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Submissions from 2018

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Relation between lifespan polytrauma typologies and post-trauma mental health, Ateka A. Contractor, Lily A. Brown, and Nicole H. Weiss

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A Mixed-effects Location Scale Model for Time-to-event Data: A Smoking Behavior Application, Delphine Courvoisier, Theodore A. Walls, Boris Cheval, and Donald Hedeker

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A Novel Transgenic Rat Model of Robust Cerebral Microvascular Amyloid with Prominent Vasculopathy, Judianne Davis, Feng Xu, Joshua Hatfield, Hedok Lee, Michael D. Hoos, Dominique Popescu, Elliot Crooks, Regina Kim, Steven O. Smith, John K. Robinson, Helene Benveniste, and William Van Nostrand

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Facebook addiction and impulsive decision-making, Daniel Delaney, L. A.R. Stein, and Russell Gruber

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Impact of medication adherence on risk of ischemic stroke, major bleeding and deep vein thrombosis in atrial fibrillation patients using novel oral anticoagulants, Chinmay G. Deshpande, Stephen Kogut, Robert Laforge, and Cynthia Willey

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Neonatal weight matters: An examination of weight changes in full-term breastfeeding newborns during the first 2 weeks of life, Diane Ditomasso and Andrea L. Paiva

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Reply to “Does Pronounced Birth Weight Loss Indicate Breastfeeding Failure?”, Diane DiTomasso and Andrea L. Paiva

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Psychosocial Determinants of Teens’ Online Engagement in Drug Prevention Social Media Campaigns: Implications for Public Health Organizations, Hailee K. Dunn, Deborah N. Pearlman, Avery Beatty, and Paul Florin

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Student employment as a model for experiential learning, Jacquelyn H. Fede, Kathleen S. Gorman, and Maria E. Cimini

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Increasing Engagement in Advance Care Planning Using a Behaviour Change Model: Study Protocol for the STAMP Randomised Controlled Trials, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Steven Martino, Andrea Paiva, Lynne Iannone, Maria Zenoni, Laura A. Blakley, Joseph S. Rossi, and John O'Leary

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Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Fruit and Vegetable Intake as Predictors of Head Start Teachers' Classroom Mealtime Behaviors, Katherine Halloran, Kathleen S. Gorman, Megan Fallon, and Alison Tovar

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Intimate violence as it relates to risky sexual behavior among at-risk females, Danielle C. Hill, L. A.R. Stein, Joseph S. Rossi, Molly Magill, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Positive psychotherapy for smoking cessation enhanced with text messaging: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Christopher W. Kahler, Anthony Surace, Rebecca E.F. Gordon, Patricia A. Cioe, Nichea S. Spillane, Acacia Parks, Beth C. Bock, and Richard A. Brown

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Disruptive behavior scale for adolescents (DISBA): development and psychometric properties, Mahmood Karimy, Ahmad Fakhri, Esmaeel Vali, Farzaneh Vali, Feliciano H. Veiga, L.A.R. Stein, and Marzieh Araban

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Stages of change and psychotherapy outcomes: A review and meta-analysis, Paul Krebs, John C. Norcross, Joseph M. Nicholson, and James O. Prochaska

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Creation and Validation of the Barriers to Alcohol Reduction (BAR) Scale Using Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory, Zachary J. Kunicki, Melissa R. Schick, Nichea S. Spillane, and Lisa L. Harlow

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Development of Emotion Self-Regulation Among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Parents, Amy C. Laurent and Kathleen Gorman

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Development and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy Measures for Managing Anxiety in a National Sample of Clinically Anxious Adults, Jessica M. Lipschitz, Andrea L. Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, Deborah Levesque, Joseph S. Rossi, Risa B. Weisberg, and James O. Prochaska

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Instructor and peer bullying in college students: Distinct typologies based on Latent Class Analysis, Marisa E. Marraccini, Leslie Ann D. Brick, and Lisa L. Weyandt

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Resilience and thriving in spite of disasters: A stages of change approach, Norbert Mundorf, Colleen A. Redding, James O. Prochaska, Andea L. Paiva, and Pamela Rubinoff

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Physiological substrates of executive functioning: a systematic review of the literature, Bailey A. Munro, Lisa L. Weyandt, Lily E. Hall, Danielle R. Oster, Bergljot Gyda Gudmundsdottir, and Benjamin G. Kuhar

