Camilo Ruggero

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings

• Velthorst, E., Fett, A., Reichenberg, A., Ruggero, C., Callahan, J.L., Bromet, E., Kotov, R., Janecka, M. (2018). F213. Eighteen-Year Course of Cognitive Functioning in Psychotic Disorders. Other. 83 (9) S321-S322. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.827
• Fett, A., Velthorst, E., Reichenberg, A., Ruggero, C., Callahan, J.L., Bromet, E.J., Kotov, R. (2018). 24.3 EIGHTEEN-YEAR COURSE OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS: FINDINGS FROM THE SUFFOLK COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 44 (suppl_1) S40-S40. Oxford University Press (OUP). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby014.098

Book Review

• Ruggero, C. (2007). Depression and Personality: Conceptual and Clinical Challenges.

Journal Article

• Slavish, D.C., Ruggero, C., Kotov, R. (2024). Effects of Daily Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Heart Rate Variability. Psychosomatic Medicine.
• Forbes, M.K., Ringwald, W.R., Allen, T., Cicero, D.C., Clark, L.A., DeYoung, C.G., Eaton, N., Kotov, R., Krueger, R.F., Latzman, R.D., Martin, E.A., Naragon-Gainey, K., Ruggero, C., Waldman, I.D., Brandes, C., Fried, E.I., Goghari, V.M., Hankin, B., Sperry, S., Stanton, K., Aftab, A., Lynam, D., Roche, M., Wright AGC. (2024). Principles and procedures for revising the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology.. Other. 133 (1) 4-19.
• Escobar, I., Yanouri, L.L., Herrera, C., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Cicero, D.C. (2023). Intergenerational Differences in Barriers that Impede Mental Health Service Use among Latinos. Practice Innovations. 8 (2) 116-130.
• Bart, T.A., Su, C.C., Gonzales Zapata, D., Alsup, C., Hricovec, M., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Cicero, D.C. (2023). Measurement Invariance of Commonly Used Psychosis-Screening Scales in US Spanish- and English-Speaking Hispanic Participants. Psychological Assessment. 35 300-310. American Psychological Association.
• Messman, B., Slavish, D.C., Briggs, M., Ruggero, C., Kotov, R. (2023). Daily sleep-stress reactivity and functional impairment in World Trade Center responders. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
• Jordan, G.D., Slavish, D., Dietch, J.R., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K.S., Taylor, D. (2023). Investigating sleep, stress, and mood dynamics via temporal network analysis. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
• 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.
• Yoo, J., Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Kelly, K.S., Ruggero, C. (2023). Daily reactivity to stress and sleep disturbances: unique risk factors for insomnia. Sleep.
• DeYoung, C.G., Kotov, R., Krueger, R., Cicero, D.C., Conway, C.C., Eaton, N.R., Forbes, M.K., Hallquist, M., Jonas, K., Latzman, R.D., Rodriguez-Seijas, C.A., Ruggero, C., Simms, L., Waldman, I., Waszczuk, M., Widiger, T.A., Wright, A.G. (2022). Answering questions about the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): Analogies to whales and sharks miss the boat. Clinical Psychological Science.
• Ruggero, C.J. (2022). Anxiety sensitivity and pain experience: A prospective investigation among World Trade Center responders. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Imbriano, G., Ruggero, C. (2022). Association of attention and memory biases for negative stimuli with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
• Farmer, H., Slavish, D.C., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K.S. (2022). Racial/ethnic variations in inflammatory markers: Exploring the role of sleep duration and sleep efficiency. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Kauffman, B., Ruggero, C. (2022). The association between body mass index and anxious arousal, depressive, and insomnia symptoms among World Trade Center responders. Health Behavior Research..
• Jonas, K.K., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C. (2022). The course of general cognitive ability in psychotic disorders. JAMA Psychiatry.
• Watson, D., Ruggero, C. (2022). The Development of Preliminary HiTOP Internalizing Spectrum Scales. Assessment. 29 17-33.
• Watson, D., Forbes, M.K., Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Ruggero, C., Kotelnikova, Y., S, K., Bagby, R.M., Sunderland, M., Patalay, P., Kotov, R. (2022). The development of preliminary HiTOP internalizing spectrum scales. Assessment. 29 (1) 17-33.
• Kotov, R., Ruggero, C. (2022). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) in psychiatric practice and research. Psychological Medicine.
• Waszczuk, M., Ruggero, C. (2022). The prognostic utility of personality traits versus past psychiatric diagnoses: Predicting future mental health and functioning. Clinical Psychological Science.
• Taylor, D., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K.S. (2022). The Shift Work Disorder Index: Initial validation and psychosocial associations in a sample of nurses. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
• 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,.
• Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Garcia, O., Kelly, K.S., Ruggero, C. (2022). Daily stress and sleep associations vary by work schedule: A between- and within-person analysis in nurses. Journal of Sleep Research.
• Kotov, R., Cicero, D.C., Conway, C.C., DeYoung, C.G., Dombrovski, A., Eaton, N.R., First, M.B., Forbes, M.K., Hyman, S.E., Jonas, K.G., Krueger, R.F., Latzman, R.D., Li , J.J., Nelson, B.D., Regier, D.A., Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Ruggero, C., Simms, L.J., Skodol, A.E., Waldman, I.D., Waszczuk, M.A., Watson, D., Widiger, T.A., Wilson, S., Wright AGC. (2022). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) in psychiatric practice and research.. Psychological Medicine. 52 (9) 1666-1678.
• Watson, D., Forbes, M.K., Levin-Aspenson, H., Ruggero, C., Kotelnikova, Y., Khoo, S., Bagby, R.M., Sunderland, M., Patalay, P., Kotov, R. (2022). The Development of Preliminary HiTOP Internalizing Spectrum Scales.. Assessment. 29 (1) 17-33.
• Forbes, M., Ruggero, C. (2021). A detailed hierarchical model of psychopathology: From individual symptoms up to the general factor of psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science.
• Oltmanns, J., Ruggero, C. (2021). Artificial Intelligence language predictors of two-year trauma-related outcomes.. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Ruggero, C. (2021). Association of attention and memory biases for negative stimuli with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders.
• Cicero, D.C., Ruggero, C. (2021). Commentary– Opening a can of worms: the importance of testing the measurement invariance of hierarchical models of psychopathology – a commentary on He and Li (2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 62 299-302. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13353
• Kotov, R., Krueger, R., Watson, D., Cicero, D.C., Conway, C., DeYoung, C., Eaton, N., Forbes, Hallquist, M., Latzman, R., Mullins-Sweatt, S., Ruggero, C., Simms, L., Waldman, I., Waszczuk, M., Wright. (2021). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Quantitative Nosology Based on Consensus of Evidence. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 17 83-108. Prosper, http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101867124&partnerID=MN8TOARS
• Dietch, J., Ruggero, C. (2021). The Nightmare Disorder Index: development and initial validation in a sample of nurses. Sleep.
• Waszczuk, M., Ruggero, C. (2021). The prognostic utility of personality traits versus past psychiatric diagnoses: Predicting future mental health and functioning. Clinical Psychological Science.
• Schuler, K.L., Ruggero, C., Mahaffey, B., Gonzalez, A., Callahan, J.L., Boals, A., Waszczuk, M.A., Luft, B.J., Kotov, R. (2021). When hindsight is not 20/20: Assessment of PTSD predominantly captures worst, not average, symptoms. Assessment. 28 238-247.
• 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.
• Walker, J., Slavish, D., Dolan, M., Taylor, D.J., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kohut, M., Kelly, K.S. (2021). Age-dependent associations among insomnia, depression, and inflammation in nurses. Psychology and Health.
• Dornbach-Bender, A., Ruggero, C., Smith, P., Schuler, K., Bennett, C.B., Neumann, C.S., Callahan, J.L. (2020). Association of behavioral activation system sensitivity to lower level facets of positive affect in daily life. Personality and Individual Differences. 152 109570. Pergamon.
• Dornbach-Bender, A., Ruggero, C., Smith, P., Schuler, K., Bennett, C.B., Neumann, C.S., Callahan, J.L. (2020). Association of behavioral activation system sensitivity to lower level facets of positive affect in daily life. Personality and Individual Differences. 152 109570.
• Ruggero, C., Bennett, C., Sever, A., Yanouri, L. (2020). eHealth to redress psychotherapy access barriers both new and old: A review of reviews and meta-analyses. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 30 (2) 188-207.
• Hopwood, C.J., Bagby, R.M., Gralnick, T., Roe, E., Ruggero, C., Mullins-Sweatt, S., Kotov, R., Bach, B.S., Cicero, D., Krueger, R.K., Patrick, C.J., Chmielewski, M., Deyong, C.G., Docherty, A.R., Eaton, N.R., Ivanova, M.Y., Latzman, R.D., Pincus, A.L., Samuel, D.B., Waugh, M.H., Wright, A.G., Zimmerman, J. (2020). Integrating psychotherapy with the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). 30 477-497.
• Fett, A., Velthorst, E., Reichenberg, A., Ruggero, C., Callahan, J.L., Fochtmann, L., Carlson, G., Perlman, G., Bromet, E., Kotov, R. (2020). Long-term changes in cognitive functioning in psychotic disorders. Findings from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project. JAMA Psychiatry. 77 387-396.
• 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.
• Slavish, D., Taylor, D.J., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kohut, M., Kelly, K.S. (2020). Intraindividual variability in sleep and levels of systemic inflammation in nurses. Psychosomatic Medicine.
