R E B E C C A L . C O L L IN S
C u r r ic u lu m V ita e
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Psychology, 1989, University of California-Los Angeles
M.A., Psychology, 1985, University of California-Los Angeles
B.S., Psychology, 1984, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-Present
2008-2013
2005-2007
1999-2000
1995-1999
1989-1995
Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, California
Director, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program, RAND
Quality Assurance Coordinator, RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment
Full Behavioral Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, California
Associate Behavioral Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, California
Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of British Columbia
RESEARCH AREAS
Social and cognitive factors affecting health behavior, particularly sexual and substance use
risk; media effects on health and well-being; stigma and health
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Courses
Social Psychology (advanced level), 1989-1995
Graduate Courses
Behavioral Science and Health (introductory level), 2003
Behavioral Science Perspectives on Public Policy (introductory level), 1998
Social Psychology I: Intrapersonal Processes (introductory level), 1993-1995
Social Psychology II: Interpersonal Processes (introductory level), 1994
Social Cognition (advanced level), 1989, 1991-92
Social Research Methods (advanced level), 1990
GRANTS and CONTRACTS RECEIVED
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TV Viewing and Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes and Behavior (Collins/Kanouse/Berry),
NICHD, 4/1/2000-3/31/2003. $1,482,870
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Substance Use and Sexual Risk among HIV Positive Adults (Collins/Kanouse/Burnam),
NIDA, 8/29/1999-8/31/2001. $459,652
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HIV Risk, Drugs, and Violence (Ellickson/Collins), NIDA, 2/20/1999-7/31/2001 $592,291
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Impact of an Episode of the Television Show “Friends” (Collins), Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation, 11/01. $50,000
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Consequences of Drug Use (Ellickson/Collins), NIDA, 7/1/2000-6/30/2006. $3,091,049
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Sexual Partnerships of HIV-Positive Adults in the United States (Kanouse/Collins),
NICHD, 5/01/2003 – 4/30/2005. $676,095
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TV Viewing and Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes and Behavior, competing continuation
(Collins/ Kanouse), NICHD, 12/1/03-11/30/07. $1,809,563
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Alcohol Policies & Sexual Risk in HIV-Positive Adults (Collins/Taylor), NIAAA, 9/1/058/31/08. $1,411,605
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Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Activity (Collins), DHHS, 9/28/09-9/27/11
$296,709
GRANTS and CONTRACTS RECEIVED (CONT.)
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Achieving Public Health Impact Through Research – BPA (Ringel/Collins), CDC,
12/03/12-12/03/2022
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Impact of a Discrimination & Stigma Reduction Initiative on MI Treatment Seeking &
Outcomes (Collins), NIMH, 09/15/2015-6/30/2019. $2,040,985.00
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/HONORS
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Co-chair National Academy of Sciences Working Group: Digital Media and Adolescent Sex
American Psychological Association Task Force: The Sexualization of Girls
Professional Memberships
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI)
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)
Professional Reviewing
Editorial Board:
Self & Identity (2008-2013)
Journal of Personality (1995-2008)
Occasional Reviewer for:
AIDS and Behavior
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
American Journal of Public Health
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Health Psychology
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Medical Care
JAMA: Pediatrics
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Psychological Bulletin
Sex Roles
Social Cognition
Social Science and Medicine
NIH Panel: Behavioral and Social Science Approaches for Preventing HIV/AIDS
AHRQ/OPA Panel: Adolescent Family Life Special Grant Review
National Science Foundation
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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RAND Committees
Human Subjects Protection Committee (1997-present)
RAND Psychology Group (Founder)
PUBLICATIONS
RAND Reports
Hays, R. D., Spritzer, K. L., McCaffrey, D. F., Cleary, P. D., Collins, R. L., & Sherbourne, C. D.
(1998). The HIV cost & services utilization study (HCSUS) measures of health-related
quality of life. RAND, DRU-1897-AHCPR, Santa Monica.
Karney, B. R., Beckett, M. K., Collins, R. L., Shaw, R. N. (2006). Adolescent romantic
relationships as precursors of healthy adult marriages: A review of theory, research, and
programs. RAND TR488-ACF.
Ecola, L., Collins, R.L., & Eiseman, E. (2010). Understanding and reducing off-duty vehicle
crashes among military personnel. TR820. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Pollard, M.S., Asch, S.M., & Eberhart, N.K. (2010). Health Implications. In Sexual
Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND’s 1993 Study. National
Defense Research Institute. MG1056. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Meadows, S.O., Eberhart, N.K., Pollard, M.S. & Collins, R.L., (2010). Sexual orientation and
disclosure. In Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND’s
1993 Study. National Defense Research Institute. MG1056. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation.
Bikson, Tora K., Susan Adler, Sandra H. Berry, Rebecca L. Collins, Christopher R. Corey,
Michael D. Greenberg, Patrick P. Gunn, Brian A. Jackson, Scott Joiner and Susan G.
