Paul Karoly, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
B.A. Psychology: City College (City University) of New York, 1966
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester (New York), 1971
American Psychological Society
American Psychological Association
Society of the Sigma Xi
Psi Chi
Phi Beta Kappa
United States Public Health Service Fellow, University of Rochester
1966-1967; Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
1998: Interdisciplinary Fellow.
Professor Emeritus: 2021-present
Director of New Product Development, Goalistics, LLC, Tempe, Arizona
2008-present
Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University, 1982-2020;
Formerly Interdisciplinary Faculty, Exercise Science and Physical
Education PhD Program
Formerly Affiliated Faculty: Adult Development and Aging Program
Acting Director of Clinical Training, ASU, 2015-2016
Chair, Arizona State University Ombudspersons Committee, 2008-present.
Director of Graduate Studies, Arizona State University, 2001- 2003
Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Arizona State University,
1982-1987
Professor of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, 1980-1982
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, 1975-1980
Acting Director, Clinical Training Program, University of Cincinnati, 1972-
1973
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, 1970-1975
1Psychology Trainee, Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Outpatient
Clinic, Rochester, New York, 1969-1970
Psychology Trainee, Children and Youth Services Division, Rochester
Mental Health Center, 1968-1969
Psychology Trainee, Student Health Service, University of Rochester,
1968-1969
Psychology Trainee, Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Inpatient
Psychology Service, Syracuse, New York, 1967-1968
Human self-regulation; Goal systems; Goal-centered motivational analyses
applied to psychopathology, psychological change, chronic pain, and health
psychology; Psychological assessment: health screening; Internet-based self-
management training.
Karoly, P. & Steffen, J.J. (Eds.) (1980). Improving the long-term effects
of psychotherapy: Models of durable outcome. New York:
Gardner Press.
Karoly, P. & Kanfer, F.H. (Eds.) (1982). Self-management and behavior
change: From theory to practice. New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P., Steffen, J.J., & O’Grady, D. J. (Eds.) (1982) Child health
psychology: Concepts and issues. New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P. & Steffen, J.J. (Eds.) (1982) Improving children’s competence.
Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books(D.C. Heath).
Steffen, J.J. & Karoly, P. (Eds.) (1982) Autism and severe childhood
psychopathology. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books.
Karoly, P. & Steffen, J.J. (Eds.) (1984) Adolescent behavior disorders.
Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books.
Karoly, P. (Ed.) (1985) Measurement strategies in health psychology.
New York: John Wiley and Sons.
2Karoly, P. & Jensen, M. P. (1987) Multimethod assessment of chronic
pain. New York: Pergamon Press.
Wolchik, S.A. & Karoly, P. (Eds.) (1988) Children of divorce: Empirical
perspectives on adjustment. New York: Gardner Press.
Karoly, P. (Ed.) (1988) Handbook of child health assessment: Biopsycho-
social perspectives. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Karoly, P., & Crombez, G. (Eds.) (2018) Motivational perspectives on chronic
pain: Theory, research, and practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kanfer, F.H. & Karoly, P. (1972) Self-regulation and its clinical
application:Some additional conceptualizations. In R.C.
Johnson, P.R.Dokecki, & O.H. Mowrer (Eds.), Conscience,
contract, and social reality: Theory and research in behavioral
science. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Also reprinted in M.
Hartig (Ed.), Selbstkontrolle: Ein kritischer uberblick uber
lerntheoretische und verhaltenstherapeutische ansatze.
Munchen-Berlin-Wien: Urban and Schwartzenberg,1973.
Also in N.Miller, T.X.Barber, J.Kamiya, D.Shapiro & J.Stoyva
(Eds.) Biofeedback and self-control,1973. Chicago: Aldine,1974.
Karoly, P. (1975). Operant methods. In F.H.Kanfer & A.P. Goldstein (Eds.)
Helping people change: A textbook of methods and materials.
New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P. (1977). Behavioral self-management in children: Concepts,
methods, issues, and directions. In M. Hersen, R.M. Eisler, &
P. M. Miller (Eds.), Progress in behavior modification, Vol. 5.
New York: Academic Press.
Karoly, P. (1980). Operant methods. In F. H. Kanfer & A. P. Goldstein (Eds.),
Helping people change (2nd edition). New York: Pergamon Press.
Steffen, J. & Karoly, P. (1980). Toward a psychology of therapeutic
maintenance. In P. Karoly & J.J. Steffen (Eds.), Improving the
long-term effects of psychotherapy: Models of durable outcome.
New York: Gardner Press.
Karoly, P. (1980). Person variables in therapeutic change and develop-
ment. In P. Karoly & J. J. Steffen (Eds.), Improving the long-term
3effects of psychotherapy : Models of durable outcome. New York:
Gardner Press.
Karoly, P. (1981). Self-control problems in children. In E. J. Mash &
L.G. Terdal (Eds.), Behavioral assessment of childhood disorders.
New York: Guilford Press.
Karoly, P. (1982). Perspectives on self-management and behavior
change. In P. Karoly & F.H. Kanfer (Eds.), Self-management and
behavior change: From theory to practice. New York: Pergamon
Press.
Kanfer, F. H. & Karoly, P. (1982). The psychology of self-management:
Abiding issues and tentative directions. In P.Karoly & F.H. Kanfer
(Eds.), Self-management and behavior change: From theory to
practice. New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P. (1982). Developmental pediatrics: A process-oriented approach
to the analysis of health competence. In P. Karoly, J. J. Steffen, &
D.J. O’Grady (Eds.), Child health psychology: Concepts and issues.
New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P. (1985). The logic and character of assessment in health
psychology. In P. Karoly (Ed.), Measurement strategies in health
psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Filsinger, E. E. & Karoly, P. (1985). Taxonomic methods in health
psychology. In P. Karoly (Ed.), Measurement strategies in health
psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Karoly, P. (1985). The assessment of pain: Concepts and procedures.
In P. Karoly (Ed.), Measurement strategies in health psychology.
New York: John Wiley
Karoly, P. & Harris, A. (1986). Operant methods. In F.H. Kanfer &
A.P. Goldstein (Eds.), Helping people change(3rd edition).
New York: Pergamon Press.
Katzman, M. & Karoly, P. (1988). Enhancing marital satisfaction: A
preventive focus on divorce and its aftermath. In S.A. Wolchik
& P. Karoly (Eds.), Children of divorce: Empirical perspectives
on adjustment. New York: Gardner Press.
Karoly, P. (1988). Pain assessment in children I: Concepts and
measurement strategies. In P. Karoly (Ed.), Handbook of
4child health assessment. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Karoly, P. (1988). Child health assessment: Toward a biopsycho-
social frame of reference. In P. Karoly (Ed.), Handbook of child
health assessment. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Karoly, P. (1991). Goal systems and health outcomes across the
life span: A proposal. In H. E. Schroeder (Ed.), New Directions
in health psychology assessment. New York: Hemisphere.
Karoly, P. (1991). Assessment of pediatric pain. In J.P. Bush & S.W.
Harkins (Eds.), Children in pain: Clinical and research issues
from a developmental perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Karoly, P. (1991). Self-management in health care and illness
prevention. In C.R. Snyder & D.R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook
of social and clinical psychology: The health perspective.
