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Journal Articles

  1. Bourassa, KJ; Moffitt, TE; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Rasmussen, LJH; Wertz, J; Caspi, A (2023). Childhood Adversity and Midlife Health: Shining a Light on the Black Box of Psychosocial Mechanisms.. Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 24(5), 817-828. [doi]  [abs]
  2. Bourassa, KJ; Caspi, A; Brennan, GM; Hall, KS; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Kimbrel, NA; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Taylor, GA; Moffitt, TE (2023). Which Types of Stress Are Associated With Accelerated Biological Aging? Comparing Perceived Stress, Stressful Life Events, Childhood Adversity, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.. Psychosom Med, 85(5), 389-396. [doi]  [abs]
  3. Sugden, K; Caspi, A; Elliott, ML; Bourassa, KJ; Chamarti, K; Corcoran, DL; Hariri, AR; Houts, RM; Kothari, M; Kritchevsky, S; Kuchel, GA; Mill, JS; Williams, BS; Belsky, DW; Moffitt, TE; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative*, (2022). Association of Pace of Aging Measured by Blood-Based DNA Methylation With Age-Related Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.. Neurology, 99(13), e1402-e1413. [doi]  [abs]
  4. Bourassa, KJ; Sbarra, DA (2022). Cardiovascular reactivity, stress, and personal emotional salience: Choose your tasks carefully.. Psychophysiology, 59(8), e14037. [doi]  [abs]
  5. Moffitt, TE; Caspi, A; Ambler, A; Bourassa, K; Harrington, H; Hogan, S; Houts, R; Ramrakha, S; Wood, SL; Poulton, R (2022). Deep-seated psychological histories of COVID-19 vaccine hesitance and resistance.. Pnas Nexus, 1(2), pgac034. [doi]  [abs]
  6. Bourassa, KJ; Moffitt, TE; Ambler, A; Hariri, AR; Harrington, H; Houts, RM; Ireland, D; Knodt, A; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Caspi, A (2022). Association of Treatable Health Conditions During Adolescence With Accelerated Aging at Midlife.. Jama Pediatrics, 176(4), 392-399. [doi]  [abs]
  7. Bourassa, KJ; Ssbarra, DA (2022). CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND THE EMOTIONAL SALIENCE OF LABORATORY STRESSORS. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84(5), A88-A88.
  8. Manning, K; Jennings, S; Pearson, M; Sloane, R; Hall, K; Bourassa, K; Morey, M (2022). CAN VIRTUAL EXERCISE PROMOTE PHYSICAL RESILIENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS?. Innovation in Aging, 6, 415-415.
  9. Bourassa, KJ; Rasmussen, LJH; Danese, A; Eugen-Olsen, J; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Sugden, K; Williams, B; Moffitt, TE; Caspi, A (2021). Linking stressful life events and chronic inflammation using suPAR (soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor).. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 97, 79-88. [doi]  [abs]
  10. Wertz, J; Israel, S; Arseneault, L; Belsky, DW; Bourassa, KJ; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Poulton, R; Richmond-Rakerd, LS; Røysamb, E; Moffitt, TE; Caspi, A (2021). Vital personality scores and healthy aging: Life-course associations and familial transmission.. Social Science & Medicine, 285, 114283. [doi]  [abs]
  11. Bourassa, KJ; Moffitt, TE; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Caspi, A (2021). Lower Cardiovascular Reactivity is Associated with More Childhood Adversity and Poorer Midlife Health: Replicated Findings from the Dunedin and MIDUS Cohorts.. Clinical Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 9(5), 961-978. [doi]  [abs]
  12. Gehred, MZ; Knodt, AR; Ambler, A; Bourassa, KJ; Danese, A; Elliott, ML; Hogan, S; Ireland, D; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Reuben, A; Sison, ML; Moffitt, TE; Hariri, AR; Caspi, A (2021). Long-term Neural Embedding of Childhood Adversity in a Population-Representative Birth Cohort Followed for 5 Decades.. Biological Psychiatry, 90(3), 182-193. [doi]  [abs]
  13. Bourassa, KJ (2021). Financial Stressors During the Great Recession and Subsequent Risk of Early Mortality.. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(5), 457-462. [doi]  [abs]
  14. Bourassa, KJ (2021). State-Level Stay-at-Home Orders and Objectively Measured Movement in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(4), 358-362. [doi]  [abs]
  15. Stevens, ES; Bourassa, KJ; Norr, AM; Reger, GM (2021). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Cluster Structure in Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Virtual Reality Exposure.. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(2), 287-297. [doi]  [abs]
  16. Bourassa, KJ; Hendrickson, RC; Reger, GM; Norr, AM (2021). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Effects on Cardiovascular Physiology: A Systematic Review and Agenda for Future Research.. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(2), 384-393. [doi]  [abs]
  17. Bourassa, KJ; Caspi, A; Moffitt, TE (2021). ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND POORER HEALTH IN MIDLIFE: INVESTIGATING PSYCHOSOCIAL MECHANISMS OF ACTION. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(7), A22-A23.
