Department of Psychology

Selected Publications:

Carels, RA, Coit, C, Young, KM, Berger, B. (2006) Exercise Makes You Feel Good, but Does Feeling Good Make You Exercise? An Examination of Obese Dieters. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, in press.

Carels, RA, Harper, J, Konrad, KK. (2007) Individual Differences in Food Perceptions and   Calorie Estimation: An Examination of Dieting Status, Weight, and Gender.       Appetite, in press.

Konrad, KK, Carels, RA, Gardner, D. (2007) Metabolic and psychological changes during     refeeding in anorexia nervosa.  Eating and Weight Disorders, 12, 20-27.

Carels RA, Darby LA, Cacciapaglia HM, Konrad KK, Coit C, Harper J, Kaplar, ME, Young, K, Baylen, CA, & Versland, A (2007) Using motivational interviewing as a supplement to obesity treatment: A stepped-care approach. Health Psychology, 26, 369-374.  

Carels, RA, Harper, J, Konrad, KK (2006). Qualitative perceptions and caloric estimations of healthy and unhealthy foods by behavioral weight loss participants, Appetite, 46, 199-206.   

Carels, RA, Darby, L, Berger, B. (2006). The association between mood states and physical activity in postmenopausal women.  Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 14, 12-28.  

Carels, RA,Douglass, O Cacciapaglia, H, Rydin, S, Harper, J. (2006). Can social desirability interfere with success in a behavioral weight loss program? Psychology and Health, 21(1):65-78.  

Carels, RA,Darby, L, Rydin, S, Douglass, O, Cacciapaglia, H. (2005) The relationship between self-monitoring, outcome expectancies, difficulties with eating and exercise, physical activity and weight loss in a behavioral weight loss program: Within and between participant relationships.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 30, 182-190.  

Carels, RA, Darby, L, Cacciapaglia, H, Douglass, O, Kaplar, M, Rydin, S, Tonkin, K, Konrad, K, Harper, J (2005). Applying a stepped-care approach to the treatment of obesity, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 59, 375-383.

Carels, RA, Darby, L, Douglass, O, Cacciapaglia, H, Rydin, S.  (2005). Education on the glycemic index of foods fails to improve treatment outcomes in a behavioral weight loss program. Eating Behaviors, 6,145-150.

Carels, RA, Darby, L, Cacciapaglia, H, Douglass, O. (2004). Reducing cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women through a lifestyle change intervention. Journal of Women’s Health, 13:4, 412-426.

Carels, RA, Cacciapaglia, H, Douglass, O, Cacciapaglia, H, O’Brien, WH (2004). An ecological momentary assessment of relapse crisis in dieting.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical, 72:2, 341-348.

Carels, RA, Cacciapaglia, H, Douglass, O, Rydin, S, O’Brien, WH (2003). The early identification of poor treatment outcome in a women’s weight loss program.  Eating Behaviors, 4, 265-282.

Carels, RA, Cacciapaglia, H, Perez-Benetiz, C, Douglass, O, O’Brien, WH. (2003) Effects of emotional upset on cardiac arrhythmia during daily life, Journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71 (3), 613-618.

Carels, RA, Hoffman, J, Collins, A, Raber, AC, Cacciapaglia, H, O’Brien, WH. (2001). Ecological momentary assessment of temptation and lapse in dieting. Eating Behaviors, 2, 307-321.

Courses Taught:

• PSYC 101: General Psychology (BGeX; honors)
• PSYC 328: Psychophysiology
• PSYC 610: Basic Clinical Skills
• PSYC 709: Advanced Clinical Research and Practice
• PSYC 780: Health Psychology Seminar
• PSYC 780: Behavioral Medicine Assessment