Publications

Journal Articles:

 

Gibbons, F.X., Yeh, H., Gerrard, M. Cleveland, M.J., Cutrona, C. Simons, R.L., & Brody, G.H. Early experience with discrimination and conduct disorder as predictors of subsequent drug use: A critical period analysis. (In press). Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Mahler, H.I.M., Kulik, J.A., Gerrard, & Gibbons, F.X.  (in press). Long-term effects of appearance-based interventions on sun protection behaviors. (Health Psychology).

Mahler, H.I.M., Kulik, J.A., Gerrard, & Gibbons, F.X  (in press). Effects of two appearance-based interventions on the sun protection behaviors of southern California beach patrons (Basic and Applied Social Psychology).

Weinstein, N.D., Kwitel, A., McCaul, K., Magnan, R., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F.X. (in press). Risk perceptions: Assessment and relationship to influenza vaccination. (Health Psychology).

Brewer, N.T., Chapman, G.B., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., McCaul, K.D., & Weinstein, N.D. (in press). A meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and vaccination behavior (Health Psychology).

Ge, X., Jin, R., Natsuaki M.N., Gibbons, F.X., Brody, G.H., Cutrona, C.E., & Simons, R.L. (in press). Pubertal Maturation and Early Substance Use Risks in African American Children. (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors).

Brody, G.H., Ge, X., Conger, R.D., Gibbons, F.X., Murry, V.M., Gerrard, M., & Simons, R.L. (in press). The influence of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting on African American children’s affiliation with deviant peers. (Child Development).

Brody, G.H., Murry, V.M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Brown, A.C., Anderson, T., Chen, Y-F., & Luo, Z. (in press). The Strong African American Families Program: Long-term effects on adolescent alcohol use and test of a mediational model (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology).

Buunk, B.P., Belmonte, J., Peir,.M., Zurriaga, R., & Gibbons, F.X. (in press). Diferencias individuales en la comparaciocial: Propiedades de la escala espa de la orientaciacia la comparaciocial. (Individual differences in social comparison: Properties of the Spanish scale of social comparison orientation).Revista Latinoamericana de Psicolog.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Brody, G.H., Murry, V.M., & Wills, T.A.  (in press). A theory-based dual focus alcohol intervention for pre-adolescents: Social cognitions in The Strong African American Families Program (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors).

Buunk, B.P. & Gibbons, F.X. (in press). Social Comparison: The end of a theory and the emergence of a field (invited article to appear in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes).

Brody, G.H., Murry, V.M., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., McNair, L., Brown, A.C., Wills, T.A., Molgaard, V., Spoth, R.L., Luo, Z. & Chen, Y.  (in press). Prevention of high-risk behaviors through changes in parenting processes among participants in the Strong African American Families Program. Journal of Family Psychology.

Sargent, J.D., Wills, T.A.,  Stoolmiller, M., Gibson, J., & Gibbons, F.X. (2006).  Alcohol use in motion pictures and its relation with early onset teen drinking, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 54 – 65.

Pomery, E.A., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Cleveland, M.J., Brody, G.H., & Wills, T.A. (2005).  Families and risk:  Prospective analyses of familial and social influences on adolescent substance use.  Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 560-570.

Gerrard, M. Gibbons, F.X., Lane, D.J., & Stock, M.L.  (2005). Social comparison and smoking cessation: Comparison level predicts success.  Health Psychology, 24, 623 - 629.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Stock, M.L., Vande Lune, L., & Cleveland, M. J. (2005). Images of Smokers and Willingness to Smoke among African American Pre-adolescents: An Application of the Prototype/Willingness Model of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior to Smoking Initiation. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 305 – 318.

Piko, B.F., Gibbons, F.X., Luszczynska, A., & Tekozel, M. (2005). Adolescents’ health behavior from a cross-cultural perspective: Does a coherent lifestyle exist? European Journal of Public Health, 15, 393 – 398.

Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Lane, D.J., Mahler, H.I.M., & Kulik, J.A.  (2005). Using UV photography to reduce use of tanning booths: A test of cognitive mediation. Health Psychology, 24, 358 - 363.

Cleveland, M.J., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Pomery, E.A., & Brody, G.H. (2005). The impact of parenting on risk cognitions and risk behavior: A study of mediation and  moderation in a panel of African American adolescents. Child Development, 76, 900 - 916.

Murry, V.M., Brody, G.H., McNair, L.D., Lu, Z., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M. & Wills, T.A. (2005). Promoting self-pride and sexual self-concept among rural African American pre-adolescents through the Strong African American Families Program. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67, 627 – 642.

