Selected Publications
Merrill, J.E., Wardell, J.D., & Read, J.P. (2009). Is expectancy reality? An examination of tension reduction beliefs on subjective mood following alcohol consumption. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 76, 434-444.
Merrill, J.E., & Read, J.P. (2010). Motivational pathways to unique types of alcohol consequences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 705-711.
Merrill, J.E., & Thomas, S.E. (2013). Interactions between adaptive coping and drinking to cope in predicting naturalistic drinking and drinking following a lab-based psychosocial stressor. Addictive Behaviors, 38, 1672-1678.
Merrill, J.E., Read, J.P., & Barnett, N.P. (2013). The way one thinks affects the way one drinks: Subjective evaluations of alcohol consequences as predictors of subsequent change in drinking behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 42-51. Merrill December 2021 6
Merrill, J.E., Vermont, L.N., Bachrach, R.L., & Read, J.P. (2013). Is the pre-game to blame? Event-level associations between pre-gaming and alcohol-related consequences. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74, 757-64.
Merrill, J.E., Read, J.P., & Colder, C.R. (2013). Normative perceptions and past-year consequences as predictors of subjective evaluations and weekly drinking behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 38, 2625-2634.
Merrill, J.E., Wardell, J.D., & Read, J.P. (2014). Drinking motives in the prospective prediction of unique alcohol-related consequences in college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75, 93-102. PMC3893636
Merrill, J.E., Carey, K.B., Reid, A.E., & Carey, M.P. (2014). Drinking reductions following alcohol-related sanctions are associated with social norms among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 553-558. PMC4032803
Merrill, J.E., Reid, A.E., Carey, M.P., & Carey, K.B. (2014). Gender and depression moderate response to brief motivational intervention for alcohol misuse among college students. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82, 984-992. PMC4244268
Merrill, J.E., Carey, K.B, Lust, S.A., Kalichman, S.C., & Carey, M.P. (2014). Do students mandated to intervention for campus alcohol-related violations drink more than nonmandated students? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1265-1270. PMC4274229
Read, J.P., Merrill, J.E., Griffin, M.J., Bachrach, R.L., & Khan, S.N. (2014). Post-traumatic stress symptoms and alcohol problems: Self-medication or trait vulnerability? The American Journal on Addictions, 23, 108-116.
Wray, T., Merrill, J.E., Monti. P. (2014). Using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to assess situation-level predictors of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 36, 19-27.
Merrill, J.E., Wardell, J.D., & Read, J.P. (2015). Is readiness to change drinking related to reductions in alcohol use and consequences? A week-to-week analysis. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76, 790-798. Merrill December 2021 7
Reid, A. E., Carey, K. B., Merrill, J. E., & Carey, M.P. (2015). Social network influences on initiation and maintenance of reduced drinking among college students. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 36-44. PMC4323619
Barnett, N.P., Merrill, J.E., Kahler, C., & Colby, S. (2015). Negative evaluations of negative alcohol consequences lead to subsequent reductions in alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 992-1002.
Merrill, J.E., & Carey, K.B. (2016). Drinking over the lifespan: Focus on college ages. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 38.
Merrill, J.E., Martin, S., Abar, C., & Jackson, K. M. (2016). Trajectories and correlates of reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking during adolescence. Addictive Behaviors, 52, 1-7.
Merrill, J.E., Kenney, S.R., & Carey, K.B. (2016). The effect of descriptive norms on pregaming frequency: Tests of five moderators. Substance Use and Misuse, 51, 1002-1012. PMC4967554
Merrill, J.E., Subbaraman, M.S., & Barnett, N.P. (2016). Contextual- and individual-level predictors of alcohol-related consequence aversiveness ratings among college student drinkers. Emerging Adulthood, 4, 248-257.
Merrill, J.E., Miller, M.B., Balestrieri, S., & Carey, K.B. (2016). Do my peers approve? Interest in injunctive norms feedback delivered online to college students. Addictive Behaviors, 58, 188-193.
Merrill, J.E., Lopez-Vergara, H.I., Barnett, N.P., & Jackson, K.M. (2016). Hypothetical evaluations of positive and negative alcohol consequences in adolescents across various levels of drinking experience. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 811-818.
Merrill, J.E., Treloar, H., Fernandez, A., Monnig, M.A, Jackson, K.M., & Barnett, N.P. (2016). Latent growth classes for alcohol-related blackouts among college student drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 827-837.
Merrill, J.E., Kenney, S.R., & Barnett, N.P. (2017). A time-varying effect model of the dynamic association between alcohol use and consequences over the first two years of college. Addictive Behaviors, 73, 57-62.
Carey, K. B., Merrill, J. E., Walsh, J. L., Lust, S. A., Kalichman, S. C., & Carey, M. P. (2018). Predictors of short-term change after a brief motivational intervention for mandated college drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 77, 152-159.
Merrill, J.E., *Boyle, H.K., Barnett, N.P., & Carey, K.B. (2018). Delivering normative feedback to heavy drinking college students via text messaging: A pilot feasibility study. Addictive Behaviors, 83, 175-181. PMC5886840
Merrill, J.E., Rosen, R.K., *Walker, S., & Carey, K.B. (2018). A qualitative examination of contextual influences on negative alcohol consequence evaluations among young adult drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32, 29-39.
