PUBLICATIONS
2026
*Mentored student at time of work.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Stein, A. G., Johnson, B. N., *Kelly, A. G., Cheavens, J. S., & McKernan, L. C. (2026, September). Negative affect and pain catastrophizing link BPD to pain: Replicating and extending the BPD-pain association. Paper submitted to the 8th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Hlay, J. K., Merullo, N., Rodriguez James, I., Albert, G., Landry, N., Honig, M., Johnson, B. N., Smith, C., Rothamer, B., Gaffney, M., Noonan, A., Gettler, L., Blackwell, A., Hodges-Simeon, C., Grail, G., & Arnocky, S. (2026). Does testosterone predict pathogen disgust sensitivity? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from three diverse developmental and endocrine contexts. Paper submitted to the Human Behavior & Evolution Society Annual Conference, Rabat, Morocco.
*Chiu, E., Shimon-Raz, O., *Wheeler, E., Wira, G., Johnson, B. N., Galynker, I., & Apter-Levy, Y. (2026, April). Implementing the Suicide Crisis Syndrome Checklist in acute care: Symptom patterns, diagnostic decisions, and perceived clinical utility among psychiatric residents. Paper submitted to the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.
*Witerska, V., *Garagiola, E. R., *Suarez, N., *Bhatt, Y., Johnson, B. N., & Galynker, I. (2026, April). Discriminant validity and differential symptom trajectories of suicide crisis syndrome compared with other psychiatric disorders during inpatient admission. Paper submitted to the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.
*Hafner, R. M., *Mulvihill, E. M., *Trahan, A. C., *Sefcik, M., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N.(2026, April). Which aspects of personality predict suicidality and NSSI risk in young adults? Insights from an EMA study. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Toronto, Canada.
Johnson, B. N. (Chair) (2026, April). Dynamic pathways to self-harm and suicide: Real-time insights from ecological momentary assessment in young adults. Symposium accepted at the annual Suicide Research Symposium of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Virtual.
*Lawrence, O. C., *Ganchrow, D. M., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2026, April). Psychache as a proximal predictor of suicidal thoughts: An ecological momentary assessment study. In B. N. Johnson (Chair). Dynamic pathways to self-harm and suicide: Real-time insights from ecological momentary assessment in young adults. Symposium accepted at the annual Suicide Research Symposium of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Virtual.
*Ganchrow, D. M., Hamilton, J. L., *Lawrence, O. C., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2026, April). Examining the bidirectional relationships among sleep, rumination, and suicidal ideation using ecological momentary assessment. In B. N. Johnson (Chair). Dynamic pathways to self-harm and suicide: Real-time insights from ecological momentary assessment in young adults. Symposium accepted at the annual Suicide Research Symposium of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Virtual.
*Hafner, R. M., *Mulvihill, E. M., *Trahan, A. C., *Sefcik, M., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N.(2026, April). Exploring suicidal ideation and NSSI risk longitudinally within the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders framework. In B. N. Johnson (Chair). Dynamic pathways to self-harm and suicide: Real-time insights from ecological momentary assessment in young adults. Symposium accepted at the annual Suicide Research Symposium of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Virtual.
Johnson, B. N., *Hafner, R. M., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N. (2026, April). Harnessing machine learning to predict self-harm and suicide risk in everyday life. In B. N. Johnson (Chair). Dynamic pathways to self-harm and suicide: Real-time insights from ecological momentary assessment in young adults. Symposium accepted for the annual Suicide Research Symposium of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Virtual.
*Petras-Gourlay, A. C., Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. L., & Johnson, B. N. (2026, March). Self-perceptions of sexual grooming among survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Paper submitted to the 2026 meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Reno, NV.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
*Edwards, A. R., *Chen, S., *Chiu, E., *Witerska, V., Johnson, B. N., Bloch-Elkouby, S., Apter-Levy, Y., & Galynker, I. (2026, April). Exploring the differential reports of suicidal ideation to clinicians and researchers in an inpatient setting. [Poster presentation]. Accepted at the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.
