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Overview

Carl W. Lejuez is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Applied Psychology. Additional subfields of study include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Lejuez's work encompass Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Research Topics, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, and aspects related to Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes.

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Lejuez include:

  • "Motivational interviewing plus behavioral activation for alcohol misuse in college students with ADHD." (2021) Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • "Changes in delay discounting, substance use, and weight status across adolescence." (2020) Health Psychology
  • "Behavioral Activation and Therapeutic Exposure vs. Cognitive Therapy for Grief Among Combat Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Bereavement Interventions" (2021) American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
  • "Transactional patterns of depressive symptoms between mothers and adolescents: The role of emotion regulation" (2021) Depression and Anxiety
  • "Maternal Emotion Dysregulation Predicts Emotion Socialization Practices and Adolescent Emotion Lability: Conditional Effects of Youth ADHD Symptoms" (2020) Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Lejuez include:

  • Julia W. Felton
  • Andrea Chronis-Tuscano
  • Richard Yi
  • Jude Cassidy
  • Lauren E. Oddo

Lejuez's publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Health Psychology

There is a recorded book publication titled The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders (2020) published by Cambridge University Press, contributing to Lejuez's scope of work within their scientific discipline.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of a behavioral measure of risk taking: the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART).

    C. W. Lejuez;Jennifer P. Read;Christopher W. Kahler;Jerry B. Richards

  • Contemporary behavioral activation treatments for depression: procedures, principles, and progress.

    Derek R. Hopko;C.W. Lejuez;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Georg H. Eifert

  • Distress tolerance and duration of past smoking cessation attempts.

    Richard A. Brown;C. W. Lejuez;Christopher W. Kahler;David R. Strong

  • An experimental investigation of emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder.

    Kim L. Gratz;M. Zachary Rosenthal;Matthew T. Tull;C. W. Lejuez

  • A Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression: Treatment Manual

    Carl W. Lejuez;Derek R. Hopko;Sandra D. Hopko

  • Ten year revision of the brief behavioral activation treatment for depression: revised treatment manual.

    C. W. Lejuez;Derek R. Hopko;Ron E. Acierno;Stacey B. Daughters

  • Evaluation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a predictor of adolescent real-world risk-taking behaviours.

    C.W. Lejuez;Will M. Aklin;Michael J. Zvolensky;Christina M. Pedulla

  • What is conscientiousness and how can it be assessed

    Brent W. Roberts;Carl Lejuez;Robert F. Krueger;Jessica M. Richards

  • The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) differentiates smokers and nonsmokers.

    C. W. Lejuez;Will M Aklin;Heather A Jones;Jerry B Richards

  • Dispositional anxiety and risk-avoidant decision-making.

    Jon K. Maner;J. Anthony Richey;Kiara Cromer;Mike Mallott

  • Distress tolerance and early smoking lapse

    Richard A. Brown;C.W. Lejuez;Christopher W. Kahler;David R. Strong

  • Evaluation of behavioral measures of risk taking propensity with inner city adolescents.

    Will M. Aklin;C. W. Lejuez;Michael J. Zvolensky;Christopher W. Kahler

  • Heightened sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion in borderline personality disorder.

    Thomas R. Lynch;M. Zachary Rosenthal;David S. Kosson;Jennifer S. Cheavens

  • DISTRESS TOLERANCE AS A PREDICTOR OF EARLY TREATMENT DROPOUT IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY

    Stacey B. Daughters;C. W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Christopher W. Kahler

  • A modified computer version of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) as a laboratory-based stressor.

    C. W. Lejuez;Christopher W. Kahler;Richard A. Brown

  • A brief behavioral activation treatment for depression. A randomized pilot trial within an inpatient psychiatric hospital.

    Derek R. Hopko;C. W. Lejuez;James P. Lepage;Sandra D. Hopko

  • Behavioral and Biological Indicators of Impulsivity in the Development of Alcohol Use, Problems, and Disorders

    C. W. Lejuez;Jessica F. Magidson;Suzanne H. Mitchell;Ranjana Sinha

  • Changes in sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity predict increases in alcohol use among early adolescents

    Laura MacPherson;Jessica F. Magidson;Elizabeth K. Reynolds;Christopher W. Kahler

  • Reliability and Validity of the Youth Version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART–Y) in the Assessment of Risk-Taking Behavior Among Inner-City Adolescents

    C. W. Lejuez;Will Aklin;Stacey Daughters;Michael Zvolensky

  • Meditative Therapies for Reducing Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Kevin W. Chen;Christine C. Berger;Eric Manheimer;Darlene Forde

  • Theory-driven intervention for changing personality: Expectancy value theory, behavioral activation, and conscientiousness.

    Jessica F. Magidson;Brent W. Roberts;Anahi Collado-Rodriguez;C. W. Lejuez

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacey B. Daughters
Stacey B. Daughters University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Marina A. Bornovalova
Marina A. Bornovalova University of South Florida
Derek R. Hopko
Derek R. Hopko University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David R. Strong
David R. Strong University of California, San Diego
Christopher W. Kahler
Christopher W. Kahler Brown University
Jessica F. Magidson
Jessica F. Magidson University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew T. Tull
Matthew T. Tull University of Toledo
Kim L. Gratz
Kim L. Gratz University of Toledo
Jude Cassidy
Jude Cassidy University of Maryland, College Park

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