Selected Publications

Beliefs and Health Treatment Outcomes 

Kłosowska, J., Bajcar, E. A., Bieniek, H., Brączyk, J., Joshanloo, M., Mattarozzi, K., Bagnis, A., Pontén, M., Lalouni, M., Geers, A. L., Clemens, K. S., Park, J., Choi, G., Choi, Y.K., Jung, W., Son, E., Yoon, H., & Bąbel, P. (in press). Between authority and common sense: development and investigation of a model explaining COVID-19 preventive behaviours. Scientific Reports.

Seligman L. D., Talavera Garza L., Geers A. L., Murray A. B., Ibarra M., & Hovey J. D. (in press). Development of a measure of fearful implicit associations with dental stimuli in youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.

Tang, B., Barnes, K., Geers, A. L., Livesey, E., & Colagiuri, B. (in press). Choice and the placebo effect: A meta-analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Geers, A. L., Clemens, K. S., Colagiuri, B., Jason, E., Colloca, L., Webster, R., Vase, L., Sieg, M., & Faasse, K. (2022). Do side effects to the primary COVID-19 vaccine reduce intentions for a COVID-19 vaccine booster? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 761-768.

Geers A. L., Clemens K. S., Faasse K., Colagiuri B., Webster R., Vase L., Siege M., Jason E., Colloca L. (2022). Psychosocial factors predict COVID-19 vaccine side effects. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91, 136-138.

Helfer, S. G., Colagiuri, B., Faasse, K., Clemens, K., Caplandies, F. C., & Geers, A. L. (2022). The influence of message framing on nocebo headaches: Findings from a randomized laboratory design. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 438-450.

Geers, A. L., & Caplandies, F. (2021). Placebo and nocebo effects. In K. Sweeny and M. Robbins (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, 475-483.

Evers A.W.M., Colloca L., Blease C., Gaab J., Jensen K.B., Atlas L.Y., Beedie, C., Benedetti F., Bingel U., Büchel C., Bussemaker, J., Colagiuri B., Crum A.J., Finniss, D., Geers, A. L., Howick J., Klinger R., Meeuwis, S., Meissner K., Napadow V., Petrie, K. J., Rief, W., Smeets, I., Wager, T. D., Wanigasekera, V., Vase L., Kelley J., Kirsch, I. (2021). Letter: “Consensus on placebo and nocebo effects connects science with practice” Reply to “Questioning the consensus on placebo and nocebo effects. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics., 90, 213-214.

Evers A.W.M., Colloca L., Blease C., Gaab J., Jensen K.B., Atlas L.Y., Beedie, C., Benedetti F., Bingel U., Büchel C., Bussemaker, J., Colagiuri B., Crum A.J., Finniss, D., Geers, A. L., Howick J., Klinger R., Meeuwis, S., Meissner K., Napadow V., Petrie, K. J., Rief, W., Smeets, I., Wager, T. D., Wanigasekera, V., Vase L., Kelley J., Kirsch, I. (2021). What should clinicians tell patients about placebo and nocebo effects? Practical considerations based on expert consensus. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics., 90, 49-56.

Geers, A. L., Faasse, K., Guevarra, D., Clemens, K. S., Helfer, S. G., & Colagiuri, B. (2021). Affect and emotions in placebo and nocebo effects: What do we know so far? Social and Personality Psychology Compass 15, e12575.

Mao, A., Barnes, K., Sharpe, L., Geers, A. L., Helfer, S. G., Faasse, K., & Colagiuri, B. (2021). Using positive attribute framing to attenuate nocebo side effects: A cybersickness study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55, 769–778.

Mitsikostas, D. D., Blease C., Carlino, E., Colloca L., Geers A. L., Howick J., Evers A.W.M., Flaten M. A., Kelley J. M., Kirsch, I., Klinger, R., MaassenVanDenBrink^, A., Moerman, D. E., Shedlowski, M., Sfikakis, P. P., Vase L., Wager T. D., Benedetti, F. (2020). European Headache Federation recommendations for placebo and nocebo terminology. Journal of Headache Pain, 20. 1-7.

