Research
“You can’t use an old map to explore a new world.”
Albert Einstein
Websites
This section contains a list of Dr. Lee's websites that are dedicated to specific lines of research or scholarly topics.
The Grief Impairment Scale website – A site dedicated to the GIS.
The Coronavirus Anxiety Project – A site dedicated to scholarly work around 3 measures of COVID-19 anxiety
The Pandemic Grief Project – A site dedicated to scholarly work around 2 measures of pandemic-related grief.
Research Papers
This section contains a reference list of Dr. Lee's published research papers.
2024
Lee, S. A., Mathis, A. A., Jobe, M. C., Pappalardo, E. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2024). Screening for dysfunctional Covid-19 grief: A replication and extension. Bereavement: Journal of Grief and Responses to Death, 3, 1-10. https://www.bereavementjournal.org/index.php/bcj/article/view/1117/1159
Park, C. H., Yoo, S., Ahmed, O., Chung, S., & Lee, S. A. (2024). Validation of the Pandemic Grief Risk Factors and its relationship with work-related stress and grief reaction among healthcare workers who witnessed patient deaths. Journal of Korean Medical Sciences, 39, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e102
Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Baños-Chaparro, J., Ventura-León, J., Lee, S. A., Vilca, L. W., Carbajal-León, C., Yupanqui-Lorenzo, D. E., Valencia, P. D., Reyes-Bossio, M., Oré-Kovacs, N., Rojas-Jara, C., Gallegos, M., Polanco-Carrasco, R., Cervigni, M., Martino, P., Lobos-Rivera, M. E., Moreta-Herrera, R., Palacios Segura, D. A., Samaniego-Pinho, A., … Hualparuca-Olivera, L. (2024). Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation in Latin American countries: A network analysis. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241231209
2023
Neimeyer, R. A., Breen, L. J. & Lee, S. A. (2023). Pandemic grief and complications in bereavement: From research evidence to clinical relevance. Etudes sur la Mort. https://doi.org/10.3917/eslm.159.0015
Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Ventura-León, J., Sánchez Carlessi, H. H., Reyes Romero, C., Matos Ramírez, P., Lee, S. A., Barrios, I., Torales, J., Vilca, L. W., Carbajal-León, C., & Hualparuca-Olivera, L. (2023). Network structure of bereavement functional impairment symptoms measured by the Grief Impairment Scale in a Peruvian sample. Illness, Crisis & Loss. https://doi.org/10.1177/10541373231191245
Lee, S. A., & Gibbons, J. A. (2023). Psychometric analysis of the mass shootings worry inventory. Journal of Clinical and Basic Psychosomatics. https://accscience.com/journal/JCBP/1/1/10.36922/jcbp.0546
Lee, S. A. (2023). Mass Shootings Anxiety Scale: A preliminary psychometric study. Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2214889
Lobos-Rivera, M. E., Marroquín-Carpio, W. C., Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Lee, S. A., Tejada Rodríguez, J. C., Flores-Monterrosa, A. N., Valencia, P. D., Carbajal-León, C., Vilca, L. W., Torales, J., & Reyes-Bossio, M. (2023). Does the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale measure coronaphobia the same way for mourners with and without dysfunctional grief? Illness, Crisis & Loss. https://doi.org/10.1177/10541373231174557
Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Lee, S. A., Vilca, L. W., Lobos-Rivera, M. E., Flores-Monterrosa, A. N., Tejada Rodríguez, J. C., Chacón-Andrade, E. R., Marroquín-Carpio, W. C., Carbajal-León, C., Reyes-Bossio, M., Delgado-Campusano, M., & Torales, J. (2023). A psychometric analysis of the Spanish version of the Grief Impairment Scale: A screening tool of biopsychosocial grief-related functional impairment in a Salvadoran Sample. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231175383
Kim, J. H., Park, C. H. K., Ahmed, O., Hong, Y., Chung, S., Park, J. & Lee, S. A. (2023) Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1121546
Lobos‑Rivera, M. E., Flores‑Monterrosa, A. N., Tejada‑Rodríguez, J. C., Chacón‑Andrade, E. R., Caycho‑Rodríguez, T., Lee, S. A., Valencia, P. D., Carbajal‑León, C., Vilca, L. W., Reyes‑Bossio, M., & Gallegos, M. (2023). Pandemic grief in El Salvador: Factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 36(9), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6
Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2023) Grief Impairment Scale: A biopsychosocial measure of grief-related functional impairment. Death Studies, 47(5), 519-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2113605
Lee, S. A., & Bottomley, J. S. (2023). Personality and grief-related panic attacks: Analysis of neuroticism, worry, and anxiety sensitivity. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 86(3), 849–861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222821992192
2022
Gibbons, J. A., Lee, S. A., Harris, K. D., Friedmann, E. D., Rocha, G. R., & Traversa, M. J. (2022). Red state, blue state, purple state; Higher and increasing blue COVID-19 anxiety rate. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941221146705
Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Lee, S. A., Vilca, L. W., Carbajal-León, C., Reyes-Bossio, M., Delgado-Campusano, M., Gallegos, M., Carranza Esteban, R., & Noe-Grijalva, M. (2022). Measurement of risk factors associated with bereavement severity and deterioration by COVID-19: A Spanish validation study of the Pandemic Grief Risk Factors. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221124987
