• TOP

• PUBLICATIONS (61 Published, Accepted, or In Press, 7 Under Review / In Revision, 6 Working Manuscripts)

Working Manuscripts (not publicly available)

• BR/NS
• SB
• MS
• SJC
• SAM
• DA 

Under Review / In Revision (not publicly available) 

• S.I.L.* & S.A.M. (7/2/20)
• S. H*., K. J., Z.T.M., S.A.M., & V.E.D.* (6/30/20)
• K.M., T.B., C.P., S.A.M., D.A.K., & R.A.M. (1/6/20)
• A.R.B.*, M.C.*, S. A. M., & D. S. K. (10/29/20)
• L.D.*, P.G., & S.A.M. (9/26/19)
• EW* et al. (submitted 9/18/18)
• D.F.*, P.K., & S.A.M. (3/1/18)

2020/Accepted/In Press

1. Tran, S. T., Grotkowski, K. G.*, Miller, S. A., Reed, B. W.*, Koven, M. L.*, Buscemi, J., & Greenley, R. N. (in press). Hassles predict physical health complaints in undergraduate students: A dynamic structural equation model analysis of daily diary data. Psychology and Health.  doi: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1800010.  (pdf; supplemental materials)

2. Feldman, E. C. H.*, Macauley, T. M.*, Tran, S. T., Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J. B., & Greenley, R. N. (2020). Relationships between Disease Factors and Social Support in College Students with Chronic Physical Illnesses. Children's Health Care, 49(3), 267-286.  doi: 10.1080/02739615.2020.1723100.  (pdf)

3. Kruger, D. J., Kruger, J. S.*, Jordan, T., Sheu, J.-J., Glassman, T., & Miller, S. A. (2020). Life history speed mediates the relationship between environmental conditions, health-related behaviors, and self-reported health.  EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 9, 118-133. (pdf)

4. Reed, B. W.*, Miller, S. A., Bobak, T. J., Steven, E., & Jason, L. A. (2020). The experience of smoking in recovery settings: An ecological momentary assessment pilot study. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 59, (1, Special Issue), 59-72. doi: 10.1080/1533256X.2020.1710080. (pdf)

• Grotkowski, K.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Optimists or optimistic: Replication of a taxometric study on optimism. Journal of Research in Personality, 82. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103854. (pdf, link, OSF)

• Aase, D.M., Akagi, K., Tan, M., Maucieri, L., Miller, S.A., Rog, L., Greenstein, J., Jason, L.A., Phan, K.L., & Pliskin, N.H. (2019). Social cognition performance in AUD and a no-AUD comparison group: A pilot study [Published Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(S1), 78. (pdf)

• Gorin, H. M.*, Kosson, D. S., Miller, S. A., Fontaine, N. M. G., Vitaro, F, Séguin, J. R., Boivin, M., Côté, S., & Tremblay, R. E. (2019). Psychopathic traits in middle childhood: Evidence of a hierarchical three-factor structure.  Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41(3), 341-352. doi: 10.1007/s10862-019-09733-2. (pdf)
• Shuman, M., Chukwu, A.*, VanVeldhuizen, N.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Relationship between mirtazapine dose and incidence of adrenergic side effects: An exploratory analysis. Mental Health Clinician, 9(1), 41-47.  doi:  10.9740/mhc.2019.01.041. (pdf)
• Kern, D.*, Busch, A., Schneider, K. S., Miller, S. A., Appelhans, B., Waring, M. E., & Whited, M. C. (2019), Psychosocial factors associated with treatment outcomes in women with obesity and Major Depressive Disorder who received behavioral activation for depression.   Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(3), 522-533.  doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-9993-9. (pdf)
• Plevinsky, J. M.*, Wojtowicz, A. A.*, Miller, S. A., & Greenley, R. N. (2019). Longitudinal barriers to thiopurine adherence in adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(1), 52-60. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsy062. (pdf)

• Miller, S. A., & Grotkowski, K.*  (2018). Physiological hyperarousal (2018). In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_453-1. (pdf, link)
• Kosson, D. S., McBride, C. K., Miller, S. A., Riser, N. R. E., & Whitman, L. A.  (2018). Attentional  bias following frustration in youth with psychopathic traits: Emotional deficit versus negative preception. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. doi: 10.5127/jep.060116 (pdf, link)

• Aiello, S.*, Perez, M., Cogan, C., Baetiong, A., Miller, S. A., Radhakrishnan, J., Kaufman, C. L., Gazmuri, R. J. (2017).   Real-time ventricular fibrillation amplitude-spectral area analysis to guide timing of shock delivery improves defibrillation efficacy during CPR in swine. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(11), e006749. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006749  (pdf)
• Gazmuri, R. J., Kafman, C. L., Aiello, S.*, Miller, S. A., Baetiong, A., & Radhakrishnan, J. (2017).  Predictors of amplitude-spectral area (AMSA) during CPR in a swine model of electrically-induced ventricular fibrillation. [published abstract - European Resuscitation Council Congress 2017] Resuscitation, 118, e6-e7. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.08.027 (pdf)
• Fowler, D.R.*, Weber, E.N.*, Klappa, S.P.*, & Miller, S.A. (2017). Replicating future orientation: Investigating hope, optimism, and their subscales through replication and expansion. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 22-28.  http://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.010 (pdf)
• Kruger, D. J., & Miller, S. A. (2017).  Perceptions of attractiveness and parental dependency mediate the relationship between actual parental dependency and human caregiving intentions for non-mammalian infants.  Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2, 141-146.  doi: 10.1007/s40806-017-0083-y (pdf)
• Longley, S. L., Miller, S. A., Broman-Fulks, J., Calamari, J. E., & Holm-Denoma, J. M., & Meyers, K. (2017). Taxometric analyses of higher-order personality domains. Personality and Individual Differences, 108, 207-219.  doi:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.018 (pdf)

