Emily Atkinson, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2024
Research Interests
- Mechanisms underlying hazardous substance use and substance use disorders
- Role of emotion dysregulation in risky impulsive behavior
- Ecological momentary assessment
- Novel treatments for substance use disorders
Research Lab
Dysregulated Affect, Substance Use, and Health Lab (DASH)
Selected Publications
Atkinson, E.A., Mousavi, N.D., & Fridberg, D.J. (2026). Expectations vs. reality: Associations between anticipated, natural environment and laboratory-derived alcohol stimulation, sedation, and reward. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 34(4), 435-443.
Noone, S.N, Atkinson, E.A., Brett, E.I., King, A.C. (2026). Predictors of treatment engagement in a group-based, telehealth smoking cessation program. Preventative Medicine Reports.
Atkinson, E.A., Fischer A.M., Cursio, J.F., King, A.C., & Fridberg, D.J. (2025). Rapid drinking is associated with heightened alcohol-related reward and negative consequences during a real-world binge episode. Psychopharmacology, 242(8), 1769-1781.
Atkinson, E.A., Miller, L.A., & Smith, G.T. (2024). The role of parental maladaptive emotion socialization in the risk process for negative urgency and drinking behavior in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 96(5), 1012–1021.
Smith, G. T., Atkinson, E. A., Riley, E. N., Davis, H. A., & Oltmanns, J. R. (2020). The general factor of psychopathology. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 16, 75-98.
Atkinson, E.A., Ortiz, A. M., & Smith, G. T. (2019). Affective risk for problem drinking: Reciprocal influences among negative urgency, affective lability, and rumination. Current Drug Research Reviews, 12(1), 42-51.
