Publications from the Department of Psychology faculty at the University of Rhode Island.

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Submissions from 2023

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Need for approval from others and face concerns as predictors of interpersonal conflict outcome in 29 cultural groups, Ceren Gunsoy and et al

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Goal Derailment and Goal Persistence in Response to Honor Threats, Ceren Günsoy, Susan E. Cross, Vanessa A. Castillo, Ayse K. Uskul, S. Arzu Wasti, Phia S. Salter, Pelin Gul, Adrienne Carter-Sowell, Afşar Yegin, Betul Altunsu, Jaren D. Crist, and Michael J. Perez

Submissions from 2022

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Immediate Post-Concussion and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT): Effects of Data Integration Strategies on Classification Accuracy, Charles E. Gaudet

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Multivariate Base Rates and Concussion Detection: A Comparative Study, Charles E. Gaudet

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Limitations of Performance Validity Tests in Dementia Evaluations: The Role of Base Rates, Charles E. Gaudet, Brian Castelluccio, Dov Gold, Nicole C.R. McLaughlin, and Stephen Correia

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Neuropsychological Assessment of the Aging Physician: A Review & Commentary, Charles E. Gaudet and Victor A. Del Bene

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Sex Differences in Metabolic Indices and Chronic Neuroinflammation in Response to Prolonged High-Fat Diet in ApoE4 Knock-In Mice, Jennifer M. Mattar, Mark Majchrzak, Jaclyn Iannucci, Sydney Bartman, John K. Robinson, and Paula Grammas

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School psychologists’ supporting American Indian students on the path to academic success: a community cultural wealth approach, Margaret R. Rogers, Erin D. Churchill, Mehwish Shahid, Teressa O. Davis, and Crassandra Mandojana-Ducot

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Evaluating Providers’ Prescription Opioid Instructions to Pediatric Patients, Denise D. Tran, Ptrick C.M. Brown, Corrin Murphy, Diano Ho, Karen A. Hudson, Anna C. Wilson, and Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing

Submissions from 2021

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Motivational interviewing to reduce risky sexual behaviors among at-risk male youth: A randomized controlled pilot study., Shayna S. Bassett, Daniel J. Delaney, Amy M. Moore, Mary Clair-Michaud, Jennifer G. Clarke, and L. A.R. Stein

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Association between Dietary Magnesium Intake and Glycemic Markers in Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study, Helena J. Bentil, Alyssa M. Abreu, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Joseph S. Rossi, Alison Tovar, and Brietta M. Oaks

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The differential relation of trauma types with negative and positive emotion dysregulation, Jillian B. Berfield, Svetlana Goncharenko, Shannon R. Forkus, Ateka A. Contractor, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Characteristics of Older Adults Who Cannot Identify a Healthcare Agent, Andrew B. Cohen, Andrea L. Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, and Terri R. Fried

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Critical considerations for the positive memory-posttraumatic stress disorder model, Ateka A. Contractor, Anne N. Banducci, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Factors Related to Positive Memory Count Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals: A Scoping Review, Ateka A. Contractor, Stephanie V. Caldas, Megan Dolan, and Nicole H. Weiss

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A psychometric investigation on the diagnostic utility of the posttrauma risky behaviors questionnaire, Ateka A. Contractor, Ling Jin, Nicole H. Weiss, and Seanne O'Hara

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Moderating effects of sleep difficulties on relations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count, Ateka A. Contractor, Danica C. Slavish, Nicole H. Weiss, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh, Ali A. Alafnan, and Daniel J. Taylor

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Moderating effects of dysregulation and fear of positive emotions on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, and Shannon R. Forkus

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Effectiveness of message-framing to improve oral health behaviors and dental plaque among pregnant women, Masoumeh Divdar, Marzieh Araban, Akbar Babaei Heyddarabadi, Bahman Cheraghian, and L.A.R. Stein

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Academic Trajectories of College Students with and without ADHD: Predictors of Four-Year Outcomes, George J. DuPaul, Matthew J. Gormley, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Lisa L. Weyandt, Jeffrey Labban, Aliza Jaffe Sass, Chelsea Z. Busch, Melanie K. Franklin, and Kaicee B. Postler

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Assessment of Malingering and Falsification: Continuing to Push the Boundaries of Knowledge in Research and Clinical Practice, David F. Faust, Charles E. Gaudet, David C. Ahern, and Ana J. Bridges

