Degrees and Granting Institutions:
1987-1994 PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY
1982-1984 MSN, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1976-1980 BSN, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Areas of Research Interest:
Psychological/social psych influences on health behavior

Areas of Expertise:
Adolescent risk behavior

Articles published in the last 5 years:
Lange, N., & Tigges, B.B. (in press) Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care. Nurse Practitioner.

Tigges, B.B. (2003). Parental Consent and Adolescent Risk Behavior Research. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35(3), 283-289.

Tigges, B.B. (2001). Affiliative preferences, self-change, and adolescent condom use. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 33(3), 231-237.

Tigges, B.B. (2000). Acute otitis media and pneumococcal resistance: Making judicious management decisions. Nurse Practitioner, 25(1), 69, 73-80, 85-87.