Linking childhood trauma exposure to adolescent justice involvement: The concept of posttraumatic risk‐seeking

PK Kerig - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A substantial body of research confirms that trauma exposure predicts adolescent
involvement in the justice system, although the mechanisms accounting for this association …

Childhood adversity and adult health-risk behaviors: Examining the roles of emotion dysregulation and urgency

HC Espeleta, EI Brett, LE Ridings, ELS Leavens… - Child Abuse & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are important public health concerns, with links to
higher prevalence rates of both health-risk behaviors and physical health difficulties in …

An examination of the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in posttraumatic stress disorder

NH Weiss, KL Dixon‐Gordon… - Journal of Traumatic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Emotion regulation difficulties have been theoretically and empirically linked to
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous research, however, has focused almost …

Confirmatory validation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale‐positive

NH Weiss, AG Darosh, AA Contractor… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Emotion dysregulation is a transdiagnostic factor central to the etiology and
treatment of various clinical difficulties. Yet, research in this area has focused almost …

Positive emotion dysregulation among community individuals: The role of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder

NH Weiss, AA Contractor, SR Forkus… - … of Traumatic Stress, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Existing literature has provided support for an association between posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and emotion dysregulation. However, few studies have examined the …

PTSD's relation with problematic smartphone use: Mediating role of impulsivity

AA Contractor, NH Weiss, MT Tull, JD Elhai - Computers in Human …, 2017 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently co-occurs with addictive behaviors.
Recently, the addictive behavior of excessive smartphone use is being widely researched …

Extending our understanding of the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and positive emotion dysregulation: A network analysis approach

NH Weiss, AA Contractor, AM Raudales… - Journal of Anxiety …, 2020 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has empirically-established associations with positive
emotion dysregulation. Extending existing research, we utilized a network approach to …

PTSD's risky behavior criterion: Relation with DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters and psychopathology

AA Contractor, NH Weiss, P Dranger, C Ruggero… - Psychiatry …, 2017 - Elsevier
A new symptom criterion of reckless and self-destructive behaviors (E2) was recently added
to posttraumatic stress disorder's (PTSD) diagnostic criteria in DSM-5, which is unsurprising …

The convergence and divergence of impulsivity facets in daily life

SH Sperry, DR Lynam, TR Kwapil - Journal of Personality, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Impulsivity appears to be best conceptualized as a multidimensional construct. For
example, the UPPS‐P model posits that there are five underlying facets of impulsivity. The …

Emotion regulation difficulties in PTSD

MT Tull, AG Vidaña, JE Betts - Emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder, 2020 - Elsevier
Research on the role of emotion regulation in the development, maintenance,
consequences, and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has grown rapidly …