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How Ready Are Young Adults to Participate in Community Service? An Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, Natalie Fenn, Cheyenne Reyes, Kathleen Monahan, and Mark L. Robbins

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Civic Engagement and Well-Being: Examining a Mediational Model Across Gender, Natalie Fenn, Mark L. Robbins, Lisa Harlow, and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

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The moderating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between potentially morally injurious experiences and alcohol misuse among military Veterans, Shannon R. Forkus, Melissa R. Schick, Svetlana Goncharenko, Emmanuel D. Thomas, Ateka A. Contractor, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Examining the relations among moral foundations, potentially morally injurious events, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms., Shannon R. Forkus and Nicole H. Weiss

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Military Sexual Trauma and Risky Behaviors: A Systematic Review, Shannon R. Forkus, Nicole H. Weiss, Svetlana Goncharenko, Joseph Mammay, Michael Church, and Ateka A. Contractor

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Evaluating Depressive Symptoms among Low-Socioeconomic-Status African American Women Aged 40 to 75 Years with Uncontrolled Hypertension: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Angel Gabriel, Hossein Zare, Wehmah Jones, Manshu Yang, Chidinma A. Ibe, Yidan Cao, Michele Balamani, Marilyn Gaston, Gayle Porter, Denise L. Woods, and Darrell J. Gaskin

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Immediate Post-concussion and Cognitive Testing: Ceiling Effects, Reliability, and Implications for Interpretation, Charles E. Gaudet, Jeff Konin, and David Faust

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Valuing cultural activities moderating the association between alcohol expectancies and alcohol use among first nation adolescents, Silvi C. Goldstein, Melissa R. Schick, Tessa Nalven, and Nichea S. Spillane

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The role of positive emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood abuse and PTSD in a community sample of veterans, Svetlana Goncharenko, Shannon R. Forkus, Ateka A. Contractor, Reina Kiefer, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Prediction of suicidal ideation and attempt in 9 and 10 year-old children using transdiagnostic risk features, Gareth Harman, Dakota Kliamovich, Angelica M. Morales, Sydney Gilbert, Deanna M. Barch, Michael A. Mooney, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, Damien A. Fair, and Bonnie J. Nagel

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Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Prime Time Sister Circles (PTSC) Program's Impact on Hypertension among Midlife African American Women, Chidinma A. Ibe, Danielle R. Haywood, Ciana Creighton, Yidan Cao, Angel Gabriel, Hossein Zare, Wehmah Jones, Manshu Yang, Michele Balamani, Marilyn Gaston, Gayle Porter, Denise L. Woods, and Darrell J. Gaskin

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Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms moderate the relation between childhood sexual abuse and disordered eating in a community sample, Reina Kiefer, Svetlana Goncharenko, Ateka A. Contractor, Maria Z. DePina, and Nicole H. Weiss

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The use of substances in sexual offending in a United States sample, Katelyn T. Kirk-Provencher, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Cynthia Calkins, and Nichea S. Spillane

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Sexual and Gender Minority Inclusivity in Bystander Intervention Programs to Prevent Violence on College Campuses: A Critical Review, Katelyn T. Kirk-Provencher, Nichea S. Spillane, Melissa R. Schick, Sydney J. Chalmers, Courtney Hawes, and Lindsay M. Orchowski

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Using implementation interventions and peer recovery support to improve opioid treatment outcomes in community supervision: Protocol, Rosemarie A. Martin, L. A.R. Stein, Damaris J. Rohsenow, Steven Belenko, Linda E. Hurley, Jennifer G. Clarke, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

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The associations of Latino/a racial status and neighborhood discrimination to alcohol use and psychological distress, Tessa Nalven, Nichea S. Spillane, and Christina S. Lee

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Racial discrimination, racial identity affiliation, and heavy alcohol use among multiracial individuals, Tessa Nalven, Nichea S. Spillane, and Joseph S. Rossi

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item Response Theory Analyses, Prathiba Natesan Batley, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Sidonia E. Compton, and Matthew Price

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Retaining Adolescent and Young Adult Participants in Research During a Pandemic: Best Practices From Two Large-Scale Developmental Neuroimaging Studies (NCANDA and ABCD), Kate B. Nooner, Tammy Chung, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, Ty Brumback, Zjanya Arwood, Susan F. Tapert, Sandra A. Brown, and Linda Cottler

