Peer-Reviewed Publications

2020

Brown, C.E., Boness, C.L., & Sheerin, K. (accepted). Supporting students in Health Service Psychology training: A theory-driven approach to meeting the diverse needs of trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.

Hua, J.P.Y., Sher, K.J., Boness, C.L., Trela, C.J., McDowell, Y.E., Merrill, A.M., Piasecki, T.M., & Kerns, J.G. (accepted). Prospective study examining effects of extreme drinking on brain structure in emerging adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

Boness, C.L., Hershenberg, R., Kaye, J., Mackintosh, M., Grasso, D., Noser, A., & Raffa, S.D. (2020). An evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Application of Tolin’s criteria for empirically supported treatments. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Boness, C.L., & Sher, K.J. (2020). The case for cognitive interviewing in survey item validation: A useful approach for improving the measurement and assessment of substance use disorders. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81(4), 401-404.

Hua, J.P.Y., Piasecki, T.M., McDowell, Y.E., Boness, C.L., Trela, C.J., Merrill, A.M., Sher, K.J., & Kerns, J.G. (2020). Alcohol use in young adults associated with cortical gyrification. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 

Boness, C.L., Stevens, J.E., Steinley, J., Trull, T., & Sher, K.J. (2020). Using complete enumeration to derive “one-size-fits-all” versus “subgroup-specific” diagnostic rules for substance use disorder. Assessment.

Stevens, J.E., Steinley, D., Boness, C.L., Trull, T., Wood, P. & Sher, K.J. (2020). Combinatorial optimization of classification decisions: An application to refine psychiatric diagnoses. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

2019

Boness, C.L., Korucuoglu, O., Ellingson, J.M., Merrill, A.M., McDowell, Y.E., Trela, C.J., Sher, K.J., Piasecki, T.M., & Kerns, J.G. (2019). Twenty-first birthday drinking: Extreme drinking episodes result in white matter microstructural changes to the fornix and corpus callosum. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. [infographic]

Boness, C.L., & Sher, K.J. (2019). Not all Alcohol Use Disorder criteria are equally severe: Towards severity grading of individual criteria. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Stevens, J.E., Steinley, D., McDowell, Y.E., Boness, C.L., Trull, T., Martin, C.S., & Sher, K.J. (2019). Toward more efficient diagnostic criteria sets and rules: The use of optimization approaches in addiction science. Addictive Behaviors.

Conlin, W., & Boness, C.L. (2019). Ethical considerations for addressing distorted beliefs in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy.

Younggren, J.N., Boness, C.L., Bryant, L., & Koocher, G. (2019). Emotional support animal assessments: A standard and comprehensive model for mental health professionals. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Boness, C. L., Stevens, J.E., Steinley, D., Trull, T., & Sher, K.J. (revise & resubmit). Does the optimal alcohol use disorder diagnostic rule vary by demographic subgroup? An application of statistical optimization using complete enumeration.

2018

Boness, C. L., Stevens, J. E., Steinley, D., Trull, T., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Deriving alternative criteria sets for alcohol use disorders using statistical optimization: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 

2017

Boness, C.L., Younggren, J.N., & Frumkin, B. (2017).  The certification of emotional support animals: Differences between clinical and forensic practitioners. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 48(3), 216-223.

Boness, C.L. (2017). Ethical issues in the use of interpreters with Deaf clients. Journal of Health Service Psychology.

Lee, M. R., Boness, C. L., McDowell, Y. E., Vergés, A., Steinley, D. L., & Sher, K. J. (2017). Problem drinking desistance across the adult lifespan: Young adulthood as a period of widespread desistance from severe alcohol use disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 6(1), 90-105.

2016

Boness, C. L., Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2016). Assessment of withdrawal and hangover is confounded in the alcohol use disorder and associated disabilities interview schedule: Withdrawal prevalence is likely inflated. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(8), 1691-1699.

Younggren, J. N., Boisvert, J. A., & Boness, C. L. (2016). Examining emotional support animals and role conflicts in professional psychology. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 47(4), 255-260.

2015

Boness, C. L. (2015). Treatment of Deaf clients: Ethical considerations for professionals in psychology. Ethics & Behavior, 1-24.

Book Chapters

2019

Younggren, J.N., Gottlieb, M., & Boness, C.L. (2019). Forensic consultation. In E. Shafranske & C. Falender (Eds.), Consultation in Health Service Psychology: Advancing Professional Practice—A Competency-Based Approach.

2018

Haeny, A. M., Boness, C. L., McDowell, Y. E., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Alcohol use disorder. In J. Hunsley & E. J. Mash (Eds.), A Guide to Assessments That Work. 

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