Publications
* = mentored student at time of work
Bold = STRESS Lab member at time of work
In Press
Weiss, N. H., + Spillane, N. S., + Goldstein, S. C.,* Kiefer, R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Nalven, T., Egan, A., Trinh, C. D., Moore, R. S., & Gone, J. P. (in press). Ground-up approach to understanding the impacts of historical trauma in one reserve-dwelling First Nations community. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
+indicates joint first authorship
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Kiefer, R.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Goldstein, S. C.,* Lin, N., Samuels, E. A., Marshall, B. D. L., & Jacka, B. P. (in press). Emotion dysregulation as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from opioid overdose responding among community laypeople. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Weiss, N. H., Goncharenko, S.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Ferguson, J. J.,* & Yang, M. (in press). Longitudinal investigation of bidirectional relations between childhood trauma and emotion-driven impulsivity in the ABCD Study. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Forkus, S. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Rafiuddin, H., Weiss, N. H., Messman, B. A., & Contractor, A. A. (in press). The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5: A systematic review of existing psychometric evidence. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Kiefer, R.,* Orchowski, L. M., Raudales, A. M.,* & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Role of alexithymia in the association between childhood abuse and sexual assault risk perception in college women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Contractor, A. A., Slavish, D. C., Thornton, J., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Positive affect processes and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Findings from an open label and uncontrolled pilot study using the Positive Memory Processing Technique. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
Fentem, A., Compton, S. E., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. H., & Contractor, A. A. (in press). Relations between PTSD symptoms and reckless behaviors among military Veteran students: Moderating roles of negative and positive life experiences. Traumatology.
Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., Goncharenko, S.,* Goldstein, S. C.,* & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Online crowdsourcing to study trauma and mental health symptoms in military populations: A case for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Contractor, A. A., Messman, B., Gould, P., Slavish, D. C., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Impacts of repeated retrieval of positive and neutral memories on posttrauma health: An investigative pilot study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
Forkus, S. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Kiefer, R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and risky alcohol use: The roles of negative social reactions to sexual assault disclosure and trauma-related shame. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Channell, I.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Salvatore, G.,* Vieira, M.,* & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Religiosity and hazardous substance use: The moderating role of trauma-related shame. The American Journal on Addictions.
Spillane, N. S., Schick, M. R.,* Kirk-Provencher, K. T., Nalven, T., Goldstein, S. C.,* Crawford, M., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Trauma and substance use among Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
Kiefer, R.,* Schick, M. R., Newberger, N. G.,* Ferguson, J. J.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Sullivan, T. P., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Concordance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms assessed via retrospective report versus experience sampling methods in community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Newberger, N. G.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Goldstein, S. C.,* Ferguson, J. J.,* Sullivan, T. P., & Weiss, N. H. (in press). Ecological investigation of the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and cannabis use among community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
2023
Weiss, N. H., Schick, M. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Contractor, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2023). Experimental investigation of the influence of positive emotion dysregulation on risk-taking following idiographic emotion inductions. Clinical Psychological Science, 11, 490-508.
Weiss, N. H., Raudales, A. M.,* Contractor, A. A., Forkus, S. R.,* Kiefer, R.,* Brick, L. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2023). Micro-longitudinal examination of emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among community women experiencing intimate partner violence: Modeling reciprocal relationships using dynamic structural equation modeling. Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology, 1, 216-229.
Raudales, A. M.,* Carosa, C., Weiss, N. H., Schatten, H. T., & Armey, M. F. (2023). Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking posttraumatic stress disorder to subsequent suicidal thoughts and behaviors following inpatient psychiatric discharge. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 161, 34-39.
Contractor, A. A., Jin, L., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Open label pilot study on posttrauma health impacts of the Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT). Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 33, 213-234.
Dolan, M., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. H., & Contractor, A. A. (2023). The role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between sleep disturbances and PTSD symptom severity. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211, 203-215.
Compton, S. E., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. H., Bowen, H., & Contractor, A. A. (2023). Associations between positive memory count and hazardous substance use in a trauma-exposed sample: Examining the moderating role of emotion dysregulation. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79, 1480-1508.
Contractor, A. A., Messman, B. A., Slavish, D. C., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Do positive memory characteristics influence daily-level trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms? An exploratory daily diary study. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 36, 320-338.
Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., Raudales, A. M.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2023). The influence of trauma-related shame on the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and impulsivity facets. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15, 576-583.
Wang, K., Schick, M. R.,* Quinn, D. L.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2023). The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between substance use stigma and depressive symptoms among trauma-exposed, substance-using individuals. Stigma and Health, 8, 243-251.
Contractor, A. A., Natesan Batley, P., Compton, S. E., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Relations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory characteristics among women reporting intimate partner violence: A micro-longitudinal study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38, 7266-7295.
Raudales, A. M.,* Yang, M., Schatten, H. T., Armey, M. F., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Daily reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury among individuals with a history of sexual assault: The influence of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53, 124-136.
Reyes, M. R.,* Simpson, L. E.,* Sullivan, T. P., Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes among Hispanic women in the United States: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24, 809-827.
Goldstein, S. C.,* Schick, M. S.,* Weyandt, L., Sullivan, T. P., Saint-Eloi Cadely, H., & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Posttraumatic stress as a moderator of the association between HPA-axis functioning and alcohol use disorder among a community sample of women currently experiencing intimate partner violence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31, 163-173.
Kiefer, R.,* Goncharenko, S.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor A. A., LeBlanc, N.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2023). Role of positive emotion regulation strategies in the association between childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 36, 366-381.
2022
Weiss, N. H., Brick, L. A., Schick, M. R.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Contractor, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder strengthens the daily associations between emotion dysregulation and substance use: A micro-longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Addiction, 117, 3150-3169.
Weiss, N. H., Kiefer, R.,* Goncharenko, S.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Schick, M. R.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2022). Emotion regulation and substance use: A meta-analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 230, 109131.
Weiss, N. H., Brick, L. A., Forkus, S. R.,* Goldstein, S. C.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Schick, M. R.,* Barnett, N. P., Contractor, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2022). Modeling reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro-longitudinal study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46, 1460-1471.
Weiss, N. H., Thomas, E. D.,* Schick, M. R.,* Reyes, M. E.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2022). Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78, 785-808.
Weiss, N. H., Schick, M.R.,* Contractor, A. A., Goncharenko, S.,* Raudales, A. M.,* & Forkus, S. R.* (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder modulates avoidance of positive emotions among trauma-exposed military veterans in the community. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 446-452.
Weiss, N. H., Schick, M. R.,* Contractor, A. A., Reyes, M. E.,* Suazo, N.,* & Sullivan, T. P. (2022). Racial/ethnic differences in alcohol and drug misuse among IPV-victimized women: Exploring the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 2826-2850.
Contractor, A. A.,+ Weiss, N. H.,+ Forkus, S. R.,* & Keegan, F. (2022). Positive internal experiences in PTSD interventions: A critical review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 23, 101-116.
+indicates joint first authorship
Reyes, M. E.,* Weiss, N. H., Swan, S. C., & Sullivan, T. P (2022). The role of acculturation in the relation between intimate partner violence and substance misuse among IPV-victimized Hispanic women in the community. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 7057-7081.
Forkus, S. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Goncharenko, S.,* Schick, M. R.,* Monteith, L. L., & Contractor, A. A. (2022). Elucidating the association between military sexual trauma types and different types of risky behaviors. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 23, 324-338.
Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Woerner, J., & Belliveau. D. (2022). Criminal protection orders: Implications of requested vs. issued orders on domestic violence revictimization and mental health among women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 18445-18464.
Thomas, E. D.,* Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2022). Examining the interaction between potentially morally injurious events and religiosity in relation to alcohol misuse among military veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 314-320.
Nelson Aguiar, R. J.,* Weiss, N. H., Swan S. C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2022). Alcohol misuse and women’s use of aggression in intimate relationships: The mediating role of motivations for using aggression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 2310-2330.
Contractor A. A., Natesan Batley, P., Weiss, N. H., Compton, S. E., & Price, M. (2022). Psychometric evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item response theory analyses. Assessment, 29, 1824-1841.
Kearns, N. T., Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Extending psychometric investigation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire (PRBQ): Measurement invariance across trauma type and trauma count. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44, 992-1003.
Contractor, A. A., Banducci, A. N., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Critical considerations to the positive memory-posttraumatic stress disorder model. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29, 81-91.
Wang, K., Schick, M. R.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2022). The role of executive functioning deficits in the association between substance use stigma and substance use problems among individuals exposed to trauma. Substance Abuse, 43,171-178.