*Ganchrow, D. M., *Burke, C. M., & Johnson, B. N. (2026, July 6-8). Examining the risk factors for suicide for MDD and BPD: A systematic review. [Poster presentation]. Submitted to the 2026 conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
*Salman, I., Johnson, B. N., *Sefcik, M., & *Longmore-Micham, C. (2026, July 21–24). The mediating role of attachment style in the association between childhood trauma and borderline personality disorder symptoms [Poster presentation]. Submitted to the 22nd European Conference on Personality (ECP22), Edinburgh, Scotland. https://www.ecp22edinburgh.org/
2025
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. J., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). Mental health following sibling sexual harm: Are there differences in self-reported symptoms compared to those who experience other intrafamilial and extrafamilial child sexual abuse? Journal of Family Violence.
Bloch-Elkouby, S., Johnson, B. N., Chen, J., El Hayek, R., Jones, A., Eid, T., Gomes de Siqueira, A., , Apter, Y., Yao, H., Lok, B., Foster, A., & Galynker, I. (in press). Can training clinicians in emotional awareness using virtual patient interactions improve the therapeutic alliance with psychiatric outpatients and reduce suicidal outcomes? Psychiatry Research.
*Hafner, R. M., Johnson, B. N., Tone, E. B, Kivity, Y., Levy, K. N., & Bedwell, J. S. (in press). A multi-site psychometric evaluation of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test – Revised. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113526
*Ran, T., *Balzen, K. M., *Allman, M., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). The relationship between narcissism and suicidality: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Jeglic, E. L., Winters, G. M., Johnson, B. N., & Fisher, E. (2025). The psychological impact of experiencing sexual abuse revictimization by a different perpetrator in childhood. Children.
*Stein, A. G. & Johnson, B. N. (2025). The “favorite person” in borderline personality disorder: A content analysis of social media posts. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16040
*Hlay, J. K, Johnson, B. N., Hodges-Simeon, C. R., & Levy, K. N. (in press). A psychometric evaluation of the Tend-and-Befriend Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment.
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
*Rasol, A., Johnson, B. N., & Levy, K. N. (in press). Attachment theory/style: Sex-attachment linkage. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer.
*Salman, I., *Srinivas, N., *Duncan, N. M., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). Attachment theory/style: Romantic relationships. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer.
Duncan, N. M., Soomai, S. O., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). Attachment theory/style: Assessment of adults. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
*Stein, A. G. & Johnson, B. N. (2025, November). Differentiating the “favorite person” relational patterns from other relationships in individuals with BPD. Paper accepted for the biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Boston, MA.
Johnson, B. N., *Hafner, R. M., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Levy, K. N. (2025, November). Harnessing machine learning to predict self-harm and suicide risk in everyday life: An idiographic approach to risk prevention. Paper accepted for the biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Boston, MA.
*Hafner, R. M., *Trahan, A. C., *Mulvihill, E. M., *Longmore-Micham, C., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2025, November). Investigating NSSI ideation and action within the AMPD framework using an ecological momentary assessment approach. Speed talk accepted for the biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Boston, MA.
Hlay, J. K., Johnson, B. N., Rodriguez, I., Hönig, M. A. C., Merullo, N., Rothamer, B. A., Smith, C. B., Gaffney, M., Blackwell, A. D., & Hodges-Simeon, C. R. (2025, June). Investigating childhood sex differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity. Paper accepted for the 2025 annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. J., & Johnson, B. N. (2025, March). The nuances of child sexual grooming: The impact of age and sex.Paper presented at the 2025 annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
*Tsang, Ue Ki, *Hafner, R. M., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2025, November). The impact of realistic vs unrealistic self-predictions on mental health outcomes, self-harm, and suicidality: A self-continuation perspective. Poster accepted for the biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Boston, MA.
*Mulvihill, E. M., *Hafner, R. M., *Sefcik, M., *Trahan, A. C., *Longmore-Micham, C., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N.(2025, November). An investigation of the relationship among levels of personality functioning, maladaptive personality traits, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Poster accepted for the biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Boston, MA.
*Zanatti, R., *Garagiola, E. R., Park, B. D., Johnson, B. N., & Galynker, I. (2025, May). The discriminant validity of suicide crisis syndrome compared to other common psychiatric disorders among psychiatric inpatients. Poster accepted for the 2025 annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association, Los Angeles, CA.
