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Sarah E. Nelson, Ph.D.

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  1. R03AA017516 (LABRIE, RICHARD ANTHONY) Sep 10, 2009 - Aug 31, 2011
    NIH/NIAAA
    DUI Offending: The Intersection of Criminality and Psychopathology
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  2. R03AA017726 (NELSON, SARAH E) Aug 5, 2008 - Jul 31, 2011
    NIH/NIAAA
    Repeat DUI Offenders'Explanations for DUI Behavior
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. R03AA016810 (NELSON, SARAH E) Apr 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2011
    NIH/NIAAA
    Indices of Exposure and Vulnerability for Predicting Alcohol-Related Problems
    Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. Braverman J, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Shaffer HJ. Using cross-game behavioral markers for early identification of high-risk internet gamblers. Psychol Addict Behav. 2013 Sep; 27(3):868-77. PMID: 24059836.
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  2. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Gray HM. Breadth and depth involvement: Understanding Internet gambling involvement and its relationship to gambling problems. Psychol Addict Behav. 2014 Jun; 28(2):396-403. PMID: 23915365.
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  3. Nelson SE, Gray HM, Maurice IR, Shaffer HJ. Moving ahead: evaluation of a work-skills training program for homeless adults. Community Ment Health J. 2012 Dec; 48(6):711-22. PMID: 22350627.
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  4. Schuman-Olivier Z, Albanese M, Nelson SE, Roland L, Puopolo F, Klinker L, Shaffer HJ. Self-treatment: illicit buprenorphine use by opioid-dependent treatment seekers. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Jul; 39(1):41-50. PMID: 20434868.
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  5. Martin RJ, Usdan S, Nelson S, Umstattd MR, Laplante D, Perko M, Shaffer H. Using the theory of planned behavior to predict gambling behavior. Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Mar; 24(1):89-97. PMID: 20307115.
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  6. Nelson SE, Kleschinsky JH, LaBrie RA, Kaplan S, Shaffer HJ. One decade of self exclusion: Missouri casino self-excluders four to ten years after enrollment. J Gambl Stud. 2010 Mar; 26(1):129-44. PMID: 19936894.
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  7. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Disordered gambling, type of gambling and gambling involvement in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007. Eur J Public Health. 2011 Aug; 21(4):532-7. PMID: 19892851; PMCID: PMC3139098.
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  8. Kleschinsky JH, Bosworth LB, Nelson SE, Walsh EK, Shaffer HJ. Persistence pays off: follow-up methods for difficult-to-track longitudinal samples. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2009 Sep; 70(5):751-61. PMID: 19737500; PMCID: PMC2741553.
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  9. Nelson SE, Gebauer L, Labrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Gambling problem symptom patterns and stability across individual and timeframe. Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Sep; 23(3):523-33. PMID: 19769436.
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  10. Albanese MJ, Nelson SE, Peller AJ, Shaffer HJ. Bipolar disorder as a risk factor for repeat DUI behavior. J Affect Disord. 2010 Mar; 121(3):253-7. PMID: 19596447.
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  11. Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, Peller AJ, Schumann A, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Real limits in the virtual world: self-limiting behavior of Internet gamblers. J Gambl Stud. 2008 Dec; 24(4):463-77. PMID: 18696219.
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  12. Labrie RA, Kaplan SA, Laplante DA, Nelson SE, Shaffer HJ. Inside the virtual casino: a prospective longitudinal study of actual Internet casino gambling. Eur J Public Health. 2008 Aug; 18(4):410-6. PMID: 18434382.
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  13. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Odegaard SS, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Substance and psychiatric disorders among men and women repeat driving under the influence offenders who accept a treatment-sentencing option. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 Mar; 69(2):209-17. PMID: 18299761.
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  14. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Stability and progression of disordered gambling: Lessons from longitudinal studies. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry [in press]. 2008.
  15. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Stability and progression of disordered gambling: lessons from longitudinal studies. Can J Psychiatry. 2008 Jan; 53(1):52-60. PMID: 18286872.
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  16. Shaffer HJ, Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, LaBrie RA, Albanese M, Caro G. The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders among repeat DUI offenders accepting a treatment-sentencing option. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2007 Oct; 75(5):795-804. PMID: 17907861.
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  17. Malle BF, Knobe JM, Nelson SE. Actor-observer asymmetries in explanations of behavior: new answers to an old question. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2007 Oct; 93(4):491-514. PMID: 17892328.
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  18. LaPlante DA, LaBrie RA, Nelson SE, Schumann A, Shaffer HJ. The state of public health research on Internet gambling. 2007.
  19. LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Schumann A, Shaffer HJ. Assessing the playing field: a prospective longitudinal study of internet sports gambling behavior. J Gambl Stud. 2007 Sep; 23(3):347-62. PMID: 17574522.
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  20. LaBrie RA, Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, Peller AJ, Caro G, Shaffer HJ. Missouri casino self-excluders: distributions across time and space. J Gambl Stud. 2007 Jun; 23(2):231-43. PMID: 17195043.
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  21. Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, Peller AJ, LaBrie RA, Caro G, Shaffer HJ. Implementation of a computerized psychiatric assessment tool at a DUI treatment facility: a case example. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2007 Sep; 34(5):489-93. PMID: 17487562.
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  22. LaBrie RA, Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, Peller AJ, Caro G, Shaffer HJ. Missouri casino self-excluders: Distributions across space and time. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2007; 23(2):231-243.
