Georg E. Matt Department of Psychology

 

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Matt, G.E., Quintana, P.J.E., Hovell, Chatfield, D., Ma, D.S., Romero, R., Uribe, A.  (in press).  Residual Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Used Cars for Sale:  Air, Dust, and Surfaces.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 

Matt, G.E., Romero, R., Ma, D.S., Quintana, P.J.E., Hovell, M.F., Salem, S., Aguilar, M., Boland, J., Cullimore, J., Crane, M., Junker, J., Tassinario, P., Timmermann, V., Wong, K., & Chatfield, D. (in press).  Tobacco use and asking prices of used cars:  prevalence, costs, and new opportunities for changing smoking behavior.  Tobacco Induced Diseases.  

Matt, G.E., Bernert, J.T., & Hovell, M.F. (in press). Measuring Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Children: An Ecological Measurement Approach.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Wilfley, D.E., Stein, R.I., Saelens, B.E., Mockus, D.S., Matt, G.E., Hayden-Wade, H.A., Welch, R., Schechtman, K.B., Thompson, P.A. Epstein, L.H., (2007). Efficacy of Maintenance Treatment Approaches for Childhood Overweight: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 298, 1661-1673.

Matt, G.E., Hovell, M.F., Quintana, P.J.E., Zakarian, J., Liles, S. Meltzer, S.B., Benowitz, N.L. (2007). The variability of urine cotinine levels in young children: implications for measuring ETS exposure.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 83-92.

Scott, J.C., Woods, S.P., Matt, G.E., Meyer, R.A., Heaton, R. K.. Atkinson, J.H., Grant, I. (2007).  Neurocognitive effects of methamphetamine: a critical review and meta-analysis.  Neuropsychology Review, 17,275-297.

Fryer, S.L., McGee, C.L., Matt, G.E., Riley, E.P., & Mattson, S.N. (2007). Evaluation of psychopathology in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Pediatrics, 119, 733-741.

Hilbert, A., Saelens, B.E., Stein, R.I., Mockus, D.S., Welch, R.R., Matt, G.E., Wilfley, D.E. (2007).  Pretreatment and process predictors of outcome in interpersonal and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy for binge eating disorders.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology . 75 , 645-651.

Matt, G.E., Hovell, M.F., Quintana, P.J.E., Zakarian, J., Liles, S. Meltzer, S.B., Benowitz, N.L. (2007). The variability of urine cotinine levels in young children: implications for measuring ETS exposure. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 83-92 .
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This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use, not for redistribution.
The definitive version was published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 9 Issue 1, January 2007.
doi:10.1080/14622200601078335 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14622200601078335)

Matt, G. E., Quintana, P. J. E., Liles, S., Hovell, M. F. Zakarian, J. M., Jacob III, P. , & Benowitz, N. L. (2006). Evaluation of urinary trans-3’-hydroxycotinine as a biomarker of children’s environmental tobacco smoke exposure.  Biomarkers, 11, 507-523.

Matt, G.E., Rock, C.L., & Johnson-Kozlow, M. (2006). Using recall cues to improve measurement of dietary intakes with a food frequency questionnaire in an ethnically diverse population: an exploratory study.  Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106,1209-1217 .
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Johnson-Kozlow, M., Matt, G.E., Rock, C.L. (2006).  Recall Strategies used by respondents to complete a food frequency questionnaire: an exploratory study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106. 430-433.

Matt, G.E., Bellardita, L., Fischer, G., & Silverman, S.  (2006).  Psychological Resources and Mental Health Among the Difficult-to-Employ: Can a Pre-Employment Training Program Make a Difference? Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 24, 33-43.

Zakarian JM, Hovell MF, Sandweiss RD, Hofstetter CR, Matt GE, Bernert JT, Pirkle J, Hammond SK. (2004). Behavioral counseling for reducing children’s ETS exposure: Implementation in community clinics. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6, 1061-1074.

Matt, G.E., Quintana, P.J.E., Hovell, M.F., Bernert, J.T., Song, S., Novianti, N., Juarez, T., Floro, .J, Gehrman, C., Garcia, M, Larson, S (2004). Households Contaminated by ETS: Sources of Infant Exposures. Tobacco Control, 13,29-37.

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Berg, J., Wahlgren, D.R., Hofstetter, R., Meltzer, S.B., Meltzer, E.O., Matt, G.E., Martinez-Donate, A.,  Hovell, M.F. (2004).  Latino Children with Asthma: Rates and Risks for Medical Care Utilization.  Journal of Asthma, 41,147-157.

Matt, G.E., Turingan, M.R., Dinh, Q.T., Felsch, J.A., Hovell, M.F., Gehrman C. (2003). Improving Self-Reports of Drug-Use: Numeric Estimates as Fuzzy Sets, Addiction, 98, 1239-1247.

Johnson-Kozlow, M. & Matt, G.E. (2003). What respondents recall about walking and what self-report items elicit about walking. Preventive Medicine, 38, 227-236.

