Director
Clayton Neighbors, Ph.D.

Dr. Neighbors' work focuses on social and motivational influences in etiology, prevention, and treatment of health and risk behaviors. Outcomes of interest include alcohol and substance abuse, problem gambling, and intimate partner violence. Support for this research has been provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Mental Health, the Department of Defense, and the National Center for Responsible Gaming.

Research Interests:

• Alcohol and substance use Social norms and their application to prevention and brief intervention
• Self-determination and susceptibility to social influences
• Models of intimate partner violence and aggressive driving and applications to intervention 
• Spiritual and religious influences on behavior and mental health 
• Event specific prevention
• Social comparison and social identity Implicit and explicit alcohol identity
• Expressive writing interventions 
• ​Social Influence within Social Networks

ResearchGate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clayton_Neighbors 
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citationsuser=Blhrmp8AAAAJ&hl=en ​