Joe VanderVeen, M.A.

4th Year Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
Texas Tech University

joe.vanderveen@ttu.edu


  • Masters Thesis Equivalent (2007)         The Role of Impulsivity on Smoking Maintenance. PDF

  • Undergraduate Institution:                  University of Illinois at Chicago

Current Activities and Interests

Currently, Joe is a 4th year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at TTU.  His primary research focus is on exploring mechanisms that may explain why certain individuals chronically engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as cigarette smoking and heavy episodic drinking.  In particular, Joe has looked at the role of impulsivity on the maintenance of these behaviors. Results from his master’s project suggested that over a 48-hour smoking abstinence period, smokers with heightened levels of impulsivity experienced greater levels of craving and anxiety than their less impulsive peers.  This project was recently accepted for publication in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.  Joe’s dissertation will examine the hypothesis that impulsivity is related to smoking cessation relapse potential in those who engage in both binge drinking and smoking behaviors.

 

Selected Publications

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Cohen, L.M., Cukrowicz, K., & Trotter, D.R.M. (2008).  The Role of Impulsivity on Smoking Maintenance.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10,  1397-1404.

  • VanderVeen, J.W., Cohen, L.M., Trotter, D.R.M., & Collins, F.L. (2008). Impulsivity and the role of smoking-related outcome expectancies among dependent college-aged cigarette smokers.  Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1006-1011.

  • Spring, B., Werth, J., Appelhans, B., Maloney, B.A., Richmond, M., Vaughn, J., VanderVeen, J. W., & Hedeker, D. (2008). Nicotine effects on affective response in depression-prone smokers. Psychopharmacology, 196(3), 461-471.

  •  Doran, N., McChargue, D., Spring, B., VanderVeen, J. W., Cook, J.W., & Richmond, M.(2006). Effect of nicotine on negative affect among more impulsive smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14(3), 287-295.    

Selected Presentations

  • VanderVeen, J.W., Cohen, L.M., & Collins, F.L. (2008, November).  The impact of problematic drinking on smoking abstinence among nicotine dependent cigarette smokers.  Poster to be presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Orlando, Fl.

  • VanderVeen, J.W., Cohen, L.M., Collins, F.L. (2008, August). The effect of chewing gum on impulsivity and nicotine withdrawal.  Poster to be presented at the 116th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

  • VanderVeen, J.W. (2008, June).  The role of impulsivity on smoking maintenance.  Paper presented at the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) conference, Lubbock, TX.

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Cohen, L.M., Trotter, D.R.M., Hobson, V., & Collins, F.L. (2008, February). Impulsivity and nicotine withdrawal: A multimodal measurement of confectionary chewing gum during smoking abstinence.  Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Portland, OR.

  • Key, C.M., VanderVeen, J. W., & Cohen, L.M. (2008, February). Effect of chewing gum on urge to smoke among binge drinking and non-binge drinking smokers during 24 and 48 hours of nicotine withdrawal. Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Portland, OR.

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Cohen, L.M., & Trotter, D.R.M. (2007, November).  Measuring impulsivity and nicotine withdrawal: The role of confectionary chewing gum during smoking abstinence.  Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Trotter, D.M.R., Cohen, L.M., Key, C., Sloan, A., Hobson, V., & Claborn, K. (2007, February).  Anxiety levels and the role of smoking-related outcome expectancies among college freshman who smoke compared to their smoking and binge drinking peers.  Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Austin, TX.

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Cohen, L.M., Bacchi, D., & McDougal, K. (2006, November).  The college experience: A predicted causal relationship between binge drinking and smoking among college students.  Poster presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

  • VanderVeen, J. W., Trotter, D., Bacchi, D., McDougal, K., Cohen, L.M., & Allen, S.(2006, November).  TechFresh.org: A web-based intervention to promote healthy living among college students.  Poster presented at the 134th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.

  •  VanderVeen, J. W., Key, C., Cohen, L.M., Bacchi, D., & McDougal, K. (2006, February).  College students who binge drink have decreased concern for the negative consequences of smoking compared to their smoking peers. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Orlando, FL.