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Dr. Alan Reifman
Alan Reifman, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Studies
806-742-3000 ext. 274 - Room 308
alan.reifman@ttu.edu


Dr. Reifman's Academic Webpages

Research Methods Course Page
Methods Class Projects
Problems of Adolescence Course Page
 Intro Stats Course Page
 Structural Equation Modeling Course Page
 Family Law and Public Policy Course Page
 Hot Hand Page (Sports Statistics)
 Emerging Adulthood Page
 Social Networks & College Drinking Study
SPIDER (Networks) Page
Correlation and Causality Page
Teaching Through Song Page
Questionnaire Instrument Compendium


University of Michigan, 1989

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Interests:

Adolescent and young adult drinking; emerging adulthood; social networks; peer/parent influences; structural equation modeling; meta-analysis.

Recent Publications:

Reifman, A., Arnett, J.J., & Colwell, M.J. (2007, Summer). Emerging adulthood: Theory, assessment, and application. Journal of Youth Development, 2(1). Available here online (free registration required).

Reifman, A., Watson, W.K., & McCourt, A. (2006). Social networks and college drinking: Probing processes of social influence and selection. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 820-832.

Wampler, K. S., Reifman, A., & Serovich, J. M. (2005). Meta-analysis in family therapy research (pp. 318-338). In D. H. Sprenkle & F. P. Piercy (Eds.), Research methods in family therapy (2nd Ed.). NY: Guilford.

Barnes, G.M., Reifman, A.S., Farrell, M.P., & Dintcheff, B.A. (2000). The effects of parenting on the development of adolescent alcohol misuse: A six-wave latent growth model. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 175-186.