New York: Pergamon Press.
Karoly, P. (1991). On the robustness and flexibility of clinical health
interventions. In C.R. Snyder & D.R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook
of social and clinical psychology: The health perspective. New
York: Pergamon Press.
Nemeroff, C. & Karoly, P. (1991). Operant methods. In F.H. Kanfer &
A.P. Goldstein (Eds.), Helping people change: A textbook of
methods (4th edition). New York: Pergamon Press.
Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1992). Self-report scales and procedures for
assessing pain in adults. In D.C. Turk & R. Melzack (Eds.),
Handbook of pain assessment. New York: Guilford Press.
Karoly, P. (1993). Enlarging the scope of the compliance construct:
Toward developmental and motivational relevance. In N.A.
Krasnegor, L. Epstein, S. B. Johnson & S. J. Yaffe (Eds.),
Developmental aspects of health compliance behavior.
Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Karoly, P. (1993). Mechanisms of self-regulation: A systems view.
Annual Review of Psychology, 44, 23-52.
Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1993). Measurement of pain via patient
self-report. In C.R. Chapman & K. M. Foley (Eds.), Current and
emergent issues in cancer pain: Research and practice.(pp.193-218)
New York: Raven Press.
5Karoly, P. (1995). Self-control theory. In W. O’Donohue & L. Krasner (Eds.),
Theories in behavior therapy (pp. 259-285) Washington, D.C.: American
Psychological Association.
Karoly, P., & Anderson, C. W. (2000). The long and short of psychological
change: Toward a goal-centered understanding of treatment durability and
adaptive success. In C. R. Snyder & R. E. Ingram (Eds.), Handbook of
psychological change. (pp. 154-176) New York: Wiley.
Jensen, M. P., & Karoly, P. (2001). Self-report scales and procedures for
assessing pain in adults. In D. C. Turk & R. Melzack (Eds.), Handbook of
pain assessment (2nd ed) (pp. 15-34). New York: Guilford
Crews, D. J., Lochbaum, M. R., & Karoly, P. (2001). Self-regulation:
Concepts, methods, and strategies in sport and exercise. In
R. N. Singer, H. A. Hausenblas, & C. M. Janelle (Eds.), Handbook of
Sport Psychology (2nd ed.). (pp. 566-581) New York: Wiley.
Karoly, P. (2010). Goal systems and self-regulation: An individual
differences perspective. In R. Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of self-regulation
and personality. (pp. 218-242). Malden, MA.: Wiley-Blackwell.
Karoly, P. (2010). Psychopathology as dysfunctional self-regulation:
When resilience resources are compromised. In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra,
& J. Hall (Eds.), Handbook of adult resilience: Concepts, methods, and
applications. (pp. 146-170). New York: Guilford Press.
Jensen, M. P., & Karoly, P. (2011). Self-report scales and procedures
for assessing pain in adults. In D. C. Turk & R, Melzack (Eds.), Handbook
of pain assessment (3rd edition) (pp. 19-44). New York: Guilford Press.
Karoly, P. (2012). Self-regulation. In W. O’Donohue & J. E. Fisher (Eds.),
Cognitive behavior therapy: Core principles for practice. Hoboken, N. J.:
John Wiley.
Karoly, P. (2018). A goal-centered self-regulatory model of motivation and its
relevance for advancing the study of chronic pain. In P. Karoly & G.
Crombez (Eds.), Motivational Perspectives on Chronic Pain. (pp. 3-61).
Oxford University Press.
Karoly, P. (2018). Chronic pain and psychopathology: Exploring the motivational
context and its clinical implications. In P. Karoly & G. Crombez (Eds.),
Motivational Perspectives on Chronic Pain. (pp. 355-403). Oxford
University Press.
6Karoly, P. (2022). Coping with Illness: A motivational systems account. In
Asmundson, G. J. G. (Ed.), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (2nd ed).
Vol. 8. Pp. 64-84. New York: Elsevier.
Ruehlman, L. S., Lanyon, R. I., & Karoly, P. (1998). The Multidimensional
Health Profiles. Professional Manual. Lutz, Florida: Psychological
Assessment Resources (PAR).
Jensen, M. P., & Karoly, P. (2007). The Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA)
Professional Manual. Lutz, Florida: Psychological Assesssment
Resources.
1. Kanfer, F.H. & Karoly, P. (1972). Self-control: A behavioristic excursion
into the lion’s den. Behavior Therapy, 3, 398-416. Reprinted in
C. M. Franks & G.T. Wilson (Eds.), Annual Review of Behavior
Therapy: Theory and Practice. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1973.
Also reprinted in M.J. Mahoney & C.E. Thoresen (Eds.), Self-
control: Power to the person. Monterey, California: Brooks/Cole,
1974.
2. Barocas, R. & Karoly, P. (1972). The effects of physical appearance
on social responsiveness. Psychological Reports, 31, 495-500.
3. Karoly, P. (1972). On “controls” in psychotherapy research: A plea
for innocence. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice,
9, 11-12.
4. Kanfer, F.H., Karoly, P. & Newman, A. (1974). Source of feedback,
observational learning, and attitude change. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 29, 30-38.
5. Karoly, P. (1974). Multicomponent treatment of fear of flying: A
case report. Behavior Therapy, 5, 265-270.
6. Karoly, P. & Kanfer, F.H. (1974). Situational and historical determinants
of self-reinforcement. Behavior Therapy, 5, 381-390.
7. Karoly, P. & Kanfer, F.H. (1974). Effects of prior contractual experiences
7on self-control in children. Developmental Psychology, 10, 459-
460.
8. Kanfer, F.H., Cox, L., Greiner, J., & Karoly, P. (1974). Contracts, demand
characteristics, and self-control. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 30, 605-619.
9. Karoly, P. (1975). Ethical considerations in the application of self-control
techniques: Comments on a case study. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 84, 175-177. Abstracted in Psychiatry Digest, March,
1976.
10. Karoly, P. (1975). A comparison of “psychological styles” in delinquent
and nondelinquent females. Psychological Reports, 36, 567-570.
11. Aiduk, R. & Karoly, P. (1975). Self-regulatory techniques in the modification
of nonassertive behavior. Psychological Reports, 36, 895-905.
12. Karoly, P. & Doyle, W. (1975). Effects of outcome expectancy and timing
of self-monitoring on cigarette smoking. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 31, 351-355.
13. Kanfer, F.H., Karoly, P., & Newman, A. (1975). Reduction of children’s
fear of the dark by competence-related and situational threat-
related verbal cues. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
43, 251-258. Reprinted in A. M. Graziano (Ed.), Behavior therapy
with children,2. Chicago: Aldine, 1975.
14. Champlin, S. & Karoly, P. (1975). Role of contract negotiation in the
self-management of study time: A preliminary investigation.
Psychological Reports, 37, 724-726.
15. Greiner, J. & Karoly, P. (1976). Effects of self-control training on study
activity and academic performance: Analysis of self-monitoring,
self-reward, and systematic planning components. Journal of
Counseling Psychology, 23, 495-502.
