Peer-Reviewed

Knapp-Loker, S., Walsh, L., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. (2026). Anxiety, depression, and friendship: Friends don't run from trouble. Personal Relationships, 33(3), e70080. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.70080

Lee Cruz, A. S., Lee, E., Soler, J., Sheffler, P., Knapp, S., & Behbehani, S. (2025). Obstetrics and gynecology residency training in transgender care: A national survey of residents and program directors. International Journal of Transgender Health, 26(3), 683-697. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2303629

 Kyeong, Y., Knapp, S. E., Davis, E., Cheung, C., & Takahashi, Y. (2024). US and Japanese adolescents’ emotions across time: variation by valence and arousal. Current Psychology, 43, 6954-6965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04890-w

Knapp, S. E., Wilson, M., & Sweeny, K. (2021). The role of two emotion regulation tendencies across two waiting periods. Motivation and Emotion, 45(2), 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09869-3

Taylor, C. T., Knapp, S. E., Bomyea, J. A., Ramsawh, H. J., Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2017). What good are positive emotions for treatment? Trait positive emotionality predicts response to cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 93, 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.03.006

Ball, T. M., Knapp, S. E., Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2017). Brain activation during fear extinction predicts exposure success. Depression and Anxiety, 34(3), 257-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22583

Manuscripts In Revision/Under Review

Knapp-Loker, S. & Davis, E. L. (in revision). Appraisals in context: Motive-related pursuits and emotion generation. Cognition and Emotion. [Manuscript available upon request]

Panasiuk, S. L., Selçuk, E., Cachia, J., Knapp, S., Vaughn, L. A., Rui, S., Gunaydin, G., Park, Y., Kilduff, G., Heshmati, S., Zhao, X., Rushton, K., Nguyen, T., Kulzhabayeva, D., Laundry, N., Yen, R., Cheung, F., & Williams, J.J. (under review). One size fits most: Social positive activities improve mood with little evidence for person–activity fit. [Manuscript available upon request]

Simko, S., Knight, A., Knight, E., Knapp-Loker, S., Porche, M., Cruz, J., Stuparich, M., & Nahas, S. (under review). Quantitative and qualitative assessment of factors impacting access to care for patients with benign gynecologic conditions. Health Equity. [Manuscript available upon request]

Knapp-Loker, S., *Aquino, J., Kyeong, Y., Sheffler, P., & Cheung, C. (under review). Acculturation among East Asian International college students in the United States: Implications for learning and wellbeing. Asian American Journal of Psychology. [Manuscript available upon request]

Conference Proceeding

Namazi, G., Chauhan, N., Knapp, S., Stuparich, M., Cruz, J., Nahas, S., & Behbehani, S. (2024). Is there more than meets the eye? Pattern of visible and occult peritoneal endometriosis in patients with pelvic pain. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 31(11), S5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig.2024.09.075

Book Chapters

Knapp, S. E. & Sweeny, K. (2022). Stress and coping. In Gurung, R. A. R. (Ed.)., Research Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367198459-REPRW91-1

Knapp, S. E., Kyeong, Y., Cheung, C., & Davis, E. (2022). The interaction of gender and culture in the communication of emotion. In Schiewer, G. L., Altarriba, J., and Ng. B. C. (Eds.)., The Handbook of Language and Emotion. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110670851-009

Popular Media

Knapp, S. E. (2014, November 21). Anxiety can lead to depression, and depression repays the favor. Huffington Post. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-leads-to-depressi_b_6165906