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  • Boals, A., Trost, Z., Warren, A.M., & Rainey, E. (in press). Injustice is served: Injustice mediates the effects of interpersonal trauma on posttraumatic stress symptoms and depression following traumatic injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
  • Schuler, K.L., Ruggero, C.J., Mahaffey, B., Gonzalez, A., Callahan, J., Boals, A., Waszczuk, M.A., Luft, B.J., & Kotov, R. (in press). When hindsight is not 20/20: Assessment of PTSD predominantly captures worst, not average, symptoms. Assessment.
  • Monden, K.M., Philippus, A., Boals, A., Morse, L., Ketchum, J., & Trost, Z. (in press). Unique predictors of perceived injustice after spinal cord injury - Evidence for distinct psychological constructs. Spinal Cord.
  • Boals, A., Bedford, L.*, & Callahan, J.L. (in press). Perceptions of change after a trauma and perceived posttraumatic growth: A prospective examination. Behavioral Sciences.
  • Rodriguez, L.**, Agtarap, S.*, Boals, A., Kearns, N.*, & Bedford, L.* (in press). Making a biased jury decision: Psychosocial influences in the Steven Avery murder case. Psychology of Popular Media Culture.
  • Boals, A. & Liu, K.* (in press). Illusory reports of posttraumatic growth in response to a non-traumatic event. Journal of Loss and Trauma.
  • Boals, A. & Schuler, K.L.* (2019). Shattered cell phones, but not shattered lives: Reports of illusory posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11, 239-246.
  • Talarico, J., Kraha, A.*, Self, H.**, & Boals, A. (2019). How did you hear the news? The role of traditional media, social media, and personal communication in flashbulb memory. Memory Studies, 12, 359-376.
  • Boals, A., & Lancaster, S. (2018). How is religious comfort and religious strain related to mental health outcomes? An examination of the mediating roles of event centrality, negative affect, and social support in military veterans. Military Behavioral Health, 6, 22-29.
  • Zawadzki, M.J., Boals, A., Mathews, N.**, Schuler, K.L.*, Southard-Dobbs, S.*, & Smyth, J.M. (2018). The relationship between perseverative cognitions and mental and physical health complaints among college students. Cogent Psychology, 5, 1-11.
  • Boals, A. (2018). Trauma in the eye of the beholder: Objective and subjective definitions of trauma. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 28, 77-89.
  • Bedford, L.A.*, Dietch, J.R.*, Taylor, D. J., Boals, A., & Zayfert, C. (2018). Computer-guided problem-solving treatment for depression, PTSD, and insomnia symptoms in student veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 49, 756-767.
  • Boals, A. & Schuler, K.* (2018). Reducing reports of illusory posttraumatic growth: A revised version of the Stress-Related Growth Scale (SRGS-R). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10, 190-198.
  • Boals, A., Trost, Z., Berntsen, D., Wheelis, T.** & Monden, K. (2017). Event centrality as a unique predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and perceived disability among individuals following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 55, 1023-1027.
  • Trost , Z., Scott, W., Buelow, M., Nowlin, L., Turan, B., Boals, A., & Monden, K. (2017). The association between injustice perception and psychological outcomes in an inpatient spinal cord injury sample: The mediating effects of anger. Spinal Cord, 55, 898-905.
  • Bourassa, K.J., Manvelian, A., Boals, A., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Tell me a story: The creation of narrative as a mechanism of psychological recovery following marital separation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36, 359-379.
  • Banks, J.B.* & Boals, A. (2017). Understanding the role of mind wandering in stress related working memory impairments. Cognition and Emotion, 31, 1023-1030.
  • Boals, A., Trost, Z., Rainey, E., Foreman, M.L., & Warren, A.M. (2017). Severity of traumatic injuries predicting psychological outcomes: A surprising lack of empirical evidence. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 50, 1-6.
  • Agtarap, S.*, Boals, A., Holtz, P.**, Rainey, E., Roden-Foreman, K., Ruggero, C., & Warren, A.M. (2017). The effect of depressive symptoms on social support one year following traumatic injury. Journal of Affective Disorders, 207, 398-405.
  • Trost, Z., Monden, K., Buelow, M., Boals, A., & Scott, W. (2016). Perceived injustice predicts intention to litigate: Findings from a spinal cord injury sample. Psychological Injury and Law, 9, 31-40.
  • Banks, J.B.*, Welhaf, M.S., Hood, A.V., Boals, A., & Tartar, J.L. (2016). Examining the role of emotional valence of mind wandering: All mind wandering is not equal. Consciousness and Cognition, 43, 167-176.
  • Boals, A. & Murrell, A.R. (2016). I am > trauma: Experimentally reducing event centrality and PTSD symptoms in a clinical trial. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21, 471-483.
