If you are interested in conducting research with a faculty member, you should first acquaint yourself with each professor's area of interest. Below are list of our faculty members' publications since 2010. Once you have identified a research focus that interests you, email the professor and ask to discuss options for research opportunities.

* indicates current or former Dickinson student collaborator

Faculty Publications (2012-2022):

Prof. Suman Ambwani

Ambwani, S., Sellinger, G., Rose, K.L., Richmond, T.K., & Sonneville, K.R. (2020). "It's healthy because it's natural." Perceptions of "clean" eating among U.S. youth. Nutrients, 12(6), 1708. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061708

Treasure, J., Willmott, D., Ambwani, S., Cardi, V., Clark Bryan, D., Rowlands, K., & Schmidt, U. (2020). Cognitive interpersonal model for anorexia nervosa revisited: The perpetuating factors that contribute to the development of the severe and enduring illness. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9030630

Ambwani, S., Cardi, V., Albano, G., Cao, L., Crosby, R.D., Macdonald, P., Schmidt, U., & Treasure, J. (2020). A multicenter audit of outpatient care for adult anorexia nervosa: Symptom trajectory, service use, and evidence in support of "early stage" versus "severe and enduring" classification. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23246 

Cardi, V., Albano, G., Salerno, L., Lo Coco, G., Ambwani, S., Schmidt, U., Macdonald, P., & Treasure, J. (2020). The feasibility of using guided self-help in anorexia nervosa: An analysis of drop-out from the study protocol and intervention adherence. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 707-718. https://doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00707

Levinson, J.A., Sarda, V., Sonneville, K., Calzo, J.P., Ambwani, S., & Austin, S.B. (2019). Diet pill and laxative use for weight control and subsequent incident eating disorder in U.S. young women: 2001-2016. American Journal of Public Health, 110. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305390 

Cardi, V., Albano, G., Ambwani, S., Cao, L., Crosby, R.D., Macdonald, P., Schmidt, U., & Treasure, J. (2019). A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of an early phase, online, guided augmentation of outpatient care for adults with anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719002824

*Kaliush, P.R., & Ambwani, S. (2019). We need a game plan: Relations among coaching style, need satisfaction, motivation, and disordered eating. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 50, 320-337. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2019.50.320

Ambwani, S., *Shippe, M., *Gao, Z., & Austin, S. B. (2019). Is #cleaneating a healthy or harmful dietary strategy? Perceptions of clean eating and associations with disordered eating among young adults. Journal of Eating Disorders, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-019-0246-2

McBride, C., Costello, N,. Ambwani, S., Wilhite, B, & Austin, S. B. (2019). Digital manipulation of images of models’ appearance in mass media: Strategies for action through law and corporate social responsibility incentives to protect public health. American Journal of Law and Medicine, 45, 7-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098858819849990

Ambwani, S., & *Minnick, A. (2019). Mentoring emerging clinical scientists while maintaining scholarly productivity at a small liberal arts college. the Behavior Therapist, 42, 97-102. 

Cardi, V., Ambwani, S., Robinson, E., Albano, G., MacDonald, P., Aya, V., Rowlands, K., Todd, G., Schmidt, U., Landau, S., Arcelus, J., Beecham, J., & Treasure, J. (2017). Transition Care in Anorexia Nervosa Through Guidance Online from Peer and Carer Expertise (TRIANGLE): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. European Eating Disorders Review, 25, 512-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2542

Ambwani, S., Baumgardner, M., Guo, C., Simms, L., & Abromowitz, E. (2017). Challenging fat talk: An experimental investigation of reactions to body disparaging conversations. Body Image, 23, 85-92. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.08.007 (https://scholar.dickinson.edu/faculty_publications/709)

Ambwani, S., Berenson, K.R., *Simms, L., Li, Y.W.A., Corfield, F., & Treasure, J.  (2016). Seeing things differently: An experimental investigation of social cognition and interpersonal behavior in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 49(5), 499-506. https://doi:10.1002/eat.22498

Cardi, V., Ambwani, S., Crosby, R., Macdonald, P., Todd, G., Park, J., *Moss, S., Schmidt, U., and Treasure, J.  (2015). Self Help Aid and Recovery guide for Eating Disorders (SHARED): Theoretical rationale and protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the effect of the Recovery MANTRA intervention for anorexia nervosa. Trials, 16, 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0701-6

Ambwani, S., Roche, M.J., *Minnick, A., & Pincus, A.L.  (2015). Negative affect, interpersonal distress, and binge-eating behavior: An ecological momentary assessment study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48, 715-726. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22410