Straus. (2011). Proposed directions of change to the common rule for protecting human
research participants: RAND responses. CP659. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Martino, S.C., & Shaw, R. (2011). Influence of new media on adolescent sexual
health: evidence and opportunities. WR-761. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Wong, E., Cerully, J., Schultz, D., & Eberhart, N. (2012). Interventions to reduce
mental health stigma and discrimination: A literature review to guide evaluation of
California’s mental health prevention and early intervention initiative. TR1318. Santa
Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Martino, S.C., Collins, R.L., & Shaw, R. (2012). Research gaps and measurement challenges
for studying the influence of new media on adolescent sexual health. CF292. Santa Monica,
CA: RAND Corporation.
Martino, S.C., Collins, R.L., Shaw, R. (2012). A matrix of new media use measures and brief
media survey. RAND TR1172. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Kavanagh, J., Hosek, S., Collins, R., & Geyer, L. (2012). Considerations in extending benefits to
the same-sex partners of military personnel. RR144-OSD. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation.
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Burnam, M.A., Berry, S.H., Eberhart, N.K., Collins, R.L., Ebener, P.A., Ramchand, R.N., Stein,
B.D., & Woodbridge, M.W. (2014). Recommendations for Sustaining California's Statewide
Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Programs. RR787. Santa Monica, CA:
RAND Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Cerully, J.L., Wong, E.C., Golan, S., Yu, J., & Filip-Crawford, G. (2014).
Evaluation of the California Mental Health Services Authority's Stigma and Discrimination
Reduction Initiative: Year 1 Findings. RR438/2. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Wong, E.C., Cerully, J.L. & Roth, E.A. (2014). Racial and Ethnic Differences in
Mental Illness Stigma in California. RR684. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Wong, E.C., Cerully, J.L., Collins, R.L. & Roth, E.A. (2014). Findings from the School-Based
Theatrical Performance "Walk in Our Shoes". RR-683. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation.
Collins, R.L., Roth, E.A., Cerully, J.L., &Wong, E.C. (2014). Beliefs Related to Mental Illness
Stigma Among California Young Adults. RR-819. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Cerully, Jennifer L., Rebecca L. Collins, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth Roth, Joyce Marks and
Jennifer Yu. Effects of Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Trainings Conducted Under the
California Mental Health Services Authority: An Evaluation of Disability Rights California and
Mental Health America of California Trainings. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1073.
Cerully, Jennifer L., Courtney Ann Kase, Rebecca L. Collins, Eunice C. Wong and Jennifer Yu.
CalMHSA Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Online Resources: Highlights from an
Evaluation of Web Analytic Data. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1237.
Collins, Rebecca L., Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth Roth, Jennifer L. Cerully and Joyce Marks.
Changes in Mental Illness Stigma in California During the Statewide Stigma and
Discrimination Reduction Initiative. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1139.
Eberhart, N.K., Burnam, M.A., Berry, S.H., Collins, R.L., Ebener, P.A., Ramchand, R.N., Stein,
B.D., & Woodbridge, M.W. (2015). Evaluation of California’s Statewide Mental Health
Prevention and Early Intervention Programs: Summary of Key Year 2 Findings. RR-971.
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Wong, E.C., Collins, R.L., & Cerully, J.L. (2015). Reviewing the Evidence Base for Mental
Health First Aid: Is There Support for Its Use with Key Target Populations in California?
RR-972. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
Wong, Eunice C., Rebecca L. Collins, Jennifer L. Cerully, Elizabeth Roth and Joyce Marks.
Stigma, Discrimination, and Well-Being Among California Adults Experiencing Mental Health
Challenges. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1074.
Articles, Chapters and Other Reports
Taylor, S. E., Buunk, B. P., Collins, R. L., & Reed, G. M. (1992). Social comparison and
affiliation under threat. In L. Montada, S. H. Filipp, & M. J. Lerner (Eds.), Life Crises and
Experiences of Loss in Adulthood, New York: Plenum.
Collins, R. L., & Di Paula, A. (1997). Personality and the provision of support: Emotions felt and
signaled. In G. Pierce, B. Lakey, I. G. Sarason, & B. Sarason (Eds.), Sourcebook of Theory
and Research on Social Support and Personality, New York: Plenum.
