Kim L Gratz

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  1. ncbi A laboratory-based examination of responses to social rejection in borderline personality disorder: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Pers Disord 27:157-71. 2013
  2. ncbi Exploring the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and deliberate self-harm: the moderating roles of borderline and avoidant personality disorders
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Psychiatry Res 199:19-23. 2012
  3. ncbi Deliberate self-harm among underserved adolescents: the moderating roles of gender, race, and school-level and association with borderline personality features
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Personal Disord 3:39-54. 2012
  4. ncbi Extending research on the utility of an adjunctive emotion regulation group therapy for deliberate self-harm among women with borderline personality pathology
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Personal Disord 2:316-26. 2011
  5. ncbi Exploring the association between emotional abuse and childhood borderline personality features: the moderating role of personality traits
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Behav Ther 42:493-508. 2011
  6. ncbi The relationship between emotion dysregulation and deliberate self-harm among female undergraduate students at an urban commuter university
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 37:14-25. 2008
  7. ncbi Extending extant models of the pathogenesis of borderline personality disorder to childhood borderline personality symptoms: the roles of affective dysfunction, disinhibition, and self- and emotion-regulation deficits
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Dev Psychopathol 21:1263-91. 2009
  8. ncbi Factors associated with co-occurring borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users: the roles of childhood maltreatment, negative affect intensity/reactivity, and emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 49:603-15. 2008
  9. ncbi Exploring the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse: gender differences in the mediating role of emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, and the University of Maryland, College Park, USA
    Violence Vict 24:68-82. 2009
  10. ncbi Preliminary data on the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and borderline personality disorder: the role of experiential avoidance
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 42:550-9. 2008

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Publications49

  1. ncbi A laboratory-based examination of responses to social rejection in borderline personality disorder: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Pers Disord 27:157-71. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi Exploring the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and deliberate self-harm: the moderating roles of borderline and avoidant personality disorders
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Psychiatry Res 199:19-23. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Deliberate self-harm among underserved adolescents: the moderating roles of gender, race, and school-level and association with borderline personality features
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Personal Disord 3:39-54. 2012
    ..Findings highlight the importance of continuing to examine DSH and its correlates among more diverse groups of youth...
  4. ncbi Extending research on the utility of an adjunctive emotion regulation group therapy for deliberate self-harm among women with borderline personality pathology
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Personal Disord 2:316-26. 2011
    ..Further, 55% of participants reported abstinence from DSH during the last two months of the group...
  5. ncbi Exploring the association between emotional abuse and childhood borderline personality features: the moderating role of personality traits
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Behav Ther 42:493-508. 2011
    ..Further, findings highlight the moderating role of affective dysfunction in the relationship between emotional abuse and childhood BP features...
  6. ncbi The relationship between emotion dysregulation and deliberate self-harm among female undergraduate students at an urban commuter university
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 37:14-25. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Extending extant models of the pathogenesis of borderline personality disorder to childhood borderline personality symptoms: the roles of affective dysfunction, disinhibition, and self- and emotion-regulation deficits
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Dev Psychopathol 21:1263-91. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi Factors associated with co-occurring borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users: the roles of childhood maltreatment, negative affect intensity/reactivity, and emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 49:603-15. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Exploring the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse: gender differences in the mediating role of emotion dysregulation
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, and the University of Maryland, College Park, USA
    Violence Vict 24:68-82. 2009
    ..Consistent with hypotheses, emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse among men; conversely, emotion dysregulation was not associated with partner abuse among women...
  10. ncbi Preliminary data on the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and borderline personality disorder: the role of experiential avoidance
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 42:550-9. 2008
    ..Findings suggest the need to further explore the role of AS in the pathogenesis of BPD...
  11. ncbi An experimental investigation of emotional reactivity and delayed emotional recovery in borderline personality disorder: the role of shame
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 51:275-85. 2010
    ..Findings suggest the importance of continuing to examine emotional reactivity in BPD within specific contexts and across distinct emotions, rather than at the general trait level...
  12. ncbi An experimental investigation of emotional willingness and physical pain tolerance in deliberate self-harm: the moderating role of interpersonal distress
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 52:63-74. 2011
    ....
  13. ncbi Targeting emotion dysregulation in the treatment of self-injury
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Clin Psychol 63:1091-103. 2007
    ..A case illustration describing how one of these treatments (an acceptance-based, emotion regulation group therapy) is used to treat self-injury is provided...
  14. ncbi A laboratory-based study of the relationship between childhood abuse and experiential avoidance among inner-city substance users: the role of emotional nonacceptance
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Behav Ther 38:256-68. 2007
    ..Findings suggest the utility of interventions aimed at decreasing experiential avoidance and promoting emotional acceptance among abused individuals...
  15. ncbi Risk factors for deliberate self-harm among female college students: the role and interaction of childhood maltreatment, emotional inexpressivity, and affect intensity/reactivity
    Kim L Gratz
    McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
    Am J Orthopsychiatry 76:238-50. 2006
    ....
