Research

Current Projects:

Food access, REsources, and pSychological Health (FRESH) Study - IRB #23-807

Understanding correlates of food insecurity and disordered eating among college students.

This study involves completing a screening survey, a brief phone interview, questionnaires, and potentially an invited additional interview.
If you're interested in participating, complete our interest survey here!

An Experimental Investigation of Tiktok - IRB #23-767

Examining students' experiences on Tiktok.
This study involves completing online questionnaires before and after watching a set of TikTok videos.
This study is for invited Virginia Tech undergraduate students. Sign up on SONA!

Understanding CAREgiver mental health needs (U-CARE) study - IRB #24-115

Understanding needs and preferences for mental health treatment among caregivers of young children experiencing food insecurity and mental health concerns.
This study involves completing a screening survey, a brief phone interview, questionnaires, and a virtual interview.
Study recruitment is now completed and results are forth coming.

Completed Projects:

2022-2023

Investigating Disordered Eating in Adolescents from Rural Communities (IDEA) Study - IRB #22-1145

Exploring the potentially unique experiences of disordered eating among adolescents in rural communities in Appalachia.
The study involved questionnaires and a brief interview.

DaIly Assessment of Eating Behaviors and pSychological Health (DISH) Study - IRB #22-573

Assessing day-to-day eating behaviors and changes in emotions for individuals experiencing binge eating episodes.
This study involved questionnaires, brief daily smartphone surveys for 15 days, and a short interview.

Food Access and Mental Health Across Time (FACT) Study - IRB #22-257

Assessing changes to food access in relation to emotional experiences and health behaviors across the first year of college.
This study was for invited Virginia Tech undergraduate students.

Publications (*denotes mentee coauthor)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. 1. Davis, H. A., Smith, Z. R., Smith, G. T., (2024). Longitudinal transactions between negative urgency and fasting predict binge eating. Appetite, 192, 107113.
  2. Davis, H. A., *Patarinski, A. G. G., Hahn, S. L., *Kesselring-Dacey, D., Smith, G. T., (2023). A longitudinal test of problematic alcohol use and binge eating among college women: The moderating role of shame. Alcohol.
  3. Davis, H. A., Kells, M. R., Roske, C., Holzman, S., Wildes, J. E., (2023). A reflexive thematic analysis of #WhatIEatInADay on TikTok. Eating Behaviors, 50, 101759.
  4. Davis, H. A., Smith, G. T., (2023). Examining the role of urgency in predicting binge size in bulimia nervosa. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1166119.
  5. Kells, M., Davis, H. A., Todorov, S., Wildes, J. E., (2023). Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary cross-sectional study. Eating Behaviors, 49, 101727.
  6. Davis, H. A., Kells, M., *Todorov, S., *Kosmas, J., Wildes, J. E. (2023). Comorbid eating, depressive, and anxiety psychopathology is associated with elevated shame in women with food insecurity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1 – 11.
  7. Davis, H. A., Keel, P. K., Tangney, J., & Smith, G. T. (2022). Increases in shame following binge eating: Laboratory and longitudinal findings. Appetite, 178, 106276.
  8. Davis, H. A., *Rush, M., & Smith, G. T. (2022). Reciprocal relations between body image disturbance and driven exercise. Journal of American College Health, 1–7. Advance online publication.
  9. Atkinson, E. A., Peterson, S. J., Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2021). How people experience and respond to their distress predicts problem drinking more than does the amount of distress. Addictive Behaviors, 120, 106959.
  10. Peterson, S. J., Atkinson, E. A., Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2021). Affect-based problem drinking risk: The reciprocal relationship between affective lability and problem drinking. Alcohol & Alchoholism, 56(6), 746-753.
  11. *Ortiz, A. M. L., Davis, H. A., Riley, E. N., & Smith, G. T. (2021). Transactions between affective lability and eating expectancies predicting binge eating. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, 1-14.
  12. Davis, H. A., Graham, A. K., & Wildes, J. E. (2020). Overview of binge eating disorder. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports , 14(12), 1-10.
  13. Davis, H. A., Smith, G. T., & Keel, P. K. (2020). An examination of negative urgency and other impulsigenic traits in purging disorder. Eating Behaviors. 36, 101365.
  14. Smith, G. T., Atkinson, E. A., Davis, H. A., Riley, E. N., & Oltmanns, J. R. (2020). The general factor of psychopathology. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 16 (1), 75-98.
  15. Davis, H. A., *Ortiz, A. M. L, & Smith, G. T. (2019). Transactions between early binge eating and personality predict transdiagnostic risk. European Eating Disorders Review, 27(6), 614-627.
  16. *Ortiz, A. M. L., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2019). Transactions between thinness expectancies and depression in the prediction of adolescent weight control behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52(2), 142-152.
  17. Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., Milich, R., & Smith, G. T. (2018). Heavy, problematic college drinking predicts increases in impulsivity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(5), 790-798.
  18. Kaiser, A. J., Davis, H. A., Milich, R., Smith, G. T., & Charnigo, R. (2018). Bidirectional relations of impulsive personality and alcohol use over two years. Substance Use & Misuse, 53(14), 2386-2393.
  19. Davis, H. A. & Smith, G. T. (2018). An integrative model of risk for high school disordered eating. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(6), 559-570.
  20. *Peterson, S. J., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2018). Personality and learning predictors of adolescent alcohol consumption trajectories. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(5), 482-495.
  21. Davis, H. A., *Ortiz, A. M. L. & Smith G. T. (2018). The occurrence and covariation of binge eating and compensatory behaviors across early to mid-adolescence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43(1), 402-412.
  22. Lee, C. L., Derefinko, K. J., Davis, H. A., Milich, R. & Lynam, D. R. (2017). Cross-lagged relations between motives and substance use: Can use strengthen your motivation over time? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 178, 544-550
  23. Davis, H. A., Riley, E. N., Smith, G. T., Milich, R. & Burris, J. (2017). Alcohol use and strenuous physical activity in college students: A longitudinal test of two explanatory models of health behavior. Journal of American College Health, 65(2), 112-121.
  24. Davis, H. A., Guller, L., & Smith, G. T. (2016). Developmental trajectories of compensatory exercise and fasting behavior across the middle school years. Appetite, 107, 330-338.
  25. Davis, H. A., Guller, L., & Smith, G. T. (2016). Developmental trajectories of boys’ driven exercise and fasting during the middle school years. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(7), 1309-1319.
  26. Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., Combs, J. L., Jordan, C. E., & Smith, G. T. (2015). Nonsuicidal self-injury as a risk factor for purging onset: Negatively reinforced behaviours that reduce emotional distress. European Eating Disorders Review, 24(1), 78-82.
  27. Smith, G. T., & Davis, H. A. (2015). An exemplar of progress on understanding complex disorders: Commentary on what we have learned about eating disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(11), 1165-1167.
  28. Pearson, C. M., Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2014). Research review: Two pathways toward impulsive action: an integrative risk model for bulimic behavior in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,55(8), 852-864.
  29. Davis, H. A., Holland, L.A., & Keel, P.K. (2014). A preliminary examination of a nonpurging compensatory eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(3), 239-243
  30. Smith, A.R., Fink, E. L., Anestis, M. D., Ribeiro, J., Gordon, K. H., Davis, H. A., Keel, P. K., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Peterson, C. M., Klein, M. H., Crow, S., Mitchell, J. E., Crosby, R. D., Wonderlich, S. A., le Grange, D., & Joiner, T. E. (2013). Exercise caution: Over-exercise is associated with suicidality in bulimia nervosa. Psychiatry Research, 26, 246-255

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries

Davis, H. A., Kells, M., & Wildes, J. E. (2023). Assessment of Anorexia Nervosa. In Adrien Meule (Ed.), Assessment of Eating Behavior.
Davis, H. A. & Wildes, J. E. (2022). Eating Disorders: Bulimia nervosa. In (Ed.), Reference Module in Food Science.
Davis, H. A., Riley, E. N., & Smith, G. T. (2018). Transactions between personality and psychosocial learning: Advances in the acquired preparedness model of risk. In P. M. Monti, Suzanne M. Colby, and T. A. O’Leary (Eds.), Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens through Brief Interventions (2nd Edition), pp. 108-130. New York: Guilford Press.
Davis, H. A., *Peterson, S. J., & Smith, G. T. (2017). Assessment. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, NY: Sage Publications.
Riley, E. N., Combs, H., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2017). Theory as evidence: Criterion validity in neuropsychological testing. In Bowden, S. C. (Ed.), Evidence-Based Neuropsychological Practice: National Academy of Neuropsychology, pp. 15-32. NY: Oxford University press.
Davis, H. A., *Ortiz, A. M. L., D’Agostino, A. R., & Smith, G. T. (2016). A two-stage risk model for bulimic behavior. In Nina Morton (Ed.), Eating Disorders: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Treatment Options. pp. 97-120. Nova Science Publishers.
Davis, H. A., Guller, L., Riley, E.N., & Smith, G.T. (2015). A positive feedback loop of smoking risk. In C. L. Owens (Ed.) Nicotine Dependence, Smoking Cessation and Secondhand Smoke: Exposure, Chemical Components and Health Consequences. pp. 17-32. Nova Science Publishers.
Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2015). Personality change and problem behavior: A positive feedback loop of increasing risk in early adolescence. In N. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 105, pp. 71-82. Nova Science Publishers.
Riley, E. N., Combs, J. L., Davis, H. A., & Smith, G. T. (2014) Impulsive behaviors that distract from distress: Non-suicidal self-injury. In M. Olmstead (Ed.), Psychology of Impulsivity: New Research, pp. 74-86. Nova Science Publishers.

Poster Presentations

A Longitudinal Test of Problematic Alcohol Use and Binge Eating Among College Women: The Moderating Role of Shame

Davis, H. A., Patarinski, A. G. G., Hahn, S. L., Kesselring-Dacey, D., Smith G. T. (2023, November). A longitudinal test of problematic alcohol use and binge eating among college women: The moderating role of shame. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Seattle, WA, USA.

Eating Disorder Clinical Impairment Predicts Greater Depressive Symptoms Across One Semester of College

Patarinski, A. G. G., Smith, G. T., Davis, H. A. (2023, June). Eating disorder clinical impairment predicts greater depressive symptoms across one semester of college. Poster accepted for presentation at the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED).