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Yoo, E-H, Roberts, J.E., Suh, Y. (in press). Delayed effects of air pollution on public bike-sharing system use in Seoul, South Korea: A time series analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117030
Yoo, E-H & Roberts, J.E. (2024). Differential effects of air pollution exposure on mental health: Historical redlining in New York State. Science of the Total Environment, 948, 174516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174516
Yoo, E-H, Roberts, J. E., & Chen, K. (2024). Effects of air pollution on emergency room visits for mental disorders: Risks and effect modification by comorbid physical disorders and personal characteristics. Environmental Research: Health, 2(2), 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ad1f3f
*Rosenfeld, E.A., Lyman, C., Wojcik, C.M., Macia, K.S., & Roberts, J.E. (2023). Reassessing rumination: Validity of the Day Reconstruction Method for Rumination (DRM-R) to assess episodes of rumination in daily life. Psychological Assessment, https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001282
Barry, T. J., Takano, K., Hallford, D. J., Roberts, J. E., Salmon, K., & Raes, F. (2023). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology: Is memory specificity as important as we make it seem? WIREs Cogn Sci. 2023;14:e1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1624
*Rosenfeld, E., Lyman, C., & Roberts J.E. (2022). Development of an mHealth app–based intervention for depressive rumination (RuminAid): Mixed methods focus group evaluation. JMIR Form Res; 6(12):e40045, DOI: 10.2196/40045
Yoo, E-H, Roberts, J.E., Eum, Y., Li, X., Chu, L., Wang, P., & Chen, K. (2022). Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution and mental disorders: A case-crossover study in New York City. Environmental Research: Health, 1 015001. DOI 10.1088/2752-5309/ac6439
Yoo, E. H., Roberts, J. E., Eum, Y., Li, X., & Konty, K. (2022). Exposure to urban green space may both promote and harm mental health in socially vulnerable neighborhoods: A neighborhood-scale analysis in New York City. Environmental Research, 204(Pt C), 112292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112292
Yoo, E-H. & Roberts, J.E. (2022). Static home-based versus dynamic mobility-based assessments of exposure to urban green space. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 70,127528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127528
Yoo, E. H., Eum, Y., Roberts, J. E., Gao, Q., & Chen, K. (2021). Association between extreme temperatures and emergency room visits related to mental disorders: A multi-region time-series study in New York, USA. The Science of the Total Environment, 792, 148246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148246
Roberts, J.E., Kyung, Y., Koscinski, B., Rosenfeld, E.A., & Lee, H. (2021). Autobiographical memory specificity and detail: Does self-esteem moderate associations between response style to sad mood and memory? Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 110141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110142
Yoo, E-H. E., Roberts, J.E., Eum, Y., & Shi, Y. (2020). Quality of hybrid location data drawn from GPS-enabled mobile phones: Does it matter? Transactions in GIS, 24, 462-482.
*Moritz, D. & Roberts, J.E. (2020). Depressive symptomatology and self-esteem as moderators of metaperceptions of social rejection versus acceptance: A truth and bias analysis. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 252-265.
*Rosenfeld, E.A., Kennedy, K., Farchione, T.J., & Roberts, J.E. (2019). Cleansing the attentional palate: A preliminary test of a novel approach to facilitate disengagement from rumination. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33, 128-139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.33.2.128
Roberts, J.E., Yanes-Lukin, P. & Kyung, Y. (2018). Distinctions between autobiographical memory specificity and detail: Trajectories across cue presentations. Consciousness and Cognition, 65, 342-351.
*Moritz, D. & Roberts, J.E. (2018). Self-other agreement and metaperception accuracy across the big five: Examining the roles of depression and self-esteem. Journal of Personality, 86, 296-307. DOI:10.1111/jopy.12313
*Sova, C.C. & Roberts, J.E. (2018). Testing the cognitive catalyst model of rumination with explicit and implicit cognitive content. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 59, 115-120. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.01.002
Roberts, J.E., Porter, A.J., & Vergara-Lopez, C. (2016). Implicit and explicit self-esteem in previously and never depressed individuals: Baseline differences and reactivity to rumination. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 40(2), 164-172.
