Publications
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Garfin, D. R., Osorio, J., Amador, A., Ruivivar, K, & Nyamathi, A. M. (2022). A multi-method exploration of mindfulness as a coping tool: perspectives from trauma-exposed, unhoused women residing at a drug treatment facility. Stress and Health. PDF
Holman, E. A., Jones, N. M., Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2022). Distortions in time perception during collective trauma: Insights from a national longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy. doi: 10.1037/tra0001326 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Holman E. A., Fischhoff, B., & Silver, R. C. (2022). Media exposure, risk perceptions, and fear: Americans’ behavioral responses to the Ebola public health crisis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 77, 103059. PDF
Garfin, D. R., Thompson, R. R., Holman E. A., Wong-Parodi, G., & Silver, R. C. (2022). A longitudinal study of Floridians responses to repeated hurricane exposure. JAMA Network Open, 5(6), e2217251.5(6), e2217251. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17251 PDF
Invited commentary: Nakabayashi, M. (2022). Cumulative adverse mental health outcomes after concurrent disasters—social, scientific, and policy-making implications. JAMA Network Open;5(6), e2217260. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17260 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Djokovic, L., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2022). Predictors of functional impairment and health-related worries among COVID-19 healthcare and non-healthcare essential workers. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001224 PDF
Anamika, D., Felipe, P., Peña, F., Holcomb, J. M., Loreto, L., Sqicciarini, A. M., Canenguez, K. M., Bergman, P., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Farley, A. M., Simonsohn, A., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., Benheim, T. S., Guzmán, J., Jelinek, M. S., & Murphy, M. J. (2022). Earthquake exposure, adverse childhood experiences, and psychosocial functioning in Chilean children: A longitudinal study. Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22826 PDF
Wong-Parodi, G., & Garfin, D. R. (2022). Hurricane adaptation behaviors in Texas and Florida: Exploring the role of negative personal experience and subjective attribution to climate change. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4858 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Morisky, D. Shin, S. S., Salem, B, Yadav, K., Deguzman, R., Harvey, G., Adams, I., Halas, K., Chang, K., White, K., Wu, J., & Nyamathi, A. M. (2022). Correlates of depression and anxiety among homeless adults with latent tuberculosis infection. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 494-501. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320956693 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Fischhoff, B., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2021). Risk perceptions and health behaviors during the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States: Results from a probability-based nationally representative sample. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27(4), 584–598. doi.org/10.1037/xap0000374 PDF
Nyamathi, A. M., Salem, B. E., Jones, A. A., Garfin, D. R., Yadav, K., Chang, A., White, K., & Morisky, D. (2021). Impact of a nurse-led, community health worker intervention on latent tuberculosis medication completion among homeless adults. Nursing Research. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000545
Blosnich, J. R., Garfin, D. R., Maguen, S., Vogt, D., Dichter, M. E., Hoffmire, C. A., Bernhard, P. A., & Schneiderman, A. (2021). Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans. The American Psychologist, 76(2), 284–299. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp000075 PDF
Robert, M., Stene, L. E., Garfin, D. R., Motreff, Y., & Pirard, P. (2021). Media exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms in the wake of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks: A population-based study in France. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.50945 PDF
Silver, R. C. , Holman, E. A., & Garfin, D. R. (2021). Coping with cascading collective traumas in the United States. Nature Human Behavior. 5, 4-6 http://doi:10.1038/s41562-020-00981-x PDF
Holman, E. A., Thompson, R. R., Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2020). The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the U.S. Science Advances, 6, eabd5390. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd5390 PDF
Thompson, R., Garfin, D.R., Holman, E.A., & Silver, R.C. (2020). National opinions on death penalty punishment for the Boston Marathon bomber before and after sentencing. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000244 (published ahead of print September 3, 2020). PDF
Garfin, D. R. (2020). Technology as a coping tool during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications and recommendations. Stress & Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2975 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2020). The novel Coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychology. PDF
Kofman, Y., & Garfin, D.R. (2020). Home is not always a haven: The domestic violence crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy. doi:10.1037/tra0000866 PDF
Sweeting, J., Garfin, D.R., Holman, E.A., & Silver, R.C. (2020). Associations between exposure to childhood bullying and abuse and adulthood outcomes in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Child Abuse and Neglect. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104048 PDF
Valentovich, V., Guo, Y., Garfin, D. R., & Goldberg, W. (2020). Emotion coregulation processes between mothers and their children with ASD. In F.R. Volkmar (Ed), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. PDF
Holman, E. A., Garfin, D. R., Lubens, P., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Media exposure to collective trauma, mental health, and functioning: Does it matter what you see? Clinical Psychological Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/2167702619858300 PDF
Garfin, D.R., Holman, E.A., & Silver, R.C. (2020). Exposure to prior negative life events and responses to the Boston Marathon bombings. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000486 PDF
Nyamathi, A.N., Shin, S., Sinha, S., Carpenter, C., Garfin, D.R., Padma, R.K.,,… Ekstrand, M. (2019). Sustained effect of a community-based behavioral and nutrition intervention on HIV-related outcomes at 18 months among women living with HIV in rural India: a quasi- experimental trial. JAIDS, 81(4), 429-438. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002044. PDF
Ghafoori, B., Garfin, D.R., Ramírez, J., & Khoo. (2019). Predictors of access, completion, and treatment selection among youth offered a trauma-specific treatment. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 11, 767-774. doi: 10.1037/tra0000460. PDF
