Publications
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​Heinlein, E., Pugach, C.P. & Wisco, B.E. Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Impulsivity among Trauma-Exposed Adults. J Psychopathol Behav Assess 47, 71 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-025-10248-2
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​Nester, M. S., Pugach, C. P., Heinlein, E., Lopez, A., & Wisco, B. E. (2025). Do Physiological Measures of Arousal Align with Self-Reported Physical Sensations? Using a Novel Ambulatory Method to Understand Momentary Interoceptive Accuracy and PTSD Symptoms. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2025.2546374
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​Wisco, B. E., Pugach, C. P., May, C. L., & Silvia, P. J. (2025). Ambulatory physiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Integrating passive sensing with ecological momentary assessment to measure trauma reactivity. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0001028
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Rogers, B. J., Wisco, B. E., & Nelson-Gray, R. O. (2025). The sociocultural context of borderline traits. Journal of Personality Disorders, 39(4), 320–335. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2025.39.4.320
Pugach, C., Wisco, B. E., & Vine, V. (2024). A double-edged sword? Unpacking the effects of rumination on emotional clarity. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qtfzw
Nomamiukor, F. O., & Wisco, B. E. (2025). Sociocultural determinants of mental health among male sexual trauma survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 38, 694–706. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23157
Pugach, C., Nester, S. & Wisco, B. Uncovering the Temporal Dynamics of Negative Thought in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Cogn Ther Res (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10608-y
Pugach, C. P., Adams, S. W., Wisco, B. E., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2025). Identifying transdiagnostic traumatic stress reactions in U.S. military veterans: A nationally representative study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 38, 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23119
Lopez, A., Nomamiukor, F. O., Heinlein, E. S., & Wisco, B. E. (2025). Social media’s impact on rape myth acceptance and negative affect: Moderating roles of political affiliation and gender? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 17(Suppl 1), S115–S123. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001861
Nester, M. S., & Wisco, B. E. (2024). Trauma reminders and disgust: The roles of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity, trauma type, and reminder type. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37, 959–970. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23076
Nomamiukor, F. O., & Wisco, B. E. (2023). Social Media’s Impact on Rape Myth Acceptance and Negative Affect in College Women: Examining the #MeToo and #HimToo Movement. Violence Against Women, 30(6-7), 1498-1516. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231181045 (Original work published 2024)
Nester, M. S., Cook, M. H., Pugach, C. P., & Wisco, B. E. (2024). Exploring false negatives in self-reported trauma exposure status. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(8), 1409–1415. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001635
Nomamiukor, F. O., Suresky, R. E., May, C. L., & Wisco, B. E. (2024). Understanding internalizing and externalizing symptoms in trauma exposed community members. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(1), 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001388
Pugach, C. P., Starr, L. R., Silvia, P. J., & Wisco, B. E. (2023). Negative emotion differentiation in trauma-exposed community members: Associations with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in daily life. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(8), 1007–1018. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000851
Pugach, C. P., & Wisco, B. E. (2023). Emotion regulation repertoires in trauma-exposed college students: Associations with PTSD symptoms, emotional awareness, and emotional clarity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(Suppl 1), S37–S46. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001200
Pugach, C. P., May, C. L., & Wisco, B. E. (2023). Positive emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder: A global or context-specific problem? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 444–456. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22928
May, C. L., Wisco, B. E., Fox, V. A., Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. M. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder–related anhedonia as a predictor of psychosocial functional impairment among United States veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 1334–1342. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22832
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Wisco, B. E., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., May, C. L., Campbell, A. A., Nomamiukor, F. O., & Pugach, C. P. (2023). Effects of trauma-focused rumination among trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: An experiment. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 285–298. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22905
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Harper, K. L., Moshier, S., Ellickson-Larew, S., Andersen, M. S., Wisco, B. E., Mahoney, C. T., Keane, T. M., & Marx, B. P. (2022). Prospective Examination of Healthcare Costs Associated with PTSD Diagnosis and Symptom Severity in OEF/OIF Veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1-11. [PDF]
