Presentations

Walker, D.D., Roffman, R., & Stephens, R.S. (2006, March). Working within the schools to engage the adolescent marijuana user: The teen marijuana check-up. Symposium talk presented at the Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD.

DeMarce, J.M., Walker, D., Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (November 2006). Comorbid psychiatric distress, motives, marijuana use and associated problems in an adolescent sample. Poster submitted for presentation at ABCT. Chicago.

Roffman, R.A. (Jan. 13, 2006). Motivating the marijuana-using adolescent to take stock of this behavior and consider change: The Teen Marijuana Check-up. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research. San Antonio, Texas.

Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (Jan.29 -Feb.2, 2 006). Marijuana dependence treatment for adults, PRN. Poster to be presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Walker, D. (Jan.29 -Feb.2, 2006). The role of therapist verbal behavior in the evocation of client change talk during motivational enhancement therapy: A study of the mechanisms of behavioral change for marijuana treatment. Presentation at the Eleventh International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Walker, D., Roffman, R., Stephens, R., & DeMarce, J. (Jan.29 -Feb.2, 2006). The Teen Marijuana Check-Up: Reaching Teen Marijuana Users in High Schools. Presentation at the Eleventh International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Walker, D., Stephens, R., & Roffman, R. (2005, June). Reaching less motivated adult and adolescent marijuana users through check-ups. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American College Health Association. San Diego.

Ruggiero, K. J., Resnick, H. S., Acierno, R., Coffey, S. F., Stephens, R. S., Carpenter, M. J., Kilpatrick, D. G., Ruscio, A. M., Stasiewicz, P. R., Roffman, R. A., Bucuvalas, M., & Galea, S. (2005, November). Internet-based early intervention for mental health and substance use problems. Poster to be presented at the 39th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.

Stephens, R. S. & Roffman, R. A. (2005, June). Marijuana dependence treatment PRN. In A. J. Budney & M. Haney (Chairs), Advancing Treatment for Marijuana Dependence:  Pharmacological and Behavioral Treatment Development. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Orlando, FL.

Picciano, J.F., Roffman, R.A., Walker, D.D., & McKee, M.B. Unsafe sex practices among MSM enrolled in a brief telephone-based HIV prevention program: The Sex Check study. Abstract submitted to the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

McKee, M.B., Picciano, J.F., & Roffman, R.A. Evaluation of a marketing and recruitment campaign for an HIV prevention program targeting gay and bisexual men. Abstract submitted to the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Orellana, E.R., Picciano, J.F., & Roffman, R.A. Attrition from a telephone-based HIV prevention program for MSM. Abstract submitted to the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Lozano, B.E., Roffman, R.A., Tsuru, W., Walker, N.R., & Stephens, R.S. (November, 2004). Marijuana dependent clients’ outcome goals: Understanding shifts between abstinence and moderation. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

Lozano, B.E., Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (November, 2004). The effect of goal setting on marijuana treatment outcomes: The role of self-efficacy. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., Walker, N.R., & Fearer, S.A. (November, 2004). Motivational enhancement therapy with marijuana users low in motivation for change: Lack of differences in the effects of two versus six sessions. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

DeMarce, J., Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R. (November, 2004). Comorbid psychological distress and marijuana use before and after treatment: Testing CB hypotheses. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

Orellana, E.R., Picciano, J.F., & Roffman, R.A. (October 6-8, 2004). Non-Participation in a Brief, Telephone-Based, HIV-Prevention Program for MSM. NIMH AIDS Research Training Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Berghuis, J.P., Walker, D.D., & Tsuru, W.A. (2003, November). A brief motivational enhancement intervention for adolescent marijuana smokers: Evaluation of the Teen Marijuana Check-Up. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.

Roffman, R.A. (2003, June). The Check-Up: Reaching the contemplator with a brief motivational enhancement intervention. Lecture presented at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Roffman, R.A. (2003, March). The Check-Up: Reaching the contemplator with a brief motivational enhancement intervention. Grand Rounds talk for the University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, Burlington.

Fearer, S.A., Walker, R., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., & Williams, C.D. (2002, November). Predicting change in the Marijuana Check-Up. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno.

Roffman, R.A. (2002, November). Marijuana abuse and dependence: Twenty years of intervention trials. Paper presented at the Comorbidity and Addictions Center, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis.

