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3554
National Ranking
1999

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

James G. Murphy is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States and has a research focus in medicine and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including epidemiology, applied psychology, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to substance abuse treatment and outcomes, behavioral health and interventions, and mental health research. Additional areas of interest include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, decision-making and behavioral economics, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Murphy are the following:

  • Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021), published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • A contextualized reinforcer pathology approach to addiction (2023), published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder, drinking to cope, and harmful alcohol use: A multivariate meta-analysis of the self-medication hypothesis (2022), published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • Multidimensional elements of impulsivity as shared and unique risk factors for food addiction and alcohol misuse (2020), published in Appetite
  • COVID-19 impacts on drinking and mental health in emerging adults: Longitudinal changes and moderation by economic disruption and sex (2021), published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

James G. Murphy has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Samuel F. Acuff
  • James MacKillop
  • Ashley A. Dennhardt
  • Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy
  • Kyla Belisario

Their publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (18 publications)
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (12 publications)
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (8 publications)
  • Addiction (6 publications)
  • Substance Use & Misuse (3 publications)

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Murphy was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The Behavioral Economics of Substance Use Disorders: Reinforcement Pathologies and Their Repair

    Warren K. Bickel;Matthew W. Johnson;Mikhail N. Koffarnus;James MacKillop

  • Predictors of alcohol use during the first year of college : Implications for prevention

    Brian Borsari;James G. Murphy;Nancy P. Barnett

  • Relative reinforcing efficacy of alcohol among college student drinkers.

    James G. Murphy;James MacKillop

  • Relative Efficacy of a Brief Motivational Intervention for College Student Drinkers

    James G. Murphy;Jennifer J. Duchnick;Rudy E. Vuchinich;John W. Davison

  • Alcohol demand, delayed reward discounting, and craving in relation to drinking and alcohol use disorders.

    James MacKillop;Robert Miranda Jr.;Peter M. Monti;Lara A. Ray

  • Further validation of a cigarette purchase task for assessing the relative reinforcing efficacy of nicotine in college smokers.

    James MacKillop;James G. Murphy;Lara A. Ray;Daniel T. A. Eisenberg

  • Efficacy of counselor vs. computer-delivered intervention with mandated college students.

    Nancy P. Barnett;James G. Murphy;Suzanne M. Colby;Peter M. Monti;Peter M. Monti

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Behavioral Economic Supplement to Brief Motivational Interventions for College Drinking

    James G. Murphy;Ashley A. Dennhardt;Jessica R. Skidmore;Brian Borsari

  • Drink and be merry? Gender, life satisfaction, and alcohol consumption among college students.

    James G. Murphy;Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy;Nancy P. Barnett

  • A behavioral economic measure of demand for alcohol predicts brief intervention outcomes.

    James MacKillop;James G. Murphy;James G. Murphy

  • Reliability and validity of a demand curve measure of alcohol reinforcement.

    James G. Murphy;James MacKillop;Jessica R. Skidmore;Ashley A. Pederson

  • Is Talk 'Cheap'? An Initial Investigation of the Equivalence of Alcohol Purchase Task Performance for Hypothetical and Actual Rewards

    Michael T. Amlung;John Acker;Monika K. Stojek;James G. Murphy

  • Associations between depression, distress tolerance, delay discounting, and alcohol-related problems in European American and African American college students.

    Ashley A. Dennhardt;James G. Murphy

  • PTSD symptoms, hazardous drinking, and health functioning among U.S.OEF and OIF veterans presenting to primary care

    Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy;Joah L. Williams;Katherine L. Bracken;Jordan A. Fields

  • Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Samuel F Acuff;Justin C Strickland;Jalie A Tucker;James G Murphy

  • Using Behavioral Theories of Choice to Predict Drinking Outcomes Following a Brief Intervention.

    James G. Murphy;Christopher J. Correia;Suzanne M. Colby;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • Prevention and treatment of college student drug use: A review of the literature.

    Ashley A. Dennhardt;James G. Murphy

  • A comparison of personalized feedback for college student drinkers delivered with and without a motivational interview.

    James G. Murphy;Trisha A. Benson;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mary M. Deskins

  • Student service members/veterans on campus: Challenges for reintegration.

    Brian Borsari;Ali Yurasek;Mary Beth Miller;James G. Murphy

  • Contingency management for alcohol use reduction: a pilot study using a transdermal alcohol sensor.

    Nancy P. Barnett;Jennifer Tidey;James G. Murphy;Robert Swift;Robert Swift

  • Latent structure of facets of alcohol reinforcement from a behavioral economic demand curve

    James MacKillop;James G. Murphy;Jennifer W. Tidey;Christopher W. Kahler

Frequent Co-Authors

James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Matthew P. Martens
Matthew P. Martens University of Missouri
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University
Nancy P. Barnett
Nancy P. Barnett Brown University
Brian Borsari
Brian Borsari University of California, San Francisco
Christopher J. Correia
Christopher J. Correia Auburn University
Michael Amlung
Michael Amlung University of Kansas
Jennifer W. Tidey
Jennifer W. Tidey Brown University
Peter M. Monti
Peter M. Monti Brown University
Lara A. Ray
Lara A. Ray University of California, Los Angeles

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