NEWS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

GRANTS

1R01MH122954-01
Role: Raluca & Jeffrey Simons, Principal Investigators
Project: PTSD, AUD, and Interpersonal Conflict: Within-person associations
Award Amount: $2,955,000
07/01/2020 – 04/30/2025
NIMH/NIAAA

5U54GM115458-03
Role: Co-Investigator and Mentor   
Chris Berghoff, PI
Award Amount: $20,000
09/15/18-09/15/20
NIH/NIGMS. CBBRe Research Enhancement Pilot Grant, Center for Brain & Behavior Research, USD  

R25 DA033674
Role: Co-Investigator
(Forster, G; Burrell, B (PIs); Goodman,  RSimons Co-PIs) 
06/2018-02/2021
NIH/NIDA SPURA - Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Addiction

NIH Great Plains IDeA-Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Grant 2018
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
Award Amount: $61,251
An Experience Sampling Study of Sleep, PTSD, and Alcohol        
Project: This is a controlled clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia (CBT-I) in reducing PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) symptoms 

R25 DA033674
Role: (Forster, G; Burrell, B; Goodman, B Co-PIs)
06/2013-02/2018
NIH/NIDA SPURA - Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Addiction
Project: This is a summer training program designed to educate undergraduate students in basic and clinical research methods and careers in substance abuse and related mental health issues.

1 F31 AA024045-01A1 A.M. Hahn, NRSA Fellow
Role: Research Mentor
Award Amount: $68,892
08/28/2015-08/28/2017;
NIH/NIAAA
Project Title: "Cognitive Bias Modification for Risky Sex and Alcohol Use"

R01AA020519 (J.S. Simons, PI) 
Role: Co-Investigator
Award amount: $1,686,888 total costs
09/15/2012– 11/31/2017
NIAAA / NIGMS
Project Title: "Traumatic stress and alcohol problems: Between- and within-person mechanisms"
This study utilizes experience sampling to examine associations between trauma, genetic risk factors, and alcohol dependence among OIF/OEF veterans.

R03- AA018208
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
Award Amount: $143,500
6/1/2009 – 5/31/2011
NIH/ NIAAA
Project Title: “PTSD Symptoms and Alcohol Problems: Vulnerability and Resilience Factors”

South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development (Gina Forster and Gareth Davies, PIs)       
Role: Raluca Simons, Co-investigator
07/01/2017-06/30/2022   
Award Amount: $3,466,300                                                                                   
Center for Genetics and Behavioral Health
Project: This center project will take a trans-disciplinary approach to study genetic and environmental influences that interact with biological, psychological, and behavioral factors to impact post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Gina Forester, PI)     
Role: Raluca Simons, Co-investigator
Award amount: $700,000
09/24/2010 – 10/23/2014;
Department of Defense (DoD);
Project Title: "Neural and behavioral correlates of PTSD and alcohol use"

SD BOR Faculty Seed Grant (R Simons, PI)
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: An Experience Sampling Study of PTSD Symptoms and Alcohol Problems Among OIF/OEF Veterans

NIAAA/NIDA Early Career Investigators Award
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
01/15/2008 – 08/14/2008
Award Amount: $600
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Project Title: “An Experience Sampling Study of PTSD Symptoms and Alcohol Problems Among OIF/OEF Veterans.”

NIDA/APA Early Career Investigators Award
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Award Amount: $750

The Control Trust Grant 
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
Award Amount: $1000
12/10/04-12/31/05
The Control Trust
Project Title: "Need for Control and Alcohol Problem Recognition among College Students."

NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
10/25/2003-04/25/2004
Award Amount: $500
Project Title: “Expectancies and evaluations of alcohol problems”

F31-AA015471, RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA)
Role: Raluca Simons, Principal Investigator
09/09/2004 – 09/08/2006
Award Amount: $59,776
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project Title: “Expectancies and evaluations of alcohol problems”

PUBLICATIONS

• Mojallal, M., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Swaminath, S. (2024). Betrayal trauma, mindfulness, and emotional dysregulation: Associations with moral injury and posttraumatic stress disorder. Traumatology.

