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Overview

Stacey B. Daughters is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans the intersecting fields of medicine and psychology, with a focus on epidemiology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, digital mental health interventions, HIV-related drug use and sexual risk, mental health research topics, anxiety and depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, behavioral health interventions, and HIV/AIDS research and interventions.

Recent publications showcase involvement in substance use disorder treatment, behavioral interventions, and digital mental health applications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Expanding the continuum of substance use disorder treatment: Nonabstinence approaches" (2021), Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Alpha-tACS effect on inhibitory control and feasibility of administration in community outpatient substance use treatment" (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Day-to-day individual alpha frequency variability measured by a mobile EEG device relates to anxiety" (2023), European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Act Healthy: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating a Behavioral Activation Intervention to Address Substance Use and Medication Adherence Among Low-Income, Black/African American Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS" (2021), AIDS and Behavior
  • "Group behavioral activation with and without a smartphone app in intensive outpatient treatment for substance use disorder: A three-arm randomized controlled trial" (2022), Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Frequent coauthors in their research include Louisa Kane, Catherine Paquette, Jessica F. Magidson, C.J. Seitz-Brown, and Flavio Fröhlich.

Publishing outlets where their work commonly appears include UNC Libraries, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Clinical Psychology Review, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Best Publications

  • Ten year revision of the brief behavioral activation treatment for depression: revised treatment manual.

    C. W. Lejuez;Derek R. Hopko;Ron E. Acierno;Stacey B. Daughters

  • DISTRESS TOLERANCE AS A PREDICTOR OF EARLY TREATMENT DROPOUT IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY

    Stacey B. Daughters;C. W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Christopher W. Kahler

  • 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

  • Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead

    Hamed Ekhtiari;Hosna Tavakoli;Giovanni Addolorato;Chris Baeken

  • 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

  • Impulsivity as a Common Process Across Borderline Personality and Substance Use Disorders

    Marina A. Bornovalova;C. W. Lejuez;Stacey Brooke Daughters;M. Zachary Rosenthal

  • Differences in impulsivity and risk-taking propensity between primary users of crack cocaine and primary users of heroin in a residential substance-use program

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Stacey B. Daughters;Gustavo Daniel Hernandez;Jerry B. Richards

  • Shared Variance among Self-Report and Behavioral Measures of Distress Intolerance

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Stacey B. Daughters;Carl W. Lejuez;Heather W. Murray

  • Initial RCT of a distress tolerance treatment for individuals with substance use disorders.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Kim L. Gratz;Stacey B. Daughters;Elizabeth D. Hunt

  • Psychological distress tolerance and duration of most recent abstinence attempt among residential treatment-seeking substance abusers.

    Stacey B. Daughters;C. W. Lejuez;Christopher W. Kahler;David R. Strong

  • Effectiveness of a Brief Behavioral Treatment for Inner-City Illicit Drug Users With Elevated Depressive Symptoms: The Life Enhancement Treatment for Substance Use (LETS Act!)

    Stacey B. Daughters;Ashley R. Braun;Marsha N. Sargeant;Elizabeth K. Reynolds

  • Risk-taking propensity and risky sexual behavior of individuals in residential substance use treatment

    C.W. Lejuez;Burnetta L. Simmons;Will M. Aklin;Stacey B. Daughters

  • An analogue investigation of the relationships among perceived parental criticism, negative affect, and borderline personality disorder features: the role of thought suppression

    Jennifer S. Cheavens;M. Zachary Rosenthal;Stacey B. Daughters;Jennifer Nowak

  • A multimodal assessment of the relationship between emotion dysregulation and borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users in residential treatment

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Kim L. Gratz;Stacey B. Daughters;Bettina Nick

  • Construct Validity of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART): Relationship with MDMA Use by Inner-City Drug Users in Residential Treatment

    Derek R. Hopko;C. W. Lejuez;Stacey B. Daughters;Will M. Aklin

  • Risk Factors in the Relationship Between Gender and Crack/Cocaine

    C. W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Elizabeth K. Reynolds;Stacey B. Daughters

  • The role of anxiety sensitivity and difficulties in emotion regulation in posttraumatic stress disorder among crack/cocaine dependent patients in residential substance abuse treatment.

    Michael J. McDermott;Matthew T. Tull;Kim L. Gratz;Stacey B. Daughters

  • An Examination of Psychiatric Comorbidities as a Function of Gender and Substance Type within an Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Program

    Kevin W. Chen;Kevin W. Chen;Annie N. Banducci;Leila Guller;Richard J. Macatee

  • The effect of a behavioral activation treatment for substance use on post‐treatment abstinence: a randomized controlled trial

    Stacey B. Daughters;Jessica F. Magidson;Deepika Anand;C. J. Seitz-Brown

  • Anxiety sensitivity: a unique predictor of dropout among inner-city heroin and crack/cocaine users in residential substance use treatment.

    C.W. Lejuez;Michael J. Zvolensky;Stacey B. Daughters;Marina A. Bornovalova

  • Differences in Impulsivity and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Inner-City Crack/Cocaine Users and Heroin Users

    C.W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Stacey B. Daughters;John J. Curtin

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl W. Lejuez
Carl W. Lejuez Stony Brook University
Jessica F. Magidson
Jessica F. Magidson University of Maryland, College Park
Marina A. Bornovalova
Marina A. Bornovalova University of South Florida
Christopher W. Kahler
Christopher W. Kahler Brown University
David R. Strong
David R. Strong University of California, San Diego
Kim L. Gratz
Kim L. Gratz University of Toledo
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes Yale University
Matthew T. Tull
Matthew T. Tull University of Toledo
Kenneth H. Beck
Kenneth H. Beck University of Maryland, College Park

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