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7473
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9103
National Ranking
4826

Overview

Robert D. Dvorak is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a substantial focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Epidemiology, and General Health Professions.

Their body of work extensively covers topics related to behavioral health and interventions, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, eating disorders and behaviors, mental health research topics, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, alcohol consumption and health effects, as well as obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Psychiatry, Substance Use & Misuse, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Psychological Reports, and the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert D. Dvorak include:

  • "The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data." (2023, Psychological Bulletin)
  • "Examining the Role of Anxiety and Depression in Dietary Choices among College Students" (2020, Nutrients)
  • "A comprehensive review of measures of protective behavioral strategies across various risk factors and associated PBS-related interventions." (2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology)
  • "The momentary interplay of affect, attention bias, and expectancies as predictors of binge eating in the natural environment" (2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • "Mitigating adolescent social anxiety symptoms: the effects of social support and social self-efficacy in findings from the Young-HUNT 3 study" (2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ardhys N. De Leon
  • Emily K. Burr
  • Roselyn Peterson
  • Angelina V. Leary
  • Stephen A. Wonderlich

Best Publications

  • Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology.

    Jon D. Elhai;Robert D. Dvorak;Jason C. Levine;Brian J. Hall

  • Fear of missing out, need for touch, anxiety and depression are related to problematic smartphone use

    Jon D. Elhai;Jason C. Levine;Robert D. Dvorak;Brian J. Hall

  • Non-social features of smartphone use are most related to depression, anxiety and problematic smartphone use

    Jon D. Elhai;Jason C. Levine;Robert D. Dvorak;Brian J. Hall

  • Dimensions and severity of marijuana consequences: development and validation of the Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (MACQ).

    Jeffrey S. Simons;Robert D. Dvorak;Jennifer E. Merrill;Jennifer P. Read

  • Alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences: associations with emotion regulation difficulties.

    Robert D Dvorak;Emily M Sargent;Tess M Kilwein;Brittany L Stevenson

  • Sweet Future Fluctuating Blood Glucose Levels Affect Future Discounting

    X.T. Wang;Robert D. Dvorak

  • College student marijuana involvement: Perceptions, use, and consequences across 11 college campuses.

    Matthew R. Pearson;Bruce S. Liese;Robert D. Dvorak

  • Moderation of Resource Depletion in the Self-Control Strength Model: Differing Effects of Two Modes of Self-Control

    Robert D. Dvorak;Jeffrey S. Simons

  • Alcohol use, depressive symptoms, and impulsivity as risk factors for suicide proneness among college students.

    Robert D. Dvorak;Dorian Ashley Lamis;Patrick S. Malone

  • Event-level associations between affect, alcohol intoxication, and acute dependence symptoms: Effects of urgency, self-control, and drinking experience

    Jeffrey S. Simons;Robert D. Dvorak;Bryan D. Batien;Tyler B. Wray

  • Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Hopelessness, Alcohol Problems, and Social Support

    Dorian A. Lamis;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Alexis M. May;Robert D. Dvorak

  • Ecological momentary assessment of acute alcohol use disorder symptoms: associations with mood, motives, and use on planned drinking days

    Robert D. Dvorak;Matthew R. Pearson;Anne M. Day

  • Types of smartphone usage and relations with problematic smartphone behaviors: The role of content consumption vs. social smartphone use

    Jon D. Elhai;Brian J. Hall;Jason C. Levine;Robert D. Dvorak

  • Marijuana and self-regulation: Examining likelihood and intensity of use and problems

    Robert D. Dvorak;Anne M. Day

  • Self-regulation and alcohol use involvement: a latent class analysis.

    Nicholas J. Kuvaas;Robert D. Dvorak;Matthew R. Pearson;Dorian A. Lamis

  • Mindfulness, Nonattachment, and Suicide Rumination in College Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms

    Dorian Ashley Lamis;Robert D. Dvorak

  • Trait-based affective processes in alcohol-involved “risk behaviors”

    Tyler B. Wray;Jeffrey S. Simons;Robert D. Dvorak;Raluca M. Gaher

  • Ecological momentary assessment of drinking in young adults: An investigation into social context, affect and motives.

    Renee O'Donnell;Ben Richardson;Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz;Paul Liknaitzky

  • Within- and between-person associations from mood to alcohol consequences: The mediating role of enhancement and coping drinking motives.

    Brittany L Stevenson;Robert D Dvorak;Matthew P Kramer;Roselyn S Peterson

  • Methamphetamine use in a rural college population: associations with marijuana use, sensitivity to punishment, and sensitivity to reward.

    Jeffrey S. Simons;Robert D. Dvorak;Bryan D. Batien

  • The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: Further examination using item response theory.

    Eric R Pedersen;Wenjing Huang;Robert D Dvorak;Mark A Prince

  • The five-factor model of impulsivity-like traits and emotional lability in aggressive behavior.

    Robert D. Dvorak;Matthew R. Pearson;Nicholas J. Kuvaas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Simons
Jeffrey S. Simons University of South Dakota
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Matthew R. Pearson
Matthew R. Pearson University of New Mexico
Jon D. Elhai
Jon D. Elhai University of Toledo
Tyler B. Mason
Tyler B. Mason University of Southern California
Dorian A. Lamis
Dorian A. Lamis Emory University
Wendy Troop-Gordon
Wendy Troop-Gordon Auburn University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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