al'Absi, M., Devereux, R. B. Rao, D.C., Kitzman, D., Oberman, A., Hopkins, P., & Arnett, D. (in press). Blood pressure stress reactivity and left ventricular mass in a random community sample of African American and Caucasian men and women. American Journal of Cardiology

al'Absi, M., Hatsukami, D., & Davis, G. (in press). Attenuated adrenocorticotropic responses to stress predict early relapse. Psychopharmacology

France, C. R., al'Absi, M., France, J., Brose, J., Spaeth, D., Harju, A., Nordehn, G., Ring, C., Wittmers, L (in press) Assessment of opiate modulation of nociception in men and women at risk for hypertension. Biological Psychology

Lovallo, W.R., Whitsett, T., al'Absi, M., Sung, B.H., Vincent, A. S., Wilson, M.F. (in press) Caffeine stimulation of cortisol secretion across the waking hours in relation to caffeine intake levels. Psychosomatic Medicine

Bruehl, S., Franceb, C., Franceb, J, Harjuc, A., al'Absi, M. (2005). How accurate are parental chronic pain histories provided by offspring? Pain, 115, 390-397.

al'Absi, M, France, C.R., France, J., Harju, A., Ring, C., McIntyre, D., Wittmers, L.E. (2005) Effects of baroreflex stimulation on pain perception and nociceptive flexion reflex in men and women. Psychophysiology, 42, 83-91.,

Bongard, S, al'Absi, M.. (2005). Domain-specific anger expression and blood pressure in occupational setting. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 43-49.

al'Absi, M., Wittmers, L., Ellestad, D., Nordehn, G., Kim, S.W., Kirschbaum, C., & Grant, J.E. (2004). Sex differences in pain and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical responses to opioid blockade. Psychosomatic Medicine, 166, 198-206

al'Absi, M., Hatsukami, D., Davis. G. L., & Wittmers, L. (2004). Prospective examination of effects of smoking abstinence on cortisol and withdrawal symptoms as predictors of early smoking relapse. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 73, 267-278

Cohen, L. M., al'Absi, M., & Collins, F. L. (2004) Salivary cortisol concentrations are associated with acute nicotine withdrawal. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 1673-1678.

al'Absi, M., & Lovallo, W.R. (2004). Neuroendocrine effects of caffeine and stress. In Nehlig, A., Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and the Brain. Nutrition, Brain, and Behavior: A Book Series. Taylor & Francis Group, New York.113-132.

Hoffman, R., & al'Absi, M. (2004). Effects of acute stress on subsequent cognitive performance. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 497-506.

al'Absi, M., & Petersen, K.L. (2003). Blood pressure but not cortisol mediates stress effects on subsequent pain perception in healthy men and women. Pain, 106, 285-95.

al'Absi, M., & Hoffman, R. (2003). Hypertension. In Cohen, L.M., McChargue, D.E., & Collins, F.L. The Health Psychology Handbook: Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine Specialist. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. pp. 252-278.

Bongard, S., & al'Absi, M. (2003). Situational influences on anger expression and cardiovascular responses to stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 1383-1402.

al'Absi, M., & Wittmers, L.E. (2003). Enhanced adrenocortical responses to stress in hypertension-prone men and women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 25, 25-33.

al'Absi, M., Wittmers, L.E., Erickson, J., Hatsukami, D., and Crouse, B. (2003). Attenuated adrenocortical and blood pressure responses to psychological stress in ad libitum and abstinent smokers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 74, 401-410

Bongard, S., & al'Absi, M. (2003). Situational influences on anger expression and cardiovascular responses to stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 1383-1402.

al'Absi, M., Amunrud, T., & Wittmers, L.E. (2002). Psychophysiological effects of nicotine abstinence and behavioral challenges in habitual smokers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 72,707-716.

France, C.R., France, J.L., al'Absi, M., Ring, C., & McIntyre, D. (2002). Catastrophizing is related to pain ratings, but not nociceptive flexion reflex threshold. Pain, 99, 459-463.

al'Absi, M., Hugdahl, K., & Lovallo, W. R. (2002). Adrenocortical responses and cognitive performance. Psychophysiology, 39, 95-99.

al'Absi, M., Devereux, R. B. Lewis, C., Kitzman, D., Rao, D.C., Hopkins, P., Markovitz, J., & Arnett, D. (2002) Relation of cardiovascular stress reactivity to left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness in hypertensives: effects of race and gender. American Journal of Cardiology, 89, 536-540.

al'Absi, M., Petersen, K., & Wittmers, L. (2002). Adrenocortical and hemodynamic predictors of pain perception in men and women. Pain, 92, 197-205.

