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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Spas, J.J., Paiva, A.L, Prochaska, J.O., Rossi, J.S., Yin, H. (in press). Coprogression: Simultaneous         intervention for smoking, diet and sun protection. Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice,          Policy, Research. Accepted with revisions. 

Spas, J.J., Rossi, J.S., Collette, N.D. (2015). Targeting smoking cessation and weight loss                      simultaneously: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach. Journal of Addiction                  Research & Therapy, 6, 3, 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-6105.1000243.

 

Spas, J.J., Weyandt, L. (2015). Alcohol and its effect on adolescent brain development and executive      functions: Some results from neuroimaging. Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, 3, 5,              1-5. http:/ / dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-6488.1000220.

 

Spas, J., Malloy, T.E., Rossi, J.S., & Paiva, A.L. (2014). Dynamic baseline variables predict                treatment outcomes for addiction generally, and smoking in particular. Journal of Addiction              Research and Therapy, 5, 4, 125-126. doi10.4172/2155-6105.1000e125. 

Spas, J., Paiva, A.L, Prochaska, J.O., Rossi, J.S., Yin, H. (2013, March). Multiple health behavior      Change using the transtheoretical model. Presentation at the 34th annual meeting & scientific            sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA. 

Spas, J., Ramsey, S., Paiva, A.L., Stein, L.A.R. (2012). All might have won, but not all have the prize:  Optimal treatment for substance abuse among adolescents with conduct problems. Substance              Abuse: Research and Treatment, 6, 141-155. doi: 10.4137/SART.S10389. PMCID:PMC3498967.

Newman, B., Newman, P., Griffen, S., O'Connor, K., Spas, J. (2007). The relationship of social support  to depressive symptoms during the transition to high school. Adolescence, 42, 441- 459.                      PMID18047232.

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