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Robert H. Shipley

Robert H. Shipley

Associate Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
shipley@embarqmail.com
Box 3074 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Civitan Bldg, 2213 Elba St, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

ENHANCING RESOURCES FOR SMOKING CESSATION THROUGH COMMUNITY

Chapter · January 1, 2019 Of the 17 million smokers in North America who attempt to quit smoking each year, fewer than one in ten succeed [ 1 , 2 ]. How can communities improve smokers’ chances of quitting? The National Cancer Institute addresses this question through COMMIT, the C ... Full text Cite

Integrating transdermal nicotine therapy into nicotine fading treatments: Effects on salivary cotinine levels

Journal Article Psychology of Addictive Behaviors · January 1, 1999 Many stop-smoking programs wean smokers off nicotine by using nicotine fading procedures and nicotine replacement products. It has not been clear how best to integrate these 2 weaning methods. This study measured salivary cotinine levels produced by nicoti ... Full text Cite

Smoking withdrawal symptoms in response to a trauma-related stressor among Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1996 This study investigated the relationship between a trauma-related stressor and smoking withdrawal symptoms in 25 male Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using a within-subjects design. All subjects were smokers. The stressor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Promoting worksite smoking control policies and actions: the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) experience. The COMMIT Research Group.

Journal Article Prev Med · 1996 BACKGROUND: As an important aspect of the COMMIT trial, worksite smoking-control consultations and supports were provided to employers in 11 diverse, moderate-sized communities. After a 4-year intervention period (1989-1992), impacts on worksite policies, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking in Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · July 1995 The present study investigated smoking prevalence, smoking motives, demographic variables and psychological symptoms in 124 help-seeking, male Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A high percentage of these veterans smoked (6 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Community stop-smoking contests in the COMMIT trial: relationship of participation to costs. Community Intervention trials.

Journal Article Prev Med · May 1995 BACKGROUND: This study quantifies resources used to conduct 26 community-wide quit-smoking contests, the percentage of smokers that participated in these contests, and the statistical associations between resource inputs and participation percentages. METH ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical trials using ascorbic acid aerosol to aid smoking cessation.

Journal Article Drug Alcohol Depend · October 1993 Sensory aspects of cigarette smoke are important for providing smoking satisfaction. In previous studies, we have found that substitution of the sensory cues of smoking with a citric acid aerosol significantly reduces craving for cigarettes and enhances sm ... Full text Link to item Cite

WISC-R and WAIS-R odd- and even-item short forms: criterion validity in three patient samples

Journal Article Rehabilitation Psychology · January 1, 1989 Edinger, Shipley, and Watkins (1986) found that odd-item and even-item Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) short forms yielded accurate WAIS-R IQ estimates when used with psychiatric inpatients. However, they indicated that further research ... Full text Cite

Effect of the Johnson & Johnson LIVE for LIFE program on employee smoking

Journal Article American Journal of Health Promotion · January 1, 1988 Cite

Effect of the Johnson & Johnson Live for Life program on employee smoking.

Journal Article Prev Med · January 1988 Smoking-cessation programs at the worksite hold the potential to reduce the national prevalence of smoking. This article presents the 2-year results of a broad-spectrum smoking-cessation initiative that was part of the comprehensive Johnson & Johnson LIVE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Simple, but Effective. Odd- and Even-Item Short Forms for theWAIS-R

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · February 1, 1986 The current investigation developed two easy-to-administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) short forms for test-retest situations. One sample of 90 psychiatric inpatients and a cross-validation sample of 30 psychiatric inpatients were ad ... Full text Cite

Validity of a WAIS-R screening instrument (Satz-Mogel) for medical inpatients

Journal Article Rehabilitation Psychology · January 1, 1986 In providing intellectual assessments, rehabilitation psychologists frequently use the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (WAIS-R). While it is a highly valid and reliable instrument, the WAIS-R can take a considerable amount of time to administer ... Full text Cite

A stage analysis of self-initiated smoking reductions.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1983 Most smoking cessation treatments are predicated on the assumption that the course of smoking reduction is psychologically homogeneous. The present study tested an alternative model incorporating three distinct stages: initial decision, initial control, an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measurement of smoking: surveys and some recommendations.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1982 A survey of smoking cessation researchers found considerable disagreement in the measurement procedures used to determine treatment outcome. The survey investigated (1) the duration of the measurement interval used to determine abstinence and smoking rate; ... Full text Link to item Cite

Worksite smoking cessation initiatives: review and recommendations.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1982 Offering health lifestyle change assistance in the workplace represents a major challenge for behavioral scientists and behavior therapists in the 1980's. Business and industry are showing special interest in employee smoking cessation. This paper reviews ... Full text Link to item Cite

Maintenance of smoking cessation: Effect of follow-up letters, smoking motivation, muscle tension, and health locus of control

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · December 1, 1981 Following smoking-cessation treatment, half of 44 Ss (22-58 yrs) were sent supportive maintenance letters. Letters produced no main effect but reduced smoking in Ss who smoked from habit or who received little pleasure from the sensorimotor stimulation of ... Full text Cite

Behavioral approaches to smoking cessation--II. Topical bibliography 1969-1979.

Journal Article J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry · June 1981 This topical bibliography covers that past decade of research into behavioral approaches to smoking cessation. Using multiple sources, including Psychological Abstracts, 335 reference were compiled from over 50 psychology, medicine, and related behavioral ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral approaches to smoking cessation--I. A decade of research progress 1969-79.

Journal Article J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry · June 1981 This article describes a topical bibliography presented in the subsequent article in this journal, covering the past decade of research into behavioral approaches to smoking cessation. Using multiple searches including Psychological Abstracts, over 300 ref ... Full text Link to item Cite

Flooding and implosive therapy: Are they harmful?

Journal Article Behavior Therapy · January 1, 1980 A mail survey was conducted to investigate in a preliminary way the widespread belief that implosive therapy and flooding may have "serious negative side effects". The survey, returned by 83% of those polled, included 70 practitioners of these procedures r ... Full text Cite

Preparation to reexperience a stressful medical examination: Effect of repetitious videotape exposure and coping style

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · June 1, 1979 36 22-80 yr old patient volunteers, experienced in the stressful endoscopy examination, were prepared to reexperience that examination by viewing an explicit videotaped endoscopy either 0, 1, or 3 times. All Ss were given the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, ... Full text Cite

Psychosocial effects of cosmetic augmentation mammaplasty.

Journal Article Aesthetic Plast Surg · December 1978 In a follow-up study, 19 small-busted women who had received a cosmetic augmentation mammaplasty were contrasted with 20 small-busted control wornen and 19 average-busted control women. The augmented women showed much greater happiness with their breast, a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personality characteristics of women seeking breast augmentation. Comparison to small-busted and average-busted controls.

Journal Article Plast Reconstr Surg · September 1977 The results of a study, contrasting 28 women seeking cosmetic breast augmentation with 28 small-busted control women and 28 average-busted controls, suggest the average woman desiring surgical breast augmentation is as psychologically stable as other women ... Link to item Cite

The ABC model of assertive behavior

Journal Article Behavior Therapy · January 1, 1977 Full text Cite

Effects of several response prevention procedures on activity, avoidance responding, and conditioned fear in rats

Journal Article Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · November 1, 1971 Conducted 2 experiments with 75 and 45 male blue spruce hooded rats to evaluate various response prevention procedures of extinction when cs exposure/trial was held constant. Preventing the occurrence of a response resulted in a low activity level for ss d ... Full text Cite