*Suarez, N., *Garagiola, E. R., Townsend, C., Wheeler, E., Johnson, B. N., Cohen, L. J., & Galynker, I. (2025, April). Understanding the role of psychopharmacology in suicide risk: Suicide crisis syndrome vs. suicidal ideation. Poster accepted for the 2025 annual conference of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, Las Vegas, NV.
*Ganchrow, D. M., *Sefcik, M., *Longmore-Micham, C., & Johnson, B. N. (2025, April). Examining the effect of rumination on suicidal ideation using an ecological momentary assessment approach. Poster presented at the annual American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Suicide Research Symposium, Online.
*Louteiro, K., Johnson, B. N., Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. J. (2025, March). Investigating racial identity and borderline personality disorder as predictors of sexual grooming vulnerability. Poster presented at the annual American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2024
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
*Stein, A. G., Johnson, B. N., *Kelly, A. G., Cheavens, J. S., & McKernan, L. C. (2024). Negative affect and pain catastrophizing link BPD to pain: Replicating and extending the BPD-pain association. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. J., Johnson, B. N., & *Kaylor, L. (2024). An examination of the psychometric properties of the Paraphilic Interests and Disorders Scale. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2024.2390874
Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. J., Johnson, B. N., & Chou, C. (2024). The prevalence of sexual grooming behaviors among survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 154, 106842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106842
*Spada, A. H., Winters, G. M., Jeglic, E. L., Johnson, B. N., & Allan, C. (2024). An exploration of racial and ethnic differences in paraphilic interests and behaviours among a nonoffending sample. Journal of Sexual Aggression. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2024.2332943
Kivity, Y., Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., Rosenstein, L. K., & LeBreton, J. M. (2024). Mentalizing in and out of awareness: A meta-analytic review of implicit and explicit mentalizing. Clinical Psychology Review, 108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102395
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Johnson, B. N. & Levy, K. N. (2024). Attachment theory/style. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer.
2023
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Jeglic, E. L., Winters, G. M., & Johnson, B. N. (2023). Identification of red flag child sexual grooming behaviors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 136, 105998.
Johnson, B. N. (2023). Maladaptive schemas and attachment styles are two parts of the same iceberg: A commentary on Karantzas et al. (2022). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 30(1), 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000126
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
*Lukenda, M. S., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). Child maltreatment: Externalizing characteristics after. In V. Zeigler-Hill & G. Vance (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. Springer.
*Stein, A. G., & Johnson, B. N. (in press). Deliberate self-harm. In V. Zeigler-Hill & G. Vance (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. Springer.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Johnson, B. N. (2023, November). A theoretical framework for co-occurring pain, trauma, and personality disorders. Paper presented at the 4th International Trauma Informed Care Conference, Virtual.
Lipner, L. M., Johnson, B. N., Solomonov, N., Urmanche, A., Eubanks, C. F., Muran, J. C., & Barber, J. P. (2023, June). The impact of therapist responsiveness on alliance rupture resolution and premature treatment termination. Paper presented at the 54th annual meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research, Dublin, Ireland.
*Stein, A. G., & Johnson, B. N. (2023, April). Defining the BPD “favorite person”: A descriptive analysis of social media posts. Paper presented at the 10th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Waltham, MA.
*Krause, C. E., Johnson, B. N., Winters, G. M., & Jeglic, E. L. (2023, April). What aspects of childhood sexual abuse really do predict borderline personality disorder? Paper presented at the 10th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Waltham, MA. (Awarded Best “Speed-Data” Talk Award)
CONFERENCE POSTERS
*Stein, A. G. & Johnson, B. N. (2023, October). What is the “favorite person”? A quantitative content analysis of Instagram posts. Poster presented at the 2023 annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Sydney, Australia.
*Ran, T., Furer, M. L., Wilson, S. J., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2023, April). Examining mechanisms and moderators of the relationship between narcissistic and borderline traits and suicide. Poster presented at the 2023 annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Waltham, MA.