16. Karoly, P. & Rosenthal, M. (1977). Training parents in behavior modif-
ication: Effects on perceptions of family interaction and deviant
child behavior. Behavior Therapy, 8, 406-410. Abstracted in D.
Olson (Ed.), Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Vol.5.
St. Paul: University of Minnesota Press.
17. Karoly, P. & Dirks, M. (1977). Developing self-control in preschool
children through correspondence training. Behavior Therapy,
88,398-405.
18. Edinberg, M., Karoly, P., & Gleser, G. C. (1977). Assessing assertion in
the elderly: An application of the behavioral-analytic model of
competence. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33, 869-874.
19. Kirschenbaum, D. & Karoly, P. (1977). When self-regulation fails: Tests
of some preliminary hypotheses. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 45, 1116-1125.
20. Humphrey, L. L., Karoly, P. & Kirschenbaum, D. S. (1978). Self-manage-
ment in the classroom: Self-imposed response cost versus self-
reward. Behavior Therapy, 9, 592-601.
21. Karoly, P. & Briggs, N.Z. (1978). Effects of rules and directed delays
on components of children’s inhibitory self-control. Journal
of Experimental Child Psychology, 26, 267-279.
22. Beers, T. M. Jr. & Karoly, P. (1979). Cognitive strategies, expectancy,
and coping style in the control of pain. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 47, 179-180.
23. Karoly, P. & Decker, J. (1979). Effects of personally- and socially-
referenced success and failure upon self-reward and self-
criticism. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 3, 399-405.
24. Sosis, R., Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L.S. (1980). Perceived treatment
success with involuntary clients: An exploratory study.
Psychological Reports, 46, 907-910.
25. DeVoge, J.T., Minor, T., & Karoly, P. (1981). Effects of behavioral
intervention and interpersonal feedback on fear and
avoidance components of severe agoraphobia: A case
analysis. Psychological Reports, 49, 595-605.
26. Karoly, P. & Ruehlman, L.S. (1982). Gender differences in adolescents’
reports of self-control problems. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
6, 235-237.
27. Kirschenbaum, D., Dielman, J.S., & Karoly, P. (1982). Efficacy of
behavioral contracting: Target behaviors, performance
criteria, and settings. Behavior Modification, 6, 499-518.
28. Karoly, P. (1982). Cognitive assessment in behavioral medicine.
Clinical Psychology Review, 2, 421-434.
929. Karoly, P. & Ruehlman, L.S. (1983). Affective meaning and depression:
A semantic differential analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
7, 41-50.
30. Barrios, F.X. & Karoly, P. (1983). Treatment expectancy and therapeutic
change in the treatment of migraine headache: Are they related?
Psychological Reports, 52, 59-68.
31. Schneider, F. & Karoly, P. (1983). Conceptions of the pain experience:
The emergence of multidimensional models and their implications
for contemporary clinical practice. Clinical Psychology Review,
3, 61-86.
32. Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1985). Control theory and multiple placebo
effects. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 15,
137-147.
33. Jensen, M.P., Karoly, P., & Braver, S. (1986). The measurement of clinical
pain intensity: A comparison of six methods. Pain, 27, 117-126.
34. Sammons, M. T. & Karoly, P. (1987). Psychosocial variables in
irritable bowel syndrome: A review and proposal. Clinical
Psychology Review, 7, 187-204.
35. Karoly, P. & Jensen, M.P. (1987). Cognitive behavior therapy and
health psychology: Concepts, applications, and directions.
The Southern Psychologist, 3, 19-24.
36. Jensen, M.P., Karoly, P., & Huger, R. (1987). The development and
preliminary validation of an instrument to assess patients’
attitudes toward pain. Journal of Psychosomatic Research,
31, 393-400.
37. Jensen, M.P., Karoly, P., O’Riordan, E. F., Bland, F., & Burns, R.S.
(1989). The subjective experience of acute pain: An assessment
of the utility of ten indices. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 5, 153-159.
38. Brewer, B. & Karoly, P. (1989). Effects of attentional focusing on pain
perception. Motivation and Emotion, 13, 193-203.
39. Karoly, P. & Bay, R.C. (1990). Diabetes self-care goals and their relation
to children’s metabolic control. Journal of Pediatric Psychology,
15, 83-95.
1040. Brewer, B., Karoly, P., Linder, D., & Landers, D. (1990). Validation of a
procedure to induce pain of varied intensities. Research Quarterly
for Exercise and Sport, 61, 268-271.
41. Ruehlman, L.S. & Karoly, P. (1991). With a little flak from my friends:
Development and preliminary validation of the Test of Negative
Social Exchange (TENSE). Psychological Assessment: A Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3, 97-104.
42. Jensen, M.P., Karoly, P., & Harris, P. (1991). Assessing the affective
component of chronic pain: Development of the Pain Discomfort
Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 35, 431-438.
43. Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1991). Control beliefs, coping efforts, and
adjustment to chronic pain. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 59, 431-438.
44. Okun, M.A., Ruehlman, L.S., & Karoly, P. (1991). Application of
investment theory to predicting part-time community college
student intent and institutional persistence/departure.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 83, 212-220.
45. McKeeman, D. & Karoly, P. (1991). Interpersonal and intrapsychic
goal-related conflict reported by cigarette smokers, unaided
quitters, and relapsers. Addictive Behaviors, 16, 543-548.
46. Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1991). Motivation and expectancy factors
in symptom perception: A laboratory study of the placebo
effect. Psychosomatic Medicine, 53, 144-152.
47. Jensen, M.P., Turner, J.A., Romano, J.M., & Karoly, P. (1991). Coping
with chronic pain: A critical review of the literature. Pain, 47,
249-283.
48. Brewer, B., & Karoly, P. (1992). Recurrent pain in college students.
Journal of American College Health, 41, 67-69.
49. Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1992). Comparative self-evaluation and
depressive affect among chronic pain patients: An examination
of selective evaluation theory. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
16, 297-308.
50. Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (1992). Pain specific beliefs, perceived symptom
severity, and adjustment to chronic pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, 8, 123-
130.
1151. Karoly, P. & Lecci, L. (1993). Hypochondriasis and somatization in college
women: A Personal Projects analysis. Health Psychology, 12, 103-109.
52. Karoly, P. (1993). Goal systems: An organizing framework for
clinical assessment and treatment planning. Psychological
Assessment, 5, 273-280.
53. Lecci, L., Karoly, P., Briggs, C. & Kuhn, K. (1994). Specificity and
generality of motivational components in depression: A
Personal Projects Analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103,
404-408.
54. Lecci, L., Okun, M., & Karoly, P. (1994). Life regrets and current
goals as predictors of psychological adjustment. Journal of and Social Psychology, 66, 731-741.
Personality
55. Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (1995). Goal cognition and its clinical
implications: Development and preliminary validation of four
motivational assessment instruments. Assessment, 2, 113-129.
56. Lecci, L., Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L.S. & Lanyon, R. I. (1996). Goal-relevant
dimensions of hypochondriacal tendencies and their relation to symptom
manifestation and psychological distress. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 105, 42-52.
