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Joel G. Sprunger, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • PhD: Purdue University (Clinical Psychology)
  • Master's Degree: Purdue University (Clinical Psychology)
  • Bachelor's Degree: Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (Psychology)
Specialties

Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Psychology

Peer Reviewed Publications

, ; Samet, Jeffrey H; El-Bassel, Nabila; Winhusen, T John; Jackson, Rebecca D; Oga, Emmanuel A; Chandler, Redonna K; Villani, Jennifer; Freisthler, Bridget; Adams, Joella; Aldridge, Arnie; Angerame, Angelo; Babineau, Denise C; Bagley, Sarah M; Baker, Trevor J; Balvanz, Peter; Barbosa, Carolina; Barocas, Joshua; Battaglia, Tracy A; Beard, Dacia D; Beers, Donna; Blevins, Derek; Bove, Nicholas; Bridden, Carly; Brown, Jennifer L; Bush, Heather M; Bush, Joshua L; Caldwell, Ryan; Calver, Katherine; Calvert, Deirdre; Campbell, Aimee N C; Carpenter, Jane; Caspar, Rachel; Chassler, Deborah; Chaya, Joan; Cheng, Debbie M; Cunningham, Chinazo O; Dasgupta, Anindita; David, James L; Davis, Alissa; Dean, Tammy; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Eggleston, Barry; Fanucchi, Laura C; Feaster, Daniel J; Fernandez, Soledad; Figueroa, Wilson; Freedman, Darcy A; Freeman, Patricia R; Freiermuth, Caroline E; Friedlander, Eric; Gelberg, Kitty H; Gibson, Erin B; Gilbert, Louisa; Glasgow, LaShawn; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn A; Gomori, Stephen; Gruss, Dawn E; Gulley, Jennifer; Gutnick, Damara; Hall, Megan E; Harger Dykes, Nicole; Hargrove, Sarah L; Harlow, Kristin; Harris, Aumani; Harris, Daniel; Helme, Donald W; Holloway, JaNae; Hotchkiss, Juanita; Huang, Terry; Huerta, Timothy R; Hunt, Timothy; Hyder, Ayaz; Ingram, Van L; Ingram, Tim; Kauffman, Emily; Kimball, Jennifer L; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Knott, Charles; Knudsen, Hannah K; Konstan, Michael W; Kosakowski, Sarah; Larochelle, Marc R; Leaver, Hannah M; LeBaron, Patricia A; Lefebvre, R Craig; Levin, Frances R; Lewis, Nikki; Lewis, Nicky; Lofwall, Michelle R; Lounsbury, David W; Luster, Jamie E; Lyons, Michael S; Mack, Aimee; Marks, Katherine R; Marquesano, Stephanie; Mauk, Rachel; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; McConnell, Kristin; McGladrey, Margaret L; McMullan, Jason; Miles, Jennifer; Munoz Lopez, Rosie; Nelson, Alisha; Neufeld, Jessica L; Newman, Lisa; Nguyen, Trang Q; Nunes, Edward V; Oller, Devin A; Oser, Carrie B; Oyler, Douglas R; Pagnano, Sharon; Parran, Theodore V; Powell, Joshua; Powers, Kim; Ralston, William; Ramsey, Kelly; Rapkin, Bruce D; Reynolds, Jennifer G; Roberts, Monica F; Robertson, Will; Rock, Peter; Rodgers, Emma; Rodriguez, Sandra; Rudorf, Maria; Ryan, Shawn; Salsberry, Pamela; Salvage, Monika; Sabounchi, Nasim; Saucier, Merielle; Savitzky, Caroline; Schackman, Bruce; Schady, Elizabeth; Seiber, Eric E; Shadwick, Aimee; Shoben, Abigail; Slater, Michael D; Slavova, Svetla; Speer, Drew; Sprunger, Joel; Starbird, Laura E; Staton, Michele; Stein, Michael D; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle J; Stopka, Thomas J; Sullivan, Ann; Surratt, Hilary L; Sword Cruz, Rachel; Talbert, Jeffery C; Taylor, Jessica L; Thompson, Katherine L; Vandergrift, Nathan; Vickers-Smith, Rachel A; Vietze, Deanna J; Walker, Daniel M; Walley, Alexander Y; Walters, Scott T; Weiss, Roger; Westgate, Philip M; Wu, Elwin; Young, April M; Zarkin, Gary A; Walsh, Sharon L 2024. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. The New England journal of medicine, ,

Glasgow, LaShawn; Douglas, Christian; Sprunger, Joel G; Campbell, Aimee N C; Chandler, Redonna; Dasgupta, Anindita; Holloway, JaNae; Marks, Katherine R; Roberts, Sara M; Martinez, Linda Sprague; Thompson, Katherine; Weiss, Roger D; Aldridge, Arnie; Asman, Kat; Barbosa, Carolina; Blevins, Derek; Chassler, Deborah; Cogan, Lindsay; Fanucchi, Laura; Hall, Megan E; Hunt, Timothy; Jadovich, Elizabeth; Levin, Frances R; Lincourt, Patricia; Lofwall, Michelle R; Loukas, Vanessa; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Nunes, Edward; Oga, Emmanuel; Oller, Devin; Rudorf, Maria; Sullivan, Ann Marie; Talbert, Jeffery; Taylor, Angela; Teater, Julie; Vandergrift, Nathan; Woodlock, Kristin; Zarkin, Gary A; Freisthler, Bridget; Samet, Jeffrey H; Walsh, Sharon L; El-Bassel, Nabila 2024. Effect of the Communities that HEAL intervention on receipt of behavioral therapies for opioid use disorder: A cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial. Drug and alcohol dependence, 259 , 111286

