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Applied Psychology and Human Development
Psychology (including Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy, Health Psychology, Mental Health)


Abby Goldstein

email: abbyl.goldstein@utoronto.ca  

Department: Applied Psychology and Human Development



Research Overview

Addictive behaviours; substance use and co-occurring risk behaviours; child maltreatment and substance use; development and evaluation of brief substance abuse interventions.

For more information on Dr. Goldstein’s research visit : www.individual.utoronto.ca/agoldstein

Teaching Overview

AEC1202H: Personality Theories and Techniques in Counselling
AEC3224H: Individual Cognitive and Personality Assessment
AEC1275H: Special Topics in Counselling Psychology: Addictive Behaviours - Approaches to Assessment and Intervention


Professional Activities

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Psychological Association
Ontario Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Research Society on Alcoholism
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Conference Presentations (Selected)

Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Goldstein, A. L., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M., Bingham, C. R., Shope, J., Stanley, R., & Blow, F. C. (2008, June). Violent behaviors among teens treated in an inner-city emergency department: Peer, dating, and alcohol-related fighting.Poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Washington, DC.

Goldstein, A. L., Flett, G. L., & Wekerle, C. (2007, November). Childhood maltreatment, binge drinking and depressive symptoms as predictors of deliberate self-harm among male and female college students. Paper presented at the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference. Toronto, ON.

Goldstein, A. L., & Flett, G. L. (2007, November). Differences in personality and alcohol use among independent and combined internal drinking motives groups. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Philadelphia, PA.

Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Goldstein, A. L., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M., Bingham, C. R., Shope, J. T., Stanley, R., & Blow, F. C. (2007, October). Violent behaviors among adolescents in an inner-city emergency department. Poster presented at the 2007 National Injury and Violence Prevention Research Conference. Columbus, OH.

Goldstein, A. L., Barnett, N. P.., Pedlow, C. T., & Murphy, J. G. (2006, June). Drinking in conjunction with sexual experiences among identified problem-drinking college students. In C. T. Pedlow (Chair), Alcohol and HIV/STI Risk Behavior: Predictors of Co-Occurrence and Findings from Combined Interventions. Symposium presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Baltimore, MD.


Representative Publications

Chapters in Edited Books

Krank, M. D., & Goldstein, A. L. (2006). Adolescent changes in implicit cognition and prevention of
substance abuse. In R. W. Wiers & A. W. Stacy (Eds.), Handbook of Implicit Cognition and Addiction (pp. 439- 453).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications And Research Reports

Goldstein, A. L., Wekerle, C. (2008, March). Aging out of the child protective services system: The
transition form child welfare to independence. OACAS Journal, 52, 9-17.

Wekerle, C., Leung, E., & Goldstein, A. L. (2008, February). Substance use among adolescents in child welfare versus the general population: A comparison of the Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways (MAP) and Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) Datasets. Report prepared for Health Canada. Ottawa, ON.

Refereed Journal Articles

Goldstein, A.L., & Flett, G. L. (in press) Personality, alcohol use and drinking motives: A comparison of independent and combined internal drinking motives groups. Behavior Modification.

Goldstein, A. L., Flett, G. L., Wekerle, C., & Wall, A-M. (in press). Personality, child maltreatment, and
substance use in deliberate self-harm among college students. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science.


  • Abby Goldstein
  • Bruce Small
  • Christie Fraser
  • Joyce Mak
  • Judith Wiener
  • Mark Bunten Heder
  • Michele Peterson-Badali
  • Nicole Elliott
  • tina Hjorngaard
  • Hazel McBride
  • Rick Volpe
  • Stephanie John
  • Human Development
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