Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

Cancer Prevention Research Center

University of Rhode Island

Director of Research

Rhode Island Training School

Founder, Juvenile Forensic Psychology Post-Doctoral

  Training Program

Adjunct Faculty

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Brown University

Biography

Curriculum Vitae
Email: LARStein@uri.edu

Original Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Stein, L. A. R., Graham, J. R., & Williams, C. L. (1995). Detecting Fake-Bad MMPI-A Profiles. Journal of Personality Assessment, 65(3), 415-427.

McNulty, J. L., Graham, J. R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Stein, L. A. R. (1997). Comparative Validity of MMPI-2 Scores of African American and Caucasian Mental Health Center Clients. Psychological Assessment, 9, 464-470.

Stein, L. A. R., McClinton, B. K., & Graham, J. R. (1998). Long-Term Stability of MMPI-A Validity, Clinical, Content, Supplementary, and PSY-Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 70, 103-08.

Stein, L. A. R., & Graham, J. R. (1999). Detecting Fake-Good MMPI-A Profiles in a Correctional Facility. Psychological Assessment, 11, 386-395.

Stein, L. A. R., Graham, J. R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & McNulty, J. L. (1999). Using the MMPI-2 to Detect Substance Abuse in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting. Psychological Assessment, 11, 94-100.

McGrath, R. E., Pogge, D., Stein, L. A. R., Graham, J. R., Zaccario, M., & Piacentini, T. (2000). Development of an Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale for the MMPI-A: The F(p)-A Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 74, 282-295. 

Stein, L. A. R., & Graham, J. R. (2001). Use of the MMPI-A to Detect Substance Abuse in a Juvenile Correctional Setting. Journal of Personality Assessment, 77, 508-523.

Graham, J. R., Barthlow, D. L., Stein, L. A. R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & McNulty, J. L. (2002). Assessing General Maladjustment With the MMPI-2. Journal of Personality Assessment, 78, 334-347.

Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S. M., O’Leary, T., Monti, P. M., Rohsenow, D., Spirito, A., Riggs, S., & Barnett, N. P. (2002). Response Distortion in Adolescents Who Smoke: A Pilot Study. Journal of Drug Education, 32, 4, 271-286.

Stein, L. A. R., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (2002). Motivational Interviewing and Relapse Prevention for DWI: A Pilot Study. Journal of Drug Issues, 32, 4, 1051-1070.

Lebeau-Craven, R., Stein, L. A. R., Barnett, N., Colby, S., Smith, J., & Canto, A. (2003). Prevalence of Alcohol and Drug Use Among Youth in a Rhode Island Training Facility. Substance Use and Misuse, 38, 825-834.

Mello, M. J., Woolard, R. H., Nirenberg, T., Becker, B., Baird, J., Longabaugh, R., & Stein, L. A. R. (2005). Emergency Department Brief Motivational Interventions for Alcohol With Motor Vehicle Crash Patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45, 620-625.

Slavet, J., Stein, L. A. R., Moroney-Klein, J., Colby, S., Barnett, N., & Monti, P. (2005). Piloting the Family Check-Up with Incarcerated Adolescents and Their Parents. Psychological Services, 2, 123-132.

Stein, L. A. R., & Graham, J. R. (2005). Ability of Substance Abusers to Escape Detection on the MMPI-A in a Juvenile Correctional Facility. Assessment, 12, 28-39.

Stein, L. A. R., Lebeau-Craven, R., Martin, R., Barnett, N. P., Colby, S. M., Golembeske, C., & Penn, J. (2005). Use of the Adolescent SASSI in a Juvenile Correctional Setting. Assessment, 12, 384-394.

Penn, J. V., Esposito, C., Stein, L. A. R., Lacher-Katz, M., & Spirito, A. (2006). Juvenile Correctional Workers’ Perceptions of Suicide Risk Factors and Mental Health Issues of Incarcerated Juveniles. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 11, 333-346.

Rosengard, C., Stein, L. A. R., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (2006). Co-Occurring Sexual Risk and Substance Use Behaviors Among Incarcerated Adolescents. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 12(4), 279-287.

Slavet, J., Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S., Barnett, N., Monti, P., Golembeske, C., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (2006). The Marijuana Ladder: Measuring Motivation to Change Marijuana Use in Incarcerated Adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83, 42-48.

Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (2006). Effects of Motivational Interviewing for Incarcerated Adolescents on Driving Under the Influence After Release. American Journal of Addictions, 15, 50-57.  

Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., Lebeau-Craven, R., & Miranda, R. (2006). Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment Engagement in Incarcerated Adolescents. Psychological Services, 3, 25-34.

Stein, L. A. R., Katz, B., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Golembeske, C., Lebeau-Craven, R., & Monti, P. M. (2006). Validity of a Brief Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire for Adolescents: AEQ-AB. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 16(2), 115-125.

Baird, J., Longabaugh, R., Lee, C., Nirenberg, T., Woolard, R., Mello, M., Becker, B., Carty, K., Minugh, A., Stein, L. A. R., Clifford, P., & Gogineni, A. (2007). Treatment Completion in a Brief Motivational Intervention in the Emergency Department:  The Effect of Multiple Interventions and Therapists’ Behavior.  Alcoholism:  Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(S3), 71S – 75S.

