Katarina Guttmannova


Katarina Guttmannova, Ph.D.
kg27@uw.edu 
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

I am a developmental psychologist with additional training and expertise in quantitative methods. I am an associate professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, a core member of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB), an adjunct faculty in the UW School of Social Work, and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE). My main collaborations at UW involve colleagues from CSHRB but I also maintain strong research collaborations with my colleagues from the Social Development Research Group (SDRG), School of Social Work, and other departments.

My research focuses on three distinct but related substantive areas: (1) substance use-related policy, particularly the impact of cannabis-related policies on youth substance use; (2) the etiology of cannabis, alcohol, and other substance use and related health risk behaviors from childhood to adulthood and across generations, as well as the prevention and intervention efforts aimed at reducing these problem behaviors; and (3) positive development of youth from historically under-served and marginalized communities living in the context of disadvantage as well as the prevention and intervention efforts focused on reducing educational and health disparities. Furthermore, my interest in statistical methodologies and the application of rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods to social science phenomena are the common themes in my research pursuits.

In addition to research, I occasionally teach graduate-level classes on research methods and evaluation in social welfare (SOCW505, SOCW506, SOCW507) and research and theory (SOCWL599) at the School of Social Work. I am also actively involved in mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Current Projects:

Covid-19 pandemic and changes in the prevalence, patterns, and trajectories of substance use and related health risk outcomes among young adults in WA state (NIDA R01 DA057705; Role: PI)

Promoting health by understanding risk and protective factors for substance use among Latino youth in rural and small-town communities in the United States (NIDA R01 DA048827; Role: PI)

Cannabis legalization and changes in young adult substance use, related health risk behaviors, and risk factors in Washington State: Within-state variation and the role of community-level factors (NIDA R01 DA047996; Role: PI)

Predicting polysubstance impaired driving in young adults: Longitudinal and event-level assessment of the role of norms and motives (CDC U01 CE330129; Role: Co-I)

The interplay of social, normative, and legal marijuana environments and marijuana and ATOD use from late childhood to young adulthood (NIDA R01 DA044522-15; Role: Co-I)

Predictors and consequences of young adult marijuana use and concurrent and simultaneous alcohol use: Month to month variation across 24 consecutive months (NIAAA R01 AA027496; Role: Co-I)

Selected Publications

(+ denotes student collaborators; ++ CSDE student trainees; +++ postdoctoral trainees):

