Publications
In Press
2022
Chau, R. F., Sawyer, W. N., Greenberg, J., Mehl, M. R., & Sbarra, D. A. (2022). Emotional recovery following divorce: Will the real self-compassion please stand up? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 996-1022.
Whisman, M.A., Salinger, Salinger, J.M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2022). Relationship dissolution and psychopathology. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 199-204.
Sbarra, D.A., & Whisman, M.A. (2022). Divorce, health, and socioeconomic status: An agenda for psychological science. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 75-78.
Beckes, L., & Sbarra, D.A. (2022). Social baseline Theory: State of the science and new directions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 36-41.
2021
Farrell, A.K., Stanton, S.C.E., Sbarra, D.A. (2021). Good theories in need of better data: Combining clinical and social psychological approaches to study the mechanisms linking relationships and health. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Online ahead: December 8, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211027563
Whisman, M. A., du Pont, A., Rhee, S. H., Sbarra, D. A., Spotts, E. L., Lichtenstein, P., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2021). Genetically informative analysis of the association between intimate relationship adjustment and health. Health Psychology, 40, 546-555.
Gordon, J.S., Sbarra, D.A., Armin, J., Pace, T.W.W., Gniady, C., & Barraza, Y. (2021). Use of a guided imagery mobile app (See Me Serene) to reduce COVID-19-related stress: Pilot feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 5(10):e32353
Knowles, L.M., Jovel, K.S., Mayer, C.M., Bottrill, K.C., Kaszniak, A.W., Sbarra, D.A., Lawrence, E.E. & O’Connor, M.-F. (2021). A controlled trial of two mind-body interventions for grief in widows and widowers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89, 640-654.
Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2021). Hispanic ethnic density may be protective for older Black/African American and non-Hispanic White populations for some health conditions: An exploration of support and neighborhood mechanisms. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 21-34.
Flores, M., Ruiz, J. M., Butler, E. A., Sbarra, D. A., Garcia, D. O., ..., & Thomson C. A. (2021). Does the Hispanic mortality advantage vary by marital status among post-menopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 7, 612-620.
Whisman, M. A., Sbarra, D. A., & Beach, S. R. (2021). Intimate relationships and depression: Searching for causation in the sea of association. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 17, 223-258. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-103323.
Hebbar, R., Papadopoulos, P., Reyes, R., Danvers, A. F., Polsinelli, A. J., Moseley, S. A., ... & Narayanan, S. (2021). Deep multiple instance learning for foreground speech localization in ambient audio from wearable devices. EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing, 2021, 1-8.
2020
Danvers, A. F., Milek, A., Tackman, A. M., Kaplan, D. M., Robbins, M. L., Poslinelli, A., Moseley, S., Raison, C.L, Sbarra, D.A, & Mehl, M. R. (2021). Is frequent sighing an indicator of dispositional negative emotionality? A multi-sample, multi-measure naturalistic-observation study. Journal of Research in Personality, 90, 104046.
Tackman, A. M., Baranski, E. N., Danvers, A. F., Sbarra, D. A., Raison, C. L., Moseley, S. A., Polsinelli, A. J., & Mehl, M. R. (2020). “Personality in its natural habitat” revisited: A pooled, multi-sample examination of the relationships between the Big Five personality traits and daily behavior and language use. European Journal of Personality, 34, 753-776.
Danvers, A., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2020). Understanding personality through patterns of daily socializing: Applying Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA) to naturalistically observed intensive longitudinal social interaction data. European Journal of Personality, 34, 777-793.
Bourassa, K. J., Sbarra, D. A., Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T. E. (2020). Social distancing as a health behavior: County-level movement in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic is associated with conventional health behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, 548-556.
Lawrence, A.V., Alkozei, A., Irgens, M.S., Acevedo-Molina, M.C., Brener, S.A., Chandler, A.B., Chau, R.F., Doyle, C.Y., McKinney, A.L., Price, S.N., Shanholtz, C.E., Van Etten, E.J., Ver Hoeve, E.S., Sbarra, D.A., O’Connor, M-F. (2020). Think again: Adaptive repetitive thought as a transdiagnostic treatment for individuals predisposed to repetitive thinking styles. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31, 208-222.