Ouellette, J.A., Hessling, R., Gibbons, F.X., Reis-Bergan, M.J., & Gerrard, M. (2005). Using images to increase exercise behavior: Prototypes vs. possible selves. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 610 – 620.

Mahler, H.I.M., Kulik, J.A., Harrell, M.A., Correa, A., Gibbons, F.X., & Gerrard, M. (2005).  Examining the Effects of UV Photo, Photoaging Information, and Use of Sunless Tanning Lotion on Sun Protection Behaviors of Young Adults. Archives of Dermatology, 141, 373 – 380.

Brody, G.H., Murry, V.M., McNair, L., Chen, Y-F., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M. & Wills, T.A. (2005). Linking Changes in Parenting to Youth Self-Control: The Strong African American Families Program. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15, 47 – 69.

Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Cleveland, M.J., Wills, T.A., & Brody, G.H. (2004).  Perceived discrimination and substance use in African American parents and their children: A panel study.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 1048-1061.

Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Vande Lune, L.S., Wills, T.A., Brody, G., & Conger, R.D. (2004).  Context and cognition: Environmental risk, social influence, and adolescent substance use.   Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1048-1061.

Brody, G.H., Ge, X., Kim, S.Y., Murry, V.M., Simons, R.L., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., & Conger, R.D. (2003).  Neighborhood disadvantage moderates associateion of parenting and older sibling problem attitudes and behavior.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 211-222.

Brody, G. H., Ge, X., Conger, R., Gibbons, F. X., Murry, V. M., Gerrard, M., & Simons, R. L. (2001). The influence of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting on African American children’s affiliation with deviant peers. Child Development, 72, 1231 - 1246.

Buunk, B. P., Ybema, J. F., Van der Zee, K., Ipenburg, M. L., Schaufeli, W. B., & Gibbons, F. X. (2001). Affect generated by social comparisons among nurses high and low in burnout. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 1500 - 1520.

Blanton, H., Vanden Eijnden, R. J., Buunk, B. P., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M. & Bakker, A. (2001). Negatively-framed and positively-framed prototypes in the prediction and prevention of unsafe sex. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 274 - 295.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., & Reis-Bergan, M. (2000). Self-esteem, self-serving health cognitions and health risk behavior, Journal of Personality, 68, 1177 - 2001.

Wills, T. A., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Brody, G. H. (2000). Test of a model of factors relevant for early onset of substance use among African-American children. Health Psychology, 19, 253-264.

Reis-Bergan, M., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., & Ybema, Jan F. (2000). The impact of reminiscence on socially active elderly women's reactions to social comparisons. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 223-234.

Gibbons, F. X., Blanton, H., Gerrard, M., Buunk, B. P., & Eggleston, T. J. (2000). Does social comparison make a difference? Optimism as a moderator of the impact of comparison level on outcome. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 638-649.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., & Reis-Bergan, M. (1999). What do we know about the effect of risk communication on risk perceptions: Significance of individual differences.  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 25, 94-100.

Ouellette, J. A., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Reis-Bergan, M. (1999). Parents, peers, and prototypes: Antecedents of adolescent alcohol expectancies, alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related life problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 13, 183 - 197.

Boney McCoy, S., Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (1999). Self-esteem, compensatory self-enhancement and the consideration of health risk. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 954-965.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Zhao, L., Russell, D. W., & Reis-Bergan, M. (1999). The effect of peers' alcohol consumption on parental influence: A cognitive mediational model. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 13, 32-44.

Blanton, H., Buunk, B. P., Gibbons, F. X., & Kuyper, H. (1999). When better-than- others compares upward: The independent effects of comparison choice and comparative evaluation on academic performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 420 - 430.

Gibbons, F. X. (1999). Social comparison as a mediator of response shift. Social Science & Medicine, 48, 1517-1530.

Gibbons, F. X., & Buunk, B. P. (1999). Individual differences in social comparison: Development and validation of a measure of social comparison orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 129 - 142.

Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Blanton, H., & Russell, D. W. (1998). Reasoned action and social reaction: Willingness and intention as independent predictors of health risk. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1164-1181.

Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Ouellette, J. A., & Burzette, R. (1998). Cognitive antecedents to adolescent health risk: Discriminating between behavioral intention and behavioral willingness. Psychology and Health, 13, 319-339.

Blanton, H., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Conger, K. J., & Smith, G. E. (1997). The role of family and peers in the development of prototypes associated with health risks. Journal of Family Psychology, 11, 1-18.

Smith, G. E., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (1997). Self-esteem and the relation between risk behavior and perceived vulnerability. Health Psychology, 16, 137-146.

