Publications
Our research findings are disseminated through a range of publications that reflect our dedication to advancing the field of violence prevention.
- Listed by year and alphabetical order by first author.
- Bolding indicates VPC faculty.
- ‡ indicates VPC trainees.
IN PRESS
Moxie, J., Wright, S., ‡Chronos, A. M., ‡Prowten, S., Stambaugh, R., & Alexander, A. A. (in press). Practice, attitudes, and training related to alt-sex among health professionals. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2026.2662902
Alexander, A. A., ‡Montalbano, M., ‡Myrick, K., & ‡Mosley, K. (in press). Mandatory continuing education requirements in cultural diversity for licensed psychologists: Call for culturally responsive continuing education. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000555
Alexander, A. A., & ‡Mosley, K. (in press). Support for Black reparations: A qualitative study of college students’ perceptions. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678251351682
Fortson, K., Nielsen, K. E., Watson-Singleton, N. N., Metzger, I. W., Mullican, K. N., Leone, R. M., & Gilmore, A. K. (in press). Barriers to mental health help-seeking intentions among Black college students: Examining the role of discrimination. Journal of American College Health.
Basinger, E., & Watford, M. L. (in press). History repeating itself: Anti-fat narratives in the Ozempic and Fen-Phen eras. Fat Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2026.2632416
McInroy, L. B., Scheadler, T. R., & Craig, S. L. (in press). Digital microaggressions and queer youth: Incidence, perceived impacts, and practice implications. Sexual and Relationship Therapy.
Cacace, S., Cramer, R. J., ‡Stivert, M., Tucker, R. P., & VanSickle, M. (in press). Measurement invariance of the Military Stigma Scale: Group differences in a U.S. Army National Guard sample by paygrade and education. Assessment.
Cramer, R. J., Cain, S. M., ‡Zabelski, S., Tapola, V., ‡Lappalainen, A.-L., & Keinonen, K. (in press). Translation and initial validation of the Suicide Competency Assessment Form-Finnish Version among mental health providers. Death Studies.
Grover, S., Baker, J. C., Cramer, R. J., Bauder, C. R., Cain, S. M., Khazem, L., Campbell, C., Charles, C., Rikli, H., Schnecke, K., Dobson, M., Troncoso, M., Franks, M., & Rasmussen, S. A. (in press). Firearm ownership as a moderator of entrapment, suicidal thinking and suicide attempt likelihood among active duty military service members. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
‡Hendley, T., Tucker, R. P., Cramer, R. J., & Hill, R. M. (in press). A network analysis of social determinants of health and rates of youth suicidal ideation and suicide attempts at the neighborhood-level in Houston, TX. Death Studies.
Hill, R. M., ‡Prowten, S. D., Tucker, R. P., Rasmussen, S., Keinonen, K., & Cramer, R. J. (in press). A cross national psychometric test of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual-Positive Identity Scale (LGB-PIM): A brief report. Identity.
Moxie, J., ‡Benson, K. J., Wright, S., ‡McCabe, S., Moody, B., Willard, J., Stambaugh, R., & Cramer, R. J. (in press). “This community has to self-regulate”: Resilience in alt-sex practitioners’ responses to consent violations. Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
‡Prowten, S. D., Cacace, S. C., Bishop, T., Sperry, H. A., Wilcox, M., Phillips, S., Cramer, R. J., & Hilgeman, M. (in press). Evaluation of the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale among LGBTQ+ veterans. Military Psychology.
Webber, W. B., Cramer, R. J., Gemberling, T. M., & Kehn, A. (in press). The Interfaith Intolerance Scale: Factor structure and associations with empathy, political ideology, and preferences in information processing. Journal of Psychology & Theology.
2026
Alexander, A. A., & Fix, R. L. (2026). Gang involvement in adolescents with illegal sexual behaviors: Evaluating unique risk and needs. Deviant Behavior, 47(2), 338–355. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2442376
Alexander, A. A., ‡Peters, A., ‡Akkapeddi, A., & ‡Sower, E. (2026). Gun attitudes and opinions on self-defense laws among college students. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 26(1), e70055. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.70055
Gillani, B., Moxie, J., Ray-Novak, M., Diamant-Wilson, R., Prince, D. M., Mintz, L. J., & Moore, S. E. (2026). Constructing wholeness in LGBTQ+ healthcare access: A grounded theory model. Healthcare, 14(4), Article 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14040536
Gillani, B., Moxie, J., Martin, R., ‡Benson, J. K., ‡Wilson, M., Basinger, E., & Montanaro, E. (2026). Pantoums for embodiment: A poetry-therapy approach to safety and belonging. Journal of Poetry Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2025.2606386
Gillani, B., Martin, R., Klein, A., Ray-Novak, M., Roberts, A., Prince, D., Mintz, L., & Moore, S. E. (2026). Feedback structures generating policy exposure, gatekeeping, and care disruption in transgender and gender expansive healthcare. Systems, 14(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems14010112
Gillani, B. (2026). Developing Tendering Masculinities: Towards a Poetics of Imperfect Soulful Aging. Religions, 17(4), 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel17040419
Harris, M. N., Krajewski, A., ‡Wilds, K. M., & ‡Van Blarcum, L. (2026). “It’s not you, it’s me”: Examining the role of conflicted relationships, mental illness, and intimate partner violence. Deviant Behavior, 47(2), 373–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2443080
Jordan, K., Shue-McGuffin, K., & Pierce, M. (2026). Evaluation of knowledge and self-efficacy among nurse practitioner students in pediatric clinical decision-making through “escape room” simulation. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2026.105726
Keinonen, K., ‡Zabelski, S., ‡Prowten, S. D., Tapola, V., & Cramer, R. J. (2026). Validation of the Finnish translation of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II among Finnish mental health professionals. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 40(1), Article e70169.
Rasmussen, S., Kaufman, E., Kaniuka, A., ‡Meddaoui, B., ‡Miller, R., ‡Kinnard, R., Stage, D., & Cramer, R. J. (2026). “I wanted to be proud of myself, not ashamed”: A qualitative investigation of suicide and self-injury inflection points. Death Studies, 50(4), 620–635.
Sprang, G., Duncan, M., Mennicke, A., Willard, J., Ray, C., Brancato, C., Clear, E., Coker, A. (2026). Training initiation and completion in a cluster randomized control trial to prevent child sex trafficking in middle schools. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322705.2026.2685670
Alexander, A. A., Monford, T., Mennicke, A., & ‡Okafor, C. (2026). Freakoffs or trafficking: How the Sean Combs trial verdict impacts public perceptions of sex trafficking. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2026.2672740
Mayfield, M.T., Mennicke, A.M., Cramer, R.J., Peiper, L.J. (2026) Examining demographic variation in the Self-Injury Risk Assessment Protocol for Corrections: A brief Report. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2026.2662399
McMahon, S., Cusano, J., Hoxmeier, J., ‡Brachmann, A., Elias-Lambert, N., & Mennicke, A. (2026). Bystander intervention to address sexual harassment in academia: Experiences of faculty and staff targets. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26320770261441790
Sprang, G., Coker, A.L., Mennicke, A., Brancato, C., Ray, C., and Thorne, E. (2026). The See It to Stop It Indicator Tool to identify child sex trafficking: Acceptability, feasibility, utility and outcomes. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2026.2641779
Mennicke, A., ‡Brienzo, M., ‡Temple, J., ‡Bene, A., Ford, J., Brachmann, A., Friedman, M. R., Dodge, B., & Moxie, J. (2026). Actual and perceived norms related to bisexual women among young adults in the US. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605261441618
Sprang, G., Mennicke, A., Ray, C. M., Clear, E. R., & Coker, A. (2026). Amulti-site consortium on familial sex trafficking prevention: A brief report on lessons learned and future directions. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-026-01084-3
Sprang, G., Mennicke, A., Clear, E. R., ‡Brienzo, M.J., Roark, A.L., ‡Willard, J., Tsukerman, K., Thorne, E., Ray, C.M., Brancato, C.J., Duncan, M.S., Coker, A.L. (2026). Randomized control trial protocol to evaluate an engaged-bystander approach to prevent child sex trafficking. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2026.2627226
‡Oesterle, D.W., ‡Maloney, M.A., ‡Fortson, K., Mennicke, A., Montanaro, E. (2026). What do we know about proximal factors influencing bystander intervention? A call for momentary assessment and intervention. The Journal of Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-026-00903-z
Montanaro, E., ‡Brienzo, M., ‡Temple, J., ‡Fortson, K., ‡Schwab, N., & Mennicke, A. (2026). Assessing measurement invariance of scales of likelihood and barriers to bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use among college students. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaag001
McMahon, S., ‡Manley, L., ‡Amponsah, E., Hoxmeier, J. C., ‡McMillan, I., & Mennicke, A. (2026). “I don’t want to make myself look like a trouble-maker”: Faculty and staff perspectives on bystander intervention in academic sexual harassment situations. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251379424
