College of Health

āD. Thomas, Flay, B. R., and Cardinal, B. J., “Are Physical Activity Resources Understandable as Disseminated? A Meta-Analysis of Readability Studies”, Quest, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 492 - 518, 2018.

R. Duncan, Washburn, I. J., Lewis, K. M., Bavarian, N., Dubois, D. L., Acock, A., Vuchinich, S., and Flay, B. R., “Can Universal SEL Programs Benefit Universally? Effects of the Positive Action Program on Multiple Trajectories of Social-Emotional and Misconduct Behaviors.”, Prev Sci, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 214-224, 2017.

H. G. Calvert, Mahar, M. T., Flay, B. R., and Turner, L., “Classroom-Based Physical Activity: Minimizing Disparities in School-Day Physical Activity Among Elementary School Students.”, J Phys Act Health, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 161-168, 2018.

J. C. Valentine, Biglan, A., Boruch, R. F., Castro, F. González, Collins, L. M., Flay, B. R., Kellam, S., Mościcki, E. K., and Schinke, S. P., “Commentaries on Replication in Prevention Science: A Rejoinder”, Prevention Science, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 123 - 125, 2011.

J. C. Hoxmeier, Flay, B. R., and Acock, A., “Control, Norms, and Attitudes: Differences Between Students Who Do and Do Not Intervene as Bystanders to Sexual Assault.”, J Interpers Violence, 2016.

K. A. Komro, Flay, B. R., and Biglan, A., “Creating nurturing environments: a science-based framework for promoting child health and development within high-poverty neighborhoods.”, Clinical child and family psychology review, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 111-34, 2011.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., Ketcham, P. L., and Smit, E., “Development and Psychometric Properties of a Theory-Guided Prescription Stimulant Misuse Questionnaire for College Students”, Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 457 - 469, 2013.

N. Bavarian, Lewis, K. M., Acock, A., Dubois, D. L., Yan, Z., Vuchinich, S., Silverthorn, N., Day, J., and Flay, B. R., “Effects of a School-Based Social-Emotional and Character Development Program on Health Behaviors: A Matched-Pair, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.”, The journal of primary prevention, 2016.

I. J. Washburn, Acock, A., Vuchinich, S., Snyder, F., Li, K. - K., Ji, P., Day, J., DuBois, D., and Flay, B. R., “Effects of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program on the Trajectory of Behaviors Associated with Social-Emotional and Character Development: Findings from Three Randomized Trials”, Prevention Science, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 314 - 323, 2011.

K. M. Lewis, Dubois, D. L., Bavarian, N., Acock, A., Silverthorn, N., Day, J., Ji, P., Vuchinich, S., and Flay, B. R., “Effects of Positive Action on the Emotional Health of Urban Youth: A Cluster-Randomized Trial”, Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 706 - 711, 2013.

K. M. Lewis, Vuchinich, S., Ji, P., Dubois, D. L., Acock, A., Bavarian, N., Day, J., Silverthorn, N., and Flay, B. R., “Effects of the Positive Action Program on Indicators of Positive Youth Development Among Urban Youth”, Applied Developmental Science, pp. 1 - 13, 2015.

K. - K. Li, Washburn, I., Dubois, D. L., Vuchinich, S., Ji, P., Brechling, V., Day, J., Beets, M. W., Acock, A., Berbaum, M., Snyder, F., and Flay, B. R., “Effects of the Positive Action programme on problem behaviours in elementary school students: A matched-pair randomised control trial in Chicago.”, Psychology & health, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 187-204, 2011.

L. C. Liu and Flay, B. R., “Evaluating mediation in longitudinal multivariate data: mediation effects for the Aban Aya Youth Project drug prevention program.”, Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 197-207, 2009.

E. Segawa, Ngwe, J. E., Li, Y., Flay, B. R., and Aya, A., “Evaluation of the effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing violence among African American adolescent males using latent class growth mixture modeling techniques”, Evaluation Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 128-148, 2005.

K. Landrum Sterling, Mermelstein, R., Turner, L., Diviak, K., Flay, B. R., and Shiffman, S., “Examining the psychometric properties and predictive validity of a youth-specific version of the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale (NDSS) among teens with varying levels of smoking.”, Addictive behaviors, vol. 34, no. 6-7, pp. 616-9, 2009.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., and Smit, E., “An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of Nonprescription Stimulant Use in a Sample of College Students”, Journal of Drug Issues, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 132 - 149, 2014.

S. Emery, Lee, J., Curry, S. J., Johnson, T., Sporer, A. K., Mermelstein, R., Flay, B. R., and Warnecke, R., “Finding needles in a haystack: a methodology for identifying and sampling community-based youth smoking cessation programs.”, Evaluation review, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 35-51, 2010.

B. R. Flay and Collins, L. M., “Historical review of school-based randomized trials for evaluating problem behavior prevention programs”, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 599, pp. 115-146, 2005.

C. P. Tyler, Geldhof, G. J., Settersten, R. A., and Flay, B. R., “How Do Discrimination and Self-Esteem Control Beliefs Affect Prosociality? An Examination Among Black and Latinx Youth”, The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., Ketcham, P. L., and Smit, E., “Illicit use of prescription stimulants in a college student sample: A theory-guided analysis”, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 132, no. 3, pp. 665 - 673, 2013.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., Ketcham, P. L., and Smit, E., “The Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants on College Campuses: A Theory-Guided Systematic Review.”, Health Educ Behav, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 719-29, 2015.

F. Snyder, Flay, B. R., Vuchinich, S., Acock, A., Washburn, I., Beets, M., and Li, K. - K., “Impact of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program on School-Level Indicators of Academic Achievement, Absenteeism, and Disciplinary Outcomes: A Matched-Pair, Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial”, Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 26 - 55, 2009.

R. J. Jagers, Morgan-Lopez, A. A., and Flay, B. R., “The impact of age and type of intervention on youth violent behaviors.”, The journal of primary prevention, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 642-58, 2009.

F. J. Snyder, Vuchinich, S., Acock, A., Washburn, I. J., and Flay, B. R., “Improving elementary school quality through the use of a social-emotional and character development program: a matched-pair, cluster-randomized, controlled trial in Hawai'i.”, The Journal of school health, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 11-20, 2012.

K. L. Sterling, Curry, S. J., Emery, S., Sporer, A. K., Mermelstein, R. J., Berbaum, M., and Flay, B. R., “Internally-developed teen smoking cessation programs: characterizing the unique features of programs developed by community-based organizations.”, International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1026-40, 2009.