My research continues in two somewhat overlapping areas:

(1) Studying college-student drinking, with a focus on social influences (e.g., social networks, peers' drinking). Most recently, I have analyzed data from college students and their same-age non-college-bound peers in an attempt to isolate risk factors unique to the college environment.

(2) Developing a measure of the experience of going through "Emerging Adulthood," a life stage between adolescence and full adulthood. The measure that I have developed with my colleagues is called the IDEA: Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood. See my Emerging Adulthood blog.

A few other websites of mine that may be of interest to readers include:

The Hot Hand, providing statistical and probabilistic analyses of sports streakiness.

Reminiscences on 1980s University of Michigan social psychology

Social Psych Lyrics, featuring lyrics I've written about famous social-psychological concepts and studies, which may be sung to the tunes of well-known songs. Explanations and examples of the concepts are also provided.

Primary Interests:

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Close Relationships
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Law and Public Policy
Political Psychology
Research Methods, Assessment

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Close Relationships
Group Processes
Health Psychology

Interpersonal Processes
Law and Public Policy
Political Psychology
Research Methods, Assessment

Books:

Reifman, A. (2011). Hot hand: The statistics behind sports' greatest streaks. Dulles, VA: Potomac Books.

Journal Articles:

Fitzpatrick, J., Sharp, E. A., & Reifman, A. (2009). Midlife singles’ willingness to date partners with heterogeneous characteristics. Family Relations, 58, 121-133.
Reifman, A. (2004). Measuring school spirit: A national teaching exercise. Teaching of Psychology, 31, 18-21.
Reifman, A., Arnett, J. J., & Colwell, M. J. (2007, Summer). Emerging adulthood: Theory, assessment, and application. Journal of Youth Development, 2(1).
Reifman, A., Ro, H.-S., Barnes, G., & Feng, D. (2010). Drinking in youth ages 13-21 attending and not attending college. Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 22, 67-86.
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.

Other Publications:

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.

Courses Taught:

Alan Reifman
Department of Human Development & Family Studies
College of Human Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1230
United States

Phone: (806) 742-3000, ext. 274
Fax: (806) 742-0285