Collins, R. L. (1998). Social identity and HIV infection: The experiences of gay men living with
HIV. In V. J. Derlega & A. P. Barbee (Eds.), HIV Infection and Social Interactions,
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, Inc.
Collins, R. L. (2000). Among the better ones: Upward assimilation in social comparison. In Suls,
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J. & Wheeler, L. (Eds.), Handbook of Social Comparison: Theory and Research. New York:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Tucker, J. & Collins, R.L. (2000). Bringing science to national policies. APS Observer, American
Psychological Society.
Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N. & Miu, A. (2009). Linking media content to media effects: The RAND
television and adolescent sexuality (TAS) study. In Kunkel, D., Jordan, A., Manganello, J. &
Fishbein, M. (Ed.), Media Messages and Public Health: A Decisions Approach to Content
Analysis. New York, NY: Routledge.
American Psychological Association. Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (Zurbriggen, E.L.
Collins, R.L., Lamb, S., Roberts, T., Tolman, D.L., Ward, L.M., & Blake, J.). (2010). Report
of the APA Taskforce on the Sexualization of Girls. Retrieved from
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report-full.pdf
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Tanford, S. L., Penrod, S. & Collins, R. L. (1985). Decision making in joined criminal trials: The
influence of charge similarity, evidence similarity, and limiting instructions. Law and Human
Behavior, 9, 319-337.
Brown, J. D., Schmidt, G. W., & Collins, R. L. (1988). Personal involvement and the evaluation
of group products. European Journal of Social Psychology, 18, 177-179.
Brown, J. D., Collins, R. L., & Schmidt, G.W. (1988). Self-esteem and direct vs. indirect forms of
self-enhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 445-453.
Collins, R. L., Taylor, S. E., Thompson, S., & Wood, J. (1988). The vividness effect: Elusive or
illusory? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 24, 1-18.
Taylor, S. E., Collins, R. L., Skokan, L. A., & Aspinwall, L. G. (1989). Maintaining positive
illusions in the face of negative information: Getting the facts without letting them get to you.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 8, 114-129.
Buunk, B. P., Collins, R. L., Taylor, S. E., Van Yperen, N., & Dakof, G. A. (1990). The affective
consequences of social comparison: Either direction has its ups and downs. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 1238-1249. PMID 2283590
Collins, R. L., Taylor, S. E., & Skokan, L. A. (1990). A better world or a shattered vision:
Changes in life perspective following victimization. Social Cognition, 8, 263-285.
Buunk, B. P., Van Yperen, N. W., Taylor, S. E., & Collins, R. L. (1991). Social comparison and
the drive upward revisited: Affiliation as a response to marital stress. European Journal of
Social Psychology, 21, 529-546.
Collins, R. L. (1994). Social support provision to HIV-infected gay men. Journal of Applied
Social Psychology, 24(20), 1848-1869.
Trobst, K.K., Collins, R.L., & Embree, J. M. (1994). The role of emotion in social support
provision: Gender, empathy and expressions of distress. Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships,11, 45-62.
Collins, R. L. (1996). For better or worse: The impact of upward social comparisons on selfevaluations. Psychological Bulletin, 119, 51-69.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. E., & Bell, R. (1999). Simultaneous polydrug use among teens:
Prevalence and predictors. Journal of Substance Abuse, 10(3), 233-253. PMID 10689657.
Ellickson, P. E., Collins, R. L., & Bell, R. (1999). Adolescent use of illicit drugs other than
marijuana: How important is social bonding and for which ethnic groups? Substance Use
and Misuse, 34(3), 317-346. PMID 10082060.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. E., Hays, R. D., & McCaffrey, D. F. (2000). Effects of incentive size
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and timing on response rates to a follow-up wave of a longitudinal mailed survey.
Evaluation Review, 24(4), 347-363. PMID 11009863.
Fleishman, J. A., Sherbourne, C. D., Crystal, S., Collins, R. L., Marshall, G. N., & Kelly, M., for
the HCSUS Consortium. (2000). Coping, conflictual social interactions, social support and
mood among HIV-infected patients. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28(4),
421-453. PMID 10965385.
Gifford, A. L., Collins, R. L., Timberlake, D., Schuster, M. A., Shapiro, M. F., & Bozzette, S. A.,
for the HCSUS Consortium (2000). Propensity of HIV patients to seek urgent and emergent
care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 15(12), 833-840. PMID 11119179.
Hays, R. D., Cunningham, W. E., Sherbourne, C. D., Wilson, I. B., Wu, A. W., Cleary, P. D.