Roffman, R.A. (2002, November). Marijuana dependence. Paper presented at the 1st National Conference of the Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Anaheim.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., Fearer, S.A., & Walker, N.R. (2002, November). The Marijuana Check-Up: Augmenting the impact of a brief intervention for ambivalent marijuana users. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno.

Walker, N.R., Fearer, S.A., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., & Williams, C.D. (2002, November). Measuring motivation for marijuana change. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno.

Budney, A., Stephens, R., & Roffman, R. (2002, August). Marijuana dependence: Pharmacology to treatment. Workshop presented at the 110th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago.

Budney, A., Stephens, R., & Roffman, R. (2002, August). New interventions for marijuana abuse in adults and adolescents. Symposium presented at the 110th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago.

Sikkema, K.J., Hoffman, R.G., Brondino, M.J., Anderson, E.S., Felton, C.G., Roffman, R.A., Kelly, J.A., Winett, R.A., Heckman, T.G., Solomon, L.J., & Somlai, A.M. (2002, July). Outcomes of a community-level intervention among adolescents in inner-city housing developments. Paper presented to the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Roffman, R.A., Kadden, R., Steinberg, K., & Jaffe, J. (2002, May). Evidence-based treatment for marijuana dependence. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia.

Roffman, R.A. (2002, April). Telephone-delivered HIV prevention interventions with MSM. Presentation at "Consultation on HIV Prevention for Rural MSM," Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.

Solowij, N., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., & The Marijuana Treatment Project Group (2001, June). Cognitive functioning among long term cannabis users seeking treatment: Neuropsychological assessment prior to quitting. Paper presented at the 2001 International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on the Cannabinoids, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid, Spain.

Swift, W., Copeland, J., Howard, J., Roffman, R.A., & Stephens, R.S. (2001). Adolescent cannabis check-up and intervention trial. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Committee for Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale.

Roffman, R.A. (2001, January). Motivating adolescent marijuana use cessation: Results of a pilot study. Presentation at the 5th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Atlanta.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Williams, C.D., Adams, S.E., Burke, R., & Campbell, A. (2000, November). The Marijuana Check-Up outcomes. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

Williams, C.D., Adams, S.E., Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R. (2000, November). Varied methods of assessing marijuana use and related problems: Validity analyses. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.

Duresky, D., Kadden, R., Kabela, E., & Roffman, R. (2000, August). Brief treatments for marijuana dependence in adults. Preconvention workshop presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Graves, K.D., Anderson, E.S., Heckman, T.G., Sikkema, K.J., Winett, R.A., Solomon, L., Roffman, R., & Kelly, J.A. (1999). Assessing relationships between at-risk teens' sexual behavior and self-efficacy. Proceedings of the Society for Behavioral Medicine's 20th annual meeting, 21, S125.

Rutledge, S., Roffman, R., & Picciano, J. (1999, August). Attrition from a brief motivational intervention to reduce unsafe sex behavior among MSM. Poster presented at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Adams, S.E., Williams, C.D., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., Burke, R., Campbell, A., & Swan, M. (1999, November). The Marijuana Check-Up. Poster presented at the 33rd annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.

Williams, C.D., Adams, S., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R., Campbell, A., & Swan, M. (1999, November). Characteristics of a non-treatment-seeking sample of marijuana users. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego.

Roffman, R.A. (1999, September). A telephone based brief intervention to motivate safer sex practices among men who have sex with men. Paper presented at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Burke, R., Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (1998, November). Improvements in psychological functioning associated with treatment for marijuana dependence. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (1998, November). The efficacy of brief treatment of marijuana abuse and dependence. In J. Donaldson (Chair), Treatment of marijuana dependence: Recent advances in clinical epidemiology and health services research. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Burke, R., Williams, C., Balmer, A., Picciano, J., & Adams, S. (1998, November). The Marijuana Check-Up. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Peck, M.D., Roffman, R., & Picciano, J. (1998, October). Adjuncts to telephone counseling: Factors contributing to intervention adherence. Paper presented at the 14th annual symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Miami.

