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GREGORY TAYLOR SMITH

August, 2008

 

Department of Psychology                           Telephone: 859-257-6454
115 Kastle Hall                                           Email: gsmith@uky.edu
University of Kentucky                                Fax: 859-323-1979
Lexington, KY 40506-0044

EDUCATION                

B.A. Psychology 1979 Kalamazoo College
M.A. Clinical Psychology 1984 Wayne State University
Internship   1985 Sinai Hospital, Detroit
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology 1986 Wayne State University

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

2005-Present

University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology

Professor

1995-2005

University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology

Associate Professor

2004-Present Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology
2000-Present Training Faculty, NIDA Training Program, University of Kentucky
1989-1995

University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology

Assistant Professor

1991-1998 Center Associate, Multidisciplinary Center for Health Risk Reduction in
Rural Youth, University of Kentucky
1993-Present Center Associate, University of Kentucky Multidisciplinary Research Center
on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
1986-1989 Wayne State University, Department of Psychology, Research Associate and  Senior Lecturer


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 50
Research Society on Alcoholism
Academy of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Research Society
American Psychological Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Integration of Trait Theory and Psychosocial Learning Theory to Explain Behavior
Psychometric Theory
Applications of Learning Theory to Addictive Behaviors
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology of Alcohol Abuse
Early Prevention, Models of Risk, and Alcoholism
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology of Eating Disorders
Cross-Cultural Psychology

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1999-2000)
Psychological Assessment (2006 to present)

CONSULTING EDITOR

Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1994-1998; 2000-2001; 2005 to present)
Psychological Assessment (1990-2006)
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (2000-2004)
Perspectives on Psychological Science (2007 – present)

INVITED REVIEWER

 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (grant reviewer, numerous study   
sections)
            National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant reviewer, numerous study sections)
            National Institutes on Health (grant reviewer, two recent study sections: focus on risk and
prevention and college student drinking)
Acta Psychologica
            Addiction
            Addictive Behaviors
            Alcoholism:  Clinical and Experimental Research
            Annals of the Association of American Geographers
            Applied and Preventive Psychology
            Behavior Therapy
            Cognitive Therapy and Research
            Clinical Psychology Review
            Health Psychology
            Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
            Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
            Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
            Journal of Family Psychology
            Journal of Personality
            Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
            Journal of Personality Disorders
            Journal of Research in Personality
            Journal of Research on Adolescence
            Journal of Studies on Alcohol
            Perspectives on Psychological Science
            Personality and Individual Differences
            Psychiatry Research
Psychological Science
            Psychology of Aging
            Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
            Wayne State University Press

 

OTHER SERVICE

 

            Program Chair, APA Division on Addictive Behavior (50), 1995, APA
Secretary--Treasurer, APA Division on Addictive Behavior (50), 1998 to 2001
Consultant, NIAAA Underage Drinking Steering Committee, 2005 to present
Member, NIAAA panel on Screening in Underage Populations, 2008 to present


RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED

 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1984-1987.
Reducing Teenage Drinking by Altering Expectancies (1RO1AA06123)
$227, 139 direct costs, Principal Investigator, August 1985-1987.
M. Goldman and B. Christiansen, original Principal Investigators.

Wayne State University Addiction Research Institute, 1985 Summer Research Grant.
Children’s Alcohol-Related Expectancies: Implications for Prevention and Social Policy.
$2,750 direct costs, Principal Investigator.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1987-1991.
Reducing Teenage Drinking by Altering Expectancies II. (2RO1AA06123)
$151,793 direct costs, Principal Investigator.

Wayne State University Biomedical Research Support Grant, 1988-1989.
Developing Procedures to Modify Children’s Alcohol-Related Expectancies.
$3,500 direct costs, Principal Investigator.

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1990-1991.
Small Instrumentation Program Award.
$23,680 direct costs, Co-Principal Investigator.
Wimberley Royster, Principal Investigator.

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1991-1992.
Small Instrumentation Program Award.
$20,240 direct costs, Co-Principal Investigator.
Leonard Peters, Principal Investigator.

National Institute Of Health, 1992-1993.
The Development of Children’s Alcohol Attitudes, Intentions, and Expectancies.
$23,848 direct costs, Principal Investigator.

Department of Health and Human Services, 1994-1996.
Adolescent Drug Use and its Consequences.
$85,000 direct costs, Principal Investigator.
Part of a contract with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
C. Leukefeld and R. Clayton, Principal Investigators of State Contract

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1998.
NRSA pre-doctoral award to Denis McCarthy.
$15,500 direct costs, Supervisor.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2001-2002.
NRSA pre-doctoral award to Kris Anderson.
$46,600 direct costs, Supervisor.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2003-2005.
NRSA pre-doctoral award to Sarah Fischer.
$60,176 direct costs, Supervisor.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, submitted for 2004-2007.
NRSA pre-doctoral award to Nichea Spillane.
$89,102 direct costs, Supervisor.

