Samuel F. Acuff

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 901 citations indexed

About

Samuel F. Acuff is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Applied Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel F. Acuff has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 901 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Epidemiology, 26 papers in Applied Psychology and 19 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Samuel F. Acuff's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (34 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (26 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (14 papers). Samuel F. Acuff is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (34 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (26 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (14 papers). Samuel F. Acuff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Samuel F. Acuff's co-authors include James G. Murphy, Justin C. Strickland, Ashley A. Dennhardt, James MacKillop, Jalie A. Tucker, Kathryn Soltis, Christopher J. Correia, Michael Amlung, Matthew T. Luciano and Matthew P. Martens and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Psychology Review, Psychopharmacology and Addiction.

In The Last Decade

Samuel F. Acuff

55 papers receiving 870 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2021 146 citations Samuel F. Acuff, Justin C. Strickland et al. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors profile →

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Jessica R. Skidmore United States

Sarah L. Pedersen United States

Angela K. Stevens United States

Nora E. Charles United States

Amanda J. Quisenberry United States

Peter Wennberg Sweden

Nicolas Kambouropoulos Australia

Viktoriya Magid United States

Antony C. Moss United Kingdom

Patricia C. Rutledge United States

Jessica R. Skidmore United States

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265 ×2.1

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20 of 20 papers shown

Acuff, Samuel F., et al.. (2026). Parents Use Online Communities to Seek Guidance on Child Substance Use, Parental Use, and Family Substance Use Challenges: A Content Analysis of Reddit Posts. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Acuff, Samuel F., et al.. (2026). Brief measurement of non-drug reinforcement: association with alcohol demand and substance use. Addiction Research & Theory. 1–9.

Acuff, Samuel F. & Justin C. Strickland. (2025). Decentering alcohol: Non‐drug pleasure and reinforcement as an alternative target. Addiction. 120(6). 1086–1087.

Acuff, Samuel F., et al.. (2024). Human laboratory models of reward in substance use disorder. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 241. 173803–173803. 3 indexed citations

Acuff, Samuel F., Hayley Treloar Padovano, Ryan W. Carpenter, Noah N. Emery, & Robert Miranda. (2024). Effects of social drinking context on subjective effects, affect, and next‐day appraisals in the natural environment. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 48(4). 755–765. 2 indexed citations

Acuff, Samuel F., et al.. (2024). Substance use disorder severity is associated with sensitivity to effort-related decision-making constraints. Psychopharmacology. 242(6). 1351–1362.

Acuff, Samuel F., James MacKillop, & James G. Murphy. (2023). A contextualized reinforcer pathology approach to addiction. Nature Reviews Psychology. 2(5). 309–323. 56 indexed citations

Carpenter, Ryan W., Samuel F. Acuff, & Lidia Z. Meshesha. (2023). The Role of Environmental Context and Physical Activity in Prescribed Opioid Use and Pain in Daily Life among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(7). 541–550. 4 indexed citations

Acuff, Samuel F., Eun‐Young Mun, Ashley A. Dennhardt, et al.. (2022). Change in alcohol demand following a brief intervention predicts change in alcohol use: A latent growth curve analysis. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(8). 1525–1538. 13 indexed citations

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Dora, Jonas, et al.. (2022). An experimental investigation into the effect of negative affect on the behavioral economic demand for alcohol.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 38(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Acuff, Samuel F., et al.. (2022). The effects of social context and opportunity cost on the behavioral economic value of cannabis.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 37(1). 156–165. 8 indexed citations

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Luciano, Matthew T., et al.. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder, drinking to cope, and harmful alcohol use: A multivariate meta-analysis of the self-medication hypothesis.. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. 131(5). 447–456. 20 indexed citations

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Stafford, Tom, et al.. (2022). Behavioral economic and value-based decision-making constructs that discriminate current heavy drinkers versus people who reduced their drinking without treatment.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 37(1). 132–143. 7 indexed citations

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Murphy, Cara M., Iris M. Balodis, Samuel F. Acuff, et al.. (2020). Multidimensional elements of impulsivity as shared and unique risk factors for food addiction and alcohol misuse. Appetite. 159. 105052–105052. 25 indexed citations

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Hardy, Lorna, Samuel F. Acuff, James MacKillop, et al.. (2020). Associations between the Brief Assessment of Alcohol Demand (BAAD) questionnaire and alcohol use disorder severity in UK samples of student and community drinkers. Addictive Behaviors. 113. 106724–106724. 11 indexed citations

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Luciano, Matthew T., Samuel F. Acuff, Meghan E. McDevitt‐Murphy, & James G. Murphy. (2019). Behavioral economics and coping-related drinking motives in trauma exposed drinkers: Implications for the self-medication hypothesis.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 28(3). 265–270. 11 indexed citations

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Acuff, Samuel F., Matthew T. Luciano, Kathryn Soltis, et al.. (2018). Access to environmental reward mediates the relation between posttraumatic stress symptoms and alcohol problems and craving.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 26(2). 177–185. 18 indexed citations

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Sullins, Jeremiah, Samuel F. Acuff, Daniel Neely, & Xiangen Hu. (2018). When Knowledge Isn't Power: The Influence of Prior Knowledge on Question Generation Training.. Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia. 27(2). 245–265. 1 indexed citations

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Joyner, Keanan J., Samuel F. Acuff, Lidia Z. Meshesha, Christopher J. Patrick, & James G. Murphy. (2018). Alcohol family history moderates the association between evening substance-free reinforcement and alcohol problems.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 26(6). 560–569. 7 indexed citations

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Sullins, Jeremiah, Danielle S. McNamara, Samuel F. Acuff, et al.. (2015). Are you asking the right questions: The use of animated agents to teach learners to become better question askers. The Florida AI Research Society. 479–482. 2 indexed citations

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