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Andrew J. Waters is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on psychology and medicine, with a notable emphasis on clinical psychology.

The scientist's work extensively covers subfields such as clinical psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and physiology. Their research topics include behavioral health and interventions, smoking behavior and cessation, obesity, physical activity and diet, suicide and self-harm studies, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, COVID-19 and mental health, as well as broader mental health research topics.

Andrew J. Waters has published in several research venues, with repeated contributions to Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Military Psychology, Military Medicine, Addictive Behaviors Reports, and PLoS ONE.

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Associations between affect, craving, and smoking in Korean smokers: An ecological momentary assessment study" (2020), Addictive Behaviors Reports
  • "Naturalistic measurement of dual cue attentional bias in moderate to heavy-drinking smokers: A preliminary investigation" (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Integrating cognitive bias modification for pain and opioid cues into medication for opioid use disorder clinical care: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary results" (2023), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "The impact of racially-targeted food marketing and attentional biases on consumption in Black adolescent females with and without obesity: Pilot data from the Black Adolescent & Entertainment (BAE) study" (2023), PLoS ONE
  • "Association between burnout and insomnia in U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel: A cross-sectional study" (2022), Military Psychology

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's research include:

  • Anwar Ahmed
  • B Stangl
  • Courtney L. Vaughan
  • Vijay A. Ramchandani
  • Nancy Diazgranados

Andrew J. Waters' research contributions address critical aspects of behavioral health interventions and the psychological factors influencing smoking behavior, opioid use disorder, and mental health conditions related to military personnel and public health.

Best Publications

  • The nicotine dependence syndrome scale: a multidimensional measure of nicotine dependence.

    Saul Shiffman;Andrew J. Waters;Mary Hickcox

  • Negative affect and smoking lapses: A prospective analysis

    Saul Shiffman;Andrew J. Waters

  • Attentional bias predicts outcome in smoking cessation.

    Andrew J. Waters;Saul Shiffman;Michael A. Sayette;Jean A. Paty

  • Cognitive enhancement as a treatment for drug addictions

    Mehmet Sofuoglu;Elise E. DeVito;Andrew J. Waters;Kathleen M. Carroll

  • Attentional bias predicts heroin relapse following treatment.

    Marlies A. E. Marissen;Ingmar H. A. Franken;Andrew J. Waters;Peter Blanken

  • Determinants and effects of attentional bias in smokers.

    Andrew J. Waters;Colin Feyerabend

  • Cue-provoked craving and nicotine replacement therapy in smoking cessation.

    Andrew J. Waters;Saul Shiffman;Michael A. Sayette;Jean A. Paty

  • Attentional shifts to smoking cues in smokers.

    Andrew J. Waters;Saul Shiffman;Brendan P. Bradley;Karin Mogg

  • Associations between health literacy and established predictors of smoking cessation.

    Diana W. Stewart;Claire E. Adams;Miguel A. Cano;Virmarie Correa-Fernández

  • Implicit and explicit drug-related cognitions during detoxification treatment are associated with drug relapse: an ecological momentary assessment study.

    Reshmi Marhe;Andrew J. Waters;Ben J. M. van de Wetering;Ingmar H. A. Franken

  • Gender differences in acute tobacco withdrawal: effects on subjective, cognitive, and physiological measures.

    Adam M. Leventhal;Andrew J. Waters;Susan Boyd;Eric T. Moolchan

  • Expertise in musical sight reading : A study of pianists

    Andrew J. Waters;Ellen Townsend;Geoffrey Underwood

  • Visuospatial abilities of chess players.

    Andrew J. Waters;Fernand Gobet;Gerv Leyden

  • Smoking topography: Reliability and validity in dependent smokers

    Eun M. Lee;Jennifer L. Malson;Andrew J. Waters;Eric T. Moolchan

  • Does smoking abstinence self-efficacy vary across situations? Identifying context-specificity within the Relapse Situation Efficacy Questionnaire.

    Chad J. Gwaltney;Saul Shiffman;Gregory J. Norman;Jean A. Paty

  • Attentional bias to drug cues is elevated before and during temptations to use heroin and cocaine

    Andrew J. Waters;Reshmi Marhe;Ingmar H. A. Franken

  • Generalizability of carry-over effects in the emotional Stroop task

    Andrew J. Waters;Michael A. Sayette;Ingmar H.A. Franken;Joseph E. Schwartz

  • Natural history of nicotine withdrawal

    Saul Shiffman;Christi Patten;Chad Gwaltney;Jean Paty

  • Efficacy of mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) for smoking cessation and lapse recovery: A randomized clinical trial

    Jennifer Irvin Vidrine;Claire Adams Spears;Whitney L Heppner;Lorraine R Reitzel

  • A systematic review of attentional biases in disorders involving binge eating.

    Monika Stojek;Lisa M. Shank;Anna Vannucci;Diana M. Bongiorno

  • Relationship between attentional bias to cocaine-related stimuli and impulsivity in cocaine-dependent subjects.

    Shijing Liu;Scott D. Lane;Joy M. Schmitz;Andrew J. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Wetter
David W. Wetter University of Utah
Saul Shiffman
Saul Shiffman University of Pittsburgh
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California
Chad J. Gwaltney
Chad J. Gwaltney Brown University
Fernand Gobet
Fernand Gobet London School of Economics and Political Science
Ingmar H.A. Franken
Ingmar H.A. Franken Erasmus University Rotterdam
Michael A. Sayette
Michael A. Sayette University of Pittsburgh
Jean Paty
Jean Paty IQVIA (United Kingdom)
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Caryn Lerman
Caryn Lerman University of Southern California

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