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  • Zaharakis, N., Mason, M. J., Mennis, J., Light, J., Rusby, J. C., Westling, E., Way, T. (2017). School, friends, and substance use: Gender differences on the influence of attitudes toward school and close friend networks on cannabis involvement. Prevention Science, 1-9. PMID: 28681196

  • Mennis, J., Mason, M., Ambrus, A., Way, T., & Henry, K. (2017). The spatial accuracy of geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA): Error and bias due to subject and environmental characteristics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 178, 188-193. PMID: 28654871

  • Mason, M. J., Light, J. M., Mennis, J., Rusby, J. C., Westling, E., Crewe, S., Zaharakis, N., & Flay, B. R. (2017). Neighborhood disorder, peer network health, and substance use among young urban adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 178, 208-214. PMID: 28662444

  • Mason, M. J., Sabo, R., & Zaharakis, N. M. (2017). Peer network counseling as brief treatment for urban adolescent heavy cannabis users. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(1), 152-157. PMCID: PMC5148746

  • Mason, M., Zaharakis, N., & Sabo, R. (2016). Reducing social stress in urban adolescents with peer network counseling. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 25(12), 3488-3496. D0i: 10.1007/s10826-016-0515-5.

  • Mason, M. J., Golladay, G., Jiranek, W., Cameron, B., Silverman, J. J., Zaharakis, N. M., & Plonski, P. (2016). Depression moderates the relationship between pain and the nonmedical use of opioid medication among adult outpatients. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 10(6), 408-413. PMID: 27559846

  • Mennis, J., Mason, M., Light, J., Rusby, J., Westling, E., Way, T., Zaharakis, N., & Flay, B. (2016). Does substance use moderate the association of neighborhood disadvantage with perceived stress and safety in the activity spaces of urban youth? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 165, 288-292. PMID: 27372218

  • Mennis, J., & Mason, M. J. (2016). Tobacco outlet density and attitudes towards smoking among urban adolescent smokers. Substance Abuse, 37(4), 521-525. PMID: 27171155

  • Mennis, J., Stahler, G., & Mason, M. (2016). Risky substance use environments and addiction: A new frontier for environmental justice research. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(6), 607. PMCID: PMC4924064

  • Mennis, J., Mason, M., Way, T., & Zaharakis, N. (2016). The role of tobacco outlet density in a smoking cessation intervention for urban youth. Health & Place. 38, 39-47. DOi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.12.008

  • Mason, M. J., Mennis, J., Light, J., Rusby, J., Westling, E., Crewe, S., Way, T., Flay, B., & Zaharakis, N. (2016). Parents, peers, and places: Young urban adolescents’ microsystems and substance use involvement. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 25(5), 1441-1450. PMCID: PMC4948303

  • Mason, M., Mennis, J., Way, T., Zaharakis, N., Campbell, L. F., Benotsch, E. G., Keyser-Marcus, L., & King, L. (2016). Text message delivered peer network counseling for adolescent smokers: A randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(5), 403-420. PMID: 27388626

  • Mason, M. J., Mennis, J., Zaharakis, N., & Way, T. (2016). The dynamic role of urban neighborhood effects in a text-messaging adolescent smoking intervention. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 18(5), 1039-1045. PMID: 26547062

  • Mason, M.J., Campbell, L., King, L., & Sonenklar, N. (2016).The moderating role of peer problems on the relationship between substance use and mental health. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. 25(2), 153-158. DOi: 10.1080/1067828X.2014.948249

  • Mason, M. J., Aplasca, A., Morales-Theodore, R., Zaharakis, N., & Linker, J. (2016). Psychiatric comorbidity and complications. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 25(3), 521-532. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2016.02.007

  • Mason, M.J., Campbell, L., Way, T., Keyser-Marcus, L., Benotsch, E.G., Mennis, J., Zhang, J., King, L., May, J., & Stembridge, D. (2015). Development and outcomes of a text messaging tobacco cessation intervention with urban adolescents. Substance Abuse, 36(4), 500-506. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2014.987946

  • Mason, M. J., Mennis, J., Way, T., Lanza, S., Russell, M., & Zaharakis, N. (2015). Time-varying effects of a text-based smoking cessation intervention for urban adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.157, 99-105. PMCID: PMC4831210