Center on Drug and Alcohol Use, 2005-2006.
Longitudinal Prediction of Alcohol Onset and Use by Positive Urgency in a College Sample. PI with Melissa Cyders.
$2,000

College of Arts and Sciences, special Dean’s Award, 2005-2006.
The assessment of impulsivity in children. PI.
$4,000

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2006-2009.
NRSA pre-doctoral award to Melissa Cyders.
$90,000 direct costs, Supervisor.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1 RO1 AA016166). 2008-2013.
Developmental Transitions and Risk for Alcohol Use.
$1,909,471 direct costs, Principle Investigator.

National Institute on Drug Abuse, Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of
Kentucky. 2008-2009.
An Intervention to Reduce Emotion-Based Rash Action Among Middle Schoolers. $20,000 direct costs, Principle Investigator

 

 


PUBLICATIONS

 

Snyder, D. K., & Smith, G. T.  (1986).  Classification of marital relationships:  An empirical approach.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48, 137-146.

Smith, G. T., Snyder, D. K., Trull, T. J., & Monsma, B. R. (1988).  Predicting relationship satisfaction from couples' use of leisure time.  American Journal of Family Therapy, 16,  3-13.

Sheppard, D., Smith, G. T., & Rosenbaum, G.  (1988).  Use of MMPI subtypes in predicting completion of a residential alcoholism treatment program.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 590-596.

Smith, G. T.  (1989).  Expectancy theory and alcohol:  The situational insensitivity hypothesis.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2, 108-115. 

Christiansen, B. A., Smith, G. T., Roehling, P. V., & Goldman, M. S.  (1989). Using alcohol expectancies to predict adolescent drinking behavior after one year.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 93-99.

Brown, S. A., Goldman, M. S., Christiansen, B. A., & Smith, G. T. (1989).  The broader perspective of expectancy research:  Comment on Corcoran and Parker.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 3(2), 80-85.

Sheppard, D., Smith, G. T., & Rosenbaum, G.  (1990).  Use of MMPI subtypes in predicting completion of a residential alcoholism treatment program.  Reprinted in 1990 Yearbook of Psychiatry and Applied Mental Health, 305-307.

Miller, P. M., Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S.  (1990). Emergence of alcohol expectancies in childhood:  A possible critical period.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 51(4), 343-349.

Goldman, M. S., Brown, S. A., Christiansen, B. A., & Smith, G. T. (1991).  Alcoholism and memory:  Broadening the scope of alcohol-expectancy research.  Psychological Bulletin, 110(1), 137-146.  (authors 2 to 4 determined alphabetically)

Smith, G. T., Hohlstein, L. A., & Atlas, J. G. (1992).  Accuracy of self-reported weight:  Covariation with binger or restrainer status and eating disorder symptomatology.  Addictive Behaviors, 17, 1-8.

Smith, G. T., & Miller, T. L.  (1992).  Toward a developmental framework for the treatment of adolescent alcohol abuse:  Current findings and future directions.  In R. Watson (Ed.), Alcohol Abuse Treatment:  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Reviews (Vol. III), pp. 87-113.  Totowa, N.J.:  The Humana Press, Inc.

Wetter, M. W., Baer, R., Berry. D. T. R., Smith, G. T., & Larsen, L. H.  (1992).  Sensitivity of MMPI-2 validity scales to random responding and malingering.  Psychological Assessment, 4(3), 369-374.

Smith, G. T.  (1993).  Problem drinking:  Applications of psychological theory and research. Contemporary Psychology, 38(3), 299-300.

Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S.  (1994).  Alcohol Expectancy Theory and the Identification of High Risk Adolescents.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 4(2), 229-248.  Reprinted in G. M. Boyd, J. Howard, & R. A. Zucker (Eds.), Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents:  Current Directions in Prevention Research, pp. 85-104.  Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum.

Smith, G. T.  (1994).  Psychological expectancy as mediator of vulnerability to alcoholism.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 708, 165-171.  (Special issue:  Types of Alcoholics:  Evidence from clinical, experimental, and genetic research.  Edited by T. F. Babor, V. Hesselbrock, R. E. Meyer, W. Shoemaker.)

Widiger, T. A., & Smith, G. T.  (1994).  Substance use disorder: Abuse, dependence, and dyscontrol.  Addiction, 89, 267-282.

Kraus, D., Smith, G. T., & Ratner, H. H.  (1994).  Modifying alcohol-related expectancies in grade-school children.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 535-542. 

