2024
A psychometric evaluation of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 among women experiencing intimate partner violence
Schick M, Sullivan T, Alfano A, Weiss N. A psychometric evaluation of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 among women experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024 PMID: 39031171, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of posttraumatic stress disorderPTSD ChecklistPCL-5Intimate partner violenceDSM-5Self-report measures of PTSD symptomsPsychometric propertiesMeasures of PTSD symptomsPTSD diagnosisPosttraumatic stress disorderTrauma-exposed populationsPTSD prevalenceSample of community womenSelf-report measuresAdequate psychometric propertiesPartner violencePTSD symptomsStress disorderCutoff scorePsychometric evaluationInternal consistencyCommunity womenCronbach's aChecklistViolenceMeasuring emotion dysregulation in daily life: an experience sampling study
Weiss N, Dixon-Gordon K, Brick L, Goldstein S, Schick M, Laws H, Kiefer R, Contractor A, Sullivan T. Measuring emotion dysregulation in daily life: an experience sampling study. Anxiety Stress & Coping 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-19. PMID: 38932637, DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2024.2366031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotion dysregulationEmotion dysregulationMeasures of emotion dysregulationEmotion Regulation ScaleMeasuring emotion dysregulationIntensive longitudinal approachAssess emotion dysregulationPsychometrically valid measureRegulation ScaleFactor structurePsychometric propertiesPositive emotionsIndividual's daily lifeBetween-levelCommunity womenEmotionsIntimate partner violenceBaseline traitsValidity measuresDaily lifeScale positionBaseline interviewMDersPartner violenceLongitudinal approach
2023
Concordance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Assessed via Retrospective Report Versus Experience Sampling Methods in Community Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Kiefer R, Schick M, Newberger N, Ferguson J, Raudales A, Sullivan T, Weiss N. Concordance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Assessed via Retrospective Report Versus Experience Sampling Methods in Community Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence 2023, 39: 605-630. PMID: 37706478, PMCID: PMC11262423, DOI: 10.1177/08862605231197737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperience sampling methodPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsRetrospective reportsIntimate partner violenceSurvey three timesCommunity womenLarge effect sizesESM reportsPTSD researchDisorder symptomsStress disorderIPV contextNegative health consequencesPartner violenceEffect sizeSymptom patternsHealth consequencesDiscordance scoreMeaningful differencesSampling methodInterviewsSymptomsExperienceEcological investigation of the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and cannabis use among community women experiencing intimate partner violence
Newberger N, Forkus S, Thomas E, Goldstein S, Ferguson J, Sullivan T, Weiss N. Ecological investigation of the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and cannabis use among community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 250: 110905. PMID: 37515827, PMCID: PMC10530157, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPTSD symptom clustersPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSymptom clustersIntimate partner violenceCannabis useCommunity womenDisorder symptomsAcute effectsHazardous patternsPartner violencePTSD symptomsSymptomsWomenCannabisIntervention effortsDaysExternalizing behaviorsSurvey periodMicro-Longitudinal Examination of Emotion Dysregulation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Community Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Modeling Reciprocal Relationships Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling
Weiss N, Raudales A, Contractor A, Forkus S, Kiefer R, Brick L, Sullivan T. Micro-Longitudinal Examination of Emotion Dysregulation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Community Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Modeling Reciprocal Relationships Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling. Journal Of Emotion And Psychopathology 2023, 1: 216-229. DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotion dysregulationPosttraumatic stress disorderNegative emotion dysregulationEmotion dysregulationPTSD symptomsTreatment of PTSDPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsDynamic structural equation modelingSignificant cross-lagged effectBetween-person levelMore PTSD symptomsIntimate partner violenceCross-lagged effectsSurvey three timesStructural equation modelingCommunity womenPositive emotionsDisorder symptomsPerson levelStress disorderReciprocal associationsCross-sectional designEquation modelingPartner violenceReciprocal relationshipPosttraumatic Stress as a Moderator of the Association Between HPA-Axis Functioning and Alcohol Use Disorder Among a Community Sample of Women Currently Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Goldstein SC, Schick MR, Weyandt LL, Sullivan TP, Cadely H, Weiss NH. Posttraumatic Stress as a Moderator of the Association Between HPA-Axis Functioning and Alcohol Use Disorder Among a Community Sample of Women Currently Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. Experimental And Clinical Psychopharmacology 2023, 31: 163-173. PMID: 35113644, PMCID: PMC10829849, DOI: 10.1037/pha0000543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHPA axis functioningAlcohol use disorderHPA axis recoveryHigher PTSD symptom severityPTSD symptom severitySymptom severityMeeting criteriaUse disordersLog oddsMaintenance of AUDCurrent male partnerPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSaliva cortisol samplesAmount of alcoholAxis functioningInduction protocolCortisol samplesIntimate partner violence experiencesMale partnersCommunity womenSeverityHeightened prevalenceWomenDisorder symptomsIntimate partner violence