Manvelian, A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2020). Marital status, close relationships, and all-cause mortality: Results from a 10-year study of nationally representative older adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82, 384-392.
O’Hara, K.L., Grinberg, A.M, Tackman, A.M., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2020). Contact with an ex-partner is associated with psychological distress after marital separation. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 450-463.
2019
Sur, B., Cleary, A., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Ferrer, E., & Sbarra, D.A. (2020). Beyond the “self” in self-regulation: Family interaction modulations situational self-control by adolescent drug users. Journal of Family Psychology. 34(3), 322–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000598
Sbarra, D. A., Cook, C. C., Hasselmo, K., Noon, M. S., & Mehl, M. R. (2019). DNA Methylation Across the Serotonin Transporter Gene Following Marital Separation: A Pilot Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(12), 1081-1087.
Bourassa, K. J., Ruiz, J. M., & Sbarra, D. A. (2019). Smoking and physical activity explain the increased mortality risk associated with marital dissolution. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53, 255-266.
Sbarra, D.A., Briskin, J.L., Slatcher, R.B. (2019). Smartphones and close relationships: The case for an evolutional mismatch. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 596–618
Borelli, J.L., Peng, X., Hong, K., Froidevaux, N.M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2019). Accuracy and confidence in perceptions of targets’ attachment to former partners: Do judges vary as a function of individual differences in attachment style? Journal of Research in Personality, 79, 1-12.
Bourassa, K. J., Tackman, A. M., Mehl, M. R., & Sbarra, D. A. (2019). Psychological overinvolvement, emotional distress, and daily affect following marital dissolution. Collabra: Psychology, 5, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.184
Bourassa, K. J., Ruiz, J. M., & Sbarra, D. A. (2019). The impact of physical proximity and attachment working models on cardiovascular reactivity: Comparing mental activation and romantic partner presence. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13324
Bourassa, K. J., Ruiz, J. M., Sbarra, D. A., Kaciroti, N., & Harburg, E. (2019). Mismatch in spouses’ anger-coping response styles and risk of early mortality: A 32-year follow-up study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 26-33.
Sbarra, D.A. & Borelli, J.L. (2019). Attachment reorganization following divorce: Normative processes and individual differences. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 71-75.
Borelli, J.L., Sbarra, D.A., Mehl., M.R. (2019). Convergence of naïve observer and participant-reported ratings of attachment to a former partner: When we should be me. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 977-999.
2018
Borelli, J.L., Froidevaux, N.M., Yunusova, A., & Sbarra, D.A. (2019). Attachment anxiety and trauma history uniquely and interactively predict adjustment during and following deployment among military partners. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 226-233.
Mason, A.E, Hect, F.M., Daubermier, J.J., Sbarra, D.A., Lin, J., Moran, P.J., Schleicher, S.G., Acree, M., Prather, A.A., Epel., E. E. (2018). Weight loss, weight-loss maintenance, and cellular aging in the Supporting Health through Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80, 609-619.
Bourassa, K.J., Hasselmo, K., & Sbarra, D.A. (2018) After the end: Linguistic predictors of psychological distress four years after marital separation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Published online ahead, May 10, 2018
Ruiz, J.M., Sbarra, D.A., & Steffen, P.R. (2018). Hispanic ethnicity, stress psychophysiology and paradoxical health outcomes: A review with conceptual considerations and a call for research. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 31, 24-29
Milek, A., Butler, E. A., Tackman, A. M., Kaplan, D. M., Raison, C. L., Sbarra, D. A., Vazire, S., & Mehl, M. R. (2018) “Eavesdropping on happiness” revisited: A pooled, multi-sample replication of the association between life satisfaction and observed daily conversation quantity and quality. Psychological Science, 29, 1451-1462.
