Research Interests

Substance use, intimate partner violence, gender role stress, and men’s health

Research Statement

I have two related research areas: the relationship between substance use and intimate partner violence, and the impact of gender role stress on men’s health and behavior.  My research on substance use and violence focuses on better understanding the role that alcohol and various drugs may play in increasing the risk for violence between intimate partners.  I am interested in using personal digital assistants (i.e., palm-top computers) to assess the temporal or day-to-day association between substance use and violence. I am also interested in examining the extent to which poly-substance use, and substance use by one or both partners, impacts the odds of violence.  The long-term goal of these projects is to inform, devise, and test interventions to reduce these major societal problems.  My research on gender role stress explores the extent to which men’s appraisal of situations that may challenge cultural notions of masculinity affects their mood (e.g., anger), information processing (e.g., attributions), and behavior (e.g., substance use, violence, etc.).

• 2012                Chancellor’s Grant Award – course release
• 2012                Best of 2011 Violence Research: Psychology of Violence
• 2011-               Board of Directors: CONTACT Crisis Helpline of Oak Ridge
• 2011-2012       University of Tennessee Institutional Review Board (Full Member)
• 2010-2011       University of Tennessee Institutional Review Board (Alternate Member)
• 2009                APA Science Leadership Conference Invitee (limited to 100 invitees)
• 2009-2010       University of Tennessee Professional Development Award ($5,000)
• 2008-2011       National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program
• 2008-               Faculty Mentor: Psychology Graduate Student Association
• 2008                University of Tennessee Faculty Award for Graduate Teaching / Research
• 2005-2006       Psi Chi Faculty Co-Mentor, University of Houston-Downtown
• 2003-2004       National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program

• 2011-2012       Principal Investigator: Ted Jones, Ph.D.
  Dominion Diagnostics, LLC.
  “Training providers to do Opioid Risk Assessment Via Interview: A Pilot Study.”
  Total Costs: $26,000
  Role: Consultant
• 2009-2011       1R03-DA-025781-01 Principal Investigator: Todd M. Moore
  “Ecological momentary assessment of relapse to substance use following treatment.”
  Total Direct and Indirect Costs: $73,500
• 2006-2009       Principal Investigator: Julianne Hellmuth
  “Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant Women”
  Predoctoral Grant (NSRA)
  Role: Co-Mentor
• 2002-2004       Principal Investigator: Todd M. Moore
  Research Excellence Award: Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
  “Illicit Substance Use and Violence Among Male Batterers”
• 2003-2008       Principal Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
  1 R01 AA014193-01
  “Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Batterers”
  Role: Co-Investigator/Data Manager/Interventionist
• 2001-2004       Program Director: Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
  2 T32 AA07459-16
  Role: Post-doctoral Research Associate

Moore, T. M., Seavey, A., Ritter, K., McNulty, J. K., Gordon, K. C., & Stuart, G. L. (in press). Ecological Momentary Assessment of the Effects of Craving and Affect on Risk for Relapse during Substance Abuse Treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behavior.

Jones, T., Lookatch, S., & Moore T. M. (2013). Effects of a Single Session Group Intervention for Pain Management in Chronic Pain Patients: A Pilot Study. Pain and Therapy, 2(1), 57-64.

Stuart, G. L., Moore T. M., Elkins, S. R., O’Farrell, T. J., Temple, J. R., Ramsey, S., & Shorey, R. C. (2013). The temporal association between substance use and intimate partner violence among women arrested for domestic violence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(4), 681-690.

Stuart, G.L., Shorey, R.C., Moore, T.M., Ramsey, S.E., Kahler, C.W., O’Farrell, T.J., Strong, D.R., Temple, J.R., & Monti, P.M. (2013). Randomized clinical trial examining the incremental efficacy of a 90-minute motivational alcohol intervention as an adjunct to standard batterer intervention for men. Addiction, 108(8), 1376-1384.

Hellmuth, J., Gordon, K. C., Stuart, G. L., & Moore, T. M. (2013). Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Postpartum. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 16(1), 19-27.

Smith, D., & Moore, T. M. (2013). Family Violence and Aggression and their Associations with Psychosocial Functioning in Jamaican Adolescents. Journal of Family Issues, 34(6), 1-23.

Elkins, S., Moore, T. M., McNulty, J. K., *Kivisto, A., & *Handsel, V. (2013). Electronic Diary Assessment of the Temporal Association between Proximal Anger and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration. Psychology of Violence: Special Issue on Technology and Violence. 3(1), 100-113.

Jones, T., Moore, T. M., Levy, J., Daffron, S., Browder, J. H., Allen, L., & Passik, S. D. (2012). A Comparison of Various Risk Screening Methods in Predicting Discharge from Opioid Treatment. Clinical Journal of Pain, 28(2), 93-100.

