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.

Editorial

• Contractor, A.A. (2025). From research to real-word global applications: Advancing team science in the study of anxiety disorders.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Journal Article

• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Scheer, J., Stamates, Raudales, A., Keifer, R., Contractor, A.A., Sullivan, T. (2025). Emotion dysregulation modulates the relation between emotional intensity and biological stress dysregulation among community women experiencing intimate partner violence. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
• Miller-Graff, L., Contractor, A.A. (2025). From Bench to Bedside: Advancing Translational Science in Traumatic Stress Studies Introduction to the special issue for the ISTSS 40th annual meeting. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Almeida, I., Thompson, L., Rivera, A., Feldman, E., Contractor, A.A., Jones, M.K., Slavish, D.C. (2025). Pre-and Post-migration Factors Associated with Sleep Health among Hispanic/Latino Immigrants in the United States: A Systematic Review. Sleep Medicine Reviews.
• Messman, B., Wang, S., Batley Natesan, Weiss, Newberry, J., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Psychometric Evaluation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 in Daily Surveys: An Item Response Theory and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance Analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Rodenbaugh, Thompson, L., Sznitman, Jin, L., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Refining Processing of Positive Memories Technique: Client Perspectives on Components, Format, and Feasibility. Other.
• Saraiya, T., Prakash, K., Asnaani, A., Minty, S., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Traumatic stress in the South Asian Diaspora: A narrative review. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Contractor, A.A., Asnaani, A., Rodenbaugh, M., Kaur, K., Leroy, T., Sayed, S., Bahl, N., Bhimla, A., Naeem, F., Vemula-Queijo, G., Zoellner, L. Traumatic Stress Intervention Research for the South Asian Diaspora: A Methodological Paper. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Contractor, A.A., Messman, B., Dicker-Oren, S.D., Compton, S., Slavish, D.C., Sznitman, S., Greene, T. (2025). Therapeutic Impacts of Recalling and Processing Positive Autobiographical Memories on Post-Trauma Health: An Open Label Study.. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Compton, S., Contractor, A.A., Kalha, J. (2025). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and mental health treatment parameters among Asian Indians residing in the United States. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Wang, S., Rodenbaugh, M., Straud, C., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Exploring the Co-occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Dysregulated Positive Emotion Processes: A Network Analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Jin, L., Compton, S., Al-Khaz'Aly, Contractor, A.A. (2025). Heterogeneity in racist events and posttraumatic mental health among Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) first responders.. Other.
• Weiss, N., Newberger, Raudales, A., Thomas, E., Bhuptani, P., Mahoney, C., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Influence of posttraumatic stress disorder on trajectories of opioid use among trauma-exposed Individuals in the community who use opioids.. Other.
• Hruska, B., Piccirillo, Lenferink, Pacella-LaBarbara, Contractor, A.A., Price, M., Greene, T. (2025). Making Trauma Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies FAIR: Review of Design Considerations and Data Procedures. Other.
• McGuire, A., Rodenbaugh, M., Nguyen, Contractor, A.A. (2025). Response Styles to Positive Affect During a Positive Psychology Intervention for Veterans with PTSD and Moral Injury: Preliminary Results From a Moral Elevation Intervention Pilot Trial.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Compton, S., Fentem, A., Kaur, G., Slavish, D.C., Contractor, A.A. (2025). Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and reckless/self-destructive behaviors among firefighters: The roles of negative and positive affect.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Raudales, A., Keifer, R., Newberger, Ferguson, Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2025). Emotion Dysregulation and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Severity: The Influence of Cortisol Reactivity following Idiographic Emotion Inductions. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Weiss, N., Schick, M., Raudales, A., Thomas, E., Ho, Goldstein, S., Keifer, R., Newberger, Contractor, A.A., Sullivan, T. (2025). Examining concordance between emotion-dependent risk-taking in the laboratory and in the real-world. Behavior Research and Therapy.
• Griffith, E.L., Ramarushton, B., Davis, K., Contractor, A.A., Boals, A. (2025). Relations between Trauma-Based Subgroups and Posttrauma Health Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Contractor, A.A., Greene, T., Dicker-Oren, D., Fentem, Sznitman, S. (2024). The effects of Processing of Positive Memories Technique on post-trauma affect and cognitions among trauma survivors: A daily diary study protocol. Other.
