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Overview
Faculty
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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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