Crumble, D.A., Heckman, T.G., Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Solomon, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Cargill, V.A., Winett, R.A., McAuliffe, T.L., Anderson, E.A., Wagstaff, D.A., Norman, A.D., Perry, M.J., & Mercer M.B. (1998, June). Rates and predictors of HIV risk behaviors among mid-life and older African American women living in low income housing developments. Paper presented at XII Conference on AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.

Rees, V., Copeland, J., Swift, W., Roffman, R., & Stephens, R. (1998, June). Brief cognitive behavioural interventions for marijuana dependence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale.

Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Solomon, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Cargill, V.A., Winett, R.A., McAuliffe, T.L., Anderson, E.A., Heckman, T.G., Wagstaff, D.A., Norman, A.D., Crumble, D.A., Perry, M.J., & Mercer, M.B. (1998, June). Outcomes of a community-level HIV prevention intervention for women. Paper presented at the XII World Conference on AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.

Solomon, L.J., Heckman, T.G., Roffman, R.A., Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Winett, R.A., Cargill, V., & the Community HIV Prevention Research Collaborative. (1998, March). Shifts in stages of change for condom use in low-income women. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans.

Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (1997, November). The Marijuana Check-Up: Motivating change in ambivalent marijuana users. Poster presented 31st annual conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). The assessment and treatment of marijuana dependence: A workshop. Presented at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Australia.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). The assessment and treatment of marijuana dependence: A workshop. Presented at Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). The efficacy of telephone group counseling for HIV risk reduction. Paper presented at the Center for AIDS Intervention and Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). Evaluating counseling interventions with adult chronic smokers of cannabis. Paper presented at the National Conference of the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Adelaide, Australia.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). Marijuana dependence treatment: Controlled trials in the U.S.A. Paper presented at the Centre for Mental Health Services Development, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, October). Marijuana dependence treatment: Controlled trials in the U.S.A. Paper presented at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Australia.

Roffman, R.A., & Grenyer, B. (1997, October). Treatment of cannabis dependence: A workshop for drug and alcohol workers. Presented at the National Conference of the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Adelaide, Australia.

Roffman, R.A., & Hall, W. (1997, October). Update on cannabis. Seminar presented for the Commonwealth Department of Health, Canberra, Australia.

Roffman, R.A. (1997, September). Motivational enhancement therapy. Paper presented at the NIDA Behavioral Therapy Research (Stage III) Meeting, Gaithersburg.

Coley, B., Sikkema, K.J., Perry, M.J., Norman, A.D., Russ, C.R., & the Community Housing AIDS Prevention Study Group. (1997, May). The role of women as opinion leaders in a community intervention to reduce HIV risk behavior. Paper presented at the National Conference on Women and HIV, Los Angeles.

Heckman, T.G., Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Wagstaff, D.A., & the Community Housing AIDS Prevention Study Group. (1997, May). Predictors of HIV risk among women, ages 40 and older, living in low-income housing developments. Paper presented at the National Conference on Women and HIV, Los Angeles.

Anderson, E.S., Winett, R.A., Wagstaff, D.A., Sikkema, K.J., Heckman, T.G., Kelly, J.A., Perry, M.J., Crumble, D., Norman, A.D., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Cargill, V., & Mercer, M.B. (1997, April). The IMB model of AIDS preventive behavior: Does it apply to African American and white inner city women? Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco.

Kalichman, S.C., Roffman, R.A., Picciano, J.F., & Bolan, M. (1996, November). HIV risk factors among bisexual men seeking prevention services. Poster presented at the 124th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York.

Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Heckman, T.G., Solomon, L.J., Winett, R.A., Cargill, V.C., Roffman, R.A., Wagstaff, D.A., Perry, M.J., Norman, A.D., Crumble, D.A., Mercer, M.B., & Anderson, E.S. (1996, November). Outcomes of a community-level HIV risk reduction intervention for inner-city women. Paper presented at the 124th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York.

Roffman, R.A., & Picciano, J. (1996, September). Telephone group counseling in reducing barriers to AIDS prevention. Poster presented at the Symposium on Psychosocial Treatments and Services: Social Work's Contribution to a Trans-NIH Research Agenda, Washington, D.C.

