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Clinical-Disaster Research Center
The University of Mississippi

Journal Articles

Recent Publications

  • *Weber, M. C., *Hampton, B. N., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2024). Positive Psychological Predictors of Preparedness for Tornadoes, Structural Fires, and Large-Scale Disease Outbreaks: A Study of US University Students and Employees. Natural Hazards Review, 25(3), 04024016. https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1934
  • Fischer, I. C., Feldman, D. B., Tsai, J., Harpaz-Rotem, I., *Lucas, K. A., Schulenberg, S. E., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2023). Identifying significant correlates of purpose in life in older US military veterans: results from the national health and resilience in veterans study. International Psychogeriatrics, 35(10), 560-565. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610222001223
  • *Weber, M. C., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2023). The curvilinear relationships between posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. Traumatology, 29(2), 249. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000398
  • Fischer, I. C., Feldman, D. B., Tsai, J., Harpaz-Rotem, I., *McCutcheon, V. E., Schulenberg, S. E., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2023). Purpose in life and physical health in older US military veterans: Cross-sectional results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Preventive Medicine, 170, 107495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107495
  • †Veazey, L. G., *Weber, M. C., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2023). A Psychometric Validation of the Claremont Purpose Scale with an Emerging Adult University Student Population. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, 4(2), 200-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770231171020
  • *Pavlacic, J. M., Dixon, L. J., Schulenberg, S. E., & Buchanan, E. M. (2022). Examining daily-level associations between nightly alcohol use and next-day valued behavior in college students. Journal of American college health, 70(4), 963-967. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1785473
  • *McCutcheon, V. E., †Grant, J. B., & Schulenberg, S. E.  (2020). Answering the Call of COVID-19: An Integrated Mental Health Response Considering Education, Training, Research, and Service. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000896
  • *Boullion, G. Q., *Pavlacic, J. M., Schulenberg, S. E., Steger, M. F., & Buchanan, E. M. (2020).
    Meaning, social support, and resilience predict posttraumatic growth among survivors of the August 2016 Louisiana flooding. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
  • Finkelstein-Fox, L., *Pavlacic, J. M.,Schulenberg, S. E., Buchanan, E. M., & Park, C. L. (2019). Valued living in daily experiences: Relations with meaning, mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and stressors. Cognitive Therapy and Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-019-10062-7
  • †Davis, C. N., *Weber, M. C., Schulenberg, S. E., & Green, J. J. (2019). University Students’ Disaster Preparedness: A Focus Group Study. Best Practices in Mental Health, 15(2), 29-47.
  • *Pavlacic, J. M., Buchanan, E. M., Maxwell, N. P., Hopke, T. G., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of Expressive Writing on Posttraumatic Stress, Posttraumatic Growth, and Quality of Life. Review of General Psychology, 23(2), 230–250. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019831645
  • *Weber, M. C., *Pavlacic, J. M., †Gawlik, E. A., Schulenberg, S. E., & Buchanan, E. M. (2019). Modeling resilience, meaning in life, posttraumatic growth, and disaster preparedness with two samples of tornado survivors. Traumatology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/trm0000210
  • *Weber, M. C., & Schulenberg, S. E., & Lair, E. C. (2018). University employees’ preparedness for natural hazards and incidents of mass violence: An application of the Extended Parallel Process Model. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.032
  • *Tkachuck, M. A., Schulenberg, S. E., & Lair, E. C. (2018). Natural disaster preparedness in college students: Implications for institutions of higher learning. The Journal of American College Health. doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1431897

Foundational Readings: 

  • Schulenberg, S. E., *Baczwaski, B. J., & Buchanan, E. M. (2014). Measuring search for meaning: A factor-analytic evaluation of the Seeking of Noetic Goals test (SONG). Journal of Happiness Studies, 15, 693-715. doi:10.1007/s10902-013-9446-7
  • *Drescher, C. F., Schulenberg, S. E., & Smith, C. V. (2014). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Mental health in the context of a technological disaster. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84, 142-151. doi:10.1037/h0099382
  • *Drescher, C. F., *Baczwaski, B. J., Walters, A. B., *Aiena, B. J., Schulenberg, S. E., & Johnson, L. R. (2012). Coping with an ecological disaster: The role of perceived meaning in life and self-efficacy following the Gulf Oil Spill. Ecopsychology, 4, 56-63. doi:10.1089/eco.2012.0009
  • Schulenberg, S. E., *Strack, K. M., & Buchanan, E. M. (2011). The Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Psychometric properties with individuals with serious mental illness in an inpatient setting. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 1210-1219. doi:10.1002/jclp.20841
  • Schulenberg, S. E., Schnetzer, L. W., & Buchanan, E. M. (2011). The Purpose in Life test-Short Form: Development and psychometric support. Journal of Happiness Studies, 12, 861-876. doi:10.1007/s10902-010-9231-9
  • Schulenberg, S. E., & Melton, A. M. A. (2010). A confirmatory factor-analytic evaluation of the Purpose in Life test: Preliminary psychometric support for a replicable two-factor model. Journal of Happiness Studies, 11, 95-111. doi:10.1007/s10902-008-9124-3
  • Nassif, C., Schulenberg, S. E., Hutzell, R. R., & Rogina, J. M. (2010). Clinical supervision and logotherapy: Discovering meaning in the supervisory relationship. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 40, 21-29. doi:10.1007/s10879-009-9111-y
  • *Strack, K. M., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2009). Understanding empowerment, meaning, and perceived coercion in individuals with serious mental illness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 1137-1148. doi:10.1002/jclp.20607
  • Schulenberg, S. E., Hutzell, R. R., Nassif, C., & Rogina, J. M. (2008). Logotherapy for clinical practice. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 45, 447-463. doi:10.1037/a0014331
  • Melton, A. M. A., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2008). On the measurement of meaning: Logotherapy’s empirical contributions to humanistic psychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 36, 31-44. doi:10.1080/08873260701828870

 

* denotes graduate student author

†denotes undergraduate student author