Three broadly defined areas comprise my research program: (1) What are the effects of experiencing stress or trauma on psychological and physical well-being, and under what circumstances (and to what degree) can we observe such effects? (2) Can we assess stress, affect, and health in an ecologically relevant manner that facilitates our understanding of biopsychosocial processes as they unfold in time and in context? Furthermore, how can this approach (i.e., dynamic within person data capture) allow testing of novel practical and theoretical perspectives? (3) Can psychological interventions improve health and well-being, both in healthy individuals and individuals with existing physical or psychiatric illness (with a particular research focus on theoretical and applied questions about the use of expressive writing interventions)? Smyth, J., Heron, K., Wonderlich, S., Sliwinski, M., Crosby, R., & Mitchell, J. Daily and momentary mood and stress predict binge eating and vomiting in bulimia nervosa patients in the natural environment.
Smyth, J., & Stone, A. (2003). Ecological momentary assessment research in behavioral medicine. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 35-52.
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. (1998). Written emotional expression: effect size, outcome types, and moderating variables. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 174-184.
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EMA in Health Psychology.pdf
Meta Analysis of Written Disclosure.pdf
Written Disclosure by Patients with Asthma or Rheumatoid Arthritis.pdf
Current Students
American Psychosomatic Society
Syracuse University Psychology Department
Social Psychology at Syracuse
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