Perry, M., Sikkema, K., Crumble, D., Solomon, L., Norman, A., Cargill, V., Anderson, E., Kelly, J., Wagstaff, D., Roffman, R., Mercer, M.B., Winett, R., & Heckman, T. (1996, August). Is use of the female condom a reality? Perceptions and use of the female condom among inner city women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Crumble, D.A., Wagstaff, D.A., Kelly, J.A., Perry, M.J., Sikkema, K.J., Solomon, L.J., Heckman, T.G., Anderson, E.S., Norman, A.D., Mercer, M.B., Roffman, R.A., Cargill, V.C., & Winett, R.A. (1996, July). HIV risk among low-income women: A case for addressing gender issues in prevention interventions. Paper presented at the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.

Perry, M.J., Sikkema, K., Wagstaff, D., Crumble, D., Solomon, L., Norman, A., Cargill, V., Anderson, E., Kelly, J., Roffman, R., Mercer, M., Winett, R., & Heckman, T. (1996, July). Perceptions and use of the female condom among inner-city women. Paper presented at the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.

Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Heckman, T.G., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Cargill, V.C., Winett, R.A., Wagstaff, D.A., Anderson, E.S., Crumble, D.A., Mercer, M.B., Perry, M.J., & Norman, A.D. (1996, July). Effects of community-level behavior change intervention for women in low-income housing developments. Paper presented at the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.

Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (1996, June). Treating adult marijuana dependence. In A.J. Budney & D.B. Kandel (Chairs), Marijuana use: Basic mechanisms, epidemiology, natural history, and clinical issues. Symposium conducted at the 58th annual scientific meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Roffman, R.A. (1996, May). HIV prevention group counseling by telephone: Guidelines for the social work practitioner. Paper presented at the 8th annual conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Atlanta.

Sikkema, K.J., Anderson, E.S., Heckman, T.G., Kelly, J.K., Winett, R.A., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Cargill, V.C., Norman, A.D., Perry, M.J., Wagstaff, D.A., Mercer, M.B., & Crumble, D.A. (1996, March). HIV risk behaviors among inner-city women: Intervention issues. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine and Health, Washington, D.C.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Cleaveland, B.L., Curtin, L., & Wertz, J.S. (1995, November). Self-efficacy and marijuana effects expectancies in the prediction of post-treatment marijuana use. Poster presented at the 29th annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Heckman, T., Kelly, J., Norman, A., Cargill, V., Sikkema, K., Fuqua, W., Wagstaff, D., Winett, R., Anderson, E., Roffman, R., Solomon, L., Perry, M., Mercer, M., & Crumble, D. (1995, October). HIV-risk characteristics of inner-city women: Are older adult women being overlooked? Paper presented at the 123rd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego.

Heckman, T., Kelly, J., Roffman, R., Perry, M., Solomon, L., Sikkema, K., Winett, R., Norman, A., Hoffmann, R., & Stevenson, L.Y. (1995, October). Psychological and behavioral differences between recently HIV tested and non-tested gay men residing in smaller U.S. cities. Paper presented at the 123rd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.

Ryan, R., Picciano, J.F., & Roffman, R.A. (1995, October). HIV risk reduction via telephone counseling. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego.

Ryan, R., Picciano, J.F., & Roffman, R.A. (1995, October). Issues in measuring HIV risk reduction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego.

Sikkema, K., Heckman, T., Winett, R., Anderson, E., Kelly, J., Solomon, L., Roffman, R., Cargill, V., Fuqua, W., Hoffmann, R., Wagstaff, D., Perry, M., Crumble, D., Mercer, M.B., & Norman, A. (1995, October). Predictors of HIV risk behaviors among women living in housing developments. Paper presented at the 123rd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego.

Roffman, R.A. (1995, August). Telephone group counseling in reducing barriers to AIDS prevention. Paper presented in a symposium titled "Tailoring the Intervention to the Population: Successful NIMH HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies," HIV Prevention Research: Current Status and Future Directions, Flagstaff.

Roffman, R.A. (1995, July). Adult chronic marijuana dependence: Assessment and treatment. Workshop presented at the NIDA National Conference on Marijuana Use: Prevention, Treatment, and Research, Crystal City.

