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Faculty/Student Publications

Here we highlight recent publications by our faculty and students that illustrate the range and depth of the kinds of research we do. This research is often interdisciplinary, makes links to biological mechanisms and health outcomes, and integrates basic science and real world impact!

  • Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Strayer, D. L., Behrends, A. A., Ward, N., & Watson, J. M. (2016). Why drivers use cell phones and support legislation to restrict this practice. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 92, 22-33.
  • Perry, N. S.,Huebner, D. M., Baucom, B. R., Hoff, & Colleen, C. (2016). Relationship power, sociodemographics, and their relative influence on sexual agreements among gay male couples. AIDS and Behavior, 20(6), 1302-1314.
  • Chen, J. M., & Norman, J. B. (2016). Toward a comprehensive understanding of the factors underlying multiracial person perception. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy.
  • Dickenson, J. A., & Huebner, D. M. (2016). The relationship between sexual activity and depressive symptoms in lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth: Effects of gender and family support. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(3), 671-681.
  • Euler, M. J., Wiltshire, T. J., Niermeyer, M. A., & Butner, J. E. (2016). Working memory performance inversely predicts spontaneous delta and theta-band scaling relations. Brain Research, 1637, 22-33.
  • Conradt, E., Hawes, K., Gueriin, D., Armstrong, D. A., Marsit, C. J., Tronick, E., & Lester, B. M. (2016). The contributions of maternal sensitivity and maternal depressive symptoms to epigenetic processes and neuroendocrine functioning. Child Development, 87, 73-85.
  • Kerig, P. K., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., & Modrowski, C. A. (2016). “Harm as Harm”: Gang membership, perpetration trauma, and posttraumatic stress symptoms among youth in the juvenile justice system.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 43, 635-652.
  • Ostlund, B. D., Measelle, J. R., Laurent, H., Conradt, E., & Ablow, J. C. (2016, August 2). Shaping emotion regulation: Attunement, symptomatology, and stress recovery within mother-infant dyads. Developmental Psychobiology. DOI: 1002/dev.21448
  • Cabeza de Baca, T., Barnett, M. A.,& Ellis, B.  J.  (2016). The development of the child unpredictability schema: Regulation through maternal life history trade-offs. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 10(1), 43-55.
  • Ostlund, B. D., Conradt, E., Crowell, S. E., Tyrka, A. R., Marsit, C. J., and Lester, B. M. (2016, July 12). Prenatal stress, fearfulness, and the epigenome: Exploratory analysis of sex differences in DNA methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00147
  • Bryan, C. J., Garland, E. L., & Rudd, M. D. (2016). From impulse to action among military personnel hospitalized for suicide risk: Alcohol consumption and the reported transition from suicidal thought to behavior. General Hospital Psychiatry, 41, 13-19.

  • Brown, T. R., Tabery, J., & Aspinwall, L. G. (2016).  Understanding validity in empirical legal research: The case for methodological pluralism in assessing the impact of science in court.  Hastings Law Journal, 67(4), 1068-1085.