Peerdeman, K. J., Geers, A. L., Della Porta, D., Veldhuijzen, D. S., & Kirsch, I. (2021). Underpredicting pain: An experimental investigation into the benefits and risks. Pain, 162, 2024-2035.

Yeung, V. W., & Geers, A. L. (2021). Prior pain exposure and mere possession of a placebo analgesic predict placebo analgesia: Findings from a randomised, double-blinded, controlled trial. Journal of Pain, 22, 415-431.

Richmond, J.R., Edmonds, K.A., Rose, J.P., & Gratz, K. L. (2020). Examining the impact of online rejection among emerging adults with borderline personality pathology: Development of a novel online group chat social rejection paradigm. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 11, 301-311. 

Yeung, V. W., Geers, A. L., & Colloca, L. (2020). Merely possessing a placebo analgesic improves analgesia similar to using the placebo analgesic. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Yeung, V., Sharpe, L., Geers, A. L., & Colagiuri, B. (2020). Choice and the placebo effect in the treatment of sleep difficulty. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, 94-107.

Barnes, K., Faasse, K., Geers, A. L., Helfer, S. G., Sharpe, L., Colloca, L., & Colagiuri, B. (2019). Can positive framing reduce nocebo side-effects?: Current evidence and recommendations for future research. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 10, e167.

Faasse, K., Helfer, S. G., Barnes, K., Colagiuri, B., & Geers, A. L. (2019). Experimental assessment of nocebo effects and nocebo side effects: Definitions, study design, and implications for psychiatry and beyond. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, e396.

Faasse, K., Huynh, A., Pearson, S., Geers, A.L., Helfer, S.G., & Colagiuri, B. (2019). The influence of side effect information framing on nocebo effects. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53, 621-629.

Geers, A. L., Close, S. R., Caplandies, F., Pertiwi, Y., Murray, A., Vogel, C., Handley, I.M., & Vase, L. A. (2019). Testing a positive affect induction to reduce verbally-induced nocebo hyperalgesia in an experimental pain paradigm. Pain, 160, 2290-2297.

Geers, A. L., Close, S. R., Caplandies, F., & Vase, L. (2019). A positive mood induction for reducing the formation of nocebo effects from side effect information. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 11, 999-1008.

Geers, A. L., Fowler, S. L., Helfer, S. G., & Murray, A. B. (2019). Test of psychological and electrodermal changes immediately following the delivery of three analgesic treatment messages. Pain Reports, e693.

Tang, B., Geers, A.L., Barnes, K., & Colagiuri, B. (2019). Instrumental control enhances placebo analgesia. Journal of Pain, 20, 1486-1497.

Yeung, V. W., Geers, A. L., & Kam, S. M. (2019). Merely possessing a placebo analgesic reduced pain intensity: Preliminary findings from a randomized laboratory design. Current Psychology, 38, 194-203.

Evers A.W.M., Colloca L., Blease C., Annoni M., Atlas L.Y., Benedetti F., Bingel U., Büchel C., Carvalho C., Colagiuri B., Crum A.J., Enck P., Gaab J., Geers A.L., … Kelley J.M. (2018). Implications of placebo and nocebo effects for clinical practice: Expert consensus. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87, 204-210.

Geers, A. L., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2018). An analysis of the basic processes of formation and change of placebo expectations. Review of General Psychology.

Geers, A. L., Briñol, P., Vogel, E. A., Aspiras, O., Caplandies, F. C., & Petty, R. E. (2018). The application of persuasion theory to placebo effects. International Review of Neurobiology, 138, 113-136.

Caplandies, F., Colagiuri, B., Helfer, S. G., & Geers, A. L. (2017). Effect type but not attribute framing alters nocebo headaches in an experimental paradigm. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4, 259-273.