Tackman, A.M., Sbarra, D.A., Care, A.L., Donnellan, M.B., Horn, A.B., Holtzman, N.S., Edwards, T.S, Pennebaker, J.W., & Mehl, M.R. (2018). Depression, negative emotionality, and self-referential language: A multi-lab, multi-measure, multi-language-task research synthesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 116, 817-834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000187
Manvelian, A., Bourassa, K. J., Lawrence, E., Mehl, M. R., & Sbarra, D. A. (2018). With or without you? Loss of self following marital separation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37, 297-324, 37, 297-324.
Sbarra, D. A., & Coan, J. A. (2018). Relationships and health: The critical role of affective science. Emotion Review, 10, 40-54.
Sbarra, D. A., & Coan, J. A. (2018). New ways to explore the relationship–emotion–health connection. Emotion Review, 10, 76-78.
Kaplan, D. M., Palitsky, R., Carey, A.L., Crane, T.E., Havens, C.M., Medrano, M.R., Reznik, S.J., Sbarra, D.A., & O’Connor, M-F. (2018). Maladaptive repetitive thought as a transdiagnostic phenomenon and treatment target: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Psychology. Online ahead: //doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22585
Hasselmo, K., Mehl, M.R., Tackman, A.M., Carey, A.L., Wertheimer, A.M., Stowe, R.P, & Sbarra, D.A. (2018). Objectively-measured social integration is associated with viral-Immune Risk Profile following marital separation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2, 130-145.
2017
Grinberg, A.M., O’Hara, K.L., Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Preliminary evidence of attenuated blood pressure reactivity to acute stress in adults following a recent marital separation. Online ahead, Psychology & Health, DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2017.1373111
Holt-Lunstad, J., Robles, T.F., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Advancing social connection as a public health priority in the United States. American Psychologist, 72, 517-530.
Bourassa, K.J., Allen, J.J.B, Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). The impact of narrative expressive writing on heart rate, heart rate variability, and blood pressure following marital separation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79, 697-705.
Bourassa, K.J., Manvelian, A., Boals, A., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Tell me a story: The creation of narrative as a mechanism of psychological recovery following marital separation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36, 359-379.
Heshmati, S., Sbarra, D.A., Mason, A.E. (2017). The contemptuous separation: Facial expressions of emotion and breakups in young adulthood. Personal Relationships, 24, 453-469.
Kutoba, R.M., Yuan, N.P., Wertheim, B.C., Sbarra, D.A., Louck, E.B., Nassir, R., Bareh, G., Kim, M.M, Snetselaar, L.G., Thomson, C.A. (2017). Relationship between marital transitions, health behaviors, and health indicators of postmenopausal women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. Journal of Women’s Health, 26, 313-320.
Borelli, J.L., Burkhart, M., Rasmussen, H.F., Brody, R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Secure base scripts explain the association between attachment avoidance and emotion-related constructs in parents of young children. Infant Mental Health Journal, 38, 210-225.
Sbarra, D.A., & Coan, J.A. (2017). Divorce and health: Good data in need of better theory. Current Opinion in Psychology, 13, 91-95.
Bourassa, K.J., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Body mass and cognitive decline are indirectly associated with inflammation among aging adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 60, 63-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.09.023
Burkhart, M. L., Borelli, J. L., Rasmussen, H. F., Brody, R. & Sbarra, D. (2017). Parental mentalizing as an indirect link between attachment anxiety and parenting satisfaction. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 203-213.
2016
Bourassa, K.J., Hasselmo, K., & Sbarra, D.A. (2016). Heart rate variability moderates the association between separation-related psychological distress and blood pressure reactivity over time. Psychological Science, 27, 1123-1135.
O’Connor, M-F., Fallon, M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2016). The utility of a virtual trier social stress test: Initial findings and benchmarking comparisons. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78¸835-840. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000338
Reed, R.G., Weihs, K.L., Sbarra, D.A., Breen, E.C., Irwin, M.R, & Butler, E.A. (2016). Emotional acceptance, inflammation, and sickness symptoms across the first two years follow breast cancer diagnosis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 56, 165-174.
