Dr. Jeanette Norris is a Senior Research Scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College in New York, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Washington. Dr. Norris has been involved in substance abuse research at ADAI since 1985.

Primary Research Interests:

• The relationship between alcohol consumption and sexual victimization, especially acquaintance rape
• Alcohol consumption and social influence processes as determinants of responses to sexually explicit material, including those containing violence

Current Projects:

• Alcohol and Acquaintance Assault Risk Perception. This project is conducting a series of experimental studies to examine the effects of alcohol consumption on cognitive mediation processes involved in women's perceptions of acquaintance sexual assault risk, evaluation of their concerns, and their responses to sexual aggression. more...

• Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Risk-Taking. (PI: William H. George, PhD; Psychology) Dr. Norris serves as co-investigator for this project, the goal of which is to illuminate the role played by intoxication in decision-making related to infectious diseases. more...
  

• Alcohol and Women's Cognitive Mediation of HIV Risk Taking. This project will experimentally investigate alcohol's physiological and expectancy set effects in young women of drinking age, as well as the role of alcohol expectancies in 18-20 year old women, regarding their appraisals of HIV risk, condom negotiation, and sexual decision making. more...

View all ADAI projects Dr. Norris has participated in, both current and completed.

Selected Professional Activities:

• Associate Editor: Psychology of Women Quarterly, January 1999-present

• Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Aggressive Behavior, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Applied and Preventive Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Violence Against Women, and Violence and Victims

Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Schacht RL, George WH, Heiman JR, Davis KC, Norris J, Stoner SA, Kajumulo KF. Effects of alcohol intoxication and instructional set on women's sexual arousal vary based on sexual abuse history. Arch Sex Behav 2007 (in press). (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 07-03)

2. Macy RJ, Nurius PS, Norris J. Latent profiles among sexual assault survivors: Implications for defensive coping and resistance. J Interpers Viol 2007;22(5):543-65. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 07-02)

3. Macy RJ, Nurius PS, Norris J. Latent profiles among sexual assault survivors : Understanding survivors and their assault experiences. J Interpers Violence 2007;22(5):520-42. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 07-01)

4. George WH, David KC, Norris J, Heiman JR, Schacht RL, Stoner SA, Kajumulo KF. Alcohol and erectile response : the effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal. Exper Clin Psychopharmacol 2006;14(4):461-470. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 06-04)

5. Stoner SA, George WH, Peters LM, Norris J. Liquid courage : Alcohol fosters risky sexual decision-making in individuals with sexual fears. AIDS Behav 2007;11(2):227-37. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 06-03)

6. Macy RJ, Nurius PS, Norris J. Responding in her best interests: Contextualizing women's coping with acquaintance sexual aggression. Violence Against Women 2006;12(5):478-500. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 06-02)

7. Testa M, Fillmore MT, Norris J, Abbey A, Curtin JJ, Leonard KE, Mariano KA, Thomas MC, Nomensen KJ, George WH, Vanzile-Tamsen C, Livingston JA, Saenz C, Buck PO, Zawacki T, Parkhill MR, Jacques AJ, Hayman LW Jr. Understanding alcohol expectancy effects: revisiting the placebo condition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006;30(2):339-48.  (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 06-01)

8. Zawacki T, Norris J, George WH, Abbey A, Martell J, Stoner SA, David KC, Buck PO, Masters NT, McAuslan P, Beshers R, Parkhill MR, Clinton-Sherrod AM. Explicating alcohol's role in acquaintance sexual assault: Complementary perspectives and convergent findings. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2005;29(2):263-269. (Pubmed abstract) (NOR 05-01)

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