  23. Dishion TJ, Nelson SE. Male adolescent friendships: Relationship dynamics that predict adult adjustment. Engels R, Stattin H, Kerr M, editors. Friends, lovers, and groups: Key relationships in adolescence. 2007; 11-32.
  24. LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Schumann A, Shaffer HJ. Assessing the playing field: A longitudinal study of Internet sports gambling behavior. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2007; 23(3):347-362.
  25. Shaffer HJ, Stanton MV, Nelson SE. Trends in gambling studies research: quantifying, categorizing, and describing citations. J Gambl Stud. 2006 Dec; 22(4):427-42. PMID: 16912932.
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  26. Nelson SE, Laplante DA, Labrie RA, Shaffer HJ. The proxy effect: gender and gambling problem trajectories of iowa gambling treatment program participants. J Gambl Stud. 2006 Jun; 22(2):221-40. PMID: 16838101.
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  27. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Men and women playing games: Gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2006; 22(1):65-80.
  28. LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. Men & women playing games: gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa gambling treatment program participants. J Gambl Stud. 2006; 22(1):65-80. PMID: 16374659.
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  29. Shaffer HJ, Stanton MV, Nelson SE. Trends in gambling studies research: Quantifying, categorizing, and describing citations. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2006; 22(4):427-442.
  30. Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, LaBrie RA, Shaffer HJ. The proxy effect: Gender and gambling problem trajectories of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2006; 22(2):221-240.
  31. LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Peller AJ, Nelson SE, Emerson PVD, Shaffer HJ. The Division on Addictions - ValueOptions collaborative: Final report. 2006.
  32. Nelson SE. Regulations and personal liberty: Three axes to grind. 2005.
  33. Nelson SE. Pandora's black box: Crime, addiction, behaviorism, and agency. 2005.
  34. Shaffer HJ, LaBrie RA, Albanese M, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Kidman RC, Donato AN, Stanton MV, Odegaard S. Alcohol use and driving: A continuing public health crisis. 2005.
  35. Dishion TJ, Nelson SE, Yasui M. Predicting early adolescent gang involvement from middle school adaptation. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2005; 34(1):62-73.
  36. Shaffer HJ, LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Kidman RC, Nelson SE. The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program Evaluation Services Project: Follow-up study. 2005.
  37. Dishion TJ, Nelson SE, Winter CE, Bullock BM. Adolescent friendship as a dynamic system: entropy and deviance in the etiology and course of male antisocial behavior. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2004 Dec; 32(6):651-63. PMID: 15648531.
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  38. Nelson SE. Wag the dog. 2004.
  39. Shaffer HJ, LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Stanton MV. The road less travelled: moving from distribution to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Aug; 49(8):504-16. PMID: 15453100.
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  40. Nelson SE, Dishion TJ. From boys to men: predicting adult adaptation from middle childhood sociometric status. Dev Psychopathol. 2004; 16(2):441-59. PMID: 15487605.
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  41. Dishion TJ, Nelson SE, Bullock, BM. Premature adolescent autonomy: Family management and deviant peer process in the amplification of problem behavior. Journal of Adolescence. 2004; 27(5):515-530.
  42. Shaffer HJ, LaBrie RA, Caro G, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE. Disordered gambling in Missouri: Regional differences in need for treatment. 2004.
  43. Shaffer HJ, LaBrie RA, LaPlante DA, Nelson SE, Stanton MV. The road less traveled: Moving from distribution to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2004; 49(8):504-516.
  44. Oregon Youth Authority. Oregon's statewide report on juvenile recidivism 1998-2002. 2004.
  45. Nelson SE. Setting the story straight: A study of discrepant accounts of conflict and their convergence. 2003.
  46. Dishion TJ, Nelson SE, Kavanagh K. The Family Check-Up for high-risk young adolescents: Motivating parent monitoring and reducing problem behavior. Behavior Therapy. 2003; 34:553-571.
  47. Malle BF, Nelson SE. Judging mens rea: the tension between folk concepts and legal concepts of intentionality. Behav Sci Law. 2003; 21(5):563-80. PMID: 14502689.
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  48. Dishion TJ, Kavanagh K, Schneiger A, Nelson S, Kaufman NK. Preventing early adolescent substance use: a family-centered strategy for the public middle school. Prev Sci. 2002 Sep; 3(3):191-201. PMID: 12387554.
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  49. Oregon Youth Authority. Oregon's statewide report on juvenile recidivism 1996-2000. 2002.
  50. Dishion TJ, Kavanagh K, Schneiger A, Nelson SE, Kaufmann NK. Preventing early adolescent substance use: A family-centered strategy for the public middle school. Prevention Science. 2002; 3(3):191-201.
  51. Nelson SE. Evaluation of the Restorative Justice Program. 2001.
  52. Oregon Youth Authority. Oregon's statewide report on juvenile recidivism 1995-1998. 2001.
  53. Nelson SE. Evaluation of the Community Service Program. 2001.
  54. Malle BF, Knobe J, O'Laughlin MJ, Pearce GE, Nelson SE. Conceptual structure and social functions of behavior explanations: beyond person--situation attributions. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2000 Sep; 79(3):309-26. PMID: 10981836.
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  55. Nelson SE, Malle BF. Explaining intentional actions: Explanations as modifiers of social perception and judgment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association. 2000.
  56. Nelson SE. Explaining intentional actions in the context of social perception and judgment. 1999.
  57. Nelson SE. Spirit of the game: The psychology of gender and competition. 1998.
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