A5074361311- Mental Health Research Topics
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Child Abuse and Trauma
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers
2025
Kent State University
2019-2024
Durham VA Health Care System
2023-2024
Duke University
2024
Creighton University
2016
Abstract People who experience trauma and develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk for poor health. One mechanism that could explain this is accelerated biological aging, which associated with the accumulation of chronic diseases, disability, premature mortality. Using data from 2309 post-9/11 United States military veterans participated in VISN 6 MIRECC’s Post-Deployment Mental Health Study, we tested whether PTSD exposure were rate assessed using a validated DNA...
Background: Problem drinking in college places students at an increased risk for a wealth of negative consequences including alcohol use disorders. Most research has shown that greater emotion regulation difficulties are related to problem drinking, and studies generally assume is motivated by efforts cope with or enhance affective experiences. However, there lack specifically testing this assumption. Objectives: The current study sought examine the mediating potential motives, coping...
Abstract Background & Purpose Primary prevention of COVID-19 has focused on encouraging compliance with specific behaviors that restrict contagion. This investigation sought to characterize engagement in these U.S. adults early during the pandemic and build explanatory models psychological processes drive them. Methods US were recruited through Qualtrics Research Panels (N = 324; 55% female; Mage 50.91, SD 15.98) completed 10 days online reports emotion, perceived susceptibility worry,...
Interpersonal violence is a common barrier to reintegration into civilian life in post-9/11 veterans. Alcohol use and anger, also among veterans, are both risk factors for violence. The present study used longitudinal data examine relationships between these factors. Post-9/11-era veterans (N = 302) were assessed via clinical interviews self-report questionnaires at baseline, 6 months, 12 months on alcohol use, violence, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Multilevel...
Self-care behaviors aimed at maintaining physical and mental health are often recommended during stressful contexts. We tested emotional predictors of self-care (healthy eating, exercise, engaging in a hobby, relaxation/meditation, time spent with supportive person, talking online friends/family) the COVID-19 pandemic their consequences. hypothesized reciprocal within-person process whereby positive affect increases (Hypothesis 1) increase while decreasing negative 2).
The effectiveness of remotely delivered group interventions and treatments for individuals with more complex psychiatric presentations is understudied. Nevertheless, the emergence COVID-19 pandemic shifted such from in-person to remote service delivery without establishment comparable between delivery. current study presents results a private practice's transition treatment videoconference-delivered Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-based intensive outpatient program (IOP) comorbid mental...
At the onset of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic, our interdisciplinary team hypothesized that a mathematical misconception-whole number bias (WNB)-contributed to beliefs COVID-19 was less fatal than flu. We created brief online educational intervention for adults, leveraging evidence-based cognitive science research, promote accurate understanding rational numbers related COVID-19. Participants from Qualtrics panel (N = 1,297; 75% White) were randomly assigned an or control...
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Emotion on Jan 7 2021 (see record 2021-06077-001). In the article, Results and Discussion sections Study 2 Table 6, it stated that RSPAN scores predicted spontaneous down-regulation of negative affect from one diary signal to next. However, because are a person-level variable, is an error describe results way. cannot predict variability within person (i.e., signal) but rather between person). Hence, corrected...
At the onset of COVID-19 global pandemic, our interdisciplinary team hypothesized that a mathematical misconception--whole number bias (WNB)--contributed to incorrect beliefs was less fatal than flu. We created novel, five-minute online educational intervention, leveraging evidence-based cognitive science research, encourage accurate and flu fatality rate calculations comparisons. As predicted, adults (N = 1,297) randomly assigned intervention were more likely correctly answer health...
Prior research suggests variability of positive affect (PA), or the degree to which an individual's experience PA is variable rather than stable, associated with worse psychological health. However, it unclear whether different aspects serve functions. One possibility that changes in response rewarding contexts, reactivity, a healthy function, while general instability from one moment next serves unhealthy function. The current investigation separated out reactivity pleasant activities...
Shame and guilt are key emotions known to amplify trauma-related symptoms in veterans. Maintenance of is facilitated by avoidance behaviors, such as substance use. However, limited research has examined the associations between shame, guilt, use daily life.
The stress-to-disease association has been well-accepted for some time. However, the understanding of how stress exposure contributes to psychological disease progression remains unclear.To test real-time impact variable on risk-related clinical phenomena and affective in a high-risk sample active-duty firefighters.Participants completed weekly diaries reporting stressful event exposure, affect, sleep, healthy behaviors over six-months were evaluated lifetime current psychiatric using...
The aim of the current study was to examine dual role personality and psychopathology in predicting substance use among first-year students.103 first-semester undergraduate students were recruited via university subject pool.Participants completed questionnaires, structured clinical interviews, followed by completion diary entries each week reporting on throughout their first semester.Results indicated that a past diagnosis an affective (mood/anxiety/stress) disorder most significant...
Objective: Self-care behaviors aimed at maintaining or improving physical and mental health are often recommended during stressful contexts. We tested emotional experiences as potential drivers of self-care the COVID-19 pandemic explored their impacts. hypothesized a reciprocal within-person process whereby both positive negative affect increase (Aim 1) while decreasing 2). Methods: A 10-day daily diary was completed by 324 adult participants in United States spring 2020 when national...