(she/her)
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Science
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Publications.
AU College Experiences (and Beyond) Study
Other (selected) publications
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We aim to study the development of problematic substance use and potentially co-occurring problems in the adolescent and young adult population. We also strive to implement evidence-based substance use prevention and mental health promotion programs in these populations.
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Samek, D.R., *Akua, B.A., *Crumly, B., Duke-Marks, A. (2024). Increasing mental health issues in college students from 2016-2019: Assessing the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 354, 216-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.068
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Samek, D.R., *Akua, B.A., *Crumly, B. (2024). 30005: Alcohol use. In. E. Neblett, W. Troop-Gordon, M. Kit (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, 2nd edition. Volume 3: Risk, resilience, and well-being. Elsevier.
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*Goodman, R.J., Samek, D.R., Wilson, S., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2019). Features of interpersonal relationship context and major depressive disorder symptoms: Exploring antecedent vs. consequence using a developmental cascade approach. Development and
Psychopathology, 31, 1451-1465. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001037 (online first publication in 2018)
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B., Durbin, E. Hinnant, J.B., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2018). Co- development between key personality traits and alcohol use disorder from adolescence
through young adulthood. Journal of Personality, 86, 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12311 (online first publication in 2017)
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Samek, D.R., *Goodman, R.J., *Riley, L., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M (2018). The developmental unfolding of sibling influences on alcohol use over time. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0703-7 (online first publication in 2017)
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B., Keyes, M.A., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2017). Antisocial peer affiliation and externalizing disorders: Evidence for gene x environment x development interaction. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 155-172. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579416000109 (online first publication in 2016)
Samek, D.R., *Goodman, R., Erath, S. McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016). Antisocial peer affiliation and externalizing disorders in the transition from adolescent to young adulthood:
Selection versus socialization effects. Developmental Psychology, 52, 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000109
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Samek, D.R., Rueter, M.A., Keyes, M.A., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015). Parent involvement, sibling companionship, and adolescent substance use: A longitudinal, genetically-informed design. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(4), 614-623. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000097
- Awarded the 2015 Outstanding New Professional Paper Award by the Families and Health Section of the National Council of Family Relations
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Samek, D.R., Elkins, I.J., Keyes, M.A., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2015). High school sports involvement diminishes the association between childhood conduct disorder and adult antisocial behavior. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57(1), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.03.009
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B., Keyes, M., Bailey, J., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2015). Gene-environment interplay between parent-child relationship problems and externalizing disorders in adolescence and young adulthood. Psychological Medicine, 45, 333-344. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291714001445 (online first publication in 2014)
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Samek, D.R., McGue, M., Keyes. M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015). Sibling facilitation mediates the association between older and younger sibling alcohol use in late adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25(4), 638-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12154 (online first publication in 2014)
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Samek, D.R., & Hicks, B.M. (2014). Externalizing disorders and environmental risk: Mechanisms of gene-environment interplay and strategies for intervention. Clinical Practice. 11, 537-547. https://doi.org/10.2217/cpr.14.47
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Samek, D.R., & Rueter, M.A. (2011). Considerations of elder sibling closeness in predicting younger sibling substance use: Social learning versus social bonding explanations. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 931 - 941. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025857
*indicates graduate student author
​​Samek, D.R., *Crumly, B., *Akua, B.A., *Dawson, M., & Duke-Marks, A. (2024). Microaggressions, perceptions of campus climate, mental health, and alcohol use among first-year students of color. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34, 96-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12897 (online first publication in 2023)
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Samek, D.R., & *Dawson, M.R. (2024). Negative emotionality, stress, and depressive symptoms in the transition through college. Personality and Individual Differences, 216, 112403.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112403 (online first publication in 2023)
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*Akua, B.A. & Samek, D.R. (2023). The developmental unfolding of substance use disorders and academic achievement in the transition into and out of college. Addictive Behaviors, 137, 107530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107530 (online first publication in 2022).
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Samek, D.R., & *Akua, B.A. (2022). Predictors of stable alcohol use disorder and potentially co-occurring depressive symptoms: Insights from the longitudinal College Experiences Study. Journal of Adolescence, 94(6), 844-854. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12068
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*Dawson, M.D.R., & Samek, D.R. (2022). Parent and peer social-emotional support as predictors of depressive symptoms in the transition into and out of college. Personality and Individual Differences, 192, 111588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111588
*Nichols, L.R., Samek, D.R., *McConnell, L. (2019). Key personality traits and alcohol use disorder symptoms in first and second year college students: Detangling antecedent from consequence. Addictive Behaviors, 89, 178-187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.004 (online first publication in 2018)