• Mojallal, M., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Swaminath, S. (2024). Daily exposure to combat-related cues and posttraumatic stress symptoms among veterans: Moderating effects of peri- and postdeployment experiences. Journal of traumatic stress, 37(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22991

• Stamatovich, S. N., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2023). Anhedonia and impulsivity in college alcohol use: A path analysis. Journal of American college health : J of ACH, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2249116

• Shaughnessy, E. V., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Freeman, H. (2023). Risk factors for traumatic bonding and associations with PTSD symptoms: A moderated mediation. Child abuse & neglect, 144, 106390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106390

• Swaminath, S., Sistad, R. E., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2023). The role of thought suppression and negative urgency in eating disorder symptoms and alcohol-related problems among survivors of childhood maltreatment. Clinical Psychologist, 27(3), 316–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2023.2221783

• Swaminath, S., Simons, R. M., & Hatwan, M. L. (2023). Understanding Pedophilia: A Theoretical Framework on the Development of Sexual Penchants. Journal of child sexual abuse, 32(6), 732–748. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2236602

• Barrios, L., Stamatovich, S. N., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2022). Reinforcement sensitivity and bulimia symptoms: the role of emotion regulation. Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 27(5), 1593–1602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01275-5

• Mojallal, M., Simons, R. M., Quevillon, R. P., & Hatwan, M. L. (2022). Associations of experiential avoidance with burnout, wellbeing, and productivity loss among police officers: The mediating role of negative and positive affect. Journal of clinical psychology, 78(11), 2260–2280. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23371

• Hahn, A. M., Hahn, C. K., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2022). History of rape moderates the pathways from emotion dysregulation to alcohol and risky sex outcomes among college women. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 14(5), 786–794. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001101

• Sistad, R. E., Simons, R. M., Mojallal, M., & Simons, J. S. (2021). The indirect effect from childhood maltreatment to PTSD symptoms via thought suppression and cognitive reappraisal. Child abuse & neglect, 114, 104939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.104939

• Mojallal, M., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2021). Childhood maltreatment and adulthood proneness to shame and guilt: The mediating role of maladaptive schemas. Motivation and Emotion, 45(2), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09866-6

• Renata S., Simons, R. M., Stamatovich, S., Simons, J. (2021). Investigating the Role of Sleep Disturbances in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Alcohol Problems in a Veteran Population. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment.

• Murase, H., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2021). Distinct paths to alcohol problems: Impacts of childhood maltreatment, attachment insecurity, and interpersonal problems. Addictive Behaviors, 115, N.PAG-N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106780

• Hahn, C. K., Hahn, A. M., Simons, R. M., & Caraway, S. J. (2021). Women's Perceived Likelihood to Engage in Sexual Risk Taking: Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Poor Behavioral Regulation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(11/12), 5872-5883. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518802851

• Mojallal, M., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2021). Childhood maltreatment and adulthood proneness to shame and guilt: The mediating role of maladaptive schemas. Motivation and Emotion, 45(2), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09866-6

• Simons, R. M., Walters, K. J., Keith, J. A., Simons, J. S. (2020). PTSD and conduct problems: The role of self-control demands. Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Traumatic Stress (in press). 

• Walters, K. J., & Simons, J. S. (2020). Force of Habit: The Role of Routinized, Automatic Behaviors along the Path of Self-Regulation and Alcohol-Related Problems. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-13.

• Tahaney, K. D., Palfai, T. P., Luehring-Jones, P., Maisto, S. A., & Simons, J. S. (2020). Working memory moderates the association between condom use intentions and behavior among moderate-to-heavy drinking men who have sex with men. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 43, 666-671.

• Anderson, K. R., Palfai, T. P., Maisto, S. A., & Simons, J. S. (2020). Drinking motives mediate the associations between urgency and hazardous/harmful alcohol use among moderate-to-heavy drinking men who have sex with men (MSM). Addictive Behaviors, 110, 106520.

• Hovrud, L., Simons, R., Simons, J., & Korkow, J. (2020). Non-suicidal self-injury and bulimia: the role of emotion dysregulation and body dissatisfaction. Eating & Weight Disorders, 25(4), 1089-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00741-5

• Hovrud, L., Simons, R.M., & Simons, J.S. (2020). Cognitive Schemas and Eating Disorder Risk: The Role of Distress Tolerance. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 13(1), 54-66.

• Simons, J. S., Simons, R. M., Grimm, K. J., Keith, J. A., & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2020). Affective dynamics among veterans: Associations with distress tolerance and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Emotion. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000745

• Sistad, R.E., Simons, R.M., Mojallal, M. & Simons, J.S. (2020). The indirect effect of childhood maltreatment on PTSD via thought suppression and cognitive reappraisal. Manuscript under review. Child Abuse and Neglect.

