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  Addictive Behaviors

Our focus is on understanding the similarities and uniqueness across a range of addictive behaviors. We view Addictive Behaviors through the Social Learning Theory (Rotter) model of choice behavior. Most of our work focuses on the interplay of personality, cognitive, and social behaviors as they relate to the initiation and maintenance of addictive processes. Expectancies, both for the effects of the addictive behaviors and for the social consequences of the behavior, form a cornerstone of this research.

Recent Representative Publications

Corcoran, K.J. (1995). Understanding cognition, choice, and behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26, 201-207.

Schwerin, M.J., & Corcoran, K.J. (1996). A Multimethod examination of the male anabolic steroid user. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 211-217.

Kisler, V.A., & Corcoran, K.J. (1997). Effects of negative outcome on food consumption in college women with and without troubled eating patterns. Addictive Behaviors, 22, 461-467.

Schwerin, M.J., Corcoran, K.J., LaFleur, B.J., Fisher, L., Patterson, D., Olrich, T. (1997). Psychological predictors of anabolic steroid use. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 6(2), 57-68.

Corcoran, K.J. (1997), The influence of personality, cognition, and behavior on perceptions and metaperceptions following alcoholic beverage selection in a dating situation. Addictive Behaviors.

Corcoran, K.J., & Segrist, D.J. (1997). Fear of negative evaluation and gender interact to predict alcoholic beverage preference. Addictive Behaviors.

Corcoran, K.J., & Michels, J.L. (1998). A prototype analysis of psychological situations through the lens of alcohol expectancies and gender. Addictive Behaviors.

Corcoran, K.J., & Michels, J.L. (1999). Interpersonal perception and alcohol expectancies predict beverage selection in opposite sex dyadic interactions. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 9, 29-38.

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