Publications

Below is a list of the TCRG lab's recent publications, many of which are co-authored by students. Please feel free to contact Dr. McDevitt-Murphy for an electronic reprint!

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2023

Bowen*, M.E., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Olin*, C.C, & Buckley*, B.E. (2023). The utility of assessing alexithymia, in addition to coping, in the context of posttraumatic stress. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001561

Little, M.A., Klesges, R.C., Mallawaarachchi, I, McMurry, T., Pebley, K., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E.., Murphy, J., Talcott, G.W. (2023). Prevention of alcohol related incidents in the US Air Force: Results from a cluster randomized trial. Military Medicine, 188(7-8), e1874-e1881. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab489

Gex*, K. S., Mun, E. Y., Barnett, N. P., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Ruggiero, K. J., Thurston, I. B., Olin, C. C., Voss, A. T., Withers, A. J., & Murphy, J. G. (2023). A randomized pilot trial of a mobile delivered brief motivational interviewing and behavioral economic alcohol intervention for emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37(3), 462-474. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000838

Bird, B. M., Levitt, E. E., Stewart, H. H., Wanklyn, S. G., Meyer, E. C., Murphy, J. G., McDevitt-Murphy M. E., MacKillop, J. (in press). Posttraumatic Stress and Delay Discounting: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychological Medicine.

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Olin, C. C., Bowen, M. E., Buckley, B. E., Zakarian, R. J., Voss, M., & Clausel, N. (2023). Exposure to Community Violence, Gun Violence, PTSD Symptoms, and Academic Functioning in a Sample of American Undergraduates. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis.

2022

Olin, C. C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Zakarian, R. J., Roache, J. D., Young-McCaughan, S., Litz, B. T., Keane, T. M., & Peterson, A. L., for the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. (2022). The associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and delay discounting, future orientation, and reward availability: A behavioral economic model. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(4), 1252–1262. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22820

Pebley, K., Murphy, J. G., Wang, X.-Q., Talcott, G. W., Klesges, R. C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., McMurry, T. L., & Little, M. A. (2022). Validity of the alcohol purchase task with United States military personnel. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000392

Zakarian*, R. J. & McDevitt-Murphy, M.E. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder and aggression among post-9/11 veterans: The role of shame. Personality and Individual Differences, 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111267

2021

Olin, C.C., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Leonard, S.J., & Acuff, S.F. (2021). Wanting, liking, and missing out: Exploring the role of reward functioning in the overlap between PTSD and depression. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 210(7), 497–503. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001456

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Zakarian, R. J., Luciano, M. T., Olin, C. C., Mazzulo, N. N., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2021). Alcohol use and coping in a cross-sectional study of African American homicide survivors. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 20(1), 135-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1598905

Peterson, A. L., and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. (2021). STRONG STAR and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD: Shaping the future of combat PTSD and related conditions in military and veteran populations. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106583

Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Hien, D. A., López-Castro, T., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., ... & CAST, the Consortium on Addictions, Stress, and Trauma. (2021). Evaluating treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol and other drug use disorders using meta-analysis of individual patient data: Design and methodology of a virtual clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107, 106479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106479

2020

Derefinko, K.D., Salgado Garcia, F., Johnson, K. C., Hand, S., Murphy, J.G., McDevitt-Murphy M. E., Suda, K., Andrasik, F., Bursac, Z., Chiu, C-Y., Talley, K., & Brooks, J. (2020). A randomized pilot program to reduce opioid use following dental surgery and increase safe medication return. Addictive Behaviors, 102, 10690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106190

Luciano, M. T., Acuff, S. F., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Murphy, J. G. (2020). Behavioral economics and coping-related drinking motives in trauma exposed drinkers: Implications for the self-medication hypothesis. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 28(3), 265-270. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000318

2019

Luciano, M. T., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Acuff, S. F., Bellet, B. W., Tripp, J. C., & Murphy, J. G. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms improve after an integrated brief alcohol intervention for OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(4), 459-465. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037%2Ftra0000378