Ambwani, S., Slane, J., Thomas, K.M., Hopwood, C.J., & Grilo, C.M. (2014). Interpersonal dysfunction and affect-regulation difficulties in disordered eating among men and women. Eating Behaviors, 15, 550-554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.08.005

Ambwani, S., Cardi, V., & Treasure, J. (2014). Mobile self-help interventions for anorexia nervosa: Conceptual, ethical, and methodological considerations for clinicians and researchers. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45, 316-323. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036203

Ambwani, S., Thomas, K.M., Hopwood, C.J., *Moss, S.A., & Grilo, C.M. (2014). Obesity stigmatization as the status quo: Structural considerations and prevalence among young adults in the U.S. Eating Behaviors, 15, 366-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.04.005

Gleaves, D.H., Pearson, C., Ambwani, S., & Morey, L.C. (2014). Measuring eating disorder attitudes and behaviors: A reliability generalization study. Journal of Eating Disorders, 2(6). https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-2974-2-6

Caglar-Nazali, P., Corfield, F., Cardi, V., Ambwani, S., Leppanen, J., Olabintan, O., Derizioits, S., Hadjimichalis, A., Scognamiglio, P., Eshkevari, E., Micali, N., & Treasure, J. (2014). A systematic review and meta-analysis of ‘Systems for Social Processes’ in eating disorders. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 42, 55-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.12.002

Ambwani, S., Gleaves, D. H., & Perez, M. (2014). Fearing fatness: A cross-national comparison of Indian and European American university students. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2014.892520

Ambwani, S., Boeka, A., Brown, J.D., Sarwer, D.B, Fabricatore, A.N, Byrne, K.T., Budak, A.R., Morey, L.C., & O’Neil, P.M. (2013). Socially desirable responding among bariatric surgery candidates during psychological assessment. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 9, 300-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2011.06.019

Ambwani, S., & Morey, L.C. (2013). Food consumption as affect modulation in borderline personality. Journal of Personality Disorders, 27, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2013_27_087

Gleaves, D.H., Graham, E.C., & Ambwani, S. (2013). Measuring “Orthorexia.” Development of the Eating Habits Questionnaire. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 12(2), 1-18.

Ambwani, S., & *Chmielewski, J. (2013). Weighing the evidence: Social desirability, eating disorder symptomatology, and accuracy of self-reported body weight among men and women. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 68, 474-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-012-0244-1

*Compeau, A., & Ambwani, S. (2013). The effects of fat talk on body dissatisfaction: The moderating role of dietary restraint. Body Image, 10, 451-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.04.006

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Prof. Ben Basile

Waters, SJ, Basile, BM, & Murray, EA (2023) Reevaluating the Role of the Hippocampus in Memory: A Meta-Analysis of Neurotoxic Lesion Studies in Nonhuman Primates. Hippocampus, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23499

Basile, BM, Joiner, JA, Dal Monte, O, Karaskiewicz, CL, Lucas, DR, Chang, SWC, & Murray, EA (2021) Autonomic arousal tracks outcome salience not valence in monkeys making social decisions. Behavioral Neuroscience, 135(3), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000424

Schafroth, JL, Basile, BM, Martin, A, & Murray, EA. (2021) No evidence that monkeys attribute mental states to animated shapes in the Heider-Simmel videos. Scientific Reports, 11 (3050). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82702-6

Taswell, CA, Costa, VD, Basile, BM, Pujara, MS, Jones, B, Manem, N, Murray, EA, Averbeck, BB (2021) Effects of amygdala lesions on object-based versus action-based learning in macaques. Cerebral Cortex, 31 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa241

Basile, BM, Gazes, RP, Templer, VL, & Hampton, RR (2020) Preserved visual memory and relational cognition performance in monkeys with selective hippocampal lesions. Science Advances, 6 (29), eaaz0484. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0484

Basile, BM, Schafroth, JL, Karaskiewicz, CL, Chang, SWC, & Murray, EA. (2020) The anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for forming prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement in monkeys. PLOS Biology, 18(6): e3000677. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000677

Brady, RJ, Basile, BM, & Hampton, RR (2019) Hippocampal damage attenuates habituation to videos in monkeys. Hippocampus, 29 (11): 1121-1126. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23155

Basile, BM & Hampton, RR (2019) Nonnavigational spatial memory performance is unaffected by hippocampal damage in monkeys. Hippocampus, 29:93–101. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23013

Brown, EK, Basile, BM, Templer, VL, & Hampton, RR (2019) Dissociation of memory signals for metamemory in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Animal Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01246-5

