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Home  People Michael J. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Michael J. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Research Associate, The Methodology Center
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The Methodology Center
The Pennsylvania State University
204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400
State College, PA 16801
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Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2003 (Human Development and Family Studies)
M.S., Iowa State University, 2000 (Sociology)
M.S.Ed., Northwest Missouri State University, 1996 (School Counseling)
B.S., Creighton University , 1991 (Pharmacy)
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My research involves the identification and implementation of cutting-edge methodologies necessary for modeling adolescent risk behavior. In particular, I am interested in identifying the mechanisms through which social contextual conditions influence adolescent substance use and abuse. For example, my research concerns how neighborhood processes, such as social cohesion and social disorganization, may interact with proximal factors, such as interpersonal relationships, to produce differential trajectories of risk for adolescents. A common theme throughout all of my work is how interactions of risk and protective factors across multiple levels of the ecology may inform prevention and intervention efforts designed to encourage healthy behaviors.
Reflecting these interests, I recently submitted an application for a NIDA Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) to integrate a social epidemiologic approach to substance use and state-of-the-art statistical methods. The training is aimed at developing and testing a conceptual model that demonstrates how complex interactions among individual, peer, family, and community domains may influence adolescent substance abuse. The proposal centers on two areas: (1) social epidemiology theory and methods; and (2) expertise in two advanced statistical methods – mutilevel latent class analysis and multilevel modeling. My primary co-mentors for this proposal are Linda Collins and Mark Greenberg, both at Penn State University. The other mentors are Sandro Galea, David Hawkins, Wayne Osgood, and David Rindskopf.
Methodology Center Research Areas: latent class analysis, latent transition analysis
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In addition to Methodology Center scientists, my current collaborators include several Penn State Prevention Research Center (PRC) scientists. I work with Mark Greenberg and Mark Feinberg on the PA Communities That Care (CTC) Statewide Evaluation to explore how risk and protective factors at multiple levels influence adolescent substance use. With these collaborators, I am a co-investigator on an R21 proposal to NIAAA. Our proposal uses a community epidemiology perspective to examine several untested assumptions in the move from risk-factor research with individuals to policy affecting community substance use prevention. For example, it is often assumed that Intervention and resource allocation should be based on the relative elevation of a community’s risk factors compared to national norms and that the associations between risk factors and ATOD use/abuse are roughly equivalent across communities. I am also a co-investigator with Mark Feinberg on an SBIR grant proposal that was submitted to NIDA. Our proposal aims to develop a multi-method, theory-based assessment of relevant community-level factors that will be useful for research and community assessment purposes.
My other PRC collaborators include Celene Domotrovitch, with whom I am evaluating two school-based interventions that are designed to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children. I have also recently joined a research team that is studying peer influence on substance use and other problem behaviors through a longitudinal investigation of adolescent friendship networks. This project is led by Wayne Osgood (Penn State Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology ) and focuses on analyzing longitudinal data on friendship networks in an ongoing, large-scale prevention trial (the PROSPER project). My role is to assist in the preparation of several manuscripts that address two topics: (1) examining the variation in friendship network structures across schools and communities; and (2) examining whether the strength of network influences on adolescent substance use are moderated by various individual, family, and contextual factors.
Finally, I have several collaborations with researchers outside of the Penn State community. I have a long-standing collaboration with Meg Gerrard, Professor of Psychiatry and Co-director of the Cancer Control Research Program at the Dartmouth Medical School and Rick Gibbons, research professor at Dartmouth College, Department of Psychological and Brain Science. The focus of this research is to integrate social psychological theories of health behavior with concepts of ecological risk.
Another collaboration involves Zili Sloboda at the University of Akron , with whom I am the principal investigator on a PSU sub-contract for a recently submitted R01 proposal This proposal utilizes secondary data analysis of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Project Study (ASAPS) to examine two research questions: how risk and protective factors across multiple domains may account for different patterns of substance use progression, and how neighborhoods or communities influence these patterns of adolescent substance use.
I also have recently begun working with Janice Raup Krieger, who is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. Our collaboration centers on understanding the links between social capital, place identification, and health disparities among residents of rural communities.
