The focus of my research is the manner in which individuals influence one another’s perceptions and behaviors, particularly in terms of health behaviors. I examine the social support benefit of positive interpersonal relationships and exchanges. In addition, I consider how negative interpersonal interactions are an important source of stress that can lead to depressed mood, as well as harmful, stress-induced behaviors, such as excessive and/or solitary alcohol consumption. To investigate these associations, I employ daily process methodology and multilevel modeling to examine the role of daily interpersonal exchanges and moods in alcohol consumption. I am exploring these processes in college student and community samples.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology
Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Person Perception

Applied Social Psychology
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology

Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Person Perception

Journal Articles:

Armeli, S., Mohr, C. D., Tennen, H., Todd, M., & Carney, M. A. (2005). A daily process examination of alcohol outcome expectancy evaluations among college students. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 767-792.
Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Todd, M., Carney, A., Mohr, C., Affleck, G., & Hromi, A. (2003). A daily process examination of the stress-response dampening effects of alcohol. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17, 266-276.
Armeli, S., Todd, M., & Mohr, C. (2005). A daily process approach to individual differences in stress-related alcohol use. Journal of Personality, 73 (6), 1657-1686.
Kenny, D. A., Mohr, C. D., & Levesque, M. J. (2001). A social relations variance partitioning of dyadic behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 128-141.
Mohr, C. D., Armeli, S., Ohannessian, C. M., Tennen, H., Carney, M. A., Affleck, G., & Del Boca, F. K. (2003). Daily interpersonal experiences and distress: Are women more vulnerable? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 393-423.
Mohr, C. D., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Carney, M., Affleck, G., & Hromi, A. (2001). Daily interpersonal experiences, context and alcohol consumption: Crying in your beer and toasting good times? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 489-500.
Mohr, C.D., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Temple, M., Todd, M., Clark, J., & Carney, M.A. (2005). Moving beyond the keg party: A daily process investigation of college student drinking motivations. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19 (4), 392-403.
Mohr, C. D., Averna, S., Kenny, D. A., & Del Boca, F. K. (2001). “Getting by” or “Getting high with a little help from my friends”: An examination of adult alcoholics’ friendships. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 637-645.
Mohr, C. D., Brannan, D., Mohr, J., Armeli, S., & Tennen, H. (2008). Evidence for positive mood buffering among college student drinkers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1249-1259.
Mohr, C. D., & Kenny, D. A. (2006). The how and why of disagreement among perceivers: An exploration of Person Models. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42(3), 337-349.

Other Publications:

Mohr, C. D., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., & Todd, M. (2009). The complexities of modeling mood-drinking relationships: Lessons learned from daily process research (pp. 189-216). In J. Kassel (Ed.), Substance Abuse and Emotion. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Applied Social Psychology
Field Observation Methods
Health Psychology
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Social Psychology
Social Psychology of Mental Health

Advanced Applied Social Psychology
Field Observation Methods
Health Psychology

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Social Psychology
Social Psychology of Mental Health

Cynthia D. Mohr
Department of Psychology
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
United States

Phone: (503) 725-3981
Fax: (503) 725-3904