2022
Posttraumatic stress disorder strengthens the momentary associations between emotion dysregulation and substance use: a micro‐longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence
Weiss NH, Brick LA, Schick MR, Forkus SR, Raudales AM, Contractor AA, Sullivan TP. Posttraumatic stress disorder strengthens the momentary associations between emotion dysregulation and substance use: a micro‐longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Addiction 2022, 117: 3150-3169. PMID: 35792057, DOI: 10.1111/add.15992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive emotion dysregulationPost-traumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderEmotion dysregulationStress disorderMomentary associationsSubstance usePerson relationsNegative emotion dysregulationMicro-longitudinal studyIntimate partner violenceStructured diagnostic interviewCommunity womenPositive emotionsPartner violencePTSD diagnosisDrug useNumber of drinksMomentary dataCross-sectional designMomentary surveysDiagnostic InterviewBody of literatureMore alcoholInteraction testModeling reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro‐longitudinal study
Weiss NH, Brick LA, Forkus SR, Goldstein SC, Thomas ED, Schick MR, Barnett NP, Contractor AA, Sullivan TP. Modeling reciprocal relations between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro‐longitudinal study. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 1460-1471. PMID: 35676805, PMCID: PMC11100457, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive emotion dysregulationEmotion dysregulationAlcohol useDynamic structural equation modelingLater alcohol useMicro-longitudinal studyCross-lagged effectsPotential reciprocal associationsCross-lagged associationsIntimate partner violenceStructural equation modelingMomentary levelIdiographic approachReciprocal associationsCross-sectional designLater levelsEquation modelingReciprocal relationsCommunity womenExtant literatureParticipantsSignificant interindividual variabilityPartner violenceVoice recordingsDysregulation
2018
Avoidant Coping as a Moderator of the Association Between Childhood Abuse Types and HIV/Sexual Risk Behaviors
Weiss NH, Peasant C, Sullivan TP. Avoidant Coping as a Moderator of the Association Between Childhood Abuse Types and HIV/Sexual Risk Behaviors. Child Maltreatment 2018, 24: 26-35. PMID: 30124064, DOI: 10.1177/1077559518793228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual risk behaviorsChildhood abuse typesIPV-victimized womenRisk behaviorsIntimate partner violenceAbuse typesAvoidant copingChildhood sexual abuseCommunity womenWomenHigh levelsChildhood abuseChildhood Sexual Abuse SeverityHigh rateAbuse severitySeverityAssociationPartner violenceSexual abuse severityCurrent studySexual abuseAbuseCopingLimited research
2017
A Latent Profile Analysis of Intimate Partner Victimization and Aggression and Examination of Between-Class Differences in Psychopathology Symptoms and Risky Behaviors
Weiss NH, Dixon-Gordon KL, Peasant C, Jaquier V, Johnson C, Sullivan TP. A Latent Profile Analysis of Intimate Partner Victimization and Aggression and Examination of Between-Class Differences in Psychopathology Symptoms and Risky Behaviors. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2017, 9: 370-378. PMID: 27736140, PMCID: PMC5391312, DOI: 10.1037/tra0000202.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Intimate partner aggression‐related shame and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems
Weiss NH, Duke AA, Overstreet NM, Swan SC, Sullivan TP. Intimate partner aggression‐related shame and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems. Aggressive Behavior 2015, 42: 427-440. PMID: 26699821, PMCID: PMC5317006, DOI: 10.1002/ab.21639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug use problemsPTSD symptomsUse problemsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsWomen's useAlcohol use problemsPTSD symptom severityPTSD treatmentSymptom severitySymptomsMale partnersCommunity womenSubstance useDisorder symptomsAvoidant coping strategiesPresent studyDearth of literaturePotential utilityIntimate partnersMaladaptive shame regulation strategiesCoping strategiesExacerbation
2014
Psychological Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Risk Behavior: Examining the Role of Distinct Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in the Partner Violence–Sexual Risk Link
Overstreet NM, Willie TC, Hellmuth JC, Sullivan TP. Psychological Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Risk Behavior: Examining the Role of Distinct Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in the Partner Violence–Sexual Risk Link. Women's Health Issues 2014, 25: 73-78. PMID: 25498762, PMCID: PMC4275339, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultCrime VictimsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsInterviews as TopicMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRisk-TakingSeverity of Illness IndexSexual BehaviorSexual PartnersSpouse AbuseStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSurveys and QuestionnairesViolenceYoung AdultConceptsSexual risk behaviorsSexual health outcomesRisk behaviorsHuman immunodeficiency virusGreater sexual risk behaviorPsychological IPVPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsImmunodeficiency virusGreater severityHealth outcomesPsychological intimate partner violenceSymptom severityCommunity womenDisorder symptomsIntimate partner violenceForm of IPVPartner violence victimizationIntimate partner violence (IPV) victimizationIPVSeveritySexual intimate partner violence (IPV) victimizationPartner violenceCurrent studyViolence victimizationSymptomsAnxiety and posttraumatic stress symptom pathways to substance use problems among community women experiencing intimate partner violence