2025
Alexander, A. A., ‡Klukoff, H., & ‡Gaglione, C. (2025). Addressing mass incarceration amid a pandemic: Decarceration as a public health and racial justice response. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 11(3), 308–320. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000386
Alexander, A. A., ‡Fandetti, S., & ‡Peters, A. (2025). A preliminary assessment of op-ed writing with graduate public health students as a pedagogical tool to increase health promotion advocacy skills. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 11(3), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799241306419
Alexander, A. A. (2025). Off the shelf and into the community: Advocacy and public scholarship. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 95(4), 421–426. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000800 (American Psychological Association Editor’s Choice article)
‡Brienzo, M., McMillan, I., Moradi, B., Kaniuka, A., *Bowling, J., Yoder, A., Post, A., Ortiz, C., Reinken, M., & Mennicke, A. (2025). Anti-LGBTQ+ experiences and mental health of LGBTQ+ college students in the context of poly-victimization. LGBT Health.
‡Zabelski, S., Jameson, J. P., Peters, A., Sellers, S. M., Montanaro, E., Besse, S., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). Addressing firearm suicide prevention practice through Recommendations for Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM). Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 56(5), 371–377. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000639
‡Temple, J., ‡Dula, L., ‡Kimmer, B., ‡Bajdough, R., & Montanaro, E. (2025). A journey to positive sexuality: Exploring sexual health conceptualization, communication, and practices among Black young adult couples. Journal of Positive Sexuality, 11(1), 6–33. https://doi.org/10.51681.1.1111
Gilmore, A. K., Leone, R. M., Reuben, K., Garner, J. B., Flowers, N., Chipman, T., Patton, E. E., Capobianco, J., Zong, Z. Y., Stappenbeck, C. A., Ellis, J. R., Fortson, K., Mullican, K. N., & Larimer, M. (2025). Pilot randomized controlled trial of a tailored personalized normative feedback intervention for college student alcohol use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 275, Article 112824.
White, K. R., Rolock, N., Gillani, B., et al. (2025). Clinical child behavior challenges and post adoption instability: A multivariable analysis using propensity score weighting. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03189-7
Hayes, B. E., Johnson, S., Koetzle, D., Wolff, K. T., & Baglivio, M. T. (2025). Victimization among justice-involved youth with behavioral and learning needs. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548251372896
Cochran, A., Shue-McGuffin, K., Shaw, G., Jr., Elias, K., & Vrochides, D. (2025). The evidence alone wasn’t enough to change practice: A mixed-methods analysis using a standardized framework to understand perceptions of barriers and compliance to ERAS recommendations. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2024.10.002
Scheadler, T. R. (2025). A scoping review of LGBTQ+ focused community sport. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2593867
Scheadler, T. R., Radney, A., Smith, B. L., Munshi, A., & Cole, E. (2025). A scoping review of the relationships between cash bail, failure to appear, re-arrest, health and well-being, race, and gender. American Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-025-09860-5
Scheadler, T. R., Rowe, M., Rao, S., Beer, O. W. J., Curtis, T. J., Kwan, S., Lung, S.-J. C., Busch, A., Vandervoort, D., Shuper, P. A., & Eaton, A. D. (2025). Sexual communication patterns of heterosexual-identified men who have sex with men. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251377141
McInroy, L. B., Scheadler, T. R., McDonald, M., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2025). Digital microaggressions and LGBTQ+ youth: Exploring potential impacts and opportunities for educational intervention. Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2025.2541743
Eaton, A. D., Scheadler, T. R., Kon, T., Pang, N., Kwan, S., McDonald, M., Dillon, F. R., McInroy, L. B., Beer, O. W. J., Beckwell, E., Busch, A., Vandervoort, D., Bradley, C., & Shuper, P. (2025). Identity development, attraction, and behaviour of heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men: A scoping review. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-025-01147-y
Ricciutti, N. M., & Davis, W. (2025). Publication trends of addiction counseling: A content analysis of the frequency and content of addiction-focused articles in counseling journals. The Professional Counselor, 15(2), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.15241/nmr.15.2.115
Zhang, S., Ricciutti, N. M., & Cureton, J. L. (2025). The community readiness instrument: Development and initial testing in a university community about student substance use. Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2025.2485056
Basinger, E. D., Arroyo, A., Asbury, M. B., Fox, R., Otis, H. N., Pickett Miller, N., Giles, H., & Turner, M. M. (2025). Dialogue on difference: Fat liberation in communication. Communication Monographs, 25(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2024.2444318
Fakhro, D., & Zeligman, M. (2025). Exploring refugee loss, trauma, and identity through ambiguous loss theory. Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000644
Bryant, W. T., Lange, T. M., Hilgeman, M. M., Bishop, T. K., Santa Ana, E. J., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). A clinician-based treatment fidelity tool for PRIDE in All Who Served. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 11(1), 80–89.