*Vergara-Lopez, C. Lopez-Vergara, H., & Roberts, J.E. (2016).Testing a “content meets process” model of depression vulnerability and rumination: Exploring the moderating role of set-shifting deficits. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 202-208. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.08.002
*Kyung, Y., Yanes-Lukin, P.K., & Roberts, J.E. (2016). Specificity and detail in autobiographical memory: Same or different constructs? Memory, 24, 272-284. doi:10.1080/09658211.2014.1002411
Hoorens, V., Takano, K., Franck, E., Roberts, J. E., & Raes, F. (2015). Initial and noninitial name-letter preferences as obtained through repeated letter rating tasks continue to reflect (different aspects of) self-esteem. Psychological Assessment, 27, 905-914. doi:10.1037/pas0000092
*Vergara-Lopez, C. & Roberts, J.E. (2015). An application of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder in the context of complicated grief, low social-economic status, and ethnic minority status. Clinical Case Studies, 14, 247-261.
*Vergara-Lopez, C., Kyung, Y., Detschmer, A., & Roberts, J.E. (2014). Testing the Cognitive Catalyst Model with idiographic content: Rumination moderates the association between self-discrepancies and depressive symptoms (PDF). Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 5, 351-362.
*Gamble, S.A., Chronis-Tuscano, A. Roberts, J.E., Ciesla, J.A., & Pelham, W.E. (2013). Self-esteem reactivity among mothers of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The moderating role of depression history (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37, 1233–1242.
*Yanes, P.K., Morse, G.D., Hsiao, C.B., Simms, L.J., Roberts, J.E. (2012). Autobiographical memory specificity and the persistence of depressive symptoms in HIV-positive patients: Rumination and social problem solving skills as mediators (PDF). Cognition & Emotion, 26 (8), 1496-1507.
*Vergara, C. & Roberts, J.E. (2012). Self-discrepancies in vulnerability to depression: The role of feared self-guides (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 847–853.
*Calmes, C.A. & Roberts, J.E. (2012). Erratum to: Repetitive thought and emotional distress: Rumination and worry as prospective predictors of depressive and anxious symptomatology (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 258.
*Vergara, C. & Roberts, J.E. (2011). Motivation and goal orientation in vulnerability to depression (PDF). Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1281-1290.
*Ciesla, J.A., Felton, J.W., & Roberts, J.E. (2011). Testing the Cognitive Catalyst Model of depression: Does rumination amplify the impact of cognitive diatheses in response to stress? (PDF) Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1349-1357.
*Kashdan, T.B. & Roberts, J.E. (2011). Comorbid social anxiety disorder in clients with depressive disorders: Predicting changes in depressive symptoms, therapeutic relationships, and focus of attention in group treatment. (PDF) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 875-884.
Simms, L.J., Goldberg, L.R., Roberts, J.E., Watson, D., Welte, J., & Rotterman, J.H. (2011). Computerized adaptive assessment of personality disorder: Introducing the CAT-PD Project (PDF). Journal of Personality Assessment, 93, 380-389.
*Prisciandaro, J.J. & Roberts, J.E. (2011). Evidence for the continuous latent structure of mania in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area from multiple latent structure and construct validation methodologies (PDF). Psychological Medicine, 41, 575-588.
*Yanes, P.K., Tiffany, S.T., & Roberts, J.E. (2010). Cognitive therapy for co-occurring depression and behaviors associated with Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder (PDF). Clinical Case Studies, 9, 369-382.
*Bottonari, K.A., Safren, S.A., McQuaid, J.R., Hsiao, C.B., & Roberts, J.E. (2010). A longitudinal investigation of the impact of life stress on HIV treatment adherence. (PDF) Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 486-495.