Jaquier V, Flanagan JC, Sullivan TP. Anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptom pathways to substance use problems among community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Anxiety Stress & Coping 2014, 28: 445-455. PMID: 25251694, PMCID: PMC4404166, DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.968562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress symptom severityStress symptom severityAnxiety symptom severitySignificant indirect pathwayIPV-victimized womenSubstance use problemsUse problemsPosttraumatic stressSymptom severityGreater alcoholDrug problemsHigher anxiety symptom severityIntimate partner violenceIndirect pathwaysCommunity womenMediation analysisSymptom pathwaysDifferential associationsMental healthAnxietyPartner violenceUnique effectsIndirect effectsIPV typesMultiple regressionThe underlying role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the association between intimate partner violence and deliberate self-harm among African American women
Weiss NH, Dixon-Gordon KL, Duke AA, Sullivan TP. The underlying role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the association between intimate partner violence and deliberate self-harm among African American women. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2014, 59: 8-16. PMID: 25752736, PMCID: PMC4363011, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American womenPsychological IPV severityPTSD symptom severityIntimate partner violencePTSD symptomsAmerican womenSymptom severityIPV severityHealth-compromising behaviorsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSignificant positive associationHistory of DSHPartner violenceSymptomsCommunity womenSeverityWomenDisorder symptomsPositive associationUnderlying roleSixty participantsPresent studyDSH
2012
Posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms as correlates of deliberate self-harm among community women experiencing intimate partnerviolence
Jaquier V, Hellmuth JC, Sullivan TP. Posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms as correlates of deliberate self-harm among community women experiencing intimate partnerviolence. Psychiatry Research 2012, 206: 37-42. PMID: 23040795, PMCID: PMC3594077, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violenceDepression symptomsPosttraumatic stressAdequate mental health servicesCurrent intimate partner violenceHigh-risk populationMental health servicesMental health careIPV-victimized womenSexual intimate partner violencePast DSHGeneral populationGreater severityTreatment planSuch careHealth servicesCommunity womenSymptomsWomenHealth careChildhood abuseOne-thirdCareDSHPartner violence
2011
Applying Experience Sampling Methods to Partner Violence Research: Safety and Feasibility in a 90-Day Study of Community Women
Sullivan TP, Khondkaryan E, Dos Santos NP, Peters EN. Applying Experience Sampling Methods to Partner Violence Research: Safety and Feasibility in a 90-Day Study of Community Women. Violence Against Women 2011, 17: 251-266. PMID: 21307033, PMCID: PMC3079539, DOI: 10.1177/1077801210397756.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Relationships Among Women's Use of Aggression, Their Victimization, and Substance Use Problems: A Test of the Moderating Effects of Race/Ethnicity
Sullivan TP, Cavanaugh CE, Ufner MJ, Swan SC, Snow DL. Relationships Among Women's Use of Aggression, Their Victimization, and Substance Use Problems: A Test of the Moderating Effects of Race/Ethnicity. Journal Of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma 2009, 18: 646-666. PMID: 19966947, PMCID: PMC2788967, DOI: 10.1080/10926770903103263.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
PTSD symptom clusters are differentially related to substance use among community women exposed to intimate partner violence
Sullivan TP, Holt LJ. PTSD symptom clusters are differentially related to substance use among community women exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2008, 21: 173-180. PMID: 18404637, PMCID: PMC2965072, DOI: 10.1002/jts.20318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcohol DrinkingBattered WomenChildChild AbuseComorbidityCrime VictimsData CollectionDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleHumansLife Change EventsPersonality InventoryPrevalencePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSeverity of Illness IndexSex OffensesSexual PartnersStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesViolenceConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderSubstance useSubstance use involvementIntimate partner violencePTSD symptomsDrug-using womenCommunity-based preventive interventionsPTSD severity scoresSeverity scoreIPV-exposed womenPartner violencePTSD symptom clustersArousal clustersPreventive interventionsSymptom clustersSubstance abuseStress disorderAlcohol useCommunity womenWomenPTSD symptomatologyCommunity sampleHigh rateSymptomsUnique association