Whisman, M.A., Robustelli, B.L., & Sbarra, D.A. (2016). Marital disruption is associated with shorter salivary telomere length in a probability sample of older adults. Social Science & Medicine, 157, 60-67.
Sbarra, D.A. (2016). Social integration and sleep disturbance: A gene-environment interaction study. Collabra, 2(1), p.3. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.29
Bourassa, K.J., Knowles, L.M., Sbarra, D.A., & O’Connor, M-F. (2016). Absent, but not gone: Interdependence in couples’ quality of life persists after a partner’s death. Psychological Science, 27, 270-281. doi: 10.1177/0956797615618968
Memel, M., Bourassa, K. J., Woolverton, C., & Sbarra, D. A. (2016). Body mass and physical activity uniquely predict change in cognition for aging adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Advance Online Publication. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9768-2
2015
Min, A.A., Sbarra, D.A., & Keim, S.M (2015). Sleep disturbances predict prospective declines in resident physicians’ psychological well-being. Medical Education Online, open-access, published online July 21, 2016: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v20.28530
Bourassa, K.J., Memel, M. Woolverton, C., & Sbarra, D.A. (2015). Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: Comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity. Aging and Mental Health, Health, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1081152
Burkhart, M. L., Borelli, J. L., Rasmussen, H. F., & Sbarra, D. (2015). Cherish the good times: Relational savoring in parents of infants and toddlers. Personal Relationships, 7, 692-711.
Bourassa, K.J., Memel, M., Woolverton. C., & Sbarra, D.A. (2015). A dyadic approach to health, cognition, and quality of life in aging adults. Psychology and Aging. Online First Publication, May 4, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000025
Bourassa, K.J., Sbarra, D.A., & Whisman, M.A. (2015). Women in very low quality marriages gain life satisfaction following divorce. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 490-499.
Coan, J. A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2015). Social baseline theory: The social regulation of risk and effort. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 87-91.
Hasselmo, K., Sbarra, D.A., O’Connor, M-F., & Moreno, F.A. (2015). Psychological distress following marital separation interacts with a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene to predict cardiac vagal control in the laboratory. Psychophysiology, 52, 736-744.
Sbarra, D.A. (2015). Divorce and health: Current trends and future directions. Psychosomatic Medicine, 77, 227-236.
Sbarra, D.A., Hasselmo, K., Bourassa, K.J. (2015). Divorce and health: Beyond individual differences. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 109-113.
Larson, G.M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2015). Participating in research on romantic breakups promotes emotional recovery. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 399-406.
Borelli, J.L., Rasmussen, H.F., Burkhart, M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2015). Relational savoring in long-distance romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32, 1083-1108.
2014
Borelli, J.L., Sbarra, D.A., Snavely, J.E., McMakin, D.L., Coffey, J.K., Ruiz, S.K, Wang, B.A., & Chung, S.Y. (2014). With or without you: Preliminary evidence that attachment avoidance predicts nondeployed spouses’ reactions to relationship challenges during deployment. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45, 478-487. (Special section: Research on psychological issues and interventions for military personnel, veterans, and their families.)
Oskis, A., Clow, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F., & Sbarra, D.A. (2014). Biological stress regulation in female adolescents: A key role for confiding. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0182-z.
Krietsch, K.N., Mason., A.E., & Sbarra, D.A. (2014) Sleep complaints predict increases in resting blood pressure following marital separation. Health Psychology, 33, 1204-1213.
Whisman, M.A., Li, A., Sbarra, D.A., Raison, C.L. (2014). Marital quality and diabetes: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Health Psychology, 33, 832-840.
Helm, J.L, Sbarra, D.A., & Ferrer, E. (2014). Coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in adult romantic partners. Emotion, 14, 522-531.