Collins, R. L., et al. (2000). Health-related quality of life in patients with human
immunodeficiency virus infection in the United States: Results from the HIV cost and
services utilization study. American Journal of Medicine, 108, 714-722. PMID 10924648.
Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Miu, A., & Berry, S.H. (2000). Contraceptive use by couples
when one partner is infected with HIV. AIDS, 15 (supp 1), S44-45.
Chen, J. L., Phillips, K. A., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., & Miu, A. (2001). Fertility desires of
HIV-positive men and women. Family Planning Perspectives, 33(4), 144-152. PMID
16396059.
Collins, R. L., Kanouse, D. E., Gifford, A., Schuster, M. A., Senterfitt, J. W., & Wenger, N., for
the HCSUS Consortium. (2001). Changes in health promoting behavior following diagnosis
with HIV-infection: Prevalence and predictors in a national probability sample. Health
Psychology, 20(5), 351-360. PMID 11570649.
Schuster, M. A., Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L., Collins, R. L., Marshall, G. N., Elliott, M. N., et al. (2001).
A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The New
England Journal of Medicine, 345(20), 1507-12. PMID 11794216.
Wenger, N. S., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Senterfitt, J. W., Liu, H. H., & Gifford, A. L. for the
HCSUS Consortium. (2001). End of life preferences and discussions among persons with
HIV. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285(22), 2880-2888. PMID 11401609.
Beckett, M., Burnam, A., Collins, R. L., Kanouse, D. E., & Beckman, R. (2003). Substance use
and high-risk sex among people with HIV: A comparison across exposure groups. AIDS and
Behavior, 7(2), 209-219. PMID 14586205.
Ciccarone, D., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Miu, A., Chen, J., Morton, S. C., et al. (2003). Sex
without disclosure of positive HIV serostatus in a U.S. probability sample of persons
receiving medical care for HIV infection. American Journal of Public Health, 93(6), 949-954.
PMID 12773361.
Collins, R. L, Elliott, M., Berry, S., Kanouse, D. E., & Hunter, S. (2003). Entertainment television
as a healthy sex-educator: The impact of condom-efficacy information in an episode of
Friends. Pediatrics, 112(5), 1115-1121. PMID 14595055.
Collins, R. L., Schell, T., Ellickson, P. L., & McCaffrey, D. (2003). Predictors of beer advertising
awareness among eighth graders. Addiction, 98(9), 1297-1306. PMID 12930217.
Hsiao, A. F., Wong, M. D., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Liu, H., & Anderson, R. M. (2003).
Complementary and alternative medicine use and substitution for conventional therapy by HIV
infected patients. Journal of AIDS, 33(2), 157-165. PMID 12794548.
Collins, R. L, & Ellickson, P. L. (2004). Integrating four theories of adolescent smoking. Substance
Use and Misuse, 39(2), 179-209. PMID 15061558.
Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N., Berry, S., Kanouse, D. E., Kunkel, D., & Hunter, S. (2004). Watching
sex on TV predicts adolescent initiation of sexual behavior. Pediatrics, 114, e280-89. PMID
15342887.
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Ellickson, P. L., Martino, S. C., & Collins, R. L. (2004). Marijuana use from adolescence to young
adulthood: Multiple developmental trajectories and their associated outcomes. Health
Psychology, 23(3), 299-307. PMID 15099171.
Galvan, F. H., Collins, R. L., Burnam, M. A., Kanouse, D. E., Paddock, S. M., & Beckman, R.
(2004). Abuse in the close relationships of people with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 8(4), 441451. PMID 15690117.
Martino S. C., Collins, R. L., & Ellickson, P. L. (2004). Substance use and early marriage.
Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(1), 244-257.
Martino, S. C., Collins, R. L., & Ellickson, P. L. (2004). Substance use and vulnerability to
sexual and physical aggression: A longitudinal study of young adults. Violence and
Victims, 19(5), 521-540. PMID 15844723.
Stein, B. D., Elliott, M. N., Jaycox, L. H., Collins, R. L., Berry, S. H., Klein, D. J., et al. (2004). A
national longitudinal study of the psychological consequences of the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks: Reactions, impairments and help-seeking. Psychiatry, 67(2), 105-117. PMID
15262576.
Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L. H., Elliott, M. N., Collins, R. L., Berry, S., Marshall, G. N., et al. (2004).
The emotional and behavioral impact of terrorism on children: Results from a national
survey. Applied Developmental Science, 8(4), 184-194. PMID 15631281.