• Conway, C.C., Forbes, M.K., Forbush, K.T., Fried, E.I., Hallquist, M.N., Kotov, R., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Shackman, A.J., Skodol, A.E., South, S.C., Sunderland, M., Waszczuk, M.A., Zald, D.H., Afzali, M.H., Bornovalova, M.A., Carragher, N., Docherty, A.R., Jonas, K.G., Krueger, R.F., Patalay, P., Pincus, A.L., Tackett, J.L., Reininghaus, U., Waldman, I.D., Wright, Aidan G. C., Zimmermann, J., Bach, B., Bagby, R.M., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D.C., Clark, L.A., Dalgleish, T., DeYoung, C.G., Hopwood, C.J., Ivanova, M.Y., Latzman, R.D., Patrick, C.J., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D.B., Watson, D., Eaton, N.R. (2019). A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research. Other. 14 (3) 419-436.
• Dornbach-Bender, A., Ruggero, C., Bain, K., Smith, P., Schuler, K., Callahan, J.L. (2019). Attention for emotion associated with hypomanic personality traits: Eye-tracking reveals a positive bias independent of mood. 32 30-35.
• Kilmer, E.D., Villarreal, C., Janis, B.M., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Kilmer, J.N., Love, P.K., Cox, R.J. (2019). Differential early termination is tied to client race/ethnicity status.. Practice Innovations. 4 88-98.
• Ruggero, C., Callahan, J., Dornbach-Bender, A., Tackett, J., Kotov, R. (2019). Disquiet in nosology: A primer on an emerging, empirically-based approach to classifying mental illness and implications for training. The Behavior Therapist. 42 208-211.
• Ruggero, C., Kotov, R.R., Hopwood, C., First, M., Clark, L., Skodol, A.E., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Patrick, C.J., Bach, B., Cicero, D.C., Docherty, A., Simms, L.J., Bagby, R., Krueger, R.F., Callahan, J.L., Chmielewski, M., Conway, C.C., De Clercq, B., Dornbach-Bender, A., Eaton, N.R., Forbes, M.K., Forbush, K.T., Haltigan, J.D., Miller, j.D., Morey, L.C., Patalay, P., Regier, D.A., Reininghaus, U., Shackman, A.J., Waszczuk, M.A., Watson, D., Wright, A.G., Zimmerman, J. (2019). Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology into Clinical Practice. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Dietch, J., Ruggero, C., Schuler, K., Taylor, D., Luft, B., Kotov, R. (2019). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms and sleep in the daily lives of World Trade Center responders. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 24 (6) 689-702.
• Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Ruggero, C., Eaton, N., Kueger, R. (2019). The DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders and clinical treatment: A review. Current Psychiatry Reviews. 6 (284-298)
• Waszczuk, M., Ruggero, C. (2019). The role of modifiable health-related behaviors in the association between PTSD and respiratory illness. Behavior Research and Therapy. 115 64-72.
• Carlew, A.R., Schuler, K.L., Ruggero, C., Callahan, J.L., Luft, B.J., Kotov, R. (2019). Factor Structure of the CVLT-II Short Form: Evidence From a Trauma-Exposed Sample. Assessment. 26 976-983. SAGE Publications.
• Hopwood, C.J., Krueger, R.F., Watson, D., Widiger, T.A., Althoff, R.R., Ansell, E.B., Bach, B., Bagby, R.M., Blais, M.A., Bornovalova, M.A., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D.C., Conway, C., De Clerq, B., De Fruyt, F., Docherty, A.R., Eaton, N.R., Edens, J.F., Forbes, M.K., Forbush, K.T., Hengartner, M.P., Ivanova, M.Y., Leising, D., Lukowitsky, M.R., Lynam, D.R., Markon, K.E., Miller, J.D., Morey, L.C., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Ormel, J., Patrick, C.J., Pincus, A.L., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D.B., Sellbom, M., Tackett, J.L., Thomas, K.M., Trull, T.J., Vachon, D.D., Waldman, I.D., Waszczuk, M.A., Waugh, M.H., Wright AGC, Yalch, M.M., Zald, D.H., Zimmermann, J. (2019). Commentary on "The Challenge of Transforming the Diagnostic System of Personality Disorders".. Journal of Personality Disorders. 1-4.
• Docherty, A.R., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Debbane, M., Chan, Raymond C. K., Linscott, R.J., Jonas, K.G., Cicero, D.C., Green, M.J., Simms, L.J., Mason, O., Watson, D., Ettinger, U., Waszczuk, M., Rapp, A., Grant, P., Kotov, R., De Young, Colin G., Ruggero, C., Eaton, N.R., Krueger, R.F., Patrick, C., Hopwood, C., O'Neill, F.A., Zald, D.H., Conway, C.C., Adkins, D.E., Waldman, I.D., van Os, Jim, Sullivan, P.F., Anderson, J.S., Shabalin, A.A., Sponheim, S.R., Taylor, S.F., Grazioplene, R.G., Bacanu, S.A., Bigdeli, T.B., Haenschel, C., Malaspina, D., Gooding, D.C., Nicodemus, K., Schultze-Lutter, F., Barrantes-Vidal, N., Mohr, C., Carpenter, W.T., Cohen, A.S. (2018). Enhancing Psychosis-Spectrum Nosology Through an International Data Sharing Initiative. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 44 S460-S467.