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Program development using intervention mapping in primary healthcare settings to address elder abuse: A randomized controlled pilot study, Sonia Oveisi, Lynda A. Stein, Forozan Olfati, and Shima Jahed

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Peter F. Merenda (1922-2019), James Prochaska

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Positive Emotion Dysregulation Identifies Trauma-Exposed Community Individuals at Risk for Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, Alexa M. Raudales, Angela G. Darosh, Ateka A. Contractor, Heather T. Schatten, Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Positive emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Investigating the role of anxiety sensitivity, Alexa M. Raudales, Reina Kiefer, Shannon R. Forkus, Ateka A. Contractor, and Nicole H. Weiss

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The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among veterans, Alexa M. Raudales, Nicole H. Weiss, Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Ateka A. Contractor, and Heather T. Schatten

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Identifying patient-level factors associated with interest in psychosocial services during cancer: A brief report, Timothy S. Sannes, William F. Pirl, Joseph S. Rossi, Lawrence Grebstein, Colleen A. Redding, Ginette G. Ferszt, James O. Prochaska, Ilana M. Braun, and Miryam Yusufov

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Social Reactions to IPV Disclosure and PTSD Symptom Severity: Assessing Avoidant Coping as a Mediator, Jennifer N. Schackner, Nicole H. Weiss, Katie M. Edwards, and Tami P. Sullivan

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Alcohol- and drug-related consequences across latent classes of substance use among American Indian adolescents, Melissa R. Schick, Silvi C. Goldstein, Tessa Nalven, and Nichea S. Spillane

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A Framework for the Adaptation of Positive Psychological Interventions to North American Indigenous Populations, Melissa R. Schick, Katelyn T. Kirk-Provencher, Silvi C. Goldstein, Tessa Nalven, and Nichea S. Spillane

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Positive emotional intensity and substance use: the underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans, Melissa R. Schick, Nicole H. Weiss, Ateka C. Contractor, Emmanual D. Thomas, and Nichea S. Spillane

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Risk factors associated with alcohol and drug use among bisexual women: A literature review., Christina T. Schulz, Emily M. Glatt, and Amy L. Stamates

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Asian Americans’ mental health help-seeking attitudes: The relative and unique roles of cultural values and ethnic identity., Mehwish Shahid, Nicole H. Weiss, Gary Stoner, and Bryan Dewsbury

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A quasi-experimental study to improve health service quality: implementing communication and self-efficacy skills training to primary healthcare workers in two counties in Iran, Hossein Shahnazi, Marzieh Araban, Mahmood Karimy, Mansooreh Basiri, Ali Ghazvini, and L. A.R. Stein

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Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Indirect Effects Through Negative and Positive Emotion Dysregulation, Lauren E. Simpson, Alexa M. Raudales, Miranda E. Reyes, Tami P. Sullivan, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with School and Cyberbullying Among Rhode Island Youth, Dorothy Skierkowski-Foster

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Pursuing Collective Synchrony in Teams: A Regime-Switching Dynamic Factor Model of Speed Similarity in Soccer, Daniel M. Smith and Theodore A. Walls

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Pursuing Collective Synchrony in Teams: A Regime-Switching Dynamic Factor Model of Speed Similarity in Soccer, Daniel M. Smith and Theodore A. Walls

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The protective effects of self-compassion on alcohol-related problems among first nation adolescents, Nichea S. Spillane, Melissa R. Schick, Silvi C. Goldstein, Tessa Nalven, and Christopher W. Kahler

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Testing the competing life reinforcers model for substance use in reserve-dwelling First Nation youth, Nichea S. Spillane, Melissa R. Schick, Tessa Nalven, Silvi C. Goldstein, Katelyn T. Kirk-Provencher, Danielle Hill, and Christopher W. Kahler

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Three As of American Indian adolescent marijuana use: Availability, acceptability, and approval, Nichea S. Spillane, Melissa R. Schick, Tessa Nalven, and Katelyn T. Kirk-Provencher

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Latent profiles of impulsivity facets and associations with drinking behaviors, A. L. Stamates, C. T. Schulz, S. J. Ehlke, L. Thompson, C. Lau-Barraco, and M. L. Kelley

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Alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco polysubstance use: A latent profile analysis of age of onset, Amy L. Stamates, Rhiannon Roberts, and Cathy Lau-Barraco