2018

Derefinko, K. J., Linde, B. D., Klesges, R. C., Boothe, T., Colvin, L., Leroy, K., Little, M. A., Pasker, K., Murphy, J. G., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., et al., (2018). Dissemination of the brief alcohol intervention in the United States Air Force: Study rationale, design, and methods. Military Behavioral Health, 6(1), 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1397569

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Luciano*, M. T., & Zakarian*, R. J. (2018). Use of ecological momentary assessment and intervention in treatment with adults. Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 16(4), 370-375. https://doi.org/10.1176%2Fappi.focus.20180017

Derefinko, K. J., Hallsell, T. A., Isaacs, M. B., Salgado Garcia, F. I., Colvin, L. W., Bursac, Z., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Little, M. A., Talcott, G. W., Klesges, R. C. (2018). Substance use and psychological distress before and after the military to civilian transition. Military Medicine, 183(5-6), e258-e265. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx082 

Acuff*, S. F., Luciano*, M. T., Soltis*, K. E., Joyner*, K. J., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G. (2018). Access to environmental reward mediates the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and alcohol problems and craving. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(2), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1037%2Fpha0000181

Bellet*, B. W., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Thomas, D. H., & Luciano, M. T. (2018). The utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory in the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Assessment, 25(8), 1074-1083. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191116681627

2017

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Luciano, M. T., Tripp, J. C., & Eddinger, J. E. (2017). Drinking motives and PTSD-related alcohol expectancies among combat veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 64, 217-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.029

Luciano*, M. T., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2017). Posttraumatic stress and physical health functioning: Moderating effects of deployment and postdeployment social support in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(2), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000000571

Williams*, J. L., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., & Crouse, E. M. (2017). Postconcussive symptoms, PTSD, and medical disease burden in treatment seeking OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Military Medicine, 182(3-4), e1645-e1650. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00221

Soltis*, K. E., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Murphy, J. G. (2017). Alcohol demand, future orientation, and craving mediate the relation between depressive and stress symptoms and alcohol problems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41(6), 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13395

Tripp*, J. C. & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2017). Trauma-related guilt mediates the relationship between PTSD and suicidal ideation in OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(1), 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12266

2016

Henschel*, A. V., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2016). How do aftermath of battle experiences affect returning OEF/OIF veterans? Military Behavioral Health, 4(4), 345-350. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F21635781.2016.1181583

Tripp*, J. C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Henschel*, A. V. (2016). Firing a weapon and killing in combat are associated with suicidal ideation in OEF/OIF veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8(5), 626-633. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000085

2015

Tripp*, J. C., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2015). Emotion dysregulation facets as mediators of the relationship between PTSD and alcohol misuse. Addictive Behaviors, 47, 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.addbeh.2015.03.013

Tripp*, J. C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Avery*, M. L., & Bracken*, K. L. (2015). PTSD symptoms, emotion dysregulation, and alcohol-related consequences among college students with a trauma history. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 11(2), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2015.1025013

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Fields*, J. A., Monahan*, C. J., & Bracken*, K. L. (2015). Drinking motives among heavy-drinking veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Addiction Research & Theory, 23(2), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2014.949696

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Williams*, J. L., Murphy, J. G., Monahan*, C. J., & Bracken-Minor*, K. L. (2015). Brief intervention to reduce hazardous drinking and enhance coping among OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 46(2), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036771

Piazza-Bonin, E., Neimeyer, R. A., Burke, L. A., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Young, A. (2015). Disenfranchised grief following African American homicide loss: An inductive case study. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 70(4), 404-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222815573727

2014

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Williams*, J. W., Monahan*, C. M., Bracken-Minor*, K. L. & Fields, J. A. (2014). Randomized controlled trial of two brief alcohol interventions for OEF/OIF veterans. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(4), 562-568. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036714