57. Karoly, P. (1996). Search for motivational resonance. Psychological Inquiry,
7, 54-57.
58. Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (1996). The motivational implications of Chronicity, psychological distress, and work goal construal in a
national sample of adults. Health Psychology, 15, 383-390.
pain:
59. Karoly, P., & Lecci, L. (1997). Motivational correlates of self-reported
persistent pain in young adults. Clinical Journal of Pain, 13,
104-109.
60. Affleck, G., Tennen, H., Urrows, S., Higgins, P., Abeles, M., Hall, C.,
Karoly, P., & Newton, C. (1998). Fibromyalgia and the pursuit
of personal goals: A daily process analysis. Health Psychology,
17, 40-47.
61. Karoly, P. (1998). Expanding the conceptual range of health self-
regulation research: A commentary. Psychology & Health: An
International Review of Health Psychology, 13, 741-746.
1262. Ruehlman, L. S., Lanyon, R. I., & Karoly, P. (1999). Psychosocial
screening in primary care: Development and validation of the
Multidimensional Health Profile, Part 1: Psychosocial functioning.
Psychological Assessment, 11, 166-176.
63. Karoly, P. (1999). A goal systems-self-regulatory perspective on
personality, psychopathology, and change. Review of General
Psychology, 3, 264-291.
64. Karoly, P. (2000). La sante mentale et la psychopatholgie selon
la perspective des but personnels: Aspects conceptuels,
empiriques, et cliniques. Revue Quebecoise de Psychologie, 21,
115-151.
65. Von Korff, M., Jensen, M.P., & Karoly, P. (2000). Assessing global
pain severity by self-report in clinical and health services
research. Spine, 25, 3140-3151.
66. Affleck, G., Tennen, H., Zautra, A., Urrows, S., Abeles, M., & Karoly, P.
(2001). Women’s pursuit of personal goals in daily life with
fibromyalgia: A value-expectancy analysis. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 69, 587-596.
67. Von Korff, M., Jensen, M. P., & Karoly, P. (2002). Assessing global pain
severity by self-report. The Economics of Neuroscience, 4, 34-39.
68. Okun, M. A., Karoly, P., & Lutz, R. (2002), Clarifying the contribution of
subjective norm to the prediction of leisure-time exercise. American
Journal of Health Behavior, 26, 296-305.
69. Lochbaum, M., Karoly, P., & Landers, D. M. (2002). Evidence for the
importance of openness to experience for performance on a fluid
intelligence task by physically active and inactive participants.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, 437-444.
70. Okun, M., Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., Lutz, R., Fairholme, C., & Arens, R.
(2003). Social support and social norms: Do both contribute to
predicting leisure-time exercise? American Journal of Health
Behavior, 27, 493-507.
71. Karoly, P., & Kanfer, R. (2003). Frederick H. Kanfer (1925-2002).
American Psychologist, 58, 1095.(Obituary)
72. Lochbaum, M. R., Karoly, P., & Landers, D. (2004). Affective responses
13to acute bouts of aerobic exercise: A test of Opponent Process
theory. Journal of Sport Behavior, 27, 330-348.
73. Hamilton, N., Karoly, P., & Kitzman, H. (2004). Self-regulation and
chronic pain: The role of emotion. Cognitive Therapy and Research.
28, 559-576.
74. Karoly, P. (2005). Self-control. In M. Hersen & J. Rosqvist (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior
Therapy. Pp. 504-508. Thousand Oaks, CA.; Sage Publications, Inc.
75. Karoly, P. (2005). Self-monitoring. In M. Hersen & J. Rosqvist (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior
Therapy. Pp. 521-525. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, Inc.
76. Kanfer, R., & Karoly, P. (2005). F. H. Kanfer (Biography). In M. Hersen & J.
Rosqvist (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive
Behavior Therapy. Pp. 345- 346. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications.
77. Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., Lutz, R., Okun, M., Newton, C., & Fairholme, C.
(2005). Perceived self-regulation of exercise goals and interfering goals in
regular and irregular exercisers: A life space analysis. Psychology of Sport
& Exercise, 6, 427-442.
78. Ruehlman, L., Karoly, P., Newton, C., & Aiken, L. (2005). The development
and preliminary validation of a brief measure of chronic pain
impact for use in the general population. Pain, 113, 82-90.
79. Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., & Newton, C. (2005). Comparing the experiential
and psychosocial dimensions of chronic pain in African-Americans and
Caucasians: Findings from a national community sample. Pain Medicine
(Special Issue), 6, 49-60.
80. Hamilton, N., Karoly, P., & Zautra, A. (2005). Health goal cognition and
adjustment in women with fibromyalgia. Journal of Behavioral Medicine,
28, 455-466.
81. Maes, S., & Karoly, P. (2005). Self-regulation assessment and intervention in
physical health and illness: A review. Applied Psychology: An International
Review, 54, 267-299.
82. Boekaerts, M., Maes, S., & Karoly, P. (2005). Self-regulation across domains
of applied psychology: Is there an emerging consensus? Applied Psychol-
ogy: An International Review, 54, 149-154.
1483. Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., & Lanyon, R. I. (2005). The assessment of adult
health care orientations: Development and preliminary validation of the
Multidimensional Health Profile—Health Functioning Index (MHP-H) in a
national sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 12,
79-91.
84. Karoly, P., Boekaerts, M., & Maes, S. (2005). Toward a consensus in the
psychology of self-regulation: How far have we come? How far do we
have yet to travel. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 54,
300-311.
85. Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., Newton, C., & Aiken, L. S. (2005). The
development and preliminary validation of the Profile of Chronic Pain:
Extended Assessment Battery. Pain, 118, 380-389.
86. Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2006). Psychological “resilience”
and its correlates in chronic pain: Findings from a national community
sample. Pain, 123, 90-97.
87. Lanyon, R. I., Maxwell, B. M., Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2006). Utility of
the Multidimensional Health Profile–Psychosocial Functioning Scales
(MHP-P) for assessing psychosocial adjustment in gastric bypass surgery
patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 13, 57-66.
88. Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., Aiken, L. S., & Todd, M. (2006). Evaluating
chronic pain impact in primary care: Further validation of a brief
assessment instrument. Pain Medicine, 7, 289-298.
89. Karoly, P., & Newton, C. (2006). Effects of approach and
avoid mindsets on performance, regulatory cognition, and affect in a multi-
task environment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30,
355-376.
90. Okun, M. A., Fairholme, C., Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., & Newton, C.
(2006). Academic goals, goal process cognition, and exam performance
among college students. Learning and Individual Differences, 16, 255-
265.
91. Karoly, P. (2006). Tracking the leading edge of self-regulatory failure. Clinical
Psychology: Science and Practice, 13, 366-370.
92. Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2007). Psychosocial aspects of pain-related
life task interference: An exploratory analysis in a general
population sample. Pain Medicine, 8, 563-572.
1593. Okun, M. A., & Karoly, P.(2007). Locus of perceived goal ownership, goal
process cognition, and health behavior change. American Journal of
Health Behavior, 31, 98-109.