Cramer, R. J., Bennette, M. R., Troncoso, M., Grover, S., Schnecke, K., Franks, M., Cain, S. M., Rikli, H. L., Charles, C., & Baker, J. C. (2025). The Core Competency Model for Military (CCM-M): A suicide prevention training approach for working with military populations. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 40(4), 674–695.
Cramer, R. J., Fording, R. C., Kaniuka, A. R., Tucker, R. P., Diaz-Garelli, F., Hill, R. M., Brooks, B., & ‡Hanson, B. (2025). Hate crime law associations with mental health and discrimination experiences among transgender and gender diverse adults in the United States. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 25(1), Article e12447.
Cramer, R. J., Kaniuka, A. R., Tucker, R. P., ‡Hanson, B., Fording, R. C., ‡Robertson, L., ‡Maseah, C., ‡Zabelski, S., & Joiner, T. E. (2025). Social-ecological correlates of social well-being in transgender and gender diverse adults in the United States: Implications for policy, theory and research. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 22, 19–33.
Cramer, R. J., ‡Prowten, S., ‡Bene, A., Hill, R. M., Rasmussen, S., Tucker, R. P., & Keinonen, K. (2025). Adapting mental health provider suicide prevention competencies for sexual and gender minority individuals: Recommendations for training and research. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 32(5), Article e70162.
Hill, R. M., Cacace, S. C., ‡Starkey, A., ‡Hendley, T., ‡Bolner, J., Cummings, A., Hayes, A., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). The Geospatial Identification of Elevated Suicide Risk model: A method for examining suicide related behaviors at the neighborhood level. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 1453.
Kaniuka, A. R., ‡Nanney, E. M., ‡Robertson, R., ‡Hoff, R., ‡Smith, M., *Bowling, J., Basinger, E. D., Dahl, A. A., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). A grounded theory of sexual and gender minority suicide risk: The SGM Suicide Risk and Protection (SuRAP) model. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 12(4), 690–705.
‡Matheson, L., Rasmussen, S., Moxie, J., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). A qualitative assessment of reasons for living and dying in the context of feeling trapped among adults in the United Kingdom. Archives of Suicide Research, 29(3), 668–682.
Mennicke, A., ‡Zabelski, S., ‡Jules, B. N., ‡Haley, G., ‡Mathews, K., *Bowling, J., ‡Peters, A., Montanaro, E., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). Bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use among graduate and international students: Opportunities and challenges. Psychology & Health, 40(9), 1551–1568.
‡Prowten, S. D., Cacace, S. C., Moxie, J., ‡Peters, A., Corral, A. R., Bowman, M. A., Peiper, L. J., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). Core Competency Model self-directed violence prevention training program for corrections: A hybrid feasibility-effectiveness trial. BMC Public Health, 25, 2655.
Rasmussen, S., ‡Martin, B., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). Multidimensional impulsivity and suicidal behaviour: A partial test of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model of suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 29(1), 26–44.
