University of California, San Francisco
Postdoctoral Fellow: Drug Abuse Treatment Research (1999-2003)
Project: Demoralization as a Predictor of Smoking Treatment Outcome
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
A.B. Psychology, cum laude (1991-1993)
Thesis: Is Children's Anxiety Categorical or Dimensional? Analysis of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale Using Item Response Theory
Acton, G. S. (2001). Demoralization as a predictor of smoking treatment outcome. Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). PI: G. Scott Acton. Dates: 2001-2002. Funding level: $40,900.
Acton, G. S. (2001). Depression as a predictor of smoking treatment outcome. Postdoctoral fellowship funded by the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP). PI: G. Scott Acton. Dates: 2001-2003. Funding level: $70,000.
Acton, G. S. (2001). Demoralization as a predictor of smoking treatment outcome. Pilot study grant funded by the UCSF Treatment Research Center. PI: G. Scott Acton. Dates: 2001-2003. Funding level: $5,000.
Acton, G. S. (1995). Interpersonal theory and circumplex structure. Graduate Research Fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). PI: G. Scott Acton. Dates: 1995-1999. Funding level: $80,000.
Acton, G. S. (1995). Interpersonal theory and circumplex structure. Predoctoral research fellowship awarded by the Ford Foundation (declined in favor of NSF fellowship). PI: G. Scott Acton. Dates: 1995-1999. Funding level: $75,000.
Acton, G. S., Balazs, K., Hidegkuti, I., Delucchi, K. L., & Muñoz, R. F. (2006). Is major depression a qualitatively distinct category? Evidence for the dimensionality of depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Acton, G. S., Tsoh, J. Y., & Yamada, H. (2006). DSM-IV nicotine dependence is structurally reducible to the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence: An application of Dimcat. Psychological Assessment.
Hidegkuti, I., De Boeck, P., & Acton, G. S. (2006). The differentiation of Dimcat models: A simulation study. Applied Psychological Measurement.
De Boeck, P., Wilson, M., & Acton, G. S. (2005). A conceptual and psychometric framework for distinguishing categories and dimensions. Psychological Review.
Acton, G. S., Kunz, J. D., Wilson, M., & Hall, S. M. (2005). The construct of internalization: Conceptualization, measurement, and prediction of smoking treatment outcome. Psychological Medicine.
Acton, G. S., Tsoh, J. Y., & Yamada, H. (2005). Differential item functioning in a Chinese translation of the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence. Psychological Assessment.
Acton, G. S., & Zodda, J. J. (2005). Classification of psychopathology: Goals and methods in an empirical approach. Theory & Psychology.
Acton, G. S., & Revelle, W. (2004). Evaluation of ten psychometric criteria for circumplex structure. Methods of Psychological Research.
Acton, G. S. (2003). Measurement of impulsivity in a hierarchical model of personality traits: Implications for substance use. Substance Use & Misuse, 38, 67-83.
Acton, G. S., & Revelle, W. (2002). Interpersonal personality measures show circumplex structure based on new psychometric criteria. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 456-481.
Acton, G. S., Prochaska, J. J., Kaplan, A. S., Small, T., & Hall, S. M. (2001). Depression and stages of change for smoking in psychiatric outpatients. Addictive Behaviors, 26, 621-631.
Acton, G. S., & Schroeder, D. H. (2001). Sensory discrimination as related to general intelligence. Intelligence, 29, 263-271.
Acton, G. S. (1998). Classification of psychopathology: The nature of language. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 19, 243-256.
Acton, G. S., & Cooper, M. L. Is there a highly impulsive type of adolescent prone to substance abuse or sexual risk-taking?
Acton, G. S., Goethals, E. M., & Hall, S. M. Common mental disorders and smoking: Distinguishing association from causation in a hierarchical model.
Acton, G. S. (2002). Depression and patients who smoke. Published electronically in Understanding stress, anxiety, and depression for STAND (an initiative of the Sir Robert Mond Memorial Trust), http://www.depression.org.uk
Acton, G. S., Delucchi, K. L., & Hall, S. M. (2001). Depression severity as a predictor of smoking treatment outcome [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 63 (Suppl. 1), S4.
Acton, G. S., Prochaska, J. J., Kaplan, A. S., & Hall, S. M. (2000). Smoking and depression among psychiatric outpatients [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 60 (Suppl. 1), S2.
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Acton, G. S., Delucchi, K. L., & Hall, S. M. (2001). Depression severity as a predictor of smoking treatment outcome. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Acton, G. S., & Revelle, W. (2001). Circumplex structure in interpersonal personality measures: Testing five instruments using new criteria. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Montreal, Canada.
Acton, G. S., Prochaska, J. J., Kaplan, A. S., & Hall, S. M. (2000). Smoking and depression among psychiatric outpatients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Acton, G. S., & Jang, K. M. (1999). Nomological relations of the interpersonal circle and other personality taxonomies. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver, Canada.
Jang, K. M., & Acton, G. S. (1999). Nomological relations of the interpersonal circle and other personality taxonomies. Address presented at the Chicago Regional Undergraduate Psychology Symposium, Evanston, Illinois.
Acton, G. S., & Revelle, W. (1999). New criteria for circumplex structure. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver, Canada.
Acton, G. S., & Schroeder, D. H. (1999). Color discrimination as related to other aptitudes: An analysis of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver, Canada.
Acton, G. S. (1997a). Testing for circumplex structure in the Interpersonal Checklist and the Interpersonal Adjective Scales. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
Acton, G. S. (1997b). Testing for circumplex structure in the Interpersonal Checklist and the Interpersonal Adjective Scales. Address presented at the annual Northwestern-University of Chicago Psychology Conference, Evanston, Illinois.
Acton, G. S. (1996). On the nature of language in the classification of psychopathology. Address presented at the annual Northwestern-University of Chicago Psychology Conference, Chicago.
Acton, G. S., & Revelle, W. (1996). Testing for circumplex structure in the interpersonal circle and the structural analysis of social behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Acton, G. S. (1995). On the nature of language in the classification of psychopathology. Address presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.
University of Leuven, Belgium (Summer 2002)
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1994-1999)
Abnormal Psychology (Fall and Winter 2003)
Taught survey of abnormal psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology. Developed syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, exams, and reading lists, and edited student papers with peer commentaries.
Writers' Task Force (Summer 2002)
Initiated and led peer-review writing group for graduate students at the University of Leuven, Belgium, in which each participant presented a rough draft of a paper intended for publication and received feedback on it. Developed guidelines for presenters and reviewers, recruited participants, and led weekly meetings.
Introduction to Personality (Summer 1998)
Taught survey of personality theory and research at Northwestern University in which students summarized and evaluated the major approaches. Developed syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, exams, and reading lists, and edited student papers with peer commentaries, all of which can be found in the elaborate instructional materials website.
Special Topics: Great Ideas in Personality (Fall 1997)
Taught advanced undergraduate course at Northwestern University on outstanding personality research programs, with an emphasis on writing and peer commentary. Student papers, peer commentaries, and web projects are found in the instructional materials website.