Goldstein, S. C.,* Spillane, N. S., Nalven, T., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Harm reduction acceptability and feasibility in a North American Indigenous reserve community. Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 3607-3624.
Contractor, A. A., Caldas, S. V., Dolan, M., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Factors related to positive memory count among trauma-exposed individuals: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 23, 1568-1584.
Schick, M. R.,* Nalven, T., Thomas, E. D.,* Weiss, N. H., & Spillane, N. S. (2022). Depression and alcohol use in American Indian adolescents: The influence of family factors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46, 141-151.
Dolan, M., Jin, L., Sharma, R., Weiss, N. H., & Contractor, A. A. (2022). The relationship between number of trauma types, resilience, and psychological symptoms in ex-military personnel from India. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 437-445.
Messman, B. A., Rafiuddin, H., Slavish, D., Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A. (2022). Examination of daily-level associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and COVID-19 worries. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 497-506.
Raudales, A. M.,* Yang, M., Forkus, S. R.,* Kiefer, R.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Daily reciprocal relations between negative and positive emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress symptoms among individuals with a history of sexual assault. Psychiatry Research, 315, 114724.
Reyes, M. E.,* Rossi, J. S., Thomas, E. D.,* Goldstein, S.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance misuse among Black emerging adults: The influence of social support. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 18, 42-51.
Short, N. A., Evans, M. K., Raudales, A. M.,* Shapiro, M. O., Weiss, N. H., & Schmidt, N. B. (2022). Anxiety sensitivity and cannabis use motives among trauma-exposed young adult cannabis users. American Journal on Addictions, 31, 242-250.
Simpson, L. E.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Reyes, M. E.,* Sullivan, T. P., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms: Indirect effects through negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 14008-14035.
Suazo, N. C.,* Reyes, M. E.,* Contractor, A. A., Thomas, E. D.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Exploring the moderating role of gender in the relation between emotional expressivity and posttraumatic stress disorder severity among Black trauma-exposed college students at a historically black university. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78, 343-356.
Berfield, J., Goncharenko, S.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). The differential relation of trauma types with negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 35, 425-439.
Fryc, A. M.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Nelson-Aguiar, R. R.,* Risi, M. M.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2022). The role of presumed head and neck injuries in emotion dysregulation among community women with a history of physical intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 28, 417-442.
Spillane, N. S., Nalven, T., Goldstein, S. C.,* Schick, M. R.,* Kirk-Provencher, K. T., Jamil. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2022). Assaultive trauma, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences among American Indian adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46, 815-824.
2021
Weiss, N. H., Goncharenko, S.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Schick, M. R.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2021). Alcohol to down-regulate negative and positive emotions: Extending our understanding of the functional role of alcohol in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 115, 106777.
Weiss, N. H., Schick, M. R.,* Waite, E. E., Haliczer, L. A., & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2021). Association of positive emotion dysregulation to resting heart rate variability: The influence of positive affect intensity. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110607.
Weiss, N. H., Hogan, J., Brem, M., Massa, A. A., Kirby, C. M., & Flanagan, J. C. (2021). Advancing our understanding of the intersection between emotion regulation and alcohol and drug use problems: Dyadic analysis of couples with intimate partner violence and alcohol use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228, 109066.
Contractor, A. A.,+ Weiss, N. H.,+ & Forkus, S. R.* (2021). Moderating effects of dysregulation and fear of positive emotions on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 701-721.
+indicates joint first authorship
Forkus, S. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Goncharenko, S.,* Mammay, J.,* Church, M.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2021). Military sexual trauma and risky behaviors: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 22, 976-993.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Shea, M. T. (2021). Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) for posttraumatic stress disorder: A primer. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31, 195-207.
Raudales, A. M.,* Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Contractor, A. A., & Schatten, H. T. (2021). The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among veterans. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 2096-2108.
Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Price, C., & Pugh, N. E. (2021). Criminal protection orders for women victims of domestic violence: Explicating predictors of level of restrictions among orders issued. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 643-662.
Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Woerner, J., Wyatt, J, Carey, C. (2021). Criminal orders of protection for domestic violence: Associated revictimization, mental health, and wellbeing among victims. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 10198-10219.
Schick, M. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. C., Thomas, E. D.,* & Spillane, N. S. (2021). Positive emotional intensity and substance use: The underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 47, 373-382.
