Melissa A. Cyders

11.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
123 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

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Melissa A. Cyders is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa A. Cyders has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Clinical Psychology, 43 papers in Applied Psychology and 40 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa A. Cyders's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (42 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (39 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (17 papers). Melissa A. Cyders is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (42 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (39 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (17 papers). Melissa A. Cyders collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Argentina. Melissa A. Cyders's co-authors include Gregory T. Smith, Ayca Coskunpinar, Sarah Fischer, Allyson L. Dir, Kenny A. Karyadi, Nichea S. Spillane, Agnes M. Annus, Claire M. Peterson, Alexandra R. Hershberger and Scott F. Coffey and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melissa A. Cyders

118 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency.

2007 865 citations Melissa A. Cyders, Gregory T. Smith et al. profile →
Emotion-based dispositions to rash action: Positive and negative urgency.

2008 838 citations Melissa A. Cyders, Gregory T. Smith profile →
Examination of a short English version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale

2014 484 citations Melissa A. Cyders, Andrew K. Littlefield et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
Measurement invariance of the patient health questionnaire‐9 (PHQ‐9) depression screener in U.S. adults across sex, race/ethnicity, and education level: NHANES 2005–2016

2019 181 citations Jay S. Patel, Wei Wu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa A. Cyders United States	37	4.8k	2.3k	2.2k	1.7k	1.2k	123	8.2k
Patricia Conrod Canada	48	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	750 0.6×	173	7.7k
Phillip K. Wood United States	52	3.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.5×	709 0.6×	138	9.0k
Matthew S. Stanford United States	25	5.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	883 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	61	9.4k
Timothy J. Trull United States	61	10.3k 2.1×	2.3k 1.0×	4.9k 2.2×	1.4k 0.8×	729 0.6×	243	14.7k
Peter R. Giancola United States	44	2.6k 0.5×	750 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	114	6.1k
Brian M. Hicks United States	48	5.2k 1.1×	440 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	115	7.8k
Stacey B. Daughters United States	39	2.8k 0.6×	869 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	950 0.6×	346 0.3×	112	5.1k
Jim H. Patton United States	7	3.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	802 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	7	7.6k
Matthew T. Tull United States	57	9.4k 2.0×	1.0k 0.5×	3.2k 1.5×	776 0.5×	911 0.8×	232	11.7k
Debra Kaysen United States	51	3.9k 0.8×	784 0.3×	676 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	214	8.9k

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Wu, Wei, David E. Haines, J. Taylor Hays, et al.. (2025). Aversion‐resistant alcohol seeking in the human laboratory. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 49(7). 1518–1529. 2 indexed citations

Cyders, Melissa A., et al.. (2024). Prospective examination of how alcohol consumption might drive changes in urgency and drinking motives over the first year of college. Journal of American College Health. 73(9). 3449–3460.

Liu, Melissa, Wei Wu, Tamika C. B. Zapolski, & Melissa A. Cyders. (2023). Measurement Invariance and Differential Relationship to Substance Use of the Short UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale Across Racial Groups. Assessment. 30(7). 2212–2222. 4 indexed citations

Argyriou, Evangelia, et al.. (2023). Individual factors predict substance use treatment course patterns among patients in community-based substance use disorder treatment. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0280407–e0280407. 2 indexed citations

Ladd, Kevin L., et al.. (2023). Medication Assisted Recovery: A Social Ecological Approach to Understanding How Stigma Shapes Effective Use. Journal of Applied Social Science. 17(2). 220–240. 3 indexed citations

Zapolski, Tamika C. B., et al.. (2022). Implementation of a Brief Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group in High Schools for At-Risk Youth: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(5). e32490–e32490. 2 indexed citations

Tometich, Danielle B., Catherine E. Mosher, Melissa A. Cyders, et al.. (2022). An Examination of the Longitudinal Relationship Between Cognitive Function and Physical Activity Among Older Breast Cancer Survivors in the Thinking and Living With Cancer Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(3). 237–248. 4 indexed citations

Patel, Jay S., et al.. (2021). Associations of somatic depressive symptoms with food attentional bias and eating behaviors. Appetite. 167. 105593–105593. 4 indexed citations

Cyders, Melissa A., Martin H. Plawecki, William R. Corbin, et al.. (2020). To Infuse or Ingest in Human Laboratory Alcohol Research. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 44(4). 764–776. 22 indexed citations

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Argyriou, Evangelia, et al.. (2018). Age and Impulsive Behavior in Drug Addiction: A Review of Past Research and Future. 1 indexed citations

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Um, Miji, et al.. (2018). Recommendations for applying a multi-dimensional model of impulsive personality to diagnosis and treatment. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Misty A.W., Elizabeth A. Vrany, Melissa A. Cyders, et al.. (2018). Association between depressive symptom clusters and food attentional bias. Eating Behaviors. 31. 24–27. 3 indexed citations

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Cyders, Melissa A., J. Davis VanderVeen, Martin H. Plawecki, et al.. (2016). Gender‐Specific Effects of Mood on Alcohol‐Seeking Behaviors: Preliminary Findings Using Intravenous Alcohol Self‐Administration. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 40(2). 393–400. 22 indexed citations

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Smith, Gregory T. & Melissa A. Cyders. (2016). Integrating affect and impulsivity: The role of positive and negative urgency in substance use risk. PMC. 2 indexed citations

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Cyders, Melissa A., Mario Džemidžić, William J.A. Eiler, et al.. (2014). Negative urgency and ventromedial prefrontal cortex responses to alcohol cues: FMRI evidence of emotion-based impulsivity. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Eiler, William J.A., Mario Džemidžić, Cheryl Armstrong, et al.. (2014). Ventral frontal satiation-mediated responses to food aromas in obese and normal-weight women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(6). 1309–1318. 18 indexed citations

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Cyders, Melissa A., Andrew K. Littlefield, Scott F. Coffey, & Kenny A. Karyadi. (2014). Examination of a Short Version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Dir, Allyson L., Kenny A. Karyadi, & Melissa A. Cyders. (2013). The uniqueness of negative urgency as a common risk factor for self-harm behaviors, alcohol consumption, and eating problems. Addictive Behaviors. 38(5). 2158–2162. 101 indexed citations

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Zapolski, Tamika C. B., Melissa A. Cyders, & Gregory T. Smith. (2009). Positive urgency predicts illegal drug use and risky sexual behavior.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 23(2). 348–354. 226 indexed citations

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Burris, Jessica L., Melissa A. Cyders, Reny de Leeuw, Gregory T. Smith, & Charles R. Carlson. (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and chronic orofacial pain: an empirical examination of the mutual maintenance model.. UKnowledge (University of Kentucky). 23(3). 243–52. 24 indexed citations

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