Jon D. Kassel, PhD

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Psychology

Research Interests

Drugs' effects on emotion and attention, individual differences in drug dependence, cognitive models of depression, anxiety, and drug use, ecological momentary assessment

Recent and Noteworthy Publications

Cervone D, Orom H, Artistico D, Shadel WG, Kassel JD. Using a knowledge-and-appraisal model of personality architecture to understand consistency and variability in smokers' self-efficacy appraisals in high-risk situations. Psychol Addict Behav. 2007 Mar;21(1):44-54.

Evatt DP, Kassel JD. Smoking, arousal, and affect: The role of anxiety sensitivity. J Anxiety Disord. 2009 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]. [See abstract.]

Kassel JD, Bornovalova M, Mehta N. Generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation predict change in anxiety and depression among college students. Behav Res Ther. 2007 May;45(5):939-50. Epub 2006 Sep 28.

Kassel JD, Evatt DP, Greenstein JE, Wardle MC, Yates MC, Veilleux JC. The acute effects of nicotine on positive and negative affect in adolescent smokers. J Abnorm Psychol. 2007 Aug;116(3):543-53.

Kassel JD, Greenstein JE, Evatt DP, Wardle MC, Yates MC, Veilleux JC, Eissenberg T. Smoking topography in response to denicotinized and high-yield nicotine cigarettes in adolescent smokers. J Adolesc Health. 2007 Jan;40(1):54-60.

Kassel JD, Yates M, Brown RA. Baseline reaction time predicts 12-month smoking cessation outcome in formerly depressed smokers. Psychol Addict Behav. 2007 Sep;21(3):415-9.

Shiffman S, Balabanis MH, Gwaltney CJ, Paty JA, Gnys M, Kassel JD, Hickcox M, Paton SM. Prediction of lapse from associations between smoking and situational antecedents assessed by ecological momentary assessment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 1;91(2-3):159-68. Epub 2007 Jul 12.

Contact Info

UIC Dept. of Psychology (MC 285)
1007 W. Harrison, 1018 BSB
Chicago, IL 60607-7137

Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)