Discrete latent variable methodology including latent class and latent transition analysis and their extensions, model interpretation in discrete latent variable models, and assessing the power of hypothesis tests in discrete latent variable models.

Problem and pathological gambling including normative development of gambling behavior, risk and protective factors for gambling and problems with gambling, prevention and treatment of problems with gambling, and measurement of gambling and problems with gambling.

Statement of Interests:

My general research interests combine two broad domains: prevention science and developmental research methodology. My prevention and methodological interests lie primarily in the intersection of problem gambling, substance use, and methodological techniques. I am specifically interested in the application of discrete latent variable methods to questions about problem gambling behavior and its prevention, and the comorbidity between gambling and substance use. Ultimately, I am interested in understanding more about the relation between gambling and substance use in hopes of informing prevention programs about how these behaviors may be targeted simultaneously.