2016

• Kruger, D. J., & Miller, S. A. (2016).  Non-mammalian infants dependent on parental care elicit greater kindchenschema-related perceptions and motivations in humans. Human Ethology Bulletin, 31(3), 15-24.  doi: https://doi.org/10.22330/heb/311/015024 (pdf)
• Segal, N. L., Li, N. P., Graham, J. L., Miller, S. A., & McGuire, S. A. (2016). Virtual twins: Individual differences and evolutionary perspectives. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 513-514. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.293.  (pdf) 
• Fowler, D.R.*, Cantos, A.L., & Miller, S. A. (2016). Exposure to violence, typology, and recidivism in a probation sample of domestic violence perpetrators. Child Abuse and Neglect, 59, 66-77. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.07.007  (pdf)
• Hinrich, A. J., Jodelka, F. M., Brutman, D., Bruno, A., James, B. D., Stutzmann, G. E., Bennett, D. A., Miller, S. A., Rigo, F., Marr, R. A., & Hastings, M. L. (2016). Therapeutic correction of deregulated ApoER2 splicing in Alzheimer’s disease using antisense oligonucleotides. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 8(4), 328-345.  doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505846.  
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• Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., Stoner, A. M., Fuller, A., & Rolnik, A. M. (2016). Change trajectories: Children's patterns of improvement in acute-stay inpatient care.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 43(2), 233-245. doi: 10.1007/s11414-014-9432-9.  (pdf)
• Goldner, J.S.*, Richards, M.H., Quimby, D., Zakaryan, A., Miller, S. A. Dickson, D. & Chilson, J. (2016). Relations of parenting to adolescent externalizing and internalizing distress moderated by perception of neighborhood danger. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 45(2), 141-154. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2014.958838. (pdf)
• DiGangi, J. A.*, Goddard, A. J., Miller, S. A., Leon, G., & Jason, L. A. (2016). Differences in PTSD symptomatology among Latinos with childhood and adult trauma:  The moderating effect of acculturation.  Journal of Addiction & Neuropharmacology, 3, 009. ISSN: 2378-9042.  (link) (pdf)
• Walter, J.*, Kahn, S., Noe, J., Schurman, J., Miller, S. A., & Greenley R. (2016). Feeling fine: Anxiety and depressive symptoms in youth with IBD. Inflammatory Bowl Diseases, 22(2), 402-408. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000657. (pdf)
• Jason, L. A., Stevens, E., Ram, D., Miller, S. A., Beasley, C. R., Gleason, K. (2016). Theories in the field of community psychology. [Special issue]. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 7(2), 1-27. (doc) (pdf) (link) (special issue link)
• Jason, L. A., Stevens, E., Ram, D., Miller, S. A., Beasley, C. R., Gleason, K. (2016).  Our reflections on the reactions to “Theories in the Field of Community Psychology." [Special issue]. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice,7(2) 1-9. (doc) (pdf) (link) (special issue link)

2015

• Segal, N.L., Li, N.P., Graham, J.L, & Miller, S.A. (2015). Do parents favor their adoptive or biological children? Predictions from kin selection and compensatory models. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36, 379-388. doi:  DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.03.001 (pdf)
• Steed, D.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015). Predicting development of dementia: A parallel process latent growth curve analysis. [published abstract - The 43nd Annual INS Meeting]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(s1), 14-15. (pdf)
• Steed, D.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015). Differential predictive influence on the development of dementia: Depression and neuropsychiatric symptoms. [published abstract -The 43nd Annual INS Meeting]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(s1), 202. (pdf)

2014

• Catanzaro, S. J., Backenstrass, M., Miller, S. A., Mearns, J., Pfeiffer, N., & Brendalen, S. (2014).  Prediction of symptoms of emotional distress by mood regulation expectancies and affective traits.  International Journal of Psychology, 49(6), 471-479.  doi: 10.1002/ijop.12062. (pdf) 
• Garrison, A. M., Kahn, J. H., Miller, S. A., & Sauer, E. M.  (2014). Emotional avoidance and rumination as mediators of the relation between adult attachment and emotional disclosure.  Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 239-245.  doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.006 (pdf)
• Sladek, M. R.*, Engeln, R, & Miller, S. A. (2014). Development and validation of the male body talk scale: A psychometric investigation.  Body Image, 11(3), 233-244. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.02.005. (pdf).
• Steed, D.*, & Miller, S. A. (2014). Teasing apart concurrent and predictive influences on dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms.  [published abstract - The 42nd Annual INS Meeting]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(s1), 83. (pdf)

2013

• Beasley, C. R.*, Jason, L. A., Miller, S. A., Stevens, E.*, & Ferrari, J. (2013). Person-environment interactions among residents of Oxford House Recovery Homes. Addiction Research and Theory, 21(3), 198-206. doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.703270. (pdf)
• DiGangi, J. A.*, Jason, L. A., Mendoza, L., Miller, S. A., & Contreras, R. (2013). The relationship between wisdom and abstinence behaviors in women in recovery from substance abuse. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 39(1), 33-37. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2012.702172. (pdf)

2012

• Beasley, C. R.*, Jason, L. A., & Miller, S. A. (2012). The General Environment Fit Scale: A factor analysis and test of convergent construct validity.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 50(1-2), 64-76. doi: 10.1007/s10464-011-9480-8. (pdf) 
• Kapungu, C., Nappi, C., Thakral, C., Miller, S. A., Devlin, C., McBride, C., Hasselquist, E., Coleman, G., Drozd, D., Barve, C., Donenberg, G., DiClement, R., Brown, L., & The Project STYLE Study Group (2012). Recruiting and retaining high-risk adolescents into family-based HIV prevention intervention research.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21(4), 578-588. doi: 10.1007/s10826-011-9510-z. (pdf)
• Engeln-Maddox, R., Salk, R. H.*, & Miller, S. A. (2012). Assessing women’s negative commentary on their own bodies:  A psychometric investigation of the Negative Body Talk Scale.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36(2), 162-178. doi: 10.1177/0361684312441593. (pdf)

2011

• Engeln-Maddox, R., Miller, S. A., & Doyle, D. M.* (2011). Tests of objectification theory in gay and lesbian samples: Mixed evidence for proposed pathways. Sex Roles, 65(7-8), 518-532.  doi: 10.1007/s11199-011-9958-8. (pdf)
• Majer, J. M., Jason, L. A., Ferrari, J. R., & Miller, S. A. (2011).  A longitudinal analysis of categorical twelve-step involvement among a U.S. national sample of recovering substance abusers in residential treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 41(1), 37-44.  doi:  10.1016/j.jsat.2011.01.010. (pdf)

2010

• Rolnik, A. M.*, Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S. A. (2010). Here's looking at you: Self-objectification, body image disturbance, and sorority rush. Sex Roles, 63(1-2), 6-17. doi: 10.1007/s11199-010-9745-y. (pdf) 
• Jagacinski, C. M., Kumar, S. Boe, J. L., Lam, H., & Miller, S. A. (2010). Changes in achievement goals and competence perceptions across the college semester.  Motivation and Emotion, 34(2), 191-204. doi: 10.1007/s11031-010-9165-x. (pdf) 
• Shoji, K.*, Harrigan, J. A., Woll, S. B., & Miller, S. A. (2010). Interactions among situations, neuroticism, and appraisals in coping strategy choice. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(3), 270-276. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.009. (pdf)  

2009

• Baptiste, D. R., Kapungu, C., Miller, S. A., Crown, L., Henry, D., Da Costa Martinez, D., & Jo-Bennett, K. (2009). Increasing parent involvement in youth HIV prevention: A randomized Caribbean study. AIDS Education and Prevention, 21(6), .495-511. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.495. (pdf) 
• Segal, N. L., Feng, R., McGuire, S. A., Allison, D. B, & Miller, S. A. (2009). Genetic and environmental contributions to body mass index: Comparative analyses of monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins and same age unrelated siblings. International Journal of Obesity, 33(3), 37-41. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.228. (pdf)