• Cloutier, R., Liu, K., Kearns, N., Ruggero, C., Lewis, S., Blumenthal, H. (2018). Post-traumatic stress severity is associated with coping motives for alcohol use among in-patient and community-recruited adolescents. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. 31 500-513.
• Krueger, R.F., Kotov, R., Watson, D., Forbes, M.K., Eaton, N.R., Ruggero, C., Simms, L.J., Widiger, T.A., Achenbach, T.M., Bach, B., Bagby, R.M., Bornovalova, M.A., Carpenter, W.T., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D.C., Clark, L.A., Conway, C., De Clercq, Barbara, De Young, Colin G., Docherty, A.R., Drislane, L.E., First, M.B., Forbush, K.T., Hallquist, M., Haltigan, J.D., Hopwood, C.J., Ivanova, M.Y., Jonas, K.G., Latzman, R.D., Markon, K.E., Miller, J.D., Morey, L.C., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Ormel, J., Patalay, P., Patrick, C.J., Pincus, A.L., Regier, D.A., Reininghaus, U., Rescorla, L.A., Samuel, D.B., Sellbom, M., Shackman, A.J., Skodol, A., Slade, T., South, S.C., Sunderland, M., Tackett, J.L., Venables, N.C., Waldman, I.D., Waszczuk, M.A., Waugh, M.H., Wright, Aidan G. C., Zald, D.H., Zimmermann, J. (2018). Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology. Other. 17 (3) 282-293.
• Taylor, D.J., Wilkerson, A., Pruiksma, K., Williams, J., Ruggero, C., Hale, W., Mintz, J., Organeck, K., Nicholson, K., Litz, B., Young-McCaughan, S., Dondanville, K., Borah, E., Brundige, A., Peterson, A. (2018). Reliability of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Sleep Disorders Module. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 14 (3) 459-464.
• Hopwood, C.J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R.F., Watson, D., Widiger, T.A., Althoff, R.R., Ansell, E.B., Bach, B., Bagby, R.M., Blais, M.A., Bornovalova, M.A., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D.C., Conway, C., De Clercq, Barbara, De Fruyt, Filip, Docherty, A.R., Eaton, N.R., Edens, J.F., Forbes, M.K., Forbush, K.T., Hengartner, M.P., Ivanova, M.Y., Leising, D., Livesley, W.J., Lukowitsky, M.R., Lynam, D.R., Markon, K.E., Miller, J.D., Morey, L.C., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Ormel, J.H., Patrick, C.J., Pincus, A.L., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D.B., Sellbom, M., Slade, T., Tackett, J.L., Thomas, K.M., Trull, T.J., Vachon, D.D., Waldman, I.D., Waszczuk, M.A., Waugh, M.H., Wright, Aidan G. C., Yalch, M.M., Zald, D.H., Zimmermann, J. (2018). The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis. Other. 12 (1) 82-86.
• Callahan, J.L., Smotherman, J., Dziurzynski, K., Love, P.K., Davis, E.C., Niemann, Y.F., Ruggero, C. (2018). Diversity in the professional psychology training-to-workforce pipeline: Results from doctoral psychology student population data. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 12 (4) 273-285.
• Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., Krueger, R.F., Watson, D., Zimmerman, M. (2018). The perils of hierarchical exclusion rules: A further word of caution.. Other. 35 (9) 903-904.
• Waszczuk, M.A., Li , K., Ruggero, C., Clouston SAP, Luft, B.J., Kotov, R. (2018). Maladaptive Personality Traits and 10-Year Course of Psychiatric and Medical Symptoms and Functional Impairment Following Trauma.. Other. 52 (8) 697-712.
• Chatterton, J., Petrie, T.A., Liu, K., Ruggero, C. (2017). Bulimic symptomatology among male collegiate athletes: A Test of an Etiological Model. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 39 313-326. Champaign, IL, Human Kinetics. https://journals.humankinetics.com/journal/jsep
• Waszczuk, Li, Bromet,, Gonzalez, Zvolensky, Ruggero, C., Luft, Kotov. (2017). Pathway from PTSD to respiratory health: longitudinal evidence from a psychosocial intervention. Health Psychology.
• Callahan, J.L., Neumann, C.S., Cox, R.J., Ruggero, C. (2017). The Supervisor Trainee Quarterly Evaluation (STQE): Psychometric support for use as a measure of competency. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 11 (3) 117.
• Schuler, K.L., Ruggero, C., Goldstein, B.L., Perlman, G., Klein, D.N., Kotov, R. (2017). Diurnal Cortisol Interacts With Stressful Events to Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls.. Other. 61 (6) 767-772.
