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Miles Q. Ott
Researcher at Smith College
Publications - 31
Citations - 753
Miles Q. Ott is an academic researcher from Smith College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Binge drinking. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 29 publications receiving 547 citations. Previous affiliations of Miles Q. Ott include Harvard University & Brown University.
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Stability and Change in Self-Reported Sexual Orientation Identity in Young People: Application of Mobility Metrics
TL;DR: Gender- and age-related changes in sexual orientation identity from early adolescence through emerging adulthood in 13,840 youth ages 12–25 employing mobility measure M, a measure modified from its original application for econometrics is described.
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Age-gaps in sexual partnerships: seeing beyond 'sugar daddies'
TL;DR: Given the age–sex distribution of HIV prevalence in this population, interventions to decrease age-gaps in spousal relationships may be effective in reducing HIV incidence.
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Peer associations for substance use and exercise in a college student social network.
Nancy P. Barnett,Miles Q. Ott,Michelle L. Rogers,Michelle P. Loxley,Crystal D. Linkletter,Melissa A. Clark +5 more
TL;DR: College student networks may be good targets for health-related prevention programs that use close-proximity peers to influence the behavior of others might be more effective with substance use as the target behavior than exercise.
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Repeated Changes in Reported Sexual Orientation Identity Linked to Substance Use Behaviors in Youth
Miles Q. Ott,David Wypij,David Wypij,Heather L. Corliss,Heather L. Corliss,Heather L. Corliss,Margaret Rosario,Sari L. Reisner,Allegra R. Gordon,S. Bryn Austin +9 more
TL;DR: Changes in reported sexual orientation over time may be as important as current sexual orientation for understanding adolescent substance use risk, and in both clinical and research settings it is important to assess history of sexual orientation changes.
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Resistance to peer influence moderates the relationship between perceived (but not actual) peer norms and binge drinking in a college student social network.
Graham DiGuiseppi,Matthew K. Meisel,Sara G. Balestrieri,Miles Q. Ott,Melissa J. Cox,Melissa A. Clark,Nancy P. Barnett +6 more
TL;DR: RPI significantly moderated the association between perceptions of peer binge drinking and participant's own binge drinking; this association was weaker among participants with higher RPI compared to those with lower RPI, and RPI did not interact with the actual binge drinking behavior of network peers.