Problem Behavior Theory and Adolescent Alcohol Use
The prevalence of adolescent alcohol use has prompted interest in identifying the factors associated with its use.
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Ron Hays is an affiliated adjunct researcher at RAND. His research focuses on patient-reported measures. Hays has published 709 peer-reviewed articles and 44 book chapters. He is a 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. Hays received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside.
Education
Ph.D. in psychology, University of California, Riverside
Concurrent Non-RAND Positions
Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Selected Work
- P. Fayers & R. Hays (eds.), Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials: Methods and Practice, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
- Hays, R.D., Martino, S., Brown, J., Cui, M., Cleary, P., Gaillot, S., and Elliott, M., "Evaluation of a care coordination measure for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (CAHPS(R)) Medicare Survey," Medical Care Research and Review, 71, 2014
- Hays, R.D., Spritzer, L.L., Thompson, W., and Cella, D., "U.S. general population estimate for," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(10), 2015
- Hays, R.D., Liu, H., and Kapteyn, A., "Use of internet panels to conduct surveys," Behavior Research Methods, 47(3), 2015
- Hays, R. D., Spritzer, K. L., Schalet, B., & Cella, D., "PROMIS®-29 v2.0 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores. ," Quality of Life Research, 27(7), 2018
- Hays, R. D., Spritzer, K. L., & Reise, S. P., "Using item response theory to identify responders to treatment: Examples with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical functioning and emotional distress scales. ," Psychometrika, 86(3), 2021
- Hays, R. D., & Elliott, M.N., "Performance of the physical functioning activities of daily living scale in the 2020 Medicare Health Outcomes Survey," Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 105(4), 2024
- Hays, R. D., Rodriguez, A., Qureshi, N., Zeng, C., & Edelen, M. O., "Support for a single underlying dimension of self-reported health in a sample of adults with low back pain in the United States," Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19(5), 2024