Heckman, T.G., Kelly, J.A., Roffman, R.A., Sikkema, K.J., Stevenson, L.Y., Hoffmann, R.G., Norman, A.D., Winett, R.A., Solomon, L.J., & Perry, M.J. (1995, May). Predictors of HIV test seeking among gay men in smaller U.S. cities. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Heckman, T.G., Kelly, J.A., Sikkema, K.J., Mercer, M.B., Anderson, E.S., Winett, R.A., Perry, M.J., Crumble, D., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Wagstaff, D.A., Fuqua, R.W., Norman, A.D., & Cargill, V. (1995, May). Older adult women's knowledge of HIV and rates of HIV risk behavior. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Heckman, T.G., Sikkema, K.J., Kelly, J.A., Fuqua, R.W., Mercer, M.B., Hoffmann, R.G., Crumble, D., Norman, A.D., Cargill, V., Wagstaff, D.A., Solomon, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Perry, M.J., Anderson, E.S., & Winett, R.A. (1995, May). Condom use among women residing in inner-city housing developments. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Roffman, R. (1995, May). Phone counseling in reducing barriers to AIDS prevention. Presentation at the 11th annual symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Crumble, D.A., Heckman, T., Kelly, J., Cargill, V., Norman, A., Solomon, L., Winett, R., Sikkema, K., Wagstaff, D., Roffman, R., Perry, M., Mercer, M.B., Anderson, E., & Fuqua, W. (1995, February). Inner city, older women at risk of HIV infection. Paper presented at the 1st annual HIV Infection in Women Conference, Washington, D.C.

Beadnell, B., Baker, S.R., Roffman, R.A., & Craver, J. (1995, January). Risk reduction counseling groups with men who have sex with men and women who have sex with men. In J.R. Gordon (chair), Sexual health: A look at reducing risk across a variety of populations. Panel conducted at the Harm Reduction Conference, Seattle.

Roffman, R. (1995, January). Research on the treatment of marijuana dependence. Presentation at Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Providence Medical Center, Seattle.

Roffman, R.A. (1994, December). The Sex Check-Up. Paper presented at HIV/AIDS Counseling and Brief Interventions: A decision-making model. Sponsored by the Office on AIDS, NIMH, Washington, D.C.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Cleaveland, B., Curtin, L., & Wertz, J. (1994, November). Extended versus minimal intervention with marijuana dependent adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego.

Kelly, J.A., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Winett, R.A., Heckman, T.J., Perry, M.J., Norman, A.D., Stevenson, L.Y., & Desiderato, L.J. (1994, October-November). Factors predicting continued HIV risk among 6,000 gay men in small U.S. cities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Perry, M.J., Solomon, L.J., Winett, R.A., Sikkema, K.J., Norman, A.D., Desiderato, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Stevenson, L.Y., & Kelly, J.A. (1994, October-November). Patterns of alcohol consumption and problem drinking among women and men in gay bar settings. Poster presented at the 122nd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Kelly, J.A., Sikkema, K.J., Heckman, T.G., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Winett, R.A., Stevenson, L.Y., Norman, A.D., Perry, M.J., & Desiderato, L.J. (1994, July). HIV risk behavior levels and psychological factors predicting continued risk among 6,000 gay men in small cities. Paper presented to AIDS Impact, the 2nd International Conference on Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection, Brighton, U.K.

Roffman, R.A. (1994, May). Motivational enhancement interventions in substance abuse. 7th annual Northwest Conference on Addictions, Seattle.

Curtin, L., Stephens, R.S., Cleaveland, B.L., & Roffman, R.A. (1993, November). Pretreatment substance abuse attrition: Implications for methodology, generalizability, and outreach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta.

Roffman, R.A., Stephens, R.S., Curtin, L., & Cleaveland, B.L. (1993, November). Differential attrition from brief and extended interventions for marijuana-dependent adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta.

Kelly, J.A., Cargill, V.C., Sikkema, K.J., Koob, J.J., Norman, A.D., Desiderato, L.L., Winett, R.A., Roffman, R.A., Shabazz, M., Lemke, A., Steiner, S., & Copeland, C. (1993, October). AIDS/HIV risk characteristics among women in low-income public housing projects. Paper presented to the 121st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco.

Norman, A.D., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Kelly, J.A., Winett, R.A., Flynn, B.S., Steiner, S., Morgan, M.G., Stevenson, L.Y., Koob, J.J., Desiderato, L.L., Sikkema, K.J., Hauth, A.C., & Lemke, A.L. (1993, October). Sexual behavior and perceptions of AIDS risk among female patrons of gay bars in smaller cities. Poster presented at the 121st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco.

