Background and Publications

EDUCATION

Ph.D.   Education and Psychology, University of Michigan (2000).
Dissertation:  Substance Use and Academic Experiences During Adolescence: Integrating Developmental, Motivational, and Contextual Perspectives.
M.A.    Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan (1998).
B.A.     Psychology (Cum Laude), Colgate University (1992).

PUBLICATIONS*

Books

Bachman, J. G., O'Malley, P. M., Schulenberg, J., Johnston, L. D., Bryant, A. L., & Merline, A. C. (2002). The decline of substance use in young adulthood: Changes in social activities, roles, and beliefs. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (selection)

Ludden, A. B. & Wolfson, A. R. (in press). Understanding adolescent caffeine use: Connecting use patterns with expectancies, reasons, and sleep. Health Education & Behavior.
Milot, A. S. & Ludden, A. B. (2009). The effects of religion and gender on well-being, substance use, and academic engagement among rural adolescents, Youth and Society, 40, 311-335. (Milot is a HC graduate.)
Ata, R. N., Ludden, A. B., & Lally, M. M. (2007). The effects of gender, and family, friend, and media influences on eating behaviors and body image during adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 1024 – 1037. (Ata and Lally are HC graduates.)
Ludden, A. B., & Eccles, J. S. (2007). Psychosocial, motivational, and contextual profiles of youth reporting different patterns of substance use during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence,17(1), 51 – 88.
Schulenberg, J. E., Bryant, A. L., & O'Malley, P. M.  (2004). Taking hold of some kind of life: How developmental tasks relate to trajectories of well-being during the transition to adulthood. Development & Psychopathology, 16(4), 1119-1140.
Bryant, A. L., Schulenberg, J., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Johnston, L. D.  (2003). How academic achievement, attitudes, and behaviors relate to the course of substance use during adolescence: A six-year, multi-wave national longitudinal study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13(3), 361 – 397.
Bryant, A. L. & Zimmerman, M. A.  (2003).  Role models and psychosocial outcomes among African-American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 18(1), 36 – 67.
Bryant, A. L. & Zimmerman, M. A. (2002).  Examining the effects of academic beliefs and behaviors on changes in substance use among urban adolescents.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(3), 621 – 637.
Bryant, A. L., Schulenberg, J., Bachman, J. G., O’Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D.  (2000). Understanding the links among school misbehavior, academic achievement and cigarette use during adolescence: A national panel study of adolescents.  Prevention Science, 1(2), 71 – 87.