• Dennis, E. L., Disner, S. G., Fani, N., Salminen, L. E., Logue, M., Clarke, E. K., Haswell, C. C., Averill, C. L., Baugh, L. A., Bomyea, J., Bruce, S. E., Cha, J., Choi, K., Davenport, N. D., Densmore, M., du Plessis, S., Forster, G. L., Frijling, J. L., Gonenc, A., Gruber, S., Grupe, D. W., Guenette, J. P., Hayes, J., Hofmann, D., Ipser, J., Jovanovic, T., Kelly, S., Kennis, M., Kinzel, P., Koch, S. B. J., Koerte, I., Koopowitz, S., Korgaonkar, M., Krystal, J., Lebois, L. A. M., Li, G., Magnotta, V. A., Manthey, A., May, G. J., Menefee, D. S., Nawijn, L., Nelson, S. M., Neufeld, R. W. J., Nitschke, J. B., O’Doherty, D., Peverill, M., Ressler, K. J., Roos, A., Sheridan, M. A., Sierk, A., Simmons, A., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., Stevens, J., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Sullivan, D. R., Théberge, J., Tran, J. K., van den Heuvel, L., van der Werff, S. J. A., van Rooij, S. J. H., van Zuiden, M., Velez, C., Verfaellie, M., Vermeiren, R. R. J. M., Wade, B. S. C., Wager, T., Walter, H., Winternitz, S., Wolff, J., York, G., Zhu, Y., Zhu, X., Abdallah, C. G., Bryant, R., Daniels, J. K., Davidson, R. J., Fercho, K. A., Franz, C., Geuze, E., Gordon, E. M., Kaufman, M. L., Kremen, W. S., Lagopoulos, J., Lanius, R. A., Lyons, M. J., McCauley, S. R., McGlinchey, R., McLaughlin, K. A., Milberg, W., Neria, Y., Olff, M., Seedat, S., Shenton, M., Sponheim, S. R., Stein, D. J., Stein, M. B., Straube, T., Tate, D. F., van der Wee, N. J. A., Veltman, D. J., Wang, L., Wilde, E. A., Thompson, P. M., Kochunov, P., Jahanshad, N., & Morey, R. A. (2019, 2019/12/19). Altered white matter microstructural organization in posttraumatic stress disorder across 3047 adults: results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD consortium. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-0631-x

• Hahn, A. M., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Welker, L. E. (2020). A model of reinforcement sensitivity, impulsivity, alcohol use, and risky sexual behavior in a sample of young adult drinkers. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 10.1037/pha0000321. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000321

• Hahn, A. M., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Welker, L. E. (2019). Prediction of verbal and physical aggression among young adults: A path analysis of alexithymia, impulsivity, and aggression. Psychiatry Research, 273, 653-565

• Hahn, A. M., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., Wiers, R. W., & Welker, L. E. (2019). Can cognitive bias modification simultaneously target two behaviors? Approach bias retraining for alcohol and condom use. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 1078-1093. doi: 10.1177/2167702619834570

• Hofman, N. L., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Hahn, A. M. (2019). The role of emotion regulation in the relationship between trauma and health-related outcomes. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24, 197-212. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1460528

• Hovrud, L., Simons, R., Simons, J., & Korkow, J. (2019). Non-suicidal self-injury and bulimia: The role of emotion dysregulation and body dissatisfaction. Eating and Weight Disorders- Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s40519-019-00741-5

• Marks, R. M., Simons, J. S., Simons, R. M., & Freeman, H. (2019). Temperament in the prediction of proximal versus distal expectancies: An acquired preparedness model. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/pha0000283

• Simons, J. S., Simons, R. M., Walters, K. J., Keith, J. A., O’Brien, C., Andal, K., & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2019). Nexus of despair: A network analysis of suicidal ideation among veterans. Archives of Suicide Research, 1-44. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1574689

• Sistad, R. E., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2019). Sensitivity to reward and punishment and alcohol outcomes: Metacognition as a moderator. Addictive Behavior Reports, 10, 100213. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100213

• Welker, L. E., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2019). Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism: Associations with alcohol use, alcohol problems and problem recognition. Journal of American College Health, 67, 226-234. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.14700092

• Simons, J. S., Simons, R. M., Keith, J. A., Grimm, K. J., Stoltenberg, S. F., O’Brien, C., & Andal, K. (2018). PTSD symptoms and alcohol-related problems among veterans: Temporal associations and vulnerability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 733-750. doi: 10.1037/abn0000376

• Simons, R.M., Sistad, R.E., Simons, J.S., Hansen, J. (2018). The role of distress tolerance in the relationship between cognitive schemas and alcohol problems among college students. Addictive Behaviors, 78, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.10.020

• Simons, J. S., Simons, R. M., Maisto, S. A., Hahn, A. M., & Walters, K. J. (2018). Daily associations between alcohol and sexual behavior in young adults. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26, 36-48. doi:10.1037/pha0000163

• Walters, K.J., Simons, J.S., & Simons, R.M. (2018). Self-control demands and alcohol-related problems: Within- and between-person associations. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,32, 573-582. doi: 10.1037/adb0000387

• Welker, L.E., Simons, R.M., & Simons, J.S. (2018). Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism: Associations with alcohol use, alcohol problems and problem recognition. Journal of American College Health, 67, 226-234. doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1470092 

• Forster, G., Simons, R.M., Baugh, L. (2017). Revisiting the Role of the Amygdala in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In Barbara Ferry (Ed.), The Amygdala - Where Emotions Shape Perception, Learning and Memories. (pp. 113-135). London, U.K.: InTechOpen.

