2021
Ethnic-Racial Identity and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Emotional Avoidance Among Trauma-Exposed Community Individuals
Weiss N, Schick M, Reyes M, Thomas E, Tobar-Santamaria A, Contractor A. Ethnic-Racial Identity and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Emotional Avoidance Among Trauma-Exposed Community Individuals. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2021, 13: 35-43. PMID: 33030936, PMCID: PMC8443085, DOI: 10.1037/tra0000974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of posttraumatic stress disorderNegative emotional avoidancePTSD symptom severityEthnic-racial identityTrauma-exposed community individualsEmotional avoidancePosttraumatic stress disorderEthnic-racial differencesSymptom severityStress disorderAssociated with PTSD symptom severityCommunity individualsPositive emotional avoidanceEthnic-racial minoritiesIndirect effectsTrauma-exposedBlack subsampleWhite subsampleHispanic subsampleAvoidanceSubsampleDisordersSeverityIndividualsIdentity
2020
Alcohol to down-regulate negative and positive emotions: Extending our understanding of the functional role of alcohol in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder
Weiss N, Goncharenko S, Raudales A, Schick M, Contractor A. Alcohol to down-regulate negative and positive emotions: Extending our understanding of the functional role of alcohol in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder. Addictive Behaviors 2020, 115: 106777. PMID: 33359633, PMCID: PMC7855539, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom severityAlcohol use disorderPositive emotionsSymptom severityAlcohol useAlcohol misuseAssociation of PTSD symptom severityModels of posttraumatic stress disorderNegative emotionsContext of positive emotionsFunction of alcohol usePTSD symptom severitySubstance-using individualsEffects of alcohol usePTSD-AUDTrauma-exposedStress disorderNegative reinforcementUse disorderAversive reactionsReinforcement functionEmotionsAlcoholDisordersA Call to Action: A Systematic Review Examining the Failure to Include Females and Members of Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Groups in Clinical Trials of Pharmacological Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder
Schick M, Spillane N, Hostetler K. A Call to Action: A Systematic Review Examining the Failure to Include Females and Members of Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Groups in Clinical Trials of Pharmacological Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2020, 44: 1933-1951. PMID: 32997374, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderClinical trials of pharmacological treatmentsMinoritized racial/ethnic groupsUse disorderTrials of pharmacological treatmentsPharmacological treatmentRandomized clinical trials of pharmacologic treatmentRacial/ethnic groupsRacial/ethnic breakdownSignificant public health concernSystematic reviewMedication typeDisordersPublished randomized clinical trialsTreatment outcomesStudy limitationsHighest prevalence estimatesPreferred Reporting ItemsAlcoholPublic health concernRacial/ethnic characteristicsReporting ItemsSubgroup analysisPrevalence estimatesClinical trialsComparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US
Contractor A, Weiss N, Schick M, Natesan Batley P, Forkus S, Sharma R. Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2020, 70: 102195. PMID: 32035292, PMCID: PMC7074844, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderLow-severity classHighest severity classStress disorderDepressive symptomsPTSD classU.S. sampleOptimal class solutionMulti-group invarianceClass solutionSubgroups of individualsLatent class solutionAnxiety severityMilitary personnelAlcohol useDepressionCulturally-sensitive interventionsHigher severityDisordersSeveral classesHeterogeneous subgroupsModeratelyIndia samplesSymptomsSeverity
2019
Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use: Identifying the underlying role of difficulties regulating positive emotions
Weiss N, Schick M, Contractor A, Dixon-Gordon K. Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use: Identifying the underlying role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. Addictive Behaviors 2019, 96: 119-126. PMID: 31075729, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.04.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom severityDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPosttraumatic stress disorderSymptom severityPositive emotionsSubstance useEmotion dysregulationAlcohol useStress disorderCo-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorderPositive zero-order correlationsDrug useTrauma-exposed individualsZero-order correlationsReduce substance useNegative emotionsEmotionsAmazon MTurkCo-occurrenceDisordersAlcoholDysregulationPotential utilitySeverityDifficulties