Ateka A. Contractor

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Goncharenko, S., Contractor, A.A. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder and emotion-driven impulsivity.. Emotion in PTSD.

Journal Article

• Price, M., Hidalgo, Legrand, Brier, van Stolk-Cooke, Lansing, A., Contractor, A. (2024). The Cyborg Method: A method to identify fraudulent responses from crowdsourced data.. Computers in Human Behavior.
• Binford, J., Dolan, M., Elhai, J., Contractor, A. (2024). Examining relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and types of media/technology usage.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Ramarushton, B., Griffith, E., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C., Zamboanga, B., Blumenthal, H. (2023). Latent Profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances: Associations with Drinking to Cope Motives Among College Students.. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Messman, B., Fentem, A., Compton, S., Griffith, E., Blumenthal, H., Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C. (2023). The role of affect in associations between sleep disturbances and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine.
• Contractor, A.A., Messman, B., Gould, P., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N. (2023). Impacts of Repeated Retrieval of Positive and Neutral Memories on Posttrauma Health: An Investigative Pilot Study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
• Batley, P., McClure, E., Brewer, B., Contractor, A.A., Batley, N., Hedges, L., Chin, S. (2023). Evidence and reporting standards of N-of-1 medical studies: A systematic review. Other.
• Contractor, A.A., Batley, P., Compton, S., Weiss, N. (2023). Relations Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Positive Memory Characteristics Among Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence: A Micro-Longitudinal Study.. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Messman, B., Jin, L., Slavish, D.C., Alghraibeh, A.A., Aljomaa, S., Contractor, A.A. (2023). The Role of Positive Affect Processes in the Association between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep: A Multi-Study Design.. Journal of Affective Disorders.
• Weiss, N., Raudales, A., Contractor, A., Forkus, S., Keifer, R., Brick, L., Sullivan, T. (2023). 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.. Other.
• Compton, S., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N., Bowen, H., Contractor, A. (2023). Associations between positive memory count and hazardous substance use in a trauma-exposed sample: Examining the moderating role of emotion dysregulation. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Slavish, D.C., Ruggero, C., Briggs, M., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A., Kotov, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between PTSD and sleep disturbances among World Trade Center responders. Sleep Medicine.
• Contractor, A., Raifuddin, H., Kaur, K., Asnaani, A. (2023). Asian Indians in the United States and posttraumatic stress disorder interventions: A narrative literature review.. Other.
• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Raudales, A., Forkus, S., Thomas, E., Contractor, A., Sullivan, T. (2023). Experimental investigation of the influence of positive emotion dysregulation on risk-taking following idiographic emotion inductions. Clinical Psychological Science.
• Dristel, Price, Hidalgo, Contractor, A., Grasso. (2023). Linkages between childhood maltreatment, adult victimization, and PTSD symptoms in pregnant Hispanic women: A network analysis.. Child Maltreatment.
• Banducci, A., Fondren, A., Bocanegra, A., Crespo, M., Contractor, A. (2023). Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT): Feedback from Trauma-Exposed Clients on PPMT Components, Format, and Feasibility.. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
• Dolan, M., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, Contractor, A. (2023). The role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between sleep disturbances and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity.. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
• Contractor, A., Jin, L., Weiss, N. (2023). Open label pilot study on posttrauma health impacts of the Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT).. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
• Contractor, A., Slavish, D.C., Thornton, J., Weiss, N. (2023). Positive Affect Processes and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Findings from an Open Label Pilot Study using the Positive Memory Processing Technique. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
• Forkus, S., Contractor, A., Raudales, A., Weiss, N. (2023). The influence of trauma-related shame on the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and impulsivity facets.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Forkus, S., Raudales, A., Rafiuddin, H., Weiss, N., Messman, B., Contractor, A. (2023). The PTSD checklist for DSM-5: A systematic review of existing psychometric evidence.. Other.
• Mou, N., Lei, W., Balaji, S., Contractor, A., Latkin, C., Hall, B. (2023). The association between posttraumatic disorder symptoms and addictive behaviors in Macao within a sample of female Filipino migrant workers: A network analysis. Other.
• Contractor, A., Messman, B., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N. (2023). Do positive memory characteristics influence daily-level trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms? An exploratory daily diary study.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Keifer, R., 1. Goncharenko, S., Forkus, S., Contractor, A., LeBlanc, N., Weiss, N. (2023). Role of positive emotion regulation strategies in the association between childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Reyes, M., Simpson, L., Sullivan, T., Contractor, A., Weiss, N. (2023). Intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes among Hispanic women in the United States: A scoping review. Other.