Garfin, D.R., Shin, S.S., Ekstrand, M.L., Yadav, K., Carpenter, C.L., Sinha, S., & Nyamathi, A.M. (2019). Depression, social support, and stigma as predictors of quality of life over time: Results from an Asha-based intervention in India. AIDS Care, 31(5):563-571. doi:10.1080/09540121.2018.1563281 PDF
Nyamathi, A.M., Carpenter, C.L., Yadav, K., Garfin, D.R., Munoz, L., Kelly, M., Ekstrand, M.L., & Sinha, S. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of a community-based intervention on HIV and nutritional outcomes at 6 months among women living with HIV/AIDS in rural India. AIDS, 32(18), 2727-2737. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002016 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Thompson, R., & Holman, E. A. (2018). Acute stress and subsequent health outcomes: A systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 112, 107-113. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.05.017 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Poulin, M. J., Blum, S., & Silver, R. C. (2018). The aftermath of terror: A nationwide longitudinal study of posttraumatic stress across the 9/11 decade. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31, 146-156. doi: 10.1002/jts.22262 PDF
Fischhoff, B., Wong-Parodi, G., Garfin, D.R., Silver, R., C. & Holman, E.A. (2018). Public understanding of Ebola risks: Mastering an unfamiliar threat. Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 38, 71-83 (published ahead of print June 8, 2017). doi: 10.1111/risa.1279 PDF
Lee, J.A., Garfin, D. R., Lee, Y.S., & Vaughyn, S. (2018). Factors associated with gerontological career choice: The role of curriculum type and students’ attitudes. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 8 (4). doi: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v8n4p1 PDF
Valentovich, V., Goldberg, W., Garfin, D. R, & Guo, Y. (2017). Emotion coregulation processes between mothers and their children with and without autism spectrum disorder: associations with children’s maladaptive behaviors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 1235-1248. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3375-y PDF
Thompson, R., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E.A., & Silver, R.C. (2017). Psychological distress following a global health crisis: A national study of Americans’ reactions to Ebola. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 513-521 (published ahead of print April 26, 2017). doi: 10.1177/2167702617692030 PDF
Larson, S., Lynnette, A., Garfin, D., Mota, N., Pacella, M., Hunt, J, & deRoon-Cassini, T. (2017). Inconsistency in memory of traumatic events in a sample of injury patients. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 26, 525-542. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2017.1295296 PDF
Guo, Y., Garfin, D. R., Ly, A., & Goldberg, W. (2017). Emotion coregulation in mother-child dyads: A dynamic systems analysis of children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 1369-1383 (published ahead of print January 4, 2017). doi:10.1007/s10802-016-0234-9 PDF
Thompson, R., Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2017). Evacuation decisions during and after natural disasters: A systematic review. Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 37, 812- 839 (published ahead of print December 21, 2016). doi: 10.1111/risa.12654 PDF
Garfin, D. R., & Holman, E. A. (2016). Terrorism and health. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health, 2nd edition (Vol. 4, pp. 286-293). Waltham, MA: Academic Press. PDF
Silver, R. C., & Garfin, D. R. (2016). Coping with disasters. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, & D. K. Freedheim (Editors-in-Chief), APA handbook of clinical psychology: Vol. 4. Psychopathology and health (pp. 597-611). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. PDF
Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2016). Responses to natural disasters. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health, 2nd edition (Vol. 4, pp. 35-46). Waltham, MA: Academic Press. PDF
Follette, V.M., Garfin, D. R., Fitzgerald, J.M., & McLean, C. (2016). Translational trauma research: Implications for policy and intervention. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2, 347-350. doi:10.1037/tps0000101 PDF
Jones, N. M., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2016). Media use and exposure to graphic content in the week following the Boston Marathon bombing. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 47-59. doi 10.1002/ajcp.12073 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Holman, E.A., & Silver, R. C. (2015). Cumulative exposure to prior collective trauma and acute stress responses to the Boston Marathon bombings. Psychological Science, 26, 675-683. (published ahead of print April 20, 2015). doi: 10.1177/0956797614561043 PDF
Shultz, J. M., Walsh, L., Garfin D. R., Wilson F. E., & Neria, Y. (2015). The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The trauma signature of an ecological disaster. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 42(1), 58-76. doi: 10.1007/s11414-014-9398-7 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., Ugalde, F. J., Linn, H., & Inostroza, M. (2014). Exposure to rapid succession disasters: A study of residents at the epicenter of the Chilean Bio-Bio earthquake. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 545-556. doi.org/10.1037/a0037374b PDF
Garfin, D. R., Juth, V., Silver, R. C., Ugalde, F. J., Linn, H., & Inostroza, M. (2014). A national study of health care service utilization and substance use after the 2010 Chilean earthquake. Psychiatric Services, 65, 1392-1395. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201300500 PDF
Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., Gil-Rivas, V., Guzmán, J., Murphy, J. M., Cova, F., Rincon, P. P., Squicciarini, A. M., George, M., & Guzmán, M. P. (2014). Children’s reactions to the 2010 Chilean earthquake: The role of trauma exposure, family context, and school-based mental health programming. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6, 563-573 (published ahead of print June 2, 2014). doi:10.1037/a0036584 PDF
Holman, E. A., Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2014). Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 111, 93-98 (published ahead of print December 9, 2013). doi/10.1073/pnas.1316265110 PDF
Abstracted in J. Silver (2014, January 10). Stop replaying the tragedy. NEJM Journal Watch. 2014 (jan10_6) NA33132
Shultz, J. M., Garfin, D. R., Espinel, Z., Araya, R., Oquendo, M., Wainberg, M., … Neria, Y. (2014). Internally displaced “victims of armed conflict” in Colombia: The trajectory and trauma signature of displacement. Current Psychiatry Reports, 16, 474-475. doi: 10.1007/s11920-014-0475-7 PDF