Lee, C. S., Longabaugh, R., Baird, J., Stein, L. A. R., Woolard, B., Mello, M., Nirenberg, T., Becker, B., Carty, K., Clifford, P., & Gogineni, A. (2007). Do Patient Intervention Ratings Predict Alcohol-Related Consequences? Addictive Behaviors, 32, 3136-3141.

Rosengard, C., Stein, L. A. R., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., Lebeau-Craven, R., & Miranda, R. (2007).  Randomized Clinical Trial of Motivational Enhancement of Substance Use Treatment Among Incarcerated Adolescents: Post-Release Condom Non-Use.  Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 8(2), 45-64.

Torrealday, O., Stein, L.A.R., Barnett, N., Golembeske, C., Lebeau, R., Colby, S. M., & Monti, M.  (2008).  Validation of the Marijuana Effect Expectancy Questionnaire-Brief.  Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 17(4), 1-17.

Esposito-Smythers, C., Penn, J. V., Stein, L. A. R., Latcher-Katz, M., & Spirito, A. (2008). A Test of Problem Behavior and Self-Medication Theories in Incarcerated Adolescent Males. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 17(4), 41-56.

Stein, L.A.R., Minugh, P.A., Longabaugh, R., Wirtz, P., Baird, J., Nirenberg, T.D., Woolard, R.F., Carty, K., Lee, C., Mello, M., Becker, B., & Gogineni, A.  (2009).  Effects of Brief Motivational Intervention on Alcohol-Related Consequences for Hazardous Drinkers Found in the Emergency Department:  Impact of Readiness to Change as Treatment Mediator.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23(2), 185-195.

Woolard, R., Baird, J., Mello, M., Lee, C., Harington, M., Nirenberg, T., Becker, B., Stein, L.A.R. & Longabaugh, R. (2009).  Injuries, Negative Consequences and Risk Behaviors Among Both Injured and Uninjured ED Patients who Admit to Using Alcohol and Marijuana.  Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2(1):23-8.

Books and Book Chapters

Butcher, J. N., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Shondrick, D. D., Stafford, K. P., McNulty, J. L., Graham, J. R., Stein, L. A. R., Whitworth, R. H., & McBlaine, D. D. (2000). Cultural and subcultural factors in MMPI-2 interpretation. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.), Basic sources on the MMPI-2 (pp. 501-536). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Stein, L. A. R., Hesselbrock, V., & Bukstein, O. (2008). Disruptive behavior disorders (conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder) and adolescent substance abuse. In Y. Kaminer & O. G. Bukstein (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse: Psychiatric comorbidity & high risk behaviors (pp. 163-180). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

Stein, L. A. R., & Rogers, R. (2008). Misreporting of substance abuse. In R. Rogers (Ed.), Clinical assessment of malingering and deception (3rd ed.; chapter 6; pp. 87-108). NY: Guilford Press.

Stein, L.A.R. (2009).  Motivational Interviewing for substance-abusing youth in the justice system.  In S. Naar-King & M. Suarez (Eds.) and Miller, W. & Rollnick, S. (Co-Eds.), Motivational Interviewing with adolescents and families.  NY:  Guilford Press.

Sampling of Presentations and Conferences

Invited Expert Panelist

Treatment of Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders for Adolescents Involved in the Juvenile Justice System (Chair:  R. Muck, M. Ed.); co-sponsors:  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) & the Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Rockville, Maryland, 2006.

Presentations

Katz, B., Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., & Golembeske, C. (2004, June).  Validity of a Brief Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire for Adolescents:  AEQ-AB. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, ON, Canada.

Rosengard, C., Morrow, K., Dove, D., Stein, L. A. R., Lopez, R., Audet, D., & Stein, M. (2007, April).  Association between substance use and sexual risk among incarcerated adolescents: The role of partner type, relationship stage, and reasons for condom non-use.  Poster presented at the 2007 Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE).  Washington, DC.

Dove, D. C., Rosengard, C., Morrow, K., Stein, L.A.R., Lopez, R., Audet, D. A., & Stein, M.D. (2008, March).  Incarcerated adolescents' perspectives and experiences of partner communication about sexually transmitted disease / HIV risk.  Poster presented at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference.  Chicago, IL.

Invited Presentations

“Description and Preliminary Findings of Two Brief Interventions for Incarcerated Adolescents (In symposium, Cutting-Edge Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse, M. W. Racioppo, Chair):” AACAP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October, 2005; National.

 “Interventions for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Conduct Disorders in Correctional Settings (In panel, Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders and Co-Morbid Conduct Disorders: Why Can’t We Get It Right?, Y. Kaminer, Chair):” NIDA/NIAAA/CSAT Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Washington, DC, March, 2006; National.

“The Continuum of Care for Incarcerated Juveniles (In panel, Research on Adolescent Continuing Care Across the Service Spectrum: Implications for Practice, M. Godley, Chair):” NIDA/NIAAA/CSAT Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Washington, DC, March, 2006; National.

  “Validity of the Alcohol Ladder in a Juvenile Correctional Setting (second author; In panel, Evidence for Alcohol’s Effects, G. Kenna, Chair):”  College of Problems on Drug Dependence, Quebec City, CA, June, 2007; International.

 “Drug Using Justice-Involved Adolescents:  What Do We Know and What’s Next to Advance the Field?  (Chair):” Panel presentation, College of Problems on Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June, 2008; International.