Selected Publications
Robles, E., Emery, N.N., Vargas, P.A., Moreno, A., Marshall, B., Grove, R.C., & Zhang, H. (2014). Patterns of responding on a balloon analogue task reveal individual differences in overall risk-taking: Choice between guaranteed and uncertain cash. Journal of General Psychology, 141, 207-227.
Robles, E., Huang, B.E., Simpson, P.M., & McMillan, D.E. (2011) Delay discounting, impulsiveness, and addiction severity in opioid-dependent patients. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41, 354-362.
Vargas, P.A., Perry, T.T., Robles, E., Jo, C., Simpson, P.M., Magee, J.M., Feild, C.R., Hakkak, R., Carroll, P.A., and Jones, S.M. (2007) Relationship of body mass index with asthma indicators in Head Start children. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 99, 22-28.
Robles, E., Crone, C.C., Whiteside-Mansell, L., Conners, N.A., Bokony, P.A., Worley, L.L., and McMillan, D.E. (2005) Voucher-based incentives for cigarette smoking reduction in a women’s residential treatment program. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 7, 111-117.
Silverman, K., Robles, E., Mudric, T., Bigelow, G.E., & Stitzer, M.L. (2004) A randomized trial of long-term reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in methadone patients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(5), 839–854.
Wong, C.J., Sheppard, J., Dallery, J., Bedient, G., Robles, E., Svikis, D., & Silverman, K. (2003) Effects of reinforcer magnitude on data entry productivity in chronically unemployed drug abusers participating in a therapeutic workplace. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11,1, 46-55.
Katz, E., Robles, E., Correia, C.J, Silverman, K., Stitzer, M.L., & Bigelow, G.E. (2002) The brief abstinence test: Effects of continued incentive availability on cocaine abstinence. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 10(1), 10-17.
Robles, E., Stitzer, M.L., Strain, E.C., Bigelow, G.E., & Silverman, K. (2002) Voucher-based reinforcement of opiate abstinence during methadone detoxification. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 65, 179-189.
Silverman, K., Svikis, D., Robles, E., Stitzer, M.L., & Bigelow, G.E. (2001) A reinforcement-based Therapeutic Workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: Six-month abstinence outcomes. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9(1), 14-23.
Silverman, K., Svikis, D., Robles, E., Stitzer, M.L., & Bigelow, G.E. (2001) Toward application of the Therapeutic Workplace: Reply to Higgins (2001), Marlatt (2001), McLellan (2001), and Petry (2001). Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9(1), 35-39.
Robles, E., Silverman, K., Preston, K.L., Cone, E.J., Katz, E., Bigelow, G.E., and Stitzer, M.L. (2000) The brief abstinence test: Voucher-based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 58(1-2), 205-212.