Dr. Stephen A. Maisto

Professor

Education

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PhD. Experimental Psychology
George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Postdoctoral respecialization in clinical psychology

Certification/ licensure

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Licensed clinical psychologist, State of Rhode Island
Licensed clinical psychologist, State of New York
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

Research Interest

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My research involves the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders; mechanisms of risk perception and risk taking, especially as it relates to substance use; HIV prevention and intervention in psychiatric and other populations.

Representative Publications

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Maisto, S. A., McGinnis, K., Conigliaro, J. C., Cook, R., Bryant, K., & Justice, A. C. (in press). Factor structure of Leigh’s (1990) alcohol sex expectancies scale in individuals in treatment for HIV disease. AIDS and Behavior.

Funderburk, J. S., Maisto, S. A., Sugarman, D., & Wade, M. (in press). The covariation of multiple risk factors in primary care: A latent class analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 

Woolf, S. E., & Maisto, S. A. (in press). Alcohol use and risk of HIV infection among men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior. 

Woolf, S. E., Maisto, S. A., Carey, M. P., & Vanable, P. A. (in press). Selection of film clips and development of a video for the investigation of sexual decision-making among men who have sex with men. The Journal of Sex Research.

Maisto, S. A., Clifford, P. R., Stout, R., & Davis, C. M. (2008). Factors mediating the association between drinking in the first year post-alcohol treatment and drinking at three years. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 69, 728-737.

Maisto, S. A., Galizio, M., & Connors, G. J. (in press). Drug use and abuse (Sixth Edition). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Maisto, S. A., Clifford, P. R., Stout, R. L., & Davis, C. M. (2007). Moderate drinking in the first year after treatment as a predictor of three-year outcomes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68, 419-427.

Maisto, S. A., Carey, M. P., Carey, K. B., Gordon, C. M., & Schum, J. L. (2004). Effects of alcohol and expectancies on HIV-related risk perception and behavioral skills in heterosexual women. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,12, 288-297.

Maisto, SA, Carey, MP, Carey, KB, Gordon, CM, Schum, JL, & Lynch, KG (2004). Relationship between alcohol and participant characteristics on attitudes and behavioral skills relevant to safer sex among heterosexual young adult men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33, 571-584.

Maisto, S. A., & Connors, G. J. (Special Eds.) (2006). Relapse in the addictive Behaviors. Clinical Psychology Review, 26, March.