Fowler, S. L., & Geers, A. L. (2017). Does trait masculinity relate to expressing toughness?: The effects of masculinity threat and self-affirmation in college men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity,18, 176-186.

Fox, J. Rose, J. P., Close, S., & Geers, A. L. (2016). Does choosing help everyone?: Examining the relationships among treatment choice, self-construal, and pain. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 527- 536.

Seligman, L. D., Hovey, J. D., Geers, A. L., Hurtado, G., Swedish, E. F., Roley, M. E., & Kene, P. (2016). Social cognitive correlates of attitudes toward empirically supported treatments. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 47, 215-223.

Brown, J. A., Oikawa, M., Rose, J. P., Haught, H. M., Oikawa, H., & Geers, A. L. (2015). Choosing across cultures: The effect of choice complexity on treatment outcomes. Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making, 28, 515-528.

Geers, A. L., Fowler, S.L., Wellman, J. A., Helfer, S. G., Close, S., & France, C. R. (2015). Prior experience with a pain stimulus as a predictor of placebo analgesia. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38, 136-142.

Helfer, S. G., Elhai, J., & Geers, A. L. (2015). Affect and exercise: Positive affective expectations can increase post-exercise mood and exercise intentions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, 269-279.

Contractor, A. A., Mehta, P., Tiamiyu, M. F., Hovey, J. D., Geers, A. L., Charak, R., et al. (2014). Relations between PTSD and distress dimensions in an Indian child/adolescent sample following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 42, 925-935.

Geers, A. L. & Miller, F. G. (2014). Understanding and translating knowledge about placebo effects: The contribution of psychology. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 27, 326-331.

Geers, A. L., Rose, J. P., & Brown, J. A. (2014). Aligning research and practice: Implications of patient-centered care for placebo effects. The Patient: Patient–Centered Outcomes Research, 7, 1-3.

Geers, A. L., Rose, J. P., Rasinski, H. M., Fowler, S. L., & Brown, J. A. (2014). Patient involvement in treatment decision making can help or hinder placebo analgesia: The moderating role of prior experience. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 222, 165-170.

Geers, A. L., Rose, J. P., Fowler, S. L., Rasinski, H., Brown, J. A., & Helfer, S. G. (2014). Why does choice enhance treatment effectiveness? Using placebo treatments to demonstrate the role of personal control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 549-566.

Handley, I., M., Geers, A. L., Fowler, S. L., Rasinski, H. M., & Helfer, S. G. (2013). Beliefs about expectations moderate the influence of expectations on pain perception. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 52-58.

Rose, J. P., Geers, A. L., Rasinski, H., M., & Fowler, S. L. (2012). Treatment choice and placebo analgesia. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 462-470.

Fowler, S. L., Rasinski, H. M., Helfer, S. G., Geers, A. L., & France, C. R. (2011). Concept priming and pain: An experimental approach to understanding the role of gender in sex-related pain differences. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 139-147.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., Fowler, S. L., Rasinski, H. M., & Helfer, S. G. (2011). Placebo expectations and the detection of somatic information. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 208-217.

Geers, A. L., & Wellman, J. A. (2009). Expectations. In D. Sanders & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Oxford University Press.

Seligman, L.D., Wuyek, L.A., Geers, A.L., Hovey, J.D., & Motley, R. L. (2009). The effects of inaccurate expectations on experiences with psychotherapy. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 139-149.

Wellman, J. A., & Geers, A. L. (2009). Rebel without a (conscious) cause: Priming a nonconscious goal for psychological reactance. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 9-17.

Geers, A. L., Kosbab, K., Weiland, P. E., Helfer, S. G., & Wellman, J. A. (2007). Further evidence for individual differences in placebo responding: An interactionist perspective. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 62, 563-570.

Geers, A. L., Helfer, S. G., Kosbab, K., & Weiland, P. E. (2006). Expectations and placebo response: A laboratory investigation into the role of somatic focus. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 171-178.

Geers, A. L., & Lassiter, G. D. (2005). Affective assimilation and contrast: Effects of expectations and prior stimulus exposure. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 27, 143-154.

