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Principal Investigator
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Clinical Psychology
 Primary Research Areas
Factors affecting relapse to substance use among the dually diagnosed; affect regulation treatments for substance use; smoking interventions among pregnant women; and learning factors in substance use.
Current Projects
Affect Regulation Training for Pregnant Smokers (funded by NIDA).The goal of this project is to develop and test an affect regulation smoking cessation intervention for low-income pregnant smokers (in collaboration with Co-investigators Rina Das Eiden, Ph.D., Paul R. Stasiewicz, Ph.D., and Thomas Brandon, Ph.D., of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and University of South Florida).
Relapse Among Severely Mentally Ill Alcohol Abusers (funded by NIAAA). Investigating factors that predict who continues to drink following alcohol and mental health treatment versus those individuals who are able to maintain abstinence from alcohol (in collaboration with Co-investigators Gerard J. Connors, Ph.D., Paul R. Stasiewicz, Ph.D., and Stephen A. Maisto, Syracuse University).
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On-going Research
40 oz. Views: Alcohol Expectancies for Malt Liquor (funded by NIAAA). Developing and testing the psychometric properties of a measure of beliefs about the effects of malt liquor, a high alcohol content beverage that typically is marketed to younger consumers and minority populations (in collaboration with Principal Investigator R. Lorraine Collins, Ph.D. of UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions).
Drug Coping Skills Assessment of Dual Diagnosis Patients (funded by NIDA). Evaluation of alcohol and drug coping skills among individuals dually-diagnosed with a severe mental illness and a substance use disorder.
Representative and Recent Publications
Gonzalez, V. M., Bradizza, C. M., Vincent, P. C., Stasiewicz, P. R., & Paas, N. D. (2007). Do individuals with a severe mental illness experience greater alcohol and drug-related problems? A test of the supersensitivity hypothesis. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 477-490.
Bradizza, C. M., Collins, R. L., Vincent, P. C., & Falco, D. L. (2006). It does the job: Young adults discuss their malt liquor consumption. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 1559-1577. Bradizza, C. M., & Stasiewicz, P. R. (2003). Qualitative
analysis of high-risk drug and alcohol-use situations among severely
mentally ill substance abusers. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 157-169.
Stasiewicz, P. R. & Bradizza, C. M. (2002). Alcohol
Abuse. In M. Hersen (Ed), Clinical Behavior Therapy: Adults and
Children. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Stasiewicz, P. R. & Bradizza, C. M. (2002). Alcohol
use disorders. In: M. Hersen & L. K. Porzelius (Eds.), Diagnosis,
Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning for Adults: A Step-by-Step
Guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Collins, R. L. & Bradizza, C. M. (2001). Social
and cognitive learning processes. In: N. Heather, T. J. Peters & T.
R. Stockwell (Eds.), Handbook of Alcohol Dependence and Related
Problems. Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons.
Bradizza, C. M., & Stasiewicz, P. R. (1999). Introduction
to the special issue: Addictions in special populations. Addictive
Behaviors, 24, 737-740.
Bradizza, C. M., Reifman, A., & Barnes, G. M. (1999).
Social and coping reasons for drinking: Predicting alcohol misuse in
adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 491-499.
Maisto, S. A., Carey, K. B., & Bradizza, C. M. (1999).
Social learning theory. In K. E. Leonard & H. T. Blane, (Eds.), Psychological
theories of drinking and alcoholism (2nd ed., pp. 107-163). New
York: Guilford Press.
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