Below we list published articles and chapters that are based on data collected as part of the Alcohol, Health, and Behavior (AHB) Project. In addition to these papers, the NIH grants that have supported AHB have also supported, in part, the writing of many other papers including review articles related to AHB topics and empirical papers from other samples. If you are interested in papers of Dr. Sher's that are not listed below, you can check for a complete listing of his papers here.

1991

     Vandiver, T. A., & Sher, K. J. (1991). Temporal stability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Psychological Assessment, 3, 277-281.

     Sher, K. J., Walitzer, K. S., Wood, P., & Brent, E. E. (1991). Characteristics of children of alcoholics: Putative risk factors, substance use and abuse, and psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 427-448.
     Also digested in Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, 1992, 11 (2), 1-2.
     Also digested in The Addiction Letter, 1992, 8 (3), 4.

1992

     Crews, T., & Sher, K. J. (1992). Using adapted Short MASTs for assessing parental alcoholism: Reliability and validity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 16, 576-584.

     Hurlbut, S., & Sher, K. J. (1992). Assessing alcohol problems in college students. Journal of American College Health, 41, 49-58.  

1993

        Kushner, M., & Sher, K. J. (1993). Comorbidity of alcohol and anxiety disorders among college students: Effects of gender and family history of alcoholism. Addictive Behaviors, 18, 543-552.  

1994

     Martin, E., & Sher, K. J. (1994). Family history of alcoholism, alcohol use disorders, and the five factor model of personality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 81-90.

     Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (1994). Relationship between the five-factor model of personality and Axis I disorders in a nonclinical sample. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 350-360.

     Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & von Eye, A. (1994). Conjugate methods in configural frequency analysis. Biometrical Journal, 36, 387-410.

     Kushner, M. G., Sher, K. J., Wood, M., & Wood, P. K. (1994). Anxiety and drinking behavior: Moderating effects of tension-reduction expectancies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18, 852-860.

  1995

     Sher, K. J., Wood, M., Vandiver, T. A., & Crews, T. (1995). The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: Reliability and validity studies and derivation of a short form. Psychological Assessment, 7, 195-208.  

1996

     Sher, K. J., Wood, P. K., & Gotham, H. (1996). The course of psychological distress in college: A prospective high-risk study. Journal of College Student Development, 37, 42-51.

      Gotham, H., & Sher, K. J. (1996). Do codependent traits involve anything more than basic dimensions of personality and psychopathology. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57,34-39.
     Also digested in Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, 1996, 15 (8), 4-5.

       Sher, K. J., Gotham, H., Erickson, D., & Wood, P. K. (1996). A prospective, high-risk study of the relation between tobacco dependence and alcohol use disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 20, 485-492. (Highlighted article).

      Walitzer, K. S., & Sher, K. J. (1996). A prospective study of self-esteem and alcohol use disorders in early adulthood: Evidence for gender differences. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 20, 1118-1124.
     Also digested in Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, 1997, 16 (3), 7-8.

     Sher, K. J., Wood, M. D., Wood, P. K., & Raskin, G. (1996). Alcohol outcome expectancies and alcohol use: A latent variable cross-lagged panel study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 561-574.
     Also digested in Alcohol Research, 1997, 2 (1), 42.  

1997

    Gotham, H., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (1997). Predicting stability and change in frequeny of intoxication from the college years to beyond: The role of individual difference variables. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 619-629. 

     Wood, P.K., Sher, K. J., Erickson, D. A., & DeBord, K. A. (1997). Predicting academic problems in college from freshman alcohol involvement. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 58, 200-210.
     Also digested in The Quarterly Review of Alcohol Research, 1997, 5 (3), 5-6.

     Sher, K. J., Gershuny, B. S., Peterson, L., & Raskin, G. L. (1997). The role of childhood stressors in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use disorders. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 58, 414-427.

     Sher, K. J., Martin, E. D., Wood, P. K., & Rutledge, P. C. (1997). Alcohol use disorders and neuropsychological functioning in college freshmen. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 5, 304-315.

     Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (1997). Problems encountered in conducting prospective research on alcohol use: A report from the field. In K. Bryant, M. Windle, & S. G. West (Eds.), Advances in prevention research methodology (pp. 3-41). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

1998

     DeBord, K. A., Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & Good, G. E. (1998). The relevance of sexual orientation to substance abuse and psychological distress among college students. Journal of College Student Development, 39, 157-168.

    Gershuny, B., & Sher, K. (1998). The relation between personality and anxiety: Findings from a three-year prospective study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 252-262.

1999 

    Kushner, M. G., Sher, K. J., & Erickson, D. (1999). A prospective analysis of the relation between DSM-III anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 723-732.

    Sher, K. J., & Gotham, H. (1999). Pathological Alcohol Involvement: A Developmental Disorder of Young Adulthood. Development and Psycholopathology,11, 933-956.

    Sher, K. J., Trull, T.J., Bartholow, B., & Vieth, A. (1999). Personality and alcoholism: Issues, methods, and etiological processes. In H. Blane and K. Leonard (Eds.), Psychological theories of drinking and alcoholism (2nd ed.), pp. 55-105. New York: Plenum.

2000

     Bartholow, B. D., Sher, K. J., & Strathman, A. (2000). Moderation of the expectancy-alcohol relation by private self-consciousness: Data from a longitudinal study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 1409-1420.

     Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2000). Trajectories of concurrent substance use disorders: A developmental, typological approach to co-morbidity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 902-913.

    Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2000). Prospective analyses of comorbidity: Tobacco and alcohol use disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 679-694.

    O'Neill, S., & Sher, K. J. (2000). Tolerance and withdrawal during early adulthood: A longitudinal perspective. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,8, 493-508.

     Sher, K. J., Bartholow, B. D., & Wood, M. D. (2000). Personality and Substance Use Disorders: A Prospective Study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 818-829.

     Wood, M. D., Sher, K. J., & McGowan, A. (2000). Collegiate alcohol involvement and role attainment in early adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 278-289.

2001

    Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., Gotham, H. J., & Wood, P. K. (2001). Transitioning into and out of large-effect drinking in young adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,110, 378-391.

     O'Neill, S., Parra, G., & Sher, K. J. (2001). Clinical relevance of heavy drinking during the college years: Cross-sectional and prospective perspectives. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 350–359

    Rutledge, P. C., & Sher, K. J. (2001). Heavy drinking from the freshman year into early young adulthood: The roles of stress, tension-reduction motives, sex, and personality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 457-466.

     Schulenberg, J., Maggs, J. L., Long, S. W., Sher, K. J., Gotham, H. J., Baer, J. S., Kivlahan, D. R., Marlatt, G. A., & Zucker, R. A. (2001). The problem of college drinking: Insights from a developmental perspective. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 473-477.    

    Sher, K. J., Bartholow, B. D., & Nanda, S. (2001). Short- and long-term effects of fraternity and sorority membership on alcohol use: A social norms perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 42-51.

2002

      Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., Cooper, L. M., & Wood, P. K. (2002). Adolescent Alcohol and Tobacco Use: Onset, persistence, and trajectories of use across two samples. Addiction, 97, 517-531.

      Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & Bartholow, B. D. (2002). Alcohol use disorder and cognitive abilities in young adulthood: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 897-907.

2003

IN PRESS

Bartholow, B. D., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (in press). Changes in heavy drinking over the third decade of life as a function of collegiate fraternity and sorority involvement: A prospective, multilevel analysis. Health Psychology.

 Gotham, H. J., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (in press). Alcohol involvement and developmental task completion during young adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

 Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Alcohol use disorders and psychological distress:  A prospective state-trait analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

 Parra, G. R., O'Neill, S. E., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Reliability of self-reported age of substance involvement onset. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

       Slutske, W. S., Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (in press). The natural history of gambling problems from age 18 to 29. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.