Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Cancer Prevention Research Center

University of Rhode Island

Director of Research

Rhode Island Training School

Director, Juvenile Forensic Psychology Post-Doctoral

  Training Program

Senior Research Associate

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Brown University

Biography

Curriculum Vitae
Email: LARStein@uri.edu

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Torrealday, O., Stein, L. A. R., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (in press).  Validity of a Brief Marijuana Effects Expectancy Questionnaire for adolescents:  MEEQ-B. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

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

Rosengard, C., Stein, L. A. R., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Golembeske, C., & Lebeau-Craven, R. (in press). Co-occurring sexual risk and substance use behaviors among incarcerated adolescents. Journal of Correctional Health Care.

Esposito-Smythers, C., Penn, J. V., Stein, L. A. R., Latcher-Katz, M., & Spirito, A. (in press). A test of problem behavior and self-medication theories in incarcerated adolescent males. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 interviews & relapse prevention for DWI: A pilot study. Journal of Drug Issues, 32, 4, 1051-1070.

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., & 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.

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., 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.

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., 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.

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., Graham, J. R., & Williams, C. L. (1995). Detecting fake-bad MMPI-A profiles. Journal of Personality Assessment, 65(3), 415-427.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

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

Stein, L. A. R., Hesselbrock, V., & Bukstein, O. (in press). 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. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

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.