2022
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Hlay, J. K., Johnson, B. N., & Levy, K. N. (2022). Attachment security predicts tend-and-befriend behaviors: A replication. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000284
Johnson, B. N., Kivity, Y., Levy, K.N., Rosenstein, L.K., & LeBreton, J.M. (2022). The association between mentalizing and psychopathology: A meta-analysis of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task across psychiatric disorders. Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice, 29(4), 423-439. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000105
Johnson, B. N., McKernan, L. C., & Bruehl, S. (2022). A theoretical endogenous opioid neurobiological framework for co-occurring pain, trauma, and non-suicidal self-injury. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 26, 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-022-01043-9
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Lipner, L. M., Johnson, B. N., Solomonov, N., Eubanks, C. F., Muran, J. C., & Barber, J. P. (2022, July). The relationship between therapist flexibility, alliance rupture resolution, and premature treatment termination. Paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research, Denver, Colorado.
*Stein, A. G., & Johnson, B. N. (2022, April). Operationalizing the “favorite person” in BPD: A qualitative study of social media posts. Abstract presented at the 9th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
*Krause, C. E., & Johnson, B. N. (2022, April). The relationship between childhood sexual abuse disclosure and borderline personality disorder symptoms: A systematic review. Abstract presented at the 9th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
*Irace, K. I. †, *Sturm, A. N.†, Furer, M. L., Wilson, S. J., Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2022, October) Exploring the associations among facets of impulsivity and antisocial and narcissistic personality traits. Poster presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the New Jersey Psychological Association, NJ. †(These authors share first-authorship.)
*Stein, A. G., & Johnson, B. N. (2022, July). Defining the BPD “favorite person”: A descriptive analysis of social media posts. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Virtual.
Johnson, B. N., McKernan, L. C., & Bruehl, S. (2022, April). Co-occurring trauma and non-suicidal self-injury among people with chronic pain: A systematic review and neurobiological framework. Abstract presented at the 9th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
2021
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bliton, C. F., Johnson, B. N., & Pincus, A. L. (2021). My problem or yours? Interpersonal problems and marital quality. Journal of Personality, 90(4), 595-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12685
Bloch-Elkouby, S., Barzilay, S., Gorman, B., Lawrence, O., Rogers, M. L., Richards, J., Cohen, L., Johnson, B. N., & Galynker, I. (2021). The Revised Suicide Crisis Inventory (SCI-2): Validation and assessment of prospective suicidal outcomes at one month follow-up. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 1280-1291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.048
Johnson, B. N. & McKernan, L. C. (2021). Co-occurring trauma and non-suicidal self-injury among people with chronic pain: A systematic review. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 25(11), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-021-00984-x
Johnson, B. N. & Vanwoerden, S. (2021). Future directions in personality pathology development research from a trainee perspective: Suggestions for theory, methodology, and practice. Current Opinion in Psychology, 37, 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.006
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., & Notsu, H. (2021). Crossing the alphabet divide: Navigating the evidence for DBT, GPM, MBT, ST, and TFP for BPD. In R. Feinstein (Ed.), Primer on personality disorders: Multi-theoretical view points. Oxford University Press.
Moeller, A. N., Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., & LeBreton, J. M. (2021). Conceptualizing and measuring the implicit personality. In D. Wood, S. Read, P. Harms, & A. Slaughter (Eds.), Measuring and modeling persons and situations. Elsevier, Academic Press.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Austin, S. B., Johnson, B. N., & Chapman, A. L. (October, 2021). A HiTOP model of attention, emotion, and personality psychopathology. Paper presented at the 18th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
Johnson, B. N., & Levy, K. N. (October, 2021). Resolving the latent structure of borderline personality disorder in a clinical sample using factor mixture modeling. Paper presented at the 18th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
Johnson, B. N. (Chair), Levy, K. N., Scott, L. N., Sharp, C., Tsypes, A., & Vanwoerden, S. (2021, April). A Q&A panel on grant writing for young researchers: NIH, NSF, and beyond. Structured discussion conducted at the 8th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Virtual.
2020
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Brenner, E. K., Grossner, E. C., Johnson, B. N., Bernier, R. A., Soto, J., & Hillary, F. G. (2020). Race and ethnicity considerations in traumatic brain injury research: Incidence, reporting, and outcome. Brain Injury, 34(6), 801-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1741033
Dunlop, B. W., Still, S., LoParo, D., Aponte-Rivera, V., Johnson, B. N., Schneider, R. L., Nemeroff, C. B., Mayberg, H. S., & Craighead, W. E. (2020). Somatic symptoms in treatment-naïve Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients with major depression. Depression and Anxiety, 37(2), 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22984
Johnson, B. N. & Levy, K. N. (2020). Identifying unstable and empty phenotypes of borderline personality through factor mixture modeling in a large non-clinical sample. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 11(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000360.