Ulloa, E., Jaycox, L. H., Marshall, G., & Collins, R. L. (2004). Acculturation, gender stereotypes
and attitudes about dating violence among Latino youth. Violence and Victims, 19(3), 273278.
Bogart, L. M., Collins, R. L., Cunningham, W., Beckman, R. Golinelli, D., & Eisenman, D.
(2005). The association of partner abuse with risky sexual behaviors among women and
men with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior, 9(3), 325-33. PMID 16091853.
Bogart, L. M., Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L., Martino, S. C., & Klein, D.J. (2005). Effects of early
and later marriage on alcohol use in young adulthood: A prospective analysis. Journal of
Studies on Alcohol, 66, 729-737. PMID 16459934.
Collins, R. L. (2005). Sex on television and its impact on American youth: Background and
results from the RAND television and adolescent sexuality study. Child and Adolescent
Psychiatric Clinics, 14, 371-385. PMID 15936664.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L., McCaffrey, D., & Hambarsoomians, K. (2005). Saturated in beer:
Awareness of beer advertising in late childhood and adolescence. Journal of Adolescent
Health, 37(1), 29-36. 15963904.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L., Orlando, M., & Klein, D. (2005). Isolating the nexus of substance
use, violence and sexual risk for HIV infection among young adults in the U.S. AIDS and
Behavior, 9(1), 73-87. PMID 15812615.
D’Amico, E. J., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L., Martino, S., & Klein, D. J. (2005). Processes
linking adolescent problems to substance use problems in late young adulthood. Journal
of Studies on Alcohol, 66, 766-775. PMID 16459938.
Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R.L., Hambarsoomians, K., & McCaffrey, D.F. (2005). Does alcohol
advertising promote adolescent drinking? Results from a longitudinal assessment.
Addiction, 100(2), 235-246. PMID 15679753.
Ellickson, P. L., D’Amico, E., Collins, R. L., & Klein, D. (2005). Marijuana use and later
problems: When frequency of recent use explains age of initiation effects (and when it
does not). Substance Use and Misuse, 40, 343-359. PMID 15776981.
Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L., Bogart, L., Klein, D., & Taylor, S. L. (2005). Scope of HIV risk
and co-occurring psychosocial health problems among young adults: Violence,
victimization, and substance use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36(5), 401-409. PMID
15837344.
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Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Miu, A., & Berry, S. H. (2005). Contraceptive choices for HIVinfected and at-risk women: HIV-infected population national data. Journal of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 38, S6-S7.
Martino, S. C., Collins, R. L., & Ellickson, P. L. (2005). Cross-lagged relationships between
substance use and intimate partner violence among a sample of young adult women.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66(1), 139-148. PMID 15830914.
Martino, S. C., Collins, R. L., Kanouse, D. E., Elliott, M. N., & Berry, S. H. (2005). Social
cognitive processes mediating the relationship between exposure to sex on television
and adolescents’ sexual behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(6),
914-924. PMID 16393024.
Schell, T. L., Martino, S. C., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L., & McCaffrey, D. (2005). Measuring
developmental changes in alcohol expectancies. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19(2),
217-220. PMID 16011394.
Schuster, M. A., Collins, R. L., Cunningham, W. E., Morton, S. C., Zierler, S., Wong, M., et al.
(2005). Perceived discrimination in clinical care in a nationally representative sample of HIVinfected adults receiving health care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20(9), 807-813.
PMID 16117747.
Bogart, L. M., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L., & Klein, D. J. (2006). Adolescent predictors of
generalized health risks in young adulthood: A 10-year longitudinal assessment. Journal of
Drug Issues, 36(3), 571-596.
Bogart, L. M., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., & Bird, C. E. (2006). Patterns and correlates of
deliberate abstinence among men and women with HIV/AIDS. American Journal of Public
Health. [Epub May 2, 2006] 96(6), 1078-84. PMID 16670221.
Duru O.K., Collins R.L., Ciccarone D.H., Morton S.C., Stall R.D., Beckman R, Miu A. & Kanouse
DE. (2006). Correlates of sex without serostatus disclosure among a probability sample of
HIV patients. AIDS and Behavior, 10(5), 495-507. PMID 16779659.
Jaycox, L. H., McCaffrey, D, Eiseman, B., Aronoff, J., Shelley, G., Ocampo, B. W., & Collins, R.
L. (2006). Impact of a school-based dating violence prevention program among Latino
teens: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39 (5), 694704. PMID 17046506.