Breen, L. J., Lee, S. A., Mancini, V. O., Willis, M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2022): Grief and functional impairment following COVID-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample: The mediating role of meaning. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2075540
Lee, S. A., Neimeyer, R. A., Mancini, V. O., & Breen, L. J. (2022). Unfinished business and self-blaming emotions among those bereaved by a COVID-19 death [Special Issue: Complications in bereavement]. Death Studies, 46(6), 1297-1306. Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2067640
Ashraf, F., Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C., Mathis, A. A., & Kanwal, T. (2022). Bereavement in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychometric analysis of the Pandemic Grief Scale-Urdu Version (PGS-UV) [Special Issue: Complications in bereavement]. Death Studies, 46(6), 1465-1471. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2048197
Lee, S. A., & Jobe, M. C. (2022). Does fear mediate the neuroticism-psychopathology link for adults living through the COVID-19 pandemic? Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry, 13, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F11795573211069912
Lee, S. A., Gibbons, J. A. & Bottomley, J. S. (2022). Spirituality influences emotion regulation during grief talk: The moderating role of prolonged grief symptomatology. Journal of Religion and Health, 61, 4923–4933. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01450-z
Skalski, S., Konaszewski, K., Dobrakowski, P., Surzykiewicz, J., & Lee, S. A. (2022). Pandemic grief in Poland: Adaptation of a measure and its relationship with social support and resilience. Current Psychology, 41, 7393–7401. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-01731-6
Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2022). Pandemic Grief Scale: A screening tool for dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 Loss. Death Studies, 46(1), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1853885
Mora-Magana, I., Lee, S. A., Maldonado-Castellanos, I., Jimenez-Gutierrez, C., Mendez-Venegas, J., Maya-Del-Moral, A., Rosas-Muniveg, M. D., Mathis, A. A., & Jobe, M. C. (2022). Coronaphobia among healthcare professionals in Mexico: A psychometric analysis. Death Studies, 46(2), 280-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1808762
Ashraf, F., Lee, S. A., & Crunk, A. E. (2022). Factorial validity of the Urdu version of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale: Preliminary investigation using a university sample in Pakistan [Special Issue: Psychological impacts of COVID-19: International perspectives]. Death Studies, 46(5), 1059-1064. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2020.1779436
Milman, E., Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2022). Social isolation and the mitigation of coronavirus anxiety: The mediating role of meaning [Special Issue: Loss and grief in the Covid-19 pandemic]. Death Studies. 46(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1775362
Ahmed, O., Faisal, R. A., Sharker, T., Lee, S. A., & Jobe, M. C. (2022). Adaptation of the Bangla version of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20, 284–295. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-020-00357-2
Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C., Mathis, A. A., & Gibbons, J. A. (2022) Persistent complex bereavement disorder symptoms predict grief interview emotions. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 84(3), 856–869. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820919013
Neimeyer, R. A., & Lee, S. A. (2022). Circumstances of the death and associated risk factors for severity and impairment of COVID-19 grief [Special Issue: Loss and grief in the COVID-19 pandemic]. Death Studies, 46(1), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1896459
2021
Abasi, I., Fard, A. S., Farzin, A., Lee, S. A., Arani, A. M., & Poursharifi, H. (2021). Properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in Iranian population. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 1-8. https://sites.kowsarpub.com/ijpbs/articles/112707.html
Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Valencia, P. D., Vilca, L. W., Lee, S. A., Carbajal-León, C., Vivanco-Vidal, A., Saroli-Araníbar, D., Reyes-Bossio, M., White, M., Rojas-Jara, C., Polanco-Carrasco, R., Gallegos, M., Cervigni, M., Martino, P., Palacios, D. A., Moreta-Herrera, R., Samaniego-Pinho, A., Rivera, M. E. L., Figares, A. B., … Gallegos, W. L. A. (2021). COVID-19 Bereavement in ten Latin American countries: Measurement invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and its relation to suicidal ideation. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228211048566
Lee, A., Lee, J., Yoo, S., Suh, S., Chung, S., & Lee, S. A. (2021). The psychometric properties of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items: A test in the U.S. general population. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1-7. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.746244