Matt, G.E. (2003). Will it Work in Münster? Meta-Analysis and the empirical generalization of causal relationships. In H. Holling, V. Böhning, & R. Schulze (Eds.). Meta-analysis. Berlin: Springer.

Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Wahlgren DR, Matt GE, Hofstetter CR, Jones JA, Meltzer EO, Bernert JT, Pirkle JL. (2002). Asthma management and environmental tobacco smoke exposure reduction in Latino children: A controlled trial. Pediatrics, 110, 946-956.

Gehrman, P. Matt, G. E., Turingan, M., Dinh, Q., Ancoli-Israel1, S. (2002). Towards an understanding of self-reports of sleep. Journal of Sleep Research, 11, 229–236.

Wilfley, D.E., Welch, R.R., Stein, R.I., Spurrell, E.B., Cohen, L.R., Saelens, B.E., Dounchis, J.Z., Frank, M.A., Wiseman, C.V., & Matt, G.E. (2002). A randomized comparison of group cognitive-behavioral therapy and group interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of binge eating disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 713-721.

Siegle, G. J., Ingram, R. E., & Matt, G. E. (2002). Affective interference: Explanation for negative information processing biases in dysphoria? Cognitive Therapy & Research, 26, 73-87.

Matt, G.E. (2001). Generalizabilty theory. In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. Oxford: Elsevier.

Siegle, G. J., Granholm, E., Ingram R. E., Matt, G. E. (2001). Pupillary response and reaction time measures of sustained processing of negative information in depression. Biological Psychiatry, 49, 624-636.

Hovell, M.F., Wahgren, D.R., Zakarian, J.M., & Matt, G.E. (2000). Reducing children’s exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: A review and recommendations. In R.R. Watson & M. Witten (Eds.). Environmental Tobacco Smoke (pp. 145-176). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Hovell, M.F., Zakarian, J.M., Matt, G.E., Hofstetter, C.R., Bernert, J.T., & Pirkle, J. (2000). Decreasing environmental tobacco smoke exposure among low-income children: Preliminary findings [brief report]. Tobacco Control, 9 (Suppl III), 70-71.

Hovell, M.F., Zakarian, J.M., Wahlgren, D.R., Matt, G.E., Emmons, K.M. (2000). Reported measures of environmental tobacco smoke exposure: trials and tribulations. Tobacco Control, 9(Suppl III), 22–28.

Matt, G.E., Hovell, M.F., Zakarian, J.M., Bernert, J.T., & Pirkle, J.L. (2000). Parent-reports of secondhand smoke exposure in infants: reliability and validity in a sample of low-income families. Health Psychology, 19, 232-241.

Hovell, M.F., Zakarian, J.M., Matt, G.E., Hofstetter, C.R., Bernert, J.T., & Pirkle, J. (2000). Effect of counselling mothers on their children’s exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 321, 337-342.

Shadish, W.R., Matt, G.E., Navarro, A.M., & Phillips, G. (2000). Revisiting the effects of psychological therapies in clinically representative conditions: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 512—529

Hovell, M.F., Zakarian, J.M., Wahlgren, D.R.,& Matt, G.E. (2000). Reducing children’s exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: The empirical evidence and directions for future research. Tobacco Control, 9 (Suppl II), 40-47.

Matt, G.E., Wahlgren, D.R., Hovell, H.F., Zakarian, J.M., Bernert, J.T., Meltzer, S.B., Pirkle, J.L., Caudill, S. (1999). Measuring ETS Exposure in Infants and Young Children Through Urine Cotinine and Memory-Based Parental Reports: Empirical Findings and Discussion. Tobacco Control, 8, 282-289.

Matt, G.E., Garcia, M., Primicias, W.W., Frericks, L., & de Faria, F. (1999). Exploring biases in self-reported exercising behavior: Heuristics based on recency, frequency, and preference. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 88, 126-128.

Matt, G. E. (1997). Drawing generalized causal inferences based on meta-analysis. In W. J. Bukowski (Ed.), Meta-analysis of drug abuse prevention programs (pp. 165-182). NIDA Research Monograph 170. NIH Publication No. 97-4146. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Matt, G. E., & Navarro, A. M. (1997). What meta-analyses have and have not taught us about psychotherapy effects: A Review and future directions. Clinical Psychology Review, 17, 1-32.

Shadish, W. R. Jr., Matt, G. E., Navarro, A. M., Siegle, S., Crits-Christoph, P., Hazelrigg, M., Jorm, A., Lyons, L.S., Nietzel, M.T., Thompson Prout, H., Robinson, L., Smith, M.L., Svartberg, M., & Weiss, B. (1997). The effects of psychotherapy conducted under clinically representative conditions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 355-365.

Wahlgren, D. R., Hovell, M., F., Matt, G. E., Meltzer, S. B., Zakarian, J. M., Meltzer, E. O. (1997). Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity for applied community research and nonspecific care providers. Journal of Asthma 34, 291-303.