Kim, J. L., Collins, R. L., Kanouse, D. E., Elliott, M. N., Berry, S. H., Hunter, S. B. & Kunkel,
D. (2006). Sexual readiness, household policies, and other predictors of adolescents’
exposure to sexual content in mainstream entertainment television. Media Psychology,
8(4), 449-471.
Martino, S.C., Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L., & Klein, D. J. (2006). Exploring the link between
substance use and abortion: The roles of unconventionality and unplanned pregnancy.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(2), 66-75. PMID 16772187.
Martino, S. C., Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N., Strachman, A., Kanouse, D. E. & Berry, S. H. (2006)
Exposure to degrading versus non-degrading music lyrics and sexual behavior among
youth. Pediatrics, 118(2), e430-41. PMID 16882784.
Martino, S.C., Collins R.L., Ellickson, P.L., Schell, T.L., McCaffrey, D. (2006).
Socioenvironmental influences on adolescents’ alcohol outcome expectancies: A prospective
analysis. Addiction, 101 (7), 971-983. PMID 16771889.
Ringel, J. S., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R.L. (2006). The relationship between marijuana use and
annual earnings among young males. Contemporary Economic Policy, 24(1), 52-63.
Ringel, J. S., Collins, R. L., & Ellickson, P. L. (2006). Time trends and demographic differences
in youth exposure to alcohol advertising on television. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4),
473-80. PMID 16982380.
Tucker, J., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L. & Klein, D. J. (2006). Are drug experimenters better
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adjusted than abstainers and users? A longitudinal study of adolescent marijuana use
Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4), 488-94. PMID 16982382.
Tucker, J., Ellickson, P. L., Collins, R. L. & Klein, D. J. (2006). Does solitary substance use
increase adolescents’ risk for poor psychosocial outcomes? A nine-year longitudinal study of
solitary users, social users and abstainers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20(4), 363372. PMID 17176171.
Bogart, L. M., Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L. & Klein, D. J. (2007). Are adolescent substance
users less satisfied with life as young adults and if so, why? Social Indicators Research, 81,
149-169.
Bogart, L. M., Collins, R.L., Ellickson, P.L., Klein, D.J. (2007). Association of sexual abstinence
in adolescence with mental health in adulthood. Journal of Sex Research, (44)3, 290-298.
PMID 17879172.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L., McCaffrey, D. M., & Hambarsoomians, K. (2007). Early adolescent
exposure to alcohol advertising and its relationship to underage drinking. Journal of Adolescent
Health, 40(6), 527-534. PMID 17531759.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P. L. & Klein, D. J. (2007). The role of substance use in young adult
divorce. Addiction, 102(5), 786-794. PMID 17493107.
Eisenman, D., Bogart, L., Bird, C. E., Collins, R. L., Golinelli, R., Fremont, A., & Beckman, R.A.
(2007). Differential diffusion of HIV technologies by gender: The case of highly active
antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 21(6), 390-399. PMID 17594248.
Galvan, F. H., Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Pantoja, P., & Golinelli, D. (2007). Religiosity,
denominational affiliation and sexual behaviors among people with HIV in the U.S. Journal of
Sex Research, 44(1), 49-58. PMID 17599264.
Penniman, T., Taylor, S. L., Bird, C. E., Beckman, R., Golinelli, D., & Collins, R. (2007). The
associations of gender, sexual identity and competing needs with health care utilization
among people with HIV/AIDS. Journal of the National Medical Association, 99(4), 419-427.
PMID 17444432.
Ringel J, Ellickson PL, Collins RL. (2007). High school drug use predicts job-related outcomes
at age 29. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 576-589. PMID 16822622.
Chandra, A., Martino, S.C., Collins, R.L., Elliott, M.N., Berry, S.H., Kanouse, D.E., & Miu, A.
(2008). Does watching sex on television predict teen pregnancy?: Findings from a national
longitudinal survey of youth. Pediatrics, Vol. 122(5), 1047-10.
Collins, R.L. (2008). Media multitasking: Issues posed in measuring the effects of television
sexual content exposure. Communication Methods and Measures, 2(1), 65-79.
Martino, S.C., Elliott, M.N., Collins, R.L., Kanouse, D.E., Berry, S.H. (2008). Virginity pledges
among the willing: Delays in first intercourse and consistency of condom use. Journal of
Adolescent Health,[Epub June 5, 2008].
Martino, S. C., Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N., Kanouse, D. E., Berry, S. H. (2009). It’s better on
TV: Does television set teenagers up for regret following sexual Initiation? Perspectives
on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Vol. 41 No. 2, 92-100.
Collins, R.L., Taylor, S.L., Elliott, M.N., Ringel, J.S., Kanouse, D.E., & Beckman, R. (2010).
