Search Results - "Sarason, Irwin G."

Prospective prediction of children's smoking transitions: role of parents' and older siblings' smoking by Bricker, Jonathan B., Peterson Jr, Arthur V., Leroux, Brian G., Andersen, M. Robyn, Rajan, K. Bharat, Sarason, Irwin G.

“…ABSTRACT Aims  To use a novel social epidemic probability model to investigate longitudinally the extent to which parents’ and older siblings’ smoking predict…”
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Social support: Mapping the construct by Sarason, Irwin G., Sarason, Barbara R.

“…Social support is a construct with multiple dimensions that can be approached at multiple levels. Findings from a variety of disciplines and recognition of its…”
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General and Relationship-Based Perceptions of Social Support: Are Two Constructs Better Than One? by Pierce, Gregory R, Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R

“…Two hypotheses derived from a theory of perceived social support were investigated: (a) relationship-based perceptions of social support are distinct from…”
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Some recollections of Charlie Spielberger by Sarason, Irwin G.

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Hutchinson Smoking Prevention Project: Long-Term Randomized Trial in School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention—Results on Smoking by Peterson, Arthur V., Kealey, Kathleen A., Mann, Sue L., Marek, Patrick M., Sarason, Irwin G.

“…Background: No long-term impact has yet been observed with the use of the social-influences approach to school-based smoking prevention for youth. However,…”
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Interrelations of Social Support Measures: Theoretical and Practical Implications by Sarason, Barbara R, Shearin, Edward N, Pierce, Gregory R, Sarason, Irwin G

“…To obtain a clearer picture of what constitutes social support, we conducted three studies to compare measures of different conceptions of social support…”
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Changes in the influence of parents' and close friends' smoking on adolescent smoking transitions by Bricker, Jonathan B, Peterson, Arthur V, Sarason, Irwin G, Andersen, M. Robyn, Rajan, K. Bharat

“…Abstract This paper examined changes in the influence of parents' and close friends' smoking on smoking transitions occurring over the course of adolescence,…”
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Close friends', parents', and older siblings' smoking: Reevaluating their influence on children's smoking by Bricker, Jonathan B., Peterson, Arthur V., Andersen, M. Robyn, Leroux, Brian G., Rajan, K. Bharat, Sarason, Irwin G.

“…A number of longitudinal studies have explored the role of friends', parents', and older siblings' smoking in children's smoking acquisition. A reasonable…”
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Nine-year prediction of adolescent smoking by number of smoking parents by Peterson, Arthur V., Leroux, Brian G., Bricker, Jonathan, Kealey, Kathleen A., Marek, Patrick M., Sarason, Irwin G., Andersen, M. Robyn

“…For scientific and public health reasons, it is important to identify the role of family influences on child smoking acquisition. Using a well-followed (> 90%)…”
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Parents' and older siblings' smoking during childhood: Changing influences on smoking acquisition and escalation over the course of adolescence by Bricker, Jonathan B., Peterson, Arthur V., Andersen, M. Robyn, Sarason, Irwin G., Rajan, K. Bharat, Leroux, Brian G.

“…This study investigated prospectively the change in the influence of parents' and older siblings' smoking at the start of the childhood and adolescent smoking…”
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Short Form of Sarason's Social Support Questionnaire: French Adaptation and Validation by Rascle, Nicole, Bruchon-Schweitzer, Marilou, Sarason, Irwin G.

“…The original short form of Sarason's Social Support Questionnaire measures two dimensions of social support, availability and satisfaction. The factorial…”
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Social support and adjustment to a novel social environment by Furukawa, T, Sarason, I G, Sarason, B R

“…The present article aims to examine the ways in which social support may affect the adaptation of individuals to a novel social environment. A distinctive…”
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Childhood friends who smoke: Do they influence adolescents to make smoking transitions? by Bricker, Jonathan B., Peterson, Arthur V., Andersen, M. Robyn, Rajan, K. Bharat, Leroux, Brian G., Sarason, Irwin G.

“…This study investigated longitudinally the extent to which childhood friends who smoke influence adolescents' smoking transitions, and compared that influence…”
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Nine-year prospective relationship between parental smoking cessation and children's daily smoking by BRICKER, Jonathan B, LEROUX, Brian G, PETERSON, Arthur V, KEALEY, Kathleen A, SARASON, Irwin G, ANDERSEN, M. Robyn, MAREK, Patrick M

“…The first prospective investigation of the extent to which parental smoking cessation predicts their children's daily smoking. Parental smoking status was…”
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Cognitive Interference: Situational Determinants and Traitlike Characteristics by Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R, Keefe, Dennis E, Hayes, Bob E, Shearin, Edward N

“…This article presents a series of studies of cognitive interference and describes two instruments constructed to assess intrusive thoughts. One instrument…”
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Assessing the impact of life changes: Development of the Life Experiences Survey by Sarason, Irwin G, Johnson, James H, Siegel, Judith M

“…Describes the development of a new instrument, the Life Experiences Survey (LES), for the measurement of life changes. The LES is a 57-item self-report measure…”
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Concomitants of Social Support: Social Skills, Physical Attractiveness, and Gender by Sarason, Barbara R, Sarason, Irwin G, Hacker, T. Anthony, Basham, Robert B

“…This study investigated the naturally occurring relations among self-reported social support and social skills, on the one hand, and behavioral measures and…”
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The role of schoolmates' smoking and non-smoking in adolescents' smoking transitions: a longitudinal study by Bricker, Jonathan B., Andersen, M. Robyn, Rajan, K. Bharat, Sarason, Irwin G., Peterson Jr, Arthur V.

“…ABSTRACT Aims  The first longitudinal investigation of the extent to which same‐age and older schoolmates' smoking and non‐smoking are associated with…”
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Identifying a negative mood subtype in incarcerated adolescents: Relationship to substance use by Turner, Aaron P., Larimer, Mary E., Sarason, Irwin G., Trupin, Eric W.

“…The following study tested the empirical validity and clinical meaningfulness of a negative mood subtype of incarcerated adolescent males ( N=270). Differences…”
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Nine-year prospective association between older siblings’ smoking and children’s daily smoking by Rajan, Kumar B, Leroux, Brian G, Peterson, Arthur V, Bricker, Jonathan B, Andersen, M.Robyn, Kealey, Kathleen A, Sarason, Irwin G

“…To explore the hypothesis that older siblings’ smoking, after controlling for parents’ smoking, influences children’s smoking. Study participants were 2981…”
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