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  1. The Measurement of Harm Reduction Goals and Outcomes for Substance Use: Current State and Future Directions

    Article • Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  2. Re-Envisioning Clinical Science Training: Open Science as One of Many Important Steps

    Article • January 2026, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  3. Seven Symptoms Over Nearly 4,000 Days: Item-Level Variability in the Psychometric Properties of Daily Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adult Drinkers

    Article • Assessment, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  4. Rethinking drug use and addiction What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine? Hanna Pickard Princeton University Press, 2026. 352 pp.

    Article • Science, January 2026, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  5. The Society of Clinical Psychology’s Manual for the Evaluation of Psychological Treatments Using the Tolin Criteria

    Article • September 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  6. Alcohol use disorder symptoms are kinda detectable in daily life (but it depends on how they are operationalized)

    Article • August 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  7. The Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Daily Life

    Article • July 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  8. Clinical Psychology in the Post- Dobbs Era: Navigating Clinical Practice, Research, and Advocacy in a Changing Sexual- and Reproductive-Health Landscape

    Article • Clinical Psychological Science, June 2025, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  9. “Either way, they will use. And so, probably, would you:” A critical discourse analysis of harm reduction portrayal in United States opinion news media

    Article • International Journal of Drug Policy, June 2025, Elsevier

    Cassandra L. Boness

  10. Clinical Psychology in the Post-Dobbs Era: Navigating Clinical Practice, Research, and Advocacy in a Changing Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape

    Article • May 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  11. Clinical Psychology in the Post-Dobbs Era: Navigating Clinical Practice, Research, and Advocacy in a Changing Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape

    Article • May 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  12. Alcohol use disorder symptoms are kinda detectable in daily life (but it depends on how they are operationalized)

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  13. Key Terms and Concepts in Alcohol Use and Problems: A Critical Evaluation

    Article • Substance Use Research and Treatment, March 2025, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  14. Engaging People With Lived Experience of Psychological Disorders: Current Research and Future Directions for Community-Engaged Measure Development in Psychological Science

    Article • Clinical Psychological Science, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  15. Mentoring Trainees with Lived Experience of Psychopathology: A Strengths-based, Cultural Humility Framework for Psychological Scientists

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  16. Thinking Beyond Substances: Why Behavioral “Addiction” Research must Move past Substance Use Disorder Paradigms

    Article • November 2024, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  17. Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Population Surveys

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  18. Acupressure in psychotherapy as an unsinkable rubber duck: A reply to Feinstein (2023).

    Article • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, June 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  19. A Proposed Definition of Psychological Treatment and Its Relation to Empirically Supported Treatments

    Article • April 2024, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  20. Measuring Food Security in University Students: A Comparison of the USDA 10-Item and Six-Item Food Security Survey Modules

    Article • Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  21. Beyond mediators: A critical review and methodological path forward for studying mechanisms in alcohol use treatment research

    Article • Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, December 2023, Wiley

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  22. Longitudinal measurement invariance of constructs derived from the addiction cycle.

    Article • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, December 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  23. Should we embrace the term ‘preaddiction’?

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cassandra L. Boness

  24. Interpretations and experiences of subjective effects for alcohol alone and when combined with cannabis: A mixed-methods approach.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, November 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  25. Should we embrace the term ‘preaddiction’?

    Article • October 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  26. Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of Constructs Derived from the Addiction Cycle

    Article • October 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  27. Commentary: Emotional Freedom Techniques for Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • October 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  28. Beyond Mediators: A Critical Review and Methodological Path Forward for Studying Mechanisms in Alcohol Use Treatment Research

    Article • September 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  29. A Simulation Study Comparing the Use of Supervised Machine Learning Variable Selection Methods in the Psychological Sciences

    Article • September 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  30. Acupressure in Psychotherapy as an Unsinkable Rubber Duck: A reply to Feinstein (2023)

    Article • August 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  31. Acupressure in Psychotherapy as an Unsinkable Rubber Duck: A reply to Feinstein (2023)

    Article • August 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  32. Reconsidering what makes syntheses of psychological intervention studies useful

    Article • Nature Reviews Psychology, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cassandra L. Boness, John Sakaluk

  33. Evidence-Based Assessment of Substance Use Disorder

    Article • Assessment, June 2023, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  34. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Gambling Harm: Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • June 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  35. Diversity and the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP)