Cohen, L., Britt, D., al'Absi, M., McChargue, D. (2001). Multimodal assessment of the effect of chewing gum on nicotine withdrawal. Addictive Behaviors, 26, 289-295

al'Absi, M., & Arnett, D.K. (2000). Adrenocortical responses to psychological stress and risk for hypertension. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 54, 234-244

al'Absi, M., Petersen, K., & Wittmers, L. (2000). Blood pressure and not parental history for hypertension predicts pain perception in women. Pain, 88, 61-68

al'Absi, M., Bongard, S., & Lovallo, W. R. (2000). Effects of habitual anger expression and defensiveness on ACTH and cortisol responses to behavioral challenges. International Journal Psychophysiology, 37, 257-265

Lovallo, W.R., al'Absi, M., Pincomb, G., Sung, B.H., Passey, R. & Wilson, M.F. (2000). Borderline hypertension and cardiovascular responses to psychological stress and caffeine. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 7, 183 -188

Shepard, J., al'Absi, M., Whitsett, T.L., & Lovallo, W. R. (2000). Additive pressor effects of caffeine and stress in male medical students at risk for hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension, 13, 475-481

al'Absi, M., Buchanan, T., Marrero, A., & Lovallo, W. R. (1999). Sex differences in pain perception and cardiovascular responses in persons with parental history for hypertension. Pain, 83, 331-338.

Buchanan, T., al'Absi, M., Lovallo, W. R. (1999). Cortisol fluctuates with increases and decreases in negative affect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 24, 227-241.

Hoffman, R. & al'Absi, M. (1998). Cognitive psychology. In M. Hersen & A. S. Bellack (eds), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom. pp 323-354.

al'Absi, M., Lovallo, W. R., Mckey, B., Sung, B. H.., & Wilson, M. F. (1998) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical responses to psychological stress and caffeine in men at high and low risk for hypertension. Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 521-527.

Lovallo, W. R., & al'Absi, M. (1998). Hemodynamics during rest and behavioral stress in normotensive men at high risk for hypertension. Psychophysiology, 35, 47-53

Bongard, S., al'Absi, M., & Lovallo, W.R. (1998). Interaction effects of hostility and anger expression on cardiovascular reactivity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 28, 181 191

al'Absi, M., Bongard, S., Buchanan, T., Pincomb, G., Licinio, J., & Lovallo, W. R. (1997). Neuroendocrine and hemodynamic responses to extended mental and interpersonal stressors. Psychophysiology, 34, 266-275.

Marrero, A. F., al'Absi, M., Pincomb, G. A., & Lovallo, W. R. (1997). Men at risk for hypertension show elevated vascular resistance at rest and during mental arithmetic. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 185 192.

Bongard, S., Pfeiffer, J. S., al'Absi, M., Hodapp, V., & Linnenkemper, G. (1997). Cardiovascular responses during active coping and acute experience of anger. Psychophysiology, 34, 459-466.

Bernardy, N. C., Everson, S. A., al'Absi, M., Schott, H., & Lovallo, W. R. (1995). Risk for hypertension predicts the "white coat" effect in young men. Psychologische Beitrage, Band 35, S26-31.

al'Absi, M., Buchanan, T., & Lovallo, W. R. (1996). Pain and cardiovascular responses to cold pressor in persons with positive parental history for hypertension. Psychophysiology, 33, 655-661.

Lovallo, W. R., al'Absi, M., Blick, K., Whitsett, T. L., Wilson, M., Sung, B. H., & Pincomb, G. A. (1996). Stress-like neuroendocrine responses to caffeine in young healthy men. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 55, 365-370.

Lovallo, W. R., al'Absi, M., Pincomb, G. A., Everson, S. A., Sung, B. H., Passey, R. B., & Wilson, M. F. (1996). Caffeine and behavioral stress effects on blood pressure in borderline hypertensive men. Health Psychology, 15, 11-17.

al'Absi, M., Lovallo, W. R., Pincomb, G. A., Sung, B. H., & Wilson, M. F. (1995). Adrenocortical effects of caffeine at rest and during mental stress in borderline hypertensive men. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2, 263-275.

al'Absi, M., Everson, S. A., & Lovallo, W. R. (1995). The association between resting systolic pressure and parental history of hypertension in cardiovascular reactivity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 20, 155-160.

al'Absi, M., Lovallo, W. R., Mckey, B. S., & Pincomb, G. A. (1994). Borderline hypertensives produce exaggerated adrenocortical responses to mental stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 56, 245-250.

Sung, B. H., Whitsett, T., Lovallo, W. R., al'Absi, M., Pincomb, G. A., & Wilson, M. F. (1994). Prolonged increase in blood pressure by a single oral dose of caffeine in mild hypertensive men. American Journal of Hypertension, 7, 755-758.

al'Absi, M., & Lovallo, W. R. (1993). Cortisol concentrations of borderline hypertensive men exposed to a novel experimental setting. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 18, 355-363.

Rokke, P. D., & al'Absi, M. (1992). Matching pain coping strategies to the individual: A prospective validation of the Cognitive Coping Strategies Inventory. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 1-15.

Rokke, P. D., al'Absi, M., Lall, R., & Oswald, K. (1992). When does a choice of coping strategies help? The interaction of choice and locus of control. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 611-625.

al'Absi, M., & Rokke, P. D. (1991). Can anxiety help us tolerate pain? Pain, 46, 43-51.