Taubert, J, Flessert, M, Wardle, SG, Basile, BM, Murphy, AP, Murray, EA, Ungerleider, LG (2018) Amygdala lesions eliminate viewing preferences for faces in rhesus monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(31): 8043-8048. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807245115

Basile, BM (2018) Rehearsal. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6

Basile, BM (2018) Recall. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6

Basile, BM, Brown, EK, & Hampton, RR (2018) Self-awareness. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6

Basile, BM, Karaskiewicz, CL, Fiuzat, EC, Malkova, L, & Murray, EA (2017) MRI overestimates amygdala damage following ibotenic acid lesions in rhesus monkeys. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 11: 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2017.00012

Basile, BM & Hampton, RR (2017) Dissociation of item and source memory in rhesus monkeys. Cognition, 166: 398-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.06.009

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Prof. Michele Ford

Ford, M.P. (2020). Eating disorders are about emotional pain - not food. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/eating-disorders-are-about-emotional-pain-not-food-131826

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Prof. Azriel Grysman

Grysman, A. (2022). Communion and well-being: A moderated mediation via gender and masculine-typed behaviors. Journal of Research in Personality, 99. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656622000526

Fivush, R., & Grysman, A. (2022). Narrative and gender as mutually constituted meaning-making systems. Memory, Mind & Media, 1, 1-14. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/memory-mind-and-media/article/narrative-and-gender-as-mutually-constituted-meaningmaking-systems/0D4CA4E06A2BB220351164A4C800B9C8#.Y3Us8KGnenE.link

Grysman, A., & Wang, Q. (2021). Priming feminine typical traits does not change autobiographical memory narrative content. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1). https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/7/1/22167/116979/Priming-Feminine-Typical-Traits-Does-Not-Change?searchresult=1

Meisels, H., & Grysman, A. (2021). Confronting self-discrepant events: Meaning-making and well-being in personal and political narratives. Self and Identity, 20, 323-338. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15298868.2020.1714712

Grysman, A. (2020). Narrative characteristics of autobiographical memory predict expectations of narrator gender. Memory, 28(8), 968-983. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658211.2020.1795200

Fivush, R., & Grysman, A. (2020). Emotion and gender in narrative. In J. Fenigsen, S. Pritzker, and J. Wilce (Eds.), Handbook in Language and Emotion (pp. 344-359), Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1795200

Meisels, H. B., & Grysman, A. (2020). Confronting self-discrepant events: Meaning-making and well-being in personal and political narratives. Self and Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1714712

Grysman, A., Harris, C. B., Barnier, A.J., & Savage, G. (2020) Long-married couples recall their wedding day: the influence of collaboration and gender on autobiographical memory recall. Memory, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1673428

Grysman, A., & Lodi-Smith, J. (2019). Methods for conducting and publishing narrative research with undergraduates. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02771

Grysman, A. (2018). Gender and gender typicality in autobiographical memory: A replication and extension. Memory, 26, 238-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2017.1347186

Grysman, A., & Dimakis, S. (2018). Later adults’ cultural life scripts of middle and later adulthood. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 25, 406-426. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319458

Grysman, A., & Mansfield, C. D. (2017). What do we have when we have a narrative? Imagination, Cognition and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice, 37, 105-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0276236617733823

Mintz, G., Etengoff, C., & Grysman, A. (2017). The relation between childhood parenting and emerging adults’ experiences of shame and guilt. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 2908-2920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0778-5

Grysman, A., Merrill, N. A., & Fivush, R. (2017). Emotion, gender and gender identity in autobiographical memory. Memory, 25, 289-297.

Grysman, A., & Denney, A. (2017). Context and content of gendered autobiographical memories: The roles of experimenter gender and medium of report. Memory, 25, 132-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1133829

Grysman, A. (2017). Gender differences in episodic encoding of autobiographical memory. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 6, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.07.012

Grysman, A., Fivush, R., Merrill, N. A., & Graci, M. E. (2016). Gender and autobiographical memory narratives. Analyses of content across ages and event types. Memory and Cognition, 44, 856-868. 