Possemato, K., McKenzie, S., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Williams, J. L., & Ouimette, P. C. (2014). The relationship between post-deployment factors and PTSD severity in recent combat veterans.  Military Psychology, 26(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1037/mil0000027

Avery*, M. L., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2014). Impact of combat and social support on PTSD and alcohol consumption in OEF/OIF veterans. Military Behavioral Health, 2(2), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2014.891433

Bracken-Minor*, K. L., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2014). Differences in features of non-suicidal self-injury according to borderline personality disorder screening status. Archives of Suicide Research, 18(1), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2013.809040

2013

Klesges, R. C., Talcott, W., Ebbert, J. O., Murphy, J. G., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Thomas, F., ... & Nicholas, R. A. (2013). Effect of the alcohol misconduct prevention program (AMPP) in Air Force technical training. Military Medicine, 178(4), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00400

Monahan*, C. J., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Dennhardt*, A. A., Skidmore, J. R., Martens, M. P., & Murphy, J. G. (2013). The impact of elevated posttraumatic stress on the efficacy of brief alcohol interventions for heavy drinking college students. Addictive Behaviors, 38(3), 1719-1725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.09.004

Murphy, J. G., Yurasek*, A. M., Dennhardt*, A. A., Skidmore*, J. R., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., MacKillop, J., & Martens, M. P.  (2013).  Symptoms of depression and PTSD are associated with elevated alcohol demand. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 127(1-3), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.06.022

2012

Bracken-Minor*, K. L., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Parra, G. R.  (2012). Profiles of non-suicidal self-injurers and associated patterns of alcohol use. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(4), 552-563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9306-5

Lang, K., Murphy, J. G., Monahan*, C. J., Dennhardt*, A. A., Skidmore*, J. R., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2012). The role of positive consequences of alcohol in the relation between sensation seeking and drinking. Addiction Research & Theory, 20(6), 504-510. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2012.667854

Thomas, K M., Orlando, M. J., Hopwood, C. J., Weathers, F. W., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E. (2012). Detecting feigned PTSD with the personality assessment inventory. Psychological Injury and Law, 5(3-4), 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-011-9111-6

Monahan*, C. J., Bracken-Minor*, K. L., McCausland, C. M., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Murphy, J. G. (2012). Health-related quality of life among heavy-drinking college students. American Journal of Health Behavior, 36(3), 289-299. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.36.3.1

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Neimeyer, R. A., Burke*, L. A., Williams*, J. L. & Lawson, K. (2012). The toll of traumatic loss in African Americans bereaved by homicide. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(3), 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024911

Williams*, J. L., Burke*, L. A., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2012). Response to loss and health functioning among homicidally bereaved African Americans. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 17(4), 358-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2011.635583

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Shea, M. T., Yen, S., Grilo, C. M., Sanislow, C. A., Skodol, A. E., & Markowitz, J. C. (2012). Prospective investigation of a PTSD personality typology among individuals with personality disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(5), 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.07.002

Williams*, J. L., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., & Crouse, E. (2012). Deployment risk factors and post-deployment health profiles associated with traumatic brain injury in heavy drinking veterans. Military Medicine, 177(7), 789-796. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-12-00019

2011

Burke*, L.A. Neimeyer, R.A. & McDevitt-Murphy. M. E., Ippolito, M. R., & Roberts, M. J. (2011). Faith in the wake of homicide: Religious coping and bereavement distress in an African American sample. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 21(4), 289-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607416

Williams*, J. L., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Fields*, J. A., Weathers, F. W., & Flood, A. M. (2011). A comparison of multidimensional health profiles across three trauma-exposed diagnostic groups. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33(4), 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9251-8

Williams*, J. L., Monahan*, C. J., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2011).  Factor structure of the PTSD checklist in a sample of OEF/OIF veterans presenting to primary care: Specific and nonspecific aspects of dysphoria. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33(4), 514-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9248-3

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2011). Significant other enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD and alcohol misuse in OEF/OIF veterans. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1037%2Fa0022346