Knudsen, Hannah K; Walker, Daniel M; Mack, Nicole; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Huerta, Timothy R; Glasgow, LaShawn; Gilbert, Louisa; Garner, Bryan R; Dasgupta, Anindita; Chandler, Redonna; Walsh, Sharon L; Tin, Yjuliana; Tan, Sylvia; Sprunger, Joel; Sprague-Martinez, Linda; Salsberry, Pamela; Saucier, Merielle; Rudorf, Maria; Rodriguez, Sandra; Oser, Carrie B; Oga, Emmanuel; Nakayima, Julie; Linas, Beth S; Lefebvre, R Craig; Kosakowski, Sarah; Katz, Rachel E; Hunt, Timothy; Holman, Ari; Holloway, JaNae; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Fareed, Naleef; Christopher, Mia; Aldrich, Alison; Adams, Joella W; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn 2024. Reducing perceived barriers to scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution and medications for opioid use disorder in the United States in the HEALing (helping end addiction long-term®) communities study. Preventive medicine, 185 , 108034

Sprunger, Joel G; Girard, Jeffrey M; Chard, Kathleen M 2024. Associations between transdiagnostic traits of psychopathology and hybrid posttraumatic stress disorder factors in a trauma-exposed community sample. Journal of traumatic stress, 37 3, 384-396

Thompson-Hollands, Johanna; Lee, Daniel J; Allen, Elizabeth S; Pukay-Martin, Nicole D; Campbell, Sarah B; Chard, Kathleen M; Renshaw, Keith D; Sprunger, Joel G; Birkley, Erica; Dondanville, Katherine A; Litz, Brett T; Riggs, David S; Schobitz, Richard P; Yarvis, Jeffrey S; Young-McCaughan, Stacey; Keane, Terence M; Peterson, Alan L; Monson, Candice M; Fredman, Steffany J 2024. The significant others' responses to trauma scale (SORTS): applying factor analysis and item response theory to a measure of PTSD symptom accommodation. European journal of psychotraumatology, 15 1, 2353530

Brown, Jennifer L; Gause, Nicole K; Braun, Robert; Punches, Brittany; Spatholt, David; Twitty, T Dylanne; Sprunger, Joel G; Lyons, Michael S 2023. Substance Use and Mental Health Screening Within an Emergency Department-Based HIV Screening Program: Outcomes From 1 Year of Implementation. Health promotion practice, , 15248399231193005

Sprunger, Joel G; Johnson, Keilan; Lewis, Daniel; Kaelber, David C; Winhusen, T John 2022. Five-year incidence of substance use and mental health diagnoses following exposure to opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines during an emergency department encounter for traumatic injury. Drug and alcohol dependence, 238 , 109584

Eckhardt, Christopher I; Parrott, Dominic J; Swartout, Kevin M; Leone, Ruschelle M; Purvis, Danielle M; Massa, Andrea A; Sprunger, Joel G 2021. Cognitive and Affective Mediators of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Aggression. Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 9 3, 385-402

Sprunger, Joel G; Hales, Andrew; Maloney, Molly; Williams, Kipling; Eckhardt, Christopher I 2020. Alcohol, Affect, and Aggression: An Investigation of Alcohol's Effects Following Ostracism. Psychology of violence, 10 6, 585-593

Eckhardt C.;Murphy C.;Sprunger J. 08-01-2014. Interventions for perpetrators of intimate partner violence Psychiatric Times, 31 8,

Massa A.;Eckhardt C.;Sprunger J.;Parrott D.;Subramani O. 07-01-2019. Trauma cognitions and partner aggression: Anger, hostility, and rumination as intervening mechanisms Psychology of Violence, 9 4, 392-399

Blake K.;Hopkins R.;Sprunger J.;Eckhardt C.;Denson T. 04-20-2017. Relationship quality and cognitive reappraisal moderate the effects of negative urgency on behaviora Psychology of Violence, 8 2, 218-228

Sprunger J.;Schumacher J.;Coffey S.;Norris D. 04-01-2019. It’s time to start asking all patients about intimate partner violence Journal of Family Practice, 68 3, 152-161A

Sprunger J.;Eckhardt C. 01-01-2017. Predicting past and future dating violence from implicit and explicit violence attitudes: An experim Partner Abuse, 8 4, 361-376

Freeman R.;Eckhardt C.;Parrott D.;Sprunger J. 01-01-2015. Mechanisms of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Violence Against Women, 21 8, 939-957

Sprunger J.G.;Eckhardt C.I.;Parrott D.J. 01-01-2015. Anger, problematic alcohol use, and intimate partner violence victimisation and perpetration Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 25 4, 273-286

Girard, J. M., Sprunger, J. G., Chard, K. M. . Reading Between the Lines: Exploring Lexical and Emotional Content in Baseline Trauma Impact Statements Psychology of Violence, ,

Sprunger, J. G., Martin, C. E., Stayton Coe, L. E., Molano, J. R., Kreitzer, N., Punches, B., Chard, K. M. . Masking the pain: The effects of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers’ mental health in hospital settings Journal of Affective Disorders, ,