Forkus, S. R.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2021). Examining the relations among moral foundations, moral injury, and PTSD symptoms. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13, 403-411.
Schackner, J. N.,* Weiss, N. H., Edwards, K. M., & Sullivan, T. P. (2021). Social reactions to IPV disclosure and PTSD symptom severity: Assessing avoidant coping as a mediator. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 508-526.
Lopez-Vergara, H., Yang, M., Weiss. N. H., Stamates, A. L., Spillane, N. S., & Feldstein Ewing, S. W. (2021). The cultural equivalence of measurement in substance use research. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29, 456-465.
Contractor, A. A., Kearns, N., Weiss, N. H., & Blumenthal. H. (2021). Examination relations of polytraumatization typologies with positive memory count and phenomenology. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 34, 107-120.
Contractor, A. A., Jin, L., Weiss, N. H., & O’Hara, S. (2021). A psychometric investigation of the diagnostic utility of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire. Psychiatry Research, 296, 113667.
Kearns, N. T., Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Blumenthal, H. (2021). Coping strategy utilization among posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and substance use co-occurrence typologies: A latent class analysis. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13, 929-939.
Jin, L., Keegan, F., Weiss, N. H., Alghraibeh, A. M., Aljomaa, S. S., Almuhayshir , A. R., & Contractor, A. A. (2021). Examining indirect effects of emotion dysregulation between PTSD symptom clusters and reckless/self-destructive behaviors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 688-695.
Shahid, M.,* Stoner, G., Weiss, N. H., & Dewsbury, B. (2021). Asian Americans’ mental health help-seeking attitudes: The relative and unique roles of cultural values, ethnic identity, and neighborhood ethnic density. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 12, 138-146.
Contractor, A. A., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. H., Alghraibeh, A. H., Alafnan, A. A., & Taylor, D. (2021). Moderating effects of sleep difficulties on relations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 2057-2076.
Raudales, A. M.,* Kiefer, R.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2021). Positive emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Investigating the role of anxiety sensitivity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 84, 102475.
Goncharenko S.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor A. A., Kiefer, R.,* & Weiss, N. H. (2021). The role of positive emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood abuse and PTSD in a community sample of veterans. Child Abuse & Neglect, 114, 104979.
Tobar-Santamaria, A.,* Kiefer, R.,* Godin, J.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2021). Sexual victimization and disordered eating among community individuals: The influence of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Eating Behaviors, 43, 101567.
Kiefer, R.,* Goncharenko, S.,* DePina, M.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms moderate the relations between childhood sexual abuse and disordered eating in a community sample. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54, 1819-1828.
Forkus, S. R.,* Schick, M. R.,* Goncharenko, S.,* Thomas, E. D.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2021). The moderating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between potentially morally injurious experiences and alcohol misuse among military veterans. Military Psychology, 33, 41-49.
Raudales, A. M.,* Darosh, A. G.,* Contractor, A. A., Schatten, H. T., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Weiss, N. H. (2021). Positive emotion dysregulation identifies trauma-exposed community individuals at risk for suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 209, 434-442.
2020
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* Raudales, A. M.,* Schick, M. R.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2020). Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among military veterans. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, 105, 106322.
Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Raudales, A. M.,* Greene, T., & Short, N. A. (2020). Extending our understanding of the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and positive emotion dysregulation: A network analysis approach. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 71, 102198.
Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Forkus, S. R.,* Goncharenko, S.,* & Raudales, A. M.* (2020). Positive emotion dysregulation among community individuals: The role of traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33, 741-749.
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2020). The interplay of negative and positive emotion dysregulation on mental health outcomes among trauma-exposed community individuals. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 219-226.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2020). Assessment of PTSD’s E2 criterion: Development, pilot testing, and validation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire. International Journal of Stress Management, 27, 292-303.
Raudales, A. M.,* Weiss, N. H., Schmidt, N. B., Short, N. A. (2020). The role of emotion dysregulation in negative affect reactivity to a trauma cue: Differential associations through elicited posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders, 267, 203-210.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Dolan, M., & Mota, N. (2020). Examination of the structural relations between PTSD symptoms and reckless/self-destructive behaviors. International Journal of Stress Management, 27, 35-44.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Schick, M. R.,* Natesan, P., Forkus, S. R.,* & Sharma, R. (2020). Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 70, 102195.