*Prisciandaro, J.J. & Roberts, J.E. (2009). A comparison of the predictive abilities of dimensional and categorical models of unipolar depression in the National Comorbidity Survey. (PDF) Psychological Medicine, 39, 1087-1096.
*Prisciandaro, J.J. & Roberts, J.E. (2009). Initial treatment success followed by failure: How do we deal with toxic core beliefs in the context of comorbid major depression with psychotic features, social phobia, and axis ii pathology? (PDF) Clinical Case Studies, 8, 193-209.
*Calmes, C.A. & Roberts, J.E. (2008). Rumination in interpersonal relationships: Does co-rumination explain gender differences in emotional distress and relationship satisfaction among college students? (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 577-590.
*Yanes, P.K., Roberts, J.E., & Carlos, E.L. (2008). Does overgeneral autobiographical memory result from poor memory for task instructions? (PDF) Memory, 16, 669-677.
*Bottonari, K.A., Roberts, J.E., Thomas, S. N., & Read, J. P. (2008). Stop thinking and start doing: Switching from cognitive therapy to behavioral activation in a case of chronic treatment resistant depression (PDF). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 376-388.
*Ciesla, J.A. & Roberts, J.E. (2007). Rumination, negative cognition, and their interactive effects on depressed mood: Two laboratory studies (PDF). Emotion, 7, 555-565.
*Calmes, C.A. & Roberts, J.E. (2007). Repetitive thought and emotional distress: Rumination and worry as prospective predictors of depressive and anxious symptomatology (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 343-356.
Kassel, J.D., Wardle, M., & Roberts, J.E. (2007). Adult attachment security and college student substance use. (PDF) Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1164-1176.
*Kelly, M.A.R., Roberts, J.E., & Bottonari, K.A. (2007). Non-treatment related sudden gains in depression: The role of self-evaluation. (PDF) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 737-747.
*Bottonari, K. A., Roberts, J. E., Kelly, M. A. R., Kashdan, T. B., & Ciesla, J. A. (2007). A prospective investigation of the impact of interpersonal style on stress generation among clinically depressed individuals. (PDF) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 179-188.
*Kashdan, T.B., & Roberts, J.E. (2007). Social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and post-event rumination: Affective consequences and social contextual influences (PDF). Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 284-301.
*Direnfeld, D.M., & Roberts, J.E. (2006). Mood congruent memory in dysphoria: The roles of state affect and cognitive style. (PDF) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1275-1285.
Roberts, J.E., Carlos, E.L., & Kashdan, T.B. (2006). The impact of depressive symptoms, self-esteem and neuroticism on trajectories of overgeneral autobiographical memory over repeated trials (PDF). Cognition & Emotion, 20, 383-401.
Monroe, S.M., Guillaumont, J., Torres, L., Harkness, K.L., Roberts, J.E., Frank, E., & Kupfer, D. (2006). Life stress and treatment course of recurrent depression: III. Non-severe life events predict recurrence over 3 years. (PDF) Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 112-120.
*Chronis, A.M., Gamble, S.A., Roberts, J.E., & Pelham, W.E. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral depression treatment for mothers of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (PDF). Behavior Therapy, 37, 143-158.
*Kashdan, T.B., & Roberts, J.E. (2006). Affective outcome in superficial and intimate interactions: Roles of social anxiety and curiosity. (PDF) Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 140-167.
*Prisciandaro, J.J., & Roberts, J.E. (2005). A taxometric investigation of unipolar depression in the National Comorbidity Survey. (PDF) Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 718-728.
*Bottonari, K.A., Roberts, J.E., Ciesla, J.A., & Hewitt, R.G. (2005). Life stress and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV+ individuals: A preliminary investigation. (PDF) AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 11, 718-727.
*Gamble, S.A., & Roberts, J.E. (2005). Adolescents’ perceptions of primary caregivers and cognitive style: The roles of attachment security and gender (PDF). (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 123-141.