2008

• Lakin, B. L., Leon, S. C., & Miller, S. A. (2008). Predictors of burnout in children's residential treatment center staff. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 25(3), 249-270. URL: doi: 10.1080/08865710802429697. (pdf)
• Edlynn, E., Gaylord-Hardin, N., Richards, M. H., & Miller, S. A. (2008). African American inner city youth exposed to violence: Coping skills as a moderator for anxiety. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78(2), 249-258. doi: 10.1037/a0013948. (pdf)
• Feng, R., Segal, N., Miller, S., McGuire, S., & Allison, D.B. (2008) Variance Decomposition of Relative Body Weight Using Twins and Virtual Twins (published abstract), Obesity, 16(S1): S325-326. (pdf)
• Segal, N. L., McGuire, S. A., Miller, S. A., & Havlena, J. (2008). Tacit coordination in monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins and virtual twins: Effects and implications of genetic relatedness. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(7), 607-612. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.022. (pdf)
• Sieracki, J. H., Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., & Lyons, J. S. (2008). Individual and provider effects of mental health outcomes in child welfare: A three level growth curve approach. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(7), 800-808. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.008. (pdf)
• Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S. A. (2008). Talking back to the media ideal: The development and validation of the Critical Processing of Beauty Images Scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32(2), 159-171. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00420.x. (pdf)
• Leon, S. C., Ragsdale, B., Miller, S. A., & Spaccarelli, S. (2008). Trauma resilience among youth in substitute care demonstrating sexual behavior problems. Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), 67-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.04.010. (pdf)

2007

• Russell, R. L., Jones, M. E., & Miller, S. A. (2007). Core process components in psychotherapy: A synthetic review of P-technique studies. Psychotherapy Research, 17(3), 273-291. doi: 10.1080/10503300500529388. (pdf)
• Sieracki, J. H., Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., & Lyons, J. S. (2007). Measuring predicted individual improvement among children receiving community based system of care services. [published abstract]. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 19th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 149 – 152). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. Retrieved from: http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcconference/proceedings/19thproceedings/19thChapter04.pdf. (pdf)

Graduate School and Before

• Ecklund-Johnson, E., Miller, S. A., & Sweet, J. J. (2004). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale in a mixed clinical sample. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 18(3), 395-410. doi: 10.1080=1385404049052415. (pdf)
• Urani, M. A., Miller, S. A., Johnson, J. E., & Petzel, T. P. (2003). Homesickness in socially anxious first year college students. College Student Journal, 37(3), 392-399. (pdf)
• Miller, S. A. (2002). Reflections of a graduate student teaching psychology. American Psychological Society Observer, 15(3), 17. (pdf) (@ APS)
• Kahn, J. H. & Miller, S. A. (2000). Measuring global perceptions of the research training environment using a short form of the RTES-R. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 33(2), 103-119. (pdf)
• Miller, S. A. (2000). [Review of the book: The Debate Between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty edited by Jon Stewart]. The Review of Metaphysics, 53(2), 963-965. (pdf)
• Miller, S. A. (1999). [Review of the book: The Erotic Bird: Phenomenology in Literature by Maurice Natanson]. The Review of Metaphysics, 52(4),962-964. (pdf)