• Forkus, S., Contractor, A., Goncharenko, S., Goldstein, S., Weiss, N. (2023). Online crowdsourcing to study trauma and mental health symptoms in military populations: A case for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Almeida, I., Slavish, D.C., Rafiuddin, H., Contractor, A.A. (2022). COVID-19 related distress and sleep among trauma-exposed South Asians: Does generational status matter?. Stress and Health.
• Weiss, N., Brick, L., Forkus, S., Goldstein, S., Thomas, E., Barnett, N., Contractor, A.A., Sullivan, T. (2022). Modeling reciprocal relationships between emotion dysregulation and alcohol use using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro-longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
• Slavish, D.C., Briggs, M., Fentem, A., Messman, B., Contractor, A. (2022). Bidirectional associations between daily PTSD symptoms and sleep disturbances: A systematic review.. Sleep Medicine Reviews.
• Weiss, N., Brick, L., Schick, M., Forkus, S., Raudales, A., Contractor, A., Sullivan, T. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder strengthens the daily associations between emotion dysregulation and substance use: A micro-longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence.. Other.
• Slavish, D., Contractor, A., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Lucke, H., Briggs, Ruggero, C., Kelly, K.S., Kohut, Taylor, D. (2022). Characterizing patterns of nurses’ daily sleep health: A latent profile analysis,.
• Messman, B., Rafiuddin, H., Slavish, D., Weiss, N., Contractor, A. (2022). Examination of daily-level associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and COVID-19 worries.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Fondren, A., Banducci, A.N., Cox, R.J., Contractor, A. (2022). Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) among clients reporting traumatic experiences: A case series.. Clinical Case Studies.
• Weiss, N., Keifer, R., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A., Forkus, S., Schick, M., Contractor, A. (2022). Emotion regulation and substance use. A meta-analysis.. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Franz, M., Savella, G., Salen, N., Contractor, A., Kiser, L. (2022). The effects of a multi-family group trauma intervention on caregiver posttraumatic stress symptom clusters.. Violence and Victims.
• Weiss, N., Thomas, E., Schick, M., Reyes, M., Contractor, A. (2022). Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review.. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Greene, T., Sznitman, S., Contractor, A., Prakash, K., Fried, E., Gelkopf, M. (2022). The memory-experience gap for PTSD symptoms: An examination of the correspondence between experience sampling and past month retrospective reports of traumatic stress symptoms.. Psychiatry Research.
• Natesan, P., Contractor, A., Weiss, N., Compton, S., Price, M. (2022). Psychometric evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item response theory analyses. Assessment.
• Caldas, S., Fondren, A., Natesan, P., Contractor, A. (2022). Longitudinal relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters in response to positive memory processing.. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
• Contractor, A., Banducci, A., Weiss, N. (2022). Critical considerations for the Positive Memory-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder model. Other.
• Jin , L., Keegan, F., Weiss, N., Alghraibeh, Aljomaa, Almuhayshir , Contractor, A. (2022). Examining indirect effects of emotion dysregulation between PTSD symptom clusters and reckless/self-destructive behaviors.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Contractor, A., Banducci, A., Jin, L. (2022). The relationship between positive memory phenomenology and alcohol use among trauma-exposed individuals.. Substance Use & Misuse.
• Jin , L., Sharma, R., Hall, B., Natesan, P., Alghraibeh, A., Aljomaa, Contractor, A.A. (2022). Ethnic cultural value typologies and mental health parameters among Indians.. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
• Thomas, E., Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A. (2022). Examining the interaction between potentially morally injurious events and religiosity in relation to alcohol misuse among military veterans.. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Berfield, Goncharenko, S., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2022). The differential relation of trauma types with negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Banducci, A., Armour, C. (2022). A Pilot Study examining roles of cognitions and affect between positive memory processing and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Kearns, N., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2022). Extending psychometric investigation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire (PRBQ): Measurement invariance across trauma type and trauma count.. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
• Dolan, M., Jin, L., Sharma, R., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2022). The relationship between number of trauma types, resilience, and psychological symptoms in ex-military personnel from India. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Forkus, S., Weiss, N., Goncharenko, S., Schick, M., Monteith, L., Contractor, A.A. (2022). Elucidating the association between military sexual trauma types and different types of risky behaviors. Other.
• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Contractor, A.A., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A., Forkus, S. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder modulates avoidance of positive emotions among trauma-exposed military veterans in the community.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Dolan, M., Weiss, N. (2022). Factors related to positive memory count among trauma-exposed individuals: A scoping review.. Other.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Keegan, F. (2022). Positive internal experiences in PTSD interventions: A critical review. Other.