Hoyle, R. H., & Smith, G. T.  (1994).  Formulating clinical research hypotheses as structural equation models:  A conceptual overview.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 429-440.

Smith, G. T., Goldman, M. S., Greenbaum. P., & Christiansen, B. A.   (1995). The expectancy for social facilitation from drinking:  the divergent paths of high-expectancy and low-expectancy adolescents.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 32-40.

Smith, G. T., & McCarthy, D. M.  (1995). Methodological considerations in the refinement of clinical assessment instruments.  Psychological Assessment, 7, 300-308.

Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., & Goldman, M. S.  (1995). Self-reported drinking and alcohol-related problems among adolescents:  Dimensionality and validity over 24 Months.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 56, 383-394.

Smith, G. T. (1996).  The normal and the abnormal in adolescent drinking.  ContemporaryPsychology, 41, 603.

Raguet, M. L., Campbell, D. A., Berry, D. T. R., Schmitt, F. A., Smith, G. T.  (1996).  Stability of intelligence and intellectual predictors in older persons.  Psychological Assessment, 8, 154-160.

Berry, D. T. R., Adams, J. J., Smith, G. T., Greene, R. L., Sekirnjak, G. C., Wieland, G., & Tharpe, B.  (1997).  MMPI-2 clinical scales and two-point codetypes: Impact of varying levels of omitted items.  Psychological Assessment, 9, 158-160.

Hohlstein, L. A., Smith, G. T., & Atlas, J. A.  (1998).  An Application of Expectancy Theory to Eating Disorders: Development and Validation of Measures of Eating and Dieting Expectancies.  Psychological Assessment, 10, 49-58.

Inman, T. H., Vickery, C. D., Berry, D. T. R., Lamb, D. G., Edwards, C. L., & Smith, G. T.  (1998).  Development and initial validation of a new procedure for evaluating adequacy of effort given during neuropsychological testing: The Letter Memory Test.  Psychological Assessment, 10, 128-139.

Smith, G. T., Miller, T. L., Kroll, L., Simmons, J. R., & Gallen, R.  (1999).  Children’s perceptions of parental drinking: The eye of the beholder.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 817-824.

Smith, G. T., McCarthy D. M., & Anderson, K.  (2000). On the sins of short form development.  Psychological Assessment, 12, 102-111.

Smith, G. T., & Anderson, K. G.  (2001).  Adolescent risk for alcohol problems as acquired preparedness: A model and suggestions for intervention.  In P. M. Monti, S. M. Colby, and T. A. O’Leary (Eds.).  Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse:  Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions.  New York: Guilford Press.

MacBrayer, E. K., Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., Demos, S., & Simmons, J. (2001).  The Role of Family of Origin Food-Related Experiences in Bulimic Symptomatology. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 30, 149-160.

McCarthy, D. M., Miller, T. L., Smith, G. T., & Smith, J. A. (2001). Disinhibition and Expectancy in Risk for Alcohol Use: Comparing Black and White college samples. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 3, 313-321.

McCarthy, D. M., Kroll, L. S., & Smith, G. T.  (2001).  Integrating Disinhibition and Learning Risk for Alcohol Use.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9, 4, 389-398.

Atlas, J. G., Smith, G. T., Hohlstein, L. A., McCarthy, D. M., & Kroll, L.  (2002).  Similarities and differences between Caucasian and African American women on eating disorder risk factors and symptoms.  The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32 (3), 326-334.

Simmons, J. R., Smith, G. T., Hill, K. K.  (2002). Validation of Eating and Dieting Expectancy Measures in Two Adolescent Samples.  The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31, 461-473.

McCarthy, D. M., Simmons, J. R., Smith, G. T., Tomlinson, K., & Hill, K.  (2002).  Reliability, stability, and factorial invariance of the Eating Disorder Inventory II and the Bulimia Test- Revised in adolescence.  Assessment, 9(4), 382-389.

Del Boca, F. K., Darkes, J., Goldman, M. S., & Smith, G. T.  (2002).  Advancing the expectancy concept via the interplay between theory and research. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26, 926-935.

Smith, G.T., Fischer, S., & Fister, S. M. (2003). Incremental validity principles of test construction. Psychological Assessment, 15(4), 467-477.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Anderson, K. G. (2003).  Clarifying the role of impulsivity in bulimia nervosa. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 33, 406-411.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Anderson, K. G., & Flory, K. H. (2003).  Expectancy influences the operation of personality on behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17(2), 108-114.

Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T., & Fischer, S.  (2003).  Women and acquired preparedness: Personality and learning implications for alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64 (3), 384-392.

Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2004).  Deliberation affects risk taking beyond sensation seeking. Personality and Individual Differences, 36(3), 527-537. Selected for and summarized in Clincian’s Research Digest, 22  (June 2004).

Boerner, L. M., Spillane, N. S., Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (2004). Similarities and differences between women and men on eating disorder risk factors and symptom
measures. Eating Behaviors, 5, 209-222.

Spillane, N. S., Boerner, L. M., Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (2004).Comparability of the Eating Disorders Inventory - 2 between Women and Men. Assessment, 11(1), 85-93.

Baer, R., Smith, G. T., Cochran, K. (2004). Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Assessment, 11, 191-206.

Fischer, S., Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (2004). Coping with distress by eating or drinking: The role of trait urgency and expectancies. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, 269-274.

Fister, S. M., & Smith, G. T. (2004).  Media effects on expectancies: Exposure to realistic female images as protective factor. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, 394-397.

Smith, G. T., Cyders, M., Fischer, S., & Simmons, J. (2004). Integrating dispositional and psychosocial learning risk factors for bulimia nervosa. Revista de Psicología Conductual: Revista Internacional de Psicología Clínica y de la Salud, 12(3), 463-489.  (Journal of Behavioral Psychology: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology).

Smith, G. T. (2005). On construct validity: Issues of method and measurement. Psychological Assessment, 17, 396-408.

Smith, G. T. (2005). On the complexity of quantifying construct validity. Psychological Assessment, 17, 413-414.

Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., Fischer, S. M., Fister, S., Grodin, D.,  Boerner, L. M., & Hill, K. K.  (2005). Elementary school drinking: The role of temperament and learning. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19, 21-27.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N, & Cyders, M. A. (2005). Urgency: Individual differences in reaction to mood and implications for addictive behaviors. In A. V. Clark (Ed.), The Psychology of Mood. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 85-108.

Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., & Annus, A. M.  (2006). Implications of an Emerging Integration of Universal and Culturally-Specific Psychologies. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 211-233.

Smith, G.T., Williams, S. Fister, Cyders, M., & Kelley, S. (2006). Reactive personality- environment transactions and adult developmental trajectories. Developmental Psychology, 42, 877-887.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2006). Integrating personality and environmental risk factors for bulimia nervosa. In P. I. Swain (Ed.), Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: New Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 159-183.

Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (2006). Specificity in personality and expectancy risk factors associated with heavy drinking and depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 711-722.

Spillane, N. S., Smith, G. T., & Fischer, S. (2006). Advancing Behavioral Ecological Theories of Problem Drinking by Considering Reservation Dwelling American Indians. In R. Toshida (Ed.), Trends in Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers. 

Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27-45.

Smith, G. T., Simmons, J. R., Flory, K., Annus, A. M., & Hill K. K. (2007). Thinness and Eating Expectancies Predict Subsequent Binge Eating and Purging Behavior Among Adolescent Girls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 188-197.

Cyders, M. A., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., Fischer, S., Annus, A. M., & Peterson, C. (2007). Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency. Psychological Assessment, 19, 107-118.

Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., Cyders, M. A., Annus, A. M., Spillane, N. S., & McCarthy, D. M.  (2007). On the Validity and Utility of  Discriminating Among Impulsivity-Like Traits. Assessment, 14(2), 155-170.

Annus, A. M., Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., Hendricks, M., & Williams, S. F. (2007). Associations among Family and Peer Food-Related Experiences, Learning about Eating and Dieting, and the Development of Eating Disorders. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, 179-186.

Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2007). A Theory of Reservation-Dwelling American Indian Alcohol Use Risk. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 395-418.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Annus, A. M., & Hendricks, M. (2007). The Relationship of Neuroticism and Urgency to Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use in Women with Bulimic Symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1199-1209.

Smith, G. T., Annus, A. M., & Zapolski, T. C. B. (2007). Theory and test validation: A practical example. In M. A. Lange (Ed.), Leading-Edge Psychological Tests and Testing Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 51-70. 

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2007). Mood-Based Rash Action and its Components: Positive and Negative Urgency and their Relations with other Impulsivity-like Constructs. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 839-850.

Zapolski, T. C. B., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Eating disorders within black sororities. In G. Parks (Ed.), Our Fight has just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century. Lexington, KY: University Press, University of Kentucky, pp. 347-363.

Annus, A. M., Smith, G. T., & Masters, K. (2008). Manipulation of Thinness and Restricting Expectancies: Further Evidence for a Causal Role of Thinness and Restricting Expectancies in the Etiology of Eating Disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 278-287.

Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Binge eating, problem drinking, and pathological gambling: Linked by common pathways to impulsive behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 789-800.

