UNC

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:

I anticipate recruiting a graduate student to the UNC Clinical Psychology training program an my research group for the Fall 2009 semester.  We always include undergraduate students in the lab as well, primarily through PSY 395.  Students interested in the spring semester should contact me later in the fall term.

 

 

Phone (919)962-6593

Fax (919)962-2537

Email: hussong@unc.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Adopting a developmental psychopathology perspective, my research examines the development of substance use behaviors, particularly in high-risk youth.  Emphases include the role of emotions and internalizing symptoms in the development and escalation of substance use; developmental pathways leading to substance involvement and disorder; and processes underlying risk and resilience in children of alcoholic parents.  This work incorporates the use of advanced statistical analyses and multi-method approaches, including experience sampling methods.  I am also beginning work on a preventive intervention program for young children living with an alcoholic parent and their families.  For more details of ongoing studies, see links below to Cross Study, the High School Transition Study, and the Prevention Project.

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Curran, P.J., Hussong, A.M., Cai, L., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K.J., & Zucker, R.A. (2008).  Pooling data from multiple prospective studies:  The role of item response theory in integrative analysis.  Developmental Psychology, 44, 365-380.

Hussong, A.M., Bauer, D.J., & Chassin, L. (2008).  Telescoped trajectories from alcohol initiation to disorder in children of alcoholic parents.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 63-78.

Hussong, A.M., Curran, P.J., Moffitt, T.E., & Caspi, A. (2008). Testing turning points using latent growth curve models: Competing models of substance abuse and desistance in young adulthood.  In P. Cohen (Ed.), Applied Data Analytic Techniques for Turning Points Research, (pp. 81-104).  New York: Routledge.

Hussong, A.M., Feagans Gould, L. ^*, & Hersh, M.A. ^* (2008). Conduct problems moderate self-medication and mood-related drinking consequences in adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 296-307.

Hussong, A.M., Flora, D.B., Curran, P.J., Chassin, L.A., Zucker, R.A. (2008). Defining Risk Heterogeneity for Internalizing Symptoms among Children of Alcoholic Parents: A Prospective Cross-Study Analysis.  Development and Psychopathology, 20, 165-193.

Hussong, A.M., Wirth, R.J. ^*, Edwards, M.C. ^*, Curran, P.J., Chassin, L.A., & Zucker, R.A. (2007).  Externalizing symptoms among children of alcoholic parents:  Entry points for an antisocial pathway to alcoholism.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 529-542.

 

 

Andrea Hussong, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology

CB#3270, Davie Hall

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270