• TOP

• SYMPOSIA AND TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (25 Total, 3 to be presented)
1. Miller, S. A. (chair - May, 2020). Risk and Resilience Among Emerging Adults: Sleep, Substance Use, and Statistical Methodology. Symposium to be presented at 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.
2. Reed, B. W.*, Feldman, E. C. H.*, Greenley, R. N., Buscemi, J., Tran, S. T., & Miller, S. A. (accepted symposium presentation, 2020, May). Prediction of risk for alcohol and marijuana use in college students: Traditional and elastic net methodology. In S. A. Miller (Chair), Risk and Resilience Among Emerging Adults: Sleep, Substance Use, and Statistical Methodology. Symposium to be presented at 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.
3. Steinberg, E., Greenley, R., Monin, K., Bugno, L., Plevinsky, J., Lofton, A., Naclerio, C., Buchanan, C., Campbell, K., Tenenbaum, Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J., Tran, S., Beal, S., Maddux, M., & Hommel, K. (accepted for presentation). Substance use among patients with pediatric chronic illnesses: Ethical concerns and interplay with health.  Symposium submitted to the Society of Pediatric Psychology 2020 Annual Convention.   Dallas, Texas.
1. Kruger, D.J., Kruger, J.S., Jordan, T., Sheu, J-J., Glassman, T., & Miller, S.A. (2019, June). A life history framework promotes understanding of variation in health-related behaviors and outcomes. Talk presented at the 13th Annual North Eastern Evolutionary Psychology Society Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
2. Castro-Schilo, L., & Miller, S. A. (May, 2018). Waste not, want not: A methodological illustration of quantitative text analysis.  Talk presented at the 8th Annual Modern Modeling Methods Conference. Storrs, Connecticut.
3. Goldstein, D. A.,* Miller, S. A., & Cantos, A. L. (November, 2017).  Avoidance of internal distress and adult attachment patterns: Relevance to partner violence in a court-mandated sample. In A. L. Cantos (chair).   Partner violence across diverse contexts: Basic and translational research. Symposium presentation at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.  San Diego, California. (submission abstract, panel abstract).
4. Miller, S. A. (chair --  May, 2016). Distinguishing dimensional from categorical structures of psychological constructs: New implementations of taxometric procedures using SPSS. Symposium presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
5. Drandorff, L. N.*, & Miller, S. A. (May, 2016).  MAMBAC in SPSS: A newly developed module for taxometric analysis.  In S. A. Miller (Chair).  Distinguishing dimensional from categorical structures of psychological constructs: New implementations of taxometric procedures using SPSS.  Symposium presented  at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
6. Klappa, S. P.*,  & Miller, S. A.., (May, 2016).  L-Mode: A taxometric analysis module for SPSS.  In S. A. Miller (Chair).   Distinguishing dimensional from categorical structures of psychological constructs: New implementations of taxometric procedures using SPSS.  Symposium presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
7. Weber, E.*, & Miller, S. A. (May, 2016). MAXEIG: Coming soon in user-friendly SPSS form to a computer near you.  In S. A. Miller (Chair).   Distinguishing dimensional from categorical structures of psychological constructs: New implementations of taxometric procedures using SPSS.  Symposium presented  at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
8. Reed, B. W.*, & Miller, S. A. (May, 2016). Discussant.  In S. A. Miller (Chair).   Distinguishing dimensional from categorical structures of psychological constructs: New implementations of taxometric procedures using SPSS.  Symposium presented  at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
9. Vas, S. N., Kass, A., Dave, P., & Miller, S. A. (May, 2016). Establishing an evidence-based evaluation for supervisor competency. Paper presented at the Biannual Conference of the Association for Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, New Orleans, LA.
10. Segal, N. L., Li, N. P., Graham, J. L., Miller, S. A., & McGuire, S. A. (July, 2015). Virtual twins: Individual differences and evolutionary perspectives.  Talk presented at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences 2015 Meeting, London ON, Canada.
11. Shafer, A. L.*, Schwartz, E., & Miller, S. A. (May, 2013).  Athletic identity and emotion: A glimpse into the athletic self.  Talk presented at The 85th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
12. Kruger, D.J., Hughes, S. M., & Miller, S.A. (May, 2010).  Sex differences in sleep onset reflect variation in reproductive strategy. Talk presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
13. Kruger, D. J., Hughes, S. M., Miller, S. A., & Lewis, S. (March, 2010). Variation in reproduction strategies exhibited in post-coital time interval.  Talk presented at the 2010 NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) conference. New Paltz, New York.
14. Segal, N. L., McGuire, S. A., Miller, S. A., & Havlena, J. (August, 2008). Twin study of tacit coordination. In S. E. Hill (Chair), Decision Making through the Lense of Evolutionary Psychology. Symposium presented at The 116th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
15. Segal, N. L., McGuire, S. A., Miller, S. A., & Havlena, J. (June, 2008). Tacit coordination in monozygotic, dizygotic and virtual twin pairs: A mechanism for social relatedness? In N. Martin (Chair), Genetics of the Traits Favoring Socioeconomic Success. Symposium presented at The Behavior Genetics Association Conference 2008, Louisville, Kentucky.
16. Engeln-Maddox, R., Dykema-Engblade, R., & Miller, S. A. (May, 2008). “Holy Tenure! Where did this guy come from?”: Concerns about Ratemyprofessors.com. Talk presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
17. Baptiste, D. R., Thakral, C., Kapungu, C., Suarez, L., & Miller, S. A. (March, 2008). Cultural tailoring of psychological research measures. Round table presented at The 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
18. Miller, S. A. (May, 2006). Conquering the thesis and dissertation. In F. Chumney (Chair), Grad School: The Naked Truth and So Much More. Symposium presented at The 18 th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York. (handout)
19. Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (May, 2004). Trait measurements of perceived physiological hyperarousal relate to experiences of anxiety. In S. J. Catanzaro (Chair), Individual Differences in Mood Experiences: Recent Developments and Future Trends Symposium presented at the 16th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.
20. Ecklund-Johnson, E., Sweet, J. J., & Miller, S. A. (May, 2004). Recent research on the validity and utility of the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale. Presentation at The 2004 Meeting of the Midwestern Neuropsychology Group, Evanston, Illinois.
21. Miller, S. A., Russell, R. L., Jones, M. E., & Bryant, F. B. (June, 2002). P-Technique sample size and the reproducibility of population parameters: A empirical study. In R. L. Russell (Chair), P-technique Studies of Structure and Change: Phase, Cross-Cultural, and Sample Size Comparisons. Panel discussion at The Society for Psychotherapy Research 2002 International Conference, Santa Barbara, California.
22. Jones, M. E., Russell, R. L., & Miller, S. A. (June, 2002). Gender treatment phase differences in the NIMH-TRCP: Levels of participation across four process factors. In R. L. Russell (Chair), P-technique Studies of Structure and Change: Phase, Cross-Cultural, and Sample-Size Comparisons. Panel discussion at The Society for Psychotherapy Research 2002 International Conference, Santa Barbara, California.
23. Russell, R. L., Jones, M. E., Miller, S. A., & Bryant, F. B. (June, 2002). Common client factors in the process of psychotherapy: Structural invariance and quantitative phase similarities. In R. L. Russell (Chair), P-technique Studiesof Structure and Change: Phase, Cross-Cultural, and Sample-Size Comparisons. Panel discussion at The Society for Psychotherapy Research 2002 International Conference, Santa Barbara, California.
24. Russell, R. L., & Miller, S. A. (April, 2002). A farewell to chains: The one and the many in P-technique analyses. Paper presented at Ohio Society for Psychotherapy Research Conference, Athens, Ohio.
25. Russell, R. L., & Miller, S. A. (April, 2002). P-technique coming of age. Paper presented at The 2002 Ohio Society for Psychotherapy Research Conference, Athens, Ohio.

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• INVITED TALKS (8 Total, 1 to be presented)
• Miller, S. A. (April, 2020). Cross-Lags and “Causality”: New Analytic Methods for Panel Models and Intensive Data.  Invited workshop to be presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  (materials in progress - NOT FINAL)
• Miller, S.A.  (November, 2018).  Bring your own data:  Using R to answer psychological questions.   Department of Psychology.   Northeastern Illinois University. (R File #1, R File #2, Data File #1, Data File #2)
• Miller. S. A. (June, 2015). Sample size and power analysis.  Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows Conference, University of Illinois, Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. (.pptx file)
• Miller, S. A. (October, 2012). New analytic approaches to analyzing change from longitudinal data. Colloquium for the Department of Clinical Psychology/Consortium for Interprofessional Research Collaboration and Leadership/College of Health Professions, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois. (flyer)
• Miller, S. A. (October, 2012). Individual differences in bodily activation and anxiety: New developments in dimensional pathology models and their implications. Talk given at Illinois State University - Department of Psychology Alumni Day, Normal, Illinois (flyer)
• Miller, S. A. (September, 2010). Personality and emotional dynamics: Physiological hyperarousal and its relationship to experiences of anxiety. Talk given at the University of Victoria - Department of Psychology Clinical Rounds, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Baptiste, D., Thakral, C., Kapungu, C., Suarez, L., & Miller, S. A. (January, 2009). Cultural tailoring of psychosocial research measures. Talk given at the University of Illinois, Chicago -- Department of Psychiatry: Institute for Juvenile Research Food for Thought Lunch, Chicago, Illinois
• Miller, S. A. (April, 2008). Myths about sample size: Getting more with less. Talk given at the University of California, Davis - Quantitative Psychology Brown Bag, Davis, California.
• Miller, S. A. (December, 2005). Physiological hyperarousal: The measurement of a stable individual difference characteristic and its relation to the experience of anxiety. Colloquium given to the Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California.

