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Heidi M. Zinzow is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, gender studies, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Themes central to their work include the impact of technology on adolescents, sexual assault and victimization studies, mindfulness and compassion interventions, digital mental health interventions, intimate partner and family violence, sleep and related disorders, and the influence of media on health.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Applying the uses and gratifications theory to identify motivational factors behind young adult's participation in viral social media challenges on TikTok, 2022, published in Human Factors in Healthcare
  • The global prevalence of sexual assault: A systematic review of international research since 2010, 2021, Psychology of Violence
  • Examining the Self-Harm and Suicide Contagion Effects of the Blue Whale Challenge on YouTube and Twitter: Qualitative Study, 2020, JMIR Mental Health
  • Barriers to Formal Help-seeking following Sexual Violence: Review from within an Ecological Systems Framework, 2021, Victims & Offenders
  • Economic Evaluations of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: a Systematic Review, 2022, Mindfulness

A number of frequent coauthors collaborate with Zinzow, including Kapil Chalil Madathil, Amro Khasawneh, Rebecca Roth, Martie P. Thompson, and Pamela Wiśniewski. These collaborations highlight an active engagement within the research community focusing on their primary topics.

They have published multiple articles in specific venues such as:

  • Human Factors in Healthcare
  • Psychology of Violence
  • ACM Transactions on Social Computing
  • Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • JMIR Research Protocols

Best Publications

  • Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with severe mental illness: a critical review.

    Anouk L. Grubaugh;Anouk L. Grubaugh;Heidi M. Zinzow;Lisa Paul;Leonard E. Egede;Leonard E. Egede

  • Trauma among female veterans: a critical review.

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Anouk L. Grubaugh;Jeannine Monnier;Samantha Suffoletta-Maierle

  • A longitudinal investigation of interpersonal violence in relation to mental health and substance use.

    Kristina A. Hedtke;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Monica M. Fitzgerald;Heidi M. Zinzow

  • Prevalence and mental health correlates of witnessed parental and community violence in a national sample of adolescents.

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Heidi S. Resnick;Rochelle F. Hanson

  • Internet-based interventions for traumatic stress-related mental health problems: a review and suggestion for future research.

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Joshua Broman-Fulks;Heidi Zinzow;Kenneth J. Ruggiero

  • Connecting active duty and returning veterans to mental health treatment: interventions and treatment adaptations that may reduce barriers to care.

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Thomas W. Britt;Anna C. McFadden;Crystal M. Burnette

  • Prevalence and risk of psychiatric disorders as a function of variant rape histories: results from a national survey of women

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Heidi S. Resnick;Jenna L. McCauley;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Barriers to Reporting Sexual Victimization: Prevalence and Correlates among Undergraduate Women

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Martie Thompson

  • Gender differences in stress reactivity among cocaine-dependent individuals.

    Sudie E. Back;Kathleen T. Brady;Joan L. Jackson;Seoka Salstrom

  • Barriers and Facilitators of Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among Active-Duty Army Personnel

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Thomas W. Britt;Cynthia L. S. Pury;Mary Anne Raymond

  • The role of rape tactics in risk for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression: results from a national sample of college women

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Heidi S. Resnick;Jenna L. McCauley;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Applying the uses and gratifications theory to identify motivational factors behind young adult's participation in viral social media challenges on TikTok

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  • Child sexual abuse, early family risk, and childhood parentification: pathways to current psychosocial adjustment.

    Monica M. Fitzgerald;Renee A. Schneider;Seoka Salstrom;Heidi M. Zinzow

  • Witnessed community and parental violence in relation to substance use and delinquency in a national sample of adolescents

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Rochelle F. Hanson;Daniel W. Smith

  • Prevalence and correlates of service utilization and help seeking in a national college sample of female rape victims

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Heidi M. Zinzow;Jenna L. McCauley;Martha Strachan

  • Self-rated Health in Relation to Rape and Mental Health Disorders in a National Sample of College Women

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Ananda B. Amstadter;Jenna L. McCauley;Kenneth J. Ruggiero

  • A Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors for Repeated Sexual Coercion and Assault in U.S. College Men

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Martie Thompson

  • The role of different stigma perceptions in treatment seeking and dropout among active duty military personnel.

    Thomas W. Britt;Kristen S. Jennings;Janelle H. Cheung;Cynthia L. S. Pury

  • The Global Prevalence of Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review of International Research Since 2010.

    Emily R Dworkin;Barbara Krahé;Heidi Zinzow

  • Losing a loved one to homicide: prevalence and mental health correlates in a national sample of young adults.

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Alyssa A. Rheingold;Alesia Oscea Hawkins;Benjamin E. Saunders

  • Prevalence and Mental Health Outcomes of Homicide Survivors in a Representative US Sample of Adolescents: Data from the 2005 National Survey of Adolescents.

    Alyssa A. Rheingold;Heidi M. Zinzow;Alesia Hawkins;Benjamin E. Saunders

  • Gender differences in stress reactivity among cocaine-dependent

    Sudie E. Back;Kathleen T. Brady;Joan L. Jackson;Seoka Salstrom

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Britt
Thomas W. Britt Clemson University
Dean G. Kilpatrick
Dean G. Kilpatrick Medical University of South Carolina
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Kenneth J. Ruggiero Medical University of South Carolina
Heidi S. Resnick
Heidi S. Resnick Medical University of South Carolina
Martie P. Thompson
Martie P. Thompson Appalachian State University
Benjamin E. Saunders
Benjamin E. Saunders Medical University of South Carolina
Ananda B. Amstadter
Ananda B. Amstadter Virginia Commonwealth University
Liwei Chen
Liwei Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kathleen T. Brady
Kathleen T. Brady Medical University of South Carolina
Rochelle F. Hanson
Rochelle F. Hanson Medical University of South Carolina

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