    Article • Nature Reviews Psychology, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cassandra L. Boness

  36. Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use: Receptiveness to Treatments and Application to Intervention Planning

    Article • Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  37. Real Change or Performative Anti-Racism? Clinical Psychology Programs’ Efforts to Recruit and Retain BIPOC Scholars

    Article • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  38. Interpretations and Experiences of Subjective Effects for Alcohol Alone and When Combined with Cannabis: A Mixed-Methods Approach

    Article • April 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  39. Balancing the bio in a biopsychosocial model of hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders

    Article • April 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  40. Engaging people with lived experience of psychological disorders: Current research and future directions for community-engaged measure development in psychological science

    Article • April 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  41. An evaluation of cognitive behavioral therapy for substance use disorders: A systematic review and application of the society of clinical psychology criteria for empirically supported treatments.

    Article • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, February 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  42. A Commentary on "Systemic challenges in health service psychology internship training: A call to action from trainee stakeholders"

    Article • January 2023, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  43. Alcohol use disorder conceptualizations and diagnoses reflect their sociopolitical context

    Article • Addiction Research & Theory, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  44. An Ethics and Social-Justice Approach to Collecting and Using Demographic Data for Psychological Researchers

    Article • Perspectives on Psychological Science, December 2022, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  45. Self-report assessment of alcohol sensitivity: An examination of the effects of different probes.

    Article • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, November 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  46. An Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Application of the Society of Clinical Psychology Criteria for Empirically Supported Treatments

    Article • November 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  47. Examining the Validity of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Domains in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adults with Current Alcohol Use

    Article • November 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  48. Examining the Validity of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Domains in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adults with Current Alcohol Use

    Article • November 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  49. Precision medicine in alcohol use disorder: Mapping etiologic and maintenance mechanisms to mechanisms of behavior change to improve patient outcomes.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, November 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  50. Self-report assessment of alcohol sensitivity: An examination of the effects of different probes

    Article • October 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  51. Shifting the discourse on disability: Moving to an inclusive, intersectional focus.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, October 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  52. Evidence-Based Assessment of Substance Use Disorder

    Article • October 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  53. Thinking Critically about Racial Identity Data in Perinatal Health Research: An Example with Loss of Control Eating and Tobacco Dependence

    Article • October 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  54. Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorder: Mapping Etiologic and Maintenance Mechanisms to Mechanisms of Behavior Change to Improve Patient Outcomes

    Article • September 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  55. Structural reforms are needed to support mothers in psychology

    Article • Nature Reviews Psychology, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cassandra L. Boness

  56. Constructs Derived from the Addiction Cycle Predict Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes and Recovery Three Years Following Treatment

    Article • August 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  57. New approaches to deep phenotyping in addictions

    Article • July 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  58. A mixed‐methods approach to improve the measurement of alcohol‐induced blackouts: ABOM‐2

    Article • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, June 2022, Wiley

    Cassandra L. Boness

  59. Combating the Conspiracy of Silence: Clinician Recommendations for Talking About Racism-Related Events With Youth of Color

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, May 2022, Elsevier

    Cassandra L. Boness

  60. Associations between Specific Sleep and Circadian Characteristics and Alcohol Use Disorder Criteria and Problems

    Article • April 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  61. College students’ receptiveness to intervention approaches for alcohol and cannabis use.

    Article • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, March 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness, Kenneth Sher

  62. An Ethics and Social Justice Approach to Collecting and Using Demographic Data for Psychological Researchers

    Article • February 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  63. Supporting students in health service psychology training: A theory-driven approach to meeting the diverse needs of trainees.

    Article • Training and Education in Professional Psychology, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cynthia Brown, Cassandra L. Boness

  64. Shifting the Discourse on Disability: Moving to an Inclusive, Intersectional Focus

    Article • January 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  65. An Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use: An Application of Tolin’s Criteria for Empirically Supported Treatments

    Article • January 2022, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  66. Evaluation of Contingency Management (CM) for Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

    Article • December 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  67. Real change or performative anti-racism? Clinical psychology programs' efforts to recruit and retain BIPOC scholars

    Article • December 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  68. A mixed methods approach to improve the measurement of alcohol-induced blackouts: ABOM-2

    Article • December 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  69. The etiologic, theory-based, ontogenetic hierarchical framework of alcohol use disorder: A translational systematic review of reviews.