Off-premise alcohol sales policies, drinking, and sexual risk among people living with
HIV. American Journal of Public Health, 100(10), 1890-1892.
Taylor, S.L., Collins, R.L., Elliott, M. N., Ringel, J., Kanouse, D.E., & Beckman, R. (2010).
The relationships between states’ DUI penalties and HIV-positive adults’ drinking
behaviors. AIDS and Behavior, 14(4), 870-877.
Collins, R.L. (2011). Content analysis of gender roles in media: Where are we now and
where should we go? Sex Roles, 64:290–298.
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Collins, R.L., Martino, S.C., Elliott, M.N. (2012). Propensity scoring and the relationship
between sexual media and adolescent sexual behavior: Comment on Stein and
Monahan. Developmental Psychology, Vol 47(2), 577-579.
Collins, R.L., Martino, S.C., Elliott, M.N., & Miu, A. (2012). Relationships between adolescent
sexual outcomes and exposure to sex in media: Robustness to propensity-based
analysis. Developmental Psychology, Vol 47(2), 585-591.
Clark, W., Welch, S., Berry, S., Collentine, A.M. MPPA, Collins, R. L., Lebron, D.L. &
Shearer, A. (2012). California’s historic effort to reduce the stigma of mental illness: The
mental health services act. American Journal of Public Health, 103(5), 786-794.
Dubowitz, T., Ghosh-Dastidar, M., Collins, R.L., & Escarce, J. (2013). Are our actions aligned
with our evidence? The skinny on changing the landscape of obesity. Obesity, 21(3),
419-420.
Dubowitz, T., Ghosh-Dastidar, M., Collins, R.L., & Escarce, J. (2013). Food policy research:
We need better measurement, better study designs and reasonable actions based on
available evidence. Obesity, 21(3), 5-6.
Cohen, D. A., Collins, R., Hunter, G., Ghosh-Dastidar, B., & Dubowitz, T. (2015). Store Impulse
Marketing Strategies and Body Mass Index. American journal of public health, (0), e1-e7..
Dubowitz, T., Zenk, S.N. Ghosh-Dastidar, M., Cohen, D., Beckman, R., Hunter, G., Steiner,
E.D., & Collins, R.L. (in press). Healthy food access for urban food desert residents:
examination of the food environment, food purchasing practices, diet and BMI. Public
Health Nutrition.
Dubowitz, T., Cohen, D. A., Huang, C. Y., Beckman, R. A., & Collins, R. L. (2015). Using a
Grocery List Is Associated With a Healthier Diet and Lower BMI Among Very High-Risk
Adults. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 47(3), 259-264.
Flórez, K. R., Dubowitz, T., Ghosh-Dastidar, M. B., Beckman, R., & Collins, R. L. (2015).
Associations between depressive symptomatology, diet, and body mass index among
participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Journal of the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dubowitz, T., Ghosh-Dastidar, M.B., Cohen, D.A. Beckman, R. Steiner, E., Hunter, G. Florez,
K., Huang, C. Vaughan, C., Sloan, J.C., Zenk, S.N., Cummins, S. & Collins, R.L. (in press).
Residents’ Diet And Perceptions Changed After A New Supermarket Came To A Food
Desert, But Not Because Of Supermarket Use. Health Affairs.
Martino, SC., Kovalchik, S.A., Collins, R.L., Becker, K.M., Shadel, W.G, & D’Amico, E. J. (in
press). Ecological Momentary Assessment of the Association Between Exposure to Alcohol
Advertising and Early Adolescents’ Beliefs About Alcohol. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Selected Presentations
Ciccarone, D., Stall, R., Collins, R. L., et al., (2000). Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual
Partners Among a Random Sample of American Seropositives. 13th International
Conference on AIDS, Durban, South Africa.
Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., et al., (2000). Contraceptive Use by Couples when one Partner
is Infected with HIV. Microbicides 2000, Washington, DC.
Collins, R. L., et al., (2000). Predicting Sexual Risk in an HIV Positive Population: A
Theoretical Model for Behavior that Threatens Others’ Health. Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Ellickson, P., Collins, R., McCaffrey, D., Hambarsoomians, K., & Longshore, D. (2001). Alcohol
Advertising and Underage Drinking. Research Society on Alcoholism Conference, Montreal,
Canada.
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Jaycox, L. H., Aronoff, J., Weidmer, B., Shelley, G., Miller, J., Popovic, J., et al., (2002).