• Miguel-Alvaro, A., Messman, B., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2024). Do childhood experiences influence associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive autobiographical memories among military veteran students? An Exploratory Study. Memory.
• Contractor, A.A., Blumenthal, H., , D.R., Shea, T., Taylor, D., Fentem, A., Vingren, J.L. (2024). Study Protocol and Rationale for A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Processing of Positive Memories Technique with Supportive Counseling for PTSD. Contemporary Clinical Trials.
• Messman, B., Compton, S., Majeed, I., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2024). Beyond the Mean: Examining associations between intraindividual variability in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and posttrauma reckless behaviors. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Natesan Batley, P., John Batley, Mushfiq, Perrin, Bellikli, Contractor, A.A., Mousavi, Toko, Nichols. (2024). COVID Stress Factors, Willingness to be Vaccinated, and Reasons for Vaccination Hesitancy amongst Youth and Ethnic Minorities: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.. Sage Open.
• Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C., Straup, M., Miguel-Alvaro, A. (2024). Daily-level associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and reactions to retrieving positive autobiographical memories.. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Weiss, N., Newberger, Thomas, E., Goldstein, S., Ho, Coutu, Avila, Contractor, A.A., Stein. (2024). Influence of posttraumatic stress disorder severity on return to substance use immediately following substance use treatment. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
• Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C., Wang, S., Weiss, N. (2024). Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Positive Autobiographical Memory Characteristics in Everyday Life. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Fentem, A., Compton, S., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N., Contractor, A.A. (2024). Relations between PTSD symptoms and reckless behaviors among military veteran students: Moderating roles of negative and positive life experiences.. Traumatology.
• Adams, S., Layne, C., Contractor, A.A., Allwood, M., Armour, C., Inslicht, Maguen, S. (2024). The Middle-Out Approach to reconceptualizing, assessing, and analyzing traumatic stress reactions.. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Contractor, A.A., Almeida, I., Fentem, A., Griffith, E.L., Kaur, G., Slavish, D.C. (2024). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances Among Asian Indians: A Systematic Review. Other.
• Thomas, Yang, M., Contractor, A.A., Weiss, N. (2024). Examining the Proximal Relationship between Religious Coping and Depression among Trauma-Exposed Adults. Mental Health, Religion & Culture.
• Thomas, E., Weiss, N., Forkus, S., Contractor, A.A. (2024). Morally injurious events and depression: Examining the role of rumination among combat deployed military veterans in the community.. Other.
• 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.
• Weiss, N., Dixon-Gordon, K., Brick, L., Goldstein, S., Schick, M., Laws, Keifer, R., Contractor, A., Sullivan, T. (2024). Measuring emotion dysregulation in daily life: An experience sampling study.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
• Forkus, S., Raudales, A., Keifer, R., Contractor, A., Weiss, N. (2024). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and risky alcohol use: The roles of negative social reactions to sexual assault disclosure and trauma-related shame.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• 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.
• Natesan, P., Contractor, A., Compton, S., Sharma, R., Dranger, P. (2024). Evaluation of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 across United States and India samples: An Item Response Theory analyses using the Graded Response Model.. 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.

Research Report

• Griffith, E.L., Ramarushton, B., Contractor, A.A., Boals, A. (2025). Relations between trauma-based subgroups and posttrauma health outcomes: A latent class analysis..

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

• Crespo, M. (Principal), Contractor, A. (Other), "Suicidal Behavior and Posttraumatic Stress in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: An Analysis from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (RELIFE).," sponsored by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, International, $107140 Funded. (2025 - 2028).
• 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 - 2026).
• 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 - 2026).
• Contractor, A.A. (Co-Principal), Slavish, D.C. (Co-Principal), "Daily Impacts of Posttrauma Distress and Sleep on Family Functioning among Asian Indians in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence," sponsored by Mental Research Institute, Federal, $25000 Funded. (2024 - 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 - 2024).
• 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).