Byron L. Zamboanga

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Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2000–2005); University of North Texas (2016–2020); Northampton Community College (2013); Dalhousie University (2013); Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (2016); San Francisco VA Medical Center (2016); California State University, Monterey Bay (2009); California State University, Fullerton (2020); University of Miami (2009); The University of Texas at Dallas (2019); Palo Alto University (2013); Southern Methodist University (2019–2020); Johnson & Wales University (2016); Smith College (2003–2022); Brown University (2013–2016); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2016); Columbia University (2020); Hologic (Germany) (2018–2024)

Faculty Researcher

59 h-index 304 pubs 13,767 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Byron L. Zamboanga's research centers on understanding and addressing substance use, particularly alcohol consumption, among adolescents and young adults. His work frequently examines the contexts and consequences of risky drinking behaviors, including participation in drinking games and pre-drinking. Zamboanga has led studies investigating protective behavioral strategies that individuals can employ to mitigate harms associated with alcohol use.

His research also explores the intersection of cultural identity, mental health, and substance use. Zamboanga has investigated how personal identity can serve as a resource for college students, particularly during challenging periods like the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also examined the mental health risk profiles and related substance use among college students, with a focus on those who use substances.

Zamboanga's scholarly output includes a significant number of publications, indicated by an h-index of 59 and over 13,000 citations. He has received federal funding for his work, including a $75,000 grant from the NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study protective behavioral strategies in risky drinking contexts. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Lindsay S. Ham and Kayla Ford, with whom he has co-authored numerous publications.

Metrics

h-index: 59
Publications: 304
Citations: 13,767

Selected Publications

Pressure to Acculturate Amplifies Coping-Depression Associations With Alcohol Consequences in Hispanic/Latino College Students. (2026)

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Alcohol use severity and intragroup marginalization among Hispanic emerging adult college students: Examining the moderating roles of ethnic identity and nativity status (2025)

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Presenting the Evading Responsibility Following Alcohol-Related Harms as Strategy for Emotion Regulation (ERASER) Model (2025)

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“Drink like a man!” masculine drinking norms, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and severity of hazardous alcohol use among college men. (2025)

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Pregaming in the digital age: drinking before joining a virtual social event with friends or family among university students (2025)

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Cultural values and practices in alcohol and other drug use among immigrant youth: A systematic review (2025)

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
The Structural Validity of the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale-Short Form Among College Students Who Drink Alcohol (2025)

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The party’s not over: Living situation, perceived party norms, and drinking games behavior among college students during the pandemic (COVID-19) (2024)

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Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States (2024)

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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)

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Longitudinal relations between parenting practices and prosocial behaviors in recent immigrant Latino/a adolescents: Familism values and ethnic identity as mediators (2024)

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Disentangling the directionality among cultural stressors and psychosocial outcomes in recently immigrated Hispanic families: A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model approach (2024)

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Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategy use and Negative Consequences Across Heavy Alcohol Users and Risky Drinkers (2024)

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Social Anxiety, Pregaming Motives/Behaviors, and Negative Alcohol Consequences Among a Multisite Sample of University Students (2024)

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Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men: A meta-analysis (2024)

Social Science & Medicine 12 citations DOI OpenAlex