Stewart, C., Moore, T., Crone, T., DeFreitas, S., & Rhatigan, D. (2012). Who gets blamed for intimate partner violence? The relative contributions of perpetrator sex category, victim confrontation, and observer attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(18), 3739-3754.

Moore, T. M., *Elkins, S., McNulty, J. K., *Kivisto, A., & *Handsel, V. (2011). Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Assessing the Temporal Association Using Electronic Diary Technology. Psychology of Violence, 1(4), 315-328.

Kivisto, A.J., *Little, K.C., Moore, T.M., Rhatigan, D.L. (2011). Antisociality and intimate partner violence: The facilitating role of shame. Violence and Victims, 26(6), 758-773.

Rhatigan, D. L., Stewart, C., & Moore, T. M. (2011). Effects of Gender and Confrontation on Attributions for Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence. Sex Roles, 64, 875-887.

Moore, T. M., Jones, T., Browder, J. H., Daffron, S., & Passik, S. D. (2009). A comparison of common screening methods for predicting aberrant drug-related behavior among patients receiving opioids for chronic pain management. Pain Medicine, 10(8), 1426-1433.

Kivisto, A.J., Moore, T.M., *Elkins, S.R., & Rhatigan, D.L. (2009). The effects of PTSD symptomatology on laboratory-based aggression. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(4), 344-347.

Moore, T. M., Stuart, G. L., McNulty, J. K., Addis, M. E., Cordova, J. V., & Temple, J. R. (2008). Domains of masculine gender role stress and intimate partner violence in a clinical sample of violent men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 9(2), 82-89.

Moore, T. M., Stuart, G. L., Meehan, J. C., Rhatigan, D. L., *Hellmuth, J., & Keen, S. (2008). Drug use and aggression between intimate partners: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28(2), 247-274.

Stuart, G. L., Temple, J. R., Follansbee, K. W., Bucossi, M. M., *Hellmuth, J. C., & Moore, T. M. (2008). The role of drug use in a conceptual model of intimate partner violence in men and women arrested for domestic violence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22(1), 12-24.

Stuart, G. L., Temple, J. R., & Moore, T. M. (2007). Improving Batterer Intervention Programs through Theory-Based Research.  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 298(5), 560-562.

Stuart, G. L., Moore, T. M., Coop-Gordon, K., *Hellmuth, J., Ramsey, S. E., & Kahler, C. W. (2006). Reasons for intimate partner violence perpetration among arrested women.  Violence Against Women, 12 (7), 609-621.

Stuart, G. L., Meehan, J. C., Moore, T. M., Morean, M., *Hellmuth, J., & Follansbee, K. (2006). Examining a conceptual framework of intimate partner violence in men and women arrested for domestic violence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(1), 102-112.

Moore, T. M. & Stuart, G. L. (2005). A review of the literature on masculinity and partner violence. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 6(1), 46-61.

Moore, T. M. & Stuart, G. L. (2005). A review of the literature on marijuana and interpersonal violence. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 10, 171-192.

Rhatigan, D. L., Moore, T. M., & Stuart, G. L.  (2005). An Investment Model analysis of relationship stability among women court-mandated to violence interventions.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29(3), 313-322.

Moore, T. M. & Stuart, G.L. (2004). Illicit substance use and intimate partner violence among men in batterers’ intervention.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(4), 385-389.

Moore, T. M. & Stuart, G. L. (2004). Effects of masculine gender role stress on men’s cognitive, affective, physiological, and aggressive responses to intimate conflict situations. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 5(2), 132-142.

Stuart, G.L., Moore, T. M., Ramsey, S.E., & Kahler, C.W. (2004). Hazardous drinking and relationship violence perpetration and victimization in women arrested for domestic violence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 46-53.

Moore, T. M., Stuart, G. L., Eisler, R. M.., & Franchina, J. J. (2003). The effects of relationship aversive female partner behavior on attributions and physiological reactivity of verbally aggressive and non-aggressive males.  Violence & Victims, 18(1), 95-106.

Stuart, G.L., Moore, T.M., Ramsey, S.E., & Kahler, C.W. (2003). Relationship aggression and substance use among women court-referred to domestic violence intervention programs. Addictive Behaviors, 28(9), 1603-1610.

Stuart, G. L., Moore, T. M., Kahler, C.W. & Ramsey, S.E. (2003). Substance abuse and relationship violence among men court referred to batterers intervention programs.  Substance Abuse, 24(2), 107-122.

Stuart, G. L., Ramsey, S. E., Moore, T. M., Kahler, C. W., Farrell, L. E., Recupero, P. R., & Brown, R. A. (2003). Reductions in marital violence following treatment for alcohol dependence.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(10), 1113-1131.

Moore, T. M., Scarpa, A., & Raine, A. (2002). A meta-analysis of serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA and antisocial behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 28(4), 299-316.