My research interests are in identifying multiple levels of influence that contribute to the development of adolescent substance use. These levels include individual differences (e.g., temperament and personality), family influences, and community factors.

Selected Publications

Paige, K. J., Meisel, S.N., & Colder, C. R. (in press). An examination of reciprocal associations between substance use and effortful control across adolescence using a bifactor model of externalizing symptoms. Development and Psychopathology.
Ramer, N.E, Paige, K. J., & Colder, C.R. (2021). Alcohol-specific communication and emerging adult offspring’s perceived parental approval and drinking in the context of parent alcohol expectancies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45, 251-263.[ PMID: 33232523]
Scalco, M.D., Colder, C.R., Read, J.P., Lengua, L.J., Wieczorek, W.F., & Hawk, L.W. (2021). Testing alternative cascades from internalizing and externalizing symptoms to adolescent alcohol use and alcohol use disorder through co-occurring symptoms and peers. Development and Psychopathology, 33, 29-46. [PMID: 32308172]
Colder, C.R., Lee, Y.H., Frndak, S., Read, J.P., & Wieczorek, W.F. (2019). Internalizing symptoms and cannabis and alcohol use: Between and within person risk pathways with coping motives. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87, 629-644. [PMID:31219294].
Meisel, S.N., Fosco, W.D., Colder, C.R., & Hawk, L.W. (2019). Mind the gap: A review and recommendation for statistically evaluating dual systems models of adolescent risk behavior. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39, 100681. [PMID 30284877].