Professor 220 McAlester Hall (573) 445-2754 phillipkwood@gmail.com

structural equation modeling,
longitudinal methodology (e.g. state-trait, growth mixture models)
substance abuse research, especially in young adult populations
adult intellectual development
For those interested in the SAS examples I use in the Kutner's Applied Linear Statistical Models, I'm making them available at: http://sites.google.com/site/generallinearmodeling/
as I have time to make corrections and updates. I'm moving these to google sites since yahoo has closed down geocities.

Cho, S.B., Wood, P.K. & Heath, A. (2009). Decomposing group differences of latent means of ordered categorical variables with the genetic factor model. Behavior Genetics, 39, 101-122.

Geary, D. C., Bailey, D. H., Littlefield, A., Wood, P., Hoard, M. K., & Nugent, L. (2009). First-grade predictors of mathematical learning disability: A latent class trajectory analysis. Cognitive Development, 24, 411-429.

Littlefield, A., Sher, K. J. & Wood, P. K. (in press). Do changes in drinking motives mediate the relation between personality change and “maturing out” of problem drinking? Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

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.

Martinez, J.A., Sher, K.J., Krull, J.L. & Wood, P.K. (2009). Blue-collar scholars?: Mediators and moderators of university attrition in first-generation college students. Journal of College Student Development, 50, 87-103.

Park, A., 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.

Piasecki, T. M., Slutske, W. S., Wood, P. K. & Hunt-Carter, E. E. (In press) Frequency and correlates of diary-measured hangover-like experiences in a college sample. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Trull, T. J., Jahng, S., Tomko, R., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Revised NESARC personality disorder diagnoses: gender, prevalence, and comorbidity with substance dependence disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Jahng, S., Wood, P.K. & Trull, T.J. (2008) Analysis of affective instability in ecological momentary assessment: indices using successive difference and group comparison via multilevel modeling. Psychological Methods, 13, 354-375.

Martinez, J., Sher, K. & Wood, P.K. (2008) Is heavy drinking really associated with attrition from college?: The alcohol-attrition paradox. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 450-456.

Trull, T. J., Solhan, M. B., Tragesser, S. L., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., Piasecki, T. M., & Watson, D. (2008). Affective instability: Measuring a core feature of borderline personality disorder with ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 647-661.

Wood, P.K. (2008). Review of Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research. The American Statistician, 62, 2-3.

Kuo, P.-H., Wood, P. K., Morley, K. I., Madden, P. Martin, N. G., & Heath, A. C. (2007). Cohort trends in prevalence and spousal concordance for smoking. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88, 122-129.

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

Wood, P. K. (2007). Variance-Covariance Matrix.in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. (N. J. Smelser P. B. Baltes, Eds.). Oxford, England: Elsevier.

Anderson, C. A., Benjamin, A. J., Wood, P. K., & Bonacci, A. M. (2006). Development and testing of the Attitudes Toward Violence scale: Evidence for a four-factor model. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 122-136.

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.

Wood, P. K. (2004). The search for the syndrome that was there or the variable that wasn’t: Configural frequency analysis, conditional independence, and tetrad approaches for categorical data. Understanding Statistics, 3, 65-83.

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

Cooper, M.L., Wood, P.K., Orcutt, H.K, & Albino, A.W. (2003). Personality and the generalized predisposition to risk-taking during adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 390-410.

Anderson, C. A., Benjamin, A. J., Wood, P. K., & Bonacci, A. M. (2006). Development and testing of the Attitudes Toward Violence scale: Evidence for a four-factor model. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 122-136.

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.

Kuo, P.-H., Wood, P. K., Morley, K. I., Madden, P. Martin, N. G., & Heath, A. C. (2007). Cohort trends in prevalence and spousal concordance for smoking. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88, 122-129.