Perry, M.J., Solomon, L.J., Winett, R.A., Roffman, R.A., Kalichman, S.C., Kelly, J.A., Lemke, A.L., et al. (1993, October). Patterns of problem drinking and unsafe sexual behavior among gay men in small cities. Poster presented at the 121st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco.

Roffman, R.A., Ryan, R., Downey, L., & Beadnell, B. (1993, October). A telephone group intervention can overcome barriers to enrolling isolated gay and bisexual males in AIDS risk-reduction counseling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco.

Hauth, A.C., Perry, M.J, Solomon, L.J., Kelly J.A, Roffman, R.A., Winett, R.A., Sikkema, K.J., Kalichman, S.C., Desiderato, L.L., Norman, A.D., Koob, J.J., Stevenson, L.Y., Morgan, M.G., Steiner, S., Yaffe, D.M., Flynn, B.S., & Lemke, A. (1993, June). Heavy alcohol use is strongly associated with continued risky sex among gay men: Risk behavior patterns and alcohol-sex attributions. Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, Germany.

Kelly, J.A., Winett, R.A., Roffman, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Sikkema, K.J., Kalichman, S.C., Stevenson, L.Y., Koob, J.J., Desiderato, L.L., Perry, M.J., Norman, A.D., Lemke, A., Hauth, A.C., Flynn, B.S., Yaffe, D.M., Steiner, S., & Morgan, M.G. (1993, June). Social diffusion models can produce population-level HIV risk behavior reduction: Field trial results and mechanisms underlying change. Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, Germany.

Roffman, R.A., Ryan, R., Downey, L., & Beadnell, B. (1993, June). A telephone group intervention can overcome barriers to enrolling isolated gay and bisexual males in AIDS risk-reduction counseling. Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, Germany.

Stephens, R.S., & Roffman, R.A. (1993, January). Extended versus minimal intervention with marijuana dependent adults: Preliminary results. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors, Santa Fe.

Roffman, R.A. (1992, December). Phone counseling in reducing barriers to AIDS prevention (Project ARIES/West). Presentation at the Working Meeting on HIV Related Behavior Change and Prevention sponsored by the NIMH, NIDA, and CDC, Washington, D.C.

Kelly, J.A., Solomon, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Winett, R.A., Sikkema, K.J., Stevenson, L.Y., Kalichman, S.C., Koob, J.J., Yaffe, D.M., Steiner, S., Perry, M. Norman, A.D., Morgan, M.G., Lombard, D., Lemke, A.L., Hauth, A.C., Desiderato, L.L., Flynn, B.S., & Ayotte, P.R. (1992, November). Producing HIV risk behavior change among gay men in small cities by community diffusion of innovation: Results of a 16-city randomized field trial. Paper presented to the 120th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Roffman, R.A., Beadnell, B., Downey, L., & Ryan, R. (1992, November). Preventing relapse to unsafe sex in gay and bisexual males. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Ryan, R., Beadnell, B., & Roffman, R.A. (1992, November). Slips from safer sex goals: Distinguishing lapse from relapse. Paper presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.

Simpson, E.E., Roffman, R.A., & Stephens, R.S. (1992, November). Individual and contextual effects on the desistance of adult marijuana use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans.

Kelly, J.A., Sikkema, K.J., Murphy, D.A., Kalichman, S.C. Stevenson, L.Y., Morgan, M.G., Koob, J.J. Hauth, A.C., Solomon, L.J., Perry, M., Flynn, B.S., Ayotte, D.R., Winett, R.A., Desiderato, L.L., Yaffe, D., Lombard, D., Roffman, R.A., Norman, A.D., Steiner, S., & Lemke, A.L. (1992, August). Community level intervention to alter population HIV/AIDS risk-taking behavior. In W. Pequegnat (Chair), Community Level intervention to prevent the spread of HIV infection. Symposium presented to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington. D.C.

Stephens, R.S., Curtin, L., & Roffman, R.A. (1992, August). Testing the abstinence violation effect construct with marijuana cessation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Kelly, J.A., Sikkema, K.J., Winett, R.A., Solomon, L.J., Roffman, R.A., Kalichman, S.C. Stevenson, L.Y., Koob, J.J., Lombard, D., Morgan, M.G., Norman, A.D., Perry, M., Steiner, S., Yaffe, D.M., Ayotte, D.R., Flynn, B.S., Desiderato, L.L., Hauth, A.C., & Lemke, A.L. (July, 1992). Outcomes of a 16-city randomized field trial of a community-level HIV risk reduction intervention. Paper presented at the VIII International Conference on AIDS, Amsterdam.

