug Abuse Prevention
The relation of ethnic identification with cigarette smoking among US Urban African American and Latino Youth
Primarily African American and Latino seventh graders (N = 545) attending health and science classes at three urban Southern California junior high schools were administered a 13-item ethnic identification assessment during one class period, to investigate the relationship between ethnic identification and tobacco use. For African Americans, the perception of looking different from other ethnic groups was found to be associated with avoidance of …
Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use Among Continuation High School Students
One-year Prediction of Violence Perpetration Among High-risk Youth
OBJECTIVE: Measures of drug use, law-abidance beliefs, sensation seeking, fear of victimization, high-risk group identification, self-protection needs and behaviors, and demographics were investigated as longitudinal predictors of violence perpetration among 870 high-risk adolescents. METHOD: Self-reports from the same youth were obtained 1-year apart. RESULTS: In addition tobaseline violence perpetration, marijuana use, relatively young age, mal…
Self-Reported High-Risk Locations of Drug Use among Drug Offenders
This study provides a detailed multiple-choice self-report analysis of home, work, and other public locations where drug offenders report using drugs. Specific settings were examined as a function of gender and Latino versus Anglo ethnicity. The participants for this study were 391 individuals attending drug diversion programs in Southern California. The single most frequently reported location of use was the participants’living rooms with a smal…
Predicting Regular Cigarette Use Among Continuation High School Students
Intrapersonal variables may be relatively important in predicting the progression from experimental to regular smoking
Influence of a Substance-abuse-prevention Curriculum on Violence-related Behavior
The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect
Longitudinal Relations Among Depression, Stress, and Coping in High Risk Youth
Prediction of Violence Perpetration Among High-risk Youth
Consistent with problem-behavior theory, personality, perceived environment, and behavior variables, beyond baseline violent behavior, predict risk for future violence perpetration in emerging adulthood, whereas demographic background may exert indirect effects
A New Measure of Smoking Initiation and Progression Among Adolescents
This 5-stage classification method could be a useful framework for describing variation along the smoking up-take and progression continuum
Foundations of Health Behavior Research Revisited
American Academy of Health Behavior 2006 Research Laureate, Herbert H. Severson
Psychology (67 obras) · Medicine (64 obras) · Psychiatry (42 obras) · Clinical Psychology (37 obras) · Environmental health (36 obras) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (27 obras) · Social Psychology (25 obras) · Clinical Psychology (22 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (21 obras) · Ethnic group (17 obras)