  16. ncbi Risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students
    Kim L Gratz
    Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 02125, USA
    Am J Orthopsychiatry 72:128-40. 2002
    ..Substantial gender differences in the risk factors for self-harm behavior were also revealed. Suggestions for future research are provided...
  17. ncbi Measuring changes in symptoms relevant to borderline personality disorder following short-term treatment across partial hospital and intensive outpatient levels of care
    Kim L Gratz
    McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Psychiatr Pract 12:153-9. 2006
    ..Preliminary data on symptom changes among patients with BPD during the first 3 months of treatment in a step-down treatment program are presented...
  18. ncbi An experimental investigation of emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder
    Kim L Gratz
    Center for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 115:850-5. 2006
    ..Results highlight directions for future research and suggest that particular aspects of emotion dysregulation may be more or less relevant to BPD...
  19. ncbi Preliminary data on an acceptance-based emotion regulation group intervention for deliberate self-harm among women with borderline personality disorder
    Kim L Gratz
    McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    Behav Ther 37:25-35. 2006
    ..While these preliminary results are promising, the study's limitations require their replication in a larger-scale randomized controlled trial...
  20. ncbi Understanding the heterogeneity of BPD symptoms through latent class analysis: initial results and clinical correlates among inner-city substance users
    Marina A Bornovalova
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, College Park, Maryland, USA
    Psychol Assess 22:233-45. 2010
    ..Rates of alcohol use and mood disorders for the intermediate classes fell in between the high-BPD and the baseline classes. Results are discussed in relation to the current diagnostic conceptualization of BPD...
  21. ncbi Further examination of the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and depression: the mediating role of experiential avoidance and difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior when distressed
    Matthew T Tull
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 22:199-210. 2008
    ..However, only experiential avoidance was a significant mediator. Implications for research on the role of AS in depression vulnerability and treatment are discussed...
  22. ncbi A multimodal assessment of the relationship between emotion dysregulation and borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users in residential treatment
    Marina A Bornovalova
    Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 42:717-26. 2008
    ..Findings suggest the need to further explore the role of emotion dysregulation in the development and maintenance of BPD among inner-city substance users in residential treatment...
  23. ncbi Temperamental and environmental risk factors for borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users in residential treatment
    Marina A Bornovalova
    University of Maryland, USA
    J Personal Disord 20:218-31. 2006
    ..However, only emotional instability or vulnerability, impulsivity, and emotional abuse emerged as unique predictors of BPD status...
  24. ncbi The relationship between distress tolerance and antisocial personality disorder among male inner-city treatment seeking substance users
    Stacey B Daughters
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Pers Disord 22:509-24. 2008
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  25. ncbi The role of emotional inexpressivity and experiential avoidance in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and aggressive behavior among men exposed to interpersonal violence
    Matthew T Tull
    Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Anxiety Stress Coping 20:337-51. 2007
    ..Clinical and research implications of findings are discussed...
  26. ncbi Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among youth in an underserved area of the Southern United States: exploring the moderating roles of gender, racial/ethnic background, and school-level
    Robert D Latzman
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA
    J Youth Adolesc 39:270-80. 2010
    ..middle-school). Results highlight the need for further research on SITB among diverse youth in underserved areas...
  27. ncbi The role of anxiety sensitivity and difficulties in emotion regulation in posttraumatic stress disorder among crack/cocaine dependent patients in residential substance abuse treatment
    Michael J McDermott
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 23:591-9. 2009
    ..Results provide support for the central role of difficulties in emotion regulation relative to AS dimensions in the prediction of PTSD within a crack/cocaine dependent population...
  28. ncbi Cocaine-related attentional bias following trauma cue exposure among cocaine dependent in-patients with and without post-traumatic stress disorder
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Addiction 106:1810-8. 2011
    ..This study investigated one potential mechanism-attentional bias to cocaine imagery following trauma cue exposure...
  29. ncbi The role of experiential avoidance in posttraumatic stress symptoms and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatization
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 192:754-61. 2004
    ..Results suggest the importance of separately examining the influence of different forms of experiential avoidance on posttraumatic psychopathology...
  30. ncbi The role of anxiety sensitivity and lack of emotional approach coping in depressive symptom severity among a non-clinical sample of uncued panickers
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 35:74-87. 2006
    ..Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the improved understanding of this co-morbidity, as well as its treatment...
  31. ncbi Exploring associations between borderline personality disorder, crack/cocaine dependence, gender, and risky sexual behavior among substance-dependent inpatients
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
    Personal Disord 2:209-19. 2011
    ..Findings replicate extant findings pertaining to the association between BPD and RSB and extend research by identifying relevant factors that may moderate this association...
  32. ncbi Examining the role of emotional avoidance in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and worry
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 39216, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 40:5-14. 2011
    ..The implications of these findings for future research and the treatment of worry among individuals with a history of traumatic exposure are discussed...
  33. ncbi A preliminary examination of the relationships between posttraumatic stress symptoms and crack/cocaine, heroin, and alcohol dependence
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 24:55-62. 2010
    ..Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding motivations underlying the substance of choice among individuals with PTS symptoms, as well as the development of treatments for co-occurring PTS and SUDs...
