Jennifer B Unger

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Top papers

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1 Rethinking the concept of acculturation: implications for theory and research. Am Psychol 2010 5.69
2 Peer influences on adolescent cigarette smoking: a theoretical review of the literature. Subst Use Misuse 2006 2.36
3 Do popular students smoke? The association between popularity and smoking among middle school students. J Adolesc Health 2005 2.19
4 Exposure to televised alcohol ads and subsequent adolescent alcohol use. Am J Health Behav 2004 1.92
5 Peer acceleration: effects of a social network tailored substance abuse prevention program among high-risk adolescents. Addiction 2007 1.91
6 Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and outcomes, 1996-1998. Am J Public Health 2002 1.81
7 Tobacco use among youth and adults in Mainland China: the China Seven Cities Study. Public Health 2006 1.72
8 Evaluation of an overdose prevention and response training programme for injection drug users in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, CA. Int J Drug Policy 2009 1.56
9 Longitudinal effects of pro-tobacco and anti-tobacco messages on adolescent smoking susceptibility. Nicotine Tob Res 2006 1.45
10 Preliminary evidence for mediation of the association between acculturation and sun-safe behaviors. Arch Dermatol 2011 1.43
11 Receptivity to protobacco media and its impact on cigarette smoking among ethnic minority youth in California. J Health Commun 2002 1.43
12 Acculturation, gender, depression, and cigarette smoking among U.S. Hispanic youth: the mediating role of perceived discrimination. J Youth Adolesc 2011 1.42
13 Psychometric evaluation of a modified version of the family satisfaction in the ICU survey in parents/caregivers of critically ill children*. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2013 1.40
14 Acculturation and sun-safe behaviors among US Latinos: findings from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. Am J Public Health 2009 1.39
15 A randomized intervention of smoking for adolescents in urban Wuhan, China. Prev Med 2006 1.31
16 Prior cigarette smoking initiation predicting current alcohol use: evidence for a gateway drug effect among California adolescents from eleven ethnic groups. Addict Behav 2002 1.28
17 Substance use and sexual behavior among recent Hispanic immigrant adolescents: effects of parent-adolescent differential acculturation and communication. Drug Alcohol Depend 2012 1.25
18 Effects of parental monitoring, parent-child communication, and parents' expectation of the child's acculturation on the substance use behaviors of urban, Hispanic adolescents. J Ethn Subst Abuse 2008 1.25
19 Associations between family structure, family functioning, and substance use among Hispanic/Latino adolescents. Psychol Addict Behav 2010 1.23
20 Heritability of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Chinese male twins: the Qingdao twin registry. Int J Epidemiol 2006 1.21
21 Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents. Am J Health Behav 2009 1.21
22 A longitudinal analysis of Hispanic youth acculturation and cigarette smoking: the roles of gender, culture, family, and discrimination. Nicotine Tob Res 2012 1.20
23 Internet accessibility and usage among urban adolescents in Southern California: implications for web-based health research. Cyberpsychol Behav 2005 1.19
24 Domains of acculturation and their effects on substance use and sexual behavior in recent Hispanic immigrant adolescents. Prev Sci 2014 1.15
25 The influence of acculturation on drug and alcohol use in a sample of adolescents. Addict Behav 2007 1.15
26 Ethnic variation in parenting characteristics and adolescent smoking. J Adolesc Health 2003 1.14
27 Influences affecting adolescent smoking behavior in China. Nicotine Tob Res 2006 1.14
28 Developmental trajectories of acculturation in Hispanic adolescents: associations with family functioning and adolescent risk behavior. Child Dev 2013 1.13
29 Sociocultural correlates of menthol cigarette smoking among adult African Americans in Los Angeles. Nicotine Tob Res 2007 1.13
30 Secular trends in adolescent never smoking from 1990 to 1999 in California: an age-period-cohort analysis. Am J Public Health 2003 1.12
31 Dietary correlates of emotional eating in adolescence. Appetite 2007 1.11
32 A review of cancer in U.S. Hispanic populations. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2012 1.11
33 Acculturation, enculturation, and symptoms of depression in Hispanic youth: the roles of gender, Hispanic cultural values, and family functioning. J Youth Adolesc 2012 1.10
34 Emotional intelligence and smoking risk factors in adolescents: interactions on smoking intentions. J Adolesc Health 2004 1.10
35 Role transitions in emerging adulthood are associated with smoking among Hispanics in Southern California. Nicotine Tob Res 2013 1.10
36 A network method of measuring affiliation-based peer influence: assessing the influences of teammates' smoking on adolescent smoking. Child Dev 2012 1.07
37 Why smoking prevention programs sometimes fail. Does effectiveness depend on sociocultural context and individual characteristics? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 1.06