• Suazo, N., Reyes, M., Contractor, A.A., Emmanuel, T., Weiss, N. (2022). Exploring the moderating role of gender in the relation between emotional expressivity and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among Black trauma-exposed college students at a historically Black university.. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Griffith, L., Jin, L., Contractor, A., Slavish, D.C., Vujanovic, A. (2022). Heterogeneity in Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances among Firefighters: Latent Profile Analyses. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Raudales, A., Kiefer, Forkus, Contractor, A., Weiss, N. (2021). Positive emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Investigating the role of anxiety sensitivity.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Keifer, R., Goncharenko, S., DePina, Contractor, A., Weiss, N. (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms moderate the relations between childhood sexual abuse and facets of disordered eating in a community sample. Other.
• Tobar-Santamaria, Keifer, R., Godin, Contractor, A., Weiss, N. (2021). Sexual victimization and disordered eating among community individuals: The influence of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Eating Behaviors.
• Ruggero, C., Schuler, K., Waszczuk, M., Callahan, J.L., Contractor, A., Luft, B., Kotov, R. (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder in daily life among World Trade Center responders: Temporal symptom cascades. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Garcia, O., Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Contractor, A., Kelly, K.S., Ruggero, C. (2021). What goes around comes around: Nightmares and daily stress are bidirectionally associated in nurses. Stress and Health.
• Kearns, N., Blumenthal, H., Contractor, A., Aston, E., Metrik, J. (2021). Effect of trauma-related stress during acute alcohol intoxication on perceived likelihood of negative consequences and willingness to drive. Addictive Behaviors.
• Radudales, A., Weiss, N., Dixon-Gordon, K., Contractor, A., Schatten, H. (2021). The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicide risk among veterans.. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Schick, M., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Thomas, E., Spillane, N. (2021). Positive emotional intensity and substance use: The underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans.. Other.
• Miguel-Alvaro, A., Guillén, A., Contractor, A.A., Crespo, M. (2021). Positive memory intervention techniques. A scoping review. Memory.
• Raudales, A., Darosh, A., Contractor, A.A., Schatten, H., Dixon-Gordon, K., Weiss, N. (2021). Positive emotion dysregulation identifies trauma-exposed community individuals at risk for suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury.. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
• Forkus, S., Schick, M., Goncharenko, S., Thomas, E., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2021). The moderating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between potentially morally injurious experiences and alcohol misuse among military veterans. Other.
• Goncharenko, S., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A., Keifer, Weiss, N. (2021). The Role of Positive Emotion Dysregulation in the Relationship between Childhood Abuse and PTSD in a Community Sample of Veterans. Child Abuse & Neglect.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Shea, T. (2021). Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Primer. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
• Contractor, A.A., Kearns, N., Weiss, N., Blumenthal, H. (2021). Examining relations of polytraumatization typologies with positive memory count and phenomenology. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Forkus, S. (2021). Moderating effects of dysregulation and fear of positive emotions on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count.. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Contractor, A.A., Jin , L., Weiss, N., O'Hara, S. (2021). A psychometric investigation on the diagnostic utility of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire. Psychiatry Research.
• Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N., Alghraibeh, Alafnan, Taylor, D. (2021). Moderating effects of sleep disturbances on relation between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Reyes, M., Thomas, E., Tobar-Santamaria, A., Contractor, A.A. (2021). Ethnic-racial identity and posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of emotional avoidance among trauma-exposed community individuals. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Forkus, S., Weiss, N., Goncharenko, S., Mammay, J., Church, M., Contractor, A.A. (2021). Military sexual trauma and risky behaviors: A systematic review. Other.
• Kearns, N., Blumenthal, H., Contractor, A.A., Guillot, C.R., Rafiuddin, H. (2021). Effects of bodily arousal on desire to drink alcohol among trauma-exposed college students. Alcohol.
• Weiss, N., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A., Schick, M., Contractor, A. (2020). 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.
• Natesan, P., Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S. (2020). Bayesian Time-Series Models in Single Case Experimental Designs: A tutorial for trauma researchers. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Banducci, A., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Dranger, P. (2020). Do Positive Memory Characteristics Relate to Reckless Behaviors? An Exploratory Study in a Treatment-Seeking Traumatized Sample.. Memory.
• Forkus, S., Rosellini, A., Monteith, L., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2020). Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Raudales, A., Weiss, N., Gon, S., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder and deliberate self-harm among military veterans: Indirect effects through negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Raudales, Schick, M., Contractor, A.A. (2020). Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans. Addictive Behaviors.
• Schick, M., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Thomas, E., Spillane, N. (2020). Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors. Substance Use & Misuse.
• Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Raudales, A., Greene, T., Short, N. (2020). Extending our understanding of the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and positive emotion dysregulation: A network analysis approach.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Schick, M., Natesan, P., Forkus, S., Sharma, R. (2020). Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Brown, L., Chen, S., Narine, K., Contractor, A.A., Oslin, D. (2020). DSM-5 PTSD Symptom Clusters and Suicidal Ideation in Veterans. Psychiatry Research.