• Forbes, M.K., Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., Watson, D., Zimmerman, M., Krueger, R.F. (2017). Delineating the joint hierarchical structure of clinical and personality disorders in an outpatient psychiatric sample.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 79 19-30.
• Dornbach-Bender, A., Ruggero, C., Waszczuk, M.A., Gamez, W., Watson, D., Kotov, R. (2017). Mapping emotional disorders at the finest level: Convergent validity and joint structure based on alternative measures.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 79 31-39.
• Waszczuk, M.A., Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Li , K., MacNamara, A., Weinberg, A., Hajcak, G., Watson, D., Kotov, R. (2017). What do clinicians treat: Diagnoses or symptoms? The incremental validity of a symptom-based, dimensional characterization of emotional disorders in predicting medication prescription patterns.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 79 80-88.
• Chatterton, J., Petrie, T.A., Schuler, K.L., Ruggero, C. (2017). Bulimic symptomatology among male collegiate athletes: A Test of an Etiological Model. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 39 (5) 313-326.
• Chmielewski, M., Ruggero, C., Kotov, R., Liu, K., Krueger, R.F. (2017). Comparing the dependability and associations with functioning of the DSM-5 Section III trait model of personality pathology and the DSM-5 Section II personality disorder model.. Other. 8 (3) 228-236.
• Waszczuk, M.A., Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., Gamez, W., Watson, D. (2017). Hierarchical structure of emotional disorders: From individual symptoms to the spectrum.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 126 (5) 613-634.
• Kotov, R., Krueger, R.F., Watson, D., Achenbach, T.M., Althoff, R.R., Bagby, R.M., Brown, T.A., Carpenter, W.T., Caspi, A., Clark, L.A., Eaton, N.R., Forbes, M.K., Forbush, K.T., Goldberg, D., Hasin, D., Hyman, S.E., Ivanova, M.Y., Lynam, D.R., Markon, K., Miller, J.D., Moffitt, T.E., Morey, L.C., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Ormel, J., Patrick, C.J., Regier, D.A., Rescorla, L., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D.B., Sellbom, M., Simms, L.J., Skodol, A.E., Slade, T., South, S.C., Tackett, J.L., Waldman, I.D., Waszczuk, M.A., Widiger, T.A., Wright AGC, Zimmerman, M. (2017). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A dimensional alternative to traditional nosologies.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 126 (4) 454-477.
• 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.
• Goldstein, B.L., Perlman, G., Kotov, R., Broderick, J.E., Liu, K., Ruggero, C., Klein, D.N. (2017). Etiologic specificity of waking Cortisol: Links with maternal history of depression and anxiety in adolescent girls.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 208 103-109.
• Agtarap, S., Boals, A., Holtz, P., Roden-Foreman, K., Rainey, E.E., Ruggero, C., Warren, A.M. (2017). The effect of depressive symptoms on social support one year following traumatic injury.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 207 398-405.
• Boals, A., Ruggero, C. (2016). Event centrality prospectively predicts PTSD symptoms. Other. 29 (5) 533-541.
• Kotov, R., Foti, D., Li , K., Bromet, E.J., Hajcak, G., Ruggero, C. (2016). Validating dimensions of psychosis symptomatology: Neural correlates and 20-year outcomes.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 125 (8) 1103-1119.
• Clouston, S.A., Kotov, R., Pietrzak, R.H., Luft, B.J., Gonzalez, A., Richards, M., Ruggero, C., A Spiro, 3rd, Bromet, E.J. (2016). Cognitive impairment among World Trade Center responders: Long-term implications of re-experiencing the 9/11 terrorist attacks.. Other. 4 67-75.
• Maxwell, K., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Janis, B. (2016). Breaking the Cycle: Association of Attending Therapy Following Childhood Abuse and Subsequent Perpetration of Violence. Journal of Family Violence. 31 (2) 251-258. Springer Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9765-z
• Wrape, E.R., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Watkins, Jr., C. (2015). An exploration of faculty supervisor variables and their impact on client outcome. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 9 35–43.
• Ruggero, C., Petrie, T.A., Sheinbein, S.T., Greenleaf, C., Martin, S.B. (2015). Cardiorespiratory fitness may help in protecting against depression among middle school adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 57 (1) 60–65. Elsevier.
• Ruggero, C., Shelton, A.J., Callahan, J.L. (2015). Instrumento de evaluacion para depresion, ansiedad y el trastorno bipolar: Mejores practicas para la adaptacion a otras culturas [An empirically based measure of depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder: Best practices for adaptation to other cultures]. Psiencia. Revista Latinoamericana De Ciencia Psicologica [Psiencia. Latin American Journal of Psychological Science]. 7 (1) 264.
• Kotov, Bromet, Schechter, Broihier, Feder, Friedman-Jimenez, Gonzalez, Guerrera, Kaplan, Moline, Pietrzak, Reissman, Ruggero, C., Southwick, Udasin, Von Korff, Luft. (2015). Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of respiratory problems in World Trade Center responders: Longitudinal test of a pathway.. Psychosomatic Medicine.