38 Stressful life events, smoking behavior, and intentions to smoke among and multiethnic sample of sixth graders. Ethn Health 2004 1.05
39 Social network predictors of bullying and victimization. Adolescence 2004 1.04
40 BMI as a moderator of perceived stress and emotional eating in adolescents. Eat Behav 2007 1.04
41 A further look at the intergenerational transmission of violence: witnessing interparental violence in emerging adulthood. J Interpers Violence 2009 1.02
42 Family characteristics and smoking among urban and rural adolescents living in China. Prev Med 2005 1.01
43 Utility of the theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior for predicting Chinese adolescent smoking. Addict Behav 2006 1.01
44 Cultural values associated with substance use among Hispanic adolescents in southern California. Subst Use Misuse 2011 1.01
45 Hostility, depressive symptoms, and smoking in early adolescence. J Adolesc 2005 1.00
46 The perceived consequences of safer injection: an exploration of qualitative findings and gender differences. Psychol Health Med 2010 1.00
47 Cognitive attributions for smoking among adolescents in China. Addict Behav 2009 1.00
48 Risk factors for adolescent smoking in urban and rural China: findings from the China seven cities study. Addict Behav 2008 0.98
49 Psychological determinants of emotional eating in adolescence. Eat Disord 2009 0.98
50 The role of acculturation, parenting, and family in Hispanic/Latino adolescent substance use: findings from a qualitative analysis. J Ethn Subst Abuse 2008 0.98
51 Emerging adulthood themes, role transitions and substance use among Hispanics in Southern California. Addict Behav 2013 0.98
52 Gender differences in determinants of smoking initiation and persistence in California twins. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 0.97
53 An ecological perspective on smoking among Asian American college students: the roles of social smoking and smoking motives. Psychol Addict Behav 2008 0.97
54 A comparison of peer influence measures as predictors of smoking among predominately hispanic/latino high school adolescents. J Adolesc Health 2012 0.97
55 The protective influence of spirituality and "Health-as-a-Value" against monthly substance use among adolescents varying in risk. J Adolesc Health 2004 0.97
56 Variation in family structure among urban adolescents and its effects on drug use. Subst Use Misuse 2008 0.97
57 Biculturalism and Context: What Is Biculturalism, and When Is It Adaptive?: Commentary on Mistry and Wu. Hum Dev 2010 0.97
58 Smoking prevention for ethnically diverse adolescents: 2-year outcomes of a multicultural, school-based smoking prevention curriculum in Southern California. Prev Med 2005 0.97
59 The effect of neighborhood and individual characteristics on pediatric critical illness. J Community Health 2014 0.96
60 Youths' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS): associations with health beliefs and social pressure. Addict Behav 2002 0.95
61 Multiple peer group self-identification and adolescent tobacco use. Subst Use Misuse 2012 0.95
62 An evaluation of immediate outcomes and fidelity of a drug abuse prevention program in continuation high schools: project towards no drug abuse (TND). J Drug Educ 2012 0.95
63 Marijuana use among Latino adolescents: gender differences in protective familial factors. Subst Use Misuse 2010 0.93
64 The role of cognitive attributions for smoking in subsequent smoking progression and regression among adolescents in China. Addict Behav 2012 0.91
65 Cognitive behavioral theories used to explain injection risk behavior among injection drug users: a review and suggestions for the integration of cognitive and environmental models. Health Educ Behav 2010 0.90
66 Perceived discrimination as a risk factor for depressive symptoms and substance use among Hispanic adolescents in Los Angeles. Ethn Health 2012 0.89
67 Boosting a teen substance use prevention program with motivational interviewing. Subst Use Misuse 2012 0.89
68 Genetic and environmental influences on the association between depressive symptom dimensions and smoking initiation among Chinese adolescent twins. Nicotine Tob Res 2011 0.89
69 Overweight, body image, and depression in Asian and Hispanic adolescents. Am J Health Behav 2010 0.89
70 Unique contributions of meanings of smoking and outcome expectancies to understanding smoking initiation in middle school. Ann Behav Med 2005 0.89
71 Secondhand smoke exposure among Hispanics/Latinos living in multiunit housing: exploring barriers to new policies. Am J Health Promot 2011 0.88
72 A new measure of smoking initiation and progression among adolescents. Am J Health Behav 2004 0.88
73 Stressful life events and smoking behaviors in Chinese adolescents: a longitudinal analysis. Nicotine Tob Res 2007 0.88
74 Use of the fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire for measuring nicotine dependence among adolescent smokers in China: a pilot test. Psychol Addict Behav 2002 0.88
75 Development and validation of a scale to assess attitudes and beliefs about menthol cigarettes among african american smokers. Eval Health Prof 2010 0.88
