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Last published 2026
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Kayla Ford

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Also affiliated: University of South Carolina (2019); Brown University (2025); Rhode Island Hospital (2025)

8 h-index 24 pubs 280 cited

  • Students
  • Humans
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Young Adult
  • Universities
  • Female
  • Adult
  • Male
  • Adolescent
  • Sex Offenses
  • Alcohol Drinking in College
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Crime Victims
  • COVID-19
  • Social Norms

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Kayla Ford's research investigates alcohol consumption patterns and their consequences among university students, with a particular focus on young adults. Her work has explored the association between conformity to masculine norms and drinking behaviors, including alcohol-related consequences, in both general populations and among student-athletes. Ford has also examined perceptions of consent and indicators of refusal in fictional alcohol-involved sexual encounters, as well as the role of drinking games in prepartying rituals. Additionally, her research has utilized text mining techniques to analyze experiences of sexual harassment in academic settings and to conduct systematic literature reviews on the topic. Ford has collaborated extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Byron L. Zamboanga (13 shared publications), Lindsay S. Ham (8 shared publications), Miller Bacon (3 shared publications), and Ana J. Bridges (2 shared publications). Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 25 total publications and 242 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 280

Selected Publications

  • Who Steps in and for Whom? The Impact of Bystander Relationship and Victim Gender on the Likelihood of Helping Behavior During Sexual Harassment (2026)
    Journal of Child Sexual Abuse DOI OpenAlex
  • Presenting the Evading Responsibility Following Alcohol-Related Harms as Strategy for Emotion Regulation (ERASER) Model (2025)
    Deviant Behavior DOI OpenAlex
  • Bystander Intervention Matters: Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Based on (No) Bystander Presence and Helping (2025)
    Violence Against Women 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pregaming in the digital age: drinking before joining a virtual social event with friends or family among university students (2025)
    Current Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The party’s not over: Living situation, perceived party norms, and drinking games behavior among college students during the pandemic (COVID-19) (2024)
    Journal of American College Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men. (2024)
    Psychology of Men & Masculinity 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men: A meta-analysis (2024)
    Social Science & Medicine 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neither a problem nor my problem: Risk factors for underage drinking disengagement among college students (2024)
    Journal of American College Health DOI OpenAlex
  • Why Do University Students From Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina Play Drinking Games? A Mixed-Method Cross-Country Study (2023)
    Emerging Adulthood 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Shame and guilt for alcohol-related transgressions and hazardous drinking among male and female college students (2023)
    Journal of American College Health 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Victim Centered, Aggressor Focused, and Bystander Friendly: A Qualitative Analysis of Bystander Intervention Strategies and Outcomes for Sexual Harassment or Assault (2023)
    Journal of Interpersonal Violence 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes. (2023)
    Psychology of Men & Masculinity 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • There are worse things and others to blame: measuring underage drinking disengagement strategies among college students (2023)
    Addiction Research & Theory 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining the Drinking Motives Questionnaire‐Revised Short Form among university students in Australia, New Zealand and Argentina (2023)
    Drug and Alcohol Review 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic (COVID-19) academic year (2022)
    Addictive Behaviors 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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