Clinical Faculty

Physiological risk factors for substance use disorders; genetic and environmental factors associated with individual differences in antisocial behavior and substance use problems (using data on twins).

Examining contributions of physiological, cognitive, and environmental risk factors to substance use disorders and personality disorders in adults; examining critical properties of electrodermal response modulation, a putative biomarker for substance dependence; examining genetic and environmental influence on personality in adult twins and reading ability and disability in young twins.

Taylor, J., & *James, L. M. (in press). Evidence for a putative biomarker for substance dependence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

*Reeves, M. D., *James, L. M., *Pizzarello, S., & Taylor, J. (in press). Support for Linehan's biosocial theory from a non-clinical sample.Journal of Personality Disorders.

Taylor, J., *James, L. M., *Reeves, M. D., & Kistner, J. A. (2009). Borderline personality traits are associated with poor clinical and psychosocial functioning in delinquent boys. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 31, 94-103. Taylor, J., Kemper, T. S., Loney, B. R., & Kistner, J. A. (2009) Recidivism in subgroups of severe male juvenile offenders. Psychology, Crime, & Law, 15, 395-408.

Taylor, J., *James, L. M., *Bobadilla, L., & *Reeves, M. D. (2008). Screening for disinhibited disorder cases in a college population: Performance of the SMAST, DAST, SCID-II-Q, and PDQ-4. Psychological Assessment, 20, 351-360.

*James, L., & Taylor, J. (2008). Revisiting the structure of mental disorders: Borderline personality disorder and the internalizing/externalizing spectra. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47, 361-380.

*Bobadilla, L., & Taylor, J. (2007). Relation of physiological reactivity and perceived coping to substance use disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 608-616.

*James, L., & Taylor, J. (2007). Impulsivity and negative emotionality associated with substance use problems and Cluster B personality in college students. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 714-727.

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