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• POSTER PRESENTATIONS (129 Completed, 1 under review, 13 accepted for presetation)
1. Maccauley, T.*, Lampert, S.*, Buscemi, J., Miller, S. A., Tran, S. T., & Greenley, R. N. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Among undergraduates with asthma and allergies, social support from family, friends, or significant others is not linked with physical activity. Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
2. Lampert, S.*, Macauley, T.*, Buscemi, J., Miller, S. A., Tran, S. T., & Greenley, R. N. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Social support associated with general distress and positive affect but not anxious arousal in undergraduates with asthma and allergies.  Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
3. Chirica, M.*,  Buscemi, J., Greenley, R. N., Tran, S. T., & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Network analysis of trait and state anxiety measures reveals a connected system.  Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
4. Gandelman, E.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). The relationship between therapeutic intentions for MDMA experiences and use of cognitive processing language.   Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
5. Drandorff, L. N.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Neuroticism causally mediates the relationship between conscientiousness and social anxiety.  Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
6. Obert, G. T.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May).   Bring an umbrella: Testing the predictive accuracy of affective forecasting using multilevel vector autoregressive models. Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
7. Bate, G.*, Buscemi, J., Greenley, R. N., Tran, S. T., & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Exploratory Graph Analysis uncovers tripartite anxiety and depression dimensions in college students. Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
8. Grotkwoski, K.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May).  Elucidating late-life anxiety: The relationship between processing speed and anxiety in older and younger adults.  Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
9. Leib, S. I.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, May). Latent class growth analysis identifies distinct, linked openness and intellect trajectories. Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  Chicago, Illinois.
10. Abraham, M.*, & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation - 2020, May). Network tree analyses separate inter-relationships between category fluency measures based on ApoE genetic status. Poster to be presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois. 
11. Bedree,  H.*, Tran, S. T., Buscemi, J., Miller, S. A., & Greenley, R. N. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, April). Undergraduate health behavior disparities and relationships with stress.  Poster to be presented at the 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society for Behavioral Medicine. San Francisco, California. 
12. Bedree,  H.*, Tran, S. T., Buscemi, J., Greenley, R. N., & Miller, S. A. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, April). An analysis of undergraduate health behaviors – Do disparities exist?.  Poster to be presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois. 
13. Bugno, L.*, Greenley, R., Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J., & Tran, S. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, March). Substance misuse in undergraduates with and without chronic health conditions: Do daily physical health complaints and daily hassles matter? Poster to be presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology 2020 Annual Convention.   Dallas, Texas.
14. Jagpal, A.*, Feldman, E.*, Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J., Greenley, R., & Tran, S. (poster accepted for presentation, 2020, March). The impact of chronic medical conditions and life stressors on internalizing symptoms in young adults. Poster to be presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology 2020 Annual Convention.   Dallas, Texas.
15. Leib, S. I.*, Hill, S. K., & Miller, S. A. (2020). Working memory mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and accurately recognizing happy and sad faces in bipolar disorder.  Poster presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Neuropsychological Society. Denver, Colorado. 
16. Feldman, E. C. H.*, Koven, M. L.,* Durkin, L.,* Grotkowski, K.*, Jagpal, A.*, Buscemi, J., Miller, S. A., Bugno, L.*, & Greenley, R. N. (2019). Social support following illness disclosure to peers: Similarities between college students with mental and physical illnesses. Poster presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
17. Drandorff, L. N.*, Miller, S. A., &  Gnilka, P. B. (2019). Perfectionism groups from latent profile analysis differ in conscientiousness and neuroticism. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. (handout)
18. Gandelman, E.*, Graupman, E.*, Greco, J., Miller, S. A., & Kosson, D. (2019).  Exploratory linguistic analysis of relationship descriptions from adolescents with psychopathic traits. Poster be presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Las Vegas, Nevada. 
19. Gorin, H.*, Kosson, D., Miller, S. A., Fontaine, N., Vitaro, F., Seguin, J., Bovin, M., Cote, S., & Tremblay, R. (2019). The emergence of psychopathic traits: Examining the roles of early negative affectivity and hostile reactive parenting in predicting psychopathic traits in middle childhood. Poster presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Las Vegas, Nevada. 
20. Graupman, E.*, Gandelman, E.*, Greco, J., Miller, S. A, & Kosson, D.  (2019).   Relationships between PCL:YV facets and the use of power-related words in adolescent offenders. Poster presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Las Vegas, Nevada. 
21. Drandorff, L.N.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Conceptualizing Perfectionism: Utilizing Class Enumeration Process within Latent Profile Analysis.  Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
22. Gandelman, E.*, Abraham, M.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Latent Semantic Analysis of Category Fluency in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
23. Grotkowski,K.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Measurement invariance of the Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies Scale. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
24. Leib, S.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Changes in Openness Predict Changes in Intellect: Growth Curve Analysis. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
25. Obert, G.T.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019). Gaussian Mixture Model Personality Typology Replication via Model Based Clustering. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
26. Reed, B. W.*, & Miller, S. A. (2019) .Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies and Negative Affect in SUD Populations. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
27. Aase, D. M., Akagi, K., Tan, M., Maucieri, L., Miller, S. A., Rog, L., Greenstein, J., Jason, L. A., Phan, K. L., & Pliskin, N. H. (2019). Social cognition performance in AUD and a no-AUD comparison group: A pilot study.  Poster presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Neuropsychological Society. New York, New York.
28. Graham, A. K., Dave, P. N., Miller, S. A., & Vas, S. N. (2018). Longitudinally evaluating a new rating scale assessing supervisors' competency in delivering supervision.  Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.  Washington, D.C.
29. Aase, D.M., Babione, J.M., Maucieri, L., Miller, S.A., Jason, L.A., & Phan, K.L. (2018). Facial emotion recognition and psychiatric functioning in AUD: Differences based on trauma history. Poster presented at the Division 50 section of the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
30. Abraham, M.*, Miller, S. A, Lee, C., Geary, E., Guidotti Breting, L.M., & Sweet, J. J. (2018). Contributions of language and executive function on verbal fluency tasks in a clinical sample. Poster presented at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
31. Gotra, M.*, Wolfe, M., Miller, S. A., Clementz, B. A., Gershnon, E. S., Keefe, R. S. E., Keshavahn, M. S., Pearson, G. D., Sweeney, J. A., Tamminga, C. A., & Hill, S. A. (2018). Latent cognitive profiles within psychosis biotypes and relation to clinical diagnosis. Poster presented at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
32. Wolfe, M.*, Clementz, B. A., Tamminga, C. A., Pearlon, G. D., Keshavan, M. S., Gershon, E. S., Miller, S. A., & Hill, K. S. (2018). Biotypes of Psychosis: Relationship with Spatial Working Memory and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase. Poster presented at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
33. Drandorff, L.N.*, Srnka, K. D.*, Miller, S. A., & Seidenberg, M. (2018). Epilepsy and ADHD diagnosis predict latent class membership based on neurological testing profile.  Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. (handout)