94. Lanyon, R. I., Maxwell, B. M., Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2007).
Concurrent validity of the Multidimensional Health Profile–Health
Functioning Scales (MHP-H) in the preoperative assessment of applicants
for gastric bypass surgery. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical
Settings, 14, 41-49.
95. Karoly, P., Okun, M.A., Ruehlman, L. S., & Pugliese, J. A. (2008).
The impact of goal cognition and pain severity on disability and
depression in adults with chronic pain: An examination of direct paths
and mediated effects via pain-induced fear. Cognitive Therapy and
Research, 32, 418-433.
96. Lutz, R., Karoly, P., & Okun, M. A. (2008).The why and the how of
goal pursuit: Self-determination, goal process cognition, and participation
in physical exercise. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9, 559-575.
97. Karoly, P. (2008). Systematizing personal goals: The three R’s. The
European Health Psychologist, 10 (2), 29-31.
98. Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., & Taylor, A. (2008). Perceptions of
chronic pain’s interference with sexual functioning: The role of gender,
treatment status, and psychosocial factors. Sexuality and Disability, 26,
123-136.
99. Okun, M. A., Karoly, P., Martin, J. L., & Benshoff, A. (2008-2009).
Distinguishing between exogenous and endogenous intent-to-transfer
students. Journal of College Student Retention: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 10, 507-524.
100. Hamilton, N. A., Karoly, P., Gallagher, M., Stevens, N., Karlson, C., &
McCurdy, D. (2009). The assessment of emotion regulation in
cognitive context: The emotion amplification and retention scales.
Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 255-263.
101. Pomaki, G., Karoly, P., & Maes, S. (2009). Linking goal progress to
subjective well-being at work: The moderating role of goal-related
self-efficacy and attainability. Journal of Occupational Health
Psychology, 14, 206-218.
102. Okun, M., Levy,R., Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2009).
Dispositional happiness and college student GPA: Unpacking a null
16relation. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 711-715.
103. Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., & Pugliese, J. (2010). Psychosocial
correlates of chronic pain and depression in young adults: Further
evidence of the utility of the Profile of Chronic Pain Screen (PCP: S)
and the Profile of Chronic Pain: Extended Assessment (PCP: EA)
Battery. Pain Medicine, 11, 1546-1553.
104. Ruehlman, L S., Karoly, P. & Enders, C. (April, 2011). Evaluation of
the online chronic pain management program. Journal of Pain, 12,
p. 73 (Abstract).
105. Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., & Enders, C. (2012). A randomized
controlled evaluation of an online chronic pain self-management
program. Pain, 153, 319-330.
106. Crombez, G., Eccleston, C., Van Damme, S., Vlaeyen, J. W. S., & Karoly,
P. (2012). Fear avoidance model of chronic pain: The next generation.
Clinical Journal of Pain, 28, 475-483.
107. Caumo, W., Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., Sehn, F., Vidor. L. P., Dall-
Agnol, L., Chassot, M., & Torres, I. L. S. (2013). Cross-cultural
adaptation and validation of the Profile of Chronic Pain: Screen for a
Brazilian population. Pain Medicine, 14, 52-61.
108. Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., & Okun, M. A. (2013). Psychosocial and
demographic correlates of employment status in a National community
sample of adults with chronic pain: Toward a psychology of pain
presenteeism. Pain Medicine, 14, 1698-1707.
109. Mun, C.J., Okun, M., & Karoly, P. (2014). Trait mindfulness and
catastrophizing as mediators of the association between pain severity
and pain-related impairment. Personality and Individual Differences,
66, 68-73.
110. Karoly, P., Okun, M., Enders, C., & Tennen, H. (2014). The effects of
pain intensity on goal schemas and goal pursuit: A daily diary study.
Health Psychology, 33, 968-976.
111. Karoly, P., Mun, C. J., & Okun, M. (2015). Motivational predictors
of psychometrically-defined schizotypy in a non-clinical sample: Goal
process representation, approach-avoid temperament, and aberrant
salience. Psychiatry Research, 226, 295-300.
112. Karoly, P. (2015). Motivation, broadly construed, matters. Pain, 156,
171375-1376.
113. Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., & Okun, M. (2015). Effects of daily pain intensity,
positive affect, and individual differences in pain acceptance on work
goal interference and progress. Pain, 156, 2276-2285.
114. Okun, M., Karoly, P., Mun, C. J., & Kim, H. (2016). Pain-contingent
goal interruption and resumption at work: A within-day diary analysis.
Journal of Pain, 17, 65-75.
115. Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., Okun, M., Kim, H., & Tennen, H. (2016). Affect,
work goal schemas, and work goal striving among adults with
chronic pain: A multilevel structural equation analysis. Journal of
Behavioral Medicine, 39, 288-299.
116. Mun, C. J. Karoly, P. Ruehlman, L. S. & Kim, H. (2016). Borderline
personality features and pain severity: Exploring the
mediational role of depression and catastrophizing. Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology, 35, 386-400.
117. Mun, C. J., Thummala, K., Davis, M. C., Karoly, P., Tennen, H., &
Zautra, A. (2017). Predictors and social consequences of daily pain
expectancy among adults with chronic pain. Pain, 158, 1224-1233.
118. Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., & Okun, M. A. (2018). Does working memory
moderate the within-person associations between pain intensity
and negative affect and pain’s interference with work goal pursuit?
Clinical Journal of Pain
119. Pitaes, M., Blais, C., Karoly, P., Okun, M., & Brewer, G. (2018). Acute
pain disrupts prospective memory cue detection processes.
Memory, 26, 1450-1459.
120. Crews, D., & Karoly, P. (2018). The effect of brain synchronization
training on golf putting performance. Journal of Sport and
Exercise Psychology, 40, S85.
121. Mun, C. J., Davis, M. C., Molton, I.R., Karoly, P., Suk, H. W., Ehde, D.,
Tennen, H., Kerns, R. D., & Jensen, M. P. (2019). Personal
resource profiles of individuals with chronic pain: Socio-
demographic and pain interference factors. Rehabilitation
Psychology, 64, 245-262.
122. Mun, C. J., Suk, H. W., Davis, M. C., Karoly, P., Finan, P., Tennen, H.,
& Jensen, M. P., (2019). Investigating intra-individual pain
18variability: Methods, applications, issues, and directions. Pain, 160,
2415-2429.
123. Mun, C. J., Ruehlman, L. S., & Karoly, P. (2020). Examining the
adjustment patterns of adults with multiple chronic pain conditions
and multiple pain sites: More pain, no gain. Journal of Pain, 21,
108-120.
124. Karoly, P. (2021). How pain shapes depression and anxiety:
A hybrid self-regulatory/ predictive brain perspective. Journal of
Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 28, 201-211.
125. Robison, M. K., Ellis, D. M., Pitaes, M. M., Karoly, P., & Brewer, G.
(2021). Acute pain impairs sustained attention, Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27, 563-577.
126. Ruehlman, L. S. & Karoly, P. (2022). Adherence versus striving to
adhere to vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian diets: Applying a
goal-centered, self-regulatory framework. Journal of Health
Psychology, 1-11.
