2021
Positive emotional intensity and substance use: the underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans
Schick M, Weiss N, Contractor A, Thomas E, Spillane N. Positive emotional intensity and substance use: the underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2021, 47: 373-382. PMID: 33524279, PMCID: PMC10909499, DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2020.1868488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive emotional avoidancePositive emotional intensityResponse to positive emotionsEmotional avoidanceEmotional intensityMilitary veteransPositive emotionsCommunity sampleDrug misuseSubstance misuseSample of military veteransContext of positive emotionsUnited States military veteransIncrease positive emotionsPreliminary supportAmazon Mechanical TurkInfluence alcoholSubstance useInterventions targeting alcoholIatrogenic effectsEmotionsClinical practiceMechanical TurkPotential clinical utilityVeterans
2020
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol and Drug Misuse Among IPV-Victimized Women: Exploring the Role of Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions
Weiss NH, Schick MR, Contractor AA, Reyes ME, Suazo NC, Sullivan TP. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol and Drug Misuse Among IPV-Victimized Women: Exploring the Role of Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence 2020, 37: 2826-2850. PMID: 32697115, DOI: 10.1177/0886260520943735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors
Schick M, Weiss N, Contractor A, Thomas E, Spillane N. Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 1173-1183. PMID: 32078402, PMCID: PMC7180126, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1729205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPositive emotionsDrug misuseSubstance misuseTreatment of substance misuseTrauma-exposed adultsGender-sensitive recommendationsAssociated with alcoholGrowing body of researchSignificant public health concernBody of researchModeration analysisPublic health concernSociodemographic moderatorsSociodemographic groupsAlcohol useTreatment effortsEmotionsDeleterious outcomesHealth concernAlcoholGrowing bodyGenderMisuseModerately
2018
Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis
Weiss N, Forkus S, Contractor A, Schick M. Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis. Addictive Behaviors 2018, 84: 45-52. PMID: 29625262, PMCID: PMC5975124, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPositive emotionsCollege studentsDrug misuseTreatment of alcoholismEmotion dysregulationStructural equation modelingNegative emotionsReduce alcoholEmotionsEquation modelingAlcoholMisuseCollegeDysregulationAlternative modelsDifficultiesStudentsDrugNarrow focusParticipantsResearch