• Boals, A., Contractor, A.A., Blumenthal, H. (2020). The utility of college student samples in research on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: A critical review. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Dolan, M., Contractor, A.A., Ryals, A.J., Weiss, N. (2020). Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder severity, and positive memories. Memory.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Natesan, P., Elhai, J. (2020). Clusters of trauma types as measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5..
• Caldas, S., Contractor, A.A., Koh, S., Wang, L. (2020). Factor structure and multi-group measurement invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms assessed by the PCL-5. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
• Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Forkus, S., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A. (2020). Positive emotion dysregulation among community individuals: The role of traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Schick, M., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Spillane, N. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder’s relation with positive and negative emotional avoidance: The moderating role of gender. Stress and Health. 36 172-178.
• Contractor, A.A., Greene, T., Dolan, M., Weiss, N., Armour, C. (2020). Relation between PTSD clusters and positive memory characteristics: A network perspective.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A., Dixon-Gordon, K. (2020). The interplay of negative and positive emotion dysregulation on mental health outcomes among trauma-exposed community individuals.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 12 219-226.
• Christ, N., Contractor, A.A., Wang, X., Elhai, J. (2020). The mediating effect of rumination between PTSD symptoms and anger reactions.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Contractor, A.A., Banducci, A., Jin , L., Keegan, F., Weiss, N. (2020). Effects of processing positive memories on posttrauma mental health: A preliminary study in a non-clinical student sample. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
• Sommer, J., El-Gabalawy, R., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Mota, N. (2020). PTSD’s risky behavior criterion: Associated risky and unhealthy behaviors and psychiatric correlates in a nationally representative sample.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Jin , L., Dolan, M., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Dranger, P. (2020). Relations between emotional expressivity dimensions and DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters in a trauma-exposed community sample. Other.
• Caldas, S., Jin , L., Dolan, M., Dranger, P., Contractor, A.A. (2020). An exploratory examination of client perspectives on a positive memory technique for PTSD.. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 208 230-237.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Dolan, M., Banducci, A., Jin, L. (2020). Exploratory Examination of Clinician Perspectives on Positive Memories and PTSD Interventions. Other.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Dolan, M., Mota, N. (2020). Examination of the structural relations between PTSD symptoms and reckless/self-destructive behaviors. 27 35-44.
• Dornbach-Bender, A., Ruggero, C., Schuler, K., Contractor, A.A., Waszczuk, M., Bromet, E., Luft, B., Kotov, R. (2020). Positive and negative affect in the daily life of World Trade Center responders with PTSD: An ecological momentary assessment study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 12 75-83.
• Armour, C., Greene, T., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Dixon-Gordon, K., Ross, J. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and reckless behaviors: A network analysis approach. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Forkus, S., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Breines, J., Dranger, P. (2020). PTSD's blame criterion and mental health outcomes in a community mental health treatment-seeking sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 12 29-37.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Kearns, N., Caldas, S., Dixon-Gordon, K. (2020). Assessment of PTSD’s E2 criterion: Development, pilot testing, and validation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire. Other.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N.H., Dixon-Gordon, K.L., Blumenthal, H. (2019). Heterogeneity in the Co-occurrence of Substance Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Latent Class Analysis Approach. Other. 15 (2) 105-117.
• Contractor, A.A., Banducci, A., Dolan, M., Keegan, F., Weiss, N. (2019). Relation of positive memory recall count and accessibility with posttrauma mental health. Memory. 27 1130-1143.
• Goncharenko, S., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Dixon-Gordon, K., Forkus, S. (2019). The role of gender in the associations among posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity, difficulties regulating emotions, and alcohol misuse. Addictive Behaviors.
• Schick, M., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A., Dixon-Gordon, K., Spillane, N. (2019). Depression and risky alcohol use: An examination of the underlying role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in trauma-exposed individuals.. 45 323-332.
• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Contractor, A.A., Dixon-Gordon, K. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance misuse: Identifying the underlying role of difficulties regulating positive emotions. Addictive Behaviors. 96 119-126.
• Cloutier, R., Kearns, N., Knapp, A., Contractor, A.A., Blumenthal, H. (2019). Heterogeneous patterns of marijuana use motives using latent profile analysis. Substance Use & Misuse. 54 1485-1498.
• Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A., Darosh, A., Goncharenko, S., Dixon-Gordon, K. (2019). Do difficulties regulating positive emotions contribute to risky sexual behavior among trauma-exposed individuals?: A path analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 48 2057-2087.
• Haas, A., Forkus, S., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2019). Posttraumatic symptomatology and alcohol misuse among Black college students: Examining the influence of anxiety sensitivity domains..