Prevention of dating violence among Latino youth in Los Angeles. International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies 18th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Schuster, M. A., Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L. H., Collins, R. L., Marshall, G. N., Elliott, M. N., et al.,
(2002). After 9/11: Stress and Coping Across America. Testimony for the record submitted
to United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions field hearing
on 9/11 and NYC children.
Eisenman, D., Collins, R. L., et al., (2003). Gender Disparities In HAART Use Among HIVInfected Patients In The United States. Poster presented at Society for General Internal
Medicine 26th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Duru, K., Collins, R. L., et al., (2003). Correlates of Sex Without Serostatus Disclosure Among A
Probability Sample Of HIV Patients. Paper presented at Society for General Internal
Medicine 26th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Collins, R. L., et al., (2003). A National Study of Television Viewing and Adolescent Sexual
Behavior: Sex, Teens, and the TV. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa, Florida.
Schell, T. L., Collins, R. L. et al., (2003). Developmental Changes In Beliefs About The Effects
of Alcohol Consumption. Poster presented at the Scientific Meeting of the Research Society
on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N., Berry, S. H., Hunter, S. B., & Miu, A. (2003). NonCoital and Coital Sexual Behaviors of Adolescents in the U.S. Paper presented at the
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bird, C. E., Cunningham, W., Beckman, R., Eisenman, D., Morton, S., & Collins, R.L. (2003).
Gender and Risk Group Differences among HIV-Infected Adults: The Face of Things to
Come. Academy Health, Nashville, TN.
Collins, R. L., Elliott, M., Berry, S., Kanouse, D., Kunkel, D., & Miu, A. (2004). Relationship
Between Watching Sex on TV and Adolescent Noncoital Sexual Behavior. Paper presented
at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Collins, R. L., Ellickson, P., McCaffrey, D., & Hambarsoomians, K. (2004). Alcohol Advertising
and Early Beer Drinking. Paper presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting.
Vancouver, Canada.
Kanouse, D. E., Collins, R. L., Galvan, F., Golinelli, D., & Pantoja, P., (2005). The Relationship
Context for Risky Sex Among HIV-Positive Adults in the United States. Paper presented at
the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Collins, R.L., Kanouse, D.E., Galvan, F.H., Pantoja, P., & Golinelli, D. (2005). The Sexual
Motives of HIV-Positive Adults: Relationship to Condom Use. Poster presented at the
American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California.
Bogart, L.M., Collins, R.L., Ellickson, P.L., Martino, S.C., & Klein, D.J. (2005). Effects of Early
and Later Marriage on Women’s Alcohol Use in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Analysis.
Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles,
California.
Collins, R.L., Martino, S.C., Elliott, M.N., Kanouse, D.E., Berry, S.H., Miu, A., & Strachman, A.
(2006). Contributions of sexual music and television to youth sexualization. Paper presented
as part of symposium "From Muppet Thongs to Barbie Lingerie---The Sexualization of Girls,"
at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Martino, S.C., Collins, R.L., Strachman, A., Kanouse, D.E., Elliott, M.N., Berry, S.H. (2006).
B$#%@, Get in My Car: Exposure to Sexually Degrading Versus Nondegrading Lyrics and
Adolescent Sexual Behavior. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence
Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, California.
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Taylor, S., Bird, C.E., Collins, R.L., & Cunningham, W.E. (2006). Regional Variations in Medical
Service Utilization Among Persons with HIV Nationally. American Public Health Association,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Collins, R.C. (2007). Media multitasking: Issues posed in measuring television sexual content
exposure. Presented at the University of Pennsylvania's Center of Excellence in Cancer
Communication Research workshop on measuring exposure to the mass media,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Taylor, S., Collins, R.L., Elliott, M.N., Ringel, J., Kanouse, D.E., Beckman, R. (2008). The
Relationships Between States’ DUI Penalties and HIV-Positive Adults’ Drinking Behaviors.
Presentation for the Research Society on Alcoholism.
Collins, R.L., Taylor, S., Elliott, M.N., Ringel, J., Kanouse, D.E., Beckman, R. (2008). State
Regulation of Off-Premise Alcohol Sales Predicts Drinking and Risky Sex Among People
with HIV. Presentation for the Research Society on Alcoholism.
Collins, R.L. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Sex and Tech:
Results from a survey of teens and young adults, 2008.
Collins, R.L. Media and Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Well-Being. Presented at: Recent
research on the effects of sexual content in the media on adolescent sexual behavior.
Kaiser Family Foundation Research Roundtable, July 28, 2009.
Collins, R.L. (2012). Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Health. Paper
presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, British
Columbia.
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