Campbell., A. A.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2021). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity in anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 87, 102034. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., & Harp, D. R.* (2021). Rumination as a mechanism of the association between interpretation bias and depression symptoms: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 1-15. [PDF]
Pugach, C. P.,* Nomamiukor, F. O.,* Gay, N. G.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2021). Temporal stability of self-reported trauma exposure using the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34, 248-256. [PDF]
Delaney, P. F., Barden, E. P.,* Smith, W. G., & Wisco, B. E. (2020). What can directed forgetting tell us about clinical populations? Clinical Psychology Review, 82, 101926. [PDF]
May, C. L.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2020). Reward processing and decision-making in posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Therapy, 51, 814-828. [PDF]
Gay, N. G.,* Wisco, B. E., Jones, E. C., & Murphy, A. D. (2020). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom network structures: A comparison between men and women. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33, 96-105. [PDF]
Campbell, A. A.* Wisco, B. E., Silvia, P. J., & Gay, N. G.* (2019). Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Biological Psychology, 144, 125-135. [PDF]
May, C. L.,* Wisco, B. E., Fox, V. A.,* Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. M. (in press). PTSD-related anhedonia as a predictor of psychosocial functional impairment among United States veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress. [PDF]
Corona, C. D., Van Orden, K., Wisco, B. E., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2019). Meaning in life moderates the association between moral injury and suicide ideation among U.S. combat veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11, 614-620. [PDF]
Marroquín, B., de Rutte, J., May, C. L.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2019). Emotion regulation in context: Social connectedness moderates concurrent and prospective associations with depression symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38, 605-626.
Pugach, C. P.,* Campbell, A. A.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2020). Emotion regulation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Rumination accounts for the association between emotion regulation difficulties and PTSD severity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76, 508-525. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Plate, A. J., May, C. J.,* & Aldao, A. (2018). A latent profile analysis of repetitive negative thinking: Distinguishing ruminators from worriers. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 9, 1-17. [PDF]
Lee, D. J., Kearns, J. C., Wisco, B. E., Green, J. D., Gradus, J. L., Sloan, D. M., Nock, M. K., Rosen, R. C., Keane, T. M., & Marx, B. P. (2018). A longitudinal study of risk factors for suicide attempts among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Depression and Anxiety, 35, 609-618. [PDF]
Moshier, S. J., Bovin, M. J., Gay, N. G.,* Wisco, B. E., Mitchell, K. S., Lee, D. J., Sloan, D. M., Weathers, F. W., Schnurr, P. P., Keane, T. M., & Marx, B. P. (2018). Examination of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom networks using clinician-rated and patient-rated data. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 541-547. [PDF]
Campbell, A. A.,* Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., & Pietrzak, R. H. (in press). Association between perceptions of military service and mental health problems in a nationally representative sample of U.S. military veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx. B. P., Miller, M. W., Wolf, E. J., Krystal, J. H., Southwick, S. M., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2017). A comparison of ICD-11 and DSM criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder in two national samples of U.S. military veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders, 223, 17-19. [PDF]
Liverant, G. I., Amick, M. M., Black, S. K., Esterman, M., Wisco, B. E., Gibian, M. C., Marx, B. P., & McGlinchey, R. (2017). Associations among posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use, and affective attentional processing in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205, 725-731. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., May, C. L.,* Martini, B., Krystal, J. H., Southwick, S. M., Pietrzak, R. H. (2017). Moral injury in U.S. combat veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Depression and Anxiety, 34, 340-347. [PDF]
Normansell, K.,* & Wisco, B. E. (2017). Negative interpretation bias as a mechanism of the relationship between rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms.Cognition and Emotion, 31,950-962. [PDF]
Wisco, B.E., Miller, M.W., Wolf, E.J., Kilpatrick, D., Resnick, H.S., Badour, C.L., Marx, B.P., Keane, T. M., Rosen, R.C., & Friedman, M.J. (2016). The impact of proposed changesto ICD-11 on estimates of PTSD prevalence and comorbidity. Psychiatry Research, 240, 226-233. [PDF]
Normansell, K. M. & Wisco, B. E. (2016). Negative interpretation bias as a mechanism of the relationship between rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms. Cognition and Emotion. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Baker, A. S., & Sloan, D. M. (2016). Mechanisms of change in written exposure treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Therapy, 47, 66-74. [PDF]
