Publications

Di Nota, P.M., Scott, S.C., Huhta, J.-M., Gustafsberg, H., & Andersen, J.P. (2024). Physiological responses to organizational stressors among police managers. Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-023-09613-2

Di Nota, P. M., Huhta, J. M., Boychuk, E.C. & Andersen, J. P. (2023) Police lethal force errors and stress physiology during video and live evaluation simulations, Police Practice and Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2237624

Andersen, J.P., Di Nota, P.M., Alavi, N., Anderson, G.S., Bennell, C., McGregor, C., Ricciardelli, R., Scott, S.C., Shipley, P. & Vincent, M. (2023). A Biological Approach to Building Resilience and Wellness Capacity Among Police Exposed to Posttraumatic Stress Injuries: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/33492

Taylor, S., Siroli, V., Andersen, J. P. & Stanton, A. (2023). Health Psychology (6th Edition). McGraw Hill.

Ghabrial, M. A. & Andersen, J. P (2023). Identity affirmation is associated with adaptive cardiovascular flexibility in response to stress among sexual and gender minority people of color. Social Science and Medicine, 320 (115703). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115703

Andersen, J. P., *Di Nota, P. M., Boychuk, E. C., Schimmack, U., & Collins, P. I. (2023). Reducing racial bias and lethal force among Canadian police officers: Concrete recommendations for change. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. In Press.

Albertella L, Kirkham R, Adler AB, Crampton J, Drummond S, Fogarty GJ, Gross JJ, Zaichkowsky L, Andersen
JP, et al. (2023). Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study. Front. Psychol. 13:1017675. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675

*Chan, J. F., *Di Nota, P. M., *Planche, K., et al. & Andersen, J. P. (2022). Associations between police lethal force errors, measures of diurnal and reactive cortisol, and mental healthPsychoneuroendocrinology. 142(2022). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105789 EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD 

Baldwin, S., Bennell, C., Blaskovits, B., Brown, A., Jenkins, B., Lawrence, C., McGale, H., Semple, T., & Andersen, J. P. (2022). A reasonable officer: Examining the relationships among stress, training, and performance in a highly realistic lethal force scenario. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759132 Davis Award for Best Psychometrics-Related Research and the Chris Hatcher New Vision Award, Society for Police and Criminal Psychology

Ghabrial, M. A. & Andersen, J. P. (2021). Development and initial validation of the Queer People of Color Identity Affirmation Scale. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(1), 38–53. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000443
Winner of the 2021 ‘Association for Women in Psychology – Gender & Sexuality Manuscript Award’

Andersen, J. P., Di Nota, P. M., Boychuk, E. C., Schimmack, U., & Collins, P. I. (2021). Racial Bias and Lethal Force Errors Among Canadian Police Officers. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000296 (republished in 2023).

Andersen, J. P., Arpaia, J., & Gustafsberg, H. (2021). A Biological Approach to Building Resilience and Wellness Capacity among Public Safety Personnel Exposed to Posttraumatic Stress Injuries. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 23(7), pg.101-107. ISSN 1522-4821

Di Nota PM, Arpaia J, Boychuk EC, Collins PI and Andersen JP (2021) Testing the Efficacy of a 1-Day Police Decision-Making and Autonomic Modulation Intervention: A Quasi-Random Pragmatic Trial. Front. Psychol. 12:719046. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.719046

Huey L, Andersen J, Bennell C, Ann Campbell M, Koziarski J, and Vaughan AD. (2021). Caught in the currents: evaluating the evidence for common downstream police response interventions in calls involving persons with mental illness. FACETS 6: 1409–1445. doi:10.1139/facets-2021-0055 CITE THIS ARTICLE WHEN REFERRING TO THE DECISION MODEL FOR POLICE ENCOUNTERS, page 1417.

Bennell, C., Alpert, G., Andersen, J.P., et al., (2021), Advancing police use of force research and practice: urgent issues and prospects. Leg Crim Psycholhttps://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12191

Alavi N, Stephenson C, Omrani M, Gerritsen C, Martin MS, Knyahnytskyi A, Zhu Y, Kumar A, Jagayat J, Shirazi A, Moghimi E, Patel C, Knyahnytska Y, Simpson AI, Zaheer J, Andersen J, Munshi A, Groll D (2021). Delivering an online cognitive behavioural therapy program to address mental health challenges faced by correctional workers and other public safety personnel: JMIR Research Protocols. PMID: 34088656

*Di Nota, P. M., *Chan, J. F., Huhta, J-M., & Andersen,J. P. (2021). Considering objective and subjective measures for police use of force evaluation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18(10), 5351; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105351

Di Nota, P. M., Stoyko, P., Jenkinson, J., Boychuk, E. C. & Andersen, J. P. (2021). Critical Review of Visual Models for Police Use of Force Decision-Making. Vision. 5, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision5010006

