My primary research areas include the health and social costs of inadequate employment which includes the study of the adverse effects of unemployment, discouragement, involuntary part time employment, poverty wage employment on outcomes such as depression, self-esteem, alcohol disorder, and birth weight. Another area of interest (and currently funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) is in the progression of alcohol disorder over the adolescent and adult lifespan. This research is aimed at identifying the precursors as well as the consequences of early onset drinking among adolescents.
Web Links of Research Sites
Selected Publications
Andersen, J., Prause, J., Silver, R. C. (2011). A step-by-step guide to using secondary data for psychological research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 56-75. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00329.x
Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Goldberg, W. A., Prause, J. (2010). Maternal work early in the lives of children and its distal associations with achievement and behavior problems: A meta analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 136, 915-942.
Gil-Rivas, V., Prause, J., Grella, C. (2009). Substance use following residential treatment among individuals with co-occurring disorders: The role of anxiety/depressive symptoms and trauma exposure. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 303-314.
Prause, J., Dooley, C. D., Huh, J. (2009). Income Volatility and Psychological Depression. American Journal of Community Psychology, 43, 57-70.
Huh, J., Prause, J., Dooley, C. D. (2008). The impact of nativity on chronic diseases, self-rated health and comorbidity. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10, 103-118.
Goldberg, W., Prause, J., Lucas-Thompson, R., Himisel, A. (2008). Maternal employment and children’s achievement in context: Four decades of research. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 77-108.
Prause, J., Dooley, C. D., Ham-Robottom, K., Emptage, N. (2007). Age of alcohol drinking onset: A reliability study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 16, 79-90.
Pizarro, J., Silver, R., Prause, J. (2006). Physical and mental health costs of traumatic war experiences among civil war veterans. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 193-200.
Dooley, C. D., Prause, J. (2006). Predictors of early alcohol drinking onset. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, 16, 1-29.
Dooley, C. D., Prause, J., Ham-Robottom, K., Emptage, N. (2005). Age of alcohol drinking onset: Precursors and the mediation of alcohol disorder. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, 15, 19-37.
Dooley, C. D., Prause, J. (2005). Birth Weight and mothers’ adverse employment change. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 46, 141-155.
Ireland, C. & Prause, J. (2005). Discretionary parole release: Length of imprisonment, percent of sentence served and recidivism. Journal of Crime and Justice, 28, 27-50.
Dooley, C. D., Prause, J. (2004). The Social Costs of Underemployment. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Dooley, D. & Prause, J. (2002). Mental health and welfare transitions: Depression and alcohol abuse in AFDC women, American Journal of Community Psychology. 30:787-813.
Prause, J. & Dooley, D. (2001). Effect of Favorable Employment Change on Psychological Depression: TwoYear FollowUp Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 50, 282-304.
Dooley, D., Prause, J., & Ham-Rowbottom (2000). Underemployment and Depression: Longitudinal Relationships, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 41, 421-436.
Dooley, D. & Prause, J. (1998). Underemployment and alcohol abuse in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 59:669-80.
Prause, J. & Dooley, D. (1997). Effect of underemployment on school-leavers' self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence. 20, 243-260.
Mustoe, T., Cutler, N., Allman, R., Goode, P., Deuel, T., Prause, J., Bear, M., Sendar, G., Peirce, G. 1994. A Phase II Study to evaluate Recombinate PDGF-BB in the Treatment of Stage III-IV Pressure Ulcers. Archives of Surgery. 129:213-219.