    Article • Psychological Bulletin, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness, Kimberly Moeller, Kenneth Sher

  70. The Etiologic, Theory-based, Ontogenetic Hierarchical Framework of Alcohol Use Disorder: A translational systematic review of reviews

    Article • July 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  71. Does crude measurement contribute to observed unidimensionality of psychological constructs? A demonstration with DSM–5 alcohol use disorder.

    Article • Journal of Abnormal Psychology, July 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness, Kenneth Sher

  72. Alcohol use disorder conceptualizations and diagnoses reflect their sociopolitical context

    Article • June 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr. Katie Witkiewitz

  73. Combatting the conspiracy of silence: Clinician recommendations for talking about racism and racism-related events with youth of color

    Article • May 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  74. The Society of Clinical Psychology’s Manual for the Evaluation of Psychological Treatments Using the Tolin Criteria

    Article • April 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  75. Talking about Racism in the Context of the Trial against George Floyd’s Murderer: Practical Recommendations for Professionals, Parents, & Clinicians

    Article • March 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  76. Crisis line services: A 12‐month descriptive analysis of callers, call content, and referrals

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, March 2021, Wiley

    Cassandra L. Boness

  77. Who Opts in to Alcohol Feedback and How Does that Impact Behavior? A Pilot Trial

    Article • February 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  78. Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

    Article • February 2021, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  79. Editorial: A Call to Action for an Antiracist Clinical Science

    Article • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  80. Crisis Line Services: A 12-Month Descriptive Analysis of Callers, Call Content, and Referrals

    Article • December 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  81. College students’ receptiveness to intervention approaches for alcohol and cannabis use

    Article • December 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  82. An evaluation of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: A systematic review and application of Tolin’s Criteria for empirically supported treatments.

    Article • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  83. A Call to Action for an Antiracist Clinical Science

    Article • November 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  84. Supporting Students in Health Service Psychology Training: A Theory-Driven Approach to Meeting the Diverse Needs of Trainees

    Article • September 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  85. Does crude measurement contribute to observed unidimensionality of psychological constructs? An example with DSM-5 alcohol use disorder

    Article • June 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  86. An evaluation of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: A systematic review and application of Tolin’s Criteria for empirically supported treatments

    Article • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, June 2020, Wiley

    Cassandra L. Boness

  87. The Case for Cognitive Interviewing in Survey Item Validation: A Useful Approach for Improving the Measurement and Assessment of Substance Use Disorders

    Article • April 2020, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  88. Combinatorial Optimization of Clustering Decisions: An Approach to Refine Psychiatric Diagnoses

    Article • Multivariate Behavioral Research, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness

  89. Using Complete Enumeration to Derive “One-Size-Fits-All” Versus “Subgroup-Specific” Diagnostic Rules for Substance Use Disorder

    Article • Assessment, February 2020, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  90. Twenty-first birthday drinking: Extreme-drinking episodes and white matter microstructural changes in the fornix and corpus callosum.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, December 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness, Dr Jarrod M Ellingson

  91. An Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Application of Tolin’s Criteria for Empirically Supported Treatments

    Article • October 2019, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  92. Twenty-First Birthday Drinking: Extreme Drinking Episodes and White Matter Microstructural Changes in the Fornix and Corpus Callosum

    Article • July 2019, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  93. Not all alcohol use disorder criteria are equally severe: Toward severity grading of individual criteria in college drinkers.

    Article • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, January 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  94. Deriving alternative criteria sets for alcohol use disorders using statistical optimization: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  95. Combinatorial Optimization of Clustering Decisions: An Application to Refine Psychiatric Diagnoses

    Article • July 2018, Center for Open Science

    Cassandra L. Boness

  96. Desistance and Severity of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Lifespan-Developmental Investigation

    Article • Clinical Psychological Science, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Cassandra L. Boness

  97. The certification of emotional support animals: Differences between clinical and forensic mental health practitioners.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  98. Assessment of Withdrawal and Hangover is Confounded in the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule: Withdrawal Prevalence is Likely Inflated

    Article • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, June 2016, Wiley

    Cassandra L. Boness

  99. Examining emotional support animals and role conflicts in professional psychology.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Cassandra L. Boness

  100. Treatment of Deaf Clients: Ethical Considerations for Professionals in Psychology

    Article • Ethics & Behavior, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Cassandra L. Boness