34. Grotkowski,K.*, & Miller, S. A. (2018).  K-fold cross validation in latent profile analysis.  Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. (handout)
35. Leib, S.*, & Miller, S. A. (2018).  Shared and unique properties of openness and intellect: Correlated latent change analysis.  Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. (handout)
36. Obert, G.T.*, & Miller, S. A. (2018).  Putting ourselves out there: Mixed results for network model replicability when examining extraversion. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. (handout)
37. Reed, B. W.*, & Miller, S. A. (2018). Predicting emotion-level and intraindividual variability within the anxiety and depression tripartite model. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. (handout)
38. Wojtowicz, A. A.*, Miller, S. A., Greenley, R., Vogel, L., & Zebracki, K. (2018). The impact of mobility on life satisfaction in pediatric-onset spinal cord injury.  Poster presented at the 2018 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference.  Orlando, Florida.
39. Kass, A. E., Dave, P., Miller, S. A. & Vas, S. N. (2017). Evaluating a new rating scale for assessing supervisor’s competency in delivering supervision. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.  San Diego, California.
40. Plevinsky, J. M.*, Miller, S. A., Maddux, M. H., Fishman, L., Noe, J. D., Kahn, S. A., & Greenley, R. N. (2017). Substance use and self-management in college students with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).  Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2017.  Las Vegas, Nevada.
41. Gazmuri, R., Kaufman, C. L., Aiello, S., Radhakrishnan, J., Baetiong, A., & Miller, S. A. (2017).  Defibrillation guided by real­-time ventricular fibrillation amplitude-spectral area analysis outperforms guidelines driven defibrillation during CPR in swine.  American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium. Anaheim, California. (eposter)
42. Kern, D.*, Schneider, K. L., Miller, S. A., & Pagoto, S. (2017). Using latent class growth analysis to form treatment trajectories in women with obesity and major depressive disorder.  Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Boston, Massachusetts. 
43. Drandorff, L. N.*, & Miller, S. A. (2017). Examining conscientiousness in personality: Comparing factor analytic and network approaches.  Poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
44. Fowler, D.*, Miller, S. A., & Kwon, P. (2017). Understanding resilience factors in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals.  Poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
45. Grotkowski, K,*, & Miller, S. A. (2017). Optimists or optimistic: Replicating and expanding a taxometric study.  Poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
46. Reed, B. W.*., & Miller, S. A. (2017). Conscientiousness as dimensional AND categorical: Factor analysis vs factor mixtures.   Poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
47. Weber, E.*, & Miller, S. A. (2017).  Conscientious people’s profiles: Modeling latent profile covariances and factor mixtures.  Poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
48. Plevinsky, J. M.*, Wojtowicz, A.*, Miller, S. A., & Greenley, R. N.  (2017).  Longitudinal barriers to oral medication adherence inadolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).  Poster presented at the 2017 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. ^[d]
49. Wojtowicz, A. A.*, Miller, S. A., Vogel, L., Greenley, R.N., & Zebracki, K. (2017). Participation in individuals with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury: The examination of social integration. Poster presented at the 2017 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
50. Reed, B. W.*, Klappa, S. P.*, & Miller, S. A. (2016). Making McDonald's ω accessible:  An SPSS GUI that interfaces with R "Psych."  Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, Illinois.
51. Weber, E.*, Goldstein, D. A.*, Mach, J.*, Cantos, A. L., & Miller, S. A. (2015). Theoretical and methodological issues in assessing motivation to change among court-mandated perpetrators of intimate partner violence.  Poster presented at The 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Chicago, Illinois.
52. Longley, S., Miller, S. A., Jennings, D., Calamari, J., Armstrong, K., Hasan, N., Wainright, A., & Sorci, R. T. (2015). A latent profile analysis of body dysmorphic disorder in college students. Poster  presented at The 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Chicago, Illinois.  
53. Gorin, H.*, Miller S. A.., Brown, A. R.*, Vitaro, F., Séguin, J. R., Fontaine, N. M. G., Xu, Q., Hodgins, S., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., & Kosson, D. S. (2015).  Predicting psychopathic traits in middle childhood from negative affect in the first years of life.  Poster presented at the 6th Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Chicago, Illinois.
54. Gorin, H.*, Miller S. A.., Brown, A. R.*, Vitaro, F., Séguin, J. R., Fontaine, N. M. G., Xu, Q., Hodgins, S., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., & Kosson, D. S. (2015).  Psychopathic traits in young children: A stable one-factor model.  Poster presented at the 6th Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Chicago, Illinois.
55. Miller, S. A. (2015). Moderated mediation analysis with a multicategory independent variable: It’s the interaction, dummy!  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
56. Azimuddin, A.*, Klappa, S. P.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).  Hope and hopelessness: Two peas from separate pods.  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
57. Bragg, S. R.*, Klappa, S. P.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).Optimism and pessimism: The relationship of two constructs across cultures.  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
58. Drandorff, L. N.*, Klappa, S. P.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).  Support for a bifactor model of hopelessness and its relation to pessimism.  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
59. Fowler, D.*, Weber, E.*, Klappa, S. P.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015). Replicating and expanding investigations of the structure of the constructs of hope and optimism using an MTurk sample.  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York. (handout)
60. Klappa, S. P.*, Catanzaro, S. J.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).   Both interpersonal traits and average interpersonal behavior predict momentary behavior – sometimes.  Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
61. Longley, S. L., Miller, S. A., Jensen, D., Calamari, J., Armstrong, K., Wainright,  A., Hasan, N., & Antonucci, D. (2015). A taxometric investigation of body dysmorphic disorder in college students. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
62. Ram, D., & Miller, S. A. (2015). Re-evaluating the factor structure of the State Adult Attachment Measure: Less than it seems? Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York
63. Bragg, S. R., Drandorff, L. N., Klappa, S. P., & Miller, S. A. (2015). State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA):  Stability over time?  Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois.(handout)
64. Drandorff, L. N., Klappa, S. P., Bragg, S. R., & Miller, S. A. (2015). Stability of Physiological Hyperarousal for Adults - Trait Scale (PHA-T). Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois.
65. Klappa, S. P., Bragg, S. R., Drandorff, L. N., & Miller, S. A. (2015). Evaluating factorial invariance of the Physiological Hyperarousal for Adults Trait (PHA-T) scale. Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.  Chicago, Illinois.
66. Steed, D.R.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).  Predicting development of dementia: A parallel process latent growth curve analysis.  Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the International Neuropsychological Society. Denver, Colorado.
67. Steed, D.R.*, & Miller, S. A. (2015).  Differential predictive influence on the development of dementia: Depression and neuropsychiatric symptoms.  Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the International Neuropsychological Society. Denver, Colorado.
68. Miller, S. A. (2014). Physiological hyperarousal, anxiety, and Clark and Watson's tripartite model: PH-A and STICSA.   Poster presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  San Francisco, California.
69. Engeln, R. S., & Miller, S. A. (2014).  Teaching the "New Statistics":  A primer for statistics and research methods courses.  Poster presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science.  San Francisco, California.
70. Steed, D. R.*, & Miller, S. A. (2014).  Teasing apart concurrent and predictive influences of dementia: Vascular and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Seattle, Washington.
