Graduate Student Research Assistant 146 Psychology 573-884-1485 aje4x9@mizzou.edu

Motivational processes in addictive behaviors with an emphasis on alcohol use disorders
Longitudinal data analysis techniques
Primary care interventions for alcohol use

I am currently in my seventh year of the doctoral program in clinical psychology. I am currently mentored by Kenneth J. Sher and Thomas M. Piasecki. My dissertation focuses on the acute influence of hangover on subsequent drinking. I will be completing my pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship during the 2009-2010 academic year at the University of Mississippi Medical School in Jackson, MS.

Motivational Processes and Alcohol Use:

Epler, A.J., Sher, K.J., & Piasecki, T.M. (2009). Reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking: A developmental perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, in press.

Epler, A.J., Sher, K.J., Loomis, T.B., & O’Malley, S.S. (2009). College student receptiveness to various alcohol treatment options. Journal of American College Health, in press.

Alcohol and Primary Care:

Epler, A.J., Kivlahan, D.R., Bush, K.R., Dobie, D.J., & Bradley, K.A. (2005). A brief readiness to change drinking algorithm: Concurrent validity in female VA primary care patients. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 389-395.

Bradley, K.A., Kivlahan, D.R., Zhou, X., Sporleder, J.L., Epler, A.J., McCormick, K.A., et al. (2004). Using alcohol screening results and treatment history to assess the severity of at-risk drinking in Veterans Affairs primary care patients. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 28, 448-455.

Bradley, K.A., Bush, K.R., Epler, A.J., Dobie, D.J., Davis, T.M., Sporleder, J.L., et al. (2003). Two brief alcohol-screening tests from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): validation in a female Veterans Affairs patient population. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163, 821-829.

Bradley, K.A., Epler, A.J., Bush, K.R., Sporleder, J.L., Dunn, C.W., Cochran, N.E., et al. (2002). Alcohol-related discussions during general medicine appointments of male VA patients who screen positive for at-risk drinking. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, 315-326.

Other:

Cicero, D.C., Epler, A.J., & Sher, K.J. *Authors listed alphabetically. Are there developmentally-limited forms of Bipolar Disorder? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, in press.

Stepp, S.D., Epler, A.J., Jahng, S., & Trull, T.J. (2008). The effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills use on Borderline Personality Disorder features. Journal of Personality Disorders, 22, 549-563.

Book Chapter:

Sher, K.J., & Epler, A.J. (2004). Alcoholic denial: Self-awareness and beyond. In Beitman, B., & Nair, J. (Eds.), Self-awareness deficits in psychiatric patients: Neurobiology, assessment, and treatment (pp. 184-212). New York: W.W. Norton.