Di Nota, P.M., Stoliker, B., Vaughan, A., Andersen, J.P., and Anderson, G.S. (2020). Stress and memory: A systematic state-of-the-art review with evidence-gathering recommendations for police. Policing: An International Journal. doi: 10.1108/PIJPSM-06-2020-0093

Andersen, J. P., Arble, E. P., & Collins, P. I. (2020). De-escalating Threat: The Psychophysiology of Police Decision Making. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01112

Chan, J. F., & Andersen, J. P. (2020). Physiological Stress Responses Associated with High-Risk Occupational Duties. Occupational Health. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93943

Chan, J & Andersen, J. P. (2020). The Influence of Organizational Stress on Reported Depressive Symptoms Among Police. Occupational Medicine. 70, 496-502. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqaa141

Andersen, J. P., & Collins, P. I. (2020). A longitudinal, within-subjects intervention study to reduce lethal force errors: Psychophysiological research with police officers. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781529715415

Chan, J. F., & Andersen, J. P. (2020). Challenges of cross-sectional survey measures for assessing occupational and organizational stress effects on mental health among police officers. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781529740448

Andersen, J. P., & Poplawski, S. (2020). Evidence-based police training to improve performance, decision making, and resilience. Blue Line Magazine. 

Andersen, J. P., Chan, J., Di Nota, P., Planche, K., Boychuk, E., Collins, P. I. (2019). Diurnal cortisol variation according to high risk occupational specialty within police: Comparisons between frontline, tactical officers, and the general population. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 107, 16-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.07.045

Anderson, G., Di Nota, P., Metz, G. A., & Andersen, J. P. (2019). The impact of acute stress physiology on skilled motor performance: Implications for policing. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02501

Baldwin, S., Bennell, C., Andersen, J. P., Semple, T., & Jenkins, B. (2019). Stress-Activity Mapping: Physiological Responses during General Duty Police Encounters. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2216. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02216

Arpaia, J. & Andersen, J. P. (2019). The Unease Modulation Model: An experiential model of stress with implications for health, stress-management, and public policy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 379. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00379

Planche, K., Chan, J., Di Nota, PD., Beston, B., Boychuk, E., Collins, PI., Andersen, JP. (2019). Diurnal cortisol variation according to high risk occupational specialty within police: comparisons between frontline, tactical officers, and the general population. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001591

Andersen, J. P., Di Nota, P., Beston, B., Boychuk, E. C., Gustafsberg, H., Poplawski, S., & Arpaia, J. (2018). Reducing lethal force errors by modulating police physiology. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: 6(10). Pg. 867-874. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001401

Andersen, J. P., Papazoglou, K., & Collins, P. (2018). Exploring the association between authoritarianism, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction among police officers. International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 13 (2): 403-417.

Andersen, J. P., Gustafsberg, H., Collins, P., Poplawski, S., King., E. (2017). Performing under stress. Evidence-based training for police resilience. RCMP Gazette. 79(1).

Andersen, J. P., & Silver, R. C. (2017). Health effects of traumatic events. In K. Sweeny & M. L. Robbins (Eds.), The encyclopedia of health psychology, Vol. 2 (The social bases of health behavior). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Daniel, E., Andersen, J.P., Papazoglou, K. (2016). Social Identification and Well-Being Following a Terrorist Attack: A Longitudinal Study of Israeli Adolescents.
Journal of Genetic Psychology. 177(5). Pg. 172-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2016.1223010

 Andersen, J. P., & Gustafsberg, H. (2016). A Training Method to Improve Police Use of Force Decision Making: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Police Emergency Response. Pg 1-13. SAGE Open. doi:
10.1177/2158244016638708.

 Andersen, J.P. & Papazoglou, K. (2016). Police Health Professionals’ Knowledge and Practices in Educating Officers about Trauma and Health. Journal of Law Enforcement. 5(5) 1-21. Open
Access: ISSN: 2161-0231.

 Andersen J.P., Papazoglou K, Collins P. (2016) Reducing Robust Health-Relevant Cardiovascular Stress Responses Among Active-Duty Special Forces Police. Gen Med. 4:225. doi:10.4172/2327
5146.1000225

 Andersen, J. P., Pitel, M., Weerasinghe, A., & Papazoglou, K. (2016). Highly realistic scenario based training simulates the psychophysiology of real world use of force encounters: Implications for improved police Officer Performance. Journal of Law Enforcement. Open Access: ISSN: 2161-02331, 5(4), 1-13

 Andersen, J. P., Dorai, M., Papazoglou, K., & Arnetz, B. B. (2016). Diurnal and reactivity measures of cortisol in response to intensive resilience and tactical training among special forces police. Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(7) e242-248. 