Johnson, B. N., Lumley, M. A., Cheavens, J. S, & McKernan, L. C. (2020). Exploring the links among borderline personality disorder symptoms, trauma, and pain in patients with chronic pain disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110164
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Smith, J., Johnson, B. N., Henriques, G., Marquis, A., & Lane, R. D. (2020, May) The common infrastructure of psychotherapy. Online poster presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Vancouver, Canada. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19, posters made available online at: https://psychology.unt.edu/posters).
2019
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Levy, K. N., Hlay, J. K., Johnson, B. N., & Witmer, C. P. (2019). An attachment theoretical perspective on tend-and-befriend stress reactions. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5(4), 426-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-019-00197-x
Levy, K. N. & Johnson, B. N. (2019). Attachment and psychotherapy: Implications from empirical research. Canadian Psychology, 60(30), 178-193. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000162
McKernan, L. C., Johnson, B. N., Crofford, L. J., Lumley, M. A., Bruehl, S., & Cheavens, J. S. (2019). Posttraumatic stress symptoms mediate the effects of trauma exposure on indicators of central sensitization in patients with chronic pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35(1), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000689.
McKernan, L. C., Johnson, B. N., Reynolds, W. S., Williams, D. A, Cheavens, J. S., & Crofford, L. S. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: Relationship to patient phenotype and clinical practice recommendations. Neurology and Urodynamics, 38(1), 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23861
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Johnson, B. N. (Chair), Vanwoerden, S. (Chair), Zimmermann, J. (2019, October). Trainee workshop in quantitative methods: Multilevel modeling in R. Workshop conducted at the 17th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Johnson, B. N. (Chair), Cottin, M. (Chair), Zimmerman, M., Sharp, C., Tackett, J. L., & Newton-Howes, G. (2019, October). Advice from the experts on getting it published: A writing workshop for young researchers. Structured discussion conducted at the 17th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Austin, S. B., Johnson, B. N., & Chapman, A. L. (2019, October). Blinded by emotion? The influence of socio-affective cues on the attentional blink in borderline personality disorder. Paper presented at the 17th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hlay, J. K., Johnson, B. N., Hodges-Simeon, C. R., & Levy, K. N. (2019, June). The relationship between attachment style and stress responses in men and women. Paper presented at the 13th annual meeting of the North Eastern Evolutionary Psychology Society, Boston, MA.
Kivity, Y., Levy, K. N., Rosenstein, L. K., Crow, T. M., Johnson, B. N., Clouthier, T. L., & Clarkin, J. F. (2019, July). The role of in-session mentalizing in the process and outcome of three psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder. In S. Taubner (Chair), In-session mentalizing. Symposium presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Johnson, B. N. (2019, April). A trainee’s perspective on convergence and divergence in PD treatments: The importance of training in multiple approaches. In K. N. Levy (Chair), Psychotherapy across the alphabet divide, from the get-go: Learning, practicing, and integrating treatments for PDs among the next generation. Symposium conducted at the 7th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kivity, Y., Levy, K. N., Crow, T. M., Rosenstein, L. K., Johnson, B. N., Clouthier, T. L., & Clarkin, J. F. (2019, April). In-session mentalizing as a predictor of outcome in three psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder. Paper presented at the 7th annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Pittsburgh, PA.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Ye, E., Johnson, B. N., & Levy, K. N. (2019, February). Comparing anxiety and risk taking between psychopathy subtypes and narcissism. Poster presented at the 90th Eastern Psychological Association, New York City, NY.
2018
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Levy, K. N., Kivity, Y., Johnson, B. N., & Gooch, C. V. (2018). Adult attachment as a predictor and moderator of psychotherapy outcome: A meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(11), 1996-2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22685
Scala, J. W., Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., Kivity, Y., Ellison, W. D., Pincus, A. L., Wilson, S. J., & Newman, M. G. (2018). The role of negative affect and self-concept clarity in predicting self-injurious urges in borderline personality disorder using ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 36-57. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2018.32.supp.36
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., Gooch, C. V. & Kivity, Y. (2018). Attachment style. In J. C. Norcross & B. Wampold (Eds.), Psychotherapy adaptations that work: Evidence-based transdiagnostic responsiveness. Oxford University Press.
