User:Uvall

Uvall is a graduate student working toward his PhD in Clinical Psychology. He is a researcher at one of the top specialty AD/HD clinics in the United States. His research focuses on the link between teen substance use and symptoms of AD/HD. Specifically, Uvall’s current research examines AD/HD symptoms as a moderator of the association between deviant peer affiliation and teen substance use in a large community sample. He is particularly interested in the construct of “deviant peers” and, having not found a parsimonious scale in the literature that is gender sensitive, he created his own peer deviancy scale. Prior to enrolling in graduate school, Uvall spent 5 years working in tertiary substance abuse treatment. During this time, his work emanated from an abstinence only, disease model paradigm; however, over time, his theoretical orientation and approach have shifted to that of harm reduction.