Russell, K., Hunter, S., Rasmussen, S., Quirke, A., & Cramer, R. J. (2025). An examination of hate motivated behavior among adults in Scotland: Victimization, perpetration, and associations with risk factors for self-directed violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 40(11–12), 2784–2808.
Mennicke, A., ‡Brienzo, M., & Cacace, S. (2025). The influence of risk perception and relationship closeness on bystander actions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626052513600
Montanaro, E., Mennicke, A., Basinger, E., & Meehan, E. (2025). Speaking our culture into existence: A successful application of the stewardship model. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning.
Mennicke, A., ‡Brienzo, M. J., Cacace, S., Sprang, G., Clear, E. R., Coker, A., Brancato, C. J., Ray, C. M., Tsukerman, K., & Thorne, E. (2025). CSTOP Now! Psychometric evaluation of child sex trafficking prevention measures for use with educators. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2025.2525752
Jackson-Gordon, R. & Mennicke, A. (2025). Optimizing youth sexual violence prevention program sustainability: An implementer-engaged mixed methods study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/08862605251343196
Moxie, J., Mennicke, A., Montanaro, E., ‡Haley, G., ‡Temple, J., Meehan, E.A., ‡Carlson, H., ‡Jules, B.N., ‡Williams, M., ‡Brienzo, M.J., ‡McMillan, I.F., ‡Yoder, A., ‡McClare, V., ‡Tirunagari, A., ‡Kissler, N., ‡Pruneda, P., ‡Mathews, K., Correia, C., & McMahon, S. (2025). Individual, interpersonal, and contextual: Barriers and facilitators to bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use. Substance Use & Misuse, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2501177
Mennicke, A., Moradi, B., ‡Brienzo, M., ‡McMillan, I., ‡Kaniuka, A., Moxie, J., ‡Yoder, A., ‡Post, A., Ortiz, C., Reinken, M., (2025). The link between lesbian, queer (LGBTQ+) college students’ experiences of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and psychological symptoms in the context of polyvictimization. Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000826
‡Zabelski, S., Hopper, L. N., Alexander, A., Cramer, R. J., & Reid, S. E. (2025). “We get stuck in our own little bubbles”: How community mental healthcare professionals acknowledge their role in interorganizational collaboration. Community Mental Health Journal, 62(2), 301–315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-025-01524-2
2024
Alexander, A. A., ‡Fandetti, S., & ‡Peters, A. (2024). A preliminary assessment of op-ed writing with graduate public health students as a pedagogical tool to increase health promotion advocacy skills. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799241306419
Archbold, C. A., Gaub, J., & Drew, J. M. (2024). Women in policing. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae050
Baker, J. C., Cacace, S., Cramer, R. J., Rasmussen, S., Martin, C., May, A. M., Thomsen, C., Bryan, A. O., & Bryan, C. J. (2024). Entrapment in the military context. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 54(6), 1006–1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13105
Basinger, E. D., Jones Cameron, S., & Allen, G. (2024). Stigma, self-care, and intuitive eating in Black Americans with Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11, 3163–3171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01772-6
Bérdi, M., Bálint, M., Kacim El Hassani, S., Kisdi, G., Safrankó, D., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Assessing and managing suicide risk. Pszichoterápia.
