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Overview

Evan M. Forman is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in clinical psychology and applied psychology. Additional subfields of study in their work include public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in Evan M. Forman's research cover eating disorders and behaviors, behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity, and diet. They have also worked extensively in mobile health and mHealth applications, digital mental health interventions, mindfulness, and compassion interventions, as well as obesity and health practices.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Evan M. Forman include the following:

  • "A Clinician-Controlled Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention System (CBT+) Designed to Promote Acquisition and Utilization of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills in Bulimia Nervosa: Development and Preliminary Evaluation Study," 2021, published in JMIR Formative Research
  • "Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: A Research Update," 2024, published in Current Obesity Reports
  • "Understanding the overlap and differences in terms describing patterns of maladaptive avoidance and intolerance of negative emotional states," 2020, published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Refining an algorithm-powered just-in-time adaptive weight control intervention: A randomized controlled trial evaluating model performance and behavioral outcomes," 2020, published in Health Informatics Journal
  • "Using virtual reality to train inhibitory control and reduce binge eating: A proof-of-concept study," 2020, published in Appetite

Evan M. Forman frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Meghan L. Butryn
  • Stephanie M. Manasse
  • Adrienne S. Juarascio
  • Fengqing Zhang
  • Christina Chwyl

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with recurrent publications in:

  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Appetite
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Obesity

Best Publications

  • The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses.

    Andrew C. Butler;Jason E. Chapman;Evan M. Forman;Aaron T. Beck

  • The Assessment of Present-Moment Awareness and Acceptance The Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale

    LeeAnn Cardaciotto;James D. Herbert;Evan M. Forman;Ethan Moitra

  • The Psychotherapy Dose‐Response Effect and Its Implications for Treatment Delivery Services

    Nathan B. Hansen;Michael J. Lambert;Evan M. Forman

  • A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression.

    Evan M. Forman;James D. Herbert;Ethan Moitra;Peter D. Yeomans

  • mHealth: A Mechanism to Deliver More Accessible, More Effective Mental Health Care

    Matthew Price;Erica K. Yuen;Elizabeth M. Goetter;Elizabeth M. Goetter;James D. Herbert

  • A comparison of acceptance- and control-based strategies for coping with food cravings: An analog study

    Evan M. Forman;Kimberly L. Hoffman;Kathleen B. McGrath;James D. Herbert

  • History of Multiple Suicide Attempts as a Behavioral Marker of Severe Psychopathology.

    Evan M. Forman;Michele S. Berk;Gregg R. Henriques;Gregory K. Brown

  • An Open Trial of an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss

    Evan M. Forman;Meghan L. Butryn;Kimberly L. Hoffman;James D. Herbert

  • Assessing children's emotional security in the interparental relationship: the Security in the Interparental Subsystem Scales.

    Patrick T. Davies;Evan M. Forman;Jennifer A. Rasi;Kristopher I. Stevens

  • Empirically Supported Treatment: Recommendations for a New Model

    David F. Tolin;Dean McKay;Evan M. Forman;E. David Klonsky

  • A new look at the science of weight control: how acceptance and commitment strategies can address the challenge of self-regulation.

    Evan M. Forman;Meghan L. Butryn

  • Children's patterns of preserving emotional security in the interparental subsystem.

    Patrick T. Davies;Evan M. Forman

  • New directions in cognitive behavior therapy: Acceptance-based therapies.

    Evan M. Forman;James D. Herbert

  • A pilot study of acceptance and commitment therapy for promotion of physical activity.

    Meghan L. Butryn;Evan Forman;Kimberly Hoffman;Jena Shaw

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy as a novel treatment for eating disorders: an initial test of efficacy and mediation.

    Adrienne Juarascio;Jena Shaw;Evan Forman;C. Alix Timko

  • Acceptance and mindfulness in cognitive behavior therapy: Understanding and applying the new therapies.

    James D. Herbert;Evan M. Forman

  • The mind your health project: a randomized controlled trial of an innovative behavioral treatment for obesity.

    E.M. Forman;M.L. Butryn;A.S. Juarascio;L.E. Bradley

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy versus cognitive therapy for the treatment of comorbid eating pathology.

    Adrienne S. Juarascio;Evan M. Forman;James D. Herbert

  • A randomized controlled trial of acceptance-based behavior therapy and cognitive therapy for test anxiety: a pilot study.

    Lily A. Brown;Evan M. Forman;James D. Herbert;Kimberly L. Hoffman

  • Using session-by-session measurement to compare mechanisms of action for acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy.

    Evan M. Forman;Jason E. Chapman;James D. Herbert;Elizabeth M. Goetter

Frequent Co-Authors

Meghan L. Butryn
Meghan L. Butryn Drexel University
James D. Herbert
James D. Herbert University of New England
Adrienne S. Juarascio
Adrienne S. Juarascio Drexel University
Michael R. Lowe
Michael R. Lowe Drexel University
C. Alix Timko
C. Alix Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anthony C. Ruocco
Anthony C. Ruocco University of Toronto
Brandon A. Gaudiano
Brandon A. Gaudiano Brown University
Patrick T. Davies
Patrick T. Davies University of Rochester
Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Lambert
Michael J. Lambert Brigham Young University

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