Publications
(Bolding indicates faculty, students, and post-doctoral scholars from the Violence Prevention Center)
2024
Cramer, R. J., Cacace, S., Coffey, A., Hazlett, E., Kaniuka, A. R., Robertson, R., & Peiper, L. J. (2024). Latent profiles and psychosocial correlates of persistent self-injury among incarcerated adults. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 93, 101967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101967
Zabelski, S., Hollander, M., & Alexander, A. (2024). Addressing inequities in access to mental healthcare: A policy analysis of community mental health systems serving minoritized populations in North Carolina. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-024-01344-8
2023
Alexander, A. A., Sower, E., Neal, B., & Schmader, A. (2023). Kink and BDSM awareness in sex offense treatment. Journal of Positive Sexuality, 9(2), 9-14. https://doi.org/10.51681/1.922
Richardson, S. C., Gunn, L. H., Phipps, M., & Azasu, E. (2023). Factors associated with suicide risk behavior outcomes among Black high school adolescents. Journal of Community Health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01312-7
Alexander, A. A., Sower, E., Klukoff, H., Allo, H., & Mendoza, S. (2023). Childhood polyvictimization as a predictor of psychopathic personality traits in women. Violence and Gender, 10(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2022.0029
Rasmussen, S., Cramer, R. J., Nascimbene, L., Robertson, R. A., Cacace, S., & Bowling, J. (2023). A qualitative assessment and short‐term mediation analysis of defeat, entrapment, and suicide. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 53(5), 880-892. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12990
Cramer, R. J., Hawgood, J., Kaniuka, A. R., Brooks, B., & Baker, J. C. (2023). Updated suicide prevention core competencies for mental health professionals: Implications for training, research, and practice. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000172
Cramer, R.J., Cacace, S.C., Sorby, M., Adrian, M.E., Kehn, A., & Wilsey, C.N. (2023). A psychometric investigation of the Hate-Motivated Behavior Checklist. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(7-8), 5638-5660. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221127196
Hager, N. M., Cramer, R. J., Kaniuka, A. R., Vandecar-Burdin, T., Badger, N., Holley, A. M., … & Judah, M. R. (2023). An evaluation of the core competency suicide prevention training program for university health service providers. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 37(2), 127-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2021.1911726
Hilgeman, M. M., Cramer, R. J., Hoch, M. C., Collins, A. N., Zabelski, S., & Heebner, N. R. (2023). A pilot study comparing two measures of perceived health services access among military veterans with musculoskeletal injuries and mental health conditions. Military Medicine, 188(7-8), e2363-e2372. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usac072
Kaniuka, A. R., Bowling, J., Wright, S., Dahl, A. A., Basinger, E. D., Benson, J. K., … & Cramer, R. J. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Brief Resilience Scale among alternative sexuality community members. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 08862605231188055. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231188055
Mennicke, A., Bowling, J., Post, A., Benson, K., Willard, J., McMillan, I. F., & Yoder, A. (2023). “Realistic and Inclusive”: A Qualitative Investigation into Recommendations for Responding to Campus Interpersonal Violence Centering LGBTQ+ Voices. Journal of Family Violence, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00587-7
Mennicke, A., Bush, H. M., Brancato, C. J., Haley, G., Meehan, E., & Coker, A. L. (2023). Effectiveness of a bystander intervention program to increase bystander behaviors across latent risk groups of high schoolers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(1-2). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231194637
Mennicke, A., Moxie, J., Montanaro, E., Temple, J., Williams, M., Carlson, H., … & Coker, A. L. (2023). A qualitative analysis of student experiences of opportunities and actions for bystander intervention across various levels of threat. Journal of Family Violence, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00633-4
Sower, E., Alexander, A. A., & Klukoff, H. (2023). Public perceptions of castle doctrine and stand your ground cases: Effects of defendant gender. Social Sciences Quarterly, 104(2), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13258
Besse, S., Kaniuka, A.R., Zabelski, S., Mennicke, A., Meyer, K., & Cramer. R.J. (2023). The Holistic Prevention & Intervention Model: A public health approach to college mental health and suicide prevention. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2155467
Before the development of the UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center, our team members collaborated on numerous violence prevention-related projects. These published studies include:
2022
Bowling, J., Montanaro, E., Guerrero Ordonez, S., McCabe, S., Farris, S., Saint-Cyr, N., Glaser, W., Cramer, R.J., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Mennicke, A. (2022). Coming together in a digital age: Community Twitter responses in the wake of a campus shooting. PLOS One, 17(2), e0279569. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279569
Bowling, J., Wright, S., Benson, J.K., McCabe, S., Mennicke, A., Willard, J., Kissler, N., Good, H., Moody, B., Stambaugh, R., & Cramer, R. (2022). Disclosing and reporting of consent violations among kink practitioners in the United States. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221145299
Cacace, S., Smith, E.., Cramer, R.J., Meca, A., & Desmarais, S.L. (2022). Military self stigma as a mediator of the link between military identity and suicide risk. Military Psychology, 34(2), 237-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2021.1994329
Cramer, R.J., Kaniuka, A.R., Yada, F., Diaz-Garelli, F., Hill, R.M., Bowling, J., Macchia, J.M., & Tucker, R.P. (2022). An analysis of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among transgender and gender diverse adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(1), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02115-8
Cramer, R.J., Montanaro, E., VanSickle, M., Cacace S., Zabelski, S., Smith, E.L., Franks, M., Grover, S., & Cunningham, C.A. (2022). A psychometric assessment of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ). Psychiatry Research, 317, 114849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114849