  • Mason, M. J., Mennis, J., Way, T. & Campbell, L. (2015) Real-time readiness to quit and peer smoking within a text message intervention for adolescent smokers: Modeling mechanisms of change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 59, 67-73. PMID: 26297323

  • Mason, M.J., Light, J., Campbell, L., Keyser-Marcus, L., Crewe, S., Way, T., Saunders, H., King, L., Zaharakis, N., & McHenry, C. (2015). Peer network counseling with urban adolescents: A randomized controlled trial with moderate substance users. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 58, 16-24. PMCID: PMC4706361

  • Campbell, L., Wilmoth, K., & Mason, M. (2015). Association of exposure to neighborhood drug activity, neurobehavioral traits, and marijuana use among at-risk African American females. Addictive Behaviors. 50, 45-50. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.003

  • Mason, M.J., Mennis, J., Way, T., Light, J., Rusby, J., Westling, E., Crewe, S., Flay, B., Campbell, L., Zaharakis, N., & McHenry, C. (2015). Young adolescents’ perceived activity space risk, peer networks, and substance use. Health & Place, 34, 143-149. PMCID: PMC4503211

  • Benotsch, E.G., Martin, A.M., Koester, S., Mason, M.J., Jeffers, A.J., & Snipes, D.J. (2015). Driving under the influence of prescription drugs used nonmedically: Associations in a young adult sample. Substance Abuse. 36(1) 99-105. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2013.854287

  • Mason, M.J., Campbell, L., Zaharakis, N., Foster, R. & Richards, S. (2014). Levels of teen dating violence and substance use in an urban emergency department. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 35(9), 576-581. PMID: 25170914

  • Mason, M.J., Ola, B., Zaharakis, N., & Zhang, J. (2014). Text messaging interventions for adolescent and young adult substance use: A meta-analysis. Prevention Science, 16(2), 181-188. PMID: 24930386

  • Mason, M. J., Zaharakis, N., & Benotsch, E. (2014). Social networks, substance use, and mental health in college students. Journal of American College Health, 62(7), 470-477. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.923428

  • Mason, M., Mennis, J., Linker, J., Bares, C., & Zaharakis, N. (2014). Peer attitudes effects on adolescent substance use: The moderating role of race and gender. Prevention Science. 15(1), 56-64. PMID: 23404666

  • Mason, M.J., Benotsch, E., Way, T., Kim, H., & Snipes, D. (2014). Text messaging to increase readiness to change alcohol use in college students. Journal of Primary Prevention, 35(1), 47-52. PMID: 24114551

  • Mennis, J., Mason, M.J., & Cao, Y. (2013). Qualitative GIS and visualization of narrative activity space data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27(2), 267-291. PMCID: PMC4503212

  • Mason, M., Keyser-Marcus, L., Snipes, D., Benotsch, E., & Sood, B. (2013). Perceived mental health treatment need and substance use correlates among young adults. Psychiatric Services, 64(9), 871-877.  DOi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200159.

  • Mason, M., Schmidt, C., & Mennis, J. (2012). Dimensions of religiosity and access to religious social capital: Correlates with substance use among urban adolescents. Journal of Primary Prevention, 33(5-6), 229-237. PMCID: PMC4503210

  • Mennis, J. & Mason, M. (2012). Social and geographic contexts of adolescent substance use: The moderating effects of age and gender. Social Networks. 34(1) 150-157. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2010.10.003

  • Conner, J., Mason, M., & Mennis, J. (2012). Valuing but not liking school: Revisiting the relationship between school attitudes and substance use among urban youth. Education and Urban Society, 44(6), 672-687. DOi: 0013124511406915

  • Mason, M., Pate, P., Drapkin, M., & Sozinho, K. (2011). Motivational interviewing integrated with social network counseling for female adolescents: A randomized pilot study in urban primary care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(2), 148-155. PMID: 21489741

  • Mason, M., Mennis, J. & Schmidt, C. D. (2011). A social operational model of urban adolescents’ tobacco and substance use: A mediational analysis. Journal of Adolescence, 34(5), 1055-1063. PMCID: PMC3061982

