Select Publications
* = undergraduate research assistant
Abrams, K., Wilson, A., *Del Rosario Hernandez, T., & Choate, A. (2024). Virtual reality-based simulated hallucinations to enhance empathy toward individuals with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(6), 312-316.
Abrams, K., Mei, L*., Chen, C.*, Koele, E.*, Kwan, J.*, Montes, Z.*, van Ginkel, M.*, & Zhou, H. (2021). The paradoxical association between tension-reduction alcohol outcome expectancies and tension following alcohol consumption. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Mansueto, G., Carrozzino, D., Christensen, K., Cardellicchio, S., Pezzuto, A., Abrams, K., Zvolensky, M., & Cosci, F. (2021). Clinimetric properties of the Smoking Abstinence Expectancies Questionnaire. Addictive Behaviors, 123, [107061].
Abrams, K., Cieslowski, K.*, Johnson, S.*, Krimmel, S.*, Bierlein-De La Rosa, G.*, Barton, K.*, & Silverman, P.* (2018). The effects of alcohol on heartbeat perception: Implications for anxiety. Addictive Behaviors, 79, 151-158.
Abrams, K., Krimmel, S.*, Johnson, S.*, Cieslowski, K.*, Strnad, H.*, Melum, A.*, & Kryder, C.* (2017). Nicotine deprivation attenuates panic reactivity in smokers: Findings from a placebo-controlled nicotine patch study. Depression and Anxiety, 34, 996-1005.
Cosci, F., Bertoli, G., & Abrams, K. (2013). Effects of nicotine withdrawal on panic-like response to breath holding: A placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over patch study. Depression and Anxiety, 30, 1217-1221.
Abrams, K., Zvolensky, M., Dorman, L.*, Gonzalez, A., & Mayer, M.* (2011). Development and validation of the Smoking Abstinence Expectancies Questionnaire. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 13, 1296-1304.
Abrams, K., Leger, K.*, Schlosser, L.*, Merrill, A.*, Bresslour, M.*, & Jalan, A.* (2011). Nicotine withdrawal exacerbates fear reactivity to CO2-induced bodily sensations among smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Abrams, K., Schlosser, L.*, Leger, K.*, Donisch, D.*, Widmer, A.*, & Minkina, A.* (2011). Panic-relevant cognitive processes among smokers. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 25(1), 71-81.
Cosci, F., Knuts, I., Abrams, K., Schruers, K., & Griez, E. (2010). Cigarette smoking and panic: A critical review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71(5), 606-615.
Abrams, K., Schruers, K., Cosci , F, & Sawtell, S.* (2008). Biological challenge procedures used to study co-occurring nicotine dependence and panic disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1463-1469.
Abrams, K., Zvolensky, M., Dorflinger, L.*, Galatis, A.*, Blank, M., & Eissenberg, T. (2008). Fear reactivity to bodily sensations among heavy smokers and non-smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16(3), 230-239.
Johnson, K. A., Zvolensky, M. J., Marshall, E. C., Gonzalez, A., Abrams, K., & Vujanovic, A. A. (2008). Linkages between cigarette smoking outcome expectancies and negative emotional vulnerability. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1416-1424.
Cosci, F., Schruers, K., Abrams, K., & Griez, E. (2007). Alcohol use disorders and panic disorder: A review of the evidence of a direct relationship. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68(6), 874-880.
Abrams, K., Rassovsky, Y., & Kushner, M. (2006). Evidence for respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes in panic disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 23(8), 474-481.
Cosci, F., Abrams, K., Schruers, K., Rickelt, J., & Griez, E. (2006). The effects of nicotine on 35% CO2 induced anxiety: A study in healthy volunteers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 8(4), 511-517.
Rassovsky, Y., Abrams, K., & Kushner, M. G. (2006). Suffocation and respiratory responses to carbon dioxide and breath holding challenges in individuals with panic disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 291-298.
Zvolensky, M., Feldner, M., Leen-Feldner, E., Gibson, L, Abrams, K, & Gregor, K. (2005). Acute nicotine withdrawal symptoms and anxious responding to bodily sensations: A test of incremental predictive validity among young adult smokers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1683-1700.