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Exploring the moderating role of gender in the relation between emotional expressivity and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity among Black trauma-exposed college students at a historically Black university, Nazaret C. Suazo, Miranda E. Reyes, Ateka A. Contractor, Emmanuel D. Thomas, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Criminal Protection Orders for Women Victims of Domestic Violence: Explicating Predictors of Level of Restrictions Among Orders Issued, Tami P. Sullivan, Nicole H. Weiss, Carolina Price, and Nicole E. Pugh

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Criminal Protection Orders: Implications of Requested Versus Issued Orders on Domestic Violence Revictimiztion and Mental Health Among Women, Tami P. Sullivan, Nicole H. Weiss, Jacqueline Woerner, and Diana Belliveau

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Comparing Student Attitudes to Spreadsheet and Advanced Statistical Packages, Angela R. Surrusco, Zachary J. Kunicki, Sarah L. DiPerri, Marie C. Tate, Megan M. Risi, Nicholas S. Zambrotta, and Lisa L. Harlow

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Correction to: Implementing Coordinated Specialty Care in CMHC Youth and Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Preliminary Outcome Assessment (Community Mental Health Journal, (2021), 57, 7, (1348-1359), 10.1007/s10597-020-00763-9), Joshua Ray Tanzer, Colleen A. Redding, Irena Mikhalyuk, Bridget Bennett, Barbara Lamoureux, Denise Achin, Shayna Bassett, Rosemarie Martin, and L. A.R. Stein

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Implementing Coordinated Specialty Care in CMHC Youth and Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Preliminary Outcome Assessment, Joshua Ray Tanzer, Colleen A. Redding, Irena Mikhalyuk, Bridget Bennett, Barbara Lamoureux, Denise Achin, Shayna Bassett, Rosemarie Martin, and L. A.R. Stein

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Examining the Interaction Between Potentially Morally Injurious Events and Religiosity in Relation to Alcohol Misuse Among Military Veterans, Emmanuel D. Thomas, Nicole H. Weiss, Shannon R. Forkus, and Ateka A. Contractor

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Sexual victimization and disordered eating among community individuals: The influence of negative and positive emotion dysregulation, Allison Tobar-Santamaria, Reina Kiefer, Julissa Godin, Ateka A. Contractor, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Understanding the Role of Knowledge in Advance Care Planning Engagement, Laura I. van Dyck, Andrea Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, and Terri R. Fried

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The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between substance use stigma and depressive symptoms among trauma-exposed, substance-using individuals., Katie Wang, Melissa R. Schick, Devon L. Quinn, and Nicole H. Weiss

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The role of executive functioning deficits in the association between substance-use-related stigma and substance use problems among trauma-exposed individuals, Katie Wang, Melissa R. Schick, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Alcohol to down-regulate negative and positive emotions: Extending our understanding of the functional role of alcohol in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder, Nicole H. Weiss, Svetlana Goncharenko, Alexa M. Raudales, Melissa R. Schick, and Ateka A. Contractor

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Ethnic-racial identity and posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of emotional avoidance among trauma-exposed community individuals., Nicole H. Weiss, Melissa R. Schick, Miranda E. Reyes, Emmanuel D. Thomas, Allison Tobar-Santamaria, and Ateka A. Contractor

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Association of positive emotion dysregulation to resting heart rate variability: The influence of positive affect intensity, Nicole H. Weiss, Melissa R. Schick, Elinor E. Waite, Lauren A. Haliczer, and Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon

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Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use among a Sample of College Students: Prevalence and Predictors, Lisa L. Weyandt, Berglót Gyda Gudmundsdottir, Emily Shepard, Leslie Brick, Ashley L. Buchanan, Christine Marie Clarkin, Alyssa Francis, and Marisa Marraccini

Submissions from 2020

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Healthy Sleep Leads to Improved Nutrition and Exercise in College Females, Sue K. Adams, Elizabeth Dimond, Matthew J. Delmonico, Emily Sylvester, Chelsea Accetta, Carley Domos, and Ingrid E. Lofgren

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Prevalence and factors associated with disruptive behavior among Iranian students during 2015: a cross-sectional study, Marzieh Araban, Ali Montazeri, L.A.R. Stein, Mahmood Karimy, and Ali Ashgar Haeri Mehrizi

