Joshua Smyth

Distinguished Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine

Joshua Smyth

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Randomized Controlled Trials Emotions Obesity Exercise Depression Health Public Health Sleep Ecological Momentary Assessment Mindfulness Clinical Trials Anger Therapeutics Inflammation Pain Hydrocortisone Amygdala Mood Weights And Measures Saliva Evidence Primary Health Care Aptitude Telemedicine Medication

Most Recent Papers

Adult outdoor group sport play during a pandemic

Matthew A. Ladwig, Christopher Sciamanna, Kayla N. Rutt, Joshua M. Blaker, Kalen Kearcher, Brandon J. Auer, Liza Rovniak, David E. Conroy, Jinger Gottschall, Matthew Silvis, Joshua M. Smyth, Ming Wang, 2021, Preventive Medicine Reports

Does Chronic Stress Moderate Age Differences in Emotional Well-Being? Testing Predictions of Strength and Vulnerability Integration

Martin J. Sliwinski, Sara Freed, Stacey B. Scott, Giancarlo Pasquini, Joshua M. Smyth, 2021, Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences on p. 1104-1113

Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Adolescent Physical Activity Promotion

Christopher C. Cushing, Carolina M. Bejarano, Adrian Ortega, Nick Sayre, David A. Fedele, Joshua M. Smyth, 2021, Journal of Pediatric Psychology on p. 536-546

A Preliminary Investigation of the Underlying Mechanism Associating Daily Sleep Continuity Disturbance and Prescription Opioid Use among Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

Chung Jung Mun, Patrick H. Finan, Michael T. Smith, C. Patrick Carroll, Joshua M. Smyth, Sophie M. Lanzkron, Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, Claudia M. Campbell, 2021, Annals of Behavioral Medicine on p. 580-591

Early changes in neural circuit function engaged by negative emotion and modified by behavioural intervention are associated with depression and problem-solving outcomes

Andrea N. Goldstein-Piekarski, Joseph Wielgosz, Lan Xiao, Patrick Stetz, Carlos G. Correa, Sarah E. Chang, Nan Lv, Lisa G. Rosas, Philip W. Lavori, Mark B. Snowden, Elizabeth M. Venditti, Janine M. Simmons, Joshua M. Smyth, Trisha Suppes, Megan A. Lewis, Olusola Ajilore, Jun Ma, Leanne M. Williams, 2021, EBioMedicine

Comparative effectiveness of an adult social physical play versus traditional group exercise program for adherence and fitness: Protocol for a randomized-controlled trial

Matthew A. Ladwig, Christopher N. Sciamanna, Liza S. Rovniak, David E. Conroy, Jinger S. Gottschall, Matthew L. Silvis, Joshua M. Smyth, Ming Wang, Brandon J. Auer, 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

The factor structure of depressive symptoms in patients with obesity enrolled in the RAINBOW clinical trial

Marzieh Majd, Joshua M. Smyth, Nan Lv, Lan Xiao, Mark B. Snowden, Elizabeth M. Venditti, Leanne M. Williams, Olusola A. Ajilore, Trisha Suppes, Jun Ma, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders on p. 367-375

Understanding mechanisms of integrated behavioral therapy for co-occurring obesity and depression in primary care

Lisa G. Rosas, Lan Xiao, Nan Lv, Phillip W. Lavori, Elizabeth M. Venditti, Mark B. Snowden, Joshua M. Smyth, Megan A. Lewis, Leanne M. Williams, Trisha Suppes, Andrea N. Goldstein-Piekarski, Jun Ma, 2021, Translational Behavioral Medicine on p. 382-392

Stress-responses to ostracism

Kelly B. Filipkowski, Dusti R. Jones, Michael J. Bernstein, Joshua M. Smyth, 2021, Journal of Health Psychology

Relations between social comparisons and physical activity among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease: an ecological momentary assessment study

Danielle Arigo, Jacqueline Ann Mogle, Joshua M. Smyth, 2021, Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Most-Cited Papers

Anger Toward God

Julie J. Exline, Crystal L. Park, Joshua M. Smyth, Michael P. Carey, 2011, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on p. 129-148

Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress

Danica C. Slavish, Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Joshua M. Smyth, Christopher G. Engeland, 2015, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity on p. 253-269

Designing Serious Game Interventions for Individuals with Autism

Elisabeth M. Whyte, Joshua M. Smyth, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2015, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders on p. 3820-3831

Using Mobile-Technology-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Methods with Youth: A Systematic Review and Recommendations

Kristin E. Heron, Robin S. Everhart, Susan M. McHale, Joshua M. Smyth, 2017, Journal of Pediatric Psychology on p. 1087-1107

Acceptance lowers stress reactivity

Emily K. Lindsay, Shinzen Young, Joshua M. Smyth, Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, 2018, Psychoneuroendocrinology on p. 63-73

Primum Non Nocere

Lenny R. Vartanian, Joshua M. Smyth, 2013, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry on p. 49-57

The Effects of Stress on Cognitive Aging, Physiology and Emotion (ESCAPE) Project

Stacey B. Scott, Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Christopher G. Engeland, Joshua M. Smyth, David M. Almeida, Mindy J. Katz, Richard B. Lipton, Jacqueline A. Mogle, Elizabeth Munoz, Nilam Ram, Martin J. Sliwinski, 2015, BMC Psychiatry on p. 146-160

The amygdala

K. Suzanne Scherf, Joshua M. Smyth, Mauricio R. Delgado, 2013, Hormones and Behavior on p. 298-313

Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial

Emily K. Lindsay, Shinzen Young, Kirk Warren Brown, Joshua M. Smyth, J. David Creswell, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3488-3493

Natural sound facilitates mood recovery

Jacob Arthur Benfield, Brendan Derrick Taff, Peter B. Newman, Joshua Morrison Smyth, 2014, Ecopsychology on p. 183-188