• Aubuchon-Endsley, N.L., Callahan, J.L., Gonzalez, D.A., Ruggero, C., Abramson, C.I. (2015). The impact of hope in mediating psychotherapy expectations and outcomes: A study of Brazilian clients. International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy. 6 63–80.
• Ruggero, C., Bain, K.M., Smith, P.M., Kilmer, J.N. (2015). Dysfunctional Cognitions among Offspring of Individuals with Bipolar Disorder.. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 43 (4) 449-64.
• Romero, D.H., Riggs, S.A., Ruggero, C. (2015). Coping, family social support, and psychological symptoms among student veterans.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 62 (2) 242-52.
• Taylor, D.J., Zimmerman, M.R., Gardner, C.E., Williams, J.M., Grieser, E.A., Tatum, J.I., Bramoweth, A.D., Francetich, J., Ruggero, C. (2014). A pilot randomized controlled trial of the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia on sleep and daytime functioning in college students. Behavior Therapy. 45 (3) 376–389. Elsevier.
• Pruiksma, K.E., Taylor, D.J., Ruggero, C., Boals, A., Davis, J.L., Cranston, C., DeViva, J.C., Zayfert, C. (2014). A psychometric study of the Fear of Sleep Inventory-short form (FoSI-SF). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 10 (5) 551. American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
• Crandall, E., Ruggero, C.J., Bain, K., & Kilmer, J.. (2014). Adjustment difficulties and caregiving burdens faced by college students with a parent with bipolar or depressive disorders. 32 Poems. 28 47-58.
• Gerber, M., Hogan, L.R., Maxwell, K., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Sundberg, T. (2014). Children after war: A novel approach to promoting resilience through music. Traumatology. 20 112–118.
• Ruggero, C., Kotov, R., Watson, D., Kilmer, J.N., Perlman, G., Liu, K. (2014). Beyond a single index of mania symptoms: structure and validity of subdimensions.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 161 8-15.
• Gámez, W., Chmielewski, M., Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., Suzuki, N., Watson, D. (2014). The brief experiential avoidance questionnaire: development and initial validation.. Psychological Assessment. 26 (1) 35-45.
• Ruggero, C., Kotov, R., Callahan, J.L., Kilmer, J.N., Luft, B.J., Bromet, E.J. (2013). PTSD symptom dimensions and their relationship to functioning in World Trade Center responders. Psychiatry Research. 210 (3) 1049-1055. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.052
• Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Parent, M.C. (2013). Hidden gems among clinical psychology training programs.. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 7 (4) 278-284. American Psychological Association (APA). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0034233
• Callahan, J.L., Borja, S.E., Herbert, G.L., Maxwell, K., Ruggero, C. (2013). Test of the Trauma Outcome Process Assessment model: One model of individual and environmental factors to explain adjustment. Traumatology. 19 268–279.
• Taylor, D.J., Vatthauer, K.E., Bramoweth, A.D., Ruggero, C., Roane, B. (2013). The role of sleep in predicting college academic performance: Is it a unique predictor?. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 11 (3) 159–172. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Herbert, G.L., Callahan, J.L., Ruggero, C., Murrell, A.R. (2013). New analyses of the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: Do different treatments reflect different processes?. Psychotherapy Research. 23 (5) 514-525. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2013.800949
• Rodriguez, C., Ruggero, C., Callahan, J.L., Kilmer, J.N., Boals, A., Banks, J.B. (2013). Does risk for bipolar disorder heighten the disconnect between objective and subjective appraisals of cognition?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 148 (2-3) 400-405. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.06.029
• Samuel, D.B., Hopwood, C.J., Krueger, R.F., Thomas, K.M., Ruggero, C. (2013). Comparing methods for scoring personality disorder types using maladaptive traits in DSM-5.. Assessment. 20 (3) 353-61.
• Barquín, C.S., García, A.J., Ruggero, C.J.. (2012). Depresión, ansiedad y rendimiento académico en estudiantes universitarios.
• Carlson, G.A., Kotov, R., Chang, S. Ruggero, C. J., Bromet, E.J.. (2012). Early determinants of the four-year clinical outcomes in bipolar disorder with psychosis.
• Ruggero, C., Kotov, Carlson, Gonzalez, Bromet. (2012). Reply to Swartz: No evidence of an artifact.. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
• Watson, D., O'Hara, M.W., Naragon-Gainey, K., Koffel, E., Chmielewski, M., Kotov, R., Stasik, S.M., Ruggero, C. (2012). Development and validation of new anxiety and bipolar symptom scales for an expanded version of the IDAS (the IDAS-II).. Assessment. 19 (4) 399-420.
• Gamez, W., Chmielewski, M., Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., & Watson, D.. (2011). Development of a measure of experiential avoidance: The Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ)..
