Research
In 2019, the USU Psychology Department produced 146 "intellectual contributions," including journal articles, book chapters, books, and textbooks. Of these, 138 were journal articles. Of the publications, 64 included at least one student co-author. The faculty submitted $12.3M in proposals in 2019 a record year for grant proposals in department history. In 2019, the faculty were awarded $3.8M in grants and contracts.
Featured Publications
Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodríguez' Featured Publication
Amador Buenabad, N. G., Sánchez Ramos, R., Schwartz, S., Gutiérrez López, M. L., Díaz Juárez, A. D., Ortiz Gallegos, A. B., González Ortega, T. G., Vázquez Pérez, L., Medina-Mora Icaza, M. E., Domenech Rodríguez, M. M., & Villatoro Velázquez, J. A. (2019). Cluster Randomized Trial of a Multicomponent School-Based Program in Mexico to Prevent Behavioral Problems and Develop Social Skills in Children. Child & Youth Care Forum.
Dr. Timothy Shahan's Featured Publication Spotlight
Research Labs
Recent Faculty Publications
(February - April 2020)
Blais, R. K. (2020a). Higher anhedonia and dysphoric arousal relate to lower relationship satisfaction among trauma-exposed female service members/veterans. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22937
Blais, R. K. (2020b). Lower intimate relationship satisfaction among partnered female service members/veterans is associated with the presence of suicidal ideation. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22939
Galizio, A., Higbee, T. S., & Odum, A. L. (2020). Choice for reinforced behavioral variability in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.591
Homan, K. J., Crowley, S. L., & Rienecke, R. D. (2020). Predictors of improvement in a family-based partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient program for eating disorders. Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2020.1734410
Levin, M. E., An, W., Davis, C. H., & Twohig, M. P. (2020). Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Self-Help Books for College Student Mental Health. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01344-3
Levin, M. E., Hicks, E. T., & Krafft, J. (2020). Pilot evaluation of the stop, breathe & think mindfulness app for student clients on a college counseling center waitlist. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1728281
Lund, E. M., McKnight-Lizotte, M., Galbraith, K., Schultz, J. C., Nadorff, M. R., & Thomas, K. B. (2019). Suicide-related experience, knowledge, and perceived comfort and crisis competency among vocational rehabilitation support staff. Journal of Rehabilitation, 85(4), 33–41.
Odum, A. L., Becker, R. J., Haynes, J. M., Galizio, A., Frye, C. C. J., Downey, H., Friedel, J. E., & Perez, D. M. (2020). Delay discounting of different outcomes: Review and theory. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.589
Ojalehto, H. J., Abramowitz, J. S., Hellberg, S. N., Buchholz, J. L., & Twohig, M. P. (2020). Adherence to exposure and response prevention as a predictor of improvement in obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102210
Ong, C. W., Krafft, J., Levin, M. E., & Twohig, M. P. (2020). Comparing effects of acceptance training and psychoeducation on hoarding symptoms. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100521
Rubenstein, L. D., Callan, G. L., Speirs Neumeister, K., & Ridgley, L. M. (2020). Finding the problem: How students approach problem identification. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100635
Serang, S., Jacobucci, R., Stegmann, G., Brandmaier, A. M., Culianos, D., & Grimm, K. J. (2020). Mplus Trees: Structural Equation Model Trees Using Mplus. Structural Equation Modeling. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2020.1726179
Tannahill, H. S., Livingston, W. S., Fargo, J. D., Brignone, E., Gundlapalli, A. V., & Blais, R. K. (2020). Gender moderates the association of military sexual trauma and risk for psychological distress among VA-enrolled veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders, 268, 215–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.017
Tschanz, J. T., & Hammond, A. G. (2020). A Montessori-based approach to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(3), 303–306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220000149
Vázquez, A. L., Domenech Rodríguez, M. M., Barrett, T. S., Schwartz, S., Amador Buenabad, N. G., Bustos Gamiño, M. N., Gutiérrez López, M. L., & Villatoro Velázquez, J. A. (2020). Innovative Identification of Substance Use Predictors: Machine Learning in a National Sample of Mexican Children. Prevention Science, 21(2), 171–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01089-4
Williams, S. E., Homan, K. J., Crowley, S. L., Pruitt, D. W., Collins, A. B., Deet, E. T., Samuel, N. D., John, A., Banner, K., & Rose, J. B. (2020). The Impact of Spatial Distribution of Pain on Long-Term Trajectories for Chronic Pain Outcomes after Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment. Clinical Journal of Pain, 36(3), 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000793
Updated 04/2020
Previously Featured Publications
Blais, R. K. (2019, epub ahead of print). Lower sexual satisfaction and function mediate the association of assault military sexual trauma and relationship satisfaction in partnered female service members/veterans. Family Process.
Gallistel, C. R., Craig, A. R., & Shahan, T. A. (2019). Contingency, contiguity, and causality in conditioning: Applying information theory and Weber’s Law to the assignment of credit problem. Psychological Review.