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Bonnie Spring, Ph.D.

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ndoran1@uic.edu
Department of Psychology
1007 W. Harrison st. Chicago, IL. 60607
Tel : 312-355-0651 Fax: 312-355-2155

Background
Neal graduated with B.S from the University of Wisconsin in 1997.  Prior to graduation he gained research experience in smoking cessation working with Dr. Tim Baker at the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.  After graduation Neal moved to Virginia, where he spent 2 years working at 2 inpatient psychiatric institutions, Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg and Central State Hospital in Petersburg (including the forensic unit at Central State, where Lorena Bobbitt served her sentence--but fortunately not while Neal was there).  Deciding to return to smoking research, he then came to UIC in order to join Dr. Spring's research group.

Current Activities and Interests
Currently, Neal is a 6th year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at UIC.  His primary research focus is on exploring specific mechanisms that might explain specifically why highly impulsive people are overly prone to risky, thrill-seeking, and addictive behaviors.  His Master's thesis suggested that more impulsive smokers have a harder time quitting than other smokers.  Neal's dissertation, which examines the influence of impulsivity on smokers' reactivity to smoking cues, was recently funded by the American Heart Association.

Publications/Presentations

Doran, N., Spring, B., Borrelli, B., McChargue, D., Hitsman, B., Niaura, R., & Hedeker, D. (in press).  Elevated positive affect:  A mixed blessing for abstinence.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Doran, N., Spring, B., McChargue, D., Pergadia, M., & Richmond, M. (2004).  Impulsivity and relapse to cigarette smoking.  Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6, 641-647. [PDF]

Spring, B., Doran, N., Pagoto, S. L., Schneider, K., Pingitore, R., & Hedeker, D. (2004). Randomized controlled trial for behavioral smoking and weight control treatment:  Effect of concurrent versus sequential intervention. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 72, 785-796. [PDF]

Doran, N., McChargue, D.,  Spring, B., & Cook, J. W. (2003).  Cue reactivity in impulsive smokers [abstract].  Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 5, 755.

Doran, N. (1998).  Children and grief:  when a parent dies [book review].  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 7, 56-60.

Carrington, A., Doran, N. M., & Spring, B. (2003, February).  Fluoxetine moderates the association between trait-anxiety and smoking cessation.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, New Orleans.

Doran, N., Spring, B., McChargue, D. E., Pergadia, M., Richmond, M., & Werth, J. (2002, March).  Impulsivity predicts relapse to smoking.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Athens, GA.

Spring, B., Pergadia, M., Richmond, M., & Doran, N. (2002, March).  Dysphoria inoculation as dress rehearsal for depression-prone smokers.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Athens, GA.

Werth, J., Spring, B., McChargue, D. E., Pergadia, M., Richmond, M., & Doran, N. (2002, March).  Trait-anhedonia and relapse following a quit smoking attempt.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Athens, GA.

Cohen, L., McChargue, D. E., Kolar, S., & Doran, N. (2002, March).  Trait-impulsivity explains use motivation for smokeless tobacco but not cigarettes.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Athens, GA.

Doran, N., McChargue, D. E., Spring, B., Pergadia, M., Richmond, M., & Werth, J. (2001, November).  Trait-impulsivity is linked to ineffective coping during smoking cessation.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia.

Doran, N., McChargue, D. E., Spring, B., Kendzor, D., Pergadia, M., & Richmond, M. (2001, March).  Trait-impulsivity predicts craving in male but not female smokers.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Seattle.

Links of Interest

http://www.thestonering.com/
www.wisc.edu/wiscinfo/athletics/