Selected Publications

Powers, J. M., LaRowe, L. R., Rubenstein, D., Paice, J. A., Hitsman, B., & Rini, C. M. (2025). Relationship between pain and nonopioid substance use in two national samples of cancer survivors. Cancer, 131(4), e35701. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35701
Powers, J. M., Maloney, S. F., Sharma, E., & Stroud, L. R. (2024). Use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis before, during, and after pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 38(7), 785–795. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001004
Rubenstein, D., McClernon, F. J., Powers, J. M., Aston, E. R., Keefe, F. J., & Sweitzer, M. M. (2023). Pain is associated with exclusive use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis: Findings from Wave 5 (2018-2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Addictive Behaviors, 146, 107814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107814
Powers, J. M., Maisto, S. A., Zvolensky, M. J., Heckman, B. W., & Ditre, J. W. (2023). Longitudinal Associations Between Pain and Use of Cigarettes and E-cigarettes in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(3), 404–411. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac197
Zale, E. L., Powers, J. M., & Ditre, J. W. (2021). Cognitive-Affective Transdiagnostic Factors Associated With Vulnerability to Alcohol and Prescription Opioid Use in the Context of Pain. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 41(1), 08. https://doi.org/10.35946/arcr.v41.1.08
Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., LaRowe, L. R., & Powers, J. M. (2021). Pain Status as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation Initiation, Lapse, and Relapse. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(1), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa111
Powers, J. M., Zvolensky, M. J., & Ditre, J. W. (2019). An integrative review of personalized feedback interventions for pain and alcohol. Current Opinion in Psychology, 30, 48–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.013