Geers, A. L., Weiland, P. E., Kosbab, K., Landry, S. J., & Helfer, S. G. (2005). Goal activation, expectations, and the placebo effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 143-160.

Future-Directed Thought 

Scheier, M. and the optimism consortium (in press). The presence of optimism versus the absence of pessimism as predictors of physical well-being: A meta-analytic study of dispositional optimism. American Psychologist.  

Rose, J. P., & Aspiras, O. G. (2020). “To hope was to expect”: The impact of perspective taking and forecast type on wishful thinking. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Published online January 10, 2020.

Fowler, S. L. & Geers, A. L. (2015). Comparative and dispositional optimism as interactive predictors: The moderating role of psychological distance. Psychology and Health, 30, 456-474.

Rose, J. P, Geers, A. L., Fowler, S. L., & Rasinski, H. M. (2014). Choice-making, expectations, and treatment positivity: How and when choosing shapes aversive experiences. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27, 1-10.

Brown, J. A., Fowler, S., Rasinski, H., Rose, J.P., & Geers, A.L. (2013).  Choice as a moderator of placebo expectation effects: Additional support from two experiments. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 436-444.

Geers, A. L., Rose, J. P., Fowler, S. L., Rasinski, H., Brown, J. A., & Helfer, S. (2013).  Why does choice enhance treatment effectiveness? Using placebo treatments to demonstrate the role of personal control.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 549-566.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., & Fowler, S. L. (2013). Unique and interactive effects of comparative and dispositional optimism. Psychology and Health, 28, 30-48.

Neff, L. A. & Geers, A. L. (2013). Optimistic expectations in marriage: A resource or vulnerability for adaptive relationship functioning? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 38-60.

Suls, J., Rose, J. P., Windschitl, P. D., & Smith, A. R.  (2013).  Optimism following a tornado disaster.   Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 691-702.

Windschitl, P. D., Scherer, A., Smith, A. R., & Rose, J. P. (2013).  Why so confident? The influence of new desirability on selective exposure and likelihood judgment.  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 120, 73-86.

Rose, J.P.  (2012).  Debiasing comparative optimism and increasing worry for health outcomes.  Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 1121-1131.

Rose, J.P., Geers, A.L., Rasinski, H.M., & Fowler, S. L.  (2012).  Choice and placebo expectation effects in the context of pain analgesia.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 462-470.

Rose, J. P., Suls, J., & Windschitl, P. D.  (2011).  When and why people are comparatively optimistic about future illness risk: The role of direct and indirect comparison measures.  Psychology, Health, & Medicine, 169, 475-483.

Geers, A. L., & Rose, J.P. (2011).  Treatment choice and placebo expectation effects. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 734-750.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., Fowler, S. L., Helfer, S. G., & France, C. R. (2010). Dispositional optimism predicts placebo analgesia. Journal of Pain, 11, 1165-1171.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., Seligman, L. D., Wuyek, L. A., & Neff, L. A. (2010). Dispositional optimism, treatment goals, and engagement in treatment programs. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 123-134.

Windschitl, P. D., Smith, A. R., Rose, J. P., & Krizan, Z.  (2010). The desirability bias in predictions: Going optimistic without leaving realism.  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 111, 33-47.

Fosnaugh, J., Geers, A. L., & Wellman, J. A. (2009). Giving off a rosy glow: The manipulation of global optimism. Journal of Social Psychology, 149, 249-263.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., & Lassiter, G. D. (2009). Dispositional optimism and engagement: The moderating influence of goal prioritization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 913-932.

Wellman, J. A., Czopp, A., & Geers, A. L. (2009). The egalitarian optimist and the confrontation of prejudice. Positive Psychology, 4, 389-395.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., Helfer, S. G., Fowler, S. L., & France, C. R. (2008). Dispositional optimism and thoughts of well-being determine sensitivity to an experimental pain task. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 304-314.