• Bromet, E.J., Kotov, R., Fochtmann, L.J., Carlson, G.A., Tanenberg-Karant, M., Ruggero, C. J., Chang, S. (2011). Diagnostic stability revisited: shifts during the decade following first-admission for psychosis.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Dalrymple, K., Young, D. (2011). Are screening scales for bipolar disorder good enough to be used in clinical practice?. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 52 (6) 600-6.
• Kotov, R., Ruggero, C., Krueger, R.F., Watson, D., Yuan, Q., Zimmerman, M. (2011). New dimensions in the quantitative classification of mental illness.. Archives of General Psychiatry. 68 (10) 1003-11.
• Ruggero, C., Kotov, R., Carlson, G.A., Tanenberg-Karant, M., González, D.A., Bromet, E.J. (2011). Diagnostic consistency of major depression with psychosis across 10 years.. Other. 72 (9) 1207-13.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Chelminski, I., Young, D., Dalrymple, K., Ruggero, C. (2010). Sustained unemployment in psychiatric outpatients with bipolar disorder: frequency and association with demographic variables and comorbid disorders.. Bipolar Disorders. 12 (7) 720-6.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D., Dalrymple, K., McGlinchey, J.B. (2010). Screening for bipolar disorder and finding borderline personality disorder.. Other. 71 (9) 1212-7.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Chelminski, I., Young, D., Ruggero, C. (2010). Performance of the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale in psychiatric outpatients.. Bipolar Disorders. 12 (5) 528-38.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2010). A different approach toward screening for bipolar disorder: the prototype matching method.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 51 (4) 340-6.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Dalrymple, K., Young, D. (2010). Overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder and disability payments.. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 198 (6) 452-4.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Galione, J.N., McGlinchey, J.B., Dalrymple, K., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2010). Detecting differences in diagnostic assessment of bipolar disorder.. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 198 (5) 339-42.
• Ruggero, C., Zimmerman, M., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2010). Borderline personality disorder and the misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 44 (6) 405-8.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Chelminski, I., McGlinchey, J.B., Young, D., Dalrymple, K., Ruggero, C., Witt, C.F. (2010). A simpler definition of major depressive disorder.. Psychological Medicine. 40 (3) 451-7.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2010). Clinical characteristics of depressed outpatients previously overdiagnosed with bipolar disorder.. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 51 (2) 99-105.
• Ruggero, C., Carlson, G.A., Kotov, R., Bromet, E.J. (2010). Ten-year diagnostic consistency of bipolar disorder in a first-admission sample.. Bipolar Disorders. 12 (1) 21-31.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2010). Psychiatric diagnoses in patients previously overdiagnosed with bipolar disorder.. Other. 71 (1) 26-31.
• Ruggero, C., Zimmerman. (2009). Overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
• Zimmerman, Ruggero, C., Chelminski, Young. (2009). Reply to Reliability, Not Overdiagnosis.. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C.J., Chelminski, I., & Young, D.. (2009). Response to comment by Drs. Manning and Kane regarding the overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.
• Zimmerman, M., Galione, J.N., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., McGlinchey, J.B., Dalrymple, K., Young, D. (2009). Performance of the mood disorders questionnaire in a psychiatric outpatient setting.. Bipolar Disorders. 11 (7) 759-65.
• Cuellar, A.K., Johnson, S.L., Ruggero, C. (2009). Affective reactivity in response to criticism in remitted bipolar disorder: a laboratory analog of Expressed Emotion.. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 65 (9) 925-41.
• Johnson, S. L., Cuellar, A., Ruggero, C.J., Perlman, C., Goodnick, P., White, R., & Miller, I.. (2008). Life events as predictors of mania and depression in bipolar I disorder.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D. (2008). Is bipolar disorder overdiagnosed?. Other. 69 (6) 935-40.
• Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D., Zimmerman, M. (2007). Psychosocial impairment associated with bipolar II disorder.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 104 (1-3) 53-60.
• Zimmerman, M., Posternak, M.A., Ruggero, C. (2007). Impact of study design on the results of continuation studies of antidepressants.. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 27 (2) 177-81.
• Zimmerman, M., Ruggero, C., Chelminski, I., Young, D., Posternak, M.A., Friedman, M., Boerescu, D., Attiullah, N. (2006). Developing brief scales for use in clinical practice: the reliability and validity of single-item self-report measures of depression symptom severity, psychosocial impairment due to depression, and quality of life.. Other. 67 (10) 1536-41.
• Ruggero, C., Johnson, S.L. (2006). Reactivity to a laboratory stressor among individuals with bipolar I disorder in full or partial remission.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 115 (3) 539-544.
• Johnson, S. L, Ruggero, C. J., & Carver, C. S.. (2005). Cognitive, behavioral, and affective responses to reward: Links with hypomanic symptoms.
• Ruggero, C., Johnson, S.L., Cuellar, A.K. (2004). Spanish-language measures of mania and depression.. Psychological Assessment. 16 (4) 381-385.