127. Vizcaino, M., Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., Shiling, K., Berardy, A.
Lines, S., & Wharton, C. M. (2021). A goal-systems perspective
on plant-based eating: Keys to successful adherence in university
students. Public Health Nutrition, 24, 75-83.
128. Ruehlman, L. S., & Karoly, P., (2023). A pilot test of internet-
delivered brief interactive training sessions for depression:
Evaluating dropout, uptake, adherence, and outcome.
Journal of American College Health, 71 (7), 2131-2139.
129. Karoly, P. (2024). A self-regulatory perspective on human
motivation and its implications for understanding adaptation
to chronic pain. New Ideas in Psychology, 73, 101069.
The interacting effects of drugs and behavior therapy. University of
Cincinnati Research Council, 1976-77. With Robert Stutz.
$4,000.00
Assessment of burn pain in children. Shriner’s Burns Research Institute,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1980-1981. With Frank Schneider. $15,000.00
19Clinical Training in Health and Behavior. NIMH 1T01 MH 17877-01. $44,809.00.
9/1/83–6/30/84.
Clinical Training in Health and Behavior. NIMH 1T01 MH 17877-02. $44,809.00.
7/1/84–6/30/85.
Clinical Training in Health and Behavior. NIMH 1T01 MH 17877-03. $44,809.00.
7/1/85–6/30/86.
NIMH–Center for the Prevention of Child and Family Stress. 1PSOMH 39246-1
Co-principal Investigator (with Irwin Sandler). $400,000. 1985-1986.
Multifactorial Assessment of Competence in Children with Diabetes
Mellitus. Arizona State University Research Council.
1985-1986. $2,241.
Age and Unintended Institutional Turnover in the Community College.
Co-investigator (with M. Okun), Maricopa Community Colleges.
1988-1989. $3,970.
Development of a Psychosocial Screening Instrument. Phase I Small Business
Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Mental Health (1 R43 MH
44010-01A1). 3/1/89-8/31/89. Co-Principal investigator (with L.S.
Ruehlman). $39,620.
Chronic Illness Adaptation in the Elderly: A Goal Systems Approach. ASU
Research Committee. Summer,1990. $2,150.
Development of the Multidimensional Health Profile. Phase II Small Business
Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Mental Health (2 R44
MH44010). 8/15/91-7/31/93. Co-Principal investigator (with L.S.
Ruehlman). $421,843.
Work Goals and Health Outcomes: A Goal Systems Analysis”; Phase I Small
Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Mental Health
(1 R43 MH50398). 9/30/92-3/31/93. Co-Principal investigator (with L.S.
Ruehlman). $49,998.
The Basic Attributes Test: Collection of Normative Data. Co-Investigator
Edward Sadalla. United States Air Force. Contract. $40,000 1994-1995;
Renewed 1995-1996. $40,000.
Gender Differences on the Basic Attributes Test: A study of student pilots. Co-
investigator: Edward Sadalla. United States Air Force Contract. 1996- 1997.
$161,000
20Development of the Comprehensive Pain Assessment System. Phase I Small
Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (1 R43 NS38772). 7/20/99-7/15/2000. Co-Principal
investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $112,977.
Development of the Gambling Practices Scale. Phase I Small Business
Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Mental Health (1 R43 MH
64842), 5/01/01-11/30/01, Co-Principal investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman).
$126,347.
Development of the Comprehensive Pain Assessment System. Phase II Small
Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2 R44 NS3 8772), 03/07/2002-
02/29/2004. $962,932.
Development of the Comprehensive Pain Assessment System. Supplement to
Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2 R44 NS3 8772-03S1), 09/24/2003-
02/29/2004. Co-Principal investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $62,500.
Development of the Pain Self-Management Program. Phase I Small Business
Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke (1 R43 NS048743), 10/1/2004-3/31/2005. Co-Principal
investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $140,360.
Development of the Pain Self-Management Program. Phase II Small Business
Innovation Research Grant from the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (2 R44 NS048743), 09/15/2007-03/31/2010. Co-
Principal Investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $928,703.
Development of the Pain Self-Management Program. Supplement Small
Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (3 R44NS048743-04S1), 04/01/2009-
03/31/2010, Co-Principal investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $35,280
Chronic Pain and the Enterprise of Living. R21, National Institute of Nursing
Research (1R21 NRO10752-01A2). Principal Investigator (with M. Okun).
2009-2011. $417,470.
Development of the Depression Self-Management Program. Phase I Small
Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Mental Health
(1 R43 MH087006), 05/18/2010-01/17/2011, Co-Principal investigator
(with L.S. Ruehlman). $176,501.
21Control Your Cravings: A Web-Based Transdiagnostic Self-Management
Program. Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National
Institute on Drug Abuse (1R43DA033010), 07/15/2012 – 12/31/2012, Co-
Principal Investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $219,717.
Development of the Partner Pain Support Program. Phase I Small Business
Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Nursing Research
(1R43NR014382-01A1), 02/07/2014-09/30/2014, Co-Principal Investigator
(with L.S. Ruehlman). $223,149.
Development of the Building Efficacy for Successful Tapering (BEST) Program,
Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute on
Drug Abuse (1R43DA040988-01A1), 05/01/2017-01/31/2018. Co-
Principal investigator (with L.S. Ruehlman). $225,473.
Training Psychologists and Nurse Practitioners in the Use of an Evidence-Based
Online Pain Self-Management Program: Leveraging the Power of Expert
Guidance and Telehealth, National Institute of Mental Health
(1R43MH135524-01A1), 08/01/2023-07/31/2025. Co-Investigator (with
L.S. Ruehlman). $305,909.
Training children in self-control. Workshop presented at the Tenth
Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, New York City, December. 1976.
Self-management in children: Concepts and application, with special
reference to the classroom. Presented at The Symposium,1980,
Annual Conference at Rutgers University, North Branch, March
17,1980.
22Self-control in diabetes. Invited address to the Cincinnati chapter of
of the American Diabetes Association, April 15, 1981.
A control theory approach to Type A behavior. Invited address to the
Arizona Association of Health Psychologists, May, 1983
Perspectives and directions in health/illness indexing. Invited address
to the Arizona Association of Health Psychologists, October,
1984.
Developmental pediatrics: Toward a model of health competence.
Invited colloquium. San Diego State University, July,1984.
Life-span assessment. Invited address at the Kent State Applied
Psychology Conference on Behavioral Health Assessment.
Kent State University, July 30-31, 1987.
Enlarging the scope of the compliance construct: Toward develop-
mental and motivational relevance. Address presented at
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Workshop entitled “Developmental Aspects of Health
Compliance Behavior”, Washington, D.C., July 17-19,1989.
Issues and directions in child health assessment. Invited Keynote
Address at the Third Florida Conference on Child Health
Psychology, Gainesville, Florida, April 12, 1991.
Goal systems, self-regulation, and sport psychology. Invited Keynote Address to
Division 47 of the American Psychological Association at the Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 18, 1997,
Chicago, Illinois.
Goals: Cornerstones of psychological empowerment. Workshop for the
Arizona Psychological Association, February 26, 1999, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Goal Cognition: Models, Measures, and Health Applications. Invited Address,
Leiden University, Netherlands, June, 2002.