  34. ncbi Impulsive behaviors as an emotion regulation strategy: examining associations between PTSD, emotion dysregulation, and impulsive behaviors among substance dependent inpatients
    Nicole H Weiss
    Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 26:453-8. 2012
    ..Results highlight the relevance of emotion dysregulation to impulsive behaviors and suggest that treatments targeting emotion dysregulation may be useful in reducing impulsive behaviors among SUD patients with PTSD...
  35. ncbi Mindfulness, body image, and drive for muscularity in men
    Jason M Lavender
    Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
    Body Image 9:289-92. 2012
    ..Results are discussed with regard to the potential role of dispositional mindfulness in body dissatisfaction among men...
  36. ncbi The impact of borderline personality pathology on mothers' responses to infant distress
    Elizabeth J Kiel
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Fam Psychol 25:907-18. 2011
    ..The implications of findings for understanding the mechanisms of risk for children of mothers with BP pathology, as well as the transactional nature of mother-infant relationships in general, are discussed...
  37. ncbi The contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to risky sexual behavior within a sample of patients in residential substance abuse treatment
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
    Addict Behav 37:1084-92. 2012
    ..The implications of these findings for understanding motivations for RSB and developing targeted interventions for RSB among SUD patients are discussed...
  38. ncbi Examining the association between emotion regulation difficulties and probable posttraumatic stress disorder within a sample of African Americans
    Nicole H Weiss
    Department of Psychology, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 41:5-14. 2012
    ..These findings extend extant research on the role of emotion dysregulation in PTSD, thus providing support for the relevance of emotion dysregulation to PTSD among African American adults in particular...
  39. ncbi Behavioral inhibition and attentional network functioning
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 41:1-4. 2012
    ..Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of BIS sensitivity in the pathogenesis of pathological anxiety...
  40. ncbi An examination of recent non-clinical panic attacks, panic disorder, anxiety sensitivity, and emotion regulation difficulties in the prediction of generalized anxiety disorder in an analogue sample
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 23:275-82. 2009
    ..Findings speak to the underlying role of emotion regulation difficulties in GAD, and suggest that it may be the shared relationship of these difficulties with both PD and GAD that partially explain the association of these disorders...
  41. ncbi The role of emotional nonacceptance in the relation between depression and recent cigarette smoking
    Claire E Adams
    University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
    Am J Addict 21:293-301. 2012
    ..Results suggest that depression may interfere with emotional acceptance, increasing urges to smoke to escape negative affect. Targeting emotional nonacceptance may improve smoking cessation treatments for depressed individuals...
  42. ncbi The impact of borderline personality disorder on residential substance abuse treatment dropout among men
    Matthew T Tull
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 121:97-102. 2012
    ..dropout of residential substance abuse treatment. One potentially relevant factor that has received relatively little attention is borderline personality disorder (BPD)...
  43. ncbi Solving the puzzle of deliberate self-harm: the experiential avoidance model
    Alexander L Chapman
    Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA
    Behav Res Ther 44:371-94. 2006
    ..The EAM integrates a variety of research on emotions, experiential avoidance, and DSH within a clinically useful framework that sparks novel research directions...
  44. ncbi Exploring the relationship between facets of mindfulness and eating pathology in women
    Jason M Lavender
    Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
    Cogn Behav Ther 40:174-82. 2011
    ..Results are discussed with regard to the potential role of various facets of trait mindfulness in eating pathology as well as the possible utility of mindfulness-based treatments for eating disorders...
  45. ncbi The relative and unique contributions of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity to posttraumatic stress disorder among substance dependent inpatients
    Nicole H Weiss
    Jackson State University, Department of Psychology, 1325 J R Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 128:45-51. 2013
    ..Therefore, this study examined associations between PTSD and facets of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity within a sample of trauma-exposed SUD inpatients...
  46. ncbi The interactive role of distress tolerance and borderline personality disorder in suicide attempts among substance users in residential treatment
    Michael D Anestis
    Military Suicide Research Consortium, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 53:1208-16. 2012
    ....
  47. ncbi The role of anxiety sensitivity, behavioral inhibition, and cognitive biases in anxiety symptoms: structural equation modeling of direct and indirect pathways
    Andres G Viana
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    J Clin Psychol 68:1122-41. 2012
    ..e., worry and trait anxiety symptoms)...
  48. ncbi Borderline personality disorder and emotional responding: a review of the research literature
    M Zachary Rosenthal
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 3026, Durham, NC 27710, Duke University Medical Center, United States
    Clin Psychol Rev 28:75-91. 2008
    ..Finally, problems commonly encountered when conducting translational research on emotion in BPD are outlined, and solutions to these problems are offered...
  49. ncbi Three assessment tools for deliberate self-harm and suicide behavior: evaluation and psychopathological correlates
    Herbert Fliege
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Center for Internal Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
    J Psychosom Res 61:113-21. 2006
    ....