Breen, L. J., Mancini, V. O., Lee, S. A., Pappalardo, E. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2021). Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning. Death Studies, 46(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1974666
Caycho‑Rodríguez, T., Vilca, L. W., Vivanco‑Vidal, A., Saroli‑Araníbar, D., Carbajal‑León, C., Arias Gallegos, W. L., White, M., & Lee, S. A. (2021). Assessment of dysfunctional grief due to death from COVID-19 in Peru: Adaptation and validation of a Spanish version of the Pandemic Grief Scale. Trends in Psychology, 29, 595–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00091-1
Vinaccia, S., Bahamón, M. J., Trejos-Herrera, A. M., Lee, S. A., Quiceno, J. M., Gómez, C. A., DoLugar, S. V., & Pelaez, E. C. (2022) Validating the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a Colombian sample. Death Studies, 46(10), 2366-2375. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1944401
Lee, S. A., Neimeyer, R. A., & Breen, L. J. (2021). The utility of the Pandemic Grief Scale in identifying functional impairment from COVID-19 bereavement. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 24(12), 1783-1788. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0103
Breen, L. J., Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2021). Psychological risk factors of functional impairment following COVID-19 deaths. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(4), 1-4. https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(21)00011-7/fulltext
Gibbons, J. A., Lee, S. A., Fernandez, L. P., Friedmann, E. E., Harris, K. D., Brown, H. E., & Prohaska, R. D. (2021). The fading affect bias (FAB) is strongest for Jews and Buddhists and weakest for participants without religious affiliations: An exploratory analysis. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 9(3), 350-362. https://wjarr.com/content/fading-affect-bias-fab-strongest-jews-and-buddhists-and-weakest-participants-without
Andrade, E. F., Pereira, L. J., Orlando, D. R., Peixoto, M. F., Lee, S. A., & Castelo, P. (2021). Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (BP-OCS) using a large university sample in Brazil [Special Issue: Psychological impacts of COVID-19: International perspectives]. Death Studies, 46(5), 1073-1079. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2021.1879319?src=
Padovan-Neto, F. E., Lee, S. A., Guimaraes, R. P., Godoy, L. D., Costa, H. B., Zerbini, F. L., & Fukusima, S. S. (2021). Brazilian adaptation of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A psychometric investigation of a measure of coronaphobia. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 86(3), 769–787. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0030222821991325
Lee, S. A., Mathis, A. A., & Jobe, M. C. (2021). How are worriers particularly sensitive to grief? Tonic immobility as a mediating factor [Special Issue: Living with loss]. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 49(6), 845-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2020.1772462
2020
Milman, E., Lee, S. A., Neimeyer, R. A., Mathis, A. A., & Jobe, M. C. (2020). Modeling pandemic depression and anxiety: The mediational role of core beliefs and meaning making. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100023
Lee, S. A. (2020). How much “Thinking” about COVID-19 is clinically dysfunctional? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 97-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.067
Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C., Mathis, A. A., Gibbons, J. A. (2020). Incremental validity of coronaphobia: Coronavirus anxiety explains depression, generalized anxiety, and death anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 74, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102268
Choi, E., Lee, J., & Lee, S. A. (2020). Validation of the Korean version of the Obsession with COVID-19 scale and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Death Studies, 46(3), 608-614. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2020.1833383
Lee, S. A., Mathis, A. A., Jobe, M. C., & Pappalardo, E. A. (2020). Clinically significant fear and anxiety of COVID-19: A psychometric examination of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Psychiatry Research, 290, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113112
Lee, S. A., & Crunk, E. A. (2020). Fear and psychopathology during the COVID-19 crisis: Neuroticism, hypochondriasis, reassurance-seeking, and coronaphobia as fear factors. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 85(2), 483–496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820949350
Milman, E., Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2020). Social isolation as a means of reducing dysfunctional coronavirus anxiety and increasing psychoneuroimmunity. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 138-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.007
Lee, S. A. (2020). Measuring coronaphobia: The psychological basis of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Dusunen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 33(2), 107-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.14744/DAJPNS.2020.00069
Lee, S. A. (2020). Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety. Death Studies, 44(7), 393-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1748481
Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C., & Mathis, A. A. (2020). Mental health characteristics associated with dysfunctional coronavirus anxiety. Psychological Medicine, 51(8), 1403-1404. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329172000121X
Lee, S. A. (2020). Replication analysis of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Dusunen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 33(2), 203-205. https://dx.doi.org/10.14744/DAJPNS.2020.00079
Lee, S. A. (2020). Does the DSM-5 grief disorder apply to owners of deceased pets? A psychometric study of impairment during pet loss. Psychiatry Research, 285, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112800
2019
Cartwright, K. B., Lee, S. A., Taboada Barber, A., DeWyngaert, L. U., Lane, A. B., & Singleton, T. (2019). Contribution of executive function and intrinsic motivation to university students’ reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 55(3), 333-533. https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rrq.273
Gibbons, J., & Lee, S. A. (2019). Rehearsal partially mediated the negative relations of the fading affect bias with depression, anxiety, and stress. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(4), 693-701. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3538
Lee, S. A. (2019). The Dark Tetrad and callous reactions to mourner grief: Patterns of annoyance, boredom, entitlement, schadenfreude, and humor. Personality and Individual Differences, 137(15), 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.08.019
2018
Lee, S. A. (2018). Persistent complex bereavement symptoms explain impairments above depression, posttraumatic stress, and separation anxiety: An incremental validity study. Death Studies, 43(10), 634-638. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1509909
Gibbons, J. A., Lee, S. A., Fehr, A. M. A., Wilson, K., & Marshall, T. (2018). Grief and avoidant death attitudes combine to predict the Fading Affect Bias. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), 1736. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081736
Lee, S. A. (2018). Factorial structure of the persistent complex bereavement inventory: Testing a hierarchical factor model. Death Studies, 42(6), 356-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2017.1348402
2017
Lee, S. A., Pearce, B. P., Bledsoe, S., & Gibbons, J. A. (2017). Spiritual struggles and compassion: the positive side of moral concerns. Mental Health Religion and Culture, 20(10), 1068-1073. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2018.1443323
Lee, S. A., Murphy, C. L. & Taylor, V. M. (2017). Psychological experiences associated with robotic chair massage: A pilot study. Psychological Studies, 62, 196–199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-017-0404-z
Lee, S. A., & Gibbons, J. A. (2017). The Dark Triad and compassion: Psychopathy and narcissism's unique connections to observed suffering. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.010
2016
Lee, S. A., Callan, S. M., & Gibbons, J. A. (2016). School and religious factors impact the neuroticism-grief link in adolescents. Death Studies, 40(10), 601-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1198843
Gibbons, J. A., Fehr, A. M. A., Brantley, C. J., Wilson, K. J., Lee, S. A., & Walker, R. W. (2016). Testing the fading affect bias for healthy coping in the context of death. Death Studies, 40(8), 513-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1186760
2015
Gibbons, J. A., Hartzler, J. K., Hartzler, A. W., Lee, S. A., & Walker, R. W. (2015). The Fading Affect Bias shows general but not specific healthy coping for religious variables across religious and non-religious events. Consciousness and Cognition, 36, 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2015.07.004
Lee, S. A. (2015). Religion and pet loss: Afterlife beliefs, religious coping, prayer and their associations with sorrow. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 44(1), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2015.1043236
Lee, S. A. (2015). The Persistent Complex Bereavement Inventory: A measure based on the DSM-5. Death Studies, 39(7), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2015.1029144
Lee, S. A., Rice, K., Callan, S. M., Brame, B. M., & Lee, C. A. (2015). Temperament and depressive symptoms in at-risk children: Aggression and learning problems as mediating factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 35-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.018
Lee, S. A., Gibbons, J. A., Hartzler, J. K., & Hartzler, A. (2015). Negative religious coping and emotional distress: Examining the influences of religiousness, fading affect, and neuroticism. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 11(7), 1-22. https://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr11007.pdf
2014
Lee, S. A., Feudo, A., & Gibbons, J. A. (2014). Grief among near-death experiencers: Pathways through religion and meaning. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 17(9), 877-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2014.936846
2013
Gibbons, J. A., Toscano, A., Kofron, S., Rothwell, C., Lee, S. A., Ritchie, T. D., & Walker, W. R. (2013). The fading affect bias across alcohol consumption frequency for alcohol related and non-alcohol related events. Consciousness and Cognition, 22(4), 1340-1351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.09.004
