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Katja Waldron
Katja Waldron
Graduate Student
Adviser: Rob Turrisi
Adviser: Rob Turrisi
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Summary Statement
Katja's research focuses on factors that contribute to risky substance use among understudied adolescent and young adult populations through analysis of intensive longitudinal data.
Department
Education
Professional Credentials
M.S., B.S.
Affiliations
- Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Penn State University, University Park
- Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Penn State University, University Park
Research Interests
- Substance use
- Adolescents and young adults
- Behavioral interventions
- Racial and ethnic minorities
Specializations
- Alcohol use
- Alcohol co-use (marijuana, nicotine)
- Longitudinal data
- College students
- Adolescents
- Clinical interventions
Grants and Research Projects
- 2021-2024, F31 Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Examining associations between minority-related stressors and alcohol use among Latinx college students
Publications
- Waldron, K.A., Wolfe, E., Plisiewicz, A., Turrisi, R.J., & Romano, E. (2022). Long-term impact of familismo and ethnic identity on Latinx college student drinking and high-risk consequences. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2082618
- Waldron, K.A., Turrisi, R.J., Mallett, K.A., & Romano, E. (2021). Examining parental permissiveness toward drinking and perceived ethnic discrimination as risk factors for drinking outcomes among Latinx college students. Addictive Behaviors, 118, 106900. PMCID: PMC8026724 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106900
- Waldron, K.A., Mallett, K.A., Turrisi, R.J., Reavy, R., Wolfe, E., & Plisiewicz, A. (2021). Motivations to combine alcohol and nicotine in college students: A validation of the Alcohol and Nicotine Motives Scale. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106645. PMCID: PMC7572739. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106645