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Michael J. Zvolensky

Michael J. Zvolensky

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Psychology

D-Index
101
Citations
45118
World Ranking
590
National Ranking
375

Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
40810
World Ranking
7923
National Ranking
4123

Overview

Michael J. Zvolensky is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a specific focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, Applied Psychology, and Pharmacology.

Their scholarly work addresses a variety of topics including:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. Zvolensky include:

  • Lorra Garey
  • Andrew H. Rogers
  • Justin M. Shepherd
  • Tanya Smit
  • Andres G. Viana

Common publication venues where their research appears are:

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "The Impact of Covid-19 Experiences and Associated Stress on Anxiety, Depression, and Functional Impairment in American Adults" (2020), published in Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • "Psychological factors associated with substance use initiation during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Psychiatry Research
  • "Psychological, addictive, and health behavior implications of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Anxiety sensitivity, COVID-19 fear, and mental health: results from a United States population sample" (2021), published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • "Association of opioid misuse with anxiety and depression: A systematic review of the literature" (2021), published in Clinical Psychology Review

Best Publications

  • Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson;Richard T. Bissett

  • Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: Development and initial validation of the anxiety sensitivity index-3

    Steven Taylor;Michael J. Zvolensky;Brian J. Cox;Brett Deacon

  • Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders: A review of the empirical literature among adults.

    Teresa M. Leyro;Michael J. Zvolensky;Amit Bernstein

  • Tobacco Use and Cessation in Psychiatric Disorders: National Institute of Mental Health Report

    Douglas M. Ziedonis;Brian Hitsman;Jean C. Beckham;Michael Zvolensky

  • 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

  • Fear of pain in orofacial pain patients.

    Daniel W. McNeil;Anthony R. Au;Michael J. Zvolensky;Deborah Rettig McKee

  • Anxiety sensitivity: Prospective prediction of panic attacks and Axis I pathology

    Norman B. Schmidt;Michael J. Zvolensky;Jon K. Maner

  • Anxiety, depression, and cigarette smoking: a transdiagnostic vulnerability framework to understanding emotion-smoking comorbidity.

    Adam M. Leventhal;Michael J. Zvolensky

  • Emotional avoidance: an experimental test of individual differences and response suppression using biological challenge.

    M.T Feldner;M.J Zvolensky;G.H Eifert;A.P Spira

  • Distress tolerance and early smoking lapse

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

  • Distress Tolerance Theory, Measurement, and Relations to Psychopathology

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Anka A. Vujanovic;Amit Bernstein;Teresa Leyro

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

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

  • The cardiac anxiety questionnaire: development and preliminary validity.

    Georg H Eifert;Risa N Thompson;Michael J Zvolensky;Kimberly Edwards

  • 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

  • The relations of anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance, and alexithymic coping to young adults' motivations for drinking.

    Sherry H. Stewart;Michael J. Zvolensky;Georg H. Eifert

  • Marijuana use motives and social anxiety among marijuana-using young adults.

    Julia D. Buckner;Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Michael J. Zvolensky;Norman B. Schmidt

  • Randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation smoking cessation treatment for smokers with elevated depressive symptoms.

    Laura MacPherson;Matthew T. Tull;Alexis K. Matusiewicz;Samantha Rodman

  • Negative-reinforcement drinking motives mediate the relation between anxiety sensitivity and increased drinking behavior

    Sherry H Stewart;Michael J Zvolensky;Georg H Eifert

  • Smoking, traumatic event exposure, and post-traumatic stress: A critical review of the empirical literature☆

    Matthew T. Feldner;Kimberly A. Babson;Michael J. Zvolensky

  • Distress tolerance and early adolescent externalizing and internalizing symptoms: The moderating role of gender and ethnicity

    Stacey B. Daughters;Elizabeth K. Reynolds;Laura MacPherson;Christopher W. Kahler

  • Anxiety sensitivity: relationship to negative affect smoking and smoking cessation in smokers with past major depressive disorder

    Richard A Brown;Christopher W Kahler;Michael J Zvolensky;C.W Lejuez

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman B. Schmidt
Norman B. Schmidt Florida State University
Samantha G. Farris
Samantha G. Farris Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Amit Bernstein
Amit Bernstein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julia D. Buckner
Julia D. Buckner Louisiana State University
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller University of Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Ditre
Joseph W. Ditre Syracuse University
Matthew T. Feldner
Matthew T. Feldner University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Anka A. Vujanovic
Anka A. Vujanovic University of Houston
Renee D. Goodwin
Renee D. Goodwin City University of New York
Jasper A. J. Smits
Jasper A. J. Smits The University of Texas at Austin

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