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Meg Gerrard

My research interests include social psychological perspectives on health behavior and risk-taking.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Blanton, H., & Gerrard, M. (1997). Effect of sexual motivation on the perceived riskiness of a sexual encounter: There must be fifty ways to justify a lover. Health Psychology, 16, 374-379.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Gano, M. L., & Vande Lune, L. S. (2005). Images of smokers and willingness to smoke among African American pre-adolescents: An application of the prototype/willingness model of adolescent health risk behavior to smoking initiation. Pediatric Psychology, 30, 305-318.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Reis-Bergan, M. (2000). Self-esteem and self-serving health cognitions: Implications for those who engage in risky behavior. Journal of Personality, 68, 1177-1201.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Reis-Bergan, M. (1999). The effect of communications on risk perceptions: The significance of individual differences. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 25, 94-100.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Reis-Bergan, M., Trudeau, L., VandeLune, L., & Buunk B. P. (2002). Inhibitory effects of drinker and non-drinker prototypes on adolescent alcohol consumption. Health Psychology, 21, 601-609.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., VandeLune, L. S., Pexa, N., & Gano, M. L. (2002). Adolescents' substance-related risk perceptions: Antecedents, mediators, and consequences. Risk Decision and Policy, 7, 175-191.
  • Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Zhao, L., Russell, D. W., & Reis-Bergan, M. (1999). The effects of peers' alcohol consumption on parental influence: A cognative mediational model. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 13, 183-197.
  • Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Blanton, H., & Russell, D. W. (1998). Cognative antecedents to adolescent health risk: Discriminating between behavioral intention and behavioral willingness. Psychology and Health, 13, 319-339.
  • Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Blanton, H., & Russell, D. W. (1998). Reasoned action and social reaction: Willingness and intention as independent predictors of health risk. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1164-1181.
  • Gibbons, F. X., Lane, D. J., Gerrard, M., Pomery, E. A., & Lautrup, C. (2002). Drinking and driving: A prospective assessment of the relation between risk cognitions and risk behavior. Risk Decision and Policy, 7, 267-283.
  • Mahler, H. I., Kulik, J. A., Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (2003). Effects of a UV image and photoaging information on the sun protection behaviors of southern California college students and beachgoers. Health Psychology, 22, 199-209.
  • Thorton, B., Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (2002). Risk perceptions and prototype perception: Independent processes predicting risk behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 986-999.

Courses Taught:

  • Applications of Social Psychology Theories
  • Health Psychology
  • Applications of Social Psychology Theories
  • Health Psychology

Meg Gerrard
Dartmouth Medical School
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
United States

Phone: (603) 653-9118

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