• Weiss, N., Darosh, A., Contractor, A.A., Schick, M., Dixon-Gordon, K. (2019). Confirmatory validation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Positive. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 75 1267-1287.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Dolan, M., Natesan, P., Weiss, N. (2019). Invariance of the construct of posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 32 287-298.
• Kearns, N., Cloutier, R., Carey, C., Contractor, A.A., Blumenthal, H. (2019). Alcohol and marijuana polysubstance use: Comparison of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom endorsement and severity patterns. 2 39-52.
• Weiss, N., Nelson, R., Contractor, A.A., Sullivan, T. (2019). Emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder severity: A test of the incremental role of difficulties regulating positive emotions.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. 32 443-456.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N., Elhai, J. (2019). Examination of the relation between PTSD severity, smartphone feature uses, and problematic smartphone use. 37 385-403.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2019). Typologies of PTSD clusters and reckless/self-destructive behaviors: A latent profile analysis.. Psychiatry Research. 272 682-691.
• Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A., Schick, M. (2018). Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis. Addictive Behaviors. 84 45-52.
• Weiss, N., Darosh, A., Contractor, A.A., Forkus, S., Dixon-Gordon, K., Sullivan, T. (2018). Heterogeneity in emotion regulation difficulties among women victims of domestic violence: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 239 192-200.
• Contractor, A.A., Greene, T., Dolan, M., Elhai, J. (2018). Relations between PTSD and depression symptom clusters in samples differentiated by PTSD diagnostic status. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 59 17-26.
• Zhang, Z., Abarda, A., Contractor, A.A., Wang, J., Dayton, M. (2018). Exploring heterogeneity in clinical trials with latent class analysis. 6 (7) 119.
• Brown, L., Contractor, A.A., Benhamou, K. (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder clusters and suicidal ideation. Psychiatry Research. 270 238-245.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Dolan, M., Langdon, S., Armour, C. (2018). PTSD's factor structure and measurement invariance across subgroups with differing count of trauma types. Psychiatry Research. 264 76-84.
• Ross, J., Waterhouse-Bradley, B., Contractor, A.A., Armour, C. (2018). Typologies of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to incarceration in U.S. Military Veterans. Child Abuse & Neglect. 79 74-84.
• Gerber, M., Frankfurt, S., Contractor, A.A., Oudshoorn, K., Dranger, P., Brown, L. (2018). Influence of multiple traumatic events on mental health outcomes: Does count matter?. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 4 645-654.
• Elhai, J., Contractor, A.A. (2018). Examining latent classes of smartphone users: Relations with psychopathology and problematic smartphone use. Computers in Human Behavior. 82 159-166.
• Contractor, A.A., Brown, L., Caldas, S., Banducci, A., Taylor, D.J., Armour, C., Shea, T. (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder and positive memories: Clinical considerations. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 58 22-32.
• Contractor, A.A., Brown, L., Weiss, N. (2018). Relation between lifespan polytrauma typologies and post-trauma mental health. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 80 202-213.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Weiss, N., Armour, C. (2018). Examination of the heterogeneity in PTSD and impulsivity facets: A latent profile analysis. Personality and Individual Differences. 125 1-9.
• Litz, B., Contractor, A.A., Dondaville, K., Jordan, A., Rhodes, C., Resick, P., Foa, E., Young-McCaughan, S., Mintz, J., Yarvis, J., Peterson, A. (2018). Distinct trauma types in military service members seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 31 286-295.
• Claycomb, M., Mitchell, M., Contractor, A.A., Dranger, P., Charak, R., Elhai, J. (2018). The relationship between distress tolerance regulation, counterfactual rumination, and PTSD symptom clusters.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 82 133-140.
• Contractor, A.A., Caldas, S., Fletcher, S., Shea, T., Armour, C. (2018). Empirically-derived lifespan polytraumatization typologies: A systematic review.. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 74 1137-1159.
• Lagdon, S., Ross, J., Robinson, M., Contractor, A.A., Charak, R., Armour, C. (2018). Assessing the mediating role of social support in childhood maltreatment and psychopathology among college-students in Northern Ireland. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Presseau, C., Contractor, A.A., Reddy, M., Shea, T. (2018). Childhood maltreatment and post-deployment psychological distress: The indirect role of emotional numbing. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 10 411-418.
• Weiss, N., Bold, K., Contractor, A.A., Sullivan, T., Armeli, S., Tennen, H. (2018). Trauma exposure and heavy drinking and drug use among college students: Identifying the roles of negative and positive affect lability in a daily diary study. Addictive Behaviors. 79 131-137.
• Barnes, B., Hayes, A., Contractor, A.A., Nash, W., Litz, B.T. (2018). The structure of co-occurring PTSD and depression symptoms in a cohort of Marines pre- and post-deployment. Psychiatry Research. 259 442-449.
