Project PATCH was designed to develop a culturally-informed adaptation of an effective parent-based intervention. This project is the first to develop and test a brief intervention that targets high-risk drinking and consequences among African American emerging adults who attend two-year community colleges.
Funded by the NIH/NIAAA.
Subcontract Principal Investigator: Rob Turrisi, Ph.D.
Selected Publications:
Cleveland, M. J., Turrisi, R., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Marzell, M. (2018). Effects of mothers’ protective parenting and alcohol use on emerging adults’ alcohol use: Testing indirect effects through prototype favorability among African American youth. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42(7), 1291-1303. PMCID: PMC6570492 [PubMed]