Windle, M., Spear, L. P., Fuligni, A. J., Angold, A., Brown, J. D., Pine, D., Smith, G.T., Giedd, J., & Dahl, R. E. (2008). Developmental processes and mechanisms between ages 10 – 15 and transitions into underage drinking and problem drinking. Pediatrics, 121, S273-S289.

Widiger, T. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Personality and psychopathology. In O. John, R. W. Robins, & L. Pervin (Eds.), Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research, Third Edition. NY: Guilford, pp. 743-769.

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). The Acquired Preparedness Model of Gambling Risk: Integrating the influences of disposition and learning on the risk process. In M. J. Esposito, Ed., The psychology of Gambling. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 33-52.

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Clarifying the role of personality dispositions in risk for increased gambling behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 503-508.

Burris, J. L., Smith, G. T., & Carlson, C. R. (in press). Relationships among religiousness, spirituality, and sexual practices. The Journal of Sex Research.

Combs, J. L., & Smith, G. T. (in press).  The acquired preparedness model of risk for Binge Eating Disorder: Integrating nonspecific and specific risk processes. In N. Chambers, Ed., Binge Eating: Psychological Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

 Smith, G. T., & Zapolski, T. C. B. (in press). Construct validation of personality measures. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Personality Assessment. New York: Oxford University Press.

Smith, G. T., & Combs, J.  (in press). Issues of construct validity in psychological diagnoses. In T. Millon, R. F. Krueger, and E. Simonsen (Eds.), Contemporary Directions in Psychopathology: Toward the DSM-V and ICD-11. New York: Guilford Press.

 Strauss, M. E., & Smith, G. T. (in press). Construct validity: Advances in theory and methodology. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology.

Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Lykins, E., Button, D., Krietemeyer, J., Sauer, S. Walsh, E., Duggan, D., & Williams, J. M. G. (in press). Facets of self-reported mindfulness in experienced meditators. Assessment.

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (in press). Emotion-based dispositions to rash action: Positive and negative urgency. Psychological Bulletin.

Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., & Annus, A. M. (in press). An emerging integration of universal and culturally specific psychologies and its implications for the study of psychopathology.  In A. Gari & K. Mylonas (Eds.), Q.E.D. From Herodotus’ Ethnographic Journeys to Cross-Cultural Research. Athens, Greece: Atrapos Editions.

Annus, A. M., & Smith, G. T. (in press). Learning Experiences in Dance Class Predict Adult Eating Disordered Behaviors and Attitudes, but Time Spent in Dance Class Does Not. European Eating Disorders Review.

Smith, G. T. (invited paper, submitted). Why do individuals progress along different life trajectories? Perspectives on Psychological Science, special issue on challenges for scientific psychology to address over the next ten years.

Smith, G. T., Zapolski, T. C. B., Combs, J. L., & Fried, R. E. (invited chapter, submitted). Impulsivity. In I. B. Weiner and W. E. Criaghead (Eds.), Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th edition).

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2008).  Another Look at Impulsivity:  A Meta- Analytic Review Comparing Specific Dispositions to Rash Action in their Relationship to Bulimic Symptoms. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Hendricks, M., & Annus, A. M. (2008). The role of trait urgency and expectancies in problem drinking and binge eating. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Spillane, N. S., Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., & Cyders, M. A. (2008). Integrating dispositional and learning risk factors for problem drinking: on the interaction of traits and learning. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Impulsivity traits and smoking. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Cyders, M. A., Flory, K., Rainer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2008). The Role of Personality Dispositions to Risky Behavior in Predicting First Year College Drinking. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2008). A Test of an Integrative Theory of Reservation-Dwelling American Indian Alcohol Use Risk. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Combs, J., Smith, G. T., Flory, K., Simmons, J. R., & Hill, K. K. (2008). The Reciprocal Acquired Preparedness Model of Eating Disorder Risk. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Zapolski, T. C. B., Cyders, M.A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Positive Mood and Health Compromising Behaviors: Positive Urgency Predicts Illegal Drug Use, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Smoking . Manuscript submitted for publication.

Zapolski, T. C. B., Annus, A. M., Fried, R. E., Combs, J. L., & Smith, G. T. (2008). The measurement of dispositions to rash action in children. Manuscript submitted for publication.