Bérdi, M., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Improving skills and knowledge: Adapting a core competencies suicide risk assessment training program. European Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.520
Besse, S., ‡Kaniuka, A. R., ‡Zabelski, S., Mennicke, A., Meyer, K., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). The Holistic Prevention & Intervention Model. Journal of American College Health, 72(9), 3079–3084. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2155467
Bowling, J., Wright, S., ‡Benson, J. K., ‡McCabe, S., Mennicke, A., ‡Willard, J., ‡Kissler, N., ‡Good, H., ‡Moody, B., Stambaugh, R., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Disclosing and reporting consent violations among kink practitioners. Violence Against Women, 30(6–7), 1453–1476. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221145299
Bryant, W. T., Lange, T. M., Hilgeman, M. M., Bishop, T. K., Santa Ana, E. J., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). A clinician-based treatment fidelity tool for PRIDE in all who served. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000418
Cacace, S., Smith, E., & Benson, J. K. (2024). Item-level psychometric properties of the CMNI-46. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000509
Cain, S. M., ‡Rooney, E. A., Cacace, S., Post, A., Russell, K., Rasmussen, S., Baker, J. C., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Adverse and benevolent childhood experiences. BMC Public Health, 24, 2052. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19448-z
Cantone, J. A., Alexander, A. A., Fountain, E. N., Woolard, J. L., & Levett, L. M. (2024). Improving graduate education in legal psychology. Law and Human Behavior, 48(4), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000573
Chaparro Rucobo, A. J., & Alexander, A. A. (2024). Public perceptions of feminicide. Politics & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12640
Chang, C. J., Nobles, M. R., Cramer, R. J., Hill, R. M., ‡Robertson, R. A., & Feinstein, B. A. (2024). Non-suicidal self-injury latent classes. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 43(1), 50–80. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2024.43.1.50
Cho, G. Y., Martell, C., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Ethical/practical considerations in mandating suicide prevention training. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 55(4), 375–383. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000568
Cramer, R. J., Kaniuka, A. R., Tucker, R. P., ‡Hanson, B., Fording, R. C., ‡Robertson, L., ‡Maseah, C., ‡Zabelski, S., & Joiner, T. E. (2024). Social-ecological correlates of social well-being. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00998-1
Cramer, R. J., Cacace, S., Coffey, A., Kaniuka, A. R., Robertson, R. A., Hazlett, E., & Peiper, L. J. (2024). Latent profiles of persistent self-injury. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101967
Cramer, R. J., Nobles, M. N., Rooney, E., & Rasmussen, S. (2024). Psychometric evaluation of the Life Attitudes Schedule–Short Form. Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2300065
Cramer, R. J., Robertson, R. A., Nobles, M. R., Bowling, J., Cacace, C., Feinstein, B. A., & Rasmussen, S. A. (2024). Entrapment & Defeat Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2023.2220400
Dahl, A. A., Cramer, R. J., Gemberling, T., Wright, S., Wilsey, C. N., Bowling, J., & Golom, F. D. (2024). BDSM identity, coping, and mental health. Psychology & Sexuality, 15(1), 54–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2203134
Gaub, J. E., & Morabito, M. S. (2024). Effects of the pandemic on criminal justice scholars. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 35(1), 116–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2022.2160474
Gaub, J. E., & Muñoz, G. (2024). Specialized police units. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.736
Hall-Clark, B. N., ‡Zabelski, S., Montanaro, E., Besse, S., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Trauma-informed interventions for racial trauma. Practice Innovations. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000222
Kalmbach, K. C., Basinger, E. D., Bayles, B., Schmitt, R., Nunez, V., Moore, B. A., & Tedeschi, R. G. (2024). Moral injury in post-9/11 veterans. Psychological Services, 21(2), 264–275. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000792
Kaniuka, A. R., ‡Nanney, E. M., ‡Robertson, R., ‡Hoff, R., ‡Smith, M., Bowling, J., Basinger, E. D., Dahl, A. A., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). The SGM Suicide Risk & Protection Model. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000699
Kehn, A., Sorby, M., Nobles, M., Gamblin, B. W., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Typologies of hate-motivated behaviour. International Review of Victimology. https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580241241806
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Montanaro, E., Mennicke, A., & Ybarra, M. (2024). Cybervictimization & protection behaviours. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626052312255
Matheson, L., Rasmussen, S., Moxie, J., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Reasons for living/dying in feeling trapped. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2400915
McMillan, I. F., ‡Brienzo, M. J., Gezinski, L. B., ‡Kaniuka, A. R., Bowling, J., ‡Willard, J., ‡Yoder, A., ‡Post, A., Reinken, M., Walker, C., Ortiz, C., & Mennicke, A. (2024). Technology-facilitated abuse among college students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241287801
McMillan, I. F., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Mennicke, A., & Montanaro, E. (2024). Acceptance of dating violence items. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241243338
