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David B. Portnoy
 
  
  • B.A., 2001, The George Washington University
  • M.A., 2006, University of Connecticut
  • Major advisor: Marsh
  • Joined program, Fall 2003
 
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Research Interests:  
  • Health behavior change
  • Multimedia behavioral change interventions
  • Implicit Attitudes
  • Judgement and Decision Making

 
Recent Publications and Presentations

Barta, W.D., Portnoy, D., Kiene, S. M., Tennen, H., Abu-Hasaballah, K. S., & Ferrer, R. (accepted, pending minor revisions). A daily process investigation of alcohol-involved sexual risk behavior among economically disadvantaged problem drinkers living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and  Behavior.

Budman, S. H., Portnoy, D., & Villapiano, A. (Spring/Summer, 2003). How to get technological innovation used in behavioral health care: Build it and they still might not come. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 40 (1/2), 45–54.

Portnoy, D. B. (2006). Safe sex attitude measurement and intervention in an immersive VR context   [Abstract]. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine , 4, 250-251.                        

Portnoy, D. B. (2007). Deception (methodological technique). In R. Baumeister, & K.D. Vohs, (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand        Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Portnoy, D. B. (2007, March). What happens on Spring Break: Changing risky sex behaviors of college students. Paper presented at Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 28th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Washington, DC.

Portnoy, D. B., Smoak, N.D., Glasford, D.E., & Marsh, K.L. (2007, January). A multi-trait multi-method study of sex-related implicit and explicit attitudes.   Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN. 

Portnoy, D. B. (2006, June). Safe sex attitude measurement and intervention in an immersive VR context. Paper presented at 11th Annual Cyber Therapy 2006       Conference: Virtual Healing: Designing Reality. Gatineau, Canada.

Portnoy, D. B., & Marsh, K. L. (2006, May). How bracing for harmful health feedback affects cognitive processing. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York.

Portnoy, D. B., Smoak, N. D., Glasford, D. E., & Marsh, K. L. (2006, January). Different implicit condom associations predict safe sex behavior in different contexts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs , CA. 

Portnoy, D., & Marsh, K. L. (2005, January) Can what we don’t know hurt us? Evaluating quality of free condoms from price and credibility cues. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

 

Grants

National Science Foundation; SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program “Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: The forest and the trees: Cognitive processes of decisions about the future”

 Center for Health, Intervention & Prevention (CHIP); Pilot Projects in Health Intervention and Prevention Research for Graduate Students: “Using Virtual Reality to Measure Health Behaviors”

University of Connecticut Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services: “Spring Weekend Survey”

 

Contact information:
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
Storrs, CT 06269-1020 USA
(860) 486-3515

 

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