Psychology Pubs

Childhood emotional abuse and mental health in college students: the mediating role of total and interpersonal stressor exposure

AM Selvey-Bouyack, VN Nguyen-Feng, AN Merians, PA Frazier- Journal of American College …, 2025

Objective Childhood emotional abuse is related to mental health disorders, yet little
is known about mechanisms underlying this association. We examined daily
stressors as mediators of this link. Participants Longitudinal data from college

Mechanisms of auditory enhancement in younger and older adults

M Wojtczak, AJ Oxenham - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2025

Auditory enhancement (AE), a perceptual phenomenon reflecting listeners' ability to
use sequential spectral contrasts to improve detection and identification of target
sounds, is reduced by hearing loss. Effects of advancing age on AE are less clear

Examining Causal Pathways to Suicidal Ideation and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

M Yan, E Kummerfeld, E Rawls, KR Cullen, B Klimes-Dougan - Suicide & life-threatening …, 2025

Introduction Suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescents in the
United States. There is an urgent need to advance understanding of risk
mechanisms in adolescents to guide early interventions. While prior research has

The etiology of loneliness: insights from twin and family, genome-wide, and epigenetic studies

CD Freilich, RF Krueger - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2025

Highlights•We review genetically informed studies of the etiology of
loneliness.•Genomic studies show loneliness is heritable, though genetic pathways
are complex.•We recommend research with multiple genetic design features and

Racial Justice Intervention Research: Reflections, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

A Rothman, P Mende‐Siedlecki, N Hagiwara - Journal of Social Issues, 2025

In this closing commentary, we consider the contents of this special issue in full and
contemplate the lessons learned in the process of its composition. Ultimately, the
goal of racial justice intervention research is to meaningfully and tangibly reduce real

Unraveling the link between neuroticism and well-being in daily life: The role of event occurrence, event appraisals, affective reactivity, and affective recovery.

M Wenzel, A Kaurin, WR Ringwald, O Tüscher… - Journal of Personality and …, 2025

Recent studies suggest a robust link between neuroticism and daily fluctuations in
affective well-being. However, the specific affective processes that underlie this
association remain unclear. This study examines four affective processes, event

Future pandemic preparedness: conceptualizing vaccine willingness in drug-using populations during COVID-19 in Southeastern U.S. Cities

Future pandemic preparedness: conceptualizing vaccine willingness in drug-using populations during COVID-19 in Southeastern US Cities

K Orozco, TC Laschober, S Tross, MM Ertl… - Journal of HIV/AIDS & …, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health challenges among people who use
opioids (PWUO) and substance using men who have sex with men (SU-MSM) in
Southeastern United States cities. Within the larger NIDA Clinical Trials Network

Sleep and Maladaptive Personality Traits: A Twin Study

Z Ren, JM Ellingson, C Hopfer, RF Krueger, KE Markon, DS Ones, S Vrieze, M McGue… - Journal of sleep research

Sleep is essential for human functioning, but little attention has been paid to the
interplay between sleep and maladaptive personality traits. We examined genetic
and environmental associations between sleep and four maladaptive domains (MDs)