Jack Darkes
Associate Director for the Alcohol & Substance Use Research Institute
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Jack Darkes is an Assistant Professor and Associate Research Scientist, serving as the Associate Director of the Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute and Director of the University of South Florida Psychological Service Center. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from USF in 1994 and is licensed to practice psychology in the State of Florida. His research focuses on the role of experience, learning and memory in behavior and behavior change. His research accomplishments have been recognized by the American Psychological Association and Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Darkes has also published research on forensic psychology, the validity of self-reports and the optimization of clinical trials. He has received grant funding from the US Department of Education to design and test a classroom-based prevention program for community college students. He also serves as a Senior Editor for the journal Addiction.
Education
University of South Florida, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology 1994
University of South Florida, M.A.. Clinical Psychology 1991
Northwestern State University of Louisiana, BGS, concentration in Behavioral Sciences, 1987
Specialty Area
Clinical
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Recent Publications
Cohen, J., Collins, R., Darkes, J., & Gwartney, D. (2007). A League of Their Own:
Demographics, Motivations and Patterns of Use of 1,955 Male Adult Non-Medical
Anabolic Steroid Users in the United States. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 4(12).
Del Boca, F.K., & Darkes, J. (2007). Enhancing the validity and utility of randomized clinical
trials in addictions treatment research: I. Treatment implementation and research design.Addiction, 102 (7), 1047-1056.
Del Boca, F.K., & Darkes, J. (2007). Enhancing the validity and utility of randomized clinical
trials in addictions treatment research: II. Participant samples and assessment. Addiction, 102 (8), 1194-1203.
Del Boca, F.K., & Darkes, J. (2007). Enhancing the validity and utility of randomized clinical
trials in addictions treatment research: III. Data processing and statistical analysis. Addiction, 102 (9), 1356-1364.
Goldman, M.S., Darkes, J., Reich, R.R., & Brandon, K.O. (2007). From DNA to Conscious
Thought: The Influence of Anticipatory Processes on Human Alcohol Consumption.
In M. Munafo (Ed.) Cognition and Addiction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Goldman, M.S., Darkes, J., Reich, R., & Brandon, K.O. (2010). Anticipatory Processing as a
Transdisciplinary Bridge in Addictions. In D. Ross, H. Kincaid, D. Spurrett, & P. Collins (Eds.) What is Addiction? Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Darkes, J. (2010). Commentary on Jackson (2010): Step by step – The developmental course
from first drink to dependence or treatment among adolescents. Addiction, 105, 450-451.
Darkes, J., Collins, R., Cohen, J., & Gwartney, D. (in press). Performance enhancing drug use among adolescents and college students: Etiology and prevention. Encyclopedia of Addictive Behaviors.
Del Boca, F.K., Darkes, J., & McRee, B. (in press). Self-Report Assessments of Psychoactive
Substance Use and Dependence. In K. Sher (Ed.) Oxford handbook of substance use disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.
Goldman, M.S., Greenbaum, P.E. Darkes, J., Brandon, K.O., & Del Boca, F.K. (in press). How
many versus how much: 52 weeks of alcohol consumption in emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.