71. Kapungu, C., Berko, S., Nicholson, T., Thomas, K., Donenberg, G., Miller, S. A., Baptiste, D., & Jordan, K. (2013).  Do African American women’s perceptions of a male shortage affect their tolerance of and involvement in concurrent partnerships? Poster presented at The 11th Annual AIDS Impact Conference.  Barcelona, Catelonia, Spain. (abstract)
72. Asay, P. A. & Miller, S. A. (2013). Discussing sexuality explicitly: Trainees' comfort and experience with sexual diversity.  Poster presented at the 121st Annual Convention of The American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
73. Chinchilla, M*, Kosson, D. S., Miller, S. A., & Lowe, M.* (2013). Psychopathy is associated with prominent public health problems in a community-based sample. Poster presented at The 5th Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Washington, D.C.
74. Miller, S. A. (2013). Examining taxonicity of mood disorder dimensions using  Waller and Meehl's MAXEIG procedure.  Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. (handout) 
1. Positive Affect Output
2. Negative Affect Output
3. Physiological Hyperarousal Output
4. Simultaneously Estimated Output
5. Inchworm Consistency Tests
75. Etingen, B.*, Miller S. A., LaVela, S. L., & Tindale, R. S. (May 2013). Terror management theory fails a test of mediation using a multicategorical I.V. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. (handout)
76. Gravel, K. L.*, Scher, C. D., Miller, S. A., & Mechanic, M. B. (2013). Test anxiety mediates between looming vulnerability and test performance.  Poster presented at The Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2013, La Jolla, California.
77. King, L.M.*, Rector, C., Goggin, K., & Miller, S.A. (2012). Hazardous use of alcohol by physicians in the U.S. Poster presented at The 2012 Illinois Psychological Association Convention. ^[c]
78. Mulligan, B. P.*, Smart, C. M., Krawitz, A., Miller, S. A., Jarvis, S.*, & Hunter, M. A. (2012). Impact of mindfulness training on cognitive regulation as indexed by change in response time intraindividual variability. Poster presented at The 2012 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, New York.
79. Miller, S. A. (2012). Factors and classes and factor mixtures, oh my!: Physiological hyperarousal and anxiety experiences. Poster presented at The 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
80. Goode, T.*, & Miller, S. A. (May 2012).  An application of person-specific methods to experience sampling data measuring anxious arousal.  Poster presented at The 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
81. Catanzaro, S. J., Brendalen, S. M., Mearns, J., Miller, S. A., Backenstrass, M., & Pfeiffer, N. (2012).  NMR expectancies, but not affective traits, predict change in emotional distress symptoms.  Poster presented at The 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. (handout)
82. Wilkes, C. M.*, Miller, S. A., Wilson, H. W., Woodard, J. L., & Calamari, J. E. (2012). Memory complaints mediate the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and worry. Poster presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
83. Mendoza, L.*, DiGangi, J.A.*, Jason, L. A., Contreras, R., & Miller, S. A. (2012). Twelve-step participation, self-perceived wisdom, and self-efficacy. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Division 27 (Community Psychology) Poster Session – in conjunction with The 84th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
84. Miller, S. A. (2011). A multilevel factor analysis of the experience of bodily activation in anxiety.  Poster presented at The 23rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
85. Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S. A. (2011).  A critical examination of the factor structure of the Eating Attitudes Test.  Poster presented at The 23rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
86. Miller, S. A. (2010). A fix and test (FAT) method for comparing equality of simple slopes. Poster presented at The 22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, Massachusetts.
87. Drozd, D.* & Miller, S. A. (2010). Using frailty models to predict response times based on stress and personality. Poster presented at The 22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, Massachusetts.
88. Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S. A. (2010). Sexual objectification and eating disorder symptoms in lesbian women: The role of appearance norms. Poster presented at The 22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston,Massachusetts.
89. Beasley, C. R.*, Miller, S. A., Jason, L. A., Stevens, E.*, & Ferrari, J. R. (2010). Person-environment interactions: Legal referral and house experience. Poster presented at The 2010 Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
90. Miller, S. A. (2009). Feeling unstable? Traditional and exploratory structural equation modeling approaches to factorial invariance. Poster presented at The 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
91. Miller, S. A., Baptiste, D. R., Thakral, C., & Kapungu, C. (2009). Establishing cultural equivalence in HIV prevention research: U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago. Poster presented at The 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
92. Castro-Schilo, L.*, & Miller, S. A. (2009). Extroversion levels influence variability of affective processes in dynamic factor analyses. Poster presented at The 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
93. Engeln-Maddox, R., Miller, S. A., & Doyle, D.* (2009). Mixed evidence for objectification theory in gay, lesbian, and heterosexual community samples. Poster presented at The 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
94. Gravel, K. L.*, Scher, C. D., & Miller, S. A. (2009) The effects of looming vulnerability on test anxiety and performance. Poster presented at The 89th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
95. Vaughan, R. B.*, Miller, S. A., & Oliver, P. H. (2009). The building blocks of numeracy: Longitudinal analysis of early home experience and subsequent mathematics achievement. Poster presented at The 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
96. Guerin, D. W., Oliver, P. H., Gottfried, A. W., & Miller, S. A. (2008). Relations among temperamental approach, home environment, and intelligence: Ages 3 to 12 years. Poster presented at The 17th Occasional Temperament Conference, San Rafael, California. 
97. Segal, N. L, Feng, R., McGuire, S. A., Allison, D., & Miller, S. A. (2008). Variance decomposition of relative body weight using twins and virtual twins. Poster presented at The Obesity Society's 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
98. Segal, N. L., McGuire, S. A., Miller, S. A., & Havlena, J. (2008). Monozygotic -dizygotic-virtual twin analysis of tacit coordination. Poster presented at The 19th International Conference of the International Society for Human Ethology, Bologna, Italy.
99. Miller, S. A., & The Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory* (2008). Stable aspects of perceived physiological hyperarousal predict momentary experiences of anxious arousal. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
100. Berumen, M. C.*, Beals, K. P., & Miller, S. A. (2008). Visual cues that elicit stereotypes of women. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
101. Castro-Schilo, L.*, Miller, S. A., & Hoffman, A. L.* (2008).Mediators of the personality-affect relationship: Negative mood regulation expectancies and savoring beliefs. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
102. Hoffman, A. L.*, Castro-Schilo, L.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008).Negative mood regulation expectancies and savoring beliefs form two affective regulation dimensions. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
103. Mills, L. M.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008). Negative mood regulation expectancies moderate the relationship between stress and distress. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
104. Ramezani, A.*, Castro-Schilo, L.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008). Physiological hyperarousal and anxiety sensitivity mediate childhood trauma and adult anxiety relationships. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
105. Reed, B. R.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008). Understanding the dimensions of affect regulation: The Measure of Affect Regulation Styles. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
106. Castro-Schilo, L.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008). Personality and musical manipulation of emotional states. Poster presented at The 88th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, California.
107. Vaughan, R. B.*, & Miller, S. A. (2008). Modeling the effects of early parental practices on subsequent mathematics mastery. Poster presented at The 88th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association. Irvine, California.
108. Thakral, C., Vera, E. M., Catanzaro, S. J., Miller, S. A., & Morgan, M. (2008). Predictors of life satisfaction in urban youth. Poster presented at The 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
