Research | Department of Psychology

Research

Overview

The focus of Dr. Guillot's research is to identify the motivational underpinnings of addictive behaviors, particularly personality traits, cognitive dispositions, and emotional states/traits. Thus, Dr. Guillot is broadly interested in the etiology of addictive behaviors (i.e., substance use and other addictive behaviors), the psychopharmacology of drugs (e.g., acute and withdrawal effects), and the differential manifestation of addictive behaviors in relation to individual differences (e.g., racial/ethnic, sex/gender/sexuality, etc.). Other research interests include aggressive and self-harm behaviors (i.e., behaviors related to impulse control).

Research Projects - Data Collection Ongoing

A Study on Experiences of Discrimination, Personality, Mood, and Substance and Internet Use (SONA Survey Study #3)

The primary purpose of this survey study is to provide a cross-sample replication (in relation to the previous MTurk sample) in investigating potential interrelations and interactions between discrimination experiences (e.g., microaggressions), personality traits, mood symptoms, and health behaviors (e.g., cigarette, electronic cigarette, alcohol, and cannabis use; social media use and gaming) with a college student sample large enough to allow for the examination of subgroups (e.g., based on race/ethnicity, sex/gender, and sexual orientation).

Research Projects - Data Collection Complete

A Study on Discrimination Experiences, Personality, Mood, and Health Behaviors (Amazon MTurk Survey Study #1)

The primary purpose of this survey study is to investigate potential interrelations and interactions between discrimination experiences (e.g., microaggressions), personality traits, mood symptoms, and health behaviors (e.g., cigarette, electronic cigarette, alcohol, cannabis, and prescription opioid use; social media use and gaming) in a large U.S adult sample that allows for the examination of subgroups (e.g., based on race/ethnicity, sex/gender, and sexual orientation).

A Study on Stress, Personality, Mood, and Substance and Internet Use
(SONA Survey Study #2)

The primary purpose of this survey study is to improve on SONA Survey Study #1 by expanding on the investigation of potential interrelations and interactions between trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, personality traits, mood, and substance and internet use (e.g., alcohol and cannabis use; social media use and gaming).

A Study on Stress, Personality, Mood, and Substance Use (SONA Survey Study #1)

The primary purpose of this survey study is to investigate potential interrelations and interactions between trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, personality traits, mood, and substance use (primarily alcohol).

Frequent Collaborators

Raina Pang, PhD, Associate Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California and Director of the POWER (Psychosocialbiology Of Women's health & Emotion Research) Laboratory

Mitchell Berman, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Department Head at Mississippi State University and Director of the Clinical Studies Laboratory

Adam Leventhal, PhD, Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California and Director of HEAL (Health, Emotion, & Addiction Laboratory)

Michael Zvolensky, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and Director of RESTORE (Research on Emotion, Substance Treatment Outcomes, and Racial Equity)

Selected Publications

  • Guillot, C. R., Lucke, H. R., Ramsey, A. J., Kearns, N. T., Blumenthal, H., & Berman, M. E. (2022). Cluster-B personality disorder traits and impulsivity: Indirect associations with alcohol use severity through positive alcohol expectancies. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000598
  • Guillot, C. R., Moore, E. W. G., & Petrie, T. A. (2022). Drinking among college student athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential mitigating factors. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2076100
  • Pang, R. D., Guillot, C. R., Liautaud, M. M., Bello, M. S., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Huh, J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020) Subjective effects from the first cigarette of the day vary with precigarette affect in premenopausal female daily smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 28(3), 299-305.
  • Guillot, C.R., Blackledge, S. M., Douglas, M. E., Cloutier, R. M., Liautaud, M. M., Pang, R. D., Kirkpatrick, M. G., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020). Indirect associations of anxiety sensitivity with tobacco, alcohol, and drug use problems through emotional disorder symptoms in adolescents. Behavioral Medicine, 46(2), 161-169.
  • Kelly, M. E., Guillot, C. R., Quinn, E. N., Lucke, H. R., Bello, M. S., Pang, R. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020). Anxiety sensitivity in relation to cigarette smoking and other substance use in African American cigarette smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(6), 669-679.
  • Guillot, C. R., Blumenthal, H., Zvolensky, M. J., & Schmidt, N. B. (2018). Anxiety sensitivity components in relation to alcohol and cannabis use, motives, and problems in treatment-seeking smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 82, 166-173.
  • Guillot, C. R., Halliday, T. M., Pang, R. D., Kirkpatrick, M. G., & Leventhal, A. M. (2017). Anhedonia and abstinence as predictors of the subjective pleasantness of positive, negative, and smoking-related pictures. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 19, 743-749.
  • Pang, R. D., Guillot, C. R., Zvolensky, M. J., Bonn-Miller, M. O., & Leventhal, A. M. (2017). Associations of anxiety sensitivity and emotional symptoms with the subjective effects of alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis in adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 73, 192-198.
  • Berman, M. E., Fanning, J. R., Guillot, C. R., Marsic, A., Bullock, J., Nardoff, M. R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2017). Effect of alcohol dose on deliberate self-harm in men and women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 856-861.
  • Guillot, C. R., Bello, M. S., Tsai, J. Y., Huh, J., Leventhal, A. M., & Sussman, S. (2016). Longitudinal associations between anhedonia and internet-related addictive behaviors in emerging adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 62, 475-479.
  • Guillot, C. R., Zvolensky, M. J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2015). Differential associations between components of anxiety sensitivity and smoking-related characteristics. Addictive Behaviors, 40, 39-44.
  • Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Guillot, C. R., Pang, R. D., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Zvolensky, M. J., Buckner, J. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2015). Examination of anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance as transdiagnostic mechanisms linking multiple anxiety pathologies to alcohol use problems in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 532-539.
  • Guillot, C. R., Stone, M. D., Geary, B. A., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Tidey, J. W., Cook, J. W., & Leventhal, A. M. (2015). Pharmacological, sensorimotor, and expectancy effects on tobacco withdrawal: A preliminary study. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 30, 364-371.
  • Guillot, C. R., Pang, R. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2014). Anxiety sensitivity and negative urgency: A pathway to negative reinforcement-related smoking expectancies. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 8, 189-194.
  • Guillot, C. R., Fanning, J. R., Bullock, J. S., McCloskey, M. S., & Berman, M. E. (2010). Effects of alcohol on tests of executive functioning in men and women: A dose response examination. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 409-417.

A list of Dr. Guillot's published work can be found on Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iKdjHMUAAAAJ&hl=en