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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Thomas E. Joiner is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with significant focus on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main research topics covered by Joiner include:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Joiner has contributed numerous recent papers in notable journals, among them:

  • "Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019-A Perfect Storm?", 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "U.S. Census Bureau-assessed prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in 2019 and during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic", 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • "Mental distress among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic", 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Underestimating digital media harm", 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Prevalence rates of anxiety, depressive, and eating pathology symptoms between the pre- and peri-COVID-19 eras: A meta-analysis", 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Joiner include:

  • Megan L. Rogers
  • Morgan Robison
  • Ian H. Stanley
  • Daniel Le Grange
  • Mary E. Duffy

Joiner regularly publishes in several key venues such as:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Their recognition within the academic community includes awards and fellowships such as:

  • James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 2000

Best Publications

  • The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

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

  • Why People Die by Suicide

    Thomas E. Joiner

  • Positive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being

    Barbara L. Fredrickson;Thomas Joiner

  • Non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: diagnostic correlates and relation to suicide attempts.

    Matthew K. Nock;Thomas E. Joiner;Kathryn H. Gordon;Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson

  • Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time:

    Jean M. Twenge;Thomas E. Joiner;Megan L. Rogers;Gabrielle N. Martin

  • 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

  • Suicidal Desire and the Capability for Suicide: Tests of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior among Adults.

    Kimberly A. Van Orden;Tracy K. Witte;Kathryn H. Gordon;Theodore W. Bender

  • A measure of positive and negative affect for children: Scale development and preliminary validation.

    Jeff Laurent;Salvatore J. Catanzaro;Thomas E. Joiner Jr.;Karen D. Rudolph

  • Age, period, and cohort trends in mood disorder indicators and suicide-related outcomes in a nationally representative dataset, 2005-2017.

    Jean M. Twenge;A. Bell Cooper;Thomas E. Joiner;Mary E. Duffy

  • Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: A Revised Nomenclature for the Study of Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors Part 2: Suicide‐Related Ideations, Communications, and Behaviors

    Morton M. Silverman;Alan L. Berman;Nels D. Sanddal;Patrick W. O'Carroll

  • 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

  • Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019-A Perfect Storm?

    Mark A. Reger;Ian H. Stanley;Thomas E. Joiner

  • Main predictions of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior: empirical tests in two samples of young adults.

    Thomas E. Joiner Jr.;Kimberly A. Van Orden;Tracy K. Witte;Edward A. Selby

  • The schema questionnaire: Investigation of psychometric properties and the hierarchical structure of a measure of maladaptive schemas

    Norman B. Schmidt;Thomas E. Joiner;Jeffery E. Young;Michael J. Telch

  • Escalas PANAS de afecto positivo y negativo: validación factorial y convergencia transcultural

    Bonifacio Sandín;Paloma Chorot;Lourdes Lostao;Thomas E. Joiner

  • Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: A Revised Nomenclature for the Study of Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors. Part 1: Background, Rationale, and Methodology.

    Morton M Silverman;Alan L Berman;Nels D Sanddal;Patrick W O'carroll

  • Warning Signs for Suicide: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications.

    M. David Rudd;Alan L. Berman;Thomas E. Joiner;Matthew K. Nock

  • The Psychology and Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior

    Thomas E. Joiner;Jessica S. Brown;LaRicka R. Wingate

  • When depression breeds contempt: reassurance seeking, self-esteem, and rejection of depressed college students by their roommates.

    Thomas E. Joiner;Mark S. Alfano;Gerald I. Metalsky

  • The interactional nature of depression: Advances in interpersonal approaches.

    Thomas E. Joiner;James C. Coyne

Frequent Co-Authors

Megan L. Rogers
Megan L. Rogers Texas State University
Ian H. Stanley
Ian H. Stanley Florida State University
Melanie A. Hom
Melanie A. Hom Florida State University
Norman B. Schmidt
Norman B. Schmidt Florida State University
Peter M. Gutierrez
Peter M. Gutierrez Florida State University
Jessica D. Ribeiro
Jessica D. Ribeiro Florida State University
M. David Rudd
M. David Rudd University of Memphis
Edward A. Selby
Edward A. Selby Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael D. Anestis
Michael D. Anestis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kathryn H. Gordon
Kathryn H. Gordon North Dakota State University

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