Jennifer Livingston, PhD

• PhD, Educational Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
• MA, Educational Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
• BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Adolescent substance use and sexual risk behaviors
• Peer victimization
• Teen dating violence
• Prevention of sexual assault and child sexual abuse

• NSG 527 Introduction to Biostatistics I

Kwon, M., Seo, Y., Dickerson, S., Park, E., & Livingston, J. (2019). Cyber victimization and depressive symptoms: A mediation model involving sleep quality. Sleep, 42(Suppl. 1), A322. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz067.800

Testa, M., Livingston, J. A. & Wang, W. (2019). Dangerous liaisons: The role of hookups and heavy episodic drinking in college sexual victimization. Violence and Victims, 34(3), 492-507. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00075

Blayney, J.A., Hequembourg, A. L., & Livingston, J. A. (2018). Rape acknowledgement and sexual minority women’s mental health and drinking behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518781800

Blayney, J. A., Jenzer, T., Read, J. P., Livingston, J., & Testa, M. (2018). Enlisting friends to reduce sexual victimization risk: There’s an app for that… but nobody uses it. Journal of American College Health,66(8), 767-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1446439

Livingston, J. A., Derrick, J. L., Wang, W., Testa, M., Nickerson, A. B., Espelage, D. L., & Miller, K. E. (2018). Proximal associations among bullying, mood, and substance use: A daily report study. Journal of Child and Family Studies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1109-1

Livingston, J. A., Eiden, R. D., Lessard, J., Casey, M., Henrie, J., & Leonard, K. E. (2018). The etiology of teen dating violence in a high-risk sample. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(3), 515-533. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0730-4

Nickerson, A. B., Livingston, J. A., & Kamper-DeMarco, K. (2018). Evaluation of Second Step Child Protection videos: A randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect, 76, 10-22. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.10.001

Fish, J., Livingston, J. A., VanZile-Tamsen, C., & Patterson, D. (2017). Victimization and substance use among Native American college students. Journal of College Student Development, 58(3), 413-431.

Eiden, R. D., Lessard, J., Colder, C. R., Livingston, J. A., Casey, M., & Leonard, K. E. (2016).  Developmental cascade model for adolescent substance use from infancy to late adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 52(10), 1619-1633. doi:10.1037/dev0000199

Livingston, J. A., Testa, M., Windle, M., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (2015).  Sexual risk at first coitus: Does alcohol make a difference? Journal of Adolescence, 43, 148-158. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.01

Nickerson, A. B., Aloe, A. M., Livingston, J. A., & Feeley, T. H. (2014).  Measurement of the bystander intervention model for bullying and sexual harassment. Journal of Adolescence, 37(4), 391-400. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.03.003

Lessard, J., Henrie, J., Eiden, R. D., Livingston, J. A., & Leonard, K. E. (2014). Correlates of ever having used electronic cigarettes among older adolescent children of alcoholic fathers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 16(12), 1656-1660. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntu148

Hequembourg, A. L., Livingston, J. A., & Parks, K. A. (2013). Sexual victimization and associated risks among lesbian and bisexual women. Violence Against Women, 19(5), 634-657. doi:10.1177/1077801213490557 

Livingston, J. A., Bay-Cheng, L. Y., Hequembourg, A. L., Testa, M., & Downs, J. S. (2013). Mixed drinks and mixed messages: Adolescent girls’ perspectives on alcohol and sex. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(1), 38-50. doi:10.1177/0361684312464202

Bay-Cheng, L. Y., Livingston, J. A., & Fava, N. M. (2013). Not always a clear path: Making space for peers, adults, and complexity in adolescent girls’ sexual development. In E. L. Zurbriggen & T. Roberts (Eds.), The sexualization of girls and Ggrlhood (pp. 257-277). New York: Oxford University Press.

• Murray Straus Interpersonal Violence Original Research Award, National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (NPEIV), 2015

• Member, Eastern Nursing Research Society
• Member, Society for Research on Adolescence
• Member, Society for Prevention Research
• Member, Research Society on Alcoholism
• Member, National Institute of Justice on the Violence Against Women/Teen Dating Violence/Elder Abuse review panel
• Advisory Board Member and Faculty Affiliate, Alberti center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, University at Buffalo
• Consulting Editor, Psychology of Violence journal

2018 -2021
Multi-Principal Investigator (PI: Jennifer Read)
Harnessing the Power of Friends to Reduce Sexual Assault Risk
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R34 AA 027046)
Award Amount: $150,000

Abstract: This project involves the development of a sexual assault prevention program for college women that targets the intervention of close friends as bystanders.  The focus on friendship dyads will capitalize on two qualities found to increase the likelihood of bystander intervention: relationship and responsibility.  A mixed method approach will be used to develop and pilot test intervention materials.

2018-2023
Co-Investigator (PI: Jennifer Read)
Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault Risk in the Routines of Daily Life: A Social Goal Perspective
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01 AA 026105)
Award Amount: $365,106

Abstract: This study evaluates the role of social goals in determining young women's involvement in routine activities that place them at risk for alcohol-involved sexual assault (ASA).  The study will be conducted with a longitudinal community sample of female adolescents ages 18-25 that have been followed for nearly a decade (R01 DA020171: Colder, PI, Read, Co-I).  Longitudinal panel and weekly methodologies will be used to examine the evolution of self-regulation and social goals, linking shorter-term change to longer-term developmental processes.  This design will capture how ASA risk unfolds through adolescence and into young adulthood.

2018-2020
Co-Investigator (PI: Kurt Dermen)
Developing a Tailored, Web-delivered, Motivational Interviewing-based Intervention to Promote Oral Health
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (R21 DE 028084)
Award Amount: $150,000

Abstract: This project will develop a theory-based, web-delivered intervention to promote oral health in dental patients.

2017-2019
Co-Investigator (PI: Maria Testa)
Brief Intervention to Reduce College Sexual Victimization Risk
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R34AA024854)
Award Amount: $218,750

Abstract: This project aims to develop and expand existing personalized normative feedback intervention to optimize its ability to prevent sexual victimization among college freshman women by reducing heavy episodic drinking and hookup behavior.

2015-2019
Co-Investigator(PI: Amy Hequembourg)
Identifying Sexual Assault Mechanisms among Diverse Women
Award Amount: $205,365

Abstract: The proposed mixed methods study (N = 225; 75 each lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women) will provide novel insights into mechanisms associated with sexual assault among sexual minority women compared to heterosexual women. These findings are critical for providing lesbian and bisexual female victims of crime with necessary services to address their immediate needs and instigate changes that will improve responses from criminal justice systems, including law enforcement, victim services, and anti-violence programs that serve this vulnerable population.

2013-2019 
Principal Investigator
Peer Victimization as a Pathway to Adolescent Substance Use, 
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01 AA021169)
Awarded: $1.8 million

Abstract: This study seeks to identify the conditions under which experiencing peer victimization (PV) in adolescence contributes to emotional distress (i.e., depression, anxiety) and the development of substance use acutely and over time.  Longitudinal survey data will be collected from a sample of 950 male and female adolescents (ages 13-15 at baseline) over a period of two years to examine the long-term effects of peer victimization on adolescent adjustment. In addition, a sub-sample of victimized adolescents will provide daily reports of their victimization experiences, emotional state and substance use over an 8-week period to shed light on the immediate effects of PV.

2015-2018
Co-Investigator (PI: Amy Hequembourg)
Identifying Sexual Assault Mechanisms among Diverse Women
National Institute of Justice (2014-VA-CX-0067)