Jason T. Siegel

Jason T. Siegel, Ph.D. is a social-health psychologist who is trying to save the world through science. His research typically involves the application of social psychological theories to the health domain. Due to an undisclosed incident, Dr. Siegel tends to focus on topics that begin with the letter “D”: Depression, Disruption, Donation, and Drugs. He is the proud recipient of a 2011 Research Jedi Award.  

Select Publications Since 2008

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro. E.A., Crano, W.D., Lienemann, B., Hohman, Z., & O’Brien, E. K. (in press). Increasing social support for depressed individuals: A cross-cultural assessment of an affect-expectancy approach. Journal of Health Communication.

Sperry, K. & Siegel, J.T. (in press). Victim responsibility, credibility, and verdict in a simulated rape case: Application of Weiner's attribution model. Legal and Criminological Psychology.

Crano, W.D., Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A. (in press). The siren’s call: mass media and drug prevention. In J. Dillard & Shen, L. (Eds.), The persuasion handbook.

Gonzalez, A.V , Siegel, J.T, Alvaro, E.M., & O’Brien (in press). Depression and Physician Patient Communication Among Hispanic End-Stage Renal Disease Patients. Journal of Health Communication.

Siegel, J.T., Crano, W.D., Alvaro, E.A., Lac, A, Rast, D. & Kettering, V. (2012). Dying to be popular: Why do adolescents go to extremes? In M. A. Hogg & Blaylock, D. (Eds.), Extremism and the psychology of uncertainty (pp. 163-186). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A., Hohman, Z.A., & Mauer, D. (2011). “Can you spare an organ?” Exploring Hispanic Americans’ willingness to discuss living organ donation with loved ones. Health Communication, 26, 754-764.

Lewandowski, J.A., Rosenberg, B.D., Parks, M.J., & Siegel, J.T. (2011). The effect of informal social support: Face-to-Face versus computer-mediated communication. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 1806-1814.

Siegel, J.T. (2011). Dying for romance: Risk taking as purposive behavior. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 719-726.

Hogg., M.A., Siegel, J.T., & Hohman, Z. (2011). Groups can jeopardize your health: Identifying with un-healthy groups to reduce self-uncertainty. Self and Identity, 10, 326-335.

Alvaro, E.A., Siegel, J.T., & Pace-Jones, S. (2011). Increasing organ donor registration rates by providing an Immediate and Complete Registration Opportunity: An experimental assessment of the IIFF Model. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 686-694.

Alvaro, E.A., Siegel, J.T., Crano, W.D., & Dominick, A. (2010). A mass mediated intervention on Hispanic organ donation. Journal of Health Communication, 15, 374-387.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A., Crano, W.D., Gonzalez, A., Tang, J., & Jones, S.P. (2010). Passive-positive organ donor registration behavior: A mixed method assessment of the IIFF Model. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 15, 198-209.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A. (2010). Understanding organ donation: Applied behavioral science perspectives. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Alvaro, E.A. & Siegel, J.T. (2010). Where have we been and where to next: A review and synthesis of organ donation media campaigns. In Siegel J. and Alvaro E. (Eds.), Understanding organ donation: Applied behavioral science approaches (pp. 43-63). Malden: MA, Blackwell-Wiley.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A., & Hohman, Z. (2010). A dawning recognition of factors for increasing donor registration: The IIFF Model. In Siegel J. and Alvaro E. (Eds.), Understanding organ donation: Applied behavioral science approaches (pp. 313-330). Malden: MA, Blackwell-Wiley.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.M., Patel, N., Crano, W.D. (2009) “…you would probably want to do it. Cause that’s what made them popular”: Exploring perceptions of inhalant utility among young adolescent non-users and occasional users. Substance Use and Misuse, 44, 597-615.

Lac, A., Alvaro, E. M., Crano, W. D., & Siegel, J. T. (2009). Parenting styles and Theory of Planned Behavior: An integrative framework for understanding parenting on adolescent marijuana use. Prevention Science, 10, 22-32.

Skenderian, J., Siegel, J.T., Crano, W.D., Alvaro, E., & Lac, A. (2008). Expectancy violations and adolescents’ intentions to use marijuana. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 563-569.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.M., Crano, W.D., Skendarian, J., Lac, A., & Patel, N. (2008). Reducing inhalant use by changing socio-personal expectations. Prevention Science, 9, 153-165.

Crano, W.D., Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A., Lac, A., Hemovich, V. (2008). The at-risk adolescent marijuana non-user: expanding the standard user/non-user distinction. Prevention Science, 9, 129-137.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E., Pace-Jones, S., Crano, W.C., Lac, A., & Ting, S. (2008). A quasi-experimental investigation of message appeal variations on organ donor registration rates. Health Psychology, 27, 170-178.

Crano, W.D., Gilbert, C., Alvaro, E.A., Siegel, J.T. (2008). Enhancing prediction of inhalant abuse Risk in samples of early adolescents: A secondary analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 895-905.

Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E., Lac, A., Crano, W.D., Alexander, S. (2008). Intentions of becoming a living organ donor among Hispanics: A theoretical approach exploring differences between living and non-living organ donation. Journal of Health Communication, 13, 80-99.

Alvaro, E.A., Siegel, J.T., Turcotte, D., Lisha, N., Crano W.D., & Dominick, S.A. (2008). Hispanic living kidney donation: A qualitative examination of barriers and opportunities. Progress in Transplantation, 18, 243-250.