Kristen P. Howard, PhD

Publications

• Effect of Veteran-Focused Suicide Prevention Public Messaging on Help-Seeking Behavior and Secure Firearm Storage.

  (Berger BD, Kohlbeck SA, Howard KP, Birgenheir DG, Chavin RS, Knowlton GG, Larsen SE, Larson ER, Smith HM, Spalding RL, Thomas KB, Vallejo LG, Buttery D, Hargarten SW.) Omega (Westport). 2024 Nov 15:302228241297553 PMID: 39547820 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209377563 11/16/2024

• Seeing is believing: The effect of subtle communication in social media on viewers' beliefs about depression and anxiety symptom trajectories.

  (Whitted WM, Southward MW, Howard KP, Wick SB, Strunk DR, Cheavens JS.) J Clin Psychol. 2024 May;80(5):1050-1064 PMID: 38287680 01/30/2024

• Protective factors in borderline personality disorder: A multi-study analysis of conscientiousness, distress tolerance, and self-compassion.

  (Southward MW, Howard KP, Christensen Pacella KA, Cheavens JS.) J Affect Disord. 2023 Oct 01;338:589-598 PMID: 37392944 PMCID: PMC10528710 07/02/2023

• The role of symptom accommodation in trauma-focused treatment engagement and response.

  (Howard KP, Spoont MR, Polusny MA, Eftekhari A, Rosen CS, Meis LA.) J Trauma Stress. 2023 Jun;36(3):524-536 PMID: 36782380 02/15/2023

• Less is more: Decreasing the frequency of maladaptive coping predicts improvements in DBT more consistently than increasing the frequency of adaptive coping.

  (Southward MW, Howard KP, Cheavens JS.) Behav Res Ther. 2023 Apr;163:104288 PMID: 36893659 PMCID: PMC10089667 03/10/2023

• Interpersonal emotion regulation in the context of social networks: A focus on borderline personality disorder.

  (Howard KP, Cheavens JS.) Personal Disord. 2023 Mar;14(2):182-195 PMID: 35446102 04/22/2022

• Broad strokes or fine points: Are dialectical behavior therapy modules associated with general or domain-specific changes?

  (Cheavens JS, Southward MW, Howard KP, Heiy JE, Altenburger EM.) Personal Disord. 2023 Mar;14(2):137-147 PMID: 35311332 03/22/2022

• A longitudinal examination of the reciprocal relationship between borderline personality features and interpersonal relationship quality.

  (Howard KP, Lazarus SA, Cheavens JS.) Personal Disord. 2022 Jan;13(1):3-11 PMID: 33591778 02/17/2021

• Characterization of relationship instability in women with borderline personality disorder: A social network analysis.

  (Lazarus SA, Beeney JE, Howard KP, Strunk DR, Pilkonis PA, Cheavens JS.) Personal Disord. 2020 Sep;11(5):312-320 PMID: 31804129 12/06/2019

• Validation predicting premature drop-out from treatment provided in training clinics.

  (Howard KP, Altenburger EM, Cheavens JS.) Behav Cogn Psychother. 2020 Jan;48(1):116-120 PMID: 31303185 07/16/2019

• The within-person effects of validation and invalidation on in-session changes in affect.

  (Benitez C, Southward MW, Altenburger EM, Howard KP, Cheavens JS.) Personal Disord. 2019 Sep;10(5):406-415 PMID: 30714798 02/05/2019