Gibbons, F. X., Eggleston, T. J., & Benthin, A. (1997). Cognitive reactions to smoking relapse: The reciprocal relation of dissonance and self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 184-195.

Blanton, H., & Gerrard, M. (1997). Effect of sexual motivation on the perceived riskiness of a sexual encounter: There must be fifty ways to justify a lover. Health Psychology, 16, 374-379.

Gibbons, F. X., & Eggleston, T. J. (1996). Smoker networks and the "typical smoker": A prospective analysis of smoking cessation. Health Psychology, 15, 469-477.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Benthin A., & Hessling, R. M. (1996). A longitudinal study of the reciprocal nature of risk behaviors and cognitions in adolescents: What you do shapes what you think and vice versa. Health Psychology, 15, 344-354.

Smith, G. E., Eggleston, T. J., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (1996). Sexual attitudes, cognitive associative networks, and perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. Journal of Research in Personality, 30, 88-102.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons F. X., & Bushman, B. J. (1996). The relation between perceived vulnerability to HIV and precautionary sexual behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 119, 390-409.

Gerrard, M., & Luus, C.A.E. (1995). Judgments of vulnerability to pregnancy: The role of risk factors and individual differences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 160-171.

Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (1995). Predicting young adults' health risk behavior: The role of social comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 505-517.

Benthin, A., Slovic, P., Moran, P., Severson, H., Mertz, C.K., & Gerrard, M. (1995). Adolescent health-threatening and health enhancing behaviors: A study of word association and imagery. Journal of Adolescent Health, 17, 143-152.

Gibbons, F. X., Helweg-Larsen, M., & Gerrard, M. (1995). Prevalence estimates and adolescent risk behavior: Cross-cultural differences in social influence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 107-121.

Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Boney McCoy, S. (1995). Prototype perception predicts (lack of) pregnancy prevention. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 85-93.

Gerrard, M., & Warner, T.D. (1994). A comparison of women Marine's and college women's HIV-relevant behaviors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 959-980.

Gibbons, F. X., Benbow, C. P., & Gerrard, M. (1994). From top dog to bottom half: Social comparison strategies in response to poor performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 638-652.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Boney McCoy, S. (1993). Emotional inhibition of effective contraception. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 6, 73-88.

Reis, T. J., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (1993). Social comparison and the pill: Reactions to others' contraceptive behaviors. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 13-20.

Boney McCoy, S., Gibbons, F. X., Reis, T. J., Gerrard, M., Luus, C. A. E., & Sufka, A. V. W. (1992). Smoking status and smoking risk. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15(5), 469-488.

Gibbons, F. X., & Boney McCoy, S. (1991). Self-esteem, similarity and reactions to active vs. passive downward comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 414-424.

Gibbons, F. X. & Gerrard, M., Lando, H., & McGovern, P. (1991). Smoking cessation and social comparison: The role of the "typical smoker." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 239-258.

Gerrard, M., Kurylo, M., & Reis, T.J. (1991). Self-esteem, erotophobia, and retention of contraceptive information in the classroom. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 368-379.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Warner, T. D. (1991). Effect of reviewing risk-relevant behaviors on perceptions of vulnerability among women Marines. Health Psychology, 10, 173-179.

Gibbons, F. X., McGovern, P. G., & Lando, H. A. (1991). Relapse and risk perception among members of a smoking cessation clinic. Health Psychology, 10, 42-45. 

Chapters:

Gibbons, F.X. & Gerrard, M. (in preparation).  Risk representations: An image-based model of peer influence. In M. Prinstein & K.A. Dodge (Eds.) Peer contagion processes among youth. NY: Guilford Press.

Gibbons, F.X. (In press). Proximal antecedents: Intentions, expectations, and willingness as precursors of health behavior. In M. Gerrard & K. McCaul (Eds.) A web-based health lexicon.  National Cancer Institute.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Stock, M.L., Dykstra, J., & Moses, A.E. (2005) The Power of Positive Images: The role of social comparison in self-regulation. In D. de Ridder & J. de Wit (Eds.) Self-regulation in health behaviour. W. Sussex, UK: Wiley and Sons, Inc

Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Reimer, R., & Pomery, E.A. (2005) Health decision-making: Reasoned vs. reactive responding. In D. de Ridder & J. de Wit (Eds.) Self-regulation in health behaviour. W. Sussex, UK: Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Buunk, A.P. & Gibbons, F.X. (2005)  Social comparison orientation: A new perspective on those who do and those who don’t compare with others. In S. Guimond (Ed.) Interpersonal and intergroup comparisons., (pp. 15 – 32).