Schick, M. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Suazo, N. C.,* & Spillane, N. S. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder’s relation with positive and negative emotional avoidance: The moderating role of gender. Stress & Health, 36, 172-178.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Natesan. P., & Elhai, J. D. (2020). Clusters of trauma types as measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5. International Journal of Stress Management, 27, 380-393.
Raudales, A. M.,* Weiss, N. H., Goncharenko, S.,* Forkus, S. R.,* & Contractor, A. A. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder and deliberate self-harm among military veterans: Indirect effects through negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 707-715.
Forkus, S. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Brienes, J., & Dranger, P. (2020). PTSD’s blame criterion and mental health outcomes in a community mental health treatment-seeking sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 29-37.
Schick, M. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Thomas, E. D.,* & Spillane, N. S. (2020). Difficulties regulating positive emotions and substance misuse: The influence of sociodemographic factors. Substance Use and Misuse, 55, 1173-1183.
Banducci, A. N. & Weiss, N. H. (2020). Caring for patients with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders during the COVID19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, S113-S114.
Goncharenko, S.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Forkus, S. R.* (2019). The role of gender in the associations among posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity, difficulties regulating emotions, and alcohol misuse. Addictive Behaviors, 9, 106086.
Forkus, S. R.,* Breines, J. G, & Weiss, N. H. (2020). PTSD and alcohol misuse: Examining the mediating role of fear of self-compassion among military veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 364-372.
Banducci, A. N., Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Dranger, P. (2020). Do positive memory characteristics relate to reckless behaviors? An exploratory study in a treatment-seeking traumatized sample. Memory, 28, 950-956.
Sullivan, T. P., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Weiss, N. H., & Hansen, N. B. (2020). Fluctuations in daily PTSD symptoms are related to proximal alcohol use: A micro-longitudinal study of women victims of partner violence. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 46, 98-108.
Armour, C., Greene, T., Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Ross, J. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and reckless behaviors: A network analysis approach. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33, 29-40.
Contractor, A. A., Greene, T., Dolan, M., Weiss, N. H., & Armour, C. (2020). Relation between PTSD symptom clusters and positive memory characteristics: A network perspective. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 69, 102157.
Jin, L., Dolan, M., Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Dranger, P. (2020). Relations between emotional expressivity dimensions and DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters in a trauma-exposed community sample. Behaviour Change, 37, 116-129.
Dolan, M., Contractor, A. A., Ryals, A. J., & Weiss, N. H. (2020). Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder severity, and positive memories. Memory, 28, 998-1013.
Forkus, S. R.,* Rosellini, A. J., Monteith, L. L., Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2020). Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 716-724.
Contractor, A. A., Banducci, A. N., Jin, L., Keegan, F., & Weiss, N. H. (2020). Effects of processing positive memories on posttrauma mental health: A preliminary study in a non-clinical student sample. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 66, 101516.
2019
Weiss, N. H., Walsh, K., Messman-Moore, T. L., DiLillo, D. D., & Gratz, K. L. (2019). A longitudinal examination of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and risky sexual behavior: Evaluating emotion dysregulation dimensions as mediators. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 975-986.
Weiss, N. H., Risi, M. M.,* Sullivan, T. P., Armeli, S., & Tennen, H. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder attenuates bidirectional associations between negative affect and avoidant coping: A daily diary study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 259, 73-81.
Weiss, N. H., Risi, M. M.,* Bold, K. W., Sullivan, T. P., & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2019). Daily relationship between positive affect and drinking to cope: The moderating role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 45, 189-198.
Weiss, N. H., Schick, M. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use: Identifying the underlying role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. Addictive Behaviors, 96, 119-126.
Weiss, N. H., Darosh, A.,* Contractor, A. A., Schick, M. R.,* & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2019). Confirmatory validation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Positive. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 1267-1287.
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., Darosh, A. G.,* Goncharenko, S.,* & Dixon-Gordon, K. L. (2019). Do difficulties regulating positive emotions contribute to risky sexual behavior among trauma-exposed individuals?: A path analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2075-2087.
Weiss, N. H., Nelson, R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2019). Emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder: A test of the incremental role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 32, 443-456.
Weiss, N. H., Peasant, C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2019). Avoidant coping as a moderator of the association between childhood abuse types and HIV/sexual risk behaviors. Child Maltreatment, 24, 26-35.
Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). Typologies of PTSD clusters and reckless/self-destructive behaviors: A latent profile analysis. Psychiatry Research, 272, 682-691.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Blumenthal, H. (2019). Heterogeneity in the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use: A latent class analysis approach. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 15, 105-117.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., & Elhai, J. D. (2019). Examination of the relation between PTSD symptoms, smartphone feature uses, and problematic smartphone use. Social Science Computer Review, 37, 385-403.
Schick, M. R.,* Weiss, N. H., Contractor, A. A., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Spillane, N. S. (2019). Depression and risky alcohol use: An examination of the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in trauma-exposed individuals. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 45, 323-332.
Tull, M. T., Forbes, C. N., Weiss, N. H., & Gratz, K. L. (2019). An investigation of the effect of trauma script exposure on risk-taking among patients with substance use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 62, 77-85.
Forkus, S. R.,* Breines, J., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). Morally injurious experiences and mental health: The moderating role of self-compassion. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11, 630-638.
Haas, A. R.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). Posttraumatic symptomatology and alcohol misuse among Black college students: Examining the influence of anxiety sensitivity. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 15, 25-35.
Peasant, C., Montanaro, E. A., Kershaw, T. S., Parra, G. R., Weiss, N. H., Meyer, J. P., Murphy, J. G., Ritchwood, T. D., & Sullivan, T. P. (2019). An event-level examination of successful condom negotiation strategies among young women. Journal of Health Psychology, 24, 898-908.
Contractor, A. A., Caldas, S., Dolan, M., Nateson, P., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). Invariance of the construct of posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 32, 287-298.
Contractor, A. A., Banducci, A. N., Dolan, M., Keegan, F., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). Relation of positive memory recall count and accessibility with posttrauma mental health. Memory, 27, 1130-1143.
Risi, M. M.,* Forkus, S. R.,* Roy, A., Laforge, R. G., Rossi, J. S., & Weiss, N. H. (2019). The mediating role of impulsivity between psychological distress and alcohol misuse among college students at a historically black university. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 15, 95-104.
2018
Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Peasant, C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2018). An examination of the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31, 775-780.
Weiss, N. H., Bold, K. W., Contractor, A. A., Sullivan, T. P., Armeli, S., & Tennen, H. (2018). Trauma exposure and heavy drinking and drug use among college students: Identifying the roles of negative and positive affect lability in a daily diary study. Addictive Behaviors, 79, 131-137.
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R.,* Contractor, A. A., & Schick, M. R.* (2018). Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 84, 45-52.
Weiss, N. H., Darosh, A.,* Contractor, A. A., Forkus, S. R.,* Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Sullivan, T. P. (2018). Heterogeneity in emotion regulation difficulties among women victims of domestic violence: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 239, 192-200.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Gratz, K. L. (2018). Assessing the negative and positive emotion-dependent nature of risky behaviors among substance dependent patients. Assessment, 25, 702-715.
Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Price, C., & Hansen, N. B. (2018). Strategies for coping with individual PTSD symptoms: Experiences of African American victims of intimate partner violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10, 336-344.
Overstreet, N. M., Weiss, N. H., Swan, S., & Sullivan, T. P. (2018). Women’s use of aggression and their depressive symptoms: The mediating effect of aggression-related shame and avoidance coping among women experiencing bi-directional IPV. Violence and Victims, 33, 533-546.
Contractor, A. A., Brown, L. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2018). Relation between lifespan polytrauma typologies and post-trauma mental health. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 80, 202-213.
Contractor, A. A., Caldas, S., Weiss, N. H., & Armour, C. (2018). Examination of the heterogeneity in PTSD and impulsivity facets: A latent profile analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 125, 1-9.
Peasant, C., Sullivan, T. P., Ritchwood, T. D., Parra, G. R., Weiss, N. H., & Murphy, J. G. (2018). Words can hurt: The effects of physical and psychological partner violence on condom negotiation and condom use among young women. Women & Health, 58, 483-497.
2017
Weiss, N. H., Bold, K. W, Sullivan, T. P., Armeli, S., & Tennen, H. (2017). Testing bidirectional associations among emotion regulation strategies and substance use: A daily diary study. Addiction, 112, 695-704.
Weiss, N. H., Peasant, C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2017). Intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviors: Evaluating avoidant coping as a moderator. AIDS and Behavior, 21, 2233-2242.