  • Mennis, J. & Mason, M. (2011). People, places, and adolescent substance use: Integrating activity space and social network data for analyzing health behavior. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 101(2), 272-291. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.534712

  • Mason, M. (2010). Mental health, school problems, and social networks: Modeling urban adolescent substance use. The Journal of Primary Prevention. 31(5-6), 321–331. PMCID: PMC3032632

  • Mason, M. J. (2010). Attributing activity space as risky and safe: The social dimension to the meaning of place for urban adolescents. Health and Place, 16(5), 926-933. PMCID: PMC2918715

  • Mason, M., Valente, T., Coatsworth, J.D., Mennis, J., Lawrence, F., & Zelenak, P. (2010). Place-based social network quality and correlates of substance use among urban adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 33(3), 419-427. PMCID: PMC2862821

  • Mason, M. & Mennis, J. (2010). An exploratory study of the effects of neighborhood characteristics on adolescent substance use. Addiction Research & Theory, 18(1), 33-50. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066350903019897

  • Mason, M., Korpela, K. Mennis, J.,Coatsworth, J.D., Valente, T.W., Pomponio, A., & Pate, P.A. (2010). Patterns of place-based self-regulation and associated mental health of urban adolescents. Journal of Community Psychology. 38(2), 155-171. DOi: 10.1002/jcop.20357

  • Mason, M., Schmidt, C., Abraham, A., Walker, L. & Tercyak, K. (2009). Adolescents’ social environment and depression: Social networks, extracurricular activity, and family relationship influences. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 16(4), 346-354. DOi: 10.1007/s10880-009-9169-4

  • Mason, M., Mennis, J., Coatsworth, J.D., Valente, T. Lawrence, F., & Pate, P. (2009). The relationship of place to substance use and perceptions of risk and safety in urban adolescents. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(4), 485-492. PMCID: PMC2786187

  • Mason, M. & Posner, M. (2009). Brief substance abuse treatment with urban adolescents: A translational research study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 18(2).193-206. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10678280902724184

  • Mason, M., Cheung, I., & Walker, L. (2009). Creating a geospatial database of risks and resources to explore urban adolescent substance use. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community.37(1). 21-34. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852350802498391

  • Mason, M.J. (2009). Rogers Redux: Relevance and outcomes of motivational interviewing across behavioral problems. Journal of Counseling and Development. 87(3), 357-361. DOi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00117.x

  • Mason, M., Malott, K., & Knoper, T. (2009). Urban adolescents’ reflections on brief substance use treatment, social networks, and self-narratives. Addiction Research and Theory, 17(5), 453-468. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066350802068847

  • Mason, M.J. & Korpela, K. (2009). Activity spaces and urban adolescent substance use and emotional health. Journal of Adolescence, 32(4), 925-939. PMID: 18851877

  • Mason, M. J. (2008). Social network characteristics of urban adolescents in brief substance abuse treatment. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 18(1), 72-84. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15470650802544123

  • Mason, M. & Nakkula (2008). A risk and prevention counselor training program model: Theory and practice. Journal of Primary Prevention. 29(5), 361-374. PMID: 18814030

  • Mason, M., Walker, L., Wine, L., Knoper, T., & Tercyak, K. (2007). Child and adolescent tobacco and substance use within the context of ADHD: Implications for prevention and treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 14(3), 227-237. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-007-9078-3

  • Walker, L. Mason, M., & Cheung, I. (2006). Adolescent substance use and abuse prevention and treatment: Primary care strategies involving social networks and the geography of risk and protection. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 13(2), 126-134. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-006-9021-z

  • Mason, M., Cheung, I., & Walker, L. (2004). Substance use, social networks, and the geography of urban adolescents. Substance Use and Misuse, 39(10-12), 1751-1777. PMID: 15587950

  • Mason, M. (2004). A critical unresolved issue associated with contemporary transdisciplinary substance use prevention research. Substance Use and Misuse, 39(10-12), 2077-2078. PMID: 15587961

  • Nettles, S., & Mason, M.J. (2004). Zones of narrative safety: Promoting psychosocial resilience in young people. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(3), 359-373. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPP.0000048026.99223.3b