  • Gagnon, K. T., Cashdan, E. A., Stefanucci, J. K., & Creem-Regehr, S. H. (2016). Sex differences in exploration behavior and the relationship to harm avoidance.  Human Nature, 27, 82-97.
  • Uchino, B. N., Cribbet, M., Kent de Grey, R. G., Cronan, S., Trettevik, R., & Smith, T. W. (2016). Dispositional optimism and sleep quality: a test of mediating pathways. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39(4).
  • Roberge, E. M., Allen, N., Taylor, J., & Bryan, C. J. (2016). Relationship functioning in Vietnam veteran couples: The roles of PTSD and anger. Journal of Clinical Psychology. E pub ahead of print.   
  • Wu, Y. P., Aspinwall, L. G., Michaelis, T. C., Stump, T. , Kohlmann, W.G., & Leachman, S. A. (2016). Discussion of photoprotection, screening, and risk behaviors with children and grandchildren after melanoma genetic testing.  Journal of Community Genetics, 7, 21-31.
  • Ford, J. D., Kerig, P. K., Desai, N., & Feierman, J. (2016). Psychosocial interventions for traumatized youth in the juvenile justice system: Research, evidence base, and clinical/legal challenges. Journal of Juvenile Justice, 4(3), 44-62.
  • Thorgusen, S., & Suchy, Y. , Chelune, G. J., & Baucom, B. R. (2016). Neuropsychological Practice Effects in the Context of Cognitive Decline: Contributions from Learning and Task Novelty. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22(4), 453-466.
  • Niermeyer, M. A., Suchy, Y., Franchow, E.I. (2016) Reported Expressive Suppression in Daily Life is Associated with Slower Action Planning. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,22(6), 671-681. doi: 10.1017/S1355617716000473
  • Wen, G., Aizenman, A., Drew, T., Wolfe, J. M., Haygood T. M., Markey M. K. (2016). Computational Assessments of Visual Search Strategies in Volumetric Medical Images. Journal of Medical Imaging, 3(1), 015501-13. 
  • Drew, T., Aizenman, A. M., Thompson, M., Kovacs, M. D., Trambert, M., Reicher, Wolfe, J. M. (2016). Image toggling saves time in mammography. Journal of Medical Imaging, 3(1), 0110031-0110037. 
  • Barreiro, A., Wainryb, C., & Carretero, M. (2016). Narratives about the past and cognitive polyphasia: Remembering the Argentine conquest of the desert.  Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22, Special Section: Conflict and Memory, 44-51.
  • Kerig, P. K., Bennett, D. C., Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C. A., & McGee, A. B. (2016). Numbing of positive, negative, and general emotions: Associations with trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and depressive symptoms among justice-involved youth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29(2), 111-119. doi: 10.1002/jts.22087
  • Thoman, D. B., & Sansone, C. (2016). Gender bias triggers diverging science interests between women and men: The role of activity interest appraisals.  Motivation and Emotion. 40(3), 464-477.
  • Euler, M., Niermeyer, M., & Suchy, Y. (2016). Neurocognitive and neurophysiological correlates of motor planning during familiar and novel contexts. Neuropsychology, 30 (1), 109-119.

  • Wu, Y. P., Aspinwall, L. G., Conn, B. M., Stump, T. K., Grahmann, B., & Leachman, S. A. (2016).  A systematic review of interventions to improve adherence to melanoma preventive behaviors for individuals at elevated risk.  Preventive Medicine, 88, 153-167.

  • Smith, T. W., & Williams, P. G. (2016). Assessment of social traits in married couples: Self-reports versus spouse ratings around the interpersonal circumplex. Psychological Assessment, 28(6), 726-736.
  • Kerig, P. K., Charak, R., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., Armour, C., Modrowski, C. A., & McGee, A. B. (2016). Validation of the factor structure of the Adolescent—Dissociative Experiences Scale in a sample of justice-involved youth. Psychological Trauma,8(5), 592-600. doi: 10.1037/tra0000140
  • Uchino, B. N., Kent de Grey, R. G., & Cronan, S. (2016). The quality of social networks predicts age-related changes in cardiovascular reactivity to stress.  Psychology and Aging, 31(4) 321-326.
  • Pasupathi, M., Fivush, R., & Hernandez-Martinez, M. (2016). Talking about it: Stories as paths to healing after violence. Psychology of Violence, Vol.  6, Special section: Restorying Resilience Research, 49-56.
  • Drew, T., Boettcher, S. E. P., & Wolfe, J. M. (2016). Searching while loaded: Visual working memory does not interfere with hybrid search efficiency but hybrid search uses working memory capacity. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 201-212.
  • Holmes, L. G., Himle, M. B., & Strassberg, D. S. (2016). Parental sexuality-related concerns for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and average or above IQ. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 21, 84-93.
  • Bryan, C. J., Clemans, T. A., Hernandez, A. M., Mintz, J., Peterson, A. L., Yarvis, J. S., & Resick, P. A. (2016). Evaluating potential iatrogenic suicide risk in trauma-focused group cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of PTSD in active duty military personnel. STRONG STAR Consortium, Depression and Anxiety, 33(6), 549-557.
  • Deboeck, P. R., & Preacher, K. J. (2016). No need to be discrete: A method for continuous time mediation analysis. Structural Equation Modeling, 23(1) 61-75.
  • Bennett, D. C., Chaplo, S. D., Modrowski, C., & Kerig, P.K. (2016). Facets of emotion dysregulation as mediators of the association between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms in justice-involved adolescents. Traumatology, 22(3), 174-183.

 

Last Updated: 6/4/21