Johnson, B. N., Clouthier, T. L., Rosenstein, L. K., & Levy, K. N. (2018). Psychotherapy for personality disorders. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. Springer.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Austin, S. B., Johnson, B. N., & Chapman, A. L. (2018, September). Assessing the Goldilocks principle in personality: A latent class analysis of self-reported biotemperament, self-control, and psychopathology. Paper presented at the 5th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders, Barcelona, Spain.
Levy, K. N., Kivity, Y., Gooch, C. V., & Johnson, B. N. (2018, August). Attachment style. In J. C. Norcross (Chair), Evidence-based responsiveness—Personalizing psychotherapy to the individual patient. Symposium conducted at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., Ellison, W. D., Scala, J. W., Pincus, A. L., & Newman, M. G. (2018, June). Determining the clinical utility of borderline personality disorder subtypes. In S. Zilcha-Mano (Chair), Unique characteristics of psychotherapy with patients with personality disorders. Symposium conducted at the 49th annual convention of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., Kivity, Y., & Gooch, C. V. (2018, June). Attachment in psychotherapy. In J. C. Norcross (Chair), Psychotherapy relationships that work II: Therapist and patient contributions. Symposium conducted at the 34th annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, New York, NY.
Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., Ellison, W. D., Scala, J. W., Pincus, A. L., & Newman, M. G. (2018, April). Screening BPD in everyday life: Evaluating the ecological validity of the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD. In M. Zimmerman (Chair), Screening for personality disorders. Symposium conducted at the 2018 annual convention of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY.
Crow, T. M., Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., Powers, A. D., & Bradley, B. (2018, April). Borderline personality disorder traits moderate the relationship between trauma load and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
McKernan, L. C., Johnson, B. N., Walsh, C. G., Bruehl, S., & Crofford, L. J. (2018, September). Childhood trauma and experiential avoidance as risk factors for co-morbid central sensitization and post-traumatic stress disorder in chronic pain. Poster presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Boston, MA.
Brenner, E. K., Grossner, E. C., Johnson, B. N., Bernier, R. A., Soto, J., & Hillary, F. G. (2018, February). Racial and ethnic differences in discharge destination for individuals with TBI. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.
2017
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Johnson, B. N., Ashe, M. L., & Wilson, S. J. (2017). Self-control capacity as a predictor of borderline personality disorder features, problematic drinking, and their co-occurrence. Journal of Personality Disorders, 31(3), 289-305. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2016_30_249
Johnson, B. N. & Bliwise, N. G. (2017). Your responses guide me: Decreased attachment anxiety through an online relationship-building intervention. Interpersona, 11(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v11i1.254
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Johnson, B. N. & Levy, K. N. (2017). Personality disorder not otherwise specified (PDNOS). In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_924-1
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Austin, S. B., & Johnson, B. N. (2017, September). Chairs. Understanding and treating core features of borderline personality disorder: International perspectives from future research leaders. Symposium conducted at the 15th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Heidelberg, Germany.
Johnson, B. N., Austin, S. B., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., & Chapman, A. L. (2017, September). From two to four factors: A more nuanced examination of behavioral approach and avoidance system functioning in mood and personality disorders. In S. B. Austin and G. Newton-Howes (Chairs), Motivation meets affect: Integrating generative and regulatory emotional processes in borderline personality disorder. Symposium conducted at the 15th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anderson, T., Beaulieu-Tremblay, T., Clouthier, T. L., Drapeau, M., Eubanks, C. F., Johnson, B. N. (Chair), Laverdière, O., Levy, K. N. (Chair), Lipner, L. M., Milman, E., Pascual-Leone, A., & Perlman, M. R. (2017, June). Building bridges between science and practice: Trainee and trainer experiences. Structured discussion held at the 48th annual convention of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Johnson, B. N., Temes, C. M., Scala, J. W., & Levy, K. N. (2017, April). Understanding dimensions and types of borderline personality disorder through factor mixture modeling. Paper presented at the 2017 annual convention of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY. (Awarded Best “Speed-Data” Talk Award)
Rosenstein, L. K., Temes, C. M., Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N. (2017, April). Which borderline personality disorder criteria predict self-harm in a college sample? Paper presented at the 2017 annual convention of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Johnson, B. N., Temes, C. M., Scala, J. W., & Levy, K. N. (2017, September). Dimensions and types of borderline personality disorder: How heterogeneous is BPD really? Poster presented at the 15th annual convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Heidelberg, Germany.
