Kenneth J. Sher

Curators' Distinguished Professor 147 Psychology Building 573-882-4279 sherk@missouri.edu http://web.missouri.edu/~sherk Lab: Alcohol, Health, and Behavior Laboratory

etiology of alcohol dependence
psychopharmacology of alcohol
prospective research
nosology and diagnosis
psychiatric comorbidity
personality and psychopathology

Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee.

Cain, A. S., Epler, A. J., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Stability and change in patterns of concerns related to eating, weight, and shape in young adult women: A latent transition analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,119, 255-267. PMID:20455598

Cain, A. S., Epler, A. E., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Concerns related to eating, weight, and shape: Typologies and transitions in men during the college years. International Journal of Eating Disorders. PMID: 2174437

Cicero, D., Epler, A. J., & Sher, K. J. (2009). Are there developmentally-limited forms of bipolar disorder? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 431-447. PMID:19685942

Jahng, S., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., Tragesser, S. L., Tomko, R., Grant, J. D., Bucholz, K. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Distinguishing general and specific personality disorder features and implications for substance dependence comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 656-669. PMID: 21604829

Littlefield, A., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2009). Is 'maturing out' of problematic alcohol involvement related to personality change? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 360–374. PMID:19413410

Littlefield, A., Sher, K. J., & Wood, P. K. (2010). Do changes in drinking motives mediate the relation between personality change and "maturing out" of problem drinking?" Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 93-105. PMID:20141246

Littlefield, A. K., Verges, A., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Transactional models between personality and alcohol involvement: A further examination. Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Martin, C. S., Steinley, D. L., Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Letter to the Editor: The proposed 2/11 symptom algorithm for DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders is too lenient. Psychological Medicine, 41, 2008-2010.
PMID: 21557890

Martinez, J. A., Steinley, D. A., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Deliberate induction of alcohol tolerance: Empirical introduction to a novel health risk. Addiction, 105,1767-1770. PMID:20840199

Park, A. E., Sher, K. J., Krull, J. L., & Wood, P. K. (2009). Dual mechanisms underlying accentuation of risky drinking via fraternity/sorority affiliation: The role of personality, peer norms, and alcohol availability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 241-245. PMID:19413401

Park, A., E., Sher, K. J., Todorov, A., & Heath, A. C. (2011). Interaction between the DRD4 VNTR polymorphism and proximal and distal environments in alcohol dependence during emerging and young adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 585-595. PMID: 21381802

Piasecki, T. M., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., Robertson, B. M., Epler, A. J., Cronk, N. J., Rohrbaugh, J. W., Heath, A. C., Shiffman, S., & Sher, K. J., (2011). The subjective effects of alcohol-tobacco co-use: An ecological momentary assessment investigation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 557-571. PMID: 21443289.

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

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

Sher, K. J., Dick, D. M., Crabbe, J. C., Hutchison, K. E., O’Malley, S. S., & Heath, A. C. (2010). Consilient research approaches in studying gene x environment interactions in alcohol research. Addiction Biology, 15, 2000-2016. PMID:20148780

Sher, K. J., Jackson, K. M., & Steinley, D. A. (2011). Alcohol use trajectories and the ubiquitous cat’s cradle: Cause for concern? Journal of Abnormal Psychology,120, 322-335. PMID: 21319874

Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., & Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Deconstructing the age-prevalence curve of alcohol dependence: Why 'maturing out' is only a small piece of the puzzle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Did lifetime rates of alcohol use disorders increase by 67% in ten years? A comparison of NLAES and NESARC. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 468-477. PMID: 1319922

Vergés, A., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2010). It's the algorithm! Why differential rates of chronicity and comorbidity are not evidence for the validity of the abuse-dependence distinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 650–661. PMID: 20853915

Winograd, R., Littlefield, A. K., Martinez, J. A., & Sher, K. J. (in press). The drunken self:The five-factor model as an organizational framework for characterizing perceptions of one’s own drunkenness. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

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