*Kelly, M.A.R., Roberts, J.E., & Ciesla, J.A. (2005). Sudden gains in cognitive behavioral treatment for depression: When do they occur and do they matter? (PDF) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 703-714.
*Muller, J., & Roberts, J.E. (2005). Memory and attention in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (PDF). Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 1-28.
*Ciesla, J.A., Roberts, J.E., & Hewitt, R.G. (2004). Adult attachment and high-risk sexual behavior among HIV-positive patients (PDF). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 108-124.
*Kashdan, T.B., & Roberts, J.E. (2004). Trait and state curiosity in the genesis of intimacy: Differentiation from related constructs (PDF). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 792-816.
*Kashdan, T.B., & Roberts, J.E. (2004). Social anxiety’s impact on affect, curiosity, and social self-efficacy during a high self-focus social threat situation (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28, 118-141.
*Chronis, A.M., Pelham, W.E., Gnagy, E.M., Roberts, J.E., & Aronoff, H.R. (2003). The impact of a late-afternoon dose of stimulant medication on the mood and perceived competence of parents of children with ADHD (PDF). Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 32, 118-126.
*Ciesla, J.A., & Roberts, J.E. (2002). Self-directed thought and response to treatment for depression: A preliminary investigation (PDF). Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 16, 435-453.
*Southall, D., & Roberts, J.E. (2002). Attributional style and self-esteem in vulnerability to adolescent depressive symptoms following life stress: A 14-week prospective study (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26, 563-579.
*Ciesla, J.A., & Roberts, J.E. (2001). A meta-analysis of risk for Major Depressive Disorder among HIV-positive individuals (PDF). American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 725-730.
Roberts, J.E. & Gamble, S.A. (2001). Current mood-state and past depression as predictors of self-esteem and dysfunctional attitudes among adolescents (PDF). Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 1023-1037.
Roberts, J.E., Ciesla, J.A., Direnfeld, D.M., & Hewitt, R.G. (2001). Emotional distress among HIV-positive individuals: the roles of acute negative life events and psychological diatheses (PDF). Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 241-257.
McQuaid, J.R., Monroe, S.M., Roberts, J.E., Kupfer, D.J., & Frank, E. (2000). A comparison of two life stress assessment approaches: Prospective prediction of treatment outcome in recurrent depression (PDF). Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 787-791.
Roberts, J.E., Shapiro, A.M., & Gamble, S. (1999). Level and perceived stability of self-esteem prospectively predict depressive symptoms during psychoeducational group treatment (PDF). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 425-429.
*Shapiro, A.M., Roberts, J.E., & Beck, J.G. (1999). Differentiating symptoms of anxiety and depression in older adults: Distinct cognitive and affective profiles? (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 53-74.
Nolan, S.A., Roberts, J.E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1998). Neuroticism and ruminative response style as predictors of change in depressive symptoms. (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 445-455.
Roberts, J.E., Gilboa, E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1998). Ruminative response style and vulnerability to episodes of dysphoria: Gender, neuroticism, and episode duration. (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 401-423.
*Hankin, B.L., Roberts, J., & Gotlib, I.H. (1997). Elevated self-standards and emotional distress during adolescence: Emotional specificity and gender differences (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 21, 663-697.
Roberts, J.E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1997). Temporal variability in global self-esteem and specific self-evaluation as prospective predictors of emotional distress: Specificity in predictors and outcome (PDF). Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 521-529.
Roberts, J.E., & Kassel, J.D. (1997). Labile self-esteem, stressful life events, and depressive symptoms: Prospective data testing a model of vulnerability. (PDF) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 21, 569-589.
Gilboa, E., Roberts, J.E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1997). The effects of induced and naturally occurring dysphoric mood on biases in self-evaluation and memory (PDF). Cognition & Emotion, 11, 65-82.
Roberts, J.E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1997). Lifetime episodes of dysphoria: Gender, early childhood loss, and personality (PDF). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36, 195-208.