Kaniuka, A., Cramer, R.J., Wilsey, C.N., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Mennicke, A., Patton A., Zarwell M., McClean, C., Harris, Y., Sullivan, S., & Gray, G. (2022). COVID-19 exposure, stress, and mental health outcomes: Results from a needs assessment among low income adults in central North Carolina. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 790468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.790468
Kaniuka, A.R., Zarwell, M., Cramer, R.J., Quinn, K. Broaddus, M., Patton, A., & Walsh, J.L. (2022). Perceptions of HIV research participation among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender/non-binary adults. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 17, 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646211062707
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Schroeder, G., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, R., Mennicke, A., Harris, Y-J., Sullivan, S., Gray, G., & Cramer, R. (2022). Couple conflict and intimate partner violence during the early lockdown of the pandemic: The good, the bad, or is it just the same in a low-resource population? Special issue “Aggression and Violent Behavior During COVID-19 to International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 2608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052608
Mennicke, A., Montanaro, E., Bowling, J., Tirunagari, A., Williams, M., Jules, B. N., Campbell, S., Carlson, H., Farris, S., McClare, V., Kissler, N., McGonagle, A., Pruneda, P., Haley, G., Meehan, E., McMahon, S., Correia, C. A., Benson, J. K., Willard, J., Post, A., McCabe, S., Coates, A., & Sotiroff, A. (2022). A systematic review of validated U.S.- based bystander intervention-related constructs. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221137067
Montanaro, E. A., Bowling, J., Gattuso, J., Gioia, D., Guerrero-Ordonez, S., Joshi, S., Campbell, S., & Harrison, M. (2022). Qualitative analyses of couples’ text messages: Methods reflection. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 16094069221115503. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221115503
Montanaro, E., Bowling, J., Farris, S., Scarborough, A., Moody, B., & Rawitz, N. (2022). “Sex as a way to gain some control and relax”: Sexual subjectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sexualities, 13634607221097342. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607221097342
Montanaro, E. A., Bowling, J., Gioia, D., and Guerrero Ordonez, S. (2022). Closeness and distance: Relationships and sexuality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Psychology and Sexuality, 13(5), 1366-1380. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2039272
Richie, F., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Kaniuka, A., Wilsey, C.N., Mennicke, A., Harris, Y., Sullivan, S., Gray, G., & Cramer, R.J. (2022). Mental health services for all: Factors influencing desire for mental health services among under-resourced adults during COVID-19. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000644
Zarwell, M., Bowling, J., Gunn, L.H., Kissler, N., McComas, M., Patton, A., Ragunathan, R., & Brown, R. (2022). Collectives for Care: Perspectives of Providers and Community Members in Trans Health Care in a Southern U.S. City. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2105674
2021
Bowling, J., Basinger, E., & Montanaro, E. (2021). “Making peace” with bodies and sexual selves: Changes during COVID-19 among adults in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11063. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111063
Bowling, J., Montanaro, E., Cramer, R.J., Mennicke, A., Wilsey, C.N., Kaniuka, A.R., Wright, S., Macchia, J.M., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Heron, K.E. (2021). Gender, sexual orientation, and mental health in the kink community: An application of coping self-efficacy theory. Psychology & Health, 38(4), 478-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1973001
Bowling, J., Montanaro, E., Guerrero Ordonez, S., Joshi, S., & Gioia, D. (2021). Perceived changes in sexuality during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in the United States. Sexes, 2(3), 331-344. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes2030026
Bowling, J., Montanaro, E., Gattuso, J., Gioia, D., & Guerrero Ordonez, S. (2021). “Everything feels risky now”: Perceived “risky” sexual behavior during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211004684
Mennicke, A., Kaniuka, A., Pruneda, P.,& Cramer, R. (2021). Substance use-related suicide after release from correctional, behavioral health, and healthcare facilities using National Violent Death Reporting System Data. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12813
Zarwell, M., Walsh, J., Quinn, K., Kaniuka, A., Patton, A., Robinson, W.T., & Cramer, R.J. (2021). A psychometric assessment of network level social capital among gender and sexual minority individuals. BMC Public Health, 21, 1918. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11970-8
2020
Cramer, R.J., Wright, S., Wilsey, C.N, Kaniuka, A.R., Bowling, J., Crocker, T., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Montanaro, E., Mennicke, A., & Heron, K.E. (2020). Alternative sexuality, sexual orientation, and mobile technology: Findings from the national coalition for sexual freedom technology and health enhancement feasibility study. Psychology & Sexuality, 13(2), 344-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2020.1777188
Cramer, R.J., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Kaniuka, A.R., Wilsey, C.N., Mennicke, A., Wright, S., Montanaro, E., Bowling, J., & Heron, K.E. (2020). Preferences in information processing, marginalized identity, and non-monogamy: Understanding factors in suicide-related behavior among members of the alternative sexuality community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 3233. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093233
Mennicke, A. M., Bowling, J., Geiger, E., & Brewster, M. (2020). Disclosure to friends or family on consequences after interpersonal violence: Influence of sexual identity and race. Journal of American College Health, 70(5), 1465-1475. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1806849
2019
Bowling, J., Mennicke, A., Blekfeld-Sztraky, D., Simmons, M., Dodge, B., Sundarraman, V., Lakshmi, B., Dharuman, S., & Herbenick, D. (2019). The influences of stigma on sexuality among sexual and gender minoritized individuals in urban India. International Journal of Sexual Health, 31, 269-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2019.1625994
Mennicke, A. M., Bowling, J., Gromer, J., & Ryan, C. (2019). Factors associated with and barriers to disclosure of a sexual assault to formal on-campus resources among college students. Violence Against Women, 27(2), 255-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219889173