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Overview

Matthew P. Martens is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including Applied Psychology, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Behavioral Health and Interventions, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Mental Health Research Topics, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Statistical Methods and Inference.

Matthew P. Martens has published extensively in a variety of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Social Science Computer Review
  • Journal of Gambling Issues

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Martens include:

  • Trajectories of reward availability moderate the impact of brief alcohol interventions on alcohol severity in heavy-drinking young adults, 2021, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • A combined laboratory and field test of a smartphone breath alcohol device and blood alcohol concentration estimator to facilitate moderate drinking among young adults., 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Not all symptoms of alcohol dependence are developmentally equivalent: Implications for the false-positives problem., 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Change in alcohol demand following a brief intervention predicts change in alcohol use: A latent growth curve analysis, 2022, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Statistically derived patterns of behavioral economic risk among heavy-drinking college students: A latent profile analysis., 2020, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Matthew P. Martens include James G. Murphy, Kevin W. Campbell, Ashley A. Dennhardt, Brian Borsari, and Álvaro Vergés.

Best Publications

  • Measuring Anxiety in Athletics: The Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2

    Richard H. Cox;Matthew P. Martens;William D. Russell

  • Development of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Survey.

    Matthew P Martens;Amanda G Ferrier;Melissa J Sheehy;Kirsten Corbett

  • The Use of Structural Equation Modeling in Counseling Psychology Research

    Matthew P. Martens

  • Prevalence, clinical manifestations, etiology, and treatment of depression in Parkinson's disease.

    James R. Slaughter;Kathleen A. Slaughter;Dave Nichols;Stacey E. Holmes

  • A systematic review of college student-athlete drinking : Prevalence rates, sport-related factors, and interventions

    Matthew P. Martens;Kristen Dams-O'Connor;Niels C. Beck

  • Differences between actual and perceived student norms: an examination of alcohol use, drug use, and sexual behavior.

    Matthew P Martens;Jennifer C Page;Emily S Mowry;Krista M Damann

  • Protective behavioral strategies when drinking alcohol and their relationship to negative alcohol-related consequences in college students.

    Matthew P. Martens;Kari K. Taylor;Krista M. Damann;Jennifer C. Page

  • Advanced Applications of Structural Equation Modeling in Counseling Psychology Research

    Matthew P. Martens;Richard F. Haase

  • 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

  • Measuring alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies among college students: further examination of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale.

    Matthew P. Martens;Eric R. Pederson;Joseph W. LaBrie;Amanda G. Ferrier

  • System for Observing Family Therapy Alliances: A Tool for Research and Practice.

    Myrna L. Friedlander;Valentín Escudero;Adam O. Horvath;Laurie Heatherington

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

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

  • Do Protective Behavioral Strategies Mediate the Relationship Between Drinking Motives and Alcohol Use in College Students

    Matthew P. Martens;Amanda G. Ferrier;M. Dolores Cimini

  • The Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale-20: improved content validity of the Serious Harm Reduction Subscale

    Hayley Treloar;Matthew P. Martens;Denis M. McCarthy

  • Clinical and Subclinical Eating Disorders: An Examination of Collegiate Athletes

    Tiffany C. Sanford-Martens;M. Meghan Davidson;Oksana F. Yakushko;Matthew P. Martens

  • Psychometric Properties of the Sport Motivation Scale: An Evaluation with College Varsity Athletes from the U.S.

    Matthew P Martens;S Nicole Webber

  • The Roles of Negative Affect and Coping Motives in the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Problems Among College Students

    Matthew P. Martens;Clayton Neighbors;Melissa Ardelle Lewis;Christine M. Lee

  • The factor structure of a dichotomously scored Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.

    Matthew P. Martens;Clayton Neighbors;Kristen Dams-O'Connor;Christine M. Lee

  • Protective behavioral strategies and the relationship between depressive symptoms and alcohol-related negative consequences among college students.

    Matthew P. Martens;Jessica L. Martin;E. Suzanne Hatchett;Roneferiti M. Fowler

  • Changes in protective behavioral strategies and alcohol use among college students

    Matthew P. Martens;Jessica L. Martin;Andrew K. Littlefield;James G. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Murphy
James G. Murphy University of Memphis
Brian Borsari
Brian Borsari University of California, San Francisco
Drew A. Anderson
Drew A. Anderson University at Albany, State University of New York
Clayton Neighbors
Clayton Neighbors University of Houston
Kerry S. O'Brien
Kerry S. O'Brien Monash University
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Denis M. McCarthy
Denis M. McCarthy University of Missouri
Joseph W. LaBrie
Joseph W. LaBrie Loyola Marymount University
Kenneth J. Sher
Kenneth J. Sher University of Missouri
Eric R. Pedersen
Eric R. Pedersen University of Southern California

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