• Sullivan, E.A., Contractor, A.A., Gerber, M., Neumann, C.S. (2017). Examination of polytrauma typologies: A latent class analysis approach. Psychiatry Research. 255 111-118.
• Sullivan, E.A., Contractor, A.A., Gerber, M., Neumann, C.S. (2017). Examination of polytrauma typologies: A latent class analysis approach.. Psychiatry Research. 255 111-118.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N.H., Tull, M.T., Elhai, J.D. (2017). PTSD’s relation with problematic smartphone use: Mediating role of impulsivity.. Computers in Human Behavior. 75 177-183.
• Contractor, A.A., Frankfurt, S.B., Weiss, N.H., Elhai, J.D. (2017). Latent-level Relations between DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters and problematic smartphone use. Computers in Human Behavior. 72 170-177.
• Contractor, A.A., Roley-Roberts, M.E., Langdon, S., Armour, C. (2017). Heterogeneity in patterns of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms: Latent profile analyses.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 212 17-24.
• Roley, M., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N.H., Armour, C., Elhai, J.D. (2017). Impulsivity facets' predictive relations With DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 9 76-79.
• Contractor, A.A., Bolton, E., Gallagher, M., Rhodes, C., Litz, B. (2017). Longitudinal measurement invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder in deployed Marines. Journal of Traumatic Stress. (30) 259-269.
• Weiss, N.H., Johnson, C.D., Contractor, A.A., Peasant, C., Swan, S.C., Sullivan, T.P. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences moderate associations of coping strategies and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters among women experiencing partner violence: A multigroup path analysis. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. 30 347-363.
• Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N.H., Dranger, P., Ruggero, C., Armour, C. (2017). PTSD’s risky behavior criterion: Relation with DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters and psychopathology. Psychiatry Research. 252 215-222.
• Műllerová, J., Hansen, M., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Armour, C. (2016). Dissociative features in posttraumatic stress disorder: A latent profile analysis.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 8 601-608.
• Armour, C., Contractor, A.A., Shea, T., Elhai, J.D., Pietrzak, R.H. (2016). Factor structure of the PCL-5: relationships among symptom clusters, anger, and impulsivity. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 204 108-115.
• Biehn, T.L., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Tamburrino, M., Fine, T.H., Cohen, G., Shirley, E., Chan, P., Liberzon, I., Calabrese, J.R., Galea, S. (2016). Latent dimensions of posttraumatic stress disorder and their relations with alcohol use disorder. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51 421-429.
• Contractor, A.A., Armour, C., Shea, T., Mota, N., Pietrzak, R. (2016). Latent profiles of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and the "Big Five" personality traits. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 37 10-20.
• Contractor, A.A., Armour, C., Forbes, D., Elhai, J.D. (2016). PTSD’s underlying dimensions and their relation with impulsivity facets. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 204 20-25.
• Contractor, A.A., Presseau, C., Capone, C., Reddy, M.K., Shea, T. (2016). The moderating role of dysphoria in the relationship between intrusions and alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors. 55 5-14.
• Claycomb, M., Roley, M.E., Contractor, A.A., Armour, C., Dranger, P., Wang, L., Elhai, J.D. (2016). The relationship between negative expressivity, anger, and PTSD symptom clusters. Psychiatry Research. 243 1-4.
• Mitchell, M.A., Contractor, A.A., Dranger, P., Shea, T. (2016). Unique relations between counterfactual thinking and DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 8 293-300.
• Frankfurt, S., Armour, C., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J. Do Gender and Directness of Trauma Exposure Moderate PTSD's Latent Structure?. Psychiatry Research. 245 365-370.
• Contractor, A.A., Claycomb, M.A., Byllesby, B.M., Layne, C.M., Kaplow, J.B., Steinberg, A.M., Elhai, J.D. (2015). Hispanic Ethnicity and Caucasian Race: Relations with PTSD’s Factor Structure in Clinic-Referred Youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 7 456-464.
• Armour, C., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Stringer, M., Lyle, G., Forbes, D., Richardson, J.D. (2015). Identifying latent profiles of posttraumatic stress and major depression symptoms in Canadian veterans; exploring differences across profiles in health related functioning. Psychiatry Research. 228 1-7.
• Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Fine, T.H., Tamburrino, M., Cohen, G., Shirley, E., Chan, P.K., Liberzon, I., Galea, S., Calabrese, J.R. (2015). Latent profile analyses of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 68 19-26.
• Elhai, J.D., Contractor, A.A., Tamburrino, M., Fine, T.H., Cohen, G., Shirley, E., Chan, P.K., Liberzon, I., Calabrese, J.R., Galea, S. (2015). Structural relations between DSM-5 PTSD and major depression symptoms in military soldiers. Journal of Affective Disorders. 175 373-378.
