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Overview
Faculty
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Major
Student
Research
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John Vessey
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Associate
Professor, Psychology
On faculty since 2001
Phone: (630) 752-5761
Fax: (630) 752-7033
Email: John.T.Vessey@wheaton.edu
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Education
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Ph.D.
Psychology, Northwestern University, 1991
M.A. Psychology, Northwestern University, 1990
B.A. Psychology, Wheaton
College, 1986
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Professional and Personal Interests
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Methodology,
Program Evaluation, Psychometrics, Statistics, Experimental Design, Sex
Education.
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Courses Taught
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Membership
in Professional Societies
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Research
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Dr.
Vessey serves as a technical advisor for several national evaluations of
abstinence-only sex education programs. He is also interested in
psychotherapy research and mental health outcomes research, as well as
research on obesity, smoking cessastion, cardiovascular
disease, and diabetes.
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Papers
Published and/or Presented
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Finger,
Thelen, Vessey, Mohn,
Mann (2005). Association of Virginity at Age 18 With Educational,
Economic, Social, and Health Outcomes in Middle Adulthood. Adolescent and Family Health 3 (4):
164-170.
Fabian, Toomey,
Mitchell, Erickson, Vessey, Wagenaar (2005). Do
organizations that voluntarily participate in a program differ from
non-participating organizations? Evaluation
and Program Planning 28 (2):161-165.
Hennrikus, Lando,
McCarty, Klevan, Holtan,
Huebsch, Jestus, Pentel, Pine, Sullivan, Swenson, Vessey (2005). The
TEAM project: the effectiveness of smoking cessation intervention with
hospital patients. Preventive
Medicine 40:249-258.
Lando, Hennrikus,
McCarty, Vessey (2003). Predictors of Quitting in Hospitalized Smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 5
(2): 215-222.
Hennrikus, Jeffery, Lando,
Murray, Brelje, Davidann,
Baxter, Thai, Vessey, Liu (2002). The SUCCESS Project: The Effect of
Program Format and Incentives on Participation and Cessation in Worksite
Smoking Cessation Programs. American
Journal of Public Health 92 (2): 274-279.
Lenk Toomey, Wagenaar,
Bosma, Vessey (2002). Can neighborhood
associations be allies in health policy efforts? Political activity among
neighborhood associations. Journal of
Community Psychology Vol 30 (1),
57-68.
Mann, Stine, Vessey
(2002). The Role of Disease-Specific Infectivity and Number of Disease
Exposures on the Long-Term Effectiveness of the Latex Condom. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 29
(6): 344-349.
McCarty, Lando, Hennrikus, Vessey
(2001). Nurses’ Attitudes Concerning the Delivery of Brief
Cessation Advice to Hospitalized Smokers. Preventive Medicine 33: 674-681.
St. Peter, Neafus, Khan, Vessey (2001) Factors associated with
the risk of liver enzyme elevation in patients with type 2 diabetes
treated with a thiazolidinedione. Pharmacotherapy 21(2): 183-188.
Khan, St. Peter,
Breen, Hartley, Vessey (2000). Diabetes Disease Stage Predicts Weight
Loss Outcomes with Long-term Appetite Suppressants. Obesity Research 8 (1) 43-48.
Nicholson, Hennrikus, Lando, McCarty,
Vessey (2000). Patient recall versus physician documentation in report of
smoking cessation counseling performed in the inpatient setting. Tobacco Control 9: 382-388.
Lueger, Robert J; Saunders, Stephen
M; Howard, Kenneth I; Vessey, John T; Nunez, Pierre R. Entering
psychotherapy: Probabilities, routes, and finances. [Chapter] Miller,
Nancy E. (Ed), Magruder, Kathryn M. (Ed), et
al. (1999). Cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy: A guide for
practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. (pp. 63-71). New York, NY, USA: Oxford University
Press. xxx, 354 pp.
Tsai, Welge, Hanson, Bignell,
Vessey, Schwichtenberg, Yang, Bullemer, Rasmussen, Graham (1999). Genetic Causes of
Mild Hyperhomocysteinemia in Patients with
Occlusive Coronary Artery Diseases. Atherosclerosis
143(1999) 163-170.
Khan, Herzog, St.
Peter, Hartley, Madlon-Kay, Dick, Asinger, Vessey (1998). The Prevalence of Cardiac Valvular Insufficiency Assessed by Transthoracic Echocardiography in Obese Patients
Treated with Appetite-Suppressant Drugs. New England Journal of Medicine 339: 713-718.
Lyons, Stutesman, Neme, Vessey, O’Mahoney, Camper (1997). Predicting
Psychiatric Emergency Admissions and Hospital Outcomes. Medical Care 35
(8): 792-800. Lyons, Vessey, Kisiel, Rosenbloom (1997). Understanding Decision-Making:
Optimal Data Analysis and Child Services. Family Matters Dec/Jan 12-13.
Howard, Cornille, Lyons, Vessey, Lueger,
Saunders (1996). Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization. Archives of General Psychiatry 53,
August: 696-703.
Lyons, Shasha, Christopher, Vessey, O’Mahoney,
Camper. Decision Support Technology in Managed Care [Chapter] in Stout,
et. Al. (1996) The Integration of Psychological Principles in Policy
Development (161-170) Praeger
Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Krause, Howard,
Vessey (1994). Analysis of Clinical Trial Data: the Problem of Outcome
Overlap. Psychotherapy 31
(2): 302-307.
Vessey, Howard, Lueger, Kachele,
Mergenthaler (1994). The Clinician's Illusion and the Psychotherapy
Practice: An Application of Stochastic Modeling. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
62 (4): 679-685.
Vessey, Larson,
Lyons, Rogers, Howard (1994). Condom Safety and HIV. Sexually transmitted Diseases,
21(1) 59-61.
Rogers, Howard,
Vessey (1993). Using Significance Tests to Evaluate Equivalency Between
Two Experimental Groups. Psychological
Bulletin 113 (3): 553-565.
Vessey, Howard (1993).
Who Seeks Psychotherapy? Psychotherapy
30 (4): 546-553.
Howard, Vessey, Lueger, Shank (1992). The Psychotherapeutic Service
Delivery System. Psychotherapy
Research 2 (3): 164-180.
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