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Overview

Raymond P. Tucker is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a particular emphasis on suicide and self-harm studies, mental health treatment and access, and various aspects of anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

The main fields of study for Tucker include psychology, with substantial contributions to clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and health.

Their research is frequently published in specialized academic venues, including:

  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • Assessment
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Military Psychology

Tucker has collaborated extensively with several researchers, particularly:

  • Emma H. Moscardini
  • Nicolas Oakey-Frost
  • Jessica L. Gerner
  • Ryan M. Hill
  • Robert J. Cramer

Their recent publications reflect their research focus and include the following works:

  • Work and suicide: An interdisciplinary systematic literature review, 2021, Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • Suicide Safety Planning: Clinician Training, Comfort, and Safety Plan Utilization, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Machine learning for suicidology: A practical review of exploratory and hypothesis-driven approaches, 2020, Clinical Psychology Review
  • Entrapment and suicidal ideation: The protective roles of presence of life meaning and reasons for living, 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Development and Initial Validation of a Scale Assessing Suicide-Specific Rumination: The Suicide Rumination Scale, 2021, Assessment

The main topics covered in their work address core issues in mental health such as psychosomatic disorders and treatments, gun ownership and violence research, posttraumatic stress disorder, and broader mental health research topics.

Best Publications

  • The interpersonal theory of suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a decade of cross-national research.

    Carol Chu;Jennifer M. Buchman-Schmitt;Ian H. Stanley;Melanie A. Hom

  • Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Simon B. Goldberg;Raymond P. Tucker;Preston A. Greene;Richard J. Davidson

  • Seemingly Harmless Racial Communications Are Not So Harmless: Racial Microaggressions Lead to Suicidal Ideation by Way of Depression Symptoms

    Victoria M. O'Keefe;LaRicka R. Wingate;Ashley B. Cole;David W. Hollingsworth

  • Experiencing racial microaggressions influences suicide ideation through perceived burdensomeness in African Americans.

    David W. Hollingsworth;Ashley B. Cole;Victoria M. O'Keefe;Raymond P. Tucker

  • Is mindfulness research methodology improving over time? A systematic review.

    Simon B. Goldberg;Raymond P. Tucker;Preston A. Greene;Tracy L. Simpson

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the treatment of current depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis

    Simon B Goldberg;Raymond P Tucker;Preston A Greene;Richard J Davidson

  • Rumination and suicidal ideation: The moderating roles of hope and optimism

    Raymond P. Tucker;La Ricka R. Wingate;Victoria M. O'Keefe;Adam C. Mills

  • Hormone therapy, gender affirmation surgery, and their association with recent suicidal ideation and depression symptoms in transgender veterans.

    Raymond P Tucker;Rylan J Testa;Tracy L Simpson;Jillian C Shipherd

  • Interpersonal suicide risk for American Indians: investigating thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness.

    Victoria M. O'Keefe;La Ricka R. Wingate;Raymond P. Tucker;Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill

  • Construct validity of a proposed new diagnostic entity: Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance (ASAD).

    Raymond P. Tucker;Matt S. Michaels;Megan L. Rogers;LaRicka R. Wingate

  • Empirical extension of the interpersonal theory of suicide: Investigating the role of interpersonal hopelessness.

    Raymond P. Tucker;Christopher R. Hagan;Ryan M. Hill;Meredith L. Slish

  • Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Drivers of Suicide: What Are They, How Do They Differ, and Why Does It Matter?

    Raymond P. Tucker;Kevin J. Crowley;Collin L. Davidson;Peter M. Gutierrez;Peter M. Gutierrez

  • Repetitive negative thinking and suicide: a burgeoning literature with need for further exploration.

    Keyne Catherine Law;Raymond P. Tucker

  • The moderating effect of humor style on the relationship between interpersonal predictors of suicide and suicidal ideation.

    Raymond P. Tucker;La Ricka R. Wingate;Victoria M. O'Keefe;Meredith L. Slish

  • Five factor model traits as a predictor of suicide ideation and interpersonal suicide risk in a college sample.

    Hilary L. DeShong;Raymond P. Tucker;Victoria M. O'Keefe;Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt

  • Work and suicide: An interdisciplinary systematic literature review

    Matt C. Howard;Kayla B. Follmer;Mickey B. Smith;Raymond P. Tucker

  • An Investigation of the Relationship Between Rumination Styles, Hope, and Suicide Ideation Through the Lens of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior

    Raymond P. Tucker;Rory C. O'Connor;LaRicka R. Wingate

  • Current and Military-Specific Gender Minority Stress Factors and Their Relationship with Suicide Ideation in Transgender Veterans.

    Raymond P. Tucker;Rylan J. Testa;Mark A. Reger;Tracy L. Simpson

  • An examination of the Entrapment Scale: factor structure, correlates, and implications for suicide prevention

    Robert J. Cramer;Susan Rasmussen;Raymond P. Tucker

  • Discrimination and Suicidal Ideation Among Transgender Veterans: The Role of Social Support and Connection.

    Sarah P Carter;Kelly M Allred;Raymond P Tucker;Tracy L Simpson;Tracy L Simpson

  • Validating digital phenotyping technologies for clinical use: the critical importance of "resolution".

    Alex S. Cohen;Elana Schwartz;Thanh Le;Tovah Cowan

  • What can we learn from randomized clinical trials about the construct validity of self-report measures of mindfulness? A meta-analysis.

    Simon B Goldberg;Raymond P Tucker;Preston A Greene;Tracy L Simpson

  • Mindfulness tempers the impact of personality on suicidal ideation

    Raymond P. Tucker;Victoria M. O'Keefe;Ashley B. Cole;Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill

Frequent Co-Authors

LaRicka R. Wingate
LaRicka R. Wingate Oklahoma State University
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Megan L. Rogers
Megan L. Rogers Texas State University
Tracy L. Simpson
Tracy L. Simpson University of Washington
Michael D. Anestis
Michael D. Anestis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Simon B. Goldberg
Simon B. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark A. Reger
Mark A. Reger University of Washington
Brita Elvevåg
Brita Elvevåg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jillian C. Shipherd
Jillian C. Shipherd Boston University
Alex S. Cohen
Alex S. Cohen Louisiana State University

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