 
 Selected Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings

Hohlstein, L. A., Smith, G. T., & Atlas, J. G.  (1989, August). Accuracy of self-reported weight as a function of eating disorder symptomatology.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Jordan, M. S., Smith, G. T., Christiansen, B. A., & Goldman, M. S.  (1989, August).  Attitudes, expectancies, and adolescent drinking behavior.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Smith, G. T., Goldman, M. S., & Christiansen, B. A. (1989, August). The Drinking Styles Questionnaire:  Adolescent drinking   self-report.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Smith, G. T., Hohlstein, L. A., & Atlas, J. G.  (1989, August). Race differences in eating disordered behavior and eating-related expectancies.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Gregg, M. E., Smith, G. T., Snyder, D. K., & Mohler, S. N. (1990, August).  Classification of chronic pain patients:  A replicated taxonomy.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Johnston, E. M., Smith, G. T., & Snyder, D. K.  (1990, August). Attributional style and cognitive dyscontrol among bulimics and heavy drinkers.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Kraus, D., Smith, G. T., & Ratner, H. H.  (1990, August). Modifying alcohol-related expectancies in school-aged children.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Kraus, D., Smith, G. T., & Ratner, H. H.  (1990, June).  The development of alcohol expectancies in children.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Toronto, Canada.

Miller, P. M., & Smith, G. T.  (1990, August).  Dispositional and specific learning history risk factors for alcohol abuse.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Smith, G. T.  (1990, June).  Alcohol expectancies, attitudes, and intentions in children.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Toronto, Canada.

Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S.  (1990, August).  Toward a mediational model of alcohol expectancy.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Brown, S. A., Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S. (1990, November).  The Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire:  Unique Variance of Subscales.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco,  CA.

Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S.  (1991, April).  Expectancy theory and children's acquisition of knowledge about alcohol.  In P. H. Brooks (Chair), The Socialization of Drinking in Children.  Symposium conducted at the 1991 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Smith, G. T., Brown, S. A., Corbitt, E. M., Goldman, M. S., & Wetter, M. W.  (1991, August).  Common, Unique, and Error Variance in Test Subscales.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Miller, T. L., and Smith, G. T.  (1991, November).  A Developmental Framework for the Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol Abuse.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY.

Smith, G. T.  (1992, March).  Thinking about drinking.  In M. M. Kilbey (Chair), Drug Expectancies:  Implications for Understanding and Treating Drug Abuse.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Knoxville, TN.

Smith, G. T.  (1992, October).  Psychological Expectancy as Mediator of Vulnerability to Alcoholism.  Paper presented at the special National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conference, Genetic Susceptibility, Biological Markers of Vulnerability, and Alcoholic Subtypes, Hartford, Cn.

Smith, G. T.  (1992, November).  Teenage Problem Drinking: Developmental Considerations in Intervention.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.

Miller, T. L., & Smith, G. T.  (1993, June).  Children's Drinking Experience, Parental Modeling, and the Formation of Alcohol Expectancies.  Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX.

McCarthy, D. M., & Smith, G. T.  (1995, August).  Issues in the Measurement of Substance Use Risk Factors.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Simmons, J. R., Smith, G. T., & Hill, K. K.  (1995, August). Expectancies From Eating, Dieting, and Thinness in Adolescent Girls.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Smith, G. T., & Hohlstein, L. A.  (1995, August).  Expectancy Theory and Risk for Eating Disorders.  In G. T. Smith (Chair), Recent Advances in Models of Risk for Eating Disorders.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Smith, G. T.  (Chair).  (August, 1995).  Applications of Learning and Memory Theory to the Addictive Behaviors.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Smith, G. T.  (Chair).  (August, 1995).  Recent Advances in Models of Risk for Eating Disorders.  Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

McCarthy, D. M., & Smith, G. T.  (1996, June).  A Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Expectancy Research.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, D.C.

Kroll, L., Smith, G. T., Simmons, J., Gallen, R.  (1996, June). The Accuracy of Children's Perceptions of Parental Drinking.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, D.C.

Smith, G. T., & McCarthy, D. M.  (1996, November).  Assessment of Drinking and its Relation to Alcoholism Treatment.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of KPA, Louisville, KY.

Smith, G. T.  (1997, May).  Alcohol expectancy theory and its relation to other risk factors.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Baltimore, Md.

Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. A., Kroll, L., & Miller, T. L.  (1998, August).  Combining Personality and Learning Risk Factors: The Acquired Preparedness Model.  In M. Kilbey (Chair), Expectancies--A Cognitive Science Approach to Alcohol and Drug abuse. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. A., Kroll, L., & Miller, T. L.  (1998, August).  Expectancies and Differential Prediction of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Consequences.  In T. Wills (Chair), Alcohol and Drug use Consequences in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Smith, G. T.  (1998, October).  Personality and Learning Factors Combine to Predict Alcohol Use: A Model and Suggestions for Intervention.  Paper presented at the special conference, “Adolescence, Alcohol, an Substance use: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions.”  Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Smith, G. T.  (1999, June).  Biopsychosocial risk for problem drinking among college students: discussant.  Special NIAAA           meeting for examination of problem drinking on college campuses, Denver, CO.

Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (1999, June).  Trait disinhibition and learning: A test of the Acquired Preparedness model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for  Prevention Research, New Orleans, LA.

MacBrayer, E., & Smith, G. T. (1999,June).  Family environments   and expectancies and their influence on bulimic symptomatology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, New Orleans, LA.

Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T., & McCarthy, D. M.  (2000, June).  The acquired preparedness model for alcohol risk.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Denver, Colorado.

Smith, G. T. (2001, June).  Acquired Preparedness: Integrating diverse risk models.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Canada.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Anderson, K.G. (2001, June). Personality influences the operation of expectancies.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Canada.

Anderson, K.G., & Smith, G. T. (2001, June).  Acquired preparedness for alcohol in women.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Canada.

Flory, K., Lynam, D., Milich, R., Miller, J., Clayton, R., &   Smith, G. (2001, June).  The direct and indirect effects of sensation seeking on substance use.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fischer, S., Anderson, K.G., Fister, S.M., & Smith, G. T. (2001, August).  Clarifying the role of impulsivity in bulimia nervosa.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Boerner, L. M., Anderson, K. G., Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2001, August).  Trait inhibition and learning: Testing the acquired preparedness model.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Anderson, K.G., & Smith, G. T. (2001, August).  Personality, expectancy, and eating behavior in college women.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Fister, S.M., & Smith, G.T. (2002, November).  Media effects on expectancies: Exposure to realistic female images as protective factor.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Fischer. S, & Smith, G.T. (2002, June).  Sensation Seeking, Deliberation, and Risk Taking.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.

Fischer, S., Anderson, K.G., & Smith, G.T. (2002, November).  Coping with distress by eating or drinking: The role of expectancies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Spillane, N., Boerner, L., Smith, G.T. (2002, November). Psychometrics and validity of eating disorder measures applied to men. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2003, June). The role of urgency in alcohol use and addictive behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Spillane, N., & Smith, G. T. (2003, June). Application of psychological theory to problem drinking among Native Americans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Spillane, N., & Smith, G. T. (2003, November).  Do alcohol expectancies truly reflect psychosocial learning influences on drinking? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Calderon, R., Smith, G. T., & Winkleby, M. (2003, February). Is psychosocial stress associated with alcohol use among continuation high school students? Paper presented at the Third Guze Symposium on Alcoholism: Drinking and the High School Student, St. Louis, Mo.


Calderon R., Smith G. T., & Winkleby, M.  (2003, October).  Stress and Substance Use Risk in High Risk Hispanic Students. Paper presented at the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Third National Conference, Miami Beach, Florida.


Spillane, N. S., Smith, G. T., & Hendricks, M. (2004, June). Group and individual difference factors in Native American drinking. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, CA.


Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. (2004, June). Sensation seeking versus urgency as risk factors for drinking and gambling. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, CA.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2004, November). Impulsivity: Construct validation of four types and implications for comorbidity of gambling, drinking, and binge eating. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Cyders, M. A., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., Fischer, S., & Annus, A. M. (2005, June). Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency and its relation to drinking behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Cyders, M. A., Spillane, N. S., Annus, A. M., & Hendricks, M. (2005, June). Integrating dispositional and learning risk factors for addictive behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2005, June). Empirical support for a multi-faceted model of American Indian Drinking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Smith, G. T., Simmons, J., Annus, A. M., & Flory, K. (2006, June). Thinness and Eating Expectancies Predict Subsequent Binge Eating and Purging Behavior Among Adolescent Girls. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain.

Annus, A. M., Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., Hendricks, M., & Williams, S. F. (2006, June). Associations among Family and Peer Food-Related Experiences, Learning about Eating and Dieting, and the Development of Eating Disorders. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain.

Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Hendricks, M., & Annus, A. M. (2006, June). The role of trait urgency and expectancies in problem drinking and binge eating. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain.

Smith, G. T. (2006, June). Integrating dispositional and learning risk factors in children. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Baltimore, MD.

Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2006, June). Empirical support for a multifaceted model of American Indian Drinking. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Baltimore, MD.

Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., & Annus, A. M. (2006, July). Implications of an emerging integration of universal and culturally-specific psychologies. In S. Heine & A. Norenzayan (Chairs), “Considering universals and variability in cross-cultural psychology,” symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Isle of Spetses, Greece.

Cyders, M. L., Spillane, N. S., Smith, G. T., & Rainer, S. (2006, November). Prospective study of the integration of mood and impulsivity to predict increases in maladaptive action during the first year of college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Smith, G. T. (2007, July). Toward a comprehensive model of multiple dispositions to rash action. Paper to be presented at the annual international meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL.

