Spencer Bradshaw
Human Devt. and Family Studies
Associate Professor, MFT Program

Contact Information
Office Location: SCCE 424Phone: 435-797-7456
Email: spencer.bradshaw@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Research Interests
Neuropsychology of Trauma, Addiction and Recovery
The neuropsychology of brain recovery from trauma as well as alcohol and substance use disorders (AUDs/SUDs) for those with the disorder as well as family members.
Family Member and Family Recovery from Trauma, Addiction, and Chronic Illnesses
Researching systemic understanding of the development, progression, treatment, and recovery from trauma, addiction, and chronic illness.
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Leonardi, K., Bradshaw, S., Tehee, M., Jordan, K.E, James, C., (2026). Adult-Child Interaction Emotional Image Set: Subjective Ratings of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors.. Child Abuse and Neglect
- Murphy, D., Chang, K., Kimball, T.G, Shumway, S.T, Bradshaw, S., (2026). The Process of Acquiring and Maintaining Spirituality Among Collegiate Recovery Program Students: A Grounded Theory. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
- Cook, M.L, Boyce, L.K, Hancock, A., Turner, M.S, Bradshaw, S., (2025). Early bilingualism promotes neural efficiency and reduced prefrontal connectivity during interference suppression.. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 19
- Knudsen, F., Woolley, M., Bradshaw, S., Lensegrav-Benson, T., Quakenbush-Roberts, B., Twohig, M., (2025). Psychometric Performance of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 in Females with Anorexia Nervosa: An Examination of Factor Structure and Item Response Theory. Eating Behaviors
- Shumway, S., Thomas, K., Bradshaw, S., Cho, S., Chang, K., (2025). The Systemic Model of the Brain Disease of Addiction: A Holistic & Comprehensive Theoretical Perspective. Journal of Family Theory & Review
- Barboza, J., Seedall, R., Hooghe, A., Kaplow, J., Bradshaw, S., (2025). Forming our grief rhythm: The relational window of tolerance for bereaved parents. Family Process, 64:1, e13048. doi: 10.1111/famp.13048
- Olufowote, R., Bradshaw, S., Bean, R.A, (2025). An Exploratory Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Couple Attachment Trajectories. Contemporary Family Therapy
- Bradshaw, S., Shumway, S.T, Zielinski, M., Kimball, T.G, Fisher, J.T, (2025). Family Members’ Reward-Based Activation in Response to an AUD Loved-One. Contemporary Family Therapy
- Bradshaw, S.D, (2023). Capacity for Meaningful Relationships in Severe Substance Use Recovery: A Qualitative Study.. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 1-13.
- Bradshaw, S., (2019). Exploring Differentiation Levels in Marriage Relationships: A Dyadic Study of Bowen's Theory of Differentiation of Self.
- Bradshaw, S., (2019). Exploring family member influence on change in addiction treatment, a dyadic analysis..
- Bradshaw, S., (2019). Prefrontal cortex functioning of family members of those with a substance use disorder.
Professional Journal
Public or Trade Journal
- Lindsay, T., Seedall, R., Gillespie, A., Robinson, W., Bradshaw, S., (2025). The Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ): A Psychometric Validation. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 51:1, e12748.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.