 Andersen, J. P., Papazoglou, K., Gustafsberg, H., Collins, P. I., & Arnetz, B. B. (2016). Mental preparedness training. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Open Access: doi: https://leb.fbi.gov/2016/march/mental-preparedness-training

Sumner, J., Boisvert, D., & Andersen, J. P. (2016). The effects of stress and social support on externalizing behaviors among children in military families. Deviant Behavior. 37, 3.
doi:10.1080/01639625.2015.1012403

 Andersen, J.P., Gustafsberg, H., Nyman, M., Koskelainen, M., & Papazoglou, K. (2015). The Essential Role of Mental Preparedness in Optimal Functioning among the Police: Opening a Dialogue on anUnderstudied Topic. National Defense University, Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy Series, 16(2), 21-32.

 Andersen, J. P., Papazoglou, K., Nyman, M., Koskelainen, M., & Gustafsberg, H. (2015). Fostering resilience among police. Journal of Law Enforcement. Open Access: 2161-0231, 5 (1).

 Andersen, J. P., & Papazoglou, K. (2015). Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among police: An understudied topic. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 17, 259.
doi:10.4172/1522-4821.1000259

 Andersen, J. P., Papazoglou, K., Arnetz, B. B., & Collins, P. I. (2015). Mental Preparedness as a Pathway to Police Resilience and Optimal Functioning in the Line of Duty. International Journal of
Emergency Mental Health. 17, 624-627 DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821.1000259

 Andersen, J. P, Papazoglou, K., Koskelainen, M., Nyman, M., Gustafsberg, H., & Arnetz, B. B. (2015). Applying Resilience Promotion Training among Special Forces police officers. Journal of Police
Emergency Response. SAGE Open: doi: 10.1177/2158244015590446

Andersen, J. P., Papazoglou, K., Koskelainen, M., & Nyman, M. (2015). Knowledge and Training Regarding the Link Between Trauma and Health: A National Survey of Finnish Police Officers. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015580380

 Andersen, J. P., & Zou, C. (2015). The systematic exclusion of sexual minority couples from research on relationships and health.. Health Science Journal. Open Access Vol. 9 (6:10) ISSN 1791-809X.

 Andersen, J. P., Zou, C., Blosnich, J. (2015). Multiple early victimization experiences as a pathway to  explain physical health disparities among sexual minority and heterosexual individuals. Social Science
and Medicine. 133, 111-119. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.043

Zou, C., & Andersen, J.P. (2015). Comparing the Rates of Early Childhood Victimization Across Sexual
Orientations: Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Mostly Heterosexual
PLOS ONE. 7, 10:e0139198, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139198

 Blosnich, J. & Andersen, J. P. (2015). Thursday’s child: The role of adverse childhood experiences in explaining mental health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual U.S. adults. Social Psychiatry and
Psychiatric Epidemiology. 50(2): 335-8. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0955-4

 Andersen, J. P., Hughes, T., Zou, C., & Wilsnack, S. (2014). Lifetime victimization and physical health outcomes among lesbian and heterosexual women. PLOS ONE 9(7): e101939. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0101939

 Andersen, J. P. & Papazoglou, K. (2014). Friends under fire: Cross-group interactions among multicultural police officers. Traumatology 20, 182-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0099403

 Papazoglou, K. & Andersen, J. P. (2014). A guide to utilizing police training as a tool to promote resilience and improve health outcomes among police officers.
Traumatology 20(2): 103-11

 Zou, C., Andersen, J. P., & Blosnich, J. (2013). The association between bullying and physical health among gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association,
19(6): 356-365. doi: 10.1177/1078390313510739

 Andersen, J. P., Silver, R.C., Koperwas, B., Stewart, B., & Kirschbaum, C. (2013). Psychological and physiological responses to repeated peer loss. PLOS ONE 8(9): e75881.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075881

Andersen, J. P., & Blosnich, J. (2013). Disparities in adverse childhood experiences among sexual minority and heterosexual adults: Results from a multi-state probability-based sample. PLOS ONE 8(1):
e54691. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054691.

 Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., Andersen, J. P., Poulin, M., McIntosh, D., Gil-Rivas, V. (2013). Mental and physical health effects of acute exposure to media images of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq war. Psychological Science, 24 (9), 1623-1634. doi: 10.1177/0956797612460406

 Andersen, J. P., Prause, J., & Silver, R. C. (2011). A step-by-step guide to using secondary data for psychological research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 56-75.

 Entringer, S., Buss, C., Andersen, J., Chicz-DeMet, A., & Wadhwa, P.D. (2011). Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of maternal cortisol profiles over a multiple-day period predict the length of human gestation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73, 469-74.