  • Schuler, E.R.* & Boals, A. (2016). Shattering world assumptions: A prospective view of the impact of stressful events on world assumptions. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8(3), 259.
  • Johnson, S.* & Boals, A. (2016). Refining our ability to measure actual posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7, 422-429.
  • Warren, A.M., Boals, A., Elliot, T., Reynolds, M., Holtz, P.*, Trost, Z., & Foreman, M.L. (2015). Mild traumatic brain injury increases risk for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 79, 1062-1066.
  • Blumenthal, H., Leen-Feldner, E.W., Knapp, A.A., Badour, C., & Boals, A. (2015). Traumatic event exposure and alcohol use expectancies among adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 24, 337-343. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2013.839407
  • Boals, A., Murrell, A.R., Berntsen, D., Southard-Dobbs, S.*, and Agtarap, S.* (2015). Experimentally reducing event centrality using a modified expressive writing intervention. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4, 269-276.
  • Boals, A., Beike, D., & Hathaway, L.M.* (2015). Gaining insight into insight: Do insights into stressful life experiences have to be correct to be beneficial? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 34, 476-494.
  • Boals, A., Southard-Dobbs, S.*, & Blumenthal, H. (2015). Adverse events in emerging adulthood are associated with increases in neuroticism. Journal of Personality, 83, 202-211.
  • Boals, A., Schuettler, D.*, & Southard-Dobbs, S.* (2015). Construing trauma as a double-edged sword: How narrative components of autobiographical memory relate to devastation and growth from trauma. In L. Watson and D. Berntsen (Eds.). Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pruiksma, K.E., Taylor, D.J., Ruggero, C., Boals, A., Davis, J.L., Cranston, C., DeViva, J.C., & Zayfert, C. (2014). A psychometric study of the fear of sleep inventory (FOI). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 10, 1-8.
  • Kraha, A.*, Talarico, J.M., & Boals, A. (2014). Unexpected positive events do not result in flashbulb memories. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 579-589.
  • Boals, A. (2014). Using event centrality to predict depression after a romantic conflict: A prospective design. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 259-265.
  • Kraha, A.* & Boals, A. (2014). Why so negative? Positive flashbulb memories for receiving a Greek Life bid. Memory, 22, 442-449.
  • Rubin, D.C., Boals, A., & Hoyle, R.H. (2014). Narrative centrality and negative affectivity: Independent and interactive contributors to stress reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1159-1170.
  • Boals, A., Hayslip, B., & Banks, J.B.* (2014). Age differences in autobiographical memories of negative events. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 78, 47-65.
  • Barton, S.**, Boals, A., & Knowles, L.* (2013). Thinking about trauma: The unique contributions of event centrality and posttraumatic cognitions in predicting PTSD and posttraumatic growth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 718-726.
  • Sbarra, D.A., Boals, A., Mason, A.E., Larson, G.M., & Mehl, M.R. (2013). Expressive writing may impede emotional recovery following divorce. Clinical Psychological Science, 1, 120-134.
  • Jenkins, S.R., Belanger, A.**, Connally, M.L.**, Boals, A., & Duron, K.M.* (2013). First generation undergraduates' social support, depression, and life satisfaction. Journal of College Counseling, 16, 129-142.
  • Jenkins, S.R., Austin, H.L.**, & Boals, A. (2013). Content analysis of expressive writing narratives on relationship breakups using interpersonal decentering. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32, 402-422.
  • Rodriguez, C.*, Ruggero, C.J., Callahan, J.L., Kilmer, J.N.*, Boals, A., & Banks, J.B. (2013). Does the risk for bipolar disorder heighten the disconnect between objective and subjective appraisals of cognition? Journal of Affective Disorders, 148, 400-405.
  • Boals, A., Riggs, S., & Kraha, A.* (2013). Coping with stressful or traumatic events: What aspects of trauma reactions are associated with health outcomes. Stress and Health, 29, 156-163.
  • Andrés González, D.*, Boals, A., Jenkins, S.R., Schuler, E.*, & & Taylor. D.J. (2013). Psychometrics and latent structure of the IDS and QIDS with young adult students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 149, 217-220.
  • Boals, A. & Banks, J.B.* (2012). Additive effects of traumatic stress and perceived stress on everyday cognitive functioning. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 1335-1343.
  • Boals, A. (2012). The use of meaning making in expressive writing: When meaning is beneficial. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31, 393-409.
  • Boals, A., Hayslip, B., Knowles, L.*, & Banks, J.B.* (2012). Perceiving a negative event as central to one's identity partially mediates age differences in PTSD symptoms. Journal of Aging and Health, 24, 459-474.
  • Wilkerson, A.*, Boals, A., Taylor, D.T. (2012). Sharpening our understanding of the consequences of insomnia: The relationship between insomnia and everyday cognitive failures. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 134-139.