Pederson, S. L., Gieseke, J. L., Smith, G. T., & McCarthy, D. M. (2007, July). Disinhibition and subjective response to alcohol in African Americans. Paper to be presented at the annual international meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL.

Cyders, M. L., Flory, K., Rainer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2007, July). Prospective study of the integration of mood and impulsivity to predict increases in maladaptive action during the first year of college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism: Chicago, IL.

Smith, G. T. (2007, July). On the parsing of impulsivity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL.

Zapolski, T. B. C., Cyders, M. A., Rainer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2007, August). Examination of the relationship between positive urgency, drug use, and risky sex. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Annus, A. M., & Smith, G. T. (2007, October). Manipulation of Thinness and Restricting Expectancies: Further Evidence for a Causal Role of Thinness and Restricting Expectancies in the Etiology of Eating Disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA.

Smith, G. T. (2007, October). Toward an integration of dispositional and learning factors in understanding risk for eating disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA.

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2007, November). Mood-based impulsivity as a point of intervention for individuals at risk for maladaptive behaviors. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Philadelphia, PA.

Miller, D. J., Lynam, D., & Smith, G. (2007, October). The correspondence between the lab and life: The case of impulsivity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Iowa City, IA.

Lynam, D., Miller, D., & Smith, G. (2007, October). Urgency: A conditional pathway to impulsive behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting o the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Iowa City, IA.

Fried, R. E., Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008, July). Longitudinal validation of the Acquired Preparedness model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, D. C.

Zapolski, T. C., Annus, A. M., Fried, R. E., Combs, J. L., & Smith, G. T. (2008, July). The disaggregation of impulsivity in children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, D. C.


TEACHING INTERESTS

            Graduate Courses (most recent year taught)

  Psychological Assessment/Psychometric Theory (Spring, 2008)
Statistics: Analysis of Variance (Fall, 2006)
Statistics: Correlation and Regression (Spring, 2008)
Statistics: Regression and Multivariate (1988)
Multicultural Therapy (Spring, 2003)
Theories of Alcoholism (1995)
Psychotherapy Practicum (1994)

            Graduate Course Guest Lectures (most recent year given)

 Theories of Drinking and Alcoholism (2000)
Multicultural Therapy (2002)
Couples Psychotherapy (2002)
Group Psychotherapy (1990)

            Undergraduate Courses (most recent year taught)

 Personality and Individual Differences (Spring, 2004)
Personality and Development (Summer, 2002)
Statistics for Psychology (Spring, 2004)
Multicultural Psychology (2000)
Theories of Personality (1999)

 

MENTORING AND TEACHING RECOGNITION

 

1995: Voted one of the 10 faculty who had the greatest influence on graduating students in the College of Arts and Sciences

2004: Nominated for the university’s Sturgill Award, which honors outstanding contributions to graduate education

2007: Nominated for the university’s Sturgill Award, which honors outstanding contributions to graduate education

2008:  Nominated for the university’s Sturgill Award, which honors outstanding contributions to graduate education

 


DOCTORAL STUDENTS TRAINED

           
Jana Atlas, Ph.D., 1989 (Full Professor, Alfred University)
Leigh Anne Hohlstein, 1989 (Clinical Faculty, Butler Hospital, Brown University Medical School)
Craig Horn, Ph.D., 1989 (private practice)
Paris Miller, Ph.D., 1990 (private practice)
Deborah Kraus, Ph.D., 1992 (University Counseling Center, University of Michigan)
Terri Miller, Ph.D., 1995 (University of Arkansas)
Megan Gregg, Ph.D., 1997 (chronic pain clinician, Columbus, Ohio)
Jean Simmons, Ph.D., 1997 (clinician, Cleveland Clinic)
Larry Kroll, Ph.D., 1998 (United States Air Force)
Denis McCarthy, Ph.D., 1999 (Associate Professor, University of Missouri)
Kristen G. Anderson, Ph.D., 2003 (Assistant Professor, Reed College)
Laura Boerner, Ph.D., 2004 (VA psychologist, Chicago)
Sarah Fischer, Ph.D., 2006 (Assistant Professor, University of Georgia)
Suzannah Fister Williams, Ph.D., 2006 (home with infant before beginning career)
Nichea Spillane, Ph.D., 2008 (post-doctoral fellow, Brown University)

 

 

CURRENT DOCTORAL STUDENTS

 

 Melissa Lander, M.S. (2004)
Agnes Annus, M.S. (2006)
Tamika B. Zapolski, M.S. (2007)
Jessica Combs, first year student
Regan Fried, first year student