Lee, S. A., Piotrowski, J. P., Rozycka, J., & Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M. (2013). Associations between death fascination, death anxiety and religion among Polish college students. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 44(4), 439-448. https://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/114719/edition/99772/content
Lee, S. A., Yeh, R., & Surething, N. A. (2013). Neuroticism and depressive symptomatology: The mediating influence of college student floccinaucinihilipilification. Journal of College Counseling, 16(2), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1882.2013.00031.x
Lee, S. A., Reid, C. A., Short, S. D., Gibbons, J. A., Yeh, R., & Campbell, M. L. (2013). Fear of Muslims: Psychometric evaluation of the Islamophobia Scale. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5(3), 157–171. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032117
Lee, S. A., & Surething, N. A. (2013). Neuroticism and religious coping uniquely predict distress severity among bereaved pet owners. Anthrozoös, 26(1), 61–76. https://doi.org/10.2752/175303713X13534238631470
Lee, S. A., Roberts, L. B., & Gibbons, J. A. (2013). When religion makes grief worse: Negative religious coping as associated with maladaptive emotional responding patterns. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 16(3), 291–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2012.659242
2012
Lee, S. A., & Quarles, L. (2012). Who feels sorry for roosters used in cockfighting? Examining the influence of feelings, belief in animal mind, personality and empathy-related traits. Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies, 20, 1-15. https://www.animalsandsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lee.pdf
2011
Lee, S. A., & Dow, G. T. (2011). Malevolent creativity: Does personality influence malicious divergent thinking? Creativity Research Journal, 23(2), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2011.571179
Lee, S. A., & Guajardo, N. R. (2011). Affect intensity and alexithymia differentially influence the relationship between neuroticism and depressive symptomatology among college students. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(5), 646–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.036
2010
Gibbons, J. A., Lee, S. A., & Walker, W. R. (2010). The Fading Affect Bias begins within 12 hours and persists for 3-months. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(4), 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1738
Campbell, M. L., Lee, S. A., & Cothran, D. L. (2010). Mysticism matters: Distinguishing between intrinsic religiosity, extrinsic religiosity, and spirituality using higher-order factors of personality and mysticism. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 32(2), 195–216. https://doi.org/10.1163/157361210X5026011
Lee, S. A., Guajardo, N. R., Short, S. D., & King, W. (2010). Individual differences in ocular level empathic accuracy ability: The predictive power of fantasy empathy. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(1), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.016
Lee, S. A., Gibbons, J. A., & Short, S. D. (2010). Sympathetic reactions to the bait dog in a film of dog fighting: The influence of personality and gender. Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies, 18(2), 107–125. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853010X491971
2009
Lee, S. A. (2009). Measuring individual differences in trait sympathy: Instrument construction and validation. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(6), 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890903228620
Lee, S. A. (2009). Does empathy mediate the relationship between neuroticism and depressive symptomatology among college students? Personality and Individual Differences, 47(5), 429–433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.020
Lee, S. A., Gibbons, J. A., Thompson, J. M., & Timani, H. S. (2009). The Islamophobia Scale: Instrument development and initial validation. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 19(2), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508610802711137
Before 2009
Nelson, K. R., Mattingly, M., Lee, S. A., & Schmitt, F. A. (2006). Reply to Greyson and Long. Neurology, 67(7), 2265. https://n.neurology.org/content/reply-authors-337
Nelson, K. R., Mattingly, M., Lee, S. A., & Schmitt, F. A. (2006). Does the arousal system contribute to near death experience? Neurology, 66(7), 1003-1009. https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000204296.15607.37
Lee, S. A., Chard, K. M., Hansel, J. E., & Cooley, A. T. (2004). Malingering detection using the reliable digits within a forensic sample. In the 2004 APA Convention Program Summary: Division 40. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 18, 183. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854040490501330
Lee, S. A., & Chard, K. M. (2003). Variable related to graduate students’ willingness forgive a job-related transgression. Psychological Reports, 93(3), 955-960. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.955
Book Chapters
This section contains a reference list of Dr. Lee's published book chapters.