A conceptual framework for understanding alcohol use problems in racial/ethnic minorities: The role of impulsivity and stress, Tessa Nalven and Nichea S. Spillane

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Community-based childhood obesity prevention intervention for parents improves health behaviors and food parenting practices among Hispanic, low-income parents, Laura Otterbach, Noereem Z. Mena, Geoffrey Greene, Colleen A. Redding, Anne S. De Groot, and Alison Tovar

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Women's use of aggression and their depressive symptoms: The mediating effect of aggression- related shame and avoidance coping among women experiencing bidirectional intimate partner violence, Nicole M. Overstreet, Nicole H. Weiss, Suzanne C. Swan, and Tami P. Sullivan

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Rx for addiction and medication safety: An evaluation of teen education for opioid misuse prevention, Emily Patry, P. Bratberg, Ashley L. Buchanan, Andrea L. Paiva, Sara Balestrieri, and Kelly L. Matson

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The Effects of Volume Versus Intensity of Long-Term Voluntary Exercise on Physiology and Behavior in C57/Bl6 Mice, Lisa S. Robison, Dominique L. Popescu, Maria E. Anderson, Steven I. Beigelman, Shannon M. Fitzgerald, Antonina E. Kuzmina, David A. Lituma, Sarima Subzwari, Michalis Michaelos, Brenda J. Anderson, William E. Van Nostrand, and John K. Robinson

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Psychometric assessment of the processes of change scale for sun protection, Marie A. Sillice, Steven F. Babbin, Colleen A. Redding, Joseph S. Rossi, Andrea L. Paiva, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Using Relational Agents to Promote Exercise and Sun Protection: Assessment of Participants’ Experiences With Two Interventions, Marie A. Sillice, Patricia J. Morokoff, Ginette Ferszt, Timothy Bickmore, Beth C. Bock, Ryan Lantini, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Comparing the Validity of Self-Report and Urinalysis for Substance Use among Former Inmates in the Northeastern United States: Substance Use Reporting Accuracy Among Inmates, Jacob J. van den Berg, Samuel Adeyemo, Mary B. Roberts, Beth C. Bock, L. A.R. Stein, Rosemarie A. Martin, Donna R. Parker, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Pediatric Depression Symptoms, Executive Functioning Weaknesses, and Associated Neuropsychological and Psychiatric Outcomes, Elyssa B. Weber, Jane Studeny, Brian C. Kavanaugh, Nathan E. Cook, Charles E. Gaudet, Kyle McCurdy, and Karen A. Holler

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Trauma exposure and heavy drinking and drug use among college students: Identifying the roles of negative and positive affect lability in a daily diary study, Nicole H. Weiss, Krysten W. Bold, Ateka A. Contractor, Tami P. Sullivan, Stephen Armeli, and Howard Tennen

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Heterogeneity in emotion regulation difficulties among women victims of domestic violence: A latent profile analysis, Nicole H. Weiss, Angela G. Darosh, Ateka A. Contractor, Shannon R. Forkus, Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, and Tami P. Sullivan

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An Examination of the Role of Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Nicole H. Weiss, Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Courtney Peasant, and Tami P. Sullivan

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Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis, Nicole H. Weiss, Shannon R. Forkus, Ateka A. Contractor, and Melissa R. Schick

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Issues pertaining to misuse of ADHD prescription medications, Lisa L. Weyandt and Stephanie Bjorn

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Neurocognitive, Autonomic, and Mood Effects of Adderall: A Pilot Study of Healthy College Students, Lisa L. Weyandt, Tara L. White, Bergljot Gyda Gudmundsdottir, Adam Z. Nitenson, Emma S. Rathkey, Kelvin A. De Leon, and Stephanie A. Bjorn

Submissions from 2017

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Cluster reduction in patients in a pilot treatment trial for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, Grayson L. Baird, Lisa L. Harlow, Jason T. Machan, and W. Curt LaFrance

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Identifying seizure clusters in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, Grayson L. Baird, Lisa L. Harlow, Jason T. Machan, Dave Thomas, and W. Curt LaFrance

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Intervention Effects on Stage of Change Membership and Transitions among Adolescent Energy Balance Behaviors, Leslie A. Brick, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, Lisa L. Harlow, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Intervention effects on stage transitions for adolescent smoking and alcohol use acquisition., Leslie A. Brick, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Immediate Post-Concussion and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT): a systematic review of the prevalence and assessment of invalid performance, Charles E. Gaudet and Lisa L. Weyandt

