Weijun Wang, PhD

Weijun Wang, PhD.

Research Scientist

Psychology
Nursing

Contact Information

1021 Main Street
Buffalo, NY  14203-1016
Office Phone: (716) 887-2219
Email: weijunwa@buffalo.edu

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Research Interests

Substance use and intimate relationships in young people and community couples; youth culture and peer relations; bullying; methodological /statistical emphases in the social sciences research

Research Education Publications

Selected Publications

Wang, W., Livingston, J. A., Nickerson, A. B., & Testa, M. (2024). Joint trajectories of bullying victimization and sexual harassment victimization as predictors of adolescent alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001005

Livingston, J. A., Wang, W., Nickerson, A. B., & Testa, M. (2023). Sexual victimization in adolescence: Pathways of risk from peer sexual harassment via risky drinking and delinquency among US adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behaviorhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02582-x

Hone, L. S. E., Testa, M., & Wang, W. (2023). It’s not just drinking, but where you drink: A daily diary study of drinking venue effects on sex with new partners. Addictive Behaviors, 140. 107607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107607

Derrick, J. L., Testa, M., Wang, W., & Leonard, K. E. (2023). Elixir of love or venom of violence: When does a drinking event result in couple intimacy or couple conflict? Addictive Behaviors, 136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107488

Livingston, J. A., Wang, W., Testa, M., Derrick, J. L., Nickerson, A. B., Miller,  K.E., Haas, J. L. & Espelage, D. L. (2022). Peer sexual harassment, affect, and substance use: Daily level associations among adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. First published: 21 July 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12076

Wang, W., Testa, M., Derrick, J. L., & Leonard, K. E. (2022). Do couple drinking episodes lead to intimate partner aggression? An ecological momentary assessment study of same-sex and mixed-sex couples. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000850

Testa, M., Wang, W., & Derrick, J. L. (2021). Effects of couple drinking events on short-term relationship harmony and discord: An ecological momentary assessment study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000703

Hequembourg, A., Livingston, J. A., & Wang, W. (2020). Prospective associations among relationship abuse, sexual harassment and bullying in a community sample of sexual minority and exclusively heterosexual youth. Journal of Adolescence, 83, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.06.010

Testa, M., Livingston, J. A., Wang, W., & Lewis, M. A. (2020). Preventing college sexual victimization by reducing hookups: A randomized controlled trial of a Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention. Prevention Science, 21, 388-397.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01098-3

Park, E., Livingston, J. A., Wang, W., Kwon, M., Eiden, R. D. & Change, Y. P., (2020). Adolescent e-cigarette use trajectories and subsequent alcohol and marijuana use. Addictive Behaviors, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106213

Li, G., Hou, G., Yang, D., Jian, H., & Wang, W. (2019). Relationship between anxiety, depression, sex, obesity, and internet addiction in Chinese adolescents: A short-term longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 90, 421-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.009    

Livingston, J. A., Derrick, J. L., Wang, W., Testa, M., Nickerson, A. B., Espelage, D. L., & Miller, K. E. (2019). Proximal associations among bullying, mood, and substance use: A daily report study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(9), 2558-2571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1109-1  

Limber, S. P., Olweus, D., Wang, W., Masiello, M., & Breivik, K. (2018). Evaluation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: A large scale study of U.S. students in grades 3-11. Journal of School Psychology, 69, 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.04.004 

Testa, M., Derrick, J. L., Wang, W., Leonard, K. E., Kubiak, A., Brown, W. C., & Collins, R. L. (2018). Does marijuana contribute to intimate partner aggression? Temporal effects in a community sample of marijuana-using couples. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(3), 432–440. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2018.79.432 

Wang, W., Brittain, H., McDougall, P., & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). Bullying and school transition: Context or development? Child Abuse & Neglect, 51, 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.004 

Wang, W., Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H. L., McDougall, P., Krygsman, A., Smith, D., … Hymel, S. (2014). School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: Results from a multi-informant study. School Psychology Quarterly, 29(3), 360–377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000084