• Hocking, E., Simons, R., Simons, J., & Freeman, H. (2017). Adult attachment and drinking context as predictors of alcohol problems and relationship satisfaction. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 44, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1344682.

• Sandín, B., Simons, J., Valiente, R. M., Simons, R. M., & Chorot, P. (2017). The Distress Tolerance Scale: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version and its relationship with personality and psychopathological symptoms. Psicothema, 29, 412-428. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2016.239.

• Simons, R. M., Hahn, A. M., Simons, J. S., & Shishido, H. (2017). Emotion regulation difficulties and peer drinking uniquely predict alcohol-related problems via motives. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 177, 54-58. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.019

• Simons, J.S., Simons, R.M., O'Brien, C., Stoltenberg, S.F., Keith, J.A., & Hudson, J.A. (2017). PTSD, alcohol dependence, and conduct problems: Distinct pathways via lability and disinhibition. Addictive Behaviors, 64, 185-193. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.044.

• Simons, J.S., Emery, N.N., Simons, R. M., Wills, T. A., & Webb, M. K. (2017). Effects of alcohol, rumination, and gender on the time course of negative affect. Cognition and Emotion, 31, 1405-1418. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1226162

• Hofman, N. L., Simons, R. M., Simons, J.S., Hahn, A.M. (2016). Social support, emotional intelligence, and posttraumatic stress disorder: A mediation analysis. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 37, 31-39. doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000185

• Hahn, A.M., Simons, R.M., Hahn, C. K. (2016). Five factors of impulsivity: Unique pathways to borderline and antisocial personality features and subsequent alcohol problems. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 313-319. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.035

• Hofman, N. L., Hahn, A. M., Tirabassi, C. K., & Gaher, R. M. (2016). Social support, emotional intelligence, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A mediation analysis. Journal of Individual Differences, 37, 31-39. doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000185

• Hocking, E. C., Simons, R. M., & Surette, R. J. (2016). Attachment style as a mediator between childhood maltreatment and the experience of betrayal trauma as an adult. Child Abuse & Neglect, 52, 94-101. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.01.00

• Simons, R.M., Simons, J.S., Forster, G., Magnotta, V., & Baugh, L. (2016). PTSD and alcohol use among veterans: Amygdala and anterior cingulate fMRI activation to emotional cues. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 720-732. doi: 10.1037/adb0000200

• Tirabassi, C. K., Caraway, S. J., & Simons, R. M. (2016). Women’s behavioral responses to sexual aggression: The role of secondary cognitive appraisals and self-regulation. Violence Against Women, 21, 1689-1709. doi: 10.1177/1077801216665482

• Gaher, R. M., Hahn, A. M., Shishido, H., Simons, J. S., & Gaster, S. (2015). Associations between sensitivity to punishment, sensitivity to reward, and gambling. Addictive Behaviors, 42, 180-184. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.014

• Hahn, A. M., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2015). Childhood maltreatment and sexual risk taking: The mediating role of alexithymia. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 45-62. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0591-4

• Hahn, A. M., Tirabassi, C. K., Simons, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2015). Military sexual trauma, combat exposure, and negative urgency as independent predictors of PTSD and subsequent alcohol problems among OEF/OIF veterans. Psychological Services, 12, 378-383. doi:10.1037/ser0000060

• Messler, E. C., Lee, A. A., Quevillon, R. P., & Simons, R. M. (2015). Parents do matter, but why? Examining two mediators of the association between parental approval and negative consequences of alcohol use. Journal of Substance Use, 21, 179-184. doi:10.3109/14659891.2014.998731

• Simons, R. M., Hahn, A. M., Simons, J. S., & Gaster, S. (2015). Control and alcohol-problem recognition among college students. Journal of American College Health, 63, 373-379. doi:10.1080/07448481.2015.1042879 

• Simons, J. S., Joseph Clarke, C., Simons, R. M., & Spelman, P. J. (2015). Marijuana consequences in a motivational context: Goal congruence reduces likelihood of taking steps toward change. Addictive Behaviors, 52, 83-90. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.08.010