Scholarly Note

• Ruggero, C. J., Kotov, R., Carlson, G., Gonzalez, D. & Bromet, E.J. (2012). Reply to Swartz: No evidence of an artifiact.

Treatment Manual

• Jonas, K.G., Stanton, K., Simms, L., Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Guillot, S., Dainer, E., Nelson, B., Cohn, J., Cicero, D., Ruggero, C. (2021). HiTOP Digital Assessment and Tracker (HiTOP-DAT Manual). Open Science Foundation.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Ruggero, C. (Principal), Levin-Aspenson, H. (Supporting), "Development of Negative Valence Measures," sponsored by NIMH, Federal, $3958784 Funded. (2020 - 2025).
• Blumenthal, H. (Principal), Taylor, D.J. (Supporting), Ruggero, C. (Supporting), "A Controlled Test of Interpersonal Rejection, Social Anxiety, and Alcohol Use among Female Adolescents," sponsored by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Federal, $431312 Funded. (2017 - 2022).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Callahan, J.L. (Co-Principal), "The North-Texas-20," sponsored by U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal, $1346872 Funded. (2019 - 2022).
• Ruggero, C. (Other), "Trajectories of Aging in Psychotic Disorders Over 27 Years," sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health, Federal, $3913719 Funded. (2016 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Callahan, J.L. (Co-Principal), "North Texas evidence-based psychologist placement initiative," sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), State, $501073 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-informed care model for 9/11-related comorbid conditions," sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Federal, $201780 Funded. (2016 - 2021).
• Taylor, D.J. (Co-Principal), Kelly, K.S. (Co-Principal), Ruggero, C. (Supporting), "Sleep and Vaccine Response in Nurses (SAV-RN)," sponsored by NIH/NIAID, Federal, $2194247 Funded. (2016 - 2019).
• Ruggero, C. (Other), "Temperamental emotionality in preschoolers and depression risk – Inflammation Supplement," sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health, Federal, Funded. (2015 - 2018).
• Ruggero, C. (Other), "Personality and biological predictors of resiliency to chronic stress among high-achieving adults," sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal, $99720 Funded. (2015 - 2017).
• Ruggero, C. (Other), "Personality Development and Vulnerability to First-Episode Depression – Inflammation Supplement," sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health, Federal, Funded. (2015 - 2017).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "The Daily Burden of PTSD and Respiratory Problems in World Trade Center Responders," sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Federal, $127433 Funded. (2014 - 2017).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality Development and Vulnerability to First-Episode Depression," sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health, Federal, Funded. (2012 - 2017).
• Barcenas Jaimez, G. (Supporting), Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Depression and Anxiety in the US and Mexico: Bridging Mental. Translation of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS) into Spanish," sponsored by Autonomous University of the State of Mexico and the University of North Texas, Other, $10000 Funded. (2011 - 2012).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Development of Negative Valence Measures," sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo, NFP, Funded. (2021 - 2025).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Callahan, J.L. (Principal), "The North-Texas-20: Expanding doctoral psychology opiate/substance use disorder (OUD/SUD) and tele-behavioral health training in 20 high need and high demand areas of North Texas," sponsored by Health Resources & Service Administratio, FED, Funded. (2019 - 2022).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Blumenthal, H. (Principal), "A Controlled Test of Interpersonal Rejection, Social Anxiety, and Alcohol Use among Female Adolescents," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2022).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-Informed Care Model for 9/11-related Comorbid Conditions," sponsored by Stony Brook University, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Callahan, J.L. (Co-Principal), "North Texas evidence-based psychologist placement initiative," sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), State, Funded. (2019 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Co-Principal), Callahan, J.L. (Principal), "UNT Clinical Psychology Academic-Clinical Partnerships," sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Boar, ST, Funded. (2019 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-informed care model for 9/11-related comorbid conditions," sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Federal, Funded. (2016 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Development of Negative Valence Measures," sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), Kelly, K.S. (Principal), "Sleep and Vaccine Response in Nurses (SAV-RN)," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, FED, Funded. (2016 - 2020).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-informed Care Model for 9/11-related Comorbid Conditions," sponsored by Stony Brook University, NFP, Funded. (2019 - 2020).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-informed care model for 9/11-related comorbid conditions," sponsored by Stony Brook University, NFP, Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Personality-Informed Care Model for 9/11-Related Conditions," sponsored by Stony Brook University, NFP, Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), ""Personality-Informed Care Model for 9/11-Related Conditions"," sponsored by The State University of New York, NFP, Funded. (2016 - 2017).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "The Daily Burden of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Lower Respiratory Symptoms (LRS) in World Trade Center Responders," sponsored by Stony Brook University, NFP, Funded. (2015 - 2016).
• Ruggero, C. (Principal), "Improving the Assessment of Bipolar Disorder Among Spanish-Speaking Hispanics in Texas," sponsored by Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, FOND, Funded. (2013 - 2016).