Mota, N. P., Tsai, J., Sareen, J., Marx, B. P., Wisco, B. E., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Southwick, S. M., Krystal, J. H., Pietrzak, R. H. (2016). High burden of subthreshold DSM-5 post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military veterans. World Psychiatry, 15, 185-186. [PDF]
May, C. L., & Wisco, B. E. (2016). Defining trauma: How level of exposure and proximity affect risk for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8, 233-240. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., Sloan, D. M., Gorman, K. R., Kulish, A. L., & Pineles, S. L. (2015). Self-distancing from trauma memories reduces physiological but not subjective emotional reactivity among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 3, 956-963. [PDF]
Aldao, A., & Wisco, B. E. (2015). Motivational conflict influences the timing of emotions and their regulation. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 943-952. [PDF]
Gradus, J. L., Wisco, B. E., Luciano, M. T., Iverson, K. M., Marx, B. P., & Street, A. E. (2015). Traumatic brain injury and suicidal ideation among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28, 361–365. [PDF]
Sloan, D. M., Vogt, D., Wisco, B. E., & Keane, T. K. (2015). Postdoctoral training in posttraumatic stress disorder research. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2, 195–202. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., Wolf, E. J., Miller, M. W., Southwick, S. M., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the U.S. veteran population: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75, 1338-1346. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Gilbert, K., & Marroquin, B. (2014). Maladaptive processing of maladaptive content: Rumination as a mechanism linking cognitive biases to depressive symptoms. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 5, 329-350. [PDF]
McLaughin, K. A., Aldao, A., Wisco, B. E., & Hilt, L. M. (2014). Rumination as a transdiagnostic factor underlying transitions between internalizing symptoms and aggressive behavior in early adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 13-23. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., Holowka, D. W., Vasterling, J. J., Han, S., Chen, M., Gradus, J. L., Nock, M. K., Rosen, R. C., & Keane T. M. (2014). Traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and current suicidal ideation among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 1-5. [PDF]
Pineles, S. L., Suvak, M. K., Liverant, G. I., Gregor, K., Wisco, B. E., Pitman, R. K., & Orr, S. P. (2013). Psychophysiologic reactivity, subjective distress, and the prediction of PTSD diagnosis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122, 635-644. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Sloan, D. M., & Marx, B. P. (2013). Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 1, 435-442. [PDF]
Gradus, J. L., Suvak, M. K., Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., & Resick, P. A. (2013). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder reduces suicidal ideation. Depression and Anxiety, 30, 1046-1053. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Pineles, S. L., Shipherd, J. C., & Marx, B. P. (2013). Attentional interference by threat and posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of thought control strategies. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 1314-1325. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. K. (2013). Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. In B. A. Moore and J. E. Barnett (Eds.) Military Psychologists’ Desk Reference. (pp. 207-210). New York: Oxford University Press.
Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. K. (2012). Screening, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD. Military Medicine, 177, 7-13. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E., Treat, T. A., & Hollingworth, A. (2012). Visual attention to emotion in depression: Facilitation and withdrawal processes. Cognition and Emotion, 24, 602-614. [PDF]
Sloan, D. M., & Wisco, B. (2012). Disclosure of trauma events. Invited chapter accepted for publication in L. A. Zoellner & N. C. Feeny (Eds.), Facilitating resilience and recovery following traumatic events. New York: Guilford Press.
Wisco, B. E. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2011). Effect of visual perspective on memory and interpretation in dysphoria. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 49, 406-412. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2010). Interpretation bias and depressive symptoms: The role of self-relevance. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 48, 1113-1122. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2010). Valence of autobiographical memories: The role of mood, cognitive reappraisal, and suppression. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 48, 335-340.[PDF]
Wisco, B. E. (2009). Depressive cognition: Self-reference and depth of processing. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 382-392.[PDF]
Wisco, B. E. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2009). The interaction of mood and rumination in depression: Effects on mood maintenance and mood-congruent autobiographical memory. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 27, 144-159. [PDF]
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 3, 400-424. [PDF]
Wisco, B. E. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2008). Ruminative response style. In K. Dobson, & D, Dozois (Eds.), Risk Factors for Depression (pp. 221-232). San Diego: Elsevier.