  • Mason, M. (2004). Preadolescent psychiatric and substance use disorders and the ecology of risk and protection. The Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 13(4), 61-81. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J029v13n04_05

  • Mason, M., Cheung, I., & Walker, L. (2004). The social ecology of urban adolescent substance use: A case study utilizing geographic information systems. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(2), 271-282. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPP.0000042394.51979.16

  • Walker, L., Mason, M. & Cheung, I. (2004). Assessing adolescent risk behavior using social networks and the geography of risk and protection.Journal of Adolescent Health, 34(2), 152. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.11.054

  • Mason, M.J. & Luckey, B. (2003). Young adults in alcohol-other drug treatment: An understudied population. Alcohol Treatment Quarterly, 21(1) 17-32. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J020v21n01_02

  • Mason, M.J. & Chuang, S. (2001). Culturally-based after-school arts programming for low-income urban children: Adaptive and preventive effects. The Journal of Primary Prevention. 22(1), 45-54. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011088114411

  • Mason, M.J. & Wood, T.A. (2000). Clinical mental health training within a multidisciplinary school-based health clinic. The Journal of Health & Social Policy, 11(3), 45-65. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J045v11n03_04

  • Mason, M.J. & Linnenberg, D. (1999). Applying public health science to the counselling profession: An initial examination. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. 27(4), 527-537. DOi: 1080/03069889908256288

  • Mason, M.J. (1999). Methods, plainly speaking: A review of procedural and statistical methods for handling attrition and missing data in clinical research. The Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. 32(2), 111-118. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=a860da0a-09ab-47ad-ba18-6b9c2120c2cf%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d#AN=2199760&db=a9h

  • Mason, M.J. (1998). School-based health clinics and the role of mental health services: A review of the literature. Journal of Health & Social Policy. 10(2), 1-13. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J045v10n02_01

  • Mason, M.J. & Adger, H. (1998). Screening for drug abuse in an adolescent primary health care clinic. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 7(1), 33-43. DOi: 1300/10259683

  • Mason, M.J. (1997). Patterns of service utilization for Mexican American majority students who use alcohol or other drugs. Journal of Health & Social Policy, 9(2), 21-28. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J045v09n02_02

  • Mason, M.J. (1996). Family therapy as initiation: More than a therapeutic metaphor. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 7(3), 31-38. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J085V07N03_03

  • Mason, M.J. & Roehe, C. (1996). Drug use in a Mexican American majority/border area school district. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 14(3), 35-45. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J020V14N03_04

  • Mason, M.J. (1996). Evaluation of an alcohol and other drug use prevention training program for school counselors in a predominantly Mexican American school district. The School Counselor. 43(4), 308-316. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23900919

  • Mason, M.J. (1996). A comprehensive review and critical examination of interdisciplinary approaches toward adolescent substance abuse treatment. Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery. 3(2), 43-66. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J048v03n02_03

  • Mason, M.J. (1995). A preliminary language validity analysis of the problem oriented screening instrument for teenagers (POSIT). Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. 4(3), 61-68. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J029v04n03_04

  • Mason, M.J. & Collison, B. (1995). Adolescent substance abuse treatment incorporating “Rites of Passage.” Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 13(3), 69-79. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J020v13n03_06

  • Mason, M. J. & Hodge, M.W. (1995). A model of data collection on school-based alcohol and other drugs (AOD) prevention programs. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. 4(2), 39-47. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J029v04n02_03

  • Mason, M.J. (1995). An interpretation of an adolescent treatment center’s use of alcoholics anonymous’ 12-step program and its parallel to classical rites of passage. Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery. 2(2), 87-95. DOi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J048v02n02_05

  • Mason, M.J. (1993). Re-visioning clients’ pathology into initiatory desire. Journal of Counseling & Values. 38(1), 4-11. DOi: 1002/j.2161-007X.1993.tb00815.x

  • Gray, L., Cummins, E. Johnson, B., & Mason, M. (1989). Human sexuality instruction in counselor education curriculum. Counselor Education and Supervision. 28(4), 305-317. DOi: 1002/j.1556-6978.1989.tb01121.x

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