  • Eisenberg, N., Brown, E. C., Pérez-Gómez, A., Mejía-Trujillo, J., Paredes-Aguilar, M., Cardozo-Macias, F., de Maipo, F., & Guttmannova, K. (2020). Community utilization of risk and protective factor data for prevention planning in Chile and Colombia. Health promotion international, daaa075. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa075
  • Cambron, C.+, Kosterman, R., Rhew, I. C., Catalano, R. F., Guttmannova, K., & Hawkins, J. D. (2020). Neighborhood structural factors and proximal risk for youth substance use. Prevention Science, 21, 508-518. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-019-01072-8
  • Guttmannova, K., Jones, A. A., Johnson, J. K., Oesterle, S., Johnson, R. M., & Martins, S.S. (2019). Using existing data to advance knowledge about adolescent and emerging adult marijuana use in the context of changes in marijuana policies. Prevention Science, 20, 291-299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-00991-w
  • Guttmannova, K., Skinner, M.L., Oesterle, S., White, H.R., Catalano, R., Hawkins, J.D. (2019). The interplay between marijuana-specific risk factors and marijuana use over the course of adolescence. Prevention Science, 20, 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0882-9
  • Johnson, R. M. & Guttmannova, K. (2019). Marijuana use among adolescents and emerging adults in the midst of policy change: Introduction to the Special Issue. Prevention Science, 20, 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-0989-7
  • Johnson, R. M., Fleming, C. B., Cambron, C. ++, Dean, L. T., Brighthaupt, S-C, & Guttmannova, K.  (2019). Race/ethnicity differences in trends of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in Washington State, 2004-2016. Prevention Science, 20, 194–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0899-0
  • Cambron, C. ++, Kosterman, R., Catalano, R.F., Guttmannova, K., Hawkins, J.D. (2018). Neighborhood, family, and peer factors associated with early adolescent smoking and alcohol use. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 369-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0728-y
  • Dworkin, E. R. +++, Gilmore, A. K., Bedard-Gilligan, M., Lehavot, K., Guttmannova, K., & Kaysen, D. (2018). Predicting PTSD severity from experiences of trauma and heterosexism in lesbian and bisexual women: A longitudinal study of cognitive mediators. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 65, 324-333. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000287
  • Oesterle, S., Kuklinski, M. R., Hawkins, J. D., Skinner, M. L., Guttmannova, K., & Rhew, I. C. (2018). Improving public health through evidence-based community prevention: Long-term effects of a randomized trial of Communities That Care on young adult health-risking behaviors. American Journal of Public Health, 108, 659-665. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304320
  • Guttmannova, K., Kosterman, R., White, H.R., Bailey, J.A., Lee, J.O., Epstein, M., Jones, T.M. +, Hawkins, J. D. (2017). The association between regular marijuana use and adult mental health outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 179, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.06.016
  • Cambron, C.++, Kosterman, R., Guttmannova, K., Herrenkohl, T.I., Hawkins, J.D., Hill, K.G. (2017). Linking self-regulation and academic attainment: The role of academic performance, antisocial behavior, and social development. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 3, 304-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0066-5
  • Guttmannova, K., Wheeler, M.+, Hill, K. G., Evans-Campbell, T., Hartigan, L. A.+, Jones, T. M.+, Hawkins, J. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2017). Conducting culturally relevant, sustainable prevention in Indian country. Journal of Community Psychology, 45, 346-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21852
  • Cambron, C. ++, Kosterman, R., Rhew, I. C., Catalano, R. F., Guttmannova, K., & Hawkins, J. D. (2017). An examination of alcohol use disorder symptoms and neighborhood disorganization from age 21 to 39. American Journal of Community Psychology, 60, 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12160
  • Cambron, C.++, Guttmannova, K., & Fleming, C. (2017). State and national contexts in evaluating cannabis laws: A case study of Washington State. Journal of Drug Issues, 47(1), 74-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042616678607
  • Guttmannova, K., Hill, K. G., Bailey, J. A., Hartigan, L. A. +, Small, C. M. +, & Hawkins, J. D. (2016). Parental alcohol use, parenting and child developmental functioning. Infant and Child Development, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2013
  • Kosterman, R., Bailey, J. A., Guttmannova, K., Jones, T. M. +, Eisenberg, N., Hill, K. G., & Hawkins, J. D. (2016). Marijuana Legalization and Parents’ Attitudes, Use, and Parenting in Washington State. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 59, 450-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.07.004
  • Bailey, J. A., Hill, K. G., Guttmannova, K., Epstein, M., Abbott, R. D., Steeger, C. M., & Skinner, M. L. (2016). Parent and grandparent marijuana use and child substance use and norms. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59, 262-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.04.010
  • Guttmannova, K., Lee, C., Kilmer, J. R., Fleming, C. B., Rhew, I. C., Kosterman, R., & Larimer, M. E. (2016). Impacts of changing marijuana policies on alcohol use in the United States. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12942
  • Guttmannova, K. (2016). Reading and math achievement among low-income, urban Latino youth: The role of immigration. American Journal of Education, 122(2), 199-246. https://doi.org/10.1086/684552
  • Fleming, C. B., Guttmannova, K., Cambron, C.++, Rhew, I. C., & Oesterle, S.O. (2016). Examination of the divergence in trends for adolescent marijuana use and perceived harm of marijuana use: Evidence from Washington state. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59, 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.008

For a complete list of my peer-reviewed publications, see:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/48425632/?sort=date&direction=descending