Sarkin, A. J., Tally, S. R., Cronan, T. A., Matt, G.E., Lyons, W. W. (1997). Analyzing attrition in a community-based literacy program. Evaluation and Program Planning, 20, 421-431

Thile, E., & Matt, G. E. (1995). The ethnic mentor undergraduate program: A brief description and preliminary findings. Journal of Multi-Cultural Counseling, 23, 116-126.

Matt, G. E., & Wilson, S. J. (1994). Describing the Frequency of Marijuana Use: Fuzziness and Context-Dependent Interpretation of Frequency Expressions. Evaluation and Program Planning, 17, 357-369.

Matt, G. E., & Cook, T. D. (1994). Threats to the validity of research syntheses. In H. M. Cooper & L. V. Hedges (Eds.), Handbook of research synthesis (pp. 503-520). New York: Russell Sage.

Jones, S., Buerkle, M., Rupp, L., & Matt, G. E. (1993). Work group performance measurement and feedback: An integrative comprehensive system for a manufacturing department. Group and Organization Management, 18, 269-291.

Matt, G. E. (1993). Comparing classes of psychotherapeutic interventions: A review and reanalyses of English- and German-language meta-analyses. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 24, 5-25.

Matt, G. E., & Cook, T. D. (1993). The war on fraud and error in the food stamp program: An evaluation of its effects in the Carter and Reagan Administrations. Evaluation Review, 17, 4-26.

Matt, G.E. & Dean, A. (1993). Social support from friends and psychological distress among elderly persons: Moderator effects of age. Journal of Health of Social Behavior, 34, 187-200.

Dean, A., Kolody, B., Wood, P., & Matt, G.E. (1992). The influence of living alone on depression in elderly persons. Journal of Aging and Health, 4, 3-18.

Dean, A., Matt, G. E., & Wood, P. (1992). The effects of widowhood on social support from significant others. Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 309-325.

Matt, G.E., Dean, A., Wang, B., & Wood, P. (1992). Identifying clinical syndromes based on the SCL-42: Merits and limitations in a community sample of elderly persons. Psychological Assessment, 4, 174-184.

Matt, G.E., Vázquez, C., & Campbell, K. W. (1992). Mood congruent recall of affectively toned stimuli: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 12, 227-255.

Matt, G.E., Pechersky, B., & Cervantes, C. (1991). High school study habits and early college achievement. Psychological Reports, 69, 91-96.

Matt, G. E. (1991). Coping with threats to the validity of meta-analytic findings: A reanalysis of German-language psychotherapy outcome studies. In G. Albrecht & H.-U. Otto (Eds.), Social prevention and the social sciences (pp. 333-352). Berlin: Springer.

Cook, T. D. & Matt, G. E. (1990). Theorien der Programmevaluation: Ein kurzer Abriß. [Theories of program evaluation: A primer.] In U. Koch & W. W. Wittmann (Eds.), Evaluationsforschung. Bewertungsgrundlage von Sozial- und Gesundheitsprogrammen (pp. 15-38). Berlin: Springer.

Matt, G. E. (1989). Decision rules for including effect sizes in meta-analysis: A review and reanalysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. Psychological Bulletin, 105, 106-115.

Matt, G. E. (1987). Behandlungseffekte und Studienmerkmale: Eine meta-analytische Untersuchung zur Praxis der Psychotherapieeffekt-forschung [Treatment effects and study characteristics: A meta-analytic study of the practice of psychotherapy outcome research.] Gruppendynamik, 18, 345-360.

Cook, T. D. & Matt, G. E. (1987). Kritischer Multiplismus und die Interaktionismusdebatte. [Critical multiplism and the person - situation debate.] In M. Amelang (Hrsg.), Bericht über den 35. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Heidelberg 1986, Band 2 (pp. 301- 332). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Wittmann, W. W., & Matt, G. E. (1986). Meta-Analyse als Integration von Forschungsergebnissen am Beispiel deutschsprachiger Arbeiten zur Effektivität von Psychotherapie. [Meta-analysis as a method for integrating psychotherapy studies in German-speaking countries.] Psychologische Rundschau, 37, 20-40.

Wittmann, W. W., & Matt, G. E. (1986). Aggregation und Symmetrie. Grundlagen einer multivariaten Reliabilitäts- und Validitätstheorie, dargestellt am Beispiel der differentiellen Validität des Berliner Intelligenzstrukturmodells [Aggregation and symmetry. Foundations of a multivariate theory of reliability and validity.] Diagnostica, 32, 309-329.

Matt, G. E., & Wittmann, W. W. (1985). Zum Status Quo deutschsprachiger Psychotherapieeffektforschung der Jahre 1971-1982. [The present state of psychotherapy outcome research in German-speaking countries, 1971-1982.] Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie, 14, 293-312.

Barth, M., & Matt, G. E. (1984). Evaluationsforschung im Drogenbereich - ein Stiefkind? [Evaluation of long-term drug treatment programs - a neglected stepchild?] Suchtgefahren, 30, 107-114.