 Andersen, J., Wade, M., Possemato, K., & Ouimette, P. (2010). Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and primary care provider diagnosed disease among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72, 498-504.

 Possemato, K., Wade, M., Andersen, J., & Ouimette, P. (2010). The impact of PTSD, depression and substance use disorders on disease burden and health care utilization among OEF/OIF veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 2, 218-223

 Salovey, P., Williams-Piehota, P. A., Mowad, L., Moret, M., Edlund, D., & Andersen, J. (2009). Bridging the digital divide by increasing computer and cancer literacy: Community technology centers for Head Start parents and families. Journal of Health Communication, 14, 228-245.

 Holman E. A., Silver, R. C., Poulin, M., Andersen, J., Gil-Rivas, V., & McIntosh, D. N. (2008).Terrorism, acute stress, and cardiovascular health: A 3-year national study following the September 11th attacks. JAMA Psychiatry, 65, 73-80.

 Entringer, S., Buss, C., Andersen, J., Chicz-Demet, A., Sandman, C.A., & Wadhwa, P.D. (2008).Repeated ambulatory assessments of maternal cortisol over a multiple-day period predict length of
gestation and birth weight.
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 199, S56.

 Buss, C., Floro, J.N., Andersen, J., Wadhwa, P.D. (2007). Impact of maternal psychosocial stress on birth outcomes: A meta-analysis. Early Human Development, 83, S1, S173-S174.

 Pizarro[Andersen], J., Silver, R. C., & Prause, J. (2006). Physical and mental health costs of traumatic war experiences among Civil War veterans. JAMA Psychiatry, 63, 193-200.Abstracted in C. Holden (Ed.) (2006). Random Samples: Civil War PTSD. Science, 311, 927.

Williams-Piehota, P., Pizarro[Andersen], J., Navarro Silvera, S. A., Mowad, L., & Salovey, P. (2006) Need for cognition and message complexity in motivating fruit and vegetable intake among callers to the cancer information service. Health Communication, 19:1, 75-84, doi:10.1207/s15327027hc1901

Rivers, S., Pizarro, D., Schneider, T. R., Pizarro[Andersen] J., & Salovey, P. (2005). Message framing and pap test utilization among women attending a community health clinic. Journal of Health Psychology,
10, 65-77.

 Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., Poulin, M., Gil-Rivas, V., & Pizarro[Andersen] J. (2005).Coping with a national trauma: A nationwide longitudinal study of responses to the terrorist attacks of
September 11th
. In Y. Neria, R. Gross, R. Marshall, & E. Susser (Eds.), 9/11: Mental health in the wake of Terrorist attacks (pp. 45-70).  NY: Cambridge University Press.

 Williams-Piehota, P., Pizarro[Andersen], J., Schneider, T. R., Mowad, L., & Salovey, P. (2005). Matching health messages to monitor-blunter coping styles to motivate screening mammography. Health Psychology, 24, 58-67

 Pizarro[Andersen], J.  (2004). The efficacy of art and writing therapy: Increasing positive mental health Outcomes and participant retention after exposure to traumatic experience. Art Therapy, 21, 5-11.

 Silver, R. C., Poulin, M., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., Gil-Rivas, V., & Pizarro[Andersen], J. (2004).Exploring the myths of coping with a national trauma: A longitudinal study of responses to the September
11th terrorist attacks.
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 9, 129-141.

Also appears in Y. Danieli, D. Brom, & J. Sills (Eds.), The trauma of terrorism: Sharing knowledge and shared care, an international handbook (pp. 129-141).  Binghamton, NY:  Haworth Press, 2005.

 Williams-Piehota, P., Schneider, T. R., Pizarro[Andersen], J., Mowad, L., & Salovey, P. (2004). Matching health messages to health locus of control beliefs for promoting mammography utilization. Psychology & Health, 19, 407-423.

 Steward, W. T., Schneider, T. S., Pizarro[Andersen], J., & Salovey, P. (2003). Need for cognition moderates responses to framed smoking cessation messages. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33,2439-2464.

Williams-Piehota, P., Pizarro[Andersen], J., Navarro, S., Mowad, L., & Salovey, P.(2003). Matching health messages to information-processing styles: Need for cognition and mammography utilization. Health Communication, 15, 375-392. 

 Pizarro[Andersen], J., Schneider, T. S., & Salovey, P. (2002). A source of error in self-reports of pap test utilization. Journal of Community Health, 27, 351-356.

 Schneider, T. R., Salovey, P., Apanovitch, A., Pizarro[Andersen], J., McCarthy, D., Zullo, J., & Rothman. (2001).  The effects of message framing and ethnic targeting on mammography utilization among inner city, low-income women. Health Psychology, 20, 256-266.