Richard Jessor
Distinguished Professor
Institute of Behavioral Science

Rocky Mountain Middle/High School Study Publications

Costa, F. M., Jessor, R., Donovan, J. E., & Fortenberry, J. D. (1995). Early initiation of sexual intercourse: The influence of psychosocial unconventionality. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 5, 93-121.
Costa, F. M., Jessor, R., Fortenberry, J. D., & Donovan, J. E. (1996). Psychosocial conventionality, health orientation, and contraceptive use in adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 18, 404-416.
Costa, F. M., Jessor, R. & Turbin, M. (1999). Transition into adolescent problem drinking: The role of psychosocial risk and protective factors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 480-490.
Donovan, J. E. (1996). Problem-behavior theory and the explanation of marijuana use. Journal of Drug Issues, 26, 379-404.
Donovan, J. E., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. M. (1999). Adolescent problem drinking: Stability of psychosocial correlates across a generation. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 34, 346-362.
Donovan, J. E., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. M. (1993). Structure of health-enhancing behavior in adolescence: A latent-variable approach. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 60, 352-361.
Fortenberry, J. D., Costa, F. M., Jessor, R. & Donovan, J. E. (1997). Contraceptive behavior and adolescent lifestyles: A structural modeling approach. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 7, 307-329.
Jessor, R., Donovan, J. E. & Costa, F. (1990). Personality, perceived life chances, and adolescent health behavior. In K. Hurrelmann & F. Lösel (Eds.), Health hazards in adolescence. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 25-41.
Jessor, R., Turbin, M. S., & Costa, F. M. (1998). Protective factors in adolescent health behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 788-800.
Jessor, R., Turbin, M. S., & Costa, F. M. (1998). Risk and protection in successful outcomes among disadvantaged adolescents. Applied Developmental Science, 2, 194-208.
Jessor, R., Van Den Bos, J., Vanderryn, J., Costa, F. M. & Turbin, M. S. (1995). Protective factors in adolescent problem behavior: Moderator effects and developmental change. Developmental Psychology, 31, 923-933.
Turbin, M. S., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. M. (2000). Adolescent cigarette smoking: Health-related behavior or normative transgression? Prevention Science, 1, 115-124.

April 2006

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