Journal Articles:

• Buunk, B. P., Gibbons, F. X., & Visser, A. (2002). The relevance of social comparison processes for prevention and health care. Patient Education and Counseling, 47, 1-3.
• Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., Reis-Bergan, M., Trudaeu, L., VandeLune, L., & Buunk, B. (2002). Inhibitor effects of drinker and non-drinker prototype on adolescent alcohol consumption. Health Psychology, 21, 601-609.
• Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., VandeLune, L., Pexa, N. A., & Gano M. L. (2002). Adolescents' substance-related risk perceptions: Antecedents, mediators, and consequences. Risk Decision and Policy, 7, 175-191.
• Gibbons, F. X, Lane, D. J., Gerrard M., Pomery, E. A., & Lautrup, C. l., (2002). Drinking and driving: A prospective assessment of the relation between risk cognitions and risk behavior. Risk Decision and Policy, 7, 267-283.
• Gibbons, F. X., Lane D. J., Gerrard, M., Reis-Bergan, M., Lautrup, C. L., Pexa, N., & Blanton, H. (2002). Comparison level preferences after performance: Is downward comparison theory still useful? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 865-880.
• Granberg, E., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., & Melby, J. (2008). The relationship between body size and depressed mood: Findings from a sample of African American middle school girls. Youth and Society, 39, 294-315.
• Mahler, H. I. M., Kulik, J. A., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Harrell, J. (2003). Effects of appearance based interventions on sun protection intentions and self-reported behaviors. Health Psychology, 22, 199-209.
• Sargent, J. D., Wills, T. A., Stoolmiller, M., Gibson, J., & Gibbons, F. (2006). Alcohol use in motion pictures and its relation with early onset teen drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 54-65.
• Sargent, J. D., Wills, T. A., Stoolmiller, M., Gibson, J., & Gibbons, F. X. (2006). Alcohol use in motion pictures and its relation with early onset teen drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 54-65.
• Thornton, B., Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (2002). Risk perceptions and prototype perception: Independent processes predicting risk behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 986-999.
• Wills, T. A., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Murry, V. M., & Brody G. H. (2003). Family communication and religiosity related to substance use and sexual behavior in early adolescence: A test for pathways through self-control and prototype perception. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17, 312-322.
• Wills, T. A., Gibbons, F. X., Sargent, J. D., Gerrard, M., Lee, H-R., & Dal Cin, S. (2010). Good self-control moderates the effect of mass media on adolescent tobacco and alcohol use: Tests with studies of children and adolescents. Health Psychology 29, 539-549.

Other Publications:

• Berkel, C., Murry, V. M., Hurt, T. R., Chen, Y.-f., Brody, G. H., Simons, R. L., Cutrona, C., & Gibbons, F. X. (2009). It takes a village: Protecting rural African American youth in the context of racism. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 38, 175-188.
• Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F. X., & Gano, M. (2003). Adolescents' risk perceptions and behavioral willingness: Implications for intervention. In D. Romer (Ed.), Reducing Adolescent Risk: Toward an Integrated Approach (pp. 75-81). Newbury, CA: Sage Publications.
• Gibbons F. X., Gerrard, M., & Lane, D. J. (2003). A social-reaction modle of adolescent health risk. In J. J. Suls & K. A. Wallston (Eds.), Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness (pp. 107-136). Oxford, England: Blackwell.
• Lane, D. J., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Blanton, H., & Buunk, B. P. (2002). Comparison strategies in response to threat: When does social comparison make a difference? In S. P. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Vol 10 (pp. 71-97). Huntington, NY: Nova Science.