Weiss, N. H., Johnson, C. D.,* Contractor, A., Peasant, C., Swan, S. C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences moderate associations of coping strategies and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters among women experiencing partner violence: A multigroup path analysis. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 30, 347-363.
Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Peasant, C., Jaquier, V., Johnson, C.,* & Sullivan, T. P. (2017). A latent profile analysis of intimate partner victimization and aggression and examination of between-class differences in psychopathology symptoms and risky behaviors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9, 370-378.
Weiss, N. H., Connolly, K. M., Gratz, K. L., & Tull, M. T. (2017). The role of impulsivity dimensions in the relation between probable posttraumatic stress disorder and aggressive behavior among substance users. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 13, 109-118.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Dranger, P., Ruggero, C., & Armour, C. (2017). PTSD’s risky behavior criterion: Relation with DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters and psychopathology. Psychiatry Research, 252, 215-222.
Gratz, K. L., Weiss, N. H., McDermott, M. J., DiLillo, D., Messman-Moore, T. L., & Tull, M. T. (2017). Emotion dysregulation mediates the relation between borderline personality disorder symptoms and later physical health symptoms. Journal of Personality Disorders, 31, 433-448.
Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., & Elhai, J. D. (2017). PTSD’s relation with problematic smartphone use: Mediating role of impulsivity facets. Computers in Science, 75, 177-183.
Davis, L. T., Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., & Gratz, M. T. (2017). The relation of protective factors to deliberate self-harm among African-American adults: Moderating roles of gender and sexual orientation identity. Journal of Mental Health, 4, 351-358.
Sullivan, T. P. & Weiss, N. H. (2017). Is firearm threat in intimate relationships associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among women? Violence and Gender, 4, 31-36.
Dehon, E., Weiss, N. H., Jones, J., Faulconer, W., Hinton E., & Sterling S. (2017). A systemic review of the impact of physician implicit racial bias on clinical decision making. Academic Emergency Medicine, 24, 865-904.
*Editor-in-Chief’s Pick of the Month
Roley, M. E., Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Armour, C., & Elhai, J. D. (2017). Impulsivity facets’ predictive relations with DSM–5 PTSD symptom clusters. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9, 76-79.
Peasant, C., Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Martinez, I., & Myers, J. P. (2017). Beyond the syndemic: Condom negotiation and use among women experiencing partner violence. AIDS Care, 29, 516-523.
Contractor, A. A., Frankfurt, S., Weiss, N. H., Price, M., & Elhai, J. D. (2017). Latent-level relations between DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters and problematic smartphone use. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 170-177.
2016
Sullivan, T. P., Weiss, N. H., Hellmuth, J. C., Willie, T., Tennen, H., & Armeli, S. (2016). PTSD and daily co-occurrence of drug and alcohol use among women experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 12, 36-42.
Wang, K., Weiss, N. H., Pachankis, J., & Link, B. G. (2016). Emotional clarity as a buffer in the association between perceived mental illness stigma and suicide risk. Stigma and Health, 1, 252-262.
Kaufman, J. S., Connell, C. M., Crusto, C. A., Gordon, D. M., Sartor, C., Simon, P., Strambler, M. J., Sullivan, T. P., Ward, N. L., Weiss, N. H., & Tebes, J. K. (2016). Reflections on a community psychology setting and the future of the field. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 348-353.
2015
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Sullivan, T. P., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Gratz, K. L. (2015). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and risky behaviors among trauma-exposed inpatients with substance dependence: The influence of negative and positive urgency. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 155, 147-153.
Weiss, N. H., Sullivan, T. P., & Tull, M. T. (2015). Explicating the role of emotion dysregulation in risky behaviors: A review and synthesis of the literature with directions for future research and clinical practice. Invited paper for a special issue of the journal Current Opinion in Psychology on emotion regulation, 3, 22-29.
Weiss, N. H., Gratz, K. L., & Lavender, J., (2015). Factor structure and initial validation of a multidimensional measure of difficulties in the regulation of positive emotions: The DERS-Positive. Behavior Modification, 39, 431-453.
Weiss, N. H., Duke, A. A., Overstreet, N. M., Swan, S., & Sullivan, T. P. (2015). Intimate partner aggression-related shame and posttraumatic stress symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems. Aggressive Behavior, 42, 427-440.