Grysman, A., & Fivush, R. (2016). Gender identity predicts autobiographical memory phenomenology. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 4, 613-621. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3235

Fivush, R., & Grysman, A. (2016). Gendered autobiographical memory: Feminist approaches to theory and method. In N. Curtin & T. Roberts (Eds.), Gender beyond difference: Best practices in feminist psychological science (pp. 99-120). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32141-7_7

Grysman, A. (2015). Collecting narrative data on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 573–583. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3140

Grysman, A., Prabhakar, J., Anglin, S. M., & Hudson, J. A. (2015). Self-enhancement and the life script in future thinking across the lifespan. Memory, 23, 774 -785. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.927505

Grysman, A. (2014). The roles of gender and temporal distribution in the recall of dissonant self-related memories. Consciousness and Cognition, 29, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.07.003 

Grysman, A., Prabhakar, J., Anglin, S. M., & Hudson, J. A. (2013). The time travelling self: Effects of perspective on quality and valence of narratives about past and future events. Consciousness and Cognition, 22, 742-755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.04.010

Grysman, A., & Hudson, J.A. (2013). Gender differences in autobiographical memory: Developmental and methodological considerations. Developmental Review, 33, 239-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2013.07.004

Hudson, J.A. & Grysman, A. (2013). Extending the life of a memory: Effects of reminders on children’s long-term event memory. In P. J. Bauer and R. Fivush (Eds.), Handbook on the development of children’s memory, (pp. 255-284). New York: Wiley-Blackwell. 

Grysman, A., & Hudson, J.A. (2012). Agency detection in god concepts: Essential, situational, and individual factors. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 12, 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853712X633965

Grysman, A., & Hudson, J.A. (2011). The self in autobiographical memory: Effects of self-salience on narrative content and structure. Memory, 19, 501-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2011.590502

Grysman, A., & Hudson, J.A. (2010). Abstracting and extracting: Causal coherence and the development of the life story. Memory, 18, 565-580. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2010.493890

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Prof. Christine Guardino

Guardino, C.M., Rahal, D., Rinne, G.R., Mahrer, N.E., Davis, E.P., Adam, E.K., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L., Dunkel Schetter, C (2022). Maternal stress and mental health before pregnancy and offspring diurnal cortisol in early childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 64 (7), e22314. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.22314

Guardino, C.M. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Subjective social status and allostatic load in mothers one year after birth. Health Psychology, 41(3), 235–241. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35025603/

Rinne, G.R., Davis, E.P., Mahrer, N.E., Guardino, C.M., Charalel, J.M., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L., Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Maternal depressive symptom trajectories from preconception through postpartum: Associations with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood. Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 105-114. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032722004542

Swales, D.A., Poggi Davis, E., Mahrer, N.E., Guardino, C.M., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (published online ahead of print). Preconception maternal post-traumatic stress and child negative affectivity: Prospectively evaluating the intergenerational impact of trauma. Development and Psychopathology.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/preconception-maternal-posttraumatic-stress-and-child-negative-affectivity-prospectively-evaluating-the-intergenerational-impact-of-trauma/84391B303635FE23C96567C75A71FCA0

Wilson, D. K., Bamishigbin, O. N., Guardino, C.M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2021). Resilience resources in low-income Black, Latino, and White fathers. Social Science & Medicine, 114139. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953621004718

Mahrer, N.E., Guardino, C.M., Hobel, C., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2021). Maternal stress before conception is associated with shorter gestation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(3), 242-252. https://academic.oup.com/abm/article/55/3/242/5873717?searchresult=1

Alen, N.V., Hostinar, C.E., Mahrer, N.E., Guardino, C.M., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L., Martin, S.R., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Prenatal maternal stress and child hair cortisol four years later: evidence from a low-income sample. Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104707

Morgan, J.E., Lee, S.S., Mahrer, N.E., Guardino, C.M., Davis, E.P., Ramey, S.L., Shalowitz, M.U., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (in press). Maternal metabolic and pro-inflammatory factors prospectively predict child executive functioning: specific and time-sensitive effects across pregnancy. Developmental Psychobiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21982

Ponting, C., Chavira, D.A., Ramos, I., Christensen, W., Guardino, C.M, & Dunkel Schetter, C. (in press). Postpartum depressive symptoms in low-income Latinas: Cultural and contextual contributors. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000325

Mahrer, N. E., Ramos, I. F., Guardino, C.M, Davis, E. P., Ramey, S. L., Shalowitz, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Pregnancy anxiety in expectant mothers predicts offspring negative affect: The moderating role of acculturation. Early Human Development, 141, 104932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104932

Schmeer, K., Guardino, C.M., Irwin, J.L., Ramey, S.L., Shalowitz, M.U., & Dunkel Schetter, C., (2020). Maternal postpartum stress and toddler developmental delays: Results from a multisite study of racially diverse families. Developmental Psychobiology, 62 (1), 62-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21871

Ross, K. M., Kane, H. S., Guardino, C.M. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019). Parental attachment anxiety: Associations with allostatic load in mothers of 1-year-olds. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519876717

Schmeer, K., Guardino, C.M., Irwin, J.L., Ramey, S.L., Shalowitz, M.U., & Dunkel Schetter, C., (2019). Maternal postpartum stress and toddler developmental delays: Results from a multisite study of racially diverse families. Developmental Psychobiology.

Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., Tomiyama, A. J., Guardino, C. M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019). Association of weight discrimination during pregnancy and postpartum with maternal postpartum health. Health Psychology, 38, 226-237. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000711

Ramos, I. F., Guardino, C. M., Mansolf, M., Glynn, L. M., Sandman, C. A., Hobel, C. J., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019). Pregnancy anxiety predicts shorter gestation in Latina and non-Latina white women: The role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 166-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.008

Guardino, C. M., Hobel, C. J., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2018). Psychosocial and demographic predictors of postpartum physical activity. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41(5), 668-679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-9931-x

Ross, K. M., Guardino, C.M., Hobel, C. J., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2018). Partner relationship satisfaction, partner conflict, and maternal cardio-metabolic health in the year following the birth of a child. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41(5), 722-732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-9947-2

Ross, K. M., Guardino, C.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., & Hobel, C. J. (2018). Interactions between race/ethnicity, poverty status, and pregnancy cardio-metabolic diseases in prediction of postpartum cardio-metabolic health. Ethnicity & Health, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2018.1493433

Guardino, C.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C., Lanzi, R., Schafer, P., Thorpe, J., Shalowitz, M.U., & the Community Child Health Network (2017). Chronic stress and C-reactive protein in mothers during the first postpartum year. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(4), 450-460. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000424

Bamishigbin, O.N., Dunkel Schetter, C., Stanton, A.L., Guardino, C.M., Schafer, P., Shalowitz, M., Gaines Lanzi, R., Thorp, J., & Raju, T., & the Community Child Health Network (2017). Stress, resilience, and depressive symptoms in a community sample of African American fathers. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(1), 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000088

O’Campo, P., Dunkel Schetter, C., Guardino, C.M, Hobel, C., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S., Vance, M., Raju, T., & the Community Child Health Network (2016). Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in allostatic load during the postpartum period. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 2, 850-858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.10.014

Guardino, C.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Saxbe, D.E., Adam, E.K., Ramey, S.L., Shalowitz, M.U., & the Community Child Health Network (2016). Diurnal salivary cortisol patterns before pregnancy predict infant birth weight. Health Psychology, 35(6), 625-33. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000313

Heldreth, C., Guardino, C.M., Shapiro, J., Shafer, P., Shalowitz, M., Lanzi, R., Sahadeo, L., Dunkel Schetter, C., & the Community Child Health Network (2016). Childhood racism experiences and depressive symptoms in a community sample of African American mothers. Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, 35(10), 840-864. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2016.35.10.840

Saxbe, D.E., Dunkel Schetter, C., Guardino, C.M., Hobel, C., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L., Thorpe, J., & the Community Child Health Network (2016). Sleep quality predicts persistence of parental postpartum depressive symptoms and transmission of depressive symptoms from mothers to fathers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(6), 862-875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9815-7

Dunkel Schetter, C., Saxbe, D.E., Cheadle, A. C. D, & Guardino, C.M., &. Community Child Health Network (2016). Postpartum depressive symptoms following consecutive pregnancies: Stability, change, and mechanisms. Clinical Psychological Science, 4(5), 909-918. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702616644894

Dunkel Schetter, C., Niles, A., Guardino, C.M., Khaled, M., & Kramer, M. (2016). Demographic, medical, and psychosocial predictors of pregnancy anxiety. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 30(5), 421-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12300

Campos, B., Rojas Perez, O.F., & Guardino, C.M. (2016). Familism: A cultural value with implications for romantic relationship quality in U.S. Latinos. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33(1), 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407514562564

Saxbe, D.E., Adam, E.K., Dunkel Schetter, C., Guardino, C.M., Simon, C., McKinney, C.O., & Shalowitz, M.U. (2015). Cortisol covariation within parents of young children: Moderation by relationship aggression. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.006

Yim, I.S., Tanner Stapleton, L.R., Guardino, C.M., Hahn-Holbrook, J. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2015). Biological and psychosocial predictors of postpartum depression: Systematic review and call for integration. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 11, 99-137. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-101414-020426