2013
Sbarra, D. A., Emery, R. E., Beam, C. R., & Ocker, B. L. (2013). Marital dissolution and major depression in midlife: A propensity score analysis. Clinical Psychological Science, 2, 249-257.
Borelli, J.L., Sbarra, D., A., Randall, A.K., Snavely, J.E., St. John, H.K., & Ruiz, S.K. (2013). Linguistic indicators of wives' attachment security and communal orientation during military deployment. Family Process, 52, 535-554.
Sbarra, D.A., Borelli, J.L. (2013). Heart rate variability moderates the association between attachment avoidance and self-concept reorganization following marital separation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 88, 253-260. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.04.004
Sbarra, D.A., Boals, A., Mason, A.E., Larson, G.M., Mehl, M.R. (2013). Expressive writing can impede emotional recovery following marital separation. Clinical Psychological Science, 1, 20-134. doi:10.1177/2167702612470647
McAssey, M.P., Helm, J., Hsieh, F., Sbarra, D.A., & Ferrer, E. (2013). Methodological advances for detecting physiological synchrony during dyadic interactions. Methodology,9,41-53. doi: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000053
2012
Sbarra, D.A., Hasselmo, K., & Nojopranoto, W. (2012). Divorce and death: A case study for health psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 905-919.
Mason, A. E., Sbarra, D. A., Bryan, A. E. B., & Lee, L. A. (2012). Staying connected when coming apart: The psychological correlates of contact and sex with an ex-partner. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31, 488-507. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2012.31.5.488
Whisman, M.A., & Sbarra, David A. (2012). Marital adjustment and Interleukin-6 (IL-6). Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 290-295. doi: 10.1037/a0026902.
Borelli, J.L, David, D.H., Rifkin-Graboi, A., Sbarra, D.A, Mehl, M.R., Mayes, L.C. (2012). Language use in the Adult Attachment Interview: Evidence for attachment-specific emotion regulation. Personal Relationships, Online Early View, doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01394.x
Sbarra, D.A., Smith, H.L., & Mehl, M.R. (2012). When leaving your ex, love yourself: Observational ratings of self-compassion predict the course of emotional recovery following marital separation. Psychological Science, 23, 261-269.
Helm, J.L, Sbarra, D.A., & Ferrer, E. (2012). Assessing cross-partner associations in physiological responses via coupled oscillator models. Emotion. 12, 748-762.
Mason, A.E., Law, R.W., Bryan, A.E.B, Portley, R.M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2012). Facing a breakup: Electromyographic responses moderate self-concept recovery following a romantic separation. Personal Relationships, 19, 551-568. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01378.x
2011
Sbarra, David A., Law, R.W., & Portley, R.M. (2011). Divorce and death: A meta-analysis and research agenda for clinical, social, and health psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 454-474.
Lee, L.A., Sbarra, D.A., Mason, A. E., & Law, R.W. (2011). Attachment anxiety, verbal immediacy, and blood pressure: Results from a laboratory analogue study following marital separation. Personal Relationships, 18, 285–301. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01360.x
Borelli, J.L., & Sbarra, D.A. (2011). Trauma history and linguistic self-focus moderate the course of psychological adjustment to divorce. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7, 667-698.
Borelli, J.L., Sbarra, D.A., Crowley, M. J., & Mayes, L.C. (2011). Mood symptoms and emotional responsiveness to threat in school-aged children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40, 220-232.
Borelli, J.L., Sbarra, D.A., Mehl., M., David, D.H. (2011). Experiential connectedness in children’s attachment interviews: An examination of natural word use. Personal Relationships, 18, 341-351, doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01294
2010
Mason, A.E., Sbarra, D.A., Mehl, M. R. (2010). Thin-slicing divorce: Thirty seconds of information predict changes in psychological adjustment over ninety days. Psychological Science, 21, 1420-1422. doi: 10.1177/0956797610381507
Borelli, J.L., Crowley, M.J., David, D.H., Sbarra, D.A., Anderson, G.M., & Mayes, L.M. (2010). Attachment and emotion in school-aged children. Emotion, 10, 475-485.