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Reckless Behaviors: A Network Analysis Approach, Cherie Armour, Talya Greene, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole Weiss, Katherine Dixon-Gordon, and Jana Ross

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Do positive memory characteristics relate to reckless behaviours? an exploratory study in a treatment-seeking traumatised sample, Anne N. Banducci, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, and Paula Dranger

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Caring for patients with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic., Anne N. Banducci and Nicole H. Weiss

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Avian Bornaviral Ganglioneuritis: Current Debates and Unanswered Questions, Susan Boatright-Horowitz

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Computer-assisted motivational interviewing for contraceptive use in women leaving prison: A randomized controlled trial, E. C. Brousseau, J. G. Clarke, D. Dumont, L. A.R. Stein, M. Roberts, and J. van den Berg

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Characterizing the Impact of Adversity, Abuse, and Neglect on Adolescent Amygdala Resting-state Functional Connectivity, Theresa W. Cheng, Kathryn L. Mills, Oscar Miranda Dominguez, Dagmar Zeithamova, Anders Perrone, Darrick Sturgeon, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, Philip A. Fisher, Jennifer H. Pfeifer, Damien A. Fair, and Kristen L. Mackiewicz Seghete

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Effects of processing positive memories on posttrauma mental health: A preliminary study in a non-clinical student sample, Ateka A. Contractor, Anne N. Banducci, Ling Jin, Fallon S. Keegan, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Relation between PTSD symptom clusters and positive memory characteristics: A network perspective, Ateka A. Contractor, Talya Greene, Megan Dolan, Nicole H. Weiss, and Cherie Armour

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Examining relations of polytraumatization typologies with positive memory count and phenomenology, Ateka A. Contractor, Nathan T. Kearns, Nicole H. Weiss, and Heidemarie Blumenthal

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Examination of the structural relations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and reckless/self-destructive behaviors., Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Megan Dolan, and Natalie Mota

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Positive Internal Experiences in PTSD Interventions: A Critical Review, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Shannon R. Forkus, and Fallon Keegan

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Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder's E2 criterion: Development, pilot testing, and validation of the posttrauma risky behaviors questionnaire, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Nathan T. Kearns, Stephanie V. Caldas, and Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon

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Clusters of trauma types as measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM–5., Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Prathiba Natesan Batley, and Jon D. Elhai

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Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Melissa R. Schick, Prathiba Natesan Batley, Shannon R. Forkus, and Rachita Sharma

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Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Primer, Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, and M. Tracie Shea

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Association between Hospital Admissions and Healthcare Provider Communication for Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease, Robert M. Cronin, Manshu Yang, Jane S. Hankins, Jeannie Byrd, Brandi M. Pernell, Adetola Kassim, Patricia Adams-Graves, Alexis A. Thompson, Karen Kalinyak, Michael DeBaun, and Marsha Treadwell

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A Brief Screen to Detect Cannabis Use Disorder Among Incarcerated Youth, Daniel Delaney, S. G. Balestrieri, Shayna S. Bassett, and L. A.R. Stein

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Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder severity, and positive memories, Megan Dolan, Ateka A. Contractor, Anthony J. Ryals, and Nicole H. Weiss

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Many Labs 5: Testing Pre-Data-Collection Peer Review as an Intervention to Increase Replicability, Charles R. Ebersole, Maya B. Mathur, Erica Baranski, Diane Jo Bart-Plange, Nicholas R. Buttrick, Christopher R. Chartier, Katherine S. Corker, Martin Corley, Joshua K. Hartshorne, Hans IJzerman, Ljiljana B. Lazarević, Hugh Rabagliati, Ivan Ropovik, Balazs Aczel, Lena F. Aeschbach, Luca Andrighetto, Jack D. Arnal, Holly Arrow, Peter Babincak, Bence E. Bakos, Gabriel Baník, Ernest Baskin, Radomir Belopavlović, Michael H. Bernstein, Michał Białek, Nicholas G. Bloxsom, Bojana Bodroža, Diane B.V. Bonfiglio, and Leanne Boucher

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Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment for problematic digital technology use: Formulating principles and practice guides from the scientific and professional literature, David Faust, Marc N. Potenza, Charles Gaudet, and Kyle A. Faust

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Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation, Shannon R. Forkus, Anthony J. Rosellini, Lindsey L. Monteith, Ateka A. Contractor, and Nicole H. Weiss