  18. Bourassa, KJ; Caspi, A; Harrington, H; Houts, R; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Moffitt, TE (2020). Intimate partner violence and lower relationship quality are associated with faster biological aging.. Psychology and Aging, 35(8), 1127-1139. [doi]  [abs]
  19. Bourassa, KJ; Cornelius, T; Birk, JL (2020). Bereavement is associated with reduced systemic inflammation: C-reactive protein before and after widowhood.. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 88, 925-929. [doi]  [abs]
  20. Bourassa, KJ; Sbarra, DA; Caspi, A; Moffitt, TE (2020). Social Distancing as a Health Behavior: County-Level Movement in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Associated with Conventional Health Behaviors.. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(8), 548-556. [doi]  [abs]
  21. Reger, GM; Bourassa, K; Norr, AM; Buck, B (2020). The impact of exposure therapy on stigma and mental health treatment attitudes among active duty U.S. soldiers with combat related PTSD.. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 126, 98-104. [doi]  [abs]
  22. Cornelius, T; Birk, JL; Bourassa, K; Umland, RC; Kronish, IM (2020). Partner presence in the emergency department and adherence to daily cardiovascular medications in patients evaluated for acute coronary syndrome.. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 43(3), 402-410. [doi]  [abs]
  23. Bourassa, KJ; Smolenski, DJ; Edwards-Stewart, A; Campbell, SB; Reger, GM; Norr, AM (2020). The impact of prolonged exposure therapy on social support and PTSD symptoms.. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 410-417. [doi]  [abs]
  24. Bourassa, KJ; Stevens, ES; Katz, AC; Rothbaum, BO; Reger, GM; Norr, AM (2020). The Impact of Exposure Therapy on Resting Heart Rate and Heart Rate Reactivity Among Active-Duty Soldiers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(1), 108-114. [doi]  [abs]
  25. Bourassa, KJ; Moffitt, TE; Caspi, A (2020). ARE PEOPLE WITH GREATER CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY SMARTER, HAPPIER, AND HEALTHIER? COUNTERINTUITIVE FINDINGS IN THE DUNEDIN AND MIDUS STUDIES. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(6), A225-A225.
