Kristina M. Jackson received her graduate training (PhD in 1997) in applied social psychology at Arizona State University, with an emphasis on quantitative methods and their application to health-related behaviors through analysis of both epidemiological and experimental intervention data. Upon graduation, she took a position as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and as a Research Assistant Professor thereafter.
Her research largely centers on the developmental course of substance use among adolescents and young adults. She is currently funded by NIAAA and NIDA to examine individual- and contextual-level risk factors for substance use initiation and progression to increasingly severe use among adolescents, including the influence of exposure to alcohol content in social and entertainment media. She has also conducted work on the remission of substance involvement in college students and across young adulthood, and employs fine-grained approaches to study co-use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. She is an expert in the application of quantitative methods to the study of substance use and has been funded by a mid-career award to apply developmental methods to research in underage substance use.
As an Associate Director within the RARC, Dr. Jackson leads initiatives related to the core mission of the RARC to build community, and grow interdisciplinary research, training, and outreach programs across Rutgers campuses. Dr. Jackson conducts scientific research into contextual mechanisms of influence underlying substance use, including social influences and exposure to alcohol content in the media, as well as exploring factors that lead to cannabis use and beliefs about its effects.
Curriculum Vitae Lectures ResearchGate Google Scholar
Publications
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Comprehensive measurement invariance of alcohol outcome expectancies among adolescents using regularized moderated nonlinear factor analysis., Stevens AK, Janssen T, Belzak WCM, Treloar Padovano H, Jackson KM., 2022
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Call to restore funding to monitor youth exposure to alcohol advertising, Ross CS, Babor TF, Bartholow BD, DeJong W, Fitzgerald N, Jackson KM, Jernigan DH, Naimi TS, Noel JK, Petticrew M, Severi K, Siegel MB, Stockwell T, Tori M, Xuan Z, 2021
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Changes in Alcohol Use and Drinking Context due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multimethod Study of College Student Drinkers, Jackson KM, Merrill JE, Stevens AK, Hayes KL, White HR. , 23 March 2021
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Do alcohol-related consequences and how they are evaluated predict consumption during and days until the next drinking event?, Merrill JE, Carpenter RW, Boyle HK, Haikalis M, Jackson KM, Miranda R, Carey KB, Piasecki TM. , 2021
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Examining motivational pathways from adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms to cannabis use: Results from a prospective study of veterans., Stevens, Angela K., Gunn, Rachel L., Jackson, Kristina M., Borsari, Brian, Metrik, Jane. , 2021
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More Reasons, More Use and Problems? Examining the Influence of Number of Motives on Consumption and Consequences Across Alcohol-Only, Cannabis-Only, and Simultaneous-Use Days, Stevens AK, Drohan MM, Boyle HK, White HR, Jackson KM. , 2021
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 82, no. 6, 2021, pp. 782-791. -
Ordering in alcohol and cannabis co-use: Impact on daily consumption and consequences. , Gunn RL, Sokolovsky A, Stevens AK, Metrik J, White H, Jackson K. , 2021
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 218, 2021, pp. 108339. -
Profiles of Parenting in the Digital Age: Associations With Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use , Cox MJ, Janssen T, Gabrielli J, Jackson KM. , 2021
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 82, no. 4, 2021, pp. 460-469. -
Stress and Affect as Daily Risk Factors for Substance Use Patterns: an Application of Latent Class Analysis for Daily Diary Data., Linden-Carmichael AN, Van Doren N, Bray BC, Jackson KM, Lanza ST., 2021
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Alcohol and Marijuana Co-Use: Consequences, Subjective Intoxication, and the Operationalization of Simultaneous Use., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Gunn, Rachel L., Micalizzi, Lauren, White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M., 2020
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 212, 2020, pp. 107986 -
Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among College Students Due to COVID-19: Effects of Campus Closure and Residential Change., "White, Helene R., Stevens, Angela K., Hayes, Kerri, Jackson, Kristina M. , 2020
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 81, no. 6, 2020, pp. 725-730. -
Complex cannabis use patterns: Associations with cannabis consequences and cannabis use disorder symptomatology , Gunn RL, Aston ER, Sokolovsky AW, White HR, Jackson KM., 2020
Addictive Behaviors, vol. 105, 2020, pp. 106329. -
Lability in Parent- and Child-Based Sources of Parental Monitoring Is Differentially Associated with Adolescent Substance Use. , Marceau K, Nair N, Rogers ML, Jackson KM. , 2020
Prevention Science, vol. 21, no. 4, 2020, pp. 568-579 -
Improving the implementation of quantitative methods in addiction research: Introduction to the special issue. , King KM, Jackson KM. , 2019
Addictive Behaviors, vol. 94, 2019, pp. 1-3. -
Developmental relations between alcohol expectancies and social norms in predicting alcohol onset."" , Janssen, Tim, Treloar Padovano, Hayley, Merrill, Jennifer E., Jackson, Kristina M., 2018
Developmental Psychology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2018, pp. 281-292 -
Exposure to Alcohol Content in Movies and Initiation of Early Drinking Milestones , Jackson KM, Janssen T, Barnett NP, Rogers ML, Hayes KL, Sargent J. , 2018
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 184-194
Awards & Distinctions
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Mark Wood Outstanding Mentor Award, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University
2018
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Fellow, American Psychological Association: Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology
2015
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Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
2011
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Young Investigator Awardee, Research Society of Alcoholism
2006
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Young Investigator Awardee, Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam (IVO)
2006
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National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Awardee
2003-2007
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Research Society for Alcoholism Junior Investigator Award
1998-2000