Selected Peer Reviewed Articles
* denotes student author
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• *Berghoff, C. R., Forsyth, J. P., *Ritzert, T. R., Eifert, G. H., & Anderson, D. A. (in press).  Evaluation of the contribution of values clarification to a brief mindfulness meditation intervention for anxiety.  Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• *Berghoff, C. R., Wheeless, L. E., *Ritzert, T. R., Wooley, C. M., & Forsyth, J. P.  (2017). Mindfulness meditation adherence in a college sample: Comparison of a 10-min versus 20-min 2-week daily practice. Mindfulness, 8,  1513-1521.
• *Ritzert, T., Forsyth, J. P., *Berghoff, C. R., Boswell, J., & Eifert, G. H. (2016).  Evaluating the effectiveness of ACT for anxiety disorders in a self-help context: Outcomes from a randomized wait-list controlled trial.  Behavior Therapy, 47, 431-572.
• *Ritzert, T. R., *Anderson, L. M., *Reilly, E. E., *Gorrell, S., Forsyth, J. P., & Anderson, D. A. (2016).  Assessment of Weight/Shape Implicit Bias Related to Attractiveness, Fear, and Disgust.  The Psychological Record, 66, 405-417.
• *Ritzert, T., Forsyth, J. P., Berghoff, C. R., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2015).  The impact of a cognitive defusion intervention on behavioral and psychological flexibility: An experimental evaluation in a spider fearful non-clinical sample.  Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4, 112-120.
• *Kelly, M. M., Sido, H., Forsyth, J. P., Ziedonis, D. M., Kalman, D., & Cooney, J. L. (2015).  A pilot study of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy smoking cessation treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.  Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 11, 50-55.
• *Berghoff, C. R., Forsyth, J. P., *Ritzert, T. R., & *Sheppard, S. C. (2014). Comparing paths to quality of life: Contributions of ACT and cognitive therapy intervention targets in two highly anxious samples. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3, 89-97.
• Valdivia-Salas, S., Forsyth, J. P., *Berghoff, C. R., *Ritzert, T. R. (2014). Using panicogenic inhalations of carbon dioxide enriched air to induce attentional bias for threat: Implications for the development of anxiety disorders.  Cognition and Emotion, 28, 1474-1482.
• *Sheppard, S. C., Forsyth, J. P., Earleywine, M., Hickling, E. J., & *Lehrbach, M. J. (2013).  Improving base rate estimation of alcohol misuse in the military: A preliminary report.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74, 917–922.
• *Herzberg, K. N., *Sheppard, S. C., Forsyth, J. P., Crede, M., & Earleywine, M. (2012).  The Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT): A psychometric evaluation of cognitive fusion in a non-clinical and highly-anxious community sample.  Psychological Assessment, 24(4), 877-891.
• *Acheson, D. A., Forsyth, J. P., & *Moses, E. (2012).  Interoceptive conditioning and panic disorder—II:  An experimental evaluation of multiple contingency arrangements. Behavior Therapy, 43, 174-189.
• Eifert, G. H., Forsyth, J. P. (2011).  The application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to problem anger.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 241-250.
• Gannon, S., Roche, B., Kanter, J., Forsyth, J. P., & Linehan, C.  (2011). A derived relations analysis of approach-avoidance conflict: Implications for the behavioral analysis of human anxiety.  The Psychological Record, 61, 227–252.
• *VanDam, N., *Sheppard, S., Forsyth, J. P., & Earleywine, M. (2011).  Self-Compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 123-130.
• *Sheppard, S. C., Forsyth, J. P., Hickling, E. J., & *Bianchi, J. (2010).  A novel application of ACT to psychosocial problems associated with Multiple Sclerosis: Results from a half-day workshop intervention.  International Journal of MS Care, 12, 200-206.
• *Sabsevitz, J., *Sheppard, S. C., *Russo, A., & Forsyth, J. P.  (2010).  An open trial evaluating one-session exposure therapy for snake-fearful individuals. the Behavior Therapist, 33, 48-53.
• Frye, C. A., Paris, J. P., Franco, C., Sodano, R., Freidenberg, B., Gordis, E., Anderson, D. A., Forsyth, J. P., & Wulfert, E. (2010).  Sex differences in salivary cortisol to acute stressors among healthy participants, recreational or pathological gamblers, and those with posttraumatic stress disorder  Hormones and Behavior, 57, 35-45. 
• Cisler, J. M., Olatunji, B. O., Feldner, M. T., & Forsyth, J. P. (2009). Emotion regulation and the anxiety disorders: an integrative review. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 16, 68-82.
• Eifert, G. H., Forsyth, J. P., Arch, J., Espejo, N., Keller, M., & Langer, D. (2009). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for anxiety disorders: Three case studies exemplifying a unified treatment protocol. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 16, 368–385.
• *Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2009).  Context and renewal of conditioned fear:  An experimental evaluation using 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air as an unconditioned stimulus.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 737–745.
• *Kelly, M. M., & Forsyth, J. P.  (2009). Associations between emotional avoidance, anxiety sensitivity, and reactions to an observational fear challenge procedure.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 331-338.
• *Van Dam, N., Earleywine, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2009).  Gender bias in the sixteen-item anxiety sensitivity index: An application of polytomous differential item functioning. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 256-259.
• * Fox, J., Halpern, L., & Forsyth, J. P. (2008).  Mental health checkups for children and adolescents: A means to identify, prevent, and minimize suffering associated with anxiety and mood disorders.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 182–211.
• Marx, B., Forsyth, J. P., *Heidt, J. M., *Fusé, T., & Gallup, G. G., Jr. (2008).  Tonic immobility as an evolved predator defense: Implications for sexual assault survivors.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 74-90.
• Dymond, S., Roche, B., Forsyth, J. P., Whelan, R., & Rhoden, J. (2008).  Derived avoidance learning: Transformation of avoidance response functions in accordance with same and opposite relational frames.  Psychological Record, 58, 271-288.
• Olatunji, B. O., Feldner, M. T., *Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P.  (2008). A comparative evaluation of panicogenic processes and quality of life in a sample of non‑clinical panickers and age and sex matched non‑panicking controls.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 175-186.
• Roche, B., Forsyth, J. P., & *Maher, E. (2007).  The impact of demand characteristics on brief acceptance and control-based interventions for pain tolerance.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 381-393.