Rose, J. P., Endo, Y., Windschitl, P. D., & Suls, J. (2008).  Cultural differences in unrealistic optimism and pessimism: The role of egocentrism and direct vs. indirect comparison measures.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1236-1248.

Rose, J. P. & Windschitl, P. D. (2008).  How egocentrism and optimism change in response to feedback in repeated competitions.  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 201-220.

Reilley, S. P., Geers, A. L., Lindsay, D. L., Deronde, L., & Dember, W. N. (2005). Convergence and predictive validity in measures of optimism and pessimism: Sequential studies. Current Psychology, 24, 43-59.

Geers, A. L., Handley, I. M., & McLarney, A. R. (2003). Discerning the role of optimism in persuasion: The valence-enhancement hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 554-565.

Geers, A. L., & Lassiter, G. D. (2002). Effects of affective expectations on affective experience: The moderating role of optimism – pessimism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1026-1039.

Geers, A. L. (2000). Examining the relationship between specific future expectations and optimism and pessimism. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 24, 26-33.

Geers, A. L., Reilley, S. P., & Dember, W. N. (1998). Optimism, pessimism, and friendship. Current Psychology, 17, 3-19.

Social Comparison

Rose, J., Edmonds, K., Gallinari, E., Herzog, N., & Kumar, M. (in press). Tendencies for comparing up and down: An examination of the directional subscales of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Richmond, J. R., Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P. & Gratz, K. L. (in press). Experimental investigation of social comparison as a regulation strategy among young women with borderline personality symptoms. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Herzog, N. K., Vasireddy, H., Drenner, D., & Rose, J. (2022). The effects of social media based social comparison information and similarity mindsets on COVID-19 vaccination uptake cognitions. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-14.

Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P., Aspiras, O. G., & Kumar, M. S. (2021). Absolute and comparative risk assessments: Evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception. Psychology & Health, 1-17.

Richmond, J. R., Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P., & Gratz, K. L. (2021). The interactive influence of borderline personality disorder symptoms and social comparison orientation on self-esteem. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110532. 

Rose, J. P. & Edmonds, K. A. (2021). Social comparisons for following health recommendations and their relation to worry and intentions during COVID-19. European Journal of Health Psychology. 

Gratz, K. L., Richmond, J. R., Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P., & Tull, M.T. (2020). Integrating social comparison into the understanding of emotion regulation in borderline personality. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 39(8), 727-760.

Smith, A.R., Windschitl, P.D., & Rose, J.P.  (2019). An integrated approach to biases in referent-specific judgments. Thinking & Reasoning. Published online November 15.

Vogel, E. A., Rose, J. P., Aspiras, O., Edmonds, K. A., & Gallinari, E. F. (2019). Comparing comparisons: Assimilation and contrast processes and outcomes following social and temporal comparison. Self and Identity.

Vogel, E. A. & Rose, J.P. (2017). Perceptions of perfection: The influence of social media on interpersonal evaluations. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Vogel, E. A., Rose, J.P., & Crane, C. (2017). “Transformation Tuesday”: Temporal context and post valence influence the provision of social support on social media. Journal of Social Psychology.

Rose, J.P & Vogel, E.A. (2017).  Self-esteem and social status. Encyclopedia of Individual Differences.

Seligman, L., Swedish, E., Rose, J. P., & Baker, J. (2016). An initial investigation of the use of comparative referents to assess social anxiety. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.

Rose, J.P., Aspiras, O.G., Vogel, E. A., Haught, H.M., & Roberts, L.R. (2017). Comparative optimism and event skewness. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30, 236-255.

Vogel, E. A., Rose, J. P., Okdie, B. M., Eckles, K., & Franz, B. (2015). Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences.

Rose, J. P., Geers, A. L., France, C. R., & France, J. L. (2014). Norm perception and communication for vasovagal symptoms in blood donation. Transfusion, 54, 2258-2266.

Vogel, E. A., Rose, J. P., Roberts, L. R., & Eckles, K. (2014). Social comparison, social media, and self-esteem. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 3, 206-222.

