Thomas Brandon
Thomas Brandon
Professor
Contact
Office: PCD 4133
Phone: 813/632-1750
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Research
My general research interest is in health psychology with a focus on addictive behaviors. We have been using nicotine addiction (i.e., cigarette smoking) as a convenient substance abuse model. Our laboratory uses two convergent research approaches. One is human laboratory research on addiction motivation, focusing on affective and cognitive variables involved in drug use and relapse. Variables studied include affective state, outcome expectancies, task persistence, cue reactivity, and self-efficacy. The second approach involves large-scale treatment-outcome studies in which basic theory and research are applied to smoking cessation and relapse prevention. Treatment strategies investigated include: cue exposure, coping skills training, supportive counseling, cognitive mood-management therapies, and pharmacotherapies. Recently, we have also been investigating cost-effective minimal interventions for relapse-prevention. We have developed a series of "Forever Quit" booklets that appear to produce substantial reductions in smoking relapse, and we have begun to extend this research to special populations at particular risk for smoking relapse, such as pregnant/postpartum women.
Our laboratory is the Tobacco Research & Intervention Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, where we also collaborate with other tobacco researchers. Our research has been funded by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, and other foundations.
Current Courses
Recent Publications
* = Student Author
Khoury*, E. N. L., Litvin, E. B., & Brandon, T. H. (in press). The effect of body image threat on smoking motivation among college women: Mediation by negative affect. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Lopez*, E. N., Drobes, D. J., Thompson, J. K., & Brandon, T. (2008). Effects of a body image challenge on smoking motivation among college females. Health Psychology, 27, S243-251.
Ditre*, J. W. & Brandon, T. H. (2008). Pain as a motivator of smoking: Effects of pain induction on smoking urge and behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,117, 467-472.
Hendricks*, P. S., & Brandon, T. H. (2008). Smokers’ expectancies for smoking versus nicotine. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 135-140.
Simmons*, V. N., Vidrine*, J. I., & Brandon, T. H. (2008). Smoking cessation as a teachable moment for skin cancer prevention. American Journal of Health Behavior. 32, 137-145.
Lopez*, E., Simmons*, V. N., Quinn, G. P, Meade, C. D., Chirikos, T. N. & Brandon, T. H. (2008). Clinical trials and tribulations: Lessons learned from recruiting pregnant ex-smokers for relapse prevention. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10, 87-96.
Webb*, M. S., Hendricks*, P. S., & Brandon, T. H. (2007). Expectancy priming of smoking cessation messages enhances the placebo effect of tailored interventions. Health Psychology, 26, 598-609.
Stasiewicz, P. R., Brandon, T. H., Bradizza, C. M. (2007). Effects of extinction context and retrieval cues on alcohol cue reactivity among alcohol dependent outpatients. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 244-248.
Simmons*, V. N., & Brandon, T. H. (2007). Secondary smoking prevention in a university setting: A randomized comparison of an experiential theory-based intervention and a standard didactic intervention for increasing cessation motivation. Health Psychology, 26, 268-277.
Brandon, T. H., Vidrine, J. I., & Litvin*, E. B. (2007). Relapse and relapse prevention. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 3, 257-284.
Vidrine*, J. I., Simmons*, V. N., & Brandon, T. H. (2007). Construction of smoking-relevant risk perceptions among college students: The influence of need for cognition and message content. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 91-114.
Hendricks*, P. S., Ditre*, J. W., Drobes, D. J., & Brandon, T. H. (2006). The early time course of smoking withdrawal effects. Psychopharmacology, 187, 385-395.
Webb*, M. S., Simmons*, V. N., & Brandon, T. H. (2005). Tailored interventions for motivating smoking cessation: Using placebo-tailoring to examine the influence of personalization and expectancies. Health Psychology, 24,179-188.
Brandon, T. H., Meade, C. D., Herzog, T. A., Chirikos, T. N., Webb*, M. S., & Cantor, A. B. (2004). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a minimal intervention to prevent smoking relapse: Dismantling the effects of content versus contact. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 72, 797-808.
Steinberg*, M. L., Ziedonis, D. M., Krejci, J. A., & Brandon, T. H. (2004). A single-session motivational interviewing intervention for engaging smokers with schizophrenia in treatment for tobacco dependence. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 72, 723-728.
Phillips*, K. M., & Brandon, T. H. (2004). Do psychologists adhere to the clinical practice guidelines for tobacco cessation? A survey of practitioners. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 35, 281-285.
Baker, T. B., Brandon, T. H., & Chassin, L. (2004). Motivational influences on cigarette smoking. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 463-491.