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Kelly C. Cukrowicz is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology. Their work focuses significantly on topics related to suicide and self-harm studies, which constitute the majority of their publications.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology

Within psychology, their research spans several subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Health
  • Epidemiology

The main topics explored in their work cover a range of mental health and psychological issues:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Kelly C. Cukrowicz has published research in several specialized venues, including:

  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Aggressive Behavior

Recent publications by Kelly C. Cukrowicz include:

  • "Examining the relations between hopelessness, thwarted interpersonal needs, and passive suicide ideation among older adults: does meaning in life matter?" (2020), Aging & Mental Health
  • "Interpersonal Trauma and Suicide Ideation: The Indirect Effects of Depressive Symptoms, Thwarted Belongingness, and Perceived Burden" (2020), Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • "Personal growth initiative as a buffer against suicide ideation severity in psychotherapy outpatients with depressive symptoms" (2022), Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Suicide Ideation and Thwarted Interpersonal Needs Among Psychiatric Inpatients: A Network Approach" (2021), Clinical Psychological Science
  • "The moderating role of pessimism in the association between retrospective relational peer victimization, interpersonal risk factors, and suicide ideation" (2021), Aggressive Behavior

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sarah L. Brown
  • Sean M. Mitchell
  • Jared F. Roush
  • Victoria L. Beach
  • Erin K. Poindexter

Best Publications

  • The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

    Kimberly A. Van Orden;Tracy K. Witte;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Scott R. Braithwaite

  • Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness: Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire

    Kimberly A. Van Orden;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Tracy K. Witte;Thomas E. Joiner

  • Treatment of older adults with co‐morbid personality disorder and depression: a dialectical behavior therapy approach

    Thomas R. Lynch;Jennifer S. Cheavens;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Steven R. Thorp

  • Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicide Ideation in Older Adults

    Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Jennifer S. Cheavens;Kimberly A. Van Orden;R. Michael Ragain

  • Suicidality and sleep disturbances.

    Rebecca A. Bernert;Thomas E. Joiner;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Norman B. Schmidt

  • Combat experience and the acquired capability for suicide

    Craig J. Bryan;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Christopher L. West;Chad E. Morrow

  • The acquired capability for suicide: A comparison of suicide attempters, suicide ideators, and non‐suicidal controls

    Phillip N. Smith;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;K B A Erin Poindexter;Valerie Hobson

  • Suicide in Rural Areas: An Updated Review of the Literature

    Jameson K. Hirsch;Kelly C. Cukrowicz

  • Evidence-based assessment of depression in adults.

    Thomas E. Joiner Jr.;Rheeda L. Walker;Jeremy W. Pettit;Marisol Perez

  • Capable of Suicide: A Functional Model of the Acquired Capability Component of the Interpersonal‐Psychological Theory of Suicide

    Phillip N. Smith;Kelly C. Cukrowicz

  • The Impact of Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances on Depression and Suicidality

    Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Ainhoa Otamendi;Jennifer V. Pinto;Rebecca A. Bernert

  • Suicide ideation among college students evidencing subclinical depression

    Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Erin F. Schlegel;Phillip N. Smith;Matthew P. Jacobs

  • The mediating effect of perceived burdensomeness on the relation between depressive symptoms and suicide ideation in a community sample of older adults

    Danielle R. Jahn;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Kitten Linton;Fiona Prabhu

  • Associations Between Types of Combat Violence and the Acquired Capability for Suicide

    Craig J. Bryan;Kelly C. Cukrowicz

  • Core Competencies in Suicide Risk Assessment and Management: Implications for Supervision

    M. David Rudd;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Craig J. Bryan

  • Clinical applications of the interpersonal‐psychological theory of attempted and completed suicide

    Nadia E. Stellrecht;Kathryn H. Gordon;Kimberly Van Orden;Tracy K. Witte

  • Suicide risk in older adults: Evaluating models of risk and predicting excess zeros in a primary care sample

    Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Danielle R. Jahn;Ryan D. Graham;Erin K. Poindexter

  • Incorporating Resilience Factors Into the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: The Role of Hope and Self-Forgiveness in an Older Adult Sample

    Jennifer S. Cheavens;Kelly C. Cukrowicz;Ryan Hansen;Sean M. Mitchell

  • A reexamination of the factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: is a one-factor model plausible?

    Michael C. Edwards;Jennifer S. Cheavens;Jane E. Heiy;Kelly C. Cukrowicz

  • The Effect of Participating in Suicide Research: Does Participating in a Research Protocol on Suicide and Psychiatric Symptoms Increase Suicide Ideation and Attempts?

    Kelly Cukrowicz;Phillip Smith;Erin K. Poindexter

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Kimberly A. Van Orden
Kimberly A. Van Orden University of Rochester Medical Center
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Jennifer S. Cheavens The Ohio State University
Thomas R. Lynch
Thomas R. Lynch University of Southampton
Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
LaRicka R. Wingate
LaRicka R. Wingate Oklahoma State University
Tracy K. Witte
Tracy K. Witte Auburn University
Steven R. Thorp
Steven R. Thorp Alliant International University
Craig J. Bryan
Craig J. Bryan The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
M. David Rudd
M. David Rudd University of Memphis

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