• Arens, A.M., Gaher, R. M., Simons, J. S., & Dvorak, R. D. (2014).  Child maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury: A negative binomial hurdle model for mediating constructs. Child Maltreatment, 19, 168-177. doi:10.1177/1077559514548315

• Emery, N. N., Simons, J. S., Clarke, C. J., & Gaher, R. M. (2014). Emotion differentiation and alcohol-related problems: The mediating role of urgency. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1459-1463. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.05.004

• Gaher, R. M., Simons, J. S., Hahn, A. M., Hofman, N. L., Hansen, J., & Buchkoski, J. (2014). An experience sampling study of PTSD and alcohol-related problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1013-1025. doi: 1013-1025. doi:10.1037/a0037257

• Gaher, R.M., O’Brien, C., Smiley, P., Hahn, A. (2014). Alexithymia predicting coping style in a sample of veterans who experienced military sexual trauma. Stress and Health, 32, 55-62. doi:10.1002/smi.2578

• Gaher, R. M., Hofman, N. L., Simons, J. S., & Hunsaker, R. (2013). Emotion regulation deficits as mediators between trauma exposure and borderline symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37, 466-475. doi:10.1007/s10608-012-9515-y

• Gaher, R. M., Arens, A.M., & Shishido, H. (2013b). Alexithymia as a mediator between childhood maltreatment and impulsivity. Stress Health, 31, 274–280. doi:10.1002/smi.2552

• Shisido, H., Gaher, R. M., Simons, J.S. (2013). "I don’t know how I feel, therefore I act: Alexithymia, urgency, and alcohol problems. Addictive Behaviors, 38, 466 – 475. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.12.014

• Arens, A. M., Gaher, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2012). Child maltreatment and deliberate self‐harm among college students: Testing mediation and moderation models for impulsivity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82, 328-337. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01165.x

• Shishido, H., Gaher, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2012). Impulsivity as a mediator and moderator between identifying and describing emotions and alcohol use and related problems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36, 52A-52A, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Simons, J.S., Gaher, R.M., Wray, T.B., & Reed, R.N. (2012). College student drug use: Prevalence and consequences. In Correia, C.J., Murphy, J.G., Barnett, N.P. (Eds.), College Student Alcohol Abuse: A guide to assessment, intervention, and prevention, 1st Ed., 25-52. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

• Wray, T. B., Simons, J. S., Dvorak, R. D., & Gaher, R. M. (2012). Trait-based affective processes in alcohol-involved 'risk behaviors'. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 1230-1239. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.06.004

• O'Brien, C., Gaher, R. M., Pope, C., & Smiley, P. (2008). Difficulty identifying feelings predicts the persistence of trauma symptoms in a sample of veterans who experienced military sexual trauma. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196, 252-255. doi:10.1097/NMD.0b013e318166397

• Gaher, R. M., & Simons, J. S. (2007). Evaluations and expectancies of alcohol and marijuana problems among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,21, 545-554. doi:10.1037/0893-164X.21.4.545

• Gaher, R. M., Simons, J. S., Jacobs, G. A., Meyer, D., & Johnson-Jimenez, E. (2006). Coping motives and trait negative affect: Testing mediation and moderation models of alcohol problems among American Red Cross disaster workers who responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 1319-1330. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.10.006

• Simons, J. S., Neal, D. J., & Gaher, R. M. (2006). Risk for marijuana-related problems among college students: An application of zero-inflated negative binomial regression. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 32, 41-53. doi:10.1080/00952990500328539

• Simons, J. S., & Gaher, R. M. (2005). The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and validation of a self-report measure. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 83-102. doi:10.1007/s11031-005-7955-3. 

• Simons, J. S., Gaher, R. M., Oliver, M. I., Bush, J. A., & Palmer, M. A. (2005). An experience sampling study of associations between affect and alcohol use and problems among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66, 459-469. doi:10.15288/jsa.2005.66.459

• Simons, J.S., Gaher, R.M., Correia C.J., & Bush, J.A. (2005). Club drug use among college students. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1619-1624. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.02.003

• Simons, J. S., Oliver, M. I., Gaher, R. M., Ebel, G., & Brummels, P. (2005). Methamphetamine and alcohol abuse and dependence symptoms: Associations with affect lability and impulsivity in a rural treatment population. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1370-1381. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.01.018.

• Simons, J. S., Gaher, R. M., Correia, C. J., Hansen, C. L., & Christopher, M. S. (2005). An affective-motivational model of marijuana and alcohol problems among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19, 326-334. doi:10.1037/0893-164X.19.3.

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