Merrill, J.E., Rosen, R.K., *Boyle, H.K, & Carey, K.B. (2018). The influence of context in the subjective evaluation of “negative” alcohol-related consequences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32, 350-357.
Merrill, J.E., Miller, M.B., DiBello, A.M., *Singh, S., & Carey, K.B. (2019). How do college students subjectively evaluate “blackouts”? Addictive Behaviors, 89, 65-69.
Merrill, J.E., Boyle, H.K.*, Jackson, K.M., & Carey, K.B. (2019). Event-level correlates of drinking events characterized by alcohol induced blackouts. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43, 2599-2606.
Lauher, M.*, Merrill, J.E., Boyle, H.K*, & Carey, K.B. (2020). The relationship between unplanned drinking and event-level drinking outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34, 497-505.
Merrill, J.E., & Aston, E.R. (authors contributed equally) (2020). Alcohol demand assessed daily: Validity, variability, and the influence of drinking-related consequences. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 208, XX-XX. Merrill December 2021 11
Merrill, J.E., Fan, P.*, Wray, T.B., & Miranda, R., Jr. (2020). Assessment of alcohol use and consequences: Comparison of data collected via the timeline follow-back interview and daily reports. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81, 212-219.
Merrill, J.E., Ward, R.M., & Riordan, B.C. (2020). Posting post-blackout: A qualitative examination of the positive and negative valence of tweets posted after “blackout” drinking. Journal of Health Communication, 25, 150-158.
Boyle, H.K.*, Merrill, J.E., & Carey, K.B. (2020). Location-specific social norms and personal approval of alcohol use are associated with drinking behaviors in college students. Substance Use & Misuse, 55, 1650-1659.
Stevens, A.K., Haikalis, M., & Merrill, J.E. (2021). Unplanned vs. planned drinking: Eventlevel influences of drinking motives and affect. Addictive Behaviors, 112, XX-XX.
Merrill, J.E., Fogle, S., Boyle, H.K.*, Barnett, N.P., & Carey, K.B. (2021). Piloting the Alcohol Feedback, Reflection, and Morning Evaluation (A-FRAME) Program : A Smartphone-delivered Alcohol Intervention. Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, http://hdl.handle.net/10125/71041
Carpenter, R. & Merrill, J.E. (authors contributed equally) (2021). How much and how fast: Alcohol consumption patterns, occasion-level affect, and next-day consequences in the daily life of underage heavy drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 218, XX-XX.
Stevens, A.K., Boyle, H.K. *, Miller, M.B., Carey, K.B., Jackson, K.M., Barnett, N.P., & Merrill, J.E. (in press). A qualitative examination of intentions and willingness for heavy drinking among young adult high-intensity drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Boyle, H.K.*, Gunn, R.L., López, G.*, Fox, O.S.*, & Merrill, J.E. (2021). Qualitative examination of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use reasons, evaluations, and patterns among heavy drinking young adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35, 638–649.
Merrill, J.E., Carpenter, R.W., Boyle, H.K.*, Haikalis, M., Jackson, K.M., Miranda, R., Jr., Carey, K.B., & Piasecki, T.M. (2021). Do alcohol-related consequences and how they are evaluated predict consumption during and days until the next drinking event? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35, 587–596.
Merrill, J.E., Boyle, H.K.*, López, G.*, Miller, M.B., Barnett, N.P., Jackson, K.M., & Carey, K.B., (2021). Contextual factors associated with high intensity drinking events among young adults: A qualitative inquiry. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45, 1317-1330.
Merrill, J.E., Boyle, H.K.*, López, G.*, Riordan, B.C., Ward, R.M., Rosen, R.K., & Carey, K.B. (in press). Recent alcohol-induced blackouts among heavy drinking college students: A qualitative examination of intentions, willingness, and social context. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Merrill, J.E., Stevens, A.K., Jackson, K.M., & White, H.R. (in press). Changes in cannabis consumption among college students during COVID-19. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Boyle, H.K.*, Merrill, J.E., & Carey, K.B. (in press). Examining changes in drinking motives and their influence on drinking behaviors among heavy drinkers during their first year of college. Addictive Behaviors.
Aston, E. R., Berey, B. L., Boyle, H.K.*, Riordan, B.C., & Merrill, J.E. (2021). Associations between alcohol demand and both the experience and subjective evaluation of positive and negative alcohol-related consequences. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45,2357-2369.
Merrill, J.E., Gunn, R.L., Neary, A.*, Souza, T., & Barnett, N.P. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of using a wrist-worn transdermal alcohol biosensor to collect data in the field. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79824. Nominated for best paper award in the Information Technology in Healthcare Track.
Merrill, J.E., Boyle, H.K.*, Stevens, A.K., Jackson, K.M., Miranda, R., Jr., & Carey, K.B. (in press). Real-time and next-morning correlates of subjective alcohol consequence evaluations. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Merrill, J.E., López, G. *, Stevens, A.K., Singh, S., Laws, M.B., Mastroleo, N., Magill, M., Monti, P., & Kahler, C.W. (in press). Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: Comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change. Addiction Research & Theory.