Tanner Stapleton, L.R., Dunkel Schetter, C., Dooley, L.N., Guardino, C.M., Huynh, J., Paek, C., Clark-Kauffman, E., Schafer, P., Woolard, R., Gaines Lanzi, R., & the Community Child Health Network (2015). The CCHN life stress interview: A brief chronic stress measure for community health research. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2015.1058368

Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., Finch. L. E., Buss, J., Guardino, C. M., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2015). An experimental field study of weight salience and food choice. Appetite, 89, 215-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.02.016

Guardino, C.M. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2014). Coping during pregnancy: A systematic review and recommendations. Health Psychology Review, 8(1), 70-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2012.752659

Guardino, C.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Lu, M., Bower, J., & Smalley, S. (2014). Randomised controlled pilot trial of mindfulness training for stress reduction during pregnancy. Psychology & Health, 29(3), 334-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2013.852670

Guardino, C.M. & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2014). Understanding pregnancy anxiety: Concepts, correlates, and consequences. Zero to Three, 34(4), 12-21.

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Prof. Marie Helweg-Larsen

Helweg-Larsen, M., Peterson, L. M., & DiMuccio, S. H. (2022). The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: A longitudinal representative study of Americans. Psychology and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2060979

Peterson, L. M., Helweg-Larsen, M., & DiMuccio, S. H. (2021). Descriptive norms and prototypes predict coronavirus prevention cognitions and behaviors in the United States: Applying the prototype willingness model to pandemic mitigation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab075

Helweg-Larsen, M. & Tjitra, C. (2021). Does osctracism help smokers quit? Stigma and Health. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000304

Helweg-Larsen, M., *Pyakuryal, M., & Pisinger, C. (2020). Reminders of a stigmatized status might help smokers quit. Stigma and Health, 5(3), 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000197

Helweg-Larsen, M. (2020). The UCLA multidimensional condom attitudes scale. In R. Milhausen, J. K. Sakaluk, T. D. Fischer, C. M. Davis, & W. L. Yarber (Eds.). Handbook of sexuality-related measures (4th ed., pp.274-276). New York: Routledge.

Helweg-Larsen, M., *Sorgen, L., & Pisinger, C. (2019). Does it help smokers if we stigmatize them?: A test of the stigma-induced identity threat model among U.S. and Danish smokers. Social Cognition, 37(3), 294-313. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2019.37.3.294

Schmitt, D. P. et al. (2017). Narcissism and the strategic pursuit of short-term mating: Universal links across 11 world regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2. Psychological Topics, 26, 89-137.

Hoorens, V., *Van Damme, C., Helweg-Larsen, M., & Sedikides, C. (2016). The hubris hypothesis: The downside of comparative optimism displays. Consciousness and Cognition, 50, 40-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.07.003

*DiMuccio, S. H., Yost, M. R., & Helweg-Larsen, M. (2016). A qualitative analysis of perceptions of precaurious manhood in U.S. and Danish men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 18, 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000062

Volpp, K. A., Troxel, A. B., Long, J., Ibrahim, S., Appleby, D., Smith, J. O., Jaskowiak, J., Helweg-Larsen, M., Doshi, J., & Kimmel, S. E. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of copayment elimination: The CHORD trial. Journal of Managed Care, 21,e455-64.

Volpp, K. A., Troxel, A. B., Long, J., Ibrahim, S., Appleby, D., Smith, J. O., Doshi, J., Jaskowiak, J., Helweg-Larsen, M., & Kimmel, S. E. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of negative copayments: The CHORD trial. Journal of Managed Care, 21,e465-73.

Helweg-Larsen, M. (2014). Does moralization motivate smokers to quit?: A longitudinal study of representative samples of smokers in the United States and Denmark. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu091

*Peterson, L., Helweg-Larsen, M., Kimmel, S., & Volpp, K. (2012). Socio-economic status and race differences in heart attack risk among hypertensive patients: Personal risk perception and risk biases. Psychology & Health, 27, 737-51.

Helweg-Larsen, M., *Harding, H. H., & Klein, W. M. (2011). Will I divorce or have a happy marriage?: Gender differences in comparative optimism among U.S. college students. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 157-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2011.568874

Helweg-Larsen, M. (2011). The UCLA multidimensional condom attitudes scale. In T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, W. L. Yarber, & S. L. Davis (Eds.). Handbook of sexuality-related measures (3rd ed.) New York: Routledge.