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A pilot randomized trial of Motivational Interviewing compared to Psycho-Education for reducing and preventing underage drinking in American Indian adolescents, David A. Gilder, Jennifer R. Geisler, Juan A. Luna, Daniel Calac, Peter M. Monti, Nichea S. Spillane, Juliet P. Lee, Roland S. Moore, and Cindy L. Ehlers

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The Making of Psychological Methods, Lisa L. Harlow

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Sustainable transportation pros, cons, and self-efficacy as predictors of 6-month stage transitions in a Chinese sample, Satoshi Horiuchi, Akira Tsuda, Hisanori Kobayashi, Colleen A. Redding, and James O. Prochaska

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A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Naltrexone for Heavy-Drinking Smokers Seeking Smoking Cessation Treatment, Christopher W. Kahler, Patricia A. Cioe, Golfo K. Tzilos, Nichea S. Spillane, Lorenzo Leggio, Susan E. Ramsey, Richard A. Brown, and Stephanie S. O'Malley

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Implicit and explicit alcohol cognitions: The moderating effect of executive functions, Andrea M. Lavigne, Mark D. Wood, Tim Janssen, and Reinout W. Wiers

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Clinical Considerations for Women, Marisa E. Marraccini, Lisa L. Weyandt, Bergljot Gyda Gudmundsdottir, Danielle R. Oster, and Alison McCallum

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The Influence of Engagement and Satisfaction on Smoking Cessation Interventions: A Qualitative Study, Jasmine A. Mena, Gifty G. Ampadu, and James O. Prochaska

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Factors associated with multicultural teaching competence: Social justice orientation and multicultural environment, Jasmine A. Mena and Margaret R. Rogers

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The relationship between nonmedical use of prescription stimulants, executive functioning and academic outcomes, Bailey A. Munro, Lisa L. Weyandt, Marisa E. Marraccini, and Danielle R. Oster

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Interpersonal Autonomic Physiology: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Richard V. Palumbo, Marisa E. Marraccini, Lisa L. Weyandt, Oliver Wilder-Smith, Heather A. McGee, Siwei Liu, and Matthew S. Goodwin

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Stages of change in obesity and weight management: factorial structure of the Italian version of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale, Giada Pietrabissa, Angela Sorgente, Alessandro Rossi, Susan Simpson, Giuseppe Riva, Gian Mauro Manzoni, James O. Prochaska, Janice M. Prochaska, Roberto Cattivelli, and Gianluca Castelnuovo

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Predictors and Moderators of Quality of Life Among College Students With ADHD, Trevor D. Pinho, Patricia H. Manz, George J. DuPaul, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, and Lisa Weyandt

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Influence of Organizational Characteristics on Success in Implementing Process Improvement Goals in Correctional Treatment Settings, Michael Prendergast, Wayne N. Welsh, Lynda Stein, Wayne Lehman, Gerald Melnick, Umme Warda, Michael Shafer, Wendy Ulaszek, Eleni Rodis, Sami Abdel-Salam, and Jamieson Duvall

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Testosterone and progesterone concentrations in blow samples are biologically relevant in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), Justin T. Richard, Todd R. Robeck, Steven D. Osborn, Lisa Naples, Alexa McDermott, Robert LaForge, Tracy A. Romano, and Becky L. Sartini

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Social contextual risk factors for stimulant use among adolescent American Indians, Nichea S. Spillane, Lisa Weyandt, Danielle Oster, and Hayley Treloar

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Modeling multiple health behaviors and general health, Kelsey Elise Ufholz and Lisa L. Harlow

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Alzheimer's disease and diet: a systematic review, Miryam Yusufov, Lisa L. Weyandt, and Irene Piryatinsky

Submissions from 2016

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Does one size fit all? A case for context-driven null hypothesis statistical testing, Grayson L. Baird and Lisa L. Harlow

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Evaluating Measures of Fidelity for Substance Abuse Group Treatment With Incarcerated Adolescents, Shayna S. Bassett, L.A.R. Stein, Joseph S. Rossi, and Rosemarie A. Martin

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Teachers perceptions of bullying among youth, Karen J.S. Bell and W. Grant Willis