Bruchmann, K., Suls, J., Lee, S., Rose, J.P., Krizan, Z., & Windschitl, P. (2013). Searching for the limits and explanations of the non-selective superiority bias.  Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 124-130.

Rose, J.P. & Nagel, B.  (2013).  Relation between comparative risk, absolute risk, and worry: The role of handedness strength.  Journal of Health Psychology, 18, 866-874.

Rose, J. P., Jasper, J. D., & Corser, R.  (2012).  Interhemispheric interaction and egocentrism: The role of handedness in social comparative judgment.  British Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 111-129.

Rose, J. P., Windschitl, P.D., & Smith, A.R. (2012).  Debiasing egocentrism and optimism biases in repeated competitions.  Judgment & Decision Making, 7, 761-767.

Rose, J. P., Endo, Y., Windschitl, P. D., & Suls, J. (2008).  Cultural differences in unrealistic optimism and pessimism: The role of egocentrism and direct vs. indirect comparison measures.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1236-1248.

Rose, J. P. & Windschitl, P. D. (2008).  How egocentrism and optimism change in response to feedback in repeated competitions.  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 201-220.

Windschitl, P. D., Rose, J. P., Stalkfleet, M., & Smith, A. R. (2008). Are people excessive or judicious in their egocentrism?  A modeling approach to understanding bias and accuracy in people’s optimism.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 253-273.Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Determinants of Healthy Behavior

Van Wasshenova, E., Boardley, D., Geers, A. L., Tull, M., & Steiner, V. (in press). A brief value-based randomized intervention to promote physical activity in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation. American Journal of Health Education.

Scamaldo, K., Tull, M. T., Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P., & Gratz, K. L. (in press). The prospective relations of substance use frequency to social distancing behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social distancing self-efficacy. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Rose, J. P., Edmonds, K. A., Aspiras, O., Kumar, M., Scamaldo, K., Richmond, J. R., Tull, M. T., & Gratz, K. L. (in press). The impact of stay-at-home orders on vulnerability assessments and precautionary intentions during a pandemic. Psychology, Health, & Medicine. 

Talavera Garza L., Seligman L. D., Geers A. L., Murray A. B., Ibarra M., & Hovey J. D., (in press). Development of a measure of fearful implicit associations with dental stimuli in youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 

Edmonds, K. A. & Rose, J. P. (2022). Exploring the impact of dimensional comparisons in health contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, e12669. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12669

Matkovic, J., Clemens, K. S., Faasse, K., & Geers, A. L. (2021). Hand washing message type predicts readiness for behavior change in the United States at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 583491.

Clemens, K. S., Matkovic, J., Faasse, K., & Geers, A. L. (2021). The role of attitudes, affect, and income in predicting COVID-19 behavioral intentions. Frontiers in Health Psychology, 11, 3654.

Clemens, K. S., Matkovic, J., Faasse, K., & Geers, A. L. (2020). Determinants of safety-focused product purchasing behavior in the United States at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Safety Science, 130, 104894.

Clemens, K., Tull, M., Murray, A., Boardley, D., Tipton, J., & Geers, A. L. (2020). Examination of the relationship between affect, values, and physical activity among cancer survivors. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 68-74.

Gratz, K. L., Tull, M. T., Richmond, J. R., Edmonds, K. A., Scamaldo, K., & Rose, J. P. (2020). Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness explain the associations of COVID-19 social and economic consequences to suicide risk. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50, 1140-1148.

Murray, A., Boardley, D., Van Wasshenova, E., Mahas, R., Kiviniemi, M. T., Tipton, J., & Geers, A. L. (2020). Affective determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors. Psychology and Health, 35, 593-612.  

Tull, M. T., Barbano, A. C., Scamaldo, K. M., Richmond, J. R., Edmonds, K. A., Rose, J. P., & Gratz, K. L. (2020). The prospective influence of COVID-19 affective risk assessments and intolerance of uncertainty on later dimensions of health anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 75, 102290. 