• Contractor, A.A., Armour, C., Wang, X., Forbes, D., Elhai, J.D. (2015). The mediating role of anger in the relationship between PTSD symptoms and impulsivity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 7 138-145.
• Roley, M.E., Claycomb, M.A., Contractor, A.A., Dranger, P., Armour, C., Elhai, J.D. (2015). The Relationship between Rumination, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders. 180 116-121.
• Armour, C., Contractor, A.A., Palmieri, P., Elhai, J.D. (2014). Assessing latent level associations between PTSD and dissociative factors: Is depersonalization and derealization related to PTSD factors more so than alternative dissociative factors?. Psychological Injury and Law. 7 131-142.
• Contractor, A.A., Durham, T.A., Brennan, J.A., Armour, C., Wutrick, H.R., Frueh, C.B., Elhai, J.D. (2014). DSM-5 PTSD’s symptom dimensions and relations with major depression’s symptom dimensions in a primary care sample. Psychiatry Research. 215 146-153.
• Richardson, J.D., Contractor, A.A., Armour, C., Cyr, K.S., Elhai, J.D., Sareen, J. (2014). Predictors of Long-Term Treatment Outcome in Combat and Peacekeeping Veterans with Military-Related PTSD. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 75 e1299-e1305.
• Contractor, A.A., Mehta, P., Tiamiyu, M.F., Hovey, J.D., Geers, A.L., Charak, R., Tamburrino, M., Elhai, J.D. (2014). Relations between PTSD and distress dimensions in an Indian child/adolescent sample following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 42 925-935.
• St. Cyr, K., McIntyre-Smith, A., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Richardson, D. (2014). Somatic symptoms and health-related quality of life among treatment-seeking Canadian Forces personnel with PTSD. Psychiatry Research. 218 148-152.
• Elhai, J.D., Contractor, A.A., Biehn, T.L., Allen, J.G., Oldham, J., Ford, J., Grubaugh, A.L., Frueh, B.C. (2013). Changes in the Beck Depression Inventory-II’s underlying symptom structure over one month of inpatient treatment.. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 201 371-376.
• Contractor, A.A., Layne, C.M., Steinberg, A.M., Ostrowski, S.A., Ford, J.D., Elhai, J.D. (2013). Do gender and age moderate the symptom structure of PTSD? Findings from a national clinical sample of children and adolescents. Psychiatry Research. 210 1056-1064.
• Lubomirsky, B., Wang, X., Xie, H., Smirnoff, J.B., Biehn, T.L., A., Elhai, J.D., Sutu, C., Brickman, K.R., Liberzon, I., McLean, S.A., Tamburrino, M. (2013). Preliminary study on the relationship between visitation in the emergency department and post-traumatic mental health. Other. 12 69-80.
• Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Ratcliffe, K.C., Forbes, D. (2013). PTSD’s underlying symptom dimensions and relations with behavioral inhibition and activation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 27 645-651.
• Biehn, T.L., Contractor, A.A., Elhai, J.D., Tamburrino, M., Fine, T.H., Prescott, M.R., Shirley, E., Chan, P.K., Slembarski, R., Liberzon, I., Calabrese, J.R., Galea, S. (2013). Relations Between the Underlying Dimensions of PTSD and Major Depression Using an Epidemiological Survey of Deployed Ohio National Guard Soldiers.. Journal of Affective Disorders. (144) 106-111.
• Fine, T.H., Contractor, A.A., Tamburrino, M., Elhai, J.D., Prescott, M., Cohen, G.H., Shirley, E., Chan, P.K., Goto, T., Slembarski, R., Liberzon, I., Galea, S., Calabrese, J.R. (2013). Validation of the telephone-administered PHQ-9 against the in-person administered SCID-I. Journal of Affective Disorders. 150 1001-1007.
• Elhai, J.D., Contractor, A.A., Tamburrino, M., Fine, T.H., Prescott, M., Shirley, E., Chan, P.K., Slembarski, R., Liberzon, I., Galea, S., Calabrese, J. (2012). The factor structure of major depression symptoms: A test of four competing models using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Psychiatry Research. 199 169-173.
• Elhai, J.D., Contractor, A.A., Palmieri, P., Forbes, D., Richardson, D. Exploring the relationship between underlying dimensions of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in a national, trauma-exposed military sample.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 133 477-480.

Newsletter

• Contractor, A.A., Asnaani, A. (2022). Clinician’s Corner: PTSD Treatment Considerations for Asian Indians.. ISTSS Stresspoints.
• Ghafoori, B., Caspi, Y., Contractor, A.A., Smith, S.F. (2014). Importance of Considering Culture Series: Culture and Traumatic Symptoms. 28 (2) ISTSS Traumatic Stresspoints.