  • Boals, A., Banks, J.B.*, & Hayslip, B. (2012). A self-administered, mild form of exposure therapy for older adults. Aging and Mental Health, 16, 154-161.
  • Gerber, M.M.**, Boals, A., & Schuettler, D.* (2011). The unique contributions of positive religious coping to posttraumatic growth. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 3, 298-307.
  • Boals, A., Hathaway, L.M.*, & Rubin, D.C. (2011). The therapeutic effects of completing autobiographical memory questionnaires for positive and negative events: An experimental approach. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 544-549.
  • Rogers, R., Boals, A., & Drogin, E.Y. (2011). Applying cognitive models of deception to national security investigations in the context of public policy, law, and ethical practices. Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 39, 339-364.
  • Boals, A. & Schuettler, D.* (2011). A double-edged sword: The relationship between event centrality, PTSD, and posttraumatic growth. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 817-822.
  • Boals, A. & Rubin, D.C. (2011). The integration of emotions in traumatic memories: Cognitive-emotional distinctiveness and posttraumatic stress disorder. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 811-816.
  • Boals, A., vanDellen, M.R., & Banks, J.B.* (2011). The relationship between self-control and mental and physical health: The mediating effects of avoidant coping. Psychology and Health, 26, 1049-1062.
  • Schuettler, D.* & Boals, A. (2011). The path to posttraumatic growth versus PTSD: Contributions of event centrality and coping. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 16, 180-194.
  • Kraha, A.* & Boals, A. (2011). Parents and vehicle purchases for their children: A surprising source of weight bias. Obesity, 19, 541-545.
  • Boals, A., Banks, J.B.*, Hathaway, L.M.*, & Schuettler, D.* (2011). Use of cognitive words in stressful narratives reflects the meaning-making process. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 378-403.
  • Morgan, H.**, Banks, J.B.*, & Boals, A. (2011). Social anxiety and word use: How environments can influence words. Journal of Young Investigators, 21, 71-83.
  • Boals, A., Steward, J.M.**, & Schuettler, D.* (2010). Advancing our understanding of posttraumatic growth by considering event centrality. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15, 518-533.
  • Boals, A., Kraha, A.*, Banks, J.B.*, & Schuettler, D.* (2010). Defining traumatic events: An examination of the A criteria. In S.J. Egan (ed.) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment. Nova Publishers: Hauppauge, NY.
  • McLaughlin, P.D.**& Boals, A. (2010). Perception can affect performance on rhythmic tasks. Psychology of Music, 38, 395-401.
  • Rubin, D.C. & Boals, A. (2010). People who seek psychotherapy believe that it is much more likely that they have forgotten an incident of childhood trauma. Memory, 18, 556-562.
  • Boals, A. & Hathaway, L.M.* (2010). The importance of the DSM-IV E and F criteria in self-report assessments of PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 4, 161-166.
  • Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2010). Coherence, cohesiveness and narrative structure in personal accounts of stressful experiences. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 258-282.
  • Rubin, D.C., Boals, A., & Klein, K. (2010). Voluntary and involuntary autobiographical memories for very negative events: Effects of writing about and rating memories. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 34, 35-48.
  • Hathaway, L.M.*, Boals, A., & Banks, J.B*. (2010). PTSD symptoms and dominant emotional response to a stressful event: An examination of DSM-IV criterion A2. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 23, 119-126.
  • Boals, A. (2010). Autobiographical memories that have become central to identity: Gender differences in the Centrality of Events Scale for positive and negative events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 107-121.
  • Boals, A. & Perez, A.S.* (2009). Language use predicts phenomenological properties of Holocaust memories and health. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 1318-1332.
  • Boals, A. & Schuettler, D.* (2009). PTSD symptoms in response to traumatic and non-traumatic events: The role of respondent perception and the A2 criterion. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 458-462.
  • Boals, A. (2008). Intrusive thoughts and everyday cognitive failures in Holocaust survivors. Stress and Health, 24, 401-405.
  • Rubin, D. C., Boals, A., & Berntsen, D. (2008). Memory in posttraumatic stress disorder: Properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 591-614.
  • Boals, A., Rubin, D.C., & Klein, K. (2008). Memory and coping with stress: The relationship between cognitive-emotional distinctiveness, memory valence, and distress. Memory, 16, 637-657.
  • Boals, A. & Klein, K. (2005a). Cognitive-emotional distinctiveness: Separating emotions from non-emotions in the representation of a stressful memory. Memory, 13, 638-648.
  • Boals, A. & Klein, K. (2005b). Word use in emotional narratives about failed romantic relationships and subsequent mental health. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 252-268.
  • Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2001a). Expressive writing can increase working memory capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 520-533.
  • Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2001b). The relationship of life stress and working memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 565-579.