Tull, M.T., Edmonds, K. A., Forbes, C. N., Richmond, J. R., Rose, J. P., Anestis, M.D., & Gratz, K. L. (2020). Examining relationships between gender, opioid dependence, and distress tolerance among patients in substance use disorder treatment. Substance Use & Misuse, 55, 1327-1334.

Tull, M. T., Edmonds, K. A., Scamaldo, K., Richmond, J. R., Rose, J. P., & Gratz, K. L. (2020). Psychological outcomes associated with stay-at-home orders and the perceived impact of COVID-19 on daily life. Psychiatry Research, 289, 113098.

Aloni, M., Geers, A. L., & Milano, K. (2019). Too picky for my taste?: Effects of the gluten-free dietary restriction on impressions of romantic partners. Appetite, 132, 55-66. 

Edmonds, K. A., Aspiras, O. G., Rose, J. P., Gratz, K. L., Pinkston, M. M., Naifeh, J. A., Konkle-Parker, D. J., & Tull, M. T. (2019). Cross-sectional evaluation of perceived health care provider engagement, self-efficacy, and ART adherence in people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care.

Maras, J., Murray, A. B., Boardley, D., Van Wasshenova, E., Tull, M., Tipton, J., & Geers, A. L. (2019). Assessing the relationship between implicit and explicit evaluations of fruit and vegetable consumption by cancer survivors. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 365-371.

Caplandies, F., Brown, J. A., Murray, A., & Geers, A. L. (2018). Choice and enjoyment of exercise: A test of three moderating variables. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 38, 47-55.

Seligman, L. D., Geers, A. L., Swedish, E. F., Hovey, J. D., & Hurtado, G. (2018). An analogue study examining attitude change theory and its implications for dissemination and implementation of empirically supported treatments. Journal of Evidence Based Psychotherapies.

Tull, M. T., Lee, A. A., Geers, A. L., & Gratz, K. L. (2018). Exploring the role of sedentary behavior and physical activity in depression and anxiety symptom severity among patients with substance use disorder. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 14, 98-102.

Geers, A. L., Vanwasshenova, E., Murray, A. B., Mahas, R.,Fahlman, M. M., & Boardley, D. (2017). Affective associations as predictors of health behavior in urban minority youth. Health Psychology, 36, 996-1005.

Roberts, L. R., Rose, J.P., & Vogel, E. A. (2017). Experiencing is believing: Prior experience moderates the impact of self-based and socially-based cues in the context of blood donation. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Haught, H. M., Rose, J. P., & Brown, J. A. (2016). Social-class indicators differentially predict engagement in prevention vs. detection behaviours. Psychology and Health, 31, 21-39.

Mahas, R., Sheu, J. J., Singh, S., Jordan, T., & Geers, A. (2016). Racial/ethnic disparities, body weight, and psychosocial antecedents that predict women’s failure to meet Pap test screening national recommendations. Translational Cancer Research, 5, S983-S992.

Fowler, S. L. & Geers, A. L. (2015). Comparative and dispositional optimism as interactive predictors: The moderating role of psychological distance. Psychology and Health, 30, 456-474.

Haught, H. M., Rose, J. P., Geers, A. L., & Brown, J. A. (2015). Subjective social status and health: The roles of referent abstraction. Journal of Social Psychology.

Helfer, S. G., Elhai, J., & Geers, A. L. (2015). Affect and exercise: Positive affective expectations can increase post-exercise mood and exercise intentions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, 269-279.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., & Fowler, S. L. (2013). Unique and interactive effects of comparative and dispositional optimism. Psychology and Health, 28, 30-48.

Geers, A. L., Wellman, J. A., & Lassiter, G. D. (2009). Dispositional optimism and engagement: The moderating influence of goal prioritization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 913-932.

Rose, J. P.  (2010). Are direct or indirect measures of comparative risk better predictors of concern and behavioral intentions?  Psychology and Health, 25, 149-165.