RIA: Principal Investigator - Jennifer A. Livingston, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Jennifer A. Livingston, Ph.D.

Educational Psychology

Primary Research Areas

Adolescent substance use and sexual risk behavior, effects of alcohol on women’s risk perception and response to sexual aggression, sexual assault prevention.

Current Projects

Adolescent alcohol use, sexual assault and STD/HIV risk (funded by NIAAA). This research will explore the factors associated with adolescent girls’ initiation of alcohol use and sexual risk behavior and will examine the timing of onset of these risk behaviors in relation to experiencing negative sex-related outcomes (in collaboration with Mentors Maria Testa, Ph.D. and Michael Windle, Ph.D.).

Preventing Alcohol-related STD/HIV and Assault (funded by NIAAA). Investigation of whether reducing alcohol use among young women may help prevent STD/HIV infection and sexual assault (in collaboration with Principal Investigator Maria Testa, Ph.D. and Co-investigator Kurt H. Dermen, Ph.D.).

Alcohol and Women’s Responses to Sexual Aggression (funded by NIAAA). Examination of the impact of alcohol on women’s ability to recognize and respond to risk of sexual aggression (in collaboration with Principal Investigator Maria Testa, Ph.D.).

Representative and Recent Publications

Livingston, J. A., Hequembourg, A., Testa, M., & VanZile-Tamsen, C. (2007). Unique aspects of adolescent sexual victimization experiences. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 331-343.

Livingston, J. A., Testa, M., & VanZile-Tamsen, C. (2007). The reciprocal relationship between sexual victimization and sexual assertiveness. Violence Against Women, 13, 298-313.

Testa, M., Livingston, J. A., & Hoffman, J. H. (2007). Does sexual victimization predict subsequent alcohol consumption? A prospective study among a community sample of women. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2926-2939.

Testa, M., VanZile-Tamsen, C., & Livingston, J. A. (2007). Prospective prediction of women's sexual victimization by intimate and non-intimate male perpetrators. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 52-60.

Livingston, J. A., Buddie, A. M., Testa, M., & VanZile-Tamsen, C. (2004). The role of sexual precedence in verbal sexual coercion. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 287-297.

Testa, M., VanZile-Tamsen, C., Livingston, J. A., & Koss, M. P. (2004). Assessing women’s experiences of sexual aggression using the Sexual Experiences Survey: Evidence for validity and implications for research. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 256-265.

Testa, M., Livingston, J. A., & Leonard, K. E. (2003). Women’s substance use and experiences of intimate partner violence: A longitudinal investigation. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1649-1664.

Testa, M., Livingston, J. A., VanZile-Tamsen, C., & Frone, M. R. (2003). The role of women’s substance use in vulnerability to forcible and incapacitated rape. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 756-764.

Livingston, J. A., & Testa, M. (2000). Qualitative analysis of women’s perceived vulnerability to sexual aggression in a hypothetical dating context. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 17, 729-741.