Monroe, S.M., Roberts, J.E., Kupfer, D.J., & Frank, E. (1996). Life stress and treatment course of recurrent depression. 2: Post-recovery associations with attrition, symptom course, and recurrence over 3 years (PDF). Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 313-328.
Roberts, J.E., & Kassel, J.D. (1996). Mood-state dependence in cognitive vulnerability to depression: The roles of positive and negative affect (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20, 1-12.
Roberts, J.E., Gotlib, I.H., & Kassel, J.D. (1996). Adult attachment security and symptoms of depression: The mediating roles of dysfunctional attitudes and low self-esteem (PDF). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 310-320.
Johnson, S.L., & Roberts, J.E. (1995). Life events and bipolar disorder: Implications from biological theories (PDF). Psychological Bulletin, 117, 434-449.
Roberts, J.E., Kassel, J.D., & Gotlib, I.H. (1995). Level and stability of self-esteem as predictors of depressive symptoms (PDF). Personality and Individual Differences, 19, 217-224.
Roberts, J.E., & Monroe, S.M. (1994). A multidimensional model of self-esteem in depression. (PDF) Clinical Psychology Review, 14, 161-181.
McQuaid, J.R., Monroe, S.M., Roberts, J.E., Johnson, S., Garamoni, G., Kupfer, D., & Frank, E. (1992). Toward the standardization of life stress assessment: Definitional discrepancies and inconsistencies in method. (PDF) Stress Medicine, 8, 47-56.
Roberts, J.E., & Monroe, S.M. (1992). Vulnerable self-esteem and depressive symptoms: Prospective findings comparing three alternative conceptualizations (PDF). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 804-812.
Monroe, S.M., & Roberts, J.E. (1990). Conceptualizing and measuring life stress: Problems, principles, procedures, progress. (PDF) Stress Medicine, 6, 209-216.
Franklin, K.M., Janoff-Bulman, R., & Roberts, J.E. (1990). The long-term impact of parental divorce on optimism and trust: Changes in general assumptions or narrow beliefs? (PDF) (PDF) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 743-755.
Other Publications
Roberts, J.E. & Hermans, D. (2009). Self-esteem and depression (PDF). In R. Ingram (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Depression. New York: Springer.
Roberts, J.E. & Ciesla, J.A. (2007). Stress generation (PDF). In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of stress, 2nd Edition (pp. 601-605). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Roberts, J.E. (2006). Self-esteem from a clinical perspective (PDF). In M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem: Issues and answers (pp. 298-305). Psychology Press.
Roberts, J.E. & Ciesla, J.A. (2000). Stress generation in the context of depressive disorders . In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of stress (pp. 512-518). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Roberts, J.E., & Monroe, S.M. (1999). Vulnerable self-esteem and social processes in depression: Toward an interpersonal model of self-esteem regulation. In T. Joiner & J. Coyne (Eds.), The interactional nature of depression: Advances in interpersonal approaches (pp. 149-187). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Roberts, J.E., & Gotlib, I.H. (1997). Social support and personality in depression: Implications from quantitative genetics. In G.R. Pierce, B. Lakey, I.G. Sarason, & B.R. Sarason (Eds.), Social support and personality: Structure, process, and change (pp. 187-214). New York: Plenum.
Roberts, J.E., & Hartlage, S. (1996). Cognitive rehabilitation interventions for depressed patients. In P.W. Corrigan, & S.C. Yudofsky (Eds.), Cognitive rehabilitation of neuropsychiatric disorders (pp. 371-392). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.
Gotlib, I.H., Roberts, J.E., & Gilboa, E. (1996). Cognitive interference in depression. In I.G. Sarason, G.R. Pierce, & B.R. Sarason (Eds.), Cognitive interference: Theories, methods, and findings (pp. 347-377). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Monroe, S.M., & Roberts, J.E. (1991). Psychopathology research. In M. Hersen, A.E. Kazdin, & A.S. Bellack (Eds.), The clinical psychology handbook (Second edition; pp. 276-292). New York: Pergamon Press.