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Beyond self-selection in video game play: an experimental examination of the consequences of massively multiplayer online role-playing game playJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 2340, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 10:717-21. 2007..MMORPGs represent a different gaming experience with different consequences than other types of video games and appear to pose both unique risks and benefits from their use...
Expressive writing and post-traumatic stress disorder: effects on trauma symptoms, mood states, and cortisol reactivityJoshua M Smyth
Syracuse University, Sycrause, New York 13244 2340, USA
Br J Health Psychol 13:85-93. 2008..This study investigates the boundary conditions (feasibility, safety, and efficacy) of an expressive writing intervention for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]...- Development and preliminary results of a self-administered intervention for individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome: a multiple case control reportJoshua Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Explore (NY) 2:426-31. 2006 - Exploring the boundary conditions of expressive writing: In search of the right recipeJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, New York 13244-2340, USA
Br J Health Psychol 13:1-7. 2008 
Reported exposure and emotional reactivity to daily stressors: the roles of adult age and global perceived stressRobert S Stawski
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Psychol Aging 23:52-61. 2008..Furthermore, across days on which daily stressors were reported, intraindividual variability in the number and severity of stressors reported was associated with increased negative affect, but only among younger adults...- The influence of reported trauma and adverse events on eating disturbance in young adultsJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 2340, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:195-202. 2008..This study examined whether reported history of adverse life events predicted eating disturbance upon college entry and prospective changes over the first semester of college... - Daily and momentary mood and stress are associated with binge eating and vomiting in bulimia nervosa patients in the natural environmentJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:629-38. 2007.... - Prevalence, type, disclosure, and severity of adverse life events in college studentsJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:69-76. 2008..Some information on the prevalence of adverse life experiences is available for the general population and college students, but the extent, nature, and severity of these events is unclear... - Ecological momentary assessment of affect, stress, and binge-purge behaviors: day of week and time of day effects in the natural environmentJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
Int J Eat Disord 42:429-36. 2009..The present study examined ecological momentary assessments of binge/vomit behavior, mood, and type and severity of stressors in a sample of 133 women with bulimia nervosa... - Recent evidence supports emotion-regulation interventions for improving health in at-risk and clinical populationsJoshua M Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 22:205-10. 2009..We focus this brief review on effective psychosocial interventions that emphasize and teach skills to improve emotion regulation in the context of health-related outcomes... - Measuring post-concussion symptoms in adolescents: feasibility of ecological momentary assessmentLawrence Lewandowski
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 24:791-6. 2009..Students with concussion showed generally higher symptom ratings across physical, cognitive, and affective domains, and temporal and diurnal patterns for symptoms emerged. Implications for future research and patient care are discussed... - Stress-related cognitive interference predicts cognitive function in old ageRobert S Stawski
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
Psychol Aging 21:535-44. 2006..The results suggest that cognitive process related to stress is an important predictor of cognitive function in advanced age... - How do you feel? Self-esteem predicts affect, stress, social interaction, and symptom severity during daily life in patients with chronic illnessVanessa Juth
Syracuse University, USA
J Health Psychol 13:884-94. 2008..Naturalistic exploration of mechanisms relating self-esteem to physiological and/or psychological components in illness may clarify causal relationships and inform theoretical models of self-care, well-being, and disease management... - Immigrant suicide rates as a function of ethnophaulisms: hate speech predicts deathBrian Mullen
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Psychosom Med 66:343-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine whether suicide rates among ethnic immigrant groups were predicted by the ethnophaulisms, or the hate speech, used to refer to those ethnic immigrant groups... - Intraindividual coupling of daily stress and cognitionMartin J Sliwinski
Department of Psychology and Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
Psychol Aging 21:545-57. 2006..These results are consistent with theories that postulate that stress-related cognitive interference competes for attentional resources... - Focused expressive writing as self-help for stress and traumaJoshua Smyth
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
J Clin Psychol 59:227-35. 2003..In particular, FEW may be an effective means to reach populations unwilling or unable to engage in psychotherapy. A case illustration of FEW is presented. Evidence and future directions for FEW as self-help are reviewed... - Direct and retrospective assessment of factors contributing to compulsive buyingRaymond G Miltenberger
Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 34:1-9. 2003..These findings were consistent across the interview and self-monitoring assessment methods. The implications for assessment and treatment are discussed... - Validation of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire with momentary assessments of symptoms and functional limitations in patient daily lifeRobin S Everhart
Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, 402 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
Respir Care 55:427-32. 2010.... - A naturalistic study of ambulatory asthma severity and reported avoidant coping stylesDeborah Nazarian
Center for Health and Behavior, Department of Psychology, Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-2340, USA
Chronic Illn 2:51-8. 2006..Differences between avoidant coping styles emerged, suggesting the existence of moderating factors of coping effectiveness... - Ecological momentary interventions: incorporating mobile technology into psychosocial and health behaviour treatmentsKristin E Heron
Syracuse University, New York, USA
Br J Health Psychol 15:1-39. 2010..e. in real time) and in natural settings (i.e. real world). The goal of the present review is to synthesize and critique mobile technology-based EMI aimed at improving health behaviours and psychological and physical symptoms... - Do healthy people worry? Modern health worries, subjective health complaints, perceived health, and health care utilizationKelly B Filipkowski
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Int J Behav Med 17:182-8. 2010..Modern health worries (MHW) are concerns related to modern or technological features of daily life (e.g., air pollution, x-rays, food additives, etc.), and have been associated with subjective health complaints (SHC) and health care use... - The feasibility and effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention for rheumatoid arthritis via home-based videotaped instructionsJoan E Broderick
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Ann Behav Med 27:50-9. 2004..Expressive emotional writing has demonstrated efficacy for improving health status in a wide variety of healthy persons and recently in patients with chronic disease... - The use of Ecological Momentary Assessment approaches in the study of sexually abused childrenHeather Simonich
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 700 1st Avenue South, Fargo, ND 58103, USA
Child Abuse Negl 28:803-9. 2004 - Partner communication skills and condom use among college couplesHeather E Tulloch
Centre for Psychological Services, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Am Coll Health 52:263-7. 2004..This pattern of findings is considered in terms of how the development of sexual partnership in this cohort affects the interplay of motivation and skills for condom use...