Dr. Joshua M. Smyth

Associate Professor

Education

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Vassar College, BA.--Cognitive Science
SUNY at Stony Brook, MA.--Psychology
SUNY at Stony Brook, Ph. D.--Health Psychology

Research Interest

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My primary research area is health psychology/behavioral medicine. General interests include stress and coping, and the application of psychological principles to health. Specific interests are the evaluation of psychological interventions (e.g., relaxation training, emotional disclosure) as supplemental treatments for chronic illness, and the possible mediation effects of cortisol secretion by the Hypothaliamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis.

Representative Publications

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Smyth, J., Wonderlich, S., Heron, K., Sliwinski, M., Crosby, R.,Mitchell, J., & Engel, S. (in press). Daily and momentary mood and stress predict binge eating and vomiting in bulimia nervosa patients in the natural environment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Smyth, J. (in press). Massively multiplayer online role-playing games [MMORPGS], reported health, and social behavior. Cyberpsychology & Behavior.

Sliwinski, M. Smyth, J., Hofer, S., & Stawski, R. (2006). Intraindividual coupling of daily stress and cognition. Psychology and Aging, 21, 545-557.

Mullen, B., & Smyth, J. (2004). Immigrant suicide rates as a function of ethnophaulisms: Hate speech predicts death. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66(3), 343-348.

Smyth, J., & Stone, A. (2003). Ecological momentary assessment research in behavioral medicine. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 35-52. [Special issue on Ecological Momentary Assessment]

Lepore, S., & Smyth, J. (2002). The writing cure: How expressive writing promotes health and emotional well-being. American Psychological Association press: Washington, DC.

Smyth, J., Stone, A., Hurewitz, A., & Kaell, A. (1999). Writing about stressful events produces symptom reduction in asthmatics and rheumatoid arthritics: A randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 281, 1304-1309.

Smyth, J., Ockenfels, M., Porter, L., Kirschbaum, C., Hellhammer, D., & Stone, A. (1998). The association between daily stressors, mood and salivary cortisol secretion. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23, 353-370.