Project Transitions


Project Name: Project Transitions
Principal Investigator:  Christine M. Lee, PhD
Grant Title:  Developmental Models of High-Risk Alcohol Use & Social Roles in Young Adulthood
Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project Period: 2/15/2014 to 1/31/2020
Grant Number: R01AA022087
Project Coordinator: Devon Alisa Abdallah, PhD

Project Transitions – The transition to adulthood is characterized by many changes in various domains of life (e.g., living situation, education, work, romantic relationships) and some transitions may be more impactful on health than others.  Project Transitions is designed to understand not only major life changes (e.g., marriage, parenting), but also the many smaller life changes that occur during young adulthood and the impact on immediate and long-term changes in alcohol use and consequences.

Related Publications:

  • Ramirez, J. J., Lee, C. M., Olin, C. C., Abdallah, D., & Lindgren, K. P. (2019). What’s the harm in getting in high? Evaluating implicit associations between marijuana and harm as predictors of concurrent and prospective marijuana use and misuse. Manuscript submitted for publication.
  • Ramirez, J. J., Cadigan, J. M., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Behavioral economic demand for alcohol among simultaneous alcohol and marijuana users. Manuscript submitted for publication.
  • Patrick, M. E., Rhew, I., Lewis, M., Abdallah, D. A., Larimer, M., Schulenberg, J., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Alcohol motivations and behaviors during months young adults experience social role transitions: Micro-transitions in early adulthood. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32, 895-903. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000411 
  • Lewis, M. A., Litt, D., King, K., Garcia, T., Waldron, K., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Consideration of future consequences as a moderator of the willingness-behavior relationship for young adult marijuana use and consequences. Addictive Behaviors, 87, 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.06.010
  • Cadigan, J. M., Dworkin, E. R., Ramirez, J. J., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Patterns of alcohol and marijuana use among students at 2- and 4-year institutions. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1484362
  • Fleming, C. B., Lee, C. M., Rhew, I. C., Ramirez, J., Abdallah, D. A., Fairlie, A. M. (2018). Descriptive and prospective analysis of young adult alcohol use and romantic relationships: Disentangling between- and within-person associations using monthly assessments. Substance Use and Misuse, 53, 2240-2249. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1467455
  • Cadigan, J. M., Lee, C. M., & Larimer, M. E. (2018). Young adult mental health: A prospective examination of service utilization, perceived unmet service needs, attitudes, and barriers to service use. Prevention Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0875-8