Selected Publications:

Shoham-Salomon, V., & Jancourt, A. (1985).  Differential effectiveness of paradoxical interventions for more versus less stress-prone individuals.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 32, 443-447.

Shoham-Salomon, V. (1985). Are schizophrenics' behaviors schizophrenic? What medically versus psychosocially oriented therapists attribute to schizophrenic persons. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 443-453.

Shoham-Salomon, V. (1986). Paradoxical interventions: a challenge or a hoax? The Israeli Quarterly for Psychology, 2, 3-6 (Hebrew).

Shoham-Salomon, V., & Rosenthal, R. (1987).  Paradoxical interventions: A meta-analysis.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 22-27.

Shoham-Salomon, V., Avner, R., & Neeman, R.  (1989).  You are changed if you do and changed if you don't: Mechanisms underlying paradoxical interventions.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 590-598.

Shoham-Salomon, V. (1990).  Interrelating research processes of process research.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58, 295-303.

Shoham-Salomon, V., & Hannah, M.T. (1991). Client-treatment interactions in the study of differential change processes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 217-225.

Beutler, L.E., Patterson, C., Jacob, T., Shoham, V., Yost, L., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (1993).  Matching treatment to alcoholism subtypes.  Psychotherapy, 30, 463-472.

Grencavege, L., Bootzin, R., & Shoham, V. (1993). Specific and non-specific effects of therapy. In: C.G. Costello (Ed.), Basic issues in psychopathology  (pp. 359-376). NY: Guilford.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1994). Paradoxical Interventions.  Encyclopedia of Psychology, 3, 5-8.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1994).  Aptitude x treatment interaction (ATI) research:  Widening the lens, sharpening the focus.  In M. Aveline & D. Shapiro (Eds.),  Research foundations for psychotherapy research.  Sussex, England: Wiley & Sons.

Shoham, V. (1995).  Common factors, technical eclecticism, and psychotherapy research.  In J.C. Norcross (Ed.),  A round table on psychotherapy integration.  Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 4, 248-271.

Rohrbaugh, M., Shoham, V., & Spungen, C., & Steinglass, P. (1995).  Family systems therapy in practice: A systemic couples therapy for problem drinking.  In B. Bongar & L. Beutler (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of psychotherapy:  Theory and practice (pp. 228-253). New York: Oxford University Press.

Shoham, V.,  Rohrbaugh, M, & Patterson, J. (1995).  Brief-strategic and solution-focused couples therapy: The MRI and Milwaukee models.  In N.S. Jacobson & A.S. Gurman (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy  (pp. 142-163). New York: Guilford Press.

Shoham, V., Bootzin, R.R., Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Urry, H. (1996).  Paradoxical versus relaxation treatment for insomnia:  The moderating role of reactance.  Sleep Research, 24a, 365.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1997).  Interrupting ironic processes.  Psychological Science, 8, 151-153.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1997).  Promises and perils of empirically supported psychotherapy integration.  Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 6, 191-206.

Shoham, V., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Stickle, T.R., & Jacob, T. (1998).  Demand-withdraw couple interaction moderates retention in cognitive-behavioral vs. family-systems treatments for alcoholism. Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 557-577.

Chambless, D.L., Sanderson, W.C., Shoham, V., Bennett Johnson, S., Pope, K.S., Crits-Christoph, P., Baker, M., Johnson, B., Woody, S.R., Sue, S., Beutler, L., Williams, D.A., & McCurry, S. (1996).  An update on empirically validated therapies.  The Clinical Psychologist, 49, 5-18.  (Shoham is also a co-author on Chambless et al., [1988] "Update on empirically validated therapies, II".  The Clinical Psychologist, 51, 3-16.)

Baucom, D.H., Shoham, V., Meuser, K.T., Daiuto, A.D., & Stickle, T.R. (1998).  Empirically supported couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 53-88.

Nicklas, J.M., Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Cranford, J.A., & Sonnega, J. (1998).  The quality of social support predicts 3-year survival among married patients with congestive heart failure.  Circulation, 98 (17), 206.

Nicklas, J.M., Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Cranford, J.A., & Sonnega, J. (1998).  Extreme levels of psychological distress among male and female congestive-heart-failure patients but not male spouses.  Circulation, 98 (17), 211.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (1999). Beyond Allegiance to Comparative Outcome Studies. Clinical Psychology:  Science and Practice 61, 120-123.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (2000). Paradoxical Interventions.  Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (3rd edition).

Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2001).  Brief therapy based on interrupting ironic processes:  The Palo Alto model.  Clinical Psychology:  Science and Practice, 8 (1), 66-81.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Trost, S., Muramoto, M.,  Cate, R., & Leischow, S. (2001).  Couple-dynamics of change resistant smoking:  Toward a family-consultation model.  Family Process,  40, 15 – 31.

Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Cranford, J.A.,, Nicklas, J.M., & Sonnega, J. (2001).  Prognostic importance of marital quality for survival of congestive heart failure.  American Journal of Cardiology, 88, 526-529.

Schoenfeld, J., Snyder, L., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Stedman, M., &. Ewy, G.A.  (2001).  Couples coping with cardiac rehabilitation:  Gender differences in psychological distress.  Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 25(5), 312.

Snyder, L., Schoenfeld, J., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Stedman, M., &. Ewy, G.A.  (2001).  Gender differences in response to phase-II cardiac rehabilitation.  Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 25(5), 312.

Rohrbaugh, M.J.,  Shoham, V., & Racioppo, M.W. (2002).  Toward family-level attribute x treatment interaction research.  In H. Liddle, D. Santisteban et al. (Eds.), Family Psychology: Science-Based Intervention, pp. 215-237.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., Cranford, J.A., Shoham, V., Nicklas, J.M., Sonnega, J. & Coyne, J.C. (2002).  Couples coping with congestive heart failure:  Role and gender differences in psychological distress. Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 3-13.

Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2002).  Brief strategic couple therapy.  In A.S. Gurman & N.S. Jacobson (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (pp. 5-25). New York: Guilford Publications.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2002).  Family systems therapy for alcohol abuse.  In S. Hofmann & M.C. Tompson (Eds.), Handbook of psychosocial treatments for severe mental disorders.  New York: Guilford Publications.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Coyne, J.C., Cranford, J.A., Nicklas, J.M., & Sonnega, J. (2004).  Beyond the “self" in self-efficacy:  Spouse confidence predicts survival following heart failure.  Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 1-10.

Shoham, V., Trost, S., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2004). From State to Trait and Back Again:  Reactance Theory Goes Clinical.  In: R. A. Wright, J. Greenberg, & S. S. Brehm (Eds.),  Motivation and Emotion in Social Contexts.  NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2005). Interrupting ironic processes: A template for brief therapy. Journal of Brief Therapy.

Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., & Coyne, J.C. (2006).  Effect of marital quality on 8-year survival following heart failure.  American Journal of Cardiology, 98, 1069-1072.

Shoham, V., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Trost, S., & Muramoto, M. (2006).  A family consultation intervention for health-compromised smokers.  Journal of Substance Abuse treatment, 31, 395-402.

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