76 The interaction of curriculum type and implementation method on 1-year smoking outcomes in a school-based prevention program. Health Educ Res 2006 0.88
77 Family harmony as a protective factor against adolescent tobacco and alcohol use in Wuhan, China. Subst Use Misuse 2003 0.87
78 A longitudinal analysis of stressful life events, smoking behaviors, and gender differences in a multicultural sample of adolescents. Subst Use Misuse 2008 0.87
79 Smoking trajectories among Koreans in Seoul and California: exemplifying a common error in age parameterization. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2012 0.87
80 Bidirectional associations between future time perspective and substance use among continuation high-school students. Subst Use Misuse 2013 0.86
81 Do cognitive attributions for smoking predict subsequent smoking development? Addict Behav 2011 0.86
82 Breast cancer among immigrants: a systematic review and new research directions. J Immigr Minor Health 2007 0.86
83 Comorbidity between depression and smoking moderates the effect of a smoking prevention program among boys in China. Nicotine Tob Res 2007 0.86
84 The influence of the perceived consequences of refusing to share injection equipment among injection drug users: balancing competing risks. Addict Behav 2011 0.86
85 Concurrent and predictive relationships between compulsive internet use and substance use: findings from vocational high school students in China and the USA. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2012 0.85
86 Implementing trials of complex interventions in community settings: the USC-Rancho Los Amigos pressure ulcer prevention study (PUPS). Clin Trials 2014 0.85
87 Measuring Anhedonia in Adolescents: A Psychometric Analysis. J Pers Assess 2015 0.85
88 School victimization and substance use among adolescents in California. Prev Sci 2014 0.84
89 Correlates of overweight status in Chinese youth: an East-West paradox. Am J Health Behav 2011 0.81
90 A "drug abuse" theoretical integration: a transdisciplinary speculation. Subst Use Misuse 2004 0.81
91 Cultural measures associated with sexual risk behaviors among Latino youth in Southern California: a longitudinal study. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2014 0.80
92 Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth. Ethn Health 2013 0.80
93 Ethnic Discrimination, Acculturative Stress, and Family Conflict as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Cigarette Smoking Among Latina/o Youth: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress. J Youth Adolesc 2015 0.79
94 Relative income inequality and selected health outcomes in urban Chinese youth. Soc Sci Med 2011 0.79
95 Association of acculturation with drinking games among Hispanic college students. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 2014 0.79
96 Cultural and social influences on adolescent smoking dissipate by emerging adulthood among Hispanics in Southern California. J Immigr Minor Health 2015 0.79
97 Perceptions of intragroup rejection and coping strategies: malleable factors affecting Hispanic adolescents’ emotional and academic outcomes. J Youth Adolesc 2014 0.78
98 Age-related smoking progression among adolescents in China. J Adolesc Health 2006 0.78
99 Determinants of Host Society Acculturation and Its Relationship with Health Behaviors and Outcomes: A New Research and Intervention Framework. J Immigr Minor Health 2015 0.78
100 Meanings of smoking and adolescent smoking across ethnicities. J Adolesc Health 2004 0.77
101 Bicultural stress, identity formation, and alcohol expectancies and misuse in Hispanic adolescents: a developmental approach. J Youth Adolesc 2014 0.77
102 Evaluating depressive symptom interactions on adolescent smoking prevention program mediators: a mediated moderation analysis. Nicotine Tob Res 2010 0.77
103 Authority-related conformity as a protective factor against adolescent health risk behaviors. J Adolesc Health 2003 0.77
104 Emotional intelligence and acculturation to the United States: interactions on the perceived social consequences of smoking in early adolescents. Subst Use Misuse 2005 0.77
105 Post-traumatic growth, stressful life events, and relationships with substance use behaviors among alternative high school students: a prospective study. Psychol Health 2014 0.76
106 Association of the calcyon neuron-specific vesicular protein gene (CALY) with adolescent smoking initiation in China and California. Am J Epidemiol 2011 0.76
107 Moderated mediation regarding the sun-safe behaviors of U.S. Latinos: advancing the theory and evidence for acculturation-focused research and interventions. J Immigr Minor Health 2010 0.75
108 Prospective associations between bilingualism and executive function in Latino children: sustained effects while controlling for biculturalism. J Immigr Minor Health 2014 0.75
109 The influence of worries on emotional eating, weight concerns, and body mass index in Latina female youth. J Adolesc Health 2010 0.75
110 Comparing the impact on Latinos of a depression brochure and an entertainment-education depression fotonovela. Psychiatr Serv 2014 0.75
111 Country prototypes and translation of health programs. Eval Health Prof 2008 0.75