SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Addiction

Sher, K. J. (1994).  There are two types of alcoholism researchers, those who believe in two types of alcoholism and those who don't.  Addiction, 89, 1061-1064.

Sher, K. J. (2000). Review of R. Velleman and J. Orford, "Risk and resilience: Adults who were the children of problem drinkers (Lead review). Addiction, 95, 631-633.

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., Cooper, L. M., & Wood, P. K. (2002). Adolescent alcohol and tobacco use: Onset, persistence, and trajectories of use across two samples. Addiction, 97, 517-531.  PMID: 12033653

Sher, K. J. (2007). The Road to alcohol dependence: Comment on Sartor et al. (2007). Addiction,102, 185-187.  PMID: 17222268

Agrawal, A., Dick,  D. M., Bucholz, K. K., Madden, P. A. F., Cooper, M. L., Sher, K. J., & Heath, A.C. (2008). Drinking expectancies and motives: A genetic study of young adult Missouri women. Addiction,103, 194-204. PMID: 18199298

Addictive Behaviors

Sher, K. J., & McCrady, B. S.  (1984).  The MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale, severity of alcoholism, and family history of alcoholism.  Addictive Behaviors,9, 99-102.  PMID: 6741673

Sher, K. J., & Descutner, C. (1986). Reports of paternal alcoholism: Reliability across siblings.  Addictive Behaviors, 11, 25-30.  PMID: 3716913

Walitzer, K. S., & Sher, K. J. (1990).  Alcohol cue reactivity and ad lib drinking in young men at risk for alcoholism.  Addictive Behaviors, 15, 29-46.  PMID: 2316410

Kushner, M., & Sher, K. J. (1993).  Comorbidity of alcohol and anxiety disorders among college students:  Effects of gender and family history of alcoholism. Addictive Behaviors, 18, 543-552.  PMID: 8310873

Sher, K. J., & Rutledge, P. (2007). Heavy drinking across the transition to college: Predicting first-semester heavy drinking from precollege variables. Addictive Behavior, 32, 819-835.   PMID: 16860940

Parra, G., Sher, K. J., Krull, J., & Jackson, K. M. (2007). Frequency of heavy drinking and perceived peer alcohol involvement: Comparison of influence and selection mechanisms from a developmental perspective. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2211-2225.  PMID: 17428616

Alcohol, Health and Research World

Johnson, J., Sher, K. J., & Rolf, J. (1991).  Models of vulnerability to psychopathology in children of alcoholics.  Alcohol Health & Research World, 15 (1), 32-42

Sher, K. J. (1997). Psychological Characteristics of children of alcoholics. Alcohol, Health and Research World, 21, 247-254.  PMID: 15706777

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Sher, K. J., & Alterman, A. I. (1988).  The HK/MBD questionnaire:  Replication and validation of distinct factors in a nonclinical sample.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 12, 233-238.  PMID: 3287985

Crews, T., & Sher, K. J. (1992).  Using adapted Short MASTs for assessing parental alcoholism: Reliability and validity.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 16, 576-584.  PMID: 1626659

Kushner, M. G., Sher, K. J., Wood, M., & Wood, P. K. (1994).  Anxiety and drinking behavior: Moderating effects of tension-reduction alcohol outcome expectancies.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18, 852-860.  PMID: 7978095

Sher, K. J., Gotham, H., Erickson, D., & Wood, P. K. (1996).  A prospective, high-risk study of the relation between tobacco dependence and alcohol use disorders.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 20, 485-492. (Highlighted article).  PMID: 8727241

Walitzer, K. S., & Sher, K. J. (1996).  A prospective study of self-esteem and alcohol use disorders in early adulthood: Evidence for gender differences.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 20, 1118-1124.  PMID: 8892537

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2000). Trajectories of concurrent substance use disorders: A developmental, typological approach to comorbidity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 902-913.  PMID: 10888081

Schulenberg, J., Maggs, J. L., Long, S. W., Sher, K. J., Gotham, H. J., Baer, J. S., Kivlahan, D. R., Marlatt, G. A., & Zucker, R. A. (2001). The problem of college drinking: Insights from a developmental perspective. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 473-477.  PMID: 11290861

Wiers, R. W., Wood,  M. D., Darkes, J., Corbin, W., Jones,  B. & Sher, K. J. (2003).Changing expectancies:  Cognitive mechanisms and context effects. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27,186-197.  PMID: 12605068

Faden, V., Pelham, W. E., Molina, B., Jackson, K. M., Grube, J., Windle, M., Sher, K. J., & Day, N. (2004). Collecting longitudinal data through childhood, adolescence and young adulthood - methodological challenges. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28, 330-340.  PMID: 15112941

Monti, P. M., Miranda, R. Jr., Nixon, K., Sher, K. J., Swartzwelder, H. S., Tapert, S. F., White, A., &  Crews, F. T. (2005). adolescence: Booze, brains, and behavior. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 29, 207-220.  PMID: 15714044

Gogineni, A., King, S., Jackson, K., Kramer, J., Bucholz, K., Chan, G., Iacono, W., Kuperman, S., Larkins, J. M., Longabaugh, R., McGue, M., Polgreen, L., Sher, K. J., Stout, R., Strong, D., & Woolard, R. (2006). Female offspring of alcoholics: Recent findings on alcoholism and psychopathology risks. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30, 377-387. PMID: 16441287

Schuckit, M. A., Windle, M., Smith, T. L.,  Hesselbrock, V., Ohannessian, C., Averna, S.,  Bauer, L.,  Kramer, J., Bucholz,  K. K., &. Sher, K. J. (2006). Searching for the full picture: Structural equation modeling in alcohol research. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.30, 194-202.  PMID: 16441268

Goudriaan, A., Grekin, E. R., & Sher, K. J. (2007. Decision making and binge drinking: a longitudinal study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 928–938.  PMID: 17403069

Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J. & Rutledge, P.C. (2007). College student alcohol consumption, day of the week, and class schedule. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 1195-1207.  PMID: 17451400

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Schulenberg, J. (2008). Conjoint developmental trajectories of young adult substance use: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32, 723-737.  PMID: 18331376

American Journal of Psychiatry

Kushner, M., Sher, K. J., & Beitman, B. (1990).  The relation between alcohol problems and the anxiety disorders.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 685-695.  PMID: 2188513

Kushner, M. G., Sher, K. J., & Erickson, D. (1999). Prospective analysis of the relation between DSM-III anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 723-732. PMID: 10327905

 American Psychologist

Sher, K. J., & Eisenberg, N. (2002). Publication of Rind et al. (1998): The Editors' Perspective. American Psychologist, 57, 206-210.  PMID: 11905121

Sher, K. J., & Homer, A. (2003). Lizette Peterson (1951-2002) (Obituary). American Psychologist, 58(3), 237.

The Journal Article Reporting Standards Working Group¹ (in press). Report of the Journal Article Reporting Standards Working Group. American Psychologist.
    ¹ Mark Appelbaum, Harris Cooper (Chair), Scott Maxwell, Arthur Stone and Kenneth J. Sher.

 APS Observer

Sher, K. J. (2000). High comorbidity of alcohol, mental disorders warrants new approaches: Current classification systems may hinder science. APS Observer, 13(9), 1, 16-17.

 Behavior Therapy

Peterson, L., DiLillo, D., Lewis, T., & Sher, K. J. (2002). Improvement in the quantity and quality of prevention measurements of toddler injuries and parental interventions. Behavior Therapy, 33, 271-298.

 Behaviour Research and Therapy

Sher, K. J., Frost, R. 0., & Otto, R.  (1983).  Cognitive deficits associated with compulsive checking.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 21, 357-363.  PMID: 6626107

Sher, K. J., Mann, B., & Frost, R. 0. (1984). Cognitive deficits in compulsive checkers:  Further explorations.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 22, 493-502. PMID: 6508701

Frost, R. 0., Sher, K. J., & Geen, T. (1986).  Psychopathology and personality characteristics of nonclinical compulsive checkers.  Behaviour Research & Therapy, 24, 133-143. PMID: 3964179

Frost, R. 0., Lahart, C. M., Dugas, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (1988). Information processing among nonclinical compulsives.  Behaviour Research & Therapy, 26, 275-277. PMID: 3408463

Frost, R. O., & Sher, K. J. (1989).  Checking behavior in a threatening situation.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27, 385-389.  PMID: 2775147

Sher, K. J., Frost, R. O., Kushner, M., Crews, T., & Alexander, J. (1989).  Memory deficits in compulsive checkers:  Replication and extension in a clinical sample.  Behaviour Research & Therapy, 27, 65-69. PMID: 2914007

Sher, K. J., Martin, E., Raskin, G., & Perrigo, R. (1991).  Prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among nonclinical compulsive checkers and noncheckers in a college student sample.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 29, 479-483.  PMID: 1741735

Gershuny, B., & Sher, K. J., Rossy, L., & Bishop, A. (2000). Distinguishing manifestations of anxiety: How do personality traits of compulsive checkers differ from other anxious individuals. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 229-241.  PMID: 10665157

 Biological Psychology

Bartholow, B.D., Pearson, M., Sher, K.J., Wieman, L.C., Fabiani, M., & Gratton, G. (2003). Effects of alcohol consumption and alcohol susceptibility on cognition: A psychophysiological examination. Biological Psychology, 64, 167-190. PMID: 14602361

Biometrical Journal

Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & von Eye, A. (1994).  Conjugate and other distributional methods in configural frequency analysis.  Biometrical Journal, 36, 387-410.

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Watson, A., & Sher, K. J. (1998). Resolution of alcohol problems without treatment: Methodological issues and future directions of natural recovery research. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 5, 1-18.

 Clinical Psychology Review

Heller, K., Sher, K. J., & Benson, C. S.  (1982).  Problems associated with risk overprediction in studies of offspring of alcoholics:  Implications for prevention.  Clinical Psychology Review, 2, 183-200.

Burk, J., & Sher, K. J. (1988).  The "forgotten children" revisited:  Neglected areas of COA research.  Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 285-302.

Trull, T. J., Sher, K. J., Minks-Brown, C., Durbin, J., & Burr, R. (2000). Borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders: A review and integration. Clinical Psychology Review, 20, 235-253. PMID: 10721499

Bagge, C. L., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: Toward the development of a conceptual framework. Clinical Psychology Review.

 Contemporary Psychology (now PsyCritiques)

Sher, K. J. (1992).  Review of R. R. Watson's (Ed.), "Drug and alcohol abuse prevention" (Briefly Noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 37, 176.

Sher, K. J. (1992).  Review of D. A. Ciraulo and R. I. Shader (Eds.), "Clinical manual of chemical dependence" (Briefly Noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 37, 822. 

Sher, K. J. (1993).  Review of P. Bebbington (Ed.),"Social psychiatry:  Theory, methodology, and practice" (Briefly Noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 38, 651.

Sher, K. J. (1993).  Review of G. W. Lawson and Ann W. Lawson (Eds.), "Adolescent substance abuse: Etiology, Treatment, and prevention" (Briefly noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 38, 867.

Sher, K. J. (1993).  Review of C. Freeman and P. Tyrer (Eds.), "Research methods in psychiatry:  A beginner's guide (second edition)"  (Briefly noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 38, 1236.

Sher, K. J. (1994).  Review of C. P. O'Brien and J. H. Jaffe (Eds.), "Addictive states." (Briefly noted section). Contemporary Psychology, 39, 227.

Sher, K. J. (1995).  Review of R. Plomin and G. E. McClearn (Eds.), "Nature, nurture, and psychology." (Featured review). Contemporary Psychology, 40, 522-524.

Sher, K. J. (1995).  Review of Y. Kaminer, "Adolescent substance abuse:  A comprehensive guide to theory and practice." (Briefly noted section).  Contemporary Psychology, 40, 808. 

Gotham, H. J., & Sher, K. J. (1996).  Review of M. Galanter, "Network therapy for alcohol and drug abuse: A new approach in practice." (Briefly noted section). Contemporary Psychology, 41, 76.

Sher, K. J. (1997). Review of A. Pagliaro and L. A. Pagliaro, “Substance use among children and adolescents: Its nature, extent, and effects from conception to adulthood.” (Briefly noted section). Contemporary Psychology, 42, 650.

Peuser, K. A., & Sher, K. J. (1998). Review of H. Begleiter and B. Kissin, "The pharmacology of alcohol and alcohol dependence. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 443.

Sher, K. J. (2005). A parent’s nightmare. Review of Paul Raeburn’s, “Acquainted with the night: A parent’s quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children.”  PsyCritiques (Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books), 50 (4), Article 12.

Sher, K. J. (2006). A Genuine Contribution to the Evidence Wars. Review of John C. Norcross, Larry E. Beutler, and Ronald F. Levant (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health: Debate and Dialogue on the Fundamental Questions. PsycCritiques (Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books), 51 (18), Article1.

Sher, K. J. (2007). Review of Carlton K. Erickson’s, The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment. PsycCritiques (Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books), 52 (40), Article 3.

Current Psychiatry Reports

Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. J. (2002). Substance use disorder and personality disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 4 (1), 25-29.  PMID: 11814392

Developmental Psychology

Curran, P. J., Hussong, A. M., Cai, L., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K. J., Zucker, R. A. (2008). Pooling data from multiple longitudinal studies: The role of item response theory in integrative data analysis. Developmental Psychology, 44, 365-380. PMID: 18331129

 Development and Psychopathology

 Sher, K. J., & Gotham, H. (1999). Pathological alcohol involvement: A developmental disorder of young adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 11, 933-956.  PMID: 10624733

 Sher, K. J., Gotham, H. J., & Watson, A. (2004). Trajectories of dynamic predictors of disorder: Their meanings and implications. Development and Psychopathology, 16, 825-856.  PMID: 15704817

 Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., Wood, P. K., & Bucholz, K. K. (2003). Alcohol and tobacco use disorders in a general population: Short-term and long-term associations from the St. Louis Epidemiological Catchment Area study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 71, 239-253.  PMID: 12957342

Vungkhanching, M.., Sher, K. J., Jackson, K. M., & Parra, G. R. (2004). Relation of attachment style to family history of  alcoholism and alcohol  use disorders in early adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 75, 47-53.  PMID: 15225888

Erinoff, L., Anthony, J. C., Brown, G. K., Caine, E. D., Conner, K. R., Dougherty, D. M., Glowinski, A. L., Price, R. K., Goldston, D. B., Linehan, M. M., Thompson, E. A., Mann, J. J., Miczek, K. A., Ries, R. K., Roy, A., Sher, K. J., Tarter, R. E., Wilcox, H. D., Wines, J. D., & Yen, S. (2004). Editorial: Overview of workshop on drug abuse and suicidal behavior. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 76S, S3-S9.  PMID: 15555814

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Sher, K. J., Bylund, D. B., Walitzer, K. S., Hartmann, & Ray-Prenger, C. (1994).  Platelet MAO activity:  Personality, substance use, and the stress-response-dampening effect of alcohol.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2, 53-81.

Sher, K. J., Martin, E. D., Wood, P. K., & Rutledge, P. C. (1997).  Alcohol use disorders and neuropsychological functioning in first-year undergraduates.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 5, 304-315.  PMID: 9260079

O'Neill, S., & Sher, K. J. (2000). Physiological alcohol dependence symptoms in early adulthood: A longitudinal perspective. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 8, 493-508.  PMID: 11127421

Trull, T. J., Waudby, C., & Sher, K. J. (2004). Alcoholism and personality disorder symptoms. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 12, 65-75. PMID: 14769101

Grekin, E.R. & Sher, K.J. (2006). Alcohol dependence symptoms among college freshmen: Prevalence, stability and person/environment interactions. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 329-338. PMID: 16893276

Jackson, K. M., O’Neill, S., & Sher, K. J. (2006). Characterizing alcohol dependence: Transitions during young and middle adulthood. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 228-244.  PMID: 16756427

Tragesser,S. L., Sher, K. J., Trull, T. J., & Park, A. S. (2007). Personality disorder symptoms, drinking motives, and alcohol use and consequences: Cross-sectional and prospective mediation. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15, 282-292.  PMID: 17563215

Saults, J. S., Cowan, N., Sher, K. J., & Moreno, M. V. (2007). Differential effects of alcohol on working memory: Distinguishing multiple processes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15, 576-587. PMID: 18179311

Health Psychology

Bartholow, B. D., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (2003). Changes in heavy drinking over the third decade of life as a function of collegiate fraternity and sorority involvement: A prospective, multilevel analysis. Health Psychology, 22, 616–626. PMID: 14640859

 Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Levenson, R. W., Sher, K. J., Grossman, L. M., Newman, J., & Newlin, D.  (1980).  Alcohol and stress response dampening:  Pharmacological effects, expectancy, and tension reduction.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 89, 528-538. PMID: 7400453

Sher, K. J., & Levenson, R. W.  (1982).  Risk for alcoholism and individual differences in the stress response dampening effect of alcohol.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 91, 350-367. PMID: 7142573

Sher, K. J. (1985).  Excluding problem drinkers in high-risk studies of alcoholism:  The effect of screening criteria on high-risk vs. low-risk comparisons.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 106-109. PMID: 3980850

Sher, K. J., & Walitzer, K. (1986).  Individual differences in the stress-response-dampening effect of alcohol:  A dose response study.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95, 159-167. PMID: 3711440

Chassin, L., Mann, L., & Sher, K. J. (1988).  Self-awareness theory, family history of alcoholism, and adolescent alcohol involvement.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 206-217.  PMID: 3385074

Sher, K. J., Walitzer, K. S., Wood, P., & Brent, E. E. (1991).  Characteristics of children of alcoholics:  Putative risk factors, substance use and abuse, and psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 427-448. PMID: 1757657

Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. (1994).  Personality and disinhibitory psychopathology:  Alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 92-102. PMID: 8040486

Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (1994).  Relationship between the five-factor model of personality and Axis I disorders in a nonclinical sample.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 350-360. PMID: 8040504

Sher, K. J., Wood, M. D., Wood, P. K., & Raskin, G. (1996). Alcohol outcome expectancies and alcohol use: A latent variable cross-lagged panel study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 561-574. PMID: 8952189

Gotham, H., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (1997).  Predicting stability and change in frequency of intoxication from the college years to beyond: Individual-difference and role transition variables. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 619-629.  PMID: 9358692

Gershuny, B., & Sher, K. (1998). The relation between personality and anxiety: Findings from a three-year prospective study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,107, 252-262.  PMID: 9604554

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2000). Prospective analyses of comorbidity: Tobacco and alcohol use disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 679-694.  PMID: 11195992

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., Gotham, H. J., & Wood, P. K. (2001). Transitioning into and out of large-effect drinking in young adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 378-391.  PMID: 11502081

Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2003). Alcohol use disorders and psychological distress:  A prospective state-trait analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112,599–613.  PMID: 14674872

Slutske, W. S., Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2003). The natural history of gambling problems from age 18 to 29. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 32-42.  PMID: 12784836

Slutske, W.S., Hunt-Carter, E.E., Nabors-Oberg, R.E., Sher, K.J., Bucholz, K.K., Madden, P.A.F., Anokhin, A., & Heath, A.C. (2004).  Do college students drink more than their non-college-attending peers? Evidence from a population-based longitudinal female twin study.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 430-440.
 PMID: 15535786

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Schulenberg, J. (2005). Conjoint developmental trajectories of young adult alcohol and tobacco use. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 612-626.  PMID: 16351384

Piasecki, T. M., Sher, K. J., Slutske, W. S., & Jackson, K. M. (2005). Hangover frequency and risk for alcohol use disorders: Evidence from a longitudinal high-risk study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 223-234. PMID: 15869353

Sher, K. J., Bartholow, B., Wood, M. D., Peuser, K., & Erickson, D. (2007). Stress-response-dampening effects of alcohol: Attention as a mediator and moderator. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 362-377. PMID: 17516768

 Journal of American College Health

Hurlbut, S., & Sher, K. J. (1992).  Assessing alcohol problems in college students.  Journal of American College Health, 41, 49-58.  PMID: 1460173

Epler, A. J., Sher, K. J., & O’Malley, S. S. (in press). College student receptiveness to various alcohol treatment options. Journal of American College Health.

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Parra, G. R., DuBois, D. L., & Sher, K. J. (2006). Investigation of profiles of risk factors for adolescent psychopathology: A person-centered approach. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,. 35, 386-402. PMID: 16836476  

Journal of College Student Development

Sher, K. J., Wood, P. K., & Gotham, H. (1996).  The course of psychological distress in college:  A prospective high-risk study.  Journal of College Student Development, 37, 42-51. PMID: 8952189

DeBord, K., Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & Good, G. E. (1998). The relevance of sexual orientation to substance abuse and psychological distress among college students. Journal of College Student Development, 39, 157-168.

Martinez, J.A., Sher, K.J., Krull, J.L. & Wood, P.K. (in press). Blue-collar scholars?: Mediators and moderators of university attrition in first-generation college students. Journal of College Student Development

 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Mann, L., Chassin, L., & Sher, K. J. (1987).  Alcohol expectancies and the risk of alcoholism.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 411-417. PMID: 3597957

Sher, K. J., Bartholow, B. D., & Wood, M. D. (2000). Personality and substance use disorders: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 818-829.  PMID: 11068968

Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., & Bartholow, B. D. (2002). Alcohol use disorder and cognitive abilities in young adulthood: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 897-907.  PMID: 12182273

Rutledge, P., Park, A., & Sher, K. J. (2008). 21st birthday drinking: Extremely extreme Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76,  511-516. PMID:18540744

Journal of Family Psychology

Hussong, A.M., Bauer, DJ., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K.J., & Zucker, R.A. (in press). Characterizing the life stressors of children of alcoholic parents.  Journal of Family Psychology.

 Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Damashek, A., Williams, N. A., Sher, K. J., Peterson, L., Lewis, T., & Schweinout, W. (2005). Risk for minor childhood injury: An investigation of parent and child factors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 469-480.   PMID: 16055485

Damashek, A. L., William, N., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Relation of caregiver alcohol use to unintentional childhood injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Hull, J., Levenson, R. W., Young, R. D., & Sher, K. J. (1983).  Alcohol and self-awareness.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 461-473.

Journal of Personality Disorders

Stepp, S. D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2005). Borderline personality features prospectively predict alcohol use problems. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 711-722.  PMID: 16553564

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Goodwin, A., & Sher, K. J. (1992).  Deficits in set-shifting ability in nonclinical compulsive checkers.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 14, 81-92.

Gershuny, B. S., & Sher, K. J. (1995).  Compulsive checking and anxiety in a nonclinical sample:  Differences in cognition, behavior, personality and affect.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 17, 19-38.

 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (formerly Journal of Studies on Alcohol)

Sher, K. J. (1985).  Subjective effects of alcohol:  Influence of setting and individual differences in alcohol expectancies.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 46, 137-146. PMID: 3990300

Sher, K. J. (1985).  Review of G. Edwards's "The treatment of drinking problems."  (Book Review). Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 46, 174-175.

Sher, K. J. (1986).  Review of Remine, Rice and Ross's "Self-help  groups and human service agencies:  How they work together." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 47, 350-351.

Kivlahan, D., Sher, K. J., & Donovan, D. (1989).  The Alcohol Dependence Scale:  A validation study among inpatient alcoholics.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 50, 170-175.  PMID: 2927131

Burk, J. P., & Sher, K. J. (1990).  Labeling the child of an alcoholic: Negative stereotyping by mental health professionals and peers.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 51, 156-163. PMID: 2308354

Rogosch, F., Chassin, L., & Sher, K. J. (1990).  Personality variables as mediators and moderators of family history risk for alcoholism: Conceptual and methodological issues.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 51, 310-318. PMID: 2359303

Martin, E., & Sher, K. J. (1994).  Family history of alcoholism, alcohol use disorders, and the five factor model of personality.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 81-90. PMID: 8189730

Gotham, H., & Sher, K. J. (1996).  Do codependent traits involve anything more than basic dimensions of personality and psychopathology.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 34-39.  PMID: 8747499

Wood, M. D., Sher, K. J., Strathman, A. (1996).  Alcohol outcome expectancies and alcohol use and problems.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 283-288. PMID: 8709587

Sher, K. J., Gershuny, B. S., Peterson, L., & Raskin, G. L. (1997). The role of childhood stressors in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use disorders. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 58, 414-427. 
PMID: 9203123

Wood, P. K., Sher, K. J., Erickson, D. A., & DeBord, K. A. (1997).  Predicting academic problems in college from freshman alcohol involvement.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 58, 200-210. PMID: 9065898

Wood, M. D., Sher, K. J., & McGowan, A. (2000). Collegiate alcohol involvement and role attainment in early adulthood: Findings from a prospective high-risk study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 278-289.  
PMID: 10757139

Rutledge, P. C., & Sher, K. J. (2001). Heavy drinking from the freshman year into early young adulthood: The roles of stress, tension-reduction motives, sex, and personality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 457-466. PMID: 11523533

Gotham, H. J., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2003). Alcohol involvement and developmental task completion during young adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 32-42. PMID: 12608481

O’Neill,  S. E., Sher, K. J., Jackson, K. M.,  & Wood, P. K. (2003). Dimensionality of alcohol dependence in young adulthood: Current versus lifetime symptomatology.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 495-499.  
PMID: 12921191

Grekin, E., Sher, K. J., & Larkins, J. (2004). The role of behavioral undercontrol in the relation between alcohol use and partner aggression. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 658-662. PMID: 15536777

Grekin, E., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. (2007). College spring break and alcohol use: Effects of selection and spring break activity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68, 681-688. PMID: 17690801

Journal of Substance Abuse                                      

DiLorenzo, T., Walitzer, K. S., Sher, K. J., & Farha, J. (1991).  The effects of smoking cessation on food craving.  Journal of Substance Abuse, 3, 117-122. PMID: 1821270

 Pain

Baumstark, K. E., Buckelew, S. P., Sher, K. J., Beck, N., Buescher, K. L., Hewett, J., & Crews, T. J. (1993).  Pain behavior predictors among fibromyalgia patients.  Pain, 55, 339-346.  PMID: 8121695

Pediatrics

Brown, S., McGue, M., Maggs, J., Schulenberg, J., Hingson, R., Swartzwelder, S., Martin, C., Chung, T., Tapert, S. F., Sher, K., Winters, K. C., Lowman, C., & Murphy, S. (2008). A developmental perspective on alcohol and youth ages 16-20. Pediatrics. 121: S290-S310. PMID: 18381495

 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Bartholow, B. D., Sher, K. J., & Strathman, A. (2000). Moderation of the expectancy-alcohol use relation by private self-consciousness: Data from a longitudinal study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 1409-1420.

 Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior

Wiers, R., Bartholow, B. D., van den Wildenberg, E., Thush, C., Engels, R., Sher, K. J., Grenard, J., Ames, S., & Stacy, A. (2007). Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: A review and a model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 86, 263-283.
 PMID: 17116324

Professional Psychology

Kushner, M., & Sher, K. J. (1989).  Fear of psychological treatment and its relation to mental health service avoidance.  Professional Psychology, 20, 251-257.

Kushner, M., & Sher, K. J. (1991).  The relation of treatment fearfulness and psychological service utilization: An overview.  Professional Psychology, 22, 196-203.

Logue, M. B., Sher, K. J., & Frensch, P. (1992). Purported characteristics of adult children of alcoholics:  A possible "Barnum effect"  Professional Psychology, 23, 226-232.

 Psychological Assessment

 Vandiver, T. A., & Sher, K. J. (1991).  Temporal stability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule.  Psychological Assessment, 3, 277-281.

 Goodwin, A. H., & Sher, K. J. (1993).  Effects of induced mood on diagnostic interviewing.  Evidence for a mood and memory effect.  Psychological Assessment, 5, 197-202.

 Sher, K. J., Wood, M., Vandiver, T. A., & Crews, T. (1995).  The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire:  Reliability and validity studies and derivation of a short form. Psychological Assessment, 7, 195-208.

 Psychological Bulletin

Eisenberg, N., Robertson, L. C., & Sher, K. J. (2000). Introduction to the Special Issue: Psychology in the 21^st Century. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 803-805. PMID: 11107876

 Psychology of Addictive Behavior

Sher, K. J. (1989).  Review of  J. E. Rhodes and L. A. Jason's "Preventing substance abuse among children and adolescents."  Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 3, 34-35.

Sher, K. J. (1992).  Review of M. Windle and J. Searles' (Eds.), "Children of alcoholics: Critical perspectives."  Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 6, 241-242.

Wood, M. D., & Sher, K. J. (2000). Risks of alcohol consumption in laboratory studies involving human research participants. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 14, 328-334. PMID: 11130151

Sher, K J., Bartholow, B. D., & Nanda, S. (2001). Short- and long-term effects of fraternity and sorority membership on alcohol use: A social norms perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 42-51.
PMID: 11255938

O'Neill, S., Parra, G., & Sher, K. J. (2001). Clinical relevance of heavy drinking during the college years: Cross-sectional and prospective perspectives. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 350–359.
PMID: 11767268

Slutske, W.S., Cronk, N.J., Sher, K.J., Madden, P.A.F., Bucholz, K.K., & Heath, A.C.  (2002).  Genes, environment, and individual differences in alcohol expectancies among female adolescents and young adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 16, 308–317. PMID: 12503903

Parra, G. R., O'Neill, S. E., & Sher, K. J. (2003). Reliability of self-reported age of substance involvement onset. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17, 211-218.   PMID: 14498815

Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2005). Similarities and differences of longitudinal phenotypes across alternate indices of alcohol involvement: A methodologic comparison of trajectory approaches. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 19, 339-351. PMID: 16366806

Park, A., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. (2006). Individual differences in the Greek effect on risky drinking: The role of self-consciousness. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 20, 85-90. PMID: 16536670

Grekin, E.R. & Sher, K.J., & Wood, P.K. (2006). Personality and substance dependence symptoms: Modeling substance-specific traits. Psychology of Addictive Behavior. 20, 415-424. PMID: 17176176

Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2006). Comparison of  longitudinal phenotypes based on number and timing of assessments: A systematic comparison of trajectory approaches II. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 20, 373-384. PMID: 16366806

Larkins, J. M., & Sher, K. J. (2006). Family history of alcoholism and the stability of personality in young adulthood. Psychology of Addictive Behavior. 20, 471-477.  PMID: 17176182

Martinez, J., Sher, K. J., & Rutledge, P. (2007). Fake ID" ownership and heavy drinking in underage college students: Prospective findings. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 21, 226-232. PMID: 17563142

Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2008). Comparison of longitudinal phenotypes based on alternate heavy drinking cut scores: A systematic Comparison of trajectory approaches III. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 22, 198-209. PMID: 18540717

Park, A., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. (2008). Risky drinking in college changes as fraternity/sorority affiliation changes: A person-environment perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 219-229.
PMID: 18540719

Martinez, J. A., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (in press). Is heavy drinking really associated with attrition from college?: The alcohol-attrition paradox. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Psychopharmacology

Landon, J. F., Sher, K. J., & Shah, J. (1993).  The effects of oxazepam on anxiety:  Implications for Fowle's psychophysiological interpretation of Gray's model.  Psychopharmacology, 113, 137-143. PMID: 7862820

Psychophysiology

Farha, J. G., & Sher, K. J. (1989).  The effects of consent procedures on the psychophysiological assessment of anxiety: A methodological inquiry.  Psychophysiology, 26, 185-191. PMID: 2727220

Bartholow, B. D., Pearson, M., Dickter, C., Sher, K. J., Fabiani, M., & Gratton, G. (2005). Strategic Control and Medial Frontal Negativity in the Event-Related Brain Potential: Beyond Errors and Response Conflict. Psychophysiology, 42, 33-42. PMID: 15720579

 Twin Research

Jacob, T., Sher K. J., Bucholz K. K., True, W. T., Sirevaag, E. J. Rohrbaugh, J. Nelson, E., Neuman, R. J., Todd, R.D., Slutske, W. S., Whitfield, J. B., Kirk, K. M., Martin, N. G., Madden, P. A. F., & Heath, A. C. (2001). An integrative approach for studying the etiology of alcoholism and other addictions. Twin Research, 4, 103-118. PMID: 11665331

ANNUAL SERIES

 Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment

Sher, K. J. (1991).  Commentary [on Etiology Section].  Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment, 1, 209-211.

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Sher, K. J., Grekin, E., & Williams, N. (2005). The development of alcohol problems. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 493-523. PMID: 17716097

Annual Review of Psychology

Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. J. (1996).  Methodological issues in psychopathology research.  Annual Review of Psychology, 47, 371-400. PMID: 8624138

Recent Developments in Alcoholism

Sher, K. J. (1991).  Psychological characteristics of children of alcoholics.  In  D. Gallant and E. Gottheil (Eds.), Recent developments in alcoholism, Volume 9: Children of alcoholics (pp. 301-326).  New York: Plenum. PMID: 1758989

Jackson, K. M., Sher, K. J., & Park, A. (2006). Drinking among college students – Consumption and consequences. In M. Galanter (Ed). Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Research on alcohol problems in adolescents and young Adults (Volume XVII),  pp. 85-117. New York: Plenum. PMID: 15789861

BOOK CHAPTERS

Heller, K., Price, R., & Sher, K. J.  (1980).  Research and evaluation in primary prevention:  Issues and guidelines.  In R. H. Price, R. F. Ketterer, B. C.  Bader, & J. Monahan (Eds.), Prevention in mental health:  Research, policy, and practice (pp. 285-313).  Beverly Hills:  Sage Publications.

McCrady, B. S., & Sher, K. J.  (1983).  Alcoholism treatment approaches:  Patient variables, treatment variables.  In B. Tabakoff, P. B. Sutker, & C. L. Randall (Eds.), Medical and social aspects of alcohol abuse (pp. 609-673).  New York:  Plenum.

Sher, K. J., & Levenson, R. W.  (1983).  Alcohol and tension reduction:  The importance of individual differences.  In J. Brick & L. Pohorecky (Eds.), Stress and alcohol use (pp. 121-134).  New York:  Elsevier North-Holland.

McCrady, B. S., & Sher, K. J.  (1985). Alcoholism treatment research:  Treatment variables.  In B. S. McCrady, N. E. Noel, & T. Nirenberg (Eds.), NIAAA Research Monograph 15:  Future directions in alcohol treatment research. (pp. 48-62).  Washington, D.C.: ADAMHA.

Sher, K. J. (1987).  Stress response dampening.  In H. T. Blane and K. Leonard (Eds.), Psychological theories of drinking and alcoholism (pp. 227-271).  New York:  Guilford.

Sher, K. J. (1993).  Children of alcoholics and the intergenerational transmission of risk:  A biopsychosocial perspective.  In J. Baer, G. A. Marlatt, and R. McMahon (Eds.), Addictive behaviours across the lifespan: Prevention, treatment and policy Issues (pp. 3-33).  Beverly Hills: Sage.

Sher, K. J. (1994).  Individual-level risk factors.  In R. Zucker, G. Boyd, and J. Howard (Eds), The development of alcohol problems:  Exploring the biopsychosocial matrix of risk (pp. 77-108).  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research Monograph 26. Rockville, MD: DHHS.

Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (1997).  Methodological issues in conducting prospective research on alcohol-related behavior: A report from the field.  In K. Bryant, M. Windle, & S. G. West (Eds.), Advances in prevention research methodology (pp. 3-41). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Gotham, H., & Sher, K. J. (1996).  Children of alcoholics.  In. J. Kinney (Ed.), Clinical Manual of Substance Abuse, 2nd edition (pp. 272-287).  St. Louis: Mosby Year Book.

Sher, K. J., Trull, T. J., Bartholow, B., & Vieth, A. (1999). Personality and alcoholism: Issues, methods, and etiological processes. In H. Blane and K. Leonard (Eds.), Psychological theories of drinking and alcoholism (2^nd edition), pp. 55-105. New York: Plenum.

Bartholow, B. D., & Sher, K. J. (2000). Review and psychometric properties of the Short Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (Short-TPQ). In C. A. Lewis, J. Maltby, & A. Hill (Eds.), Commissioned reviews on 300 psychological tests (pp. 438-441). Lampeter, Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press.

Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. (2000). Clinical Psychology I: Psychological Disorders: Description, Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention. In K. Pawlik and M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.), International Handbook of Psychology (pp. 407-428). London, Sage Limited.

Wood, M.D., Vinson, D.C. & Sher, K.J.(2001). Alcohol use and misuse. In A. Baum, T., Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), The Handbook of Health Psychology (pp. 281-318). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Wood, M. D., & Sher, K. J. (2002). Sexual assault and relationship violence among college students: Examining the role of alcohol and other drugs. In C. Wekerle & A-M. Wall (Eds.), The violence and addiction equation:  Theoretical and clinical issues in substance abuse and relationship violence, pp. 169-193.  New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Warren, R., Gershuny, B. S., & Sher, K. J. (2002). Cognition in subclinical obsessive compulsive disorder. In R. O. Frost and G. Steketee (Eds.) Cognitive approaches to obsessions and compulsions--theory, assessment, and treatment, pp. 337-360. London: Elsevier Science Ltd.