Brett Messman

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

• Fentem, A., Stoneking, F., Messman, B. (2025). Associations between sadistic tendencies and psychological, physical, and sexual aggressions within relationship conflict. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• 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.
• Messman, B., Petrie, K.A., Moore, E.G., Petrie, T.A. (2025). Sleep disturbances and risk of sports injury among collegiate student-athletes. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.
• Petrie, K.A., Messman, B., Moore, E.G., Petrie, T.A. (2025). Sociodemographic differences in sleep disturbances among college athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education.
• 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.
• Thompson, M., Slavish, D.C., Messman, B., Dietch, J.R., Kelly, K., Ruggero, C., Taylor, D.J., Ramarushton, B., Blumenthal, H. (2024). Alcohol use predicts longer but more fragmented sleep: A daily diary study of alcohol, sleep, and PTSD in nurses. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Messman, B., Wiley, J.F., Feldman, E., Dietch, J.R., Taylor, D.J., Slavish, D.C. (2024). Irregular sleep is linked to poorer mental health: A pooled analysis of 8 studies. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
• Cloutier, R.M., Dowd, W.N., Aldridge, A., Walsh, C.A., Messman, B., Northcott, J.L., Talbert, A., Pringle, J.L. (2024). Project Lifeline II: Feasibility of implementing SBIRT in urban pharmacies. Public Health Reports.
• Miguel-Alvaro, A., Messman, B., Weiss, N.H., Contractor, A.A. (2024). Relations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive autobiographical memories among military veteran students: Moderating roles of childhood experiences. Memory.
• 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.
• 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.
• Messman, B., Slavish, D.C., Briggs, M., Ruggero, C.J., Luft, B.J., Kotov, R. (2023). Daily sleep-stress reactivity and functional impairment in World Trade Center responders. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
• Contractor, A.A., Messman, B., Gould, P., Weiss, N.H. (2023). Impacts of repeated retrieval of positive and neutral memories on posttrauma health: An investigative pilot study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
• Jordan, D.G., Slavish, D.C., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K., Taylor, D.J. (2023). Investigating sleep, stress, and mood dynamics via temporal network analysis. Sleep Medicine.
• Ramarushton, B., Griffith, E.L., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A., Slavish, D.C., Zamboanga, B.L., Blumenthal, H. (2023). Latent profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms and sleep disturbances in relation to drinking to cope motives among college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Slavish, D.C., Ruggero, C.J., Briggs, M., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A., Miao, J., Oltmanns, J.R., Waszczuk, M.A., Luft, B.J., Kotov, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between PTSD and sleep disturbances among World Trade Center responders. Sleep Medicine.
• Petrie, K.A., Messman, B., Slavish, D.C., Moore, E.G., Petrie, T.A. (2023). Sleep disturbances and depression are bidirectionally associated among college student athletes across COVID-19 pandemic exposure classes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
• Messman, B., Fentem, A., Compton, S.E., Griffith, E.L., 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.
• Messman, B., Jin, L., Slavish, D.C., Alghraibeh, A.M., Aljomaa, S.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.
• Slavish, D.C., Briggs, M., Fentem, A., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A. (2022). Bidirectional associations between daily PTSD symptoms and sleep disturbances: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews.
• Slavish, D.C., Contractor, A.A., Dietch, J.R., Messman, B., Lucke, H., Briggs, M., Thorton, J., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K., Kohut, M., Taylor, D.J. (2022). Characterizing patterns of nurses’ daily sleep health: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Slavish, D.C., Dietch, J.R., Messman, B., Garcia, O., Kane, H.S., Wiliey, J.F., Yap, Y., Kelly, K., Ruggero, C.J., Taylor, D.J. (2022). Daily stress and sleep associations vary by work schedule: A between- and within-person analysis in nurses. Journal of Sleep Research.
• Messman, B., Rafiuddin, H., Slavish, D.C., Weiss, N.H., Contractor, A.A. (2022). Examination of daily level associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and COVID-19 worries. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Messman, B., Wiley, J.F., Yap, Y., Tung, Y.C., Almeida, I.M., Dietch, J.R., Taylor, D.J., Slavish, D.C. (2022). How much does sleep vary from night-to-night? A quantitative summary of intraindividual variability in sleep by age, gender, and racial/ethnic identity across eight-pooled datasets. Journal of Sleep Research.
• Farmer, H., Slavish, D.C., Dietch, J.R., Ruiz, J., Ruggero, C., Messman, B., Kelly, K., Kohut, M., Taylor, D.J. (2022). Racial/ethnic variations in inflammatory markers: Exploring the role of sleep duration and sleep efficiency. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Forkus, S., Raudales, A., Rafiuddin, H., Messman, B., Weiss, N.H., Contractor, A.A. (2022). The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5: A systematic review of existing psychometric evidence.
• Taylor, D.J., Dietch, J.R., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D.C., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. (2022). The Shift Work Disorder Index: Initial validation and psychosocial associations in a sample of nurses. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
• Walker, J., Slavish, D.C., Dolan, M., Dietch, J.R., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C.J., Kohut, M., Borwick, J., Kelly, K., Taylor, D.J. (2021). Age-dependent associations among insomnia, depression, and inflammation in nurses. Psychology and Health.
• Messman, B., Slavish, D.C., Dietch, J.R., Jenkins, B.N., ten Brink, M., Taylor, D.J. (2021). Associations between daily affect and sleep vary by sleep assessment type: What can ambulatory EEG add to the picture?. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
• Slavish, D.C., Asbee, J., Veeramachaneni, K., Scott, B., Messman, B., Sin, N.L., Taylor, D.J., Dietch, J.R. (2021). The cycle of daily stress and sleep: Sleep measurement matters. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
• Dietch, J.R., Taylor, D.J., Pruiksma, K.E., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D.C., Messman, B., Estevez, R., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. (2021). The Nightmare Disorder Index: Development and initial validation in a sample of nurses. Sleep.
• Garcia, O., Slavish, D.C., Dietch, J.R., Messman, B., Contractor, A.A., Haynes, P.L., Pruiksma, K.E., Taylor, D.J. (2021). What goes around comes around: Nightmares and daily stress are bidirectionally associated in nurses. Stress and Health.
• Slavish, D.C., Taylor, D.J., Dietch, J.R., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C.J., Kohut, M., Kelly, K. (2020). Intraindividual variability in sleep and levels of systemic inflammation in nurses. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Sponsored Research

• Messman, B., Engeland, C., "Examining within-person differences in the simultaneous quantification of Epstein-Barr virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Human Herpesvirus-6 in fasting and non-fasting bloods," sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University, Biobehavioral Health, Other, $10000 Funded. (2025 - 2026).