*Keough, M. T., O’Connor, R. M., & Stewart, S. H. (2018). Solitary drinking is associated with specific alcohol problems in emerging adults. Addictive Behaviors,76,285-290.

*Nitka, D., & O’Connor, R. M. (2017). Evaluations of alcohol consequences moderate social anxiety risk for problematic drinking. Addictive Behaviors, 65, 131-136.

*Keough, M. T., & O’Connor, R. M. (2016). Interactive Effects of the BIS and the BAS on trajectories of alcohol misuse after university graduation. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, Supplement on Externalizing and Internalizing Symptomatology and Risk for Substance Abuse, 9 (Suppl. 1), 33-40.

*Keough, M. T., O’Connor, R. M., & Read, J. P. (2016). Replication and validation of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire in a large sample of Canadian undergraduates. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(5), 1093-1099.

O’Connor, R. M., & Colder, C. R. (2015). The prospective joint effects of self-regulation and automatic processes on early adolescence alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(6),884-894.

O’Connor, R. M., Lopez-Vergara, H. I., & Colder, C. R. (2012). Implicit cognition and substance use: The role of controlled and automatic processes in children. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73(1), 134-143.

*Noel, M. E., O’Connor, R. M., Boudreau,B., Mushquash, C. J., Comeau, M. N., Stevens, D., & Stewart, S. H. (2010). The Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI): A comparison of cut-points in First Nations Mi’kmaq and non-Aboriginal adolescents in rural Nova Scotia. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 8(2),336-350.

*Zahradnik, M., Stewart, S. H., O’Connor, R. M.,Stevens, D., Ungar, M., & Wekerle, C. (2010). Resilience moderates the relationship between exposure to violence and posttraumatic reexperiencing in Mi’kmaq youth. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,8(2), 408-420.

* indicates graduate supervisee

The Young Adult and Alcohol Research Lab present their research at local, national, and international conferences. Conferences include those hosted by the Canadian Psychological Association, Research Society on Alcohol, the International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Canadian Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.