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Honors and Awards:
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- Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup Competition: Team Presentation at Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Annual Meeting (May 2008).
- Early Career Prevention Network: Travel award to present at Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Annual Meeting (May 2008).
- NIH/NIDA Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship: Prevention and Methodology Training Program (The Methodology Center and Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University; T32-DA-017629)
- Graduate Research Excellence Award; Iowa State University (2003).
- Graduate Teaching Excellence Award; Iowa State University (2001.).
- “Jumpstart Your Career” Mentoring Program: Travel award to attend SRCD Conference (April 2001); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
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| Ongoing Support |
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A Social Epidemiologic Approach to Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use
06/01/2008--06/30/2009
The Methodology Center, The Pennsylvania State University
Role: Principal Investigator (20% effort)
Total Costs: $22,505
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| Funding for Current Position |
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Center for Prevention and Treatment Methodology (The Methodology Center)
05/01/97-08/31/10
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health: P50-DA-10075
PI: Linda M. Collins, Ph.D.
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Peer-reviewed Papers |
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Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., & Greenberg, M.T. (in press). Protective families in high- and low-risk environments: Implications for adolescent substance use. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. NIHMSID #92068
Cleveland, M.J., Collins, L.M., Lanza, S.T., Greenberg, M.T., & Feinberg, M.E. (in press). Does individual risk moderate the effect of contextual level protective factors? A latent class analysis of substance use. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community --Special Issue. NIHMSID: NIHMS87244
Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., Bontempo, D.E., & Greenberg, M.T. (2008). The role of risk and protective factors in substance use across adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 157-164. PMCID: PMC2518980
Gibbons, F.X, Yeh, H.S., Gerrard, M., Cleveland, M.J., Cutrona, C., Simons, R., & Brody, G. (2007). Early Experience with Racial Discrimination and Conduct Disorder as Predictors of Subsequent Drug Use: A Critical Period Hypothesis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88S, S27-S37.
Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Brody, G., Murray, V., Cleveland, M.J., & Wills, T.A. (2006). A Theory-Based Dual Focus Alcohol Intervention for Preadolescents: The Strong African American Families Program. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.20, 185-195.
Pomery, E.A., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Cleveland, M.J., Brody, G.H., & Wills, T.A. (2005). Families and Risk: Prospective Analysis of Familial and Social Influences on Adolescent Substance Use. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 560-570.
Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F.X., Gano, M., Vande Lune, L.S. & Cleveland, M.J. (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. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 1-14.
Cleveland, M.J., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Pomery, E.A., & Brody, G. (2005). The Impact of Parenting on Risk Cognitions and Risk Behavior: A Study of Mediation and Moderation in a Panel of African American Adolescents. Child Development, 76, 900-916.
Xiong, Z.B., Detzner, D.F., & Cleveland, M.J. (2005). Southeast Asian Adolescents’ Perceptions of Immigrant Parenting Practices. Hmong Studies Journal, 5, 1-20.
Xiong, Z.B., Eliason, P.A., Detzner, D.F., & Cleveland, M.J. (2005) Southeast Asian Immigrants’ Perceptions of Good Adolescents and Good Parents. The Journal of Psychology, 139, 159-172.
Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., Cleveland, M.J., Wills, T.A., & Brody, G. (2004). Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use in African American Parents and Their Children: A Panel Study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 517-529.
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Invited Presentations and Workshops |
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Cleveland, M.J. (January 2007). Growth Curve Modeling: Examples and recent applications. Presentation at the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Cleveland, M.J. (January 2007). Fitting Growth Models With LISREL and SAS Proc Mixed. Workshop presented to the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Cleveland, M.J. (September 2006). Integrating prevention science and methodology: current and planned research initiatives. Presentation at the Pennsylvania State University Prevention Research Center Fall Seminar Series.
Cleveland, M.J. (February 2005). Do Parents Matter? Parental and Peer Support as Predictors of Adolescent Substance Use. Presentation at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies.
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Cleveland, M.J., Faulk, M., Gayles, J., Syversten, A., & Tibbits, M. Profiles of protection among adolescents. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) 12th Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL. (March 2008).
Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., & Greenberg, M.T. Cross-level interactions between family and school-level risk and protection for internalizing and externalizing behaviors: Does age matter? Paper presented to the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 16th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. (May 2008)
Palen, L., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Graham, J., Cleveland, M.J., Flisher, A., Vergani, T., & Wegner, L. Adolescent Substance Use Norms in Cape Town, South Africa. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 16th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. (May 2008)
Bray, B., Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., & Greenberg, M.T. Examining differences in patterns of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use by gambling behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 16th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. (May 2008)
Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., & Greenberg, M.T. High-risk families in high- and low-risk environments: Implications for adolescent substance use. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) 12th Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL. (March 2008).
Cleveland, M.J., Feinberg, M.E., Bontempo, D.E., & Greenberg, M.T. (May 2007). Age differences in the role of risk and protective factors and adolescent substance use. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 15th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
Cleveland, M.J., Wills, T.A., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., & Pomery, E.A. (March 2006). The Impact of Sexual Experiences on Adolescent Risky Sex Cognitions: A Longitudinal Analysis. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) 11th Biennial Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Cleveland, M.J., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., & Lempers, J.L. (October 2005). Parents and Peers as Predictors of Adolescent Substance Use: A Multivariate Latent Growth Curve Analysis. Poster presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) Fourth Biennial Conference. Monterey, CA.
Cleveland, M.J., Woodman, W.F., & Lempers, J.D. (February 2005). Crisis and Commitment: Adolescent Identity and Past and Present Substance Use. Poster presented at the Second Conference on Emerging Adulthood. Miami, FL.
Pomery, E.A., Gibbons, F.X., and Cleveland, M.J. (January 2004). Families and Risk: Prospective Analysis of Familial, Contextual, and Social Influences on Adolescent Substance Use. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Austin, TX
Cleveland, M.J., & Martin, P. (November 2003). Heavy Drinking as a Significant Life Event: The Effects of Alcohol Abuse On Adult Depression. Poster presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) Third Biennial Conference. Cambridge, MA.
Cleveland, M.J., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Wickrama, K. A. S., & Lempers, J. D. (October 2003). A Model-Based Approach to Comparing Imputation Techniques for Incomplete Data. Paper presented at theInternational Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas (SCRA). Portland, ME.
Cleveland, M.J., & Cychosz, C. M. (April 2002). Disaggregating Patterns of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among College Students. Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPRED) Research Consortium. San Diego, CA.
Cleveland, M.J., & Cychosz, C. M. (April 2002). Feelings of Regret: Exploring the Links Between Perceived Risk and Consequences of Alcohol Use Among College Students. Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPRED) Research Consortium. San Diego, CA.
Cleveland, M.J., Smith, L. A., & Cychosz, C. M. (April 2002). Results of a Multi-Campus Social Marketing Intervention on Alcohol-Related Behaviors and Perceptions Among Midwestern College Students. Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPRED) Research Consortium. San Diego, CA.
Cleveland, M.J., Cychosz, C. M., & Smith, L. A. (October 2001). Differential Effects of Personal Motives and Peer Norms on Alcohol Consumption Among College Students: A Comparison of Structural Models. Poster presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) Biennial Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.
Cleveland, M.J. (April 2000). Shakespeare’s Sociology: Conscience and Consciousness in the “Tragedy of Prince Hamlet.” Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Cleveland, M.J., & Hixon, J. (February 1998). Implementation of a Cross-Age Peer Tutoring Program in the Elementary and Middle School Setting. Paper presented at the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS) Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Barnett, J. & Cleveland, M.J. (October 1997). The Socio-Cultural Context of Rural Education. Paper presented at the Conference on the Social and Moral Fabric of School Life, Seattle Pacific University. Seattle, WA.
Cleveland, M.J., & Hixon, J. (February 1997). The Civic Classroom: Creating and Implementing a Conflict Mediation Program. Paper presented at the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS) Annual Conference. Phoenix, AZ.
Cleveland, M.J., & Hixon, J. (February 1996). Helping Students Cope: Using the Small Group Process as a Catalyst for Change. Paper presented at the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
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