Michael Hennessy (0000-0001-7176-3089)

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Dr. Hennessy is a researcher in the Department of Communication, University of Delaware. HIs interests are the integration of structural equation modeling and intervention program/behavioral theory, growth curve analysis of longitudinal data, and using factorial surveys to model individual decision making and to design behavioral interventions that work. He has published over 140 articles in journals as AIDS & Behavior, Evaluation Review, Structural Equation Modeling, Psychology Health & Medicine, Media Psychology, Evaluation Practice, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Sex Research, and the Journal of Adolescent Health among others.
Dr. Hennessy was previously employed by the University of Pennsylvania (Annenberg School for Communication), the Centers for Disease Control (Division of STD Prevention), has held faculty positions at the University of Hawaii and Emory University (both in the Department of Sociology), and has worked in the private sector doing evaluation research (at Abt Associates, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA, and the Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, CA). He likes cats, India Pale Ale, playing the French horn, and the music of Gustav Mahler.

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University of Delaware : Newark, DEL, US

2019-06-01 to present | Researcher (Communication)

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Michael Hennessy

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University of Delaware : Newark, DEL, US

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

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Emory University: Atlanta, GA, US

Northwestern University: Evanston, IL, US

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Reducing Unhealthy Normative Behavior: The Case of Sports and Energy Drinks

How intention to join an Alzheimer's participant recruitment registry differs by race, ethnicity, sex, and family history: Results from a national survey of US adults

Evaluating and tracking qualitative content coder performance using item response theory

Tracking COVID-19 vaccination expectancies and vaccination refusal in the United States

Perceptions of Sports and Energy Drinks: Factors Associated with Adolescent Beliefs

Athletes Drink Gatorade: DMA Advertising Expenditures, Ad Recall, and Athletic Identity Influence Energy and Sports Drink Consumption

A content analysis of sports and energy drink advertising

Psychosocial Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among White, Black, and Hispanic Adults in the US

Understanding the Nature of Media Effects From Onscreen Exposure to Alcohol, Sex, and Their Combination

Adolescent Perceptions of Black-Oriented Media: “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black”

Do You Know What Your Kids Are Drinking? Evaluation of a Media Campaign to Reduce Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Persistent Misperceptions: Americans’ Misplaced Confidence in Privacy Policies, 2003–2015

Prototypes reflect normative perceptions: implications for the development of reasoned action theory

Alcohol, Sex, and Screens: Modeling Media Influence on Adolescent Alcohol and Sex Co-Occurrence

Coercion or Caring: The Fundamental Paradox for Adherence Interventions for HIV+ People with Mental Illness

The 2014 Walrus Haul Out: A Case Study of Selective Exposure to Environmental News Coverage

Weight Stigmatization Moderates the Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage-Related PSAs Among US Parents

Do Emotional Appeals in Public Service Advertisements Influence Adolescents’ Intention to Reduce Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages?

Identifying Family Television Practices to Reduce Children’s Television Time

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption by Adult Caregivers and Their Children: The Role of Drink Features and Advertising Exposure

Sugar-sweetened beverage-related public service advertisements and their influence on parents

Using Psychological Theory to Predict Voting Intentions

When it comes to lifestyle recommendations, more is sometimes less: A meta-analysis of theoretical assumptions underlying the effectiveness of interventions promoting multiple behavior domain change

Beliefs Associated With Intention to Ban Smoking in Households With Smokers

Increasing quality of life and reducing HIV burden: The PATH+ intervention

Perceived Difficulty of Performing Selected HIV/AIDS Preventive Behaviors and Life Satisfaction: Is there a Relationship for African American Adolescents?

The Effect of Household Smoking Bans on Household Smoking

Does the Effect of Exposure to TV Sex on Adolescent Sexual Behavior Vary by Genre?

Home smoking policies in urban households with children and smokers

Parental television viewing as a predictor of child and adolescent television viewing

Predictors of parents' intention to limit children's television viewing

The Relationship Between Parents’ and Children’s Television Viewing

Measurement models for reasoned action theory

Safer Sex Media Messages and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: 3-Year Follow-Up Results From Project iMPPACS

The quantitative analysis of reasoned action theory

A model of adolescents' seeking of sexual content in their media choices.

Identifying the causal pathways from religiosity to delayed adolescent sexual behavior

Long term effects of community-based STI screening and mass media HIV prevention messages on sexual risk behaviors of african american adolescents

Multiple Method Contraception Use among African American Adolescents in Four US Cities

The role of television access in the viewing time of US adolescents

Using culturally sensitive media messages to reduce HIV-associated sexual behavior in high-risk African American adolescents: results from a randomized trial

Using the Integrative Model to explain how exposure to sexual media content influences adolescent sexual behavior

Adolescent Judgment of Sexual Content on Television: Implications for Future Content Analysis Research

Differentiating between precursor and control variables when analyzing reasoned action theories

Predicting preferences for types of sex education in US schools

The Impact of Community-Based Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Results on Sexual Risk Behaviors of African American Adolescents

The impact of community-based sexually transmitted infection screening results on sexual risk behaviors of African-American adolescents.

The Role of Communication With Friends in Sexual Initiation

Differentiating between precursor and control variables when analyzing reasoned action theories.

Estimating the longitudinal association between adolescent sexual behavior and exposure to sexual media content