2010

Murphy, J. G., Pederson, A. A., Skidmore*, J. R., Martens, M. P., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2010). Computerized versus motivational interviewing alcohol interventions: Impact on discrepancy, motivation, and drinking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(4), 628-639. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021347 

Buscemi, J., Murphy, J.G., Martens, M.P., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Dennhardt*, A. A ., & Skidmore*, J. R. (2010). Help-seeking for alcohol use in college students: Correlates and preferred methods. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(4), 571-580. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021122

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Monahan*, C. J., Flood, A. M., & Weathers, F. W. (2010). Unique patterns of substance misuse associated with PTSD, depression, and social phobia.  Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 6(2), 94-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504261003701445 

Burke*, L.A. Neimeyer, R.A. & McDevitt-Murphy. M. E. (2010). African American homicide bereavement: Aspects of social support that predict complicated grief, PTSD, and depression. Omega, 61(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.2190/om.61.1.a

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Williams*, J. L., Bracken*, K. L., Fields*, J. A., Monahan*, C. J., & Murphy, J. G., (2010).  PTSD symptoms, hazardous drinking, and health functioning among U.S.OEF/OIF veterans presenting to primary care.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(1), 108-111. (Special issue focused on OEF/OIF Veterans). https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20482

2009

Witkiewitz, K., Holmes, A., Ray, L. A., Murphy, J. G., Richardson, H. N., Chen. Y-C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Cruz, M. T., & Roberto, M. (2009). Young investigator award symposium. Alcohol, 43(7), 499-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.06.004

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Parra, G. R. Shea, M. T., Yen, S., Grilo, C. M., Sanislow, C. A., McGlashan, T. H., Gunderson, J. G.,  Skodol, A. E., & Markowitz, J. C. (2009). Trajectories of PTSD and substance use disorders in a longitudinal study of personality disorders.  Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 1(4),269-281. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017831

Kelley, L. P., Weathers, F. W., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Eakin, D. E., & Flood, A. M. (2009). A comparison of PTSD symptom patterns in three types of civilian trauma.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(3), 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20406

Flood, A.M, McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Weathers, F.W., Eakin, D. E., & Benson, T.B.  (2009). Substance use behaviors as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder and physical health in trauma-exposed college students. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(3), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-008-9195-y

Spirito, A. & Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Postdoctoral Fellows. (2009). Alcohol Education Inventory- Revised: What every mental health professional should know about alcohol.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37(1), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2008.09.010

2008

Adkins, J.W., Weathers, F.W., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., & Daniels, J.B. (2008). Psychometric properties of seven self-report measures of posttraumatic stress disorder in college students with mixed civilian trauma exposure.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(8), 1393-1402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.02.002

Lanctot, J. Q., Stockton, M. B., Mzayek, F., Read, M., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Ward, K. D. (2008).  Effects of disasters on smoking and relapse: An exploratory study of Hurricane Katrina victims. American Journal of Health Education, 39(2), 91-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2008.10599020

2007

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Weathers, F. W., Flood, A. M., Eakin, D. E., & Benson, T. (2007). The utility of the PAI and the MMPI-2 for discriminating PTSD, depression, and social phobia in trauma-exposed college students. Assessment, 14(2), 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191106295914

2005

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Weathers, F.W., & Adkins, J.W. (2005).  The use of the trauma symptom inventory in the assessment of PTSD.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20003

McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Weathers, F.W., Adkins, J.W., & Daniels, J. B. (2005).  Use of the personality assessment inventory in the assessment of PTSD in women. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 27(2), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-005-5380-2

Murphy, J. G., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Barnett, N. (2005). Drink and be merry? Gender, life satisfaction, and alcohol consumption among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19(2), 184-191. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-164x.19.2.184

2004

Murphy, J.  G., Benson, T.  Vuchinich, R.  E., Deskins, M., Eakin, D., Flood, A. M., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Torrealday, O.  (2004). A comparison of personalized feedback for college student drinkers delivered with and without a motivational interview.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65(2), 200-204. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.2004.65.200