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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Knapp-Loker, S., Walsh, L., & Kaufman, V. (2026). Anxiety, depression, and friendship: Friends don’t run from trouble. Personal Relationships.

Lee, A., Lee, E., Soler, J., Sheffler, P., Knapp, S., & Behbehani, S. (2024). Obstetrics and gynecology residency training in transgender care: A national survey of residents and program directors. International Journal of Transgender Health.

Kyeong, Y., Knapp, S. E., Davis, E., Cheung, C., & Takahashi, Y. (2023). American and Japanese adolescents’ experience of positive and negative emotions: Valence and activation levels over time. Current Psychology, 1-12.

Knapp, S. E., Wilson, M., & Sweeny, K. (2021). Emotion regulation tendencies across two waiting periods.Motivation and Emotion, 45, 211–220.

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.

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.

In Revisions/Under Review [Preliminary copies available upon request]

Knapp-Loker, S. & Davis, E. L. (in revisions). Appraisals in context: Motive-related pursuits and emotion generation.

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 well-being.

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.

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.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

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.

Knapp, S. E. & Sweeny, K. (2022). Stress and coping. In Gurung, R. A. R. (Ed.)., Research Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World. Routledge.

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.

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