Kayla Ford Data-verified

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Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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6 h-index 27 pubs 229 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kayla Ford's research focuses on understanding alcohol use and related behaviors among university students. Her work has explored the prevalence and characteristics of drinking games among young adults, and the association between masculine drinking norms and alcohol consumption in various student populations, including NCAA male student-athletes. Ford has also investigated the effectiveness of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire across different countries and examined how alcohol intoxication affects perceptions of consent and refusal indicators in simulated sexual encounters. Additionally, her research has touched upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drinking motives and participation in drinking games among college students. Her scholarly contributions include a meta-analysis on conformity to masculine norms and drinking behaviors in adult men, and a systematic literature review utilizing text mining for sexual harassment studies. Ford holds an h-index of 6 with 27 publications and 216 citations, and frequently collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Byron L. Zamboanga and Lindsay S. Ham.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 229

Selected Publications

  • Presenting the Evading Responsibility Following Alcohol-Related Harms as Strategy for Emotion Regulation (ERASER) Model (2025)
  • Bystander Intervention Matters: Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Based on (No) Bystander Presence and Helping (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pregaming in the digital age: drinking before joining a virtual social event with friends or family among university students (2025)
    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)
  • 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)
    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)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neither a problem nor my problem: Risk factors for underage drinking disengagement among college students (2024)
  • Why Do University Students From Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina Play Drinking Games? A Mixed-Method Cross-Country Study (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Shame and guilt for alcohol-related transgressions and hazardous drinking among male and female college students (2023)
    3 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)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes. (2023)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • There are worse things and others to blame: measuring underage drinking disengagement strategies among college students (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining the Drinking Motives <scp>Questionnaire‐Revised</scp> Short Form among university students in Australia, New Zealand and Argentina (2023)
  • What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic (COVID-19) academic year (2022)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Playing Drinking Games as a Typical Form of Prepartying among Young Adults (2022)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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