  26. Norr, AM; Bourassa, KJ; Stevens, ES; Hawrilenko, MJ; Michael, ST; Reger, GM (2019). Relationship between change in in-vivo exposure distress and PTSD symptoms during exposure therapy for active duty soldiers.. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 116, 133-137. [doi]  [abs]
  27. Memel, M; Woolverton, CB; Bourassa, K; Glisky, EL (2019). Working memory predicts subsequent episodic memory decline during healthy cognitive aging: evidence from a cross-lagged panel design.. Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 26(5), 711-730. [doi]  [abs]
  28. Reger, GM; Bourassa, KJ; Smolenski, D; Buck, B; Norr, AM (2019). Lifetime trauma exposure among those with combat-related PTSD: Psychiatric risk among U.S. military personnel.. Psychiatry Research, 278, 309-314. [doi]  [abs]
  29. Bourassa, KJ; Hasselmo, K; Sbarra, DA (2019). After the end: Linguistic predictors of psychological distress 4 years after marital separation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(6), 1872-1891. [doi]  [abs]
  30. Bourassa, KJ; Ruiz, JM; Sbarra, DA (2019). The impact of physical proximity and attachment working models on cardiovascular reactivity: Comparing mental activation and romantic partner presence.. Psychophysiology, 56(5), e13324. [doi]  [abs]
  31. Bourassa, KJ; Ruiz, JM; Sbarra, DA (2019). Smoking and Physical Activity Explain the Increased Mortality Risk Following Marital Separation and Divorce: Evidence From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(3), 255-266. [doi]  [abs]
  32. Bourassa, KJ; Sbarra, DA; Ruiz, JM; Karciroti, N; Harburg, E (2019). Mismatch in Spouses' Anger-Coping Response Styles and Risk of Early Mortality: A 32-Year Follow-Up Study.. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(1), 26-33. [doi]  [abs]
  33. Bourassa, KJ; Tackman, AM; Mehl, MR; Sbarra, DA (2019). Psychological overinvolvement, emotional distress, and daily affect following marital dissolution. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1). [doi]  [abs]
  34. Moe, AM; Breitborde, NJK; Bourassa, KJ; Gallagher, CJ; Shakeel, MK; Docherty, NM (2018). Schizophrenia, narrative, and neurocognition: The utility of life-stories in understanding social problem-solving skills.. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 41(2), 83-91. [doi]  [abs]
  35. Manvelian, A; Bourassa, KJ; Lawrence, E; Mehl, MR; Sbarra, DA (2018). With or without you? Loss of self following marital separation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37(4), 297-324. [doi]  [abs]
  36. Bourassa, KJ; Allen, JJB; Mehl, MR; Sbarra, DA (2017). Impact of Narrative Expressive Writing on Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Blood Pressure After Marital Separation.. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(6), 697-705. [doi]  [abs]
  37. Bourassa, KJ; Manvelian, A; Boals, A; Mehl, MR; Sbarra, DA (2017). Tell me a story: The creation of narrative as a mechanism of psychological recovery following marital separation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36(5), 359-379. [doi]  [abs]
  38. Bourassa, KJ; Memel, M; Woolverton, C; Sbarra, DA (2017). Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity.. Aging & Mental Health, 21(2), 133-146. [doi]  [abs]
  39. Bourassa, K; Sbarra, DA (2017). Body mass and cognitive decline are indirectly associated via inflammation among aging adults.. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 60, 63-70. [doi]  [abs]
  40. Bourassa, KJ; Hasselmo, K; Sbarra, DA (2016). Heart Rate Variability Moderates the Association Between Separation-Related Psychological Distress and Blood Pressure Reactivity Over Time.. Psychological Science, 27(8), 1123-1135. [doi]  [abs]
  41. Memel, M; Bourassa, K; Woolverton, C; Sbarra, DA (2016). Body Mass and Physical Activity Uniquely Predict Change in Cognition for Aging Adults.. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(3), 397-408. [doi]  [abs]
  42. Bourassa, KJ; Knowles, LM; Sbarra, DA; O'Connor, M-F (2016). Absent but Not Gone: Interdependence in Couples' Quality of Life Persists After a Partner's Death.. Psychological Science, 27(2), 270-281. [doi]  [abs]
  43. Bourassa, KJ; Sbarra, DA; Whisman, MA (2015). Women in very low quality marriages gain life satisfaction following divorce.. Journal of Family Psychology : Jfp : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 29(3), 490-499. [doi]  [abs]
  44. Bourassa, KJ; Memel, M; Woolverton, C; Sbarra, DA (2015). A dyadic approach to health, cognition, and quality of life in aging adults.. Psychology and Aging, 30(2), 449-461. [doi]  [abs]
  45. Sbarra, DA; Hasselmo, K; Bourassa, KJ (2015). Divorce and Health: Beyond Individual Differences.. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(2), 109-113. [doi]  [abs]
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