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A new paradigm for credibly administering placebo alcohol to underage drinkers, Michael H. Bernstein, Mark D. Wood, and Suzanne M. Colby

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Invariance of measures to understand decision-making for pursuing living donor kidney transplant, Leslie Ann Brick, Donya Sorrensen, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John D. Peipert, and Amy D. Waterman

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Longitudinal analysis of intervention effects on temptations and stages of change for dietary fat using parallel process latent growth modeling, Leslie A. Brick, Si Yang, Lisa L. Harlow, Colleen A. Redding, and James O. Prochaska

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The Impact of Motivational Interviewing on Delinquent Behaviors in Incarcerated Adolescents, Mary Clair-Michaud, Rosemarie A. Martin, Lynda A.R. Stein, Shayna Bassett, Rebecca Lebeau, and Charles Golembeske

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The Impact of Careless and Random Responding on Juvenile Forensic Assessment: Susceptibility of Commonly Used Measures and Implications for Research and Practice, Nathan E. Cook, David Faust, Joseph F. Meyer, and Kyle A. Faust

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Increasing Literacy in Quantitative Methods: The Key to the Future of Canadian Psychology, Alyssa Counsell, Robert A. Cribbie, and Lisa L. Harlow

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Reporting Practices and Use of Quantitative Methods in Canadian Journal Articles in Psychology, Alyssa Counsell and Lisa L. Harlow

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Motivation for HPV Vaccination among Young Adult Men: Validation of TTM Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy Constructs, Anne C. Fernandez, Nicole R. Amoyal, Andrea L. Paiva, and James O. Prochaska

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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Computer-assisted Motivational Intervention with Didactic Educational Counseling to Reduce Unprotected Sex in Female Adolescents, Melanie A. Gold, Golfo K. Tzilos, L.A.R. Stein, Bradley J. Anderson, Michael D. Stein, Chistopher M. Ryan, Allan Zuckoff, and Carlo DiClemente

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Facebook, Twitter, & Qr codes: An exploratory trial examining the feasibility of social media mechanisms for sample recruitment, Lucy L. Gu, Dorothy Skierkowski, Paul Florin, Karen Friend, and Yinjiao Yi

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Significance testing introduction and overview, Lisa L. Harlow

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Big Data in Psychology: Introduction to the Special Issue, Lisa L. Harlow and Frederick L. Oswald

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Failure to maintain set as a predictor of childhood depression within a children's psychiatric inpatient sample, Brian C. Kavanaugh, Charles E. Gaudet, Jennifer A. Dupont-Frechette, Perrin P. Tellock, Isolde D. Maher, Lauren D. Haisley, and Karen A. Holler

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Acculturation and cigarette smoking in Hispanic women: A meta-analysis, Karli K. Kondo, Joseph S. Rossi, Seth J. Schwartz, Byron L. Zamboanga, and Carissa D. Scalf

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Teen Dating Violence Prevention: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Teen Choices, an Online, Stage-Based Program for Healthy, Nonviolent Relationships, Deborah A. Levesque, Janet L. Johnson, Carol A. Welch, Janice M. Prochaska, and Andrea L. Paiva

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Using smartphone video “selfies” to monitor change in toothbrushing behavior after a brief intervention: A pilot study, Parangimalai Diwakar Madan Kumar, Anusa Arunachalam Mohandoss, Theodore A. Walls, Thavarajah Rooban, and Lance T. Vernon

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Neurocognitive enhancement or impairment? A systematic meta-analysis of prescription stimulant effects on processing speed, decision-making, planning, and cognitive perseveration, Marissa E. Marraccini, Lisa L. Weyandt, Joseph S. Rossi, and Bergljot Gyda Gudmundsdottir

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Adolescents and young adults with cancer: Oncology nurses report attitudes and barriers to discussing fertility preservation, Alexandra Nobel Murray, Joan C. Chrisler, and Mark L. Robbins

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Childhood Maltreatment and Symptoms of Social Anxiety: Exploring the Role of Emotional Abuse, Neglect, and Cumulative Trauma, Monica M. Nanda, Elizabeth Reichert, Uchenna J. Jones, and Ellen Flannery-Schroeder

