Kristina Jackson
Brown University · Behavioral and Social Sciences
Active 1974–2026
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Research topics
- Psychology
- Medicine
- Clinical psychology
- Psychiatry
- Sociology
- Environmental health
- Social psychology
- Demography
- Chemistry
- Psychotherapist
Selected publications
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs · 2020-11-01 · 167 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorOBJECTIVE: It is well established that college students increase their drinking when they leave home. This study examined changes in drinking as a result of campus closure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), focusing on the influence of living situation. METHOD: A sample of 312 college students (mean age = 21.2 years; 62% female; 67% White) responded to an online survey regarding their drinking behavior before and after university closures because of COVID-19. Those participants who live…
Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2020 · 149 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingAlcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · 2021 · 114 citations
1st authorCorrespondingBACKGROUND: In spring 2020, U.S. universities closed campuses to limit the transmission of COVID-19, resulting in an abrupt change in residence, reductions in social interaction, and in many cases, movement away from a heavy drinking culture. The present mixed-methods study explores COVID-19-related changes in college student drinking. We characterize concomitant changes in social and location drinking contexts and describe reasons attributed to changes in drinking. METHODS: = 21.3; 62% female)…
Addictive Behaviors · 2020 · 70 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingOpen Science Framework · 2026-01-01
otherOpen accessSenior authorAlcohol use is fairly prevalent among adolescents, with 32.9% of those aged 12-20 reporting lifetime drinking, and 27% reporting past-year drinking (NSDUH, 2024). Adolescents are particularly at risk of experiencing negative consequences due to their general naiveté to alcohol use and patterns of intermittent heavy use, often in social contexts that facilitate drinking even when adolescents plan not to drink. The prototype-willingness model proposes that an adolescent’s behavioral willingness to…
Recent grants
Developmental Methodology as Applied to Research on Adolescent Alcohol Use
NIH · $691k · 2013–2019
Initiation and Progression through Early Drinking Milestones in Underage Drinkers
NIH · $6.8M · 2008–2020
NIH · $2.0M · 2016–2021
Frequent coauthors
- 106 shared
Nancy P. Barnett
John Brown University
- 100 shared
Alexander W. Sokolovsky
John Brown University
- 96 shared
Jane Metrik
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- 94 shared
Kenneth J. Sher
- 92 shared
Angela K. Stevens
Brown University
- 88 shared
Suzanne M. Colby
Providence College
- 87 shared
Rachel L. Gunn
Brown University
- 81 shared
Helene R. White
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Education
- 1997
PhD, Psychology
Arizona State University
- 1992
BS, Psychology
College of William and Mary
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