Roffman, R.A., Beadnell, B., & Ryan, R. (1992, July). Telephone counseling in the reduction of barriers to AIDS prevention. Paper presented at the Second International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Hamburg, F.R. Germany.

Ryan, R., Beadnell, B., & Roffman, R.A. (1992, July). Slips from safer sex goals: Distinguishing lapse from relapse. Paper presented at AIDS '92: The Social Work Response, Washington, D.C.

McBride, C.M., Curry, S.J., Roffman, R., Hawkins, D., Wells, E., & Stephens, R. (1992, April). Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for change in cigarette smokers, marijuana smokers, and cocaine users. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, New York.

Stephens, R. S., Wertz, J.S., Cleaveland, B.L., & Roffman, R.A. (1991, November). Expected marijuana effects and their relation to use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Wertz, J.S., Stephens, R.S., Cleaveland, B.L., & Roffman, R.A. (1991, November). Predicting relapse to marijuana dependence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Roffman, R.A., Beadnell, B.A., Gordon, J.R., Stern, M., & Siever, M. (1991, August). Relapse prevention counseling by telephone as a means of reducing AIDS risk in men who have sex with other men. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Roffman, R.A., Beadnell, B.A., Stern, M., Gordon, J.R., Downey, L., & Siever, M. (1991, August). Phone counseling in reducing barriers to AIDS prevention. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Roffman, R.A. (1991, January). New directions in AIDS prevention. Presentation delivered at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Department of Psychology, Boston.

Roffman, R.A., & Stephens, R.S. (1991, January). Strategies for breaking marijuana dependence. Workshop at the NIDA National Conference on Drug Abuse Research and Practice: An Alliance for 21st Century, Washington, D.C.

Roffman, R.A., Stephens, R.S., & Simpson, E.E. (1990, November). Relapse prevention and the treatment of marijuana dependence: Long-term outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., & Simpson, E.E. (1990, November). Depression and risk for relapse in adult marijuana dependence: Situation-specific low self-efficacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco.

Stephens, R.S., Stern, M., & Roffman, R.A. (1990, April). Utility of the self-efficacy construct in the reduction of unsafe sexual behavior in gay men. In B.S. McCann (Chair), Self-efficacy and health behavior change. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Chicago.

Roffman, R.A., Stephens, R.S., Gordon, J.R., Beadnell, B.A., Stern, M., Craver, J. N., Fisher, D., & Simpson, D. (1989, November). Reaching gay and bisexual men who continue to engage in unsafe sexual activity: A comparison of subjects recruited for in-person or telephone counseling formats. In J.A. Kelly (Chair), Factors influencing AIDS risk behavior reduction: Implications for prevention. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Roffman, R.A., Gilchrist, L.D., Stephens, R.S., & Kirkman, M.A. (1988, November). Relapse prevention with gay or bisexual males at risk of AIDS due to ongoing unsafe sexual behavior. In J.A. Kelly (Chair), Behavioral interventions to prevent AIDS: Current status and future directions. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

Simpson, E.E., Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., & Whitaker, D.L. (1988, November). Social factors in the outcome of treatment for marijuana dependence. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Simpson, E.E., & Whitaker, D.L. (1988, August). The relationship of self-efficacy to post-treatment marijuana use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Simpson, E.E., & Whitaker, D.L. (1988, August). Treatment of marijuana abuse: Six-month outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta.

Roffman, R.A., Stephens, R.S., Simpson, E.E., & Whitaker, D.L. (1987, November). The adult chronic marijuana smoker seeking treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.

Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Whitaker, D.L. & Simpson, E.E. (1987, November). An application of relapse prevention to chronic marijuana use. In G. A. Marlatt (Chair), Clinical applications of relapse prevention: Commonalities among addictive behaviors. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.

Roffman, R.A., & Stephens, R.S. (1987, June). Treatment of chronic marijuana users: Description of the sample and treatment process. Paper presented at the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Institute Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle.