Publications

2026

Fridberg, D. J., Atkinson, E.A., Carpenter, R. W., Haney, A. M., & Waddell, J. T. (In Press). Using mobile technology to study episodes of alcohol self-administration in daily life: A narrative review. Current Addiction Reports.

Noone, S.N, Atkinson, E.A., Brett, E.I., King, A.C. (2026). Predictors of treatment
engagement in a group-based, telehealth smoking cessation program. Preventative
Medicine Reports, 68, 103544.

King, A.C., Noone, S.N., Atkinson, E.A., Wellendorf, C., & Fridberg, D.J. (2026). Living up to their name: blackout rage gallons (BORGs) and excessive drinking and consequences in college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.25-0041

Atkinson, E.A., Mousavi, N.D., & Fridberg, D.J. (2026). Expectations vs. reality:
Associations between anticipated, natural environment and laboratory-derived alcohol stimulation, sedation, and reward. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 34(4), 435–443.

Atkinson, E.A., Oltmanns, J.R., & Smith G.T. (2026). The Value of Focusing on
Psychosocial Dysfunction Rather than Categorical Disorders: A commentary on Caspi et al. (2026). Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 135(4), 515–517.

King, A.C., Wellendorf, C, Atkinson, E.A., de Carvalho, M.E.A, Fridberg, D.F., & Painnain, S. (2026). GLP-1 RA medication associations with hazardous drinking reductions in patients with overweight and obesity: A prospective observational study. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 20(3), 375-380.

2025

Atkinson, E.A., Fischer A.M., Cursio, J.F., King, A.C., & Fridberg, D.J. (2025). Rapid
drinking is associated with heightened alcohol-related reward and negative consequences during a real-world binge episode. Psychopharmacology, 242(8), 1769–1781.

2024

Atkinson, E.A., Miller, L.A., & Smith, G.T. (2024). The role of parental maladaptive
emotion socialization in the risk process for negative urgency and drinking behavior in
adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 96(5), 1012–1021.

Atkinson, E.A., & Hershberger, A.R. (2024). Addressing the SUD training gap: Two pilot feasibility studies in the Department of Veteran’s Affairs healthcare system. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 159, 209266.

2023

Atkinson, E.A., Carter, C.M.P., Rohr, J.L.C., & Smith, G.T. (2023). Brief instruments and short forms. In H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology: Foundations, planning, measures, and psychometrics (2nd ed., pp. 451–466). American Psychological Association.

2022

Atkinson, E.A., Miller, L., & Smith, G.T (2022). Maladaptive emotion socialization as a risk factor for the development of urgency and subsequent problem drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(6), 749–754.

2021

Modak, P., Hutslar, C., Polk, R. J., Atkinson, E. A., Fisher, L.,…, & Brown, J. W. (2021).
Neural bases of risky decisions involving nicotine vapor versus monetary reward.
Neuroimage: Clinical, 32.

Peterson, S.J., Atkinson, E.A., & Smith, G.T. (2021) Reciprocal relationship between
problem drinking and affective lability. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 56(6), 746-753.

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.

Smith, G.T. & Atkinson, E.A. (2021). Construct validation of personality measures. In J.L. Mihura (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment,
2nd ed.

2020

Howe, L.K., Fisher, L.R., Atkinson, E.A., & Finn, P.R. (2020). Symptoms of anxiety,
depression, and borderline personality in alcohol use disorders with and without
comorbid substance use disorder. Alcohol, 90, 19-25.

Atkinson, E.A., Riley, E. N., & Smith, G.T. (2020). Risk for addictive behaviors as a function of responses to emotional distress. In A. M. Columbus (Eds.), Advances in Psychology Research (pp. 137-171), Nova Science Publishers.

Smith, G.T., Atkinson, E.A., Riley, E.N., Davis, H.A., & Oltmanns, J.R. (2020). The
general factor of psychopathology. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 16, 75-98.

Finn, P.R, Fisher, L., Mayer, H., Ingram, P., Howe, L., & Atkinson, E.A. (2020). Disinhibited personality, incentives, disincentives, and drinking-related decisions. Alcohol, 82, 53-61.

2019

Atkinson, E.A., Ortiz, A. M., & Smith, G. T. (2019). Affective risk for problem drinking:
Reciprocal influences among negative urgency, affective lability, and rumination.
Current Drug Research Reviews, 12(1), 42-51.

Atkinson, E.A. & Finn, P. R. (2019). Sex differences in the association between trait anxiety, alcohol problems, and borderline symptoms in emerging adults. Journal of Substance Use, 24(3), 323-328.