Paper/ Poster Presentations
Barocas, R. & Karoly, P. (April,1971). The effects of physical appear-
ance on social responsiveness. Eastern Psychological
23Association Meetings, New York, New York.
Karoly, P. (November,1973). Some observations on the discrepancies
between theory and practice in behavior modification. Ohio
Psychological Association Annual Convention.
Karoly, P. & Cauper, R. (May, 1974). Survey of psychology under-
graduates’ attitudes and opinions about graduate education. Midwestern
Psychological Association Meetings, Chicago,
Illinois.
Karoly, P. (November,1974). Self-control techniques: Theory and research.
Cincinnati Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Karoly, P. & Briggs, N.Z. (December,1975). Effects of prior delay
contingencies and rule provision on resistance to temptation.
Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Convention of the Association
for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, CA.
Karoly, P. & Ross, E.S. (December, 1976). Mother-child interaction
patterns and verbal self-control in children. Paper presented at
the Tenth Annual Convention of the Association for the Advance-
ment of Behavior Therapy, New York, New York.
Humphrey, L., Karoly, P. & Kirschenbaum, D.S. (May,1977). Self-
reward versus self-imposed response cost in classroom
behavior management. Paper presented at the 49th Annual
Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Ross, E.S. & Karoly, P. (December,1977). Verbal self-control in
children: An investigation of mother-child communication
patterns. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Convention of
the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Atlanta, GA.
Beers, T. & Karoly, P. (December,1977). Cognitive strategies,
expectancy, and coping style in the tolerance of aversive
stimulation. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Convention
of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Atlanta, GA.
Karoly, P. (April,1978). Toward a synthesis in the psychology of
self-control. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Meeting of
the Southeastern Conference on Human Development,
24Atlanta, GA.
Karoly, P.(December,1979). Symposium: Clinical and research
issues in cognitive behavioral interventions with children.
Chairman. At the 13th Annual Convention of the Association
for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Kirschenbaum, D.S., Dielman, J.S., & Karoly,P. (November,1980).
Dimensions of behavioral contracting in academic settings:
Target behaviors and performance criteria. Paper presented
at the 14th Annual Convention of the Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Karoly, P. (August, 1982). Recent advances in the treatment of anxiety
in children. Symposium presentation (Sponsored by APA Division
37) at the 90th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association.
Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (November,1984). Motivational and expectancy
factors in symptom perception: A placebo study. Paper presented
at the 18th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advance-
ment of Behavior Therapy.
Karoly, P. & McKeeman, D. (November,1984). Development and prelim-
inary validation of a scale to assess perceptions of bodily self-
management. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Convention of
the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
McKeeman, D., Karoly, P., & Kaiser, J. (November,1984). Development of
a preoperative screening device in total joint replacement patients.
Paper presented at the Arthritis Health Professionals Association
Meetings, Western Region.
Karoly, P. (October,1984). Perspectives and directions in health/illness
indexing. Invited Address, Arizona Association of Health
Psychology.
Karoly, P. (July,1984). Developmental pediatrics: Toward a model of
health competence. Invited Colloquium, San Diege State
University.
Karoly, P. (April,1985). Identifying psychosocial protective factors in
chronically ill children. Paper presented as part of a symposium
on Prevention of Psychopathology in Chronically Ill Children
at the 1985 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in
25Child Development(SRCD), San Francisco, CA.
Barton, J. & Karoly, P. (August, 1985). Self-evaluation maintenance,
self-regulatory processes, and the Type A behavior pattern.
Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association
Karoly, P. (October,1985). Assessment of pain: Issues and directions.
Presentation at the Arizona State Psychological Association
Annual Convention, Phoenix.
Karoly, P., McKeeman, D., & Clapper, R.L. (November,1985). A structural
analysis of “addictive” behavior change goals: General and self-
regulatory dimensions of personal projects in a nonclinical sample.
Paper presented at the 19th Annual Convention of the Association
for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Houston, Texas.
Karoly, P. & Jensen, M.P. (November,1985). Assessing pain-specific self-
evaluative standards: Development and preliminary validation of
the Inventory of Pain Concerns. Paper presented at the 19th Annual
Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Houston, Texas.
Karoly, P. (November,1985). Activity level and pain assessment. Paper
presented at the Symposium on Cemented versus Uncemented
Revision Total Joint Replacement, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bay, C.R. & Karoly, P. (March, 1987). Attitudinal determinants of
compliance in juvenile diabetics. Paper presented at the Society of
Behavioral Medicine, 8th Annual Scientific Sessions, Washington,
D.C.
Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (March, 1987). Assessing the subjective
experience of pain: What do the scale scores of the McGill Pain
Questionnaire measure? Paper presented at the Society of
Behavioral Medicine, 8th Annual Scientific Sessions, Washington,
D.C.
Karoly, P., Clapper, R., Salverson, J.E., & Jensen, M.P. (April,1987)
Dimensions of self-regulation in the Type A behavior pattern.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.
Karoly, P. & Ruehlman, L.S. (April,1987). Trait versus cognitive mediators
of problem-solving during painful stimulation. Paper presented at
26the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association,
Long Beach, CA.
Karoly, P. & Bay, R.C. (August,1988). Diabetes self-care goals and their
relation to children’s metabolic control. Paper presented at the
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Atlanta. GA.
Jensen, M.P. & Karoly, P. (March, 1989). Revision and cross-validation of
the Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA). Paper presented at the 10th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San
Francisco, CA.
Crews, D.J., Landers, D.M. & Karoly, P. (April,1989). The relationship
between effort and performance during the golf putt. Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Alliance
for Health, Physical Education. Recreation, and Dance, Boston,
MA.
Karoly, P. (April,1989). Compliance/persistence in health care:
A goal systems perspective. Paper presented as part of a
symposium entitled “Roadblocks to change in psychotherapy:
Perspectives on resistance and noncompliance” at the 5th
Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of
Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), Berkeley, CA.
Karoly, P. (November, 1989). Motivational assessment in pediatric pain:
A control theory perspective. Paper presented as part of a
symposium entitled “Clinical and research issues in behavioral
approaches to pediatric pain: Developmental perspectives” at the
Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Brewer, B.W. & Karoly, P. (April,1990). Effects of attentional focusing on
pain perception. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Jensen, M.P., Karoly,P., & Haines, T.J. (April, 1990). Coping strategies
and adjustment to chronic pain: Pain severity as a moderating
variable. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western
Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
McNeil, J., Brewer, B.W., Karoly, P. & Sadalla, E. (April, 1990). Effects of
informational and emotional processing on pain perception. Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological
27Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Karoly,P. (August, 1990). Medical regimen adherence during old age.
Paper presented as part of an invited symposium entitled
“Medical Regimen Adherence: A Lifespan Perspective” at the
98th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, Boston, MA.
Okun, M., Ruehlman, L.S., & Karoly, P. (August, 1990). Applying the
theory of reasoned action to college student turnover. Paper
presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Karoly, P. & Lecci, L. (August, 1991). Hypochondriasis: A Personal
Projects Analysis. Paper presented at the 99th Annual Convention
of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Lecci, L., Karoly, P., Briggs, C., & Kuhn, K. ( June, 1992). Anxiety and
depression: A Personal Projects Analysis. Paper presented at
the 3rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Society, San Diego, CA.