• Contractor, A.A., Smith, S.F., Johnson, L., Ghafoori, B., Caspi, Y., Triffleman, E. (2013). Importance of Attending to Cultural Issues in Trauma Scholarship. Other. 27 (2)
• Caspi, Y., Ghafoori, B., Smith, S.F., Contractor, A.A. (2013). On the Importance of Considering Culture When Defining Trauma. 27 (5) ISTSS Traumatic Stresspoints.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract

• Kiser, L., Contractor, A.A. (Other), "Family-Informed Trauma Treatment Center," sponsored by SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Federal, $483230 Funded. (2019 - 2022).
• Kiser, L., Contractor, A.A. (Other), "HEART Community Connections, SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network," sponsored by SAMHSA, Federal, $291340 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
• Kiser, L., Contractor, A. (Other), "HEART Community Connections, SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network," sponsored by SAMHSA, Federal, Funded. (2019 - 2021).
• Kiser, L., Contractor, A. (Other), "Family-Informed Trauma Treatment Center," sponsored by SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Federal, Funded. (2019 - 2021).

Fellowship

• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), "17th Annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Federal, $2000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), "17th Annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials," sponsored by UNT Faculty Development Funds, University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).

Grant - Research

• Contractor, A. (Co-Principal), Greene, T. (Co-Principal), "Daily Affect and Cognition Impacts of Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) in a Trauma-Exposed Community Sample," sponsored by United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, International, $253600 Funded. (2021 - 2025).
• Contractor, A. (Principal), Blumenthal, H. (Supporting), Vingren, J.L. (Supporting), "Examination and Refinement of a Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT)," sponsored by NIMH, Federal, $428121 Funded. (2022 - 2025).
• Crespo, M. (Principal), Contractor, A. (Other), "Posttraumatic stress and violence against women by intimate male partner: Development and assessment of treatment focused on positive memories," sponsored by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, International, $86000 Funded. (2020 - 2024).
• Jin, L. (Principal), Contractor, A.A. (Supporting), "Posttraumatic Stress Injury among Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) First Responders," sponsored by The Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders Grant Program, International, $132400 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
• Hull, D. (Principal), Cartwright, A.D. (Supporting), Contractor, A. (Supporting), Watts, J.R. (Supporting), Middlemiss, W. (Supporting), "Intercultural Learning for Counseling and Psychology. Exposure to Non-WEIRD Practices in Jamaica," sponsored by UNT International, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Hull, D.M. (Principal), James Bateman, C. (Co-Principal), Cartwright, A.D. (Co-Principal), Contractor, A. (Co-Principal), Middlemiss, W. (Co-Principal), "Intercultural Learning for Counseling and Psychology: Exposure to Non-WEIRD Practices in Jamaica," sponsored by Charn Fund, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Blumenthal, H. (Principal), Slavish, D.C. (Co-Principal), Contractor, A. (Supporting), "A Combined Phase Change Test of the Safety and Effects of CHI-556 and CHI-557 on Relaxation (RE-01)," sponsored by Canopy Growth Corporation, Other, $81682 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
• Slavish, D.C. (Principal), Blumenthal, H. (Co-Principal), Contractor, A. (Supporting), "A Combined Phase Change Test of the Safety and Effects of CHI-559 and CHI-558 on Sleep Quality (SL-01)," sponsored by Canopy Growth Corporation, Other, $81682 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), Slavish, D. (Supporting), Craig, J. (Supporting), Caldwell, L. (Supporting), Sharma, R. (Supporting), "UNT-Military Health Collaborative," sponsored by University of North Texas Team Grant Mentoring Program, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Sharma, R. (Principal), Contractor, A.A. (Co-Principal), "Examining Mental Health Needs and Help Seeking Barriers in Asian Indians," sponsored by University of North Texas India Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $2700 Funded. (2017 - 2020).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), Sharma, R. (Co-Principal), "Traumatic experiences and mental health correlates among ex-military personnel in India," sponsored by University of North Texas India Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $2900 Funded. (2017 - 2019).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), "Relation between PTSD Personality Typologies and PTSD Treatment Response (VA-funded RCT addressing PTSD-related anger)," sponsored by Alpert Brown Medical School Internship Program, Local, $700 Funded. (2014 - 2015).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), "Daily Affect and Cognition Impacts of Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) in a Trauma-Exposed Community Sample," sponsored by United States-Israel Binational Science, NFP, Funded. (2021 - 2025).
• Crespo, M. (Principal), Contractor, A. (Other), "Posttraumatic stress and violence against women by intimate male partner: Development and assessment of treatment focused on positive memories," sponsored by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, International, Funded. (2020 - 2024).

Sponsored Research

• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), "Whiteford Memorial Scholarship," sponsored by University of Toledo, Local, $400 Funded. (2013 - 2013).