Publications

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Journal Articles:

Schippers, M. C., Morisano, D., Locke, E. A., Scheepers, A. W., Latham, G. P., & de Jong, E. M. (2020). Writing about personal goals and plans regardless of goal type boosts academic performance. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 60, 101823.

Travers, C., Morisano, D., & Locke, E. A. (2015). Growth goals and academic achievement: A qualitative study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 224-241.

Morisano, D., Babor, T. F., & Robaina, K. A. (2014). Co-occurrence of substance use disorders with other psychiatric disorders: Implications for treatment services. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 31(1), 5-25.

Morisano, D., Wing, V. C., Sacco, K. A., Arenovich, T., & George, T. P. (2013). Effects of tobacco smoking on neuropsychological function in schizophrenia in comparison to other psychiatric disorders and non-psychiatric controls. The American Journal on Addictions, 22, 46–53.

Morisano, D., Hirsh, J. B., Peterson, J. B., Pihl, R. O., & Shore, B. M. (2010). Personal goal setting improves academic performance in university students. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 255-264. 

Morisano, D., & Shore, B. M. (2010). Can personal goal setting tap the potential of the gifted underachiever? The Roeper Review,32(4), 1–10.

Hirsh, J. B., Guindon, A., Morisano, D., & Peterson, J. B. (2010). Positive mood effects on delay discounting. Emotion, 5, 717-721.

Morisano, D., Bacher, I., Audrain-McGovern, J., & George, T. P. (2009). A review of mechanisms underlying the co-morbidity of tobacco use in mental health and addictive disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 54, 356-367.

Hirsh, J. B., Morisano, D., & Peterson, J. B. (2008). Delay discounting: Interactions between personality and cognitive ability. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1646-1650.

Cornish, K. M., Manly, T., Savage, R., Swanson, J., Morisano, D., Butler, N., et al. (2005). Association of the dopamine transporter (DAT1) 10/10-repeat genotype with ADHD-symptoms and response inhibition in a general population sample. Molecular Psychiatry, 10, 686-698.

Morisano, D., Cornish, K. M., & Joober, R. (2005). Task attendance behaviors and the dopamine transporter gene in school-aged children [Abstract]. Brain and Cognition, 57, 284. 

Book Chapters: 

Morisano, D., Winstanley, E., Morojele, N., & Babor, T. F. (2017). Learning the lay of the land: Publication issues for doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and other junior scientists. In T.F. Babor, K. Stenius, R. Pates, M. Miovský, J. O’Reilly, & P. Candon (Eds., pp. 89-118), Publishing addiction science (3rd ed.). London: Ubiquity Press.

Babor, T. F., Morisano, D., & Noel, J. (2017). Coin of the realm: Practical procedures for determining authorship. In T.F. Babor, K. Stenius, R. Pates, M. Miovský, J. O’Reilly, & P. Candon (Eds., pp. 207-227). Publishing addiction science (3rd ed.). London: Ubiquity Press.

Babor, T. F., Morisano, D., Noel, J., Robaina, K., Ward, J. H., & Mitchell, A. L.  (2017). Infrastructure and career opportunities in addiction science: The emergence of an interdisciplinary field. In T.F. Babor, K. Stenius, R. Pates, M. Miovský, J. O’Reilly, & P. Candon (Eds.). Publishing addiction science (3rd ed.; pp. 9-34). London: Ubiquity Press.

Babor, T. F., Morisano, D., Stenius, K., & Ward, J. (2017). How to choose a journal: Scientific and practical considerations. In T.F. Babor, K. Stenius, R. Pates, M. Miovský, J. O’Reilly, & P. Candon (Eds.). Publishing addiction science (3rd ed., pp. 37-70). London: Ubiquity Press.

Morisano, D. (2013). Goal setting in the academic arena. In E. A. Locke & G. Latham (Eds.), New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance (pp. 495-506). NY: Routledge. 

Morisano, D., & Locke, E. A. (2012). Goal setting and academic achievement in college students. In J. A. C. Hattie & E. M. Anderman (Eds.), International Handbook of Student Achievement (pp. 45-48). NY: Routledge.

Rush, B. R., & Morisano, D. (2009). Going off the rails for “love or money”: Implementation issues related to payment of research participants in an addiction-research project (pp. 43-52). In D. L. Streiner & S. Sidani (Eds.), When research goes off the rails: Why it happens and what you can do about it. NY: Guilford Press.

Morisano, D., Babor, T. F., Winstanley, E. L., & Morojele, N. (2008). Getting started: Publication issues for doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and other novice addiction scientists. In T. F. Babor, K. Stenius, S. Savva, & J. O’Reilly (Eds.), Publishing addiction science: A guide for the perplexed (2nd ed., pp. 50-69). Brentwood, UK: Multi-Science Publishing.

Babor, T. F., & Morisano, D. (2008). Practical procedures for determining authorship. In T. F. Babor, K. Stenius, S. Savva, & J. O’Reilly (Eds.), Publishing addiction science: A guide for the perplexed (2nd ed., pp. 110-123). Brentwood, UK: Multi-Science Publishing.

Babor, T. F., Morisano, D., Stenius, K., Winstanley, E. L., & O’Reilly, J. (2008). How to choose a journal: Scientific and practical considerations. In T. F. Babor, K. Stenius, S. Savva, & J. O’Reilly (Eds.), Publishing addiction science: A guide for the perplexed (2nd ed., pp. 12-36). Brentwood, UK: Multi-Science Publishing.

Babor, T. F., & Morisano, D. (2004). Coin of the realm: Practical procedures for determining authorship. In T. F. Babor & K. Stenius (Eds.), Publishing addiction science:  A guide for the perplexed (pp. 55-70). London: ISAJE and World Health Organization (WHO).

Babor, T. F., Morisano, D., & Stenius, K. (2004). How to choose a journal: Scientific and practical considerations. In T. F. Babor & K. Stenius (Eds.), Publishing addiction science: A guide for the perplexed (pp. 15-32). London: ISAJE and World Health Organization (WHO).

Policy Documents/Grey Literature 

Morisano, D., Robinson, M., & Linklater, R. (2019, March). Conducting Research with Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Ethical Considerations for CAMH. 50 pp. Report written for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A84d3f3b4-0a03-4860-99b6-8f8428593de6

Morisano, D. (2014). Brief: Mental health and Addiction Service Needs for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Individuals and Communities in Ontario. 8 pp. Brief report written for the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Morisano, D., & McDonald, J. A. (2012). Models and Methods of Implementation Science: Applications for Ontario’s Systems Improvement through Service Collaboratives (SISC) Initiative. 42 pp. Report written for the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Theses/Dissertations

Morisano, D. (2008). Personal goal setting in university students: Effects on academic achievement, executive functioning, personality, and mood. Doctoral Dissertation, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Morisano, D. (2004). Attention-related behaviours in a non-clinical sample of school-aged children: Effects of genotype and gender*. Master’s thesis, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. *Dean’s Honour List*