109. Segal, N. L., McGuire, S. A., Miller, S. A., & Havlena, J. (2008). Monozygotic-Dizygotic-Virtual Twin Study of Tacit Coordination: Mechanism for Social Relatedness? Poster presented at The 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Evolutionary Psychology Pre-conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
110. Kantardjieff, K. Rogers, H., Miller, S. A., Monteyne, K., Nelson, P., Corcoran, T., Sharma, S., Fultz, M., Mason, A. Z., & Karjala, J. (2007).  CAL-PRISSM:  Partnershi for Remote Instrument Study in the Structure of Matter.  Poster presented at The 2007 Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, California.
111. Edlynn, E. S., Miller, S. A., & Leon, S. C. (2007). Direct and indirect effect of abuse history on adolescent offenders. Poster presented at The 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.
112. Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (2007). Canonical correlations provide further support for independent positive and negative affective traits. Poster presented at The 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
113. Catanzaro, S. J., & Miller, S. A. (2007). NMR expectancies moderate relations between past and current affective states. Poster presented at The 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
114. Hoffman, A. L.*, Miller, S. A., & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2007). Identifying classes of unmotivated participants from instructional manipulation checks and satisficing indices. Poster presented at The 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
115. Johnson, K. S.*, Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (2007). The persistence of emotion: Modeling affective dimension autocorrelations using dynamic factor analysis. Poster presented at The 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
116. Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., & Lyons, J. S. (2007). The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Scale (CANS): Factor structure investigations? Poster presented at The 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
117. Miller, S. A., Leon, S. C., & Lyons, J. S. (2007).  The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Scale:  Factor analytic investigations. Poster presented at The 2007 Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
118. Luboyeski, E. J., Berger, S., Sieracki, J.H., Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., & Lyons, J. S. (2007). Influence of community characteristics in the system of care. Poster presented at The 20th Annual Research Conference – A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Tampa, Florida.
119. Lakin, B. L., Leon, S. C., & Miller, S. A. (2006). Burnout in children’s RTC staff phase 2: The organizational context. Poster presented at The 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
120. Miller, S. A., & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2006). Increasing statistical power through decreasing sample size: The promise of instructional manipulation checks. Poster presented at The 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
121. Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S. A., (2006). The development and Validation of a self-report scale to measure women’s tendency to critique the media supported female beauty ideal. Poster presented at The 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York. (correlation matrix) (scale)
122. Lakin, B. L., Leon, S. C., & Miller, S. A. (2006). Personality and situational factors in burnout: Neuroticism, extraversion, coworker and manager support. Poster presented at The 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York.
123. Miller, S. A., & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2006). A factor-analytic examination of satisficing: Stability across measurements? Poster presented at The 2006 Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
124. Morgan, D. Y., Bohnert, A. M., Holmbeck, G. N., & Miller, S. A. (2006). Separation-individuation as mediator of the relationship between attachment and anxiety. Poster presented at The 2006 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, California.
125. Sieracki, J. H., Leon, S. C., Miller, S. A., & Lyons, J. S. (2006). Measuring expected individual improvement among children receiving community- based system of care services. Poster presented to The 19th Annual Research Conference- A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Tampa, Florida.
126. Lakin, B. L., Leon, S. C., Bryant, F. B., & Miller, S. A. (2005). Burnout in children's residential treatment center staff. Poster presented at The 113th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. ^[b]
127. Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (2005). Individual elements of physiological hyperarousal partially predict anxiety experiences. Poster presented at The 17th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, California.
128. Morgan, D. Y., Miller, S. A., Leon, S. C., Lakin, B. L., Snowden, J., & Lyons, J. S. (2005). Psychiatric and demographic characteristics predict risk of psychiatric screening in children. Poster presented at The 17th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, California.
129. Miller, S. A., & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2005). Personality predicts preference for professors: Individuals use their own characteristics in evaluation of ideals. Poster presented at The 2005 Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
130. Edlynn, E. S., Richards, M., & Miller, S. A. (2004). African-American urban youth exposed to violence: Coping skills as a possible moderator for anxiety. Poster presented at The 112th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.
131. Russell, R. L., Jones, M. E., & Miller, S. A. (2004) Common therapist and client process components: A meta-analysis of fifty years of P-technique studies. Poster presented at The Society for Psychotherapy Research 2004 International Conference, Rome, Italy.
132. Edlynn, E. S., Miller, S. A., Richards, M., Cruz, N., & McGuinn, K. (2004). Items on the Exposure to Violence-Revised measure predict trauma symptoms. Poster presented at The 16th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.
133. Ecklund-Johnson, E., Sweet, J. J., & Miller, S. A. (2004). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale in a mixed clinical sample. Poster presented at The 32nd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
134. Miller, S. A. (2003). The availability heuristic influences cognition after tragedy. Poster presented at The 15th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, Georgia. 
135. Hunley, H. A., Miller, S. A., & Johnson, J. E. (2003). Social anxiety, depression, and rumination. Poster presented at The 2002 Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
136. Urani, M. A., Miller, S. A., Johnson, J. E., & Petzel, T. P. (2002). Social anxiety impacts loneliness and adjustment of college students. Poster presented at The 110th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
137. Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (2002). Traits and mood regulation expectancies moderate the relationship between behavior and affect. Poster presented at The 14th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.
138. Scott, C. L., & Miller, S. A. (2002). Embodied cognition rehearsal improves memory for character monologues. Poster presented at The 82 nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, California.
139. Miller, S. A., Russell, R. L, & Zechmeister, J. S. (2001). Self-evaluations by depressed and non-depressed individuals: Situations, scriptedness. Poster presented at The 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Montreal, Canada.
140. Jones, M. E., Russell, R. L., & Miller, S. A. (2001). Predicting empathy: Gender, personality, and scriptedness of the situation. Poster presented at The 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Montreal, Canada.
141. Miller, S. A. & Catanzaro, S. J. (2001). Tripartite elements of anxiety and depression interact to influence decision-making. Poster presented at The 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.
142. Thakral, C., Catanzaro, S. J., & Miller, S. A. (2001). Negative mood regulation expectancies predicts but do not moderate change in affect. Poster presented at The 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada. ^[a]
143. Thakral, C., Miller, S. A., & Catanzaro, S. J. (2000). Factor analytic evidence for the multidimensionality of affect intensity. Poster presented at The 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami, Florida.

[d]  This poster received both the 2017 Society of Pediatric Psychology (i) Adherence SIG Student Poster Award and (ii) the Pediatric Research/Innovative Statistical Methods (PRISM) SIG Student Poster Award

[c]  This poster received the 2012 Health & Rehabilitation Section Award for student posters from the Illinois Psychological Association.
[b]  This poster received the 2005 American Psychological Association Division 37 (Children, Family, and Youth Services) Outstanding Graduate Student Poster award.
[a]  This poster received the 2001 Outstanding Poster award from the American Psychological Society Student Caucus.


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