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Publications

Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Sargent, J. D. (2009). Watching and drinking: Expectancies, prototypes, and peer affiliations mediate the effect of exposure to alcohol use in movies on adolescent drinking. Health Psychology, 28, 473-483.

Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Dalton, M. A. Sargent, J. D. (2008). Youth exposure to alcohol use and brand appearances in popular contemporary movies. Addiction, 103, 1925-1932.

Dal Cin, S., Gibson, B., Zanna, M. P., Shumate, R., & Fong, G. T. (2007). Smoking in movies, implicit associations of smoking with the self, and intentions to smoke. Psychological Science, 18, 559-563.

Dal Cin, S., MacDonald, T. K., Fong, G. T., Zanna, M. P., & Elton-Marshall, T. E. (2006). Remembering the message: Using a reminder cue to increase condom use following a safer sex intervention. Health Psychology, 25, 438-443.

Dal Cin, S., Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2004). Narrative persuasion and overcoming resistance. In E. S. Knowles & J. A. Linn (Eds.) Resistance and persuasion. Mawah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Dillard, A. J., Fagerlin, A., Dal Cin, S., Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., & Ubel, P. A. (in press). Narratives that address affective forecasting errors reduce perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening. Social Science & Medicine.

Gibbons, F. X., Pomery, E. A., Gerrard, M., Sargent, J. D., Yeh, H., Wills, T. A., Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Stoolmiller, M. (in press). Media as social influence: Racial differences in the effects of media on adolescent alcohol cognitions and consumption. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Hunt, K., Sweeting, H., Sargent, J. D., Lewars, H., Dal Cin, S., & Worth, K. A. (2009). An examination of the association between seeing smoking in films and tobacco use in young adults in the west of Scotland: Cross-sectional study. Health Education Research, 24, 22-31.

McClure, A. C., Dal Cin, S., Gibson, J. J., & Sargent, J. D. (2006). Ownership of alcohol branded merchandise and initiation of teen drinking. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30, 277-83.

Sargent, J. D., Stoolmiller, M., Worth, K. A., Dal Cin, S., Wills, T. A., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Tanski, S. E. (2007). Exposure to smoking depictions in movies: Its association with established adolescent smoking. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 161, 849-856.

Tanski, S. E., Dal Cin, S., Stoolmiller, M., & Sargent, J. D. (2010). Parental R-rated movie restriction and early-onset alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 452-459.

Tanski, S. E., Stoolmiller, M., Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Gibson, J. J., & Sargent, J. D. (2009). Movie character smoking and adolescent smoking: Who matters more, good guys or bad guys? Pediatrics, 124, 135-143.

Wills, T. A., Sargent, J. D., Stoolmiller, M., Gibbons, F. X., Worth, K. A., & Dal Cin, S. (2007). Movie exposure to smoking cues and adolescent smoking onset: A test for mediation through peer affiliations. Health Psychology, 26, 769-776.

Worth, K. A., Dal Cin, S., & Sargent, J. D. (2006). Prevalence of smoking among major movie characters: 1996-2003. Tobacco Control, 15, 442-446.


Reports and Editorials

Dal Cin, S. & Gerrard, M. (2007). Alcohol risk prototypes mediate the relation between exposure to movie alcohol use and youth drinking behaviour (Summary of a Presentation at the 2006 Minary Conference at Squam Lake). Hanover, NH: Author.

Jette, S., Sparks, R., & Dal Cin, S. (2007). Smoke screen or silver screen? Coming to terms with cigarette placements in Hollywood films. Policy Options, 28, 84-88.


Conference Papers & Symposia

Dal Cin, S., Benz, M, & Desprez, M. J. (2010, May). Transition to College: UM women's first-year experience. Paper presented to the 7th Annual University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Dal Cin, S. (2009, December). Alcohol use in movies and adolescent alcohol use in the USA: A mediational model. Paper presented to the 2009 Kettil Bruun Society Meeting, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Dal Cin, S. (2009, February). "Transportation" into advocacy messages? Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Tampa, FL, USA.