Mennicke, A., ‡Zabelski, S., ‡Jules, B. N., ‡Haley, G., ‡Mathews, K., Bowling, J., ‡Peters, A., Montanaro, E., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use. Psychology & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2342464
Mennicke, A., ‡Zabelski, S., Jules, B. N., Haley, G., Mathews, K., Bowling, J., ‡Peters, A., Montanaro, E., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Bystander intervention for domestic graduate & international students. Psychology & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2342464
Montanaro, E., Mennicke, A., McGonagle, A., Moxie, J., Meehan, E. A., ‡Jules, B. N., ‡Temple, J., ‡Brienzo, M. J., ‡Williams, M., ‡Yoder, A., ‡Carlson, H., ‡Haley, G., Correia, C., & McMahon, S. (2024). Factor structure for measures of bystander intervention. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2418534
Montanaro, E., ‡Temple, J., Ersoff, M., Jules, B., Jaliawala, M., Kinkopf, D., Webb, S., & Bowling, J. (2024). “Just lmk when you want to have sex.” Sexes. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes5010002
Moxie, J., Montanaro, E., ‡Temple, J., ‡Jules, B. N., ‡Thompson, J., ‡Gioia, D., ‡Ordonez, S., ‡Joshi, S., & Boehm, E. (2024). Nudes, cuddles, and self-image. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 17, 100553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100553
Ngamasana, E., Zarwell, M., Eberly, L., & Gunn, L. (2024). Caregiving & health pre/post-pandemic. SSM Population Health, 25, 101609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101609
Ngamasana, E., & Moxie, J. (2024). Cash transfer & maternal/child health. Global Health Action. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2309726
Peiper, L. J., Cramer, R. J., Cacace, S. C., ‡Peters, A., Corral, A. R., Post, A. F., ‡Prowten, S. D., & Moxie, J. (2024). Self-directed violence prevention training program for corrections. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10, 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01533-0
Petrizzo, K., & Bowling, J. (2024). Queer sex education. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2317173
Prowten, S. D., Walker, E., London, B., Pearce, E., Napoli, A., Chenevert, B., Clevenger, C., & Smith, A. (2024). Physiological arousal & social transmission. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241257255
Rasmussen, S., Chandler, J. F., Russell, K., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Chronotype & suicide intent. Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2024.09.004
Rasmussen, S., Martin, B., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Impulsivity & suicidal behaviour. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2322118
Richardson, S. C., Williams III, J. A., Vance, M., Bennett, M., Stevenson, A. P., & Herbert, R. (2024). Suicide among minoritized adolescents. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-024-01654-1
Richardson, S. C., & Joe, S. (2024). Capacity-to-Serve model. Community Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01251-0
Ricciutti, N. M., & Davis, W. (2024). Person-first language in addiction literature. Journal of Addiction & Offender Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaoc.12137
Ricciutti, N. M., & Zhang, S. (2024). Behavioral Addictions Knowledge Survey. Journal of Addiction & Offender Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaoc.12132
Robertson, R. A., Mesaeh, C. M., & Moxie, J. (2024). NSSI among transgender/GNC persons. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 18(4), 291–309. https://doi.org/10.1080/26924951.2024.2389513
Roubanian, G. A., Gaub, J. E., Koen, M. C., & Willis, J. J. (2024). Discovery reform perceptions. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology. https://doi.org/10.21428/88de04a1.29917476
Russell, K., Hunter, S., Rasmussen, S., Quirke, A., & Cramer, R. J. (2024). Mental health correlates of hate-motivated behaviour. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241262732
Sandrin, R., Simpson, R., & Gaub, J. E. (2024). Public support for police dogs. Anthrozoös, 37(5), 939–958. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2024.2360789
Temple, J., ‡Haley, G., ‡Yoder, A., Mennicke, A., Moxie, J., Meehan, E. A., & Montanaro, E. (2024). “I’ll be that one cockblocking friend.” Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2417026
Todak, N., Gaub, J. E., & White, M. D. (2024). Body-worn cameras in misdemeanor court. Crime & Delinquency, 70(4), 1249–1273. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287221120
Wilsey, C. N., Cramer, R. J., Mishoe, S. C., Golom, F. D., Bennington, L. K., Casey, C. F., & Van Lunen, B. (2024). SGM competency-based survey. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 94(1), 99–112. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000685
Wright, C. G., Bowling, J., Platt, J., Carpino, T., Low, A., Mantell, J., Hoos, D., Castor, D., El-Sadr, W., & Greenleaf, A. R. (2024). COVID-19 knowledge among SGM adults. LGBT Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.0277
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
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
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
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. 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. 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”: 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. 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
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
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
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
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
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