Ruehlman, L.S., Karoly, P., & Briggs, C. (March,1993). Goal cognition
and adjustment to chronic illness. Paper presented at the 14th
Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine,
San Francisco, CA.
Ruehlman, L.S., Karoly, P., & Lecci, L.B. (April, 1993). Development of the
Goal Systems Assessment Battery: A National Sample. Paper
presented at the Joint Meetings of the Western and Rocky Mountain
Psychological Associations, Phoenix AZ.
Lecci, L., Okun, M., & Karoly, P. (April,1993). Life regrets and current goals
as predictors of mental health. Paper presented at the Joint Meetings
of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,
Phoenix, AZ.
Ruehlman, L.S., Karoly, P., Lanyon, R.I., & Lecci, L. (April,1993). Develop-
ment of a brief mental health screening instrument. Paper presented
at the Joint Meetings of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psych-
ological Associations, Phoenix, AZ.
Ruehlman, L.S. & Karoly, P. (April,1993). Negative social exchange and
psychological distress. Paper presented at the Joint Meetings of
the Western and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,
28Phoenix, AZ.
Briggs, C., Okun, M., & Karoly, P. (April, 1993). Academic self-esteem and
goal cognitions about doing well in college. Paper presented at the
Joint Meetings of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological
Associations, Phoenix, AZ.
Karoly, P., Lecci, L., Ruehlman, L.S., & Lanyon, R.I. (April, 1993). Goal
representations in adult hypochondriasis. Paper presented at the
Joint Meetings of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological
Associations, Phoenix, AZ.
Lewis, B. & Karoly, P. (April, 1994). The pain brain drain: The effects of induced
pain and goal difficulty on cognitive processing and self-
regulatory behavior. Paper presented at the Western Psychological
Association Meeting, Kona, Hawaii.
Karoly, P. & Lecci, L. (August, 1996). Attachment styles are associated with
patterns of goal construal in young adults. Poster presented at the
American Psychological Society Meetings, San Francisco, CA.
Dorre, A., Okun, M. & Karoly, P. (August, 1996). Life satisfaction and personal
goal construals among older university employees.
Poster presented at the 104th Annual Meetings of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Karoly, P. (May, 1998). Intentional mindsets: Goal-framing in seven
dimensions. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Society, Washington, D. C.
Hamilton, N., & Karoly, P. (August, 1998). Goal cognition and adjustment
among Fibromyalgic women. Poster presented at the 106th Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
CA.
Lutz, R., & Karoly, P. (June, 2000). Motives, traits, and goals: Toward multilevel
analyses of exercise behavior. Poster presented at the North American
Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), San
Diego, CA.
Crews, D., & Karoly, P. (June, 2000). Intentional mindsets predict
performance in elite golfers. Poster presented at NASPSPA, San
Diego, CA.
Lochbaum, M., & Karoly, P. (June, 2000). The impact of temperament and
29goal construal on post-exercise anxiety and affect. Poster presented
at NASPSPA, San Diego, CA.
Hamilton, N., Zautra, A., Davis, M., Reich, J., & Karoly, P. (2001). Mood
repair and the stress response in older women with and without
chronic pain. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association, Maui, Hawaii.
Okun, M., Karoly, P., & Lutz, R. (April, 2002). Clarifying the contribution of
subjective norm to predicting leisure time exercise. Poster presented at
the Western Psychological Association Convention, Irvine, CA.
Hamilton, N., Karoly, P., Guyotte, S., Miller, M., Costa, B., & McAfee, J. (June,
2002). Emotion regulation and test taking anxiety. Poster
presented at the American Psychological Association Convention,
New Orleans, LA.
Karoly, P., & Newton, C. (June, 2002). Mental control and hypochondriasis:
An analysis using the Wegner thought suppression paradigm. Talk
presented at a Symposium entitled “Cognitive Perspectives on
Hypochondriasis: Current Trends and Emerging Directions” (L. Lecci,
Chair). American Psychological Association Convention, New
Orleans, LA.
Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., Newton, C., Aiken, L., Todd, M., & Fairholme, C.
(March 5, 2003). Development of the chronic pain screen. Poster
Presentation, American Psychosomatic Society, 61st Annual Scientific
Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona.
Hamilton, N., Zautra, A., Reich, J., Karoly, P., & Davis, M. (2003). Fluctuations in
the pain-mood relationship among women with
rheumatoid arthritis: The influence of mood repair and affect
intensity. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Society
of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah. (2003 Citation Award
for Excellence in Research).
Hamilton, N., Karoly, P., & Zautra, A. (2004, April). Health goal cognition and
adjustment in women with fibromyalgia. In N. A. Hamilton (Chair) Dynamic
Adjustment to Chronic Pain: Cognitive, Social, and Affective Processes.
Symposium at the Western Psychological Association Convention,
Phoenix, Arizona.
Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., & Okun, M. (2004, April). Level of exercise and
intentional mindsets. Poster presented at the Western Psychological
Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona.
30Okun, M., Fairholme, C., Karoly, P., & Ruehlman, L .S. (2004, April). Contents
and processes associated with students’ goals for introductory
psychology. Poster presented at the Western Psychological
Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona.
Ruehlman, L. S., Newton, C., & Karoly, P. (2004, April). Chronic pain and
compensation. Poster presented at the Western Psychological
Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona.
Ruehlman, L. S., & Karoly, P. (2004, April). Management of exercise goals
among irregular, short-term regular, and long-term regular exercisers: The
role of planning and goal switching. Poster presented at the Western
Psychological Association Convention,Phoenix, Arizona.
Fairholme, C., Okun, M., Ruehlman, L. S., & Karoly, P. (2004, April). Perceived
classroom environment and changes in achievement
goals. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association
Convention, Phoenix, Arizona.
Ruehlman, L. S., & Karoly, P. (2005, May). Psychological factors account for
pain’s interference with exercise. Poster presented at the American
Psychological Society Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Hamilton, N., McCurdy, D., Gallagher, M., Karlson, C., Stevens, N., & Karoly, P.
(2007, March). Biopsychosocial correlates of emotion regulation. Poster
presented at the 28th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society
of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D. C.
Ruehlman, L. S., Karoly, P., & Enders, C. (2011, April). Evaluation of the online
chronic pain management program. Poster presented at the 30th Annual
Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Austin, Texas.
Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., & Kim, H. (2014, May). Linking
borderline personality to pain via depression and catastrophizing.Poster
presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for
Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., Okun, M., & Enders, C. (2014, May). The impact of
chronic pain intensity on work goal progress: A daily diary study. Poster
presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for
Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.
Mun, C. J., Karoly, P., Okun, M., & Ruehlman, L. S. (2015, August) Does fear of
pain mediate the effect of an online chronic pain management program on
31medication use? Poster presented at the 123rd Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Karoly, P., Ruehlman, L. S., Vizcaino, M., Berardy, A., Shilling, K., Lines, S., &
Wharton, C. (2018, November). Motivational factors in adherence to plant-
based eating. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association, San Diego, California.
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