Helweg-Larsen, M., *Tobias, M. R., & *Cerban, B. M. (2010). Risk perception and moralization among smokers in the U.S. and Denmark: A qualitative approach. British Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 871-86. https://doi.org/10.1348/135910710X490415

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Prof. Sharon Kingston

Bruzzese, J.M., Kingston, S., Falletta, K.A., Bruzelius, E., & Poghosyan, L. (2019). Individual and neighborhood factors associated with undiagnosed asthma in a large cohort of urban adolescents. Journal of Urban Health, 1, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1348/135910710X490415

Kingston, S., Rose, M., Cohen-Serrins, J. & Knight, E. (2017). Similarities and differences between early and later initiators in the context of substance use initiation and patterns of use in the first year. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170794

Bruzzese, J.M., Kingston, S., Zhao, Y., DiMeglio, J.S., Cespedes, A., & George, M. (2016). Psychological factors influencing the decision of urban adolescents with undiagnosed asthma to obtain medical care. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59(5), 543-548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.06.010

Kingston, S., Knight, E., Williams, J., & Gordon, H. (2015). Young adults’ response to 12-Step Recovery groups. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 34, 311-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2015.1074506

Kingston, S. & Rose, A.(2015). Do the effects of adolescent employment differ by neighborhood context? American Journal of Community Psychology, 55, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9690-y

Kingston, S. (2013).  Economic adversity and depressive symptoms in parents: Do marital status and perceived social support matter? American Journal of Community Psychology, 52, 359-66.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-013-9601-7

Kingston, S., Huang, K.Y., Calzada, E., Dawson-McClure, S., & Miller Brotman, L. (2013). Parent involvement in education as a moderator of family and neighborhood socioeconomic context on school readiness among young children. Journal of Community Psychology, 41(3), 265-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21528

Monopoli, W.J. & Kingston, S. (2012). The relationships among language ability, emotion regulation and social competence in second grade students.  International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(5), 398-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025412446394

Bruzzese, J.M., Kingston, S., Sheares, B.J., Cespedes, A., Sadeghi, H. & Evans, D. (2011). Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a  school-based approach to help inner-city, ethnic minority adolescents with undiagnosed asthma.  Patient Education and Counseling, 85, 290-94.[PMCID: PMC3029508] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.019

Miller Brotman, L., Calzada, E., Y., Huang, K., Kingston, S., Dawson-McClure, S., Kamboukos, D., Rosenfelt, A., Schwab, A., & Petkova, E. (2011). Promoting effective parenting practices and preventing child behavior problems in school among ethnically diverse families from underserved, urban communities. Child Development, 82(1): 258–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01554.x

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Prof. Anthony Rauhut 

Rauhut, A.S. & Warnick, J.A. (2020).  Drug Conditioning and Sensitization in Mice: Importance of Early Voluntary Exercise. Neuroscience, 114-123. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645222030436X

Rauhut, A. S., Warnick, J. A., & Stasior, A. L. (2020). Differential effects of voluntary exercise on development and expression of methamphetamine conditioned hyperactivity and sensitization in mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 172934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2020.172934

Rauhut, A.S. (2019). Voluntary exercise ameliorates anxiogenic effects of acute methamphetamine exposure in Swiss-Webster mice.  Pharmacological Reports, 71, 1020-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharep.2019.06.001

Rauhut, A.S., & Curran-Rauhut, M.A. (2018). 17 β-Estradiol exacerbates methamphetamine-induced anxiety-like behavior in female mice. Neuroscience Letters, 681, 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.025

Rauhut, A.S. (2016).  Timing of SCH 23390 administration influences extinction of conditioned hyperactivity in mice.  Behavioral Pharmacology, 27(1), 73-76. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000188

White, A.O.*, & Rauhut, A.S.  (2014). Time-dependent effects of prazosin on the development of methamphetamine conditioned hyperactivity and context-specific sensitization in mice.  Behavioural Brain Research, 263, 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.032

Rauhut, A.S., & Bialecki, V*. (2011). Development and persistence of methamphetamine conditioned hyperactivity in Swiss-Webster mice.  Behavioural Pharmacology, 22, 228-238. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0b013e328345f741

Rauhut, A. S., Fenton, L. A.*, & Bardo, M. T.  (2010). Renewal of sucrose-seeking behavior in rats: Role of D2 dopamine receptors.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 96, 354-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2010.06.006

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Prof. Megan Yost

Yost, M. R., & Smith, T.E. (2014). Transfeminist psychology: Introduction to the Special Issue of Feminism & Psychology, Trans(cending) Psychology: Advancing Feminist Scholarship on the Lives and Identities of Trans People.