Lee, S.A., Close, S., Eads, D., & Pappalardo, E.A. (2023). Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). In C.U. Krägeloh, M. Alyami, & O.N. Medvedev (Eds.), International handbook of behavioral health assessment (pp. 1-16). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_10-1
Lee, S. A., & Neimeyer, R.A. (2023). Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS): A clinical screening tool. In C.U. Krägeloh, M. Alyami, & O.N. Medvedev (Eds.), International handbook of behavioral health assessment (pp. 1-13). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_11-1
Lee, S. A., & Milman, E. (2022). The Persistent Complex Bereavement Inventory (PCBI). In R. Neimeyer (Ed.), Techniques of grief therapy: Bereavement and beyond (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/New-Techniques-of-Grief-Therapy-Bereavement-and-Beyond/Neimeyer-Harris-Neimeyer/p/book/9780815352037?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfY1TyKDkyqHFdiczeGyBD5ruOStt8LhUymZB3CWKDviVBtma4iPA3kaAmaBEALw_wcB
Neimeyer, R. A., & Lee, S. A. (2021). When grief goes viral: Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In K. J. Doka & A. S. Tucci (Ed.), Living with grief since COVID-19 (pp. 69-83). Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America. https://hospicefoundation.org/HFA-Products/Living-with-Grief-Since-COVID-19-Book
Neimeyer, R. A., Milman, E., & Lee, S. A. (2021). Apocalypse now: COVID-19 and the crisis of meaning. In P. Pentaris (Ed.), Death, grief and loss in the context of COVID-19 (pp. 1-19). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Death-Grief-and-Loss-in-the-Context-of-COVID-19/Pentaris/p/book/9780367647322
Lee, S. A. (2020). How you can measure your coronaphobia. In J. D. Aten, K. Annan, & J. Meeker (Ed.)., COVID-19 mental health handbook: Evidence-informed approaches to mental wellbeing during a pandemic (pp. 33-34). Wheaton, IL: Humanitarian Disaster Institute.
Instruments
This section contains a list of the psychological instruments that Dr. Lee created. These measures may be useful to clinicians, educators, researchers, scholars, and students. Please note that these measures are intended for those with appropriate training and qualifications. Students and research assistants should consult their instructors or supervisors regarding the appropriate and ethical use, scoring, and interpretation of these psychological instruments. If you have any questions, please email sherman.lee@cnu.edu
Grief Measures
Grief Impairment Scale – a brief and flexible measure of grief-related impairments based on the biopsychosocial model of health.
Pandemic Grief Scale – a screening tool to assess dysfunctional grief associated with a COVID-19 death.
Grief-Related Panic Attacks – a measure of grief-related panic attacks.
Persistent Complex Bereavement Inventory – a measure of the DSM-5’s proposal for a grief disorder.
Empathy-Related Measures
Trait Sympathy Scales – a tripartite measure of an individual’s tendency to experience feelings of sorrow or concern for the suffering of others.
Empathy-Related States Scales – state-level measures of cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, and compassion.
Anxiety Measures
Mass Shootings Anxiety Scale – a five-item long screening tool to assess dysfunctional anxiety associated with mass shootings.
Mass Shootings Worry Inventory – a two-item long screening tool to assess dysfunctional anxiety associated with mass shootings.
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale – a screening tool to assess physiological expressions of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the coronavirus.
Obsession with COVID-19 Scale – a screening tool to assess persistent and disturbed thinking about COVID-19.
Coronavirus Reassurance-Seeking Behaviors Scale – a screening tool to assess reassurance-seeking behaviors associated with concerns over coronavirus infection.
Other Measures
Islamophobia Scale – A two-component measure of Islamophobia.
Flocci Scale – A tripartite measure of floccinaucinihilipilification.