Worth, K. A., Dal Cin, S., Gibbons, F. X., Sargent, J. D., & Gerrard, M. (2008, May). Racial differences in the effect of movie alcohol exposure on alcohol expectancies. Poster presented at the 20th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL, USA.

Dal Cin, S., Sargent, J. D., Worth, K. A., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2008, February). Movie alcohol depictions influence what they think and if they drink: A mediational model of alcohol use among U.S. youth. Poster presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Wills, T. A., & Sargent, J. D. (2007, May). Movie alcohol exposure, beliefs about drinking, and adolescent alcohol use. Paper presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Tanski, S. E., Sargent, J. D., Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Wills, T. A., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2007, May). Racial and ethnic differences in smoking onset and progression among US adolescents. Paper presented to the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Sargent, J. D., Stoolmiller, M., Worth, K. A., Dal Cin, S., Tanski, S. E., & Wills, T. A. (2007, February). Association between exposure to movie smoking and established adolescent smoking. Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Austin, TX, USA.

Dal Cin, S., Worth, K. A., Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Wills, T. A., & Sargent, J. D. (2007, January). Alcohol risk prototypes mediate the relation between exposure to movie alcohol use and youth drinking behavior. Poster presentated at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

McClure, A. C., Tanski, S. E., Gibson, J. J., Dal Cin, S., & Sargent, J.D. (2006, April). Ownership of alcohol branded merchandise and binge drinking among teens. Paper presented at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Sargent, J. D., Tanski, S. E., Adachi-Mejia, A. M., Worth, K. A., Dal Cin, S., Beach, M. L., Dalton, M. A. (2006, February). Association between movie smoking and adolescent smoking initiation-longitudinal U.S. sample. Poster presented at the 2006 American Society of Preventive Oncology Meeting, Bethesda, MD.

Dal Cin, S., Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2006, January). Sex, Smoke, and the City: Exposure to smoking in a television show influences women's implicit and explicit perceptions of smoking and their intentions to smoke. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Dal Cin, S., Fong, G. T., Zanna, M. P., & Perdicakis, L. (2005, June). Smoking on television: An experimental examination of effects on smoking-related outcomes. Paper presented at the 4th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, Canada.

Dal Cin, S., Fong, G. T., Lee, W., Zanna, M. P., Hammond, D., Siahpush, M., Borland, R., & Hyland, A. (2005, March). Stress due to world events predicts smoking relapse: Findings from the ITC 4-country survey. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dal Cin, S., Holmes, J. G., & Young, S. B. (2005, January). Goal Compatibility and Relationship Outcomes: It's the little things that matter. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Dal Cin, S. (2004, December). Cigarette Smoking in Film and on Television: Influences on smoking-related thoughts, identity, and behaviour. Invited poster presented at Building a Research Community: The 1st Annual Invitational Meeting of Tobacco Control Investigators and Trainees, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dal Cin, S., Fong, G. T., Gibson, B., & Zanna, M. P. (2004, February). Smoking characters in movies increase automatic identification with smoking: An experimental study using implicit measures. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Scottsdale, AZ.

Dal Cin, S., Fong, G. T., Zanna, M. P., Elton, T. E., & MacDonald, T. K. (2004, January). Tie a string around your finger (or wrist): Increasing the efficacy of a safer sex intervention. Poster presented at the 5th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Dal Cin, S., Gibson, B. , Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2003, August). Narrative persuasion and Attitudes Toward Smoking. In T. C. Brock (Chair), Models and Mechanisms of Narrative Persuasion. Symposium conducted at the 111th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Dal Cin, S., Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2003, February). Narrative persuasion and overcoming resistance. Poster presented at the 4th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Dal Cin, S., Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2002, February). Perceiver-based and stimulus-based individual differences in transportation. In M. C. Green & T. C. Brock (Chairs), Mechanisms of narrative impact. Symposium conducted at the 3rd annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.


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