2014-2016
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N, Scala, J. W., Temes, C. M., & Clouthier, T. L. (2015). An attachment theoretical framework for understanding personality disorders: Developmental, neuroscience, and psychotherapeutic considerations. (S. Pletikosic, Trans.)] Psihologijske Teme. [Psychological Topics], 24, 91-112.
Levy, K. N., Johnson, B. N., Clouthier, T. L., Scala, J. W., & Temes, C. M. (2015). An attachment theoretical framework for personality disorders. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 56(2), 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000025
Dunlop, B. W., Hill, E., Johnson, B. N., Klein, D. N., Gelenberg, A. J., Rothbaum, B. O., Thase, M. E. and Kocsis, J. H. (2014). Mediators of sexual functioning and marital quality in chronically depressed adults with and without a history of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12(3), 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12727
BOOK CHAPTERS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Levy, K. N., & Johnson, B. N. (2016). Personality disorders. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, & D. K. Freeheim (Eds.), APA handbook of clinical psychology: Psychopathology and health (Vol. 4). (pp. 173–207). American Psychological Association.
Craighead, W. E, Johnson, B. N., Carey, S. C., & Dunlop, B. W. (2015). Psychosocial treatments for major depressive disorder. In P. E. Nathan & J. M. Gorman (Eds.), A guide to treatments that work (4th ed.) (pp. 381-408). Oxford University Press.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., Scala, J. W., Temes, C. M., & Gooch, C. V. (2016, April). Clinically relevant subtypes of borderline personality disorder and the role of attachment attitudes. Paper presented at the 2016 annual convention of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY.
Scala, J. W., Levy, K. N., Ellison, W. D., Johnson, B. N., Pincus, A. L., Newman, M. G., & Wilson, S. J. (2016, April). Characterizing instability in self-image in BPD: An ecological momentary assessment approach. Paper presented at the 2016 annual convention of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, New York, NY.
Johnson, B. N., Levy, K. N., Ellison, W. D., Scala, J. W., Wilson, S. J., Newman, M. G., & Pincus, A. L. (2015, October). Using ecological momentary assessment to identify daily risk for suicidality and self-injury in borderline personality disorder. In K. N. Levy (Chair), Borderline personality disorder in the here-and-now: Elucidating patterns of variability and behavior through ecological momentary assessment. Symposium conducted at the 14th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Scala, J. S., Ellison, W. D., Johnson, B. N., Pincus, A. L., Newman, M. G., Wilson, S. J., & Levy, K. N. (2015, October). An ecological momentary assessment approach to examining the role of negative affect, impulsivity, and self-concept clarity in predicting self-injurious urges in borderline personality disorder. In K. N. Levy (Chair), Borderline personality disorder in the here-and-now: Elucidating patterns of variability and behavior through ecological momentary assessment. Symposium conducted at the 14th biennial convention of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Clouthier, T. L., Levy, K. N., Temes, C. M., Scala, J. S., & Johnson, B. N. (2015, June) Understanding personality disorders through an attachment theoretical framework: Implications for psychotherapy integration. In K. N. Levy (Chair), Integrative approaches to understanding and treating personality pathology. Symposium conducted at the 31st annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Baltimore, MD.
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Johnson, B. N., Carey, S. C., & Ramirez, C. L. (2014, November). Physiological sensitivity and perceptions of criticism in an adolescent BPD sample. Poster presented at the 48th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Carey, S. C., Johnson, B. N., Lim, N. E., & Ramirez, C. L. (2014, November). Differences in subtypes of emotion dysregulation across primary reasons for self-harm. Poster presented at the 48th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Carey, S. C., Johnson, B. N., Lim, N. E., & Ramirez, C. L. (2014, November). Understanding the relationships between NSSI function, frequency, and emotion regulation. Poster presented at the 48th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Johnson, B. N., & Bliwise, N. G. (2014, April). Love me do: Romantic relationships as a buffer against attachment insecurity. Poster presented at the 13th annual Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology conference, Kennesaw, GA.