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History of sex exchange in women with a history of incarceration, Amanda J. Noska, Mary B. Roberts, Carolyn Sufrin, L. A.R. Stein, Curt G. Beckwith, Josiah D. Rich, Emily F. Dauria, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Using consultation to support english learners: The experiences of bilingual school psychologists, Elisabeth C. O'Bryon and Margaret R. Rogers

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Exploration of Incarcerated Men's and Women's Attitudes of Smoking in the Presence of Children and Pregnant Women: Is There a Disparity Between Smoking Attitudes and Smoking Behavior?, Donna R. Parker, Mary B. Roberts, Jacob J. van den Berg, Beth Bock, Lynda A.R. Stein, Rosemarie A. Martin, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Multiple Time Scale Models in Sport and Exercise Science, Daniel M. Smith and Theodore A. Walls

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Goals and Plans of Incarcerated Men Postrelease, Jacob J. van den Berg, Beth C. Bock, Mary B. Roberts, Donna R. Parker, Rosemarie A. Martin, L. A.R. Stein, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Changes in Depression and Stress after Release from a Tobacco-Free Prison in the United States, Jacob J. van der Berg, Mary B. Roberts, Beth C. Bock, Rosemarie A. Martin, L.A.R. Stein, Donna R. Parker, Arthur R. McGovern, Sarah Hart Shuford, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use in Graduate Students: Relationship With Academic Self-Efficacy and Psychological Variables, Genevieve Verdi, Lisa L. Weyandt, and Brynheld Martinez Zavras

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Educating Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and Living Donors about Living Donation: Practical and Theoretical Recommendations for Increasing Living Donation Rates, Amy D. Waterman, Mark L. Robbins, and John D. Peipert

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Prescription stimulant medication misuse: Where are we and where do we go from here?, Lisa L. Weyandt, Danielle R. Oster, Marisa E. Marraccini, Bergljot Gyda Gudmundsdottir, Bailey A. Munro, Emma S. Rathkey, and Alison McCallum

Submissions from 2015

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The association between impulsivity and alcohol/drug use among prison inmates, Michael H. Bernstein, Savannah N. McSheffrey, Jacob J. van den Berg, Jamie E. Vela, L.A.R. Stein, Mary B. Roberts, Rosemarie A. Martin, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Do Bisexual Girls Report Higher Rates of Substance Use than Heterosexual Girls? A Failure to Replicate with Incarcerated and Detained Youth, Michael H. Bernstein and L. A.R. Stein

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Phyllis Bronstein (1939-2012), Silvia Sara Canetto and Kathryn Quina

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Changes in smoking-related symptoms during enforced abstinence of incarceration, Jennifer G. Clarke, Stephen A. Martin, L. A.R. Stein, Jacob J. Van Den Berg, Donna R. Parker, Arthur R. McGovern, Mary B. Roberts, and Beth C. Bock

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The Functional Well-Being Scale: A measure of functioning loss due to well-being-related barriers, Kerry E. Evers, Patricia H. Castle, Anne C. Fernandez, James O. Prochaska, Janice M. Prochaska, and Andrea L. Paiva

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Refining Measures for Assessing Problematic/Addictive Digital Gaming Use in Clinical and Research Settings, Kyle Faust and David Faust

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Environmental change strategies targeting drug abuse prevention, Karen Friend, Kristianna Pettibone, Paul Florin, Jamie Vela, and Jessica Nargiso

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Impact of Study Skills and Parent Education on First-Year GPA Among College Students With and Without ADHD: A Moderated Mediation Model, Matthew J. Gormley, Trevor Pinho, Brittany Pollack, Kristina Puzino, Melanie K. Franklin, Chelsea Busch, George J. DuPaul, Lisa Weyandt, and Arthur D. Anastopoulos

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Misreporting in a randomized clinical trial for smoking cessation in adolescents, Ryan Lantini, Ashlee C. McGrath, L.A.R. Stein, Nancy P. Barnett, Peter M. Monti, and Suzanne M. Colby

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Characteristics of smoking used cigarettes among an incarcerated population, Ryan Lantini, Jacob J. Van Den Berg, Mary B. Roberts, Beth C. Bock, L. A.R. Stein, Donna R. Parker, Peter D. Friedmann, and Jennifer G. Clarke

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Co-occurrence and coaction of stress management with other health risk behaviors, Jessica M. Lipschitz, Andrea L. Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, Susan Butterworth, and James O. Prochaska