Yost, M. R., & Chmielewski, J. F.* (2013). Blurring the line between researcher and researched in interview studies: A feminist practice?  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37, 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684312464698

Yost, M. R., & Hunter, L.E. (2012). BDSM practitioners’ understandings of their initial attraction to BDSM sexuality: Essentialist and constructionist narratives. Psychology & Sexuality, 3, 244-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2012.700028

Chmielewski, J. F.* & Yost, M. R. (2012). Psychosocial influences on bisexual women’s body image: Negotiating gender and sexuality.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37, 224-241. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684311426126

Yost, M. R., & McCarthy, L.* (2012). Girls gone wild?  Understanding heterosexual women’s same-sex encounters at college parties. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36(1), 7-24.  Winner of the 2012 Georgia Babladelis Best Paper Award. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684311414818

Yost, M. R., & Smith, L.* (2012). When does it cross the line?  The threshold between “normal” dieting and eating disorders. Journal of College Student Development, 53, 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2012.0011

Yost, M. R., & Gilmore, S. (2011).  Assessing LGBTQ Campus Climate and Creating Change. Journal of Homosexuality, 58, 1330-1354. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.605744

Yost, M. R., & Thomas, G.* (2011). Gender and binegativity: Men’s and women’s judgments of male and female bisexuals. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 691-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9767-8

Yost, M. R., & Chmielewski, J. F.* (2011). Narrating rural lesbian lives: Body image and lesbian community in central Pennsylvania.  Journal of Lesbian Studies, 15, 148-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2011.521097

Yost, M. R.  (2011).  The Attitudes about Sadomasochism Scale. In T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, W. L. Yarber, & S. L. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of Sexuality Related Measures (pp. 635-637).  London: Routledge.

Yost, M. R. (2010).  Development and validation of the Attitudes about Sadomasochism Scale.  Journal of Sex Research, 47, 79 – 91. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490902999286

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Prof. Rui Zhang

English, A. S., & Zhang, R. (2019). Coping with perceived discrimination: A longitudinal study of sojourners in China. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00253-6

West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. Y. (2018). The potential cost of cultural fit: Frame switching undermines authenticity in Western contexts. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology, 9, 2622. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02622

Zhang, R., Noles, K. A., & Lalonde, R. A. (2018). Know your heritage: Exploring the effects of fit in cultural knowledge on Chinese Canadians' heritage identity. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology, 9, 2100. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02100

Tao, D., Zhang, R., Lou, E., & Lalonde, R. N. (2018). The cultural shaping of career aspirations: Acculturation and Chinese biculturals' career identity styles. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 50, 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000091

He. J., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., Fetvadjiev, V. H., Dominguez-Espinosa, A. C., Adams, B. G., ... Zhang, R. (2017). On enhancing the cross-cultural comparability of Likert-scale personality and value measures: A comparison of common procedures. European Journal of Personality, 31, 642-657. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2132

Zhang, R., & Weng, L. (2017). Not all cultural values are created equal: Cultural change in China reexamined through Google books. International Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12436

West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. Y. (2017). More than the sum of its parts: A transformative theory of biculturalism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 963-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117709533

Zhang, R., Noels, K. A., Lalonde, R. A., & Salas, S. A. (2017). Self-consistency in bicultural persons: Dialectical self-beliefs mediate the relation between identity integration and self-consistency. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 321. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00321

Zhang, R., Noels, K. A., Guan, Y., & Weng, L. (2016). Making sense of positive self-evaluations in China: The role of sociocultural change. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2214

Fung, H. H., Ho, Y. H., Zhang, R., Zhang, X., Noels, K. A., & Tam, K.-P. (2016). Age differences in personal values: Universal or cultural specific? Psychology and Aging, 31(3), 274-286. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000082

Webber, D., Zhang, R., Schimel, J., & Blatter, J. (2015). Finding death in meaninglessness: Evidence that death thought accessibility increases in response to meaning threats. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12118

Webber, D., Schimel, J., Faucher, E. H., Hayes, J., Zhang, R., & Martens, A. (2015). Emotion as a necessary component of threat-induced death thought accessibility and defensive compensation. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 142-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9426-1

Zhang, R., Schimel, J., & Faucher, E. H. (2014). Bicultural terror management: Identity hybridity moderates the effect of mortality salience on biculturals’ familiarity versus novelty seeking tendency. Self and Identity, 13, 714-739. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2014.932835

Zhang, R., & Li, L. M. W. (2014). The acculturation of relational mobility: An investigation of Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 1390-1410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114542850

Zhang, R., & Noels, K. A. (2013). When ethnic identities vary: Cross-situation and within-situation variation, authenticity, and well-being. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 552-573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022112463604

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