Weiss, N. H., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Duke, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P (2015). The underlying role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the association between intimate partner violence and deliberate self-harm among African American women. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 59, 8-16.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Davis, L. T., Searcy, J.*, Williams, I.*, & Gratz, K. L. (2015). A preliminary experimental investigation of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity in risky behaviors. Behaviour Change, 32, 127-142.
Weiss, N. H., Williams, D. C., & Connolly, K. M. (2015). A preliminary examination of negative affect, emotion dysregulation, and risky behaviors among military veterans in residential substance abuse treatment. Military Behavioral Health, 3, 212-218.
Gratz, K. L., Weiss, N. H., & Tull, M. T. (2015). Examining emotion regulation as an outcome, mechanism, or target of psychological treatments. Invited paper for a special issue of the journal Current Opinion in Psychology on emotion regulation, 3, 85-90.
Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., DiLillo, D., Messman-Moore, T. L., & Gratz, K. L. (2015). Characterizing emotional dysfunction in borderline personality, major depression, and their co-occurrence. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 62, 187-203.
Buckholdt, K. E., Weiss, N. H., Young, J. & Gratz, K. L. (2015). Exposure to violence, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and borderline personality pathology among adolescents in psychiatric residential treatment: The influence of emotion dysregulation. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 884-892.
2014
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., & Gratz, K. L. (2014). A preliminary experimental examination of the effect of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity on risky behaviors among women with sexual assault-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Modification, 38, 914-939.
Weiss, N. H., Duke, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2014). Probable posttraumatic stress disorder and women’s use of aggression in intimate relationships: The moderating role of alcohol dependence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 550-557.
Weiss, N. H., Duke, A. A., & Sullivan, T. P. (2014). Evidence for a curvilinear dose-response relationship between avoidance coping and drug use problems among women who experience intimate partner violence. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 27, 722-732.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Gratz, K. L. (2014). Extending findings of a relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and emotion dysregulation among African American individuals: A preliminary examination of the moderating role of gender. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment, 3.
Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Chapman, A. L., Weiss, N. H., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2014). A preliminary examination of the role of emotion differentiation in the relationship between borderline personality and urges for maladaptive behaviors. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 36, 616-625.
Killebrew, A. E., Smith, M. L., Nevels, R. M., Weiss, N. H., & Gontkovsky, S. T. (2014). African-American adolescent females in the Southeastern United States: Associations among risk factors for teen pregnancy. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 23, 65-77.
2013
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Borne, M. E., & Gratz, K. L. (2013). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and HIV-risk behaviors among substance-dependent inpatients. AIDS Care, 25, 1219-1226.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Lavender, J., & Gratz, K. L. (2013). Role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood abuse and probable PTSD in a sample of substance abusers. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37, 944-954.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Anestis, M. D., & Gratz, K. L. (2013). The relative and unique contributions of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity to posttraumatic stress disorder among substance dependent inpatients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 128, 45-51.
Tull, M. T., Gratz, K. L., Coffey, S. F., Weiss, N. H., McDermott, M. J. (2013). Examining the interactive effect of posttraumatic stress disorder, distress tolerance, and gender on residential substance use disorder treatment retention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 763-773.
Nevels, R. M., Weiss, N. H., Killebrew, A. E., & Gontkovsky, S. T. (2013). Methylphenidate and its under-recognized, under-explained, and serious drug interactions: A review of the literature with heightened concerns. German Journal of Psychiatry, 16, 29-42.
2012
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Viana, A. G., Anestis, M. D., & Gratz, K. L. (2012). Impulsive behaviors as an emotion regulation strategy: Associations between PTSD, emotion dysregulation, and impulsive behaviors among substance dependent inpatients. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 453-458.
Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., Davis, L. T., Dehon, E. E., Fulton, J. J., & Gratz, K. L. (2012). Examining the association between emotion regulation difficulties and probable posttraumatic stress disorder within a sample of African Americans. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 41, 5-14.
Tull, M. T., Weiss, N. H., Adams, C. E., & Gratz, K. L. (2012). The contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to risky sexual behavior within a sample of patients in residential substance abuse treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 1084-1092.
2011
Tull, M. T., Gratz, K. L., & Weiss, N. H. (2011). The effect of borderline personality disorder, crack/cocaine dependence and gender on risky sexual behavior among substance dependent inpatients. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 2, 209-219.