Shahar, B., Britton. W. B., Sbarra, D. A., Figueredo, A. J., & Bootzin, R. R. (2010). Mechanisms of change in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: Preliminary evidence from a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 3, 402-418.
Hasler, B.P., Allen, J.J.B., Sbarra, D.A. Bootzin, R.R., & Bernert, R.A. (2010). Morningness-eveningness and depression: Preliminary evidence for a BAS-Not-BIS model. Psychiatry Research, 176, 166-173.
2009
Law, R.W., & Sbarra, D.A. (2009). The effects of church attendance and marital status on the longitudinal trajectories of depressed mood among older adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 21, 803-823.
Sbarra, D.A. (2009). Marriage protects men from clinically meaningful elevations in C-reactive protein: Results from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 828-835.
Sbarra, D.A., Law, R.W., Lee, L.A., & Mason, A.E. (2009). Marital dissolution and blood pressure reactivity: Evidence for the specificity of emotional intrusion-hyperarousal and task-rated emotional difficulty. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 532-540.
Sbarra, D.A., & Allen, J.J.B. (2009) Decomposing depression: On the prospective and reciprocal dynamics of sleep and mood disturbances. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 171-182.
Sbarra, D.A., & Nietert, P.J. (2009). Divorce and death: Forty years of the Charleston Heart Study. Psychological Science, 20, 107-113.
2008
Beck, C.J.A., Putterman, M.D., Sbarra, D.A., & Mehl, M.R. (2008). Parenting coordinator roles, program goals and services provided: Insights from the Pima County, Arizona Program. Journal of Child Custody, 5, 122-139.
Sbarra, D.A., & Hazan, C. (2008). Co-regulation, dysregulation, self-regulation: An integrative analysis and empirical agenda for understanding adult attachment, separation, loss, and recovery. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 141-167.
Sbarra, D.A., & Emery, R.E. (2008). Deeper into divorce: Using actor-partner analyses to explore systemic differences in coparenting following mediation and litigation of custody disputes. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 144-152.
2006
Sbarra, D. A., & Ferrer, E. (2006). The structure and process of emotional experience following nonmarital relationship dissolution: Dynamic factor analyses of love, anger, and sadness, Emotion, 6, 224-238.
Sbarra, D.A. (2006). Predicting the onset of emotional recovery following nonmarital relationship dissolution: Survival analyses of sadness and anger. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 298-312.
2005 & Before
Sbarra, D.A., & Emery, R.E. (2005). The emotional sequelae of non-marital relationship dissolution: Analysis of change and intraindividual variation over time. Personal Relationships, 12, 213-232.
Sbarra, D.A., & Emery, R.E. (2005). Co-parenting conflict, nonacceptance, and depression among divorced adults: Results from a 12-year follow-up study of child custody mediation using multiple imputation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 75, 22-37.
Emery, R.E., Sbarra, D.A., & Grover, T. (2005). Divorce mediation: Research and reflections. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 43, 22-37.
-- Reprinted in International Journal of Family Law (2005).
-- Reprinted in Mediation in Practice (2005).
Sbarra, D.A., Rimm-Kaufman, S.E., & Pianta, R.P. (2002). The behavioral and emotional correlates of epilepsy in adolescence: A seven year follow-up study. Epilepsy & Behavior, 3, 358-367.
Sbarra, D.A. & Pianta, R. P. (2001). Teacher ratings of behavior among African-American and Caucasian children across the first two years of school. Psychology in the Schools, 38, 229-238.
Emery, R.E., Laumann-Billings, L. Waldron, M., Sbarra, D.A. & Dillon, P. (2001). Child custody mediation and litigation: Custody, contact, and co-parenting 12 years after initial dispute resolution. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 323-332.
Wilson, M.N., Sbarra, D.A., Carter, T.M., & Tencer, H.T. (2000). Reconciliation, justice, and domestic violence: Commentary on L.W. Sherman (2000). The Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, 8, 291-300.