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Kara Thompson

ResearcherPsychologySt. Francis Xavier University

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Kara Thompson

Researcher

Psychology

St. Francis Xavier University

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (4 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Alcohol Health (1) Cannabis use (2) Young adults (3) Modes of use (4) Sex (5) Gender (6) ecological momentary assessment

Latest papers

Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.
Journal of college student retention : research, theory & practice · 2026
Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026

All 45 publications

Latest funding

The effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol's health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$761,176
Effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$596,700

All 12 grants and awards

45 publications.

Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.

MacDonald-Spracklin R, Waqar A, Islam A, Fischer B, Crépault JF, Thompson K, Myran DT

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105350 PMID: 42259170

Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.

Cieslik VV, Sukhawathanakul P, Rostampour R, Wu MQ, Hadwin AF, Stewart SH, Thompson K, Keough MT, Krank M, Conrod PJ, Castellanos-Ryan N, Winne P

Journal of college student retention : research, theory & practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/15210251241299790 PMID: 42381896

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Priore I, Vishnevsky N, Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Price TR, Farrell-Low AM, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Gagnon M, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thomas G, Thompson K, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01061-1 PMID: 40506630

Testing Alcohol Container Warning Labels Among Alcohol Consumers in the Field Over a 4-Week Period: A Protocol for a Randomized Field Trial.

Hobin E, Bains A, Poon T, Forbes S, Hammond D, Naimi T, Smith B, Sherk A, Stockwell T, Vanderlee L, Thompson K, Li L, Meyer S

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs2025

DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00209 PMID: 39520263

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults.

Moore M, Yunus FM, Thompson K, Keough M, Krank M, Conrod PJ, Stewart SH

Emerging adulthood (Print)2025

DOI: 10.1177/21676968241313068 PMID: 40051415

Mode Matters: Investigating the Associations Between Mode of Cannabis Use and Self-Reported Physical and Psychological Effects.

MacDonald-Spracklin R, DeWolf D, Thompson K

Substance use & misuse2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2538733 PMID: 40750728

Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses: A comparative analysis.

Thompson K, Cooper S, Langille W, Webber B, MacDonald-Spracklin R, Asbridge M, Barker B, Kruisselbrink D, Olthuis J, Paradis C, Stewart S, Stockwell T, Strang R

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00907-4 PMID: 39060713

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Farrell-Low AM, Gagnon M, Price TR, Priore I, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thompson K, Vishnevsky N, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00889-3 PMID: 38739320

High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults.

Yunus FM, Standage C, Walsh C, Lockhart P, Thompson K, Keough M, Krank M, Hadwin A, Conrod PJ, Stewart SH

Injury epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00487-4 PMID: 38350989

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines: Response to commentaries.

Shield KD, Paradis C, Butt PR, Naimi T, Sherk A, Asbridge M, Myran DT, Stockwell T, Wells S, Poole N, Heatley J, Hobin E, Thompson K, Young MM, Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Scientific Expert Panel

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2024

DOI: 10.1111/add.16402 PMID: 38108200

The effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol's health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hobin, Erin P; Corace, Kimberly M

Keywords: Alcohol Control Policy; Alcohol Labelling; Experimental Research; Health Equity; Population Health Intervention Science; Public Health

$761,176

Effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Early Detection/Cancer Prevention

Principal investigators: Hobin, Erin P; Corace, Kimberly M

Keywords: Alcohol Control Policy; Alcohol Labelling; Experimental Research; Health Equity; Population Health Intervention Science; Public Health

$100,000

Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara D

Keywords: Alcohol; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Gender; Health; Intersectionality; Marketing; Randomized Control Trial; Sex; Women

$596,700

Alcohol policy liberalization and youth alcohol use and harms in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2024CG: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - Substance Use in Youth

Principal investigators: Myran, Daniel; Hamilton, Hayley A

Keywords: Alcohol; Alcohol Policy; Population Health

$124,667

Mobilizing Knowledge to Strengthen Campus Alcohol Policies in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara D.

Keywords: Alcohol policy; postsecondary institutions; knowledge mobilization; digital tool

$69,969

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: Alcohol; Policy; Health; Youth; Mental health; population health; cannabis; sex and gender

$123,991

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: Alcohol Policy Health Youth Mental health population health cannabis sex and gender

$114,960

Personality as a predictor of emerging adults' poor adherence and psychological distress to public health measures for controlling COVID-19 viral spread: Empirical evidence and intervention efficacy

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Baron, Jonnie-Lyn; Conrod, Patricia; Keough, Matthew T; Krank, Marvin D; Thompson, Kara D

Keywords: Adherence; Anxiety; Anxiety Sensitivity; Covid-19; Depression; Hopelessness; Impulsivity; Personality; Psychological Distress; Sensation Seeking

$200,000

How Sex and Gender Differences in Modes of Administration Alter the Effects of Cannabis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: (1) Cannabis use; (2) Young adults; (3) Modes of use; (4) Sex; (5) Gender; (6) ecological momentary assessment; (7) motives

$74,996

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: substance misuse; prevention; personality; knowledge mobilization; well being; academic retention; academic performance; binge drinking; emerging adulthood; life transitions; technology assisted programs; student services

$2,000,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Kara Thompson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.

Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Testing Alcohol Container Warning Labels Among Alcohol Consumers in the Field Over a 4-Week Period: A Protocol for a Randomized Field Trial.

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults.

Mode Matters: Investigating the Associations Between Mode of Cannabis Use and Self-Reported Physical and Psychological Effects.

Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses: A comparative analysis.

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults.

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines: Response to commentaries.

The effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol's health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy

Effectiveness of alcohol warning labels on consumer knowledge and perceptions of alcohol health risks and on alcohol use: a randomized field experiment to inform alcohol labelling policy

Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups

Alcohol policy liberalization and youth alcohol use and harms in Ontario

Mobilizing Knowledge to Strengthen Campus Alcohol Policies in Canada

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Personality as a predictor of emerging adults' poor adherence and psychological distress to public health measures for controlling COVID-19 viral spread: Empirical evidence and intervention efficacy

How Sex and Gender Differences in Modes of Administration Alter the Effects of Cannabis

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Frequent collaborators

Mark Asbridge

Norman Giesbrecht

Bonnie Leadbeater

Gerald Thomas

Paweena Sukhawathanakul

Erin Hobin

Sherry Stewart

Samantha Wells

Russell Callaghan

Patricia Conrod

Jacob Shelley

Shu-Ping Chen

Allyson Hadwin

Robert Mann

Lennon Li

vanessa morris

Timothy Naimi

Kevin Shield

Lana Vanderlee

Abby Goldstein

Samantha Meyer

Megan Ames

Amanda Hudson

Christine Wekerle

Daniel Myran

David Hammond

Benedikt Fischer

Peter Butt

Eric Roth