Matt J Gray
Biographic Data
| ID | 194801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matt J Gray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matt J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gray |
| SIGNATURE | GRAY M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wyoming |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0929-401X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sexual Harassment of Cisgender Women University Students
Gender harassment is the most common variant of sexual harassment and is often seen in male-dominated workplaces. Importantly, persistent gender harassment produces pronounced impairment in psychological and occupational domains. The current study aimed to examine the degree to which male dominated academic degree programs are associated with higher rates of sexual harassment compared to female dominated programs. Four academic fields were chosen…
Mandatory Reporting
To respond to sexual misconduct many universities have implemented mandatory reporting (MR), which requires university employees to report disclosures of sexual misconduct to university officials. The current study examines student perceptions of three different approaches to MR (universal, selective, and student-directed). Results revealed that most students preferred a student-directed approach to MR over selective or universal approaches. Surv…
Heightened Sexual Misconduct Victimization Rates among Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Women
Sexual assault, harassment, and stalking are commonplace among college students, with identified subgroups being particularly at risk (e.g., Greek-life organizations and intercollegiate athletics). Despite higher rates of sexual misconduct among active-duty military and service academy women, no research has examined the risk for Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) women. A total of N = 1,562 college women were sampled from a sexual misconduc…
Cultural Variations in Resilience Capacity and Posttraumatic Stress
Resilience capacity has been associated with individuals’ flexibility and adaptability in responding to potential trauma. Culture-related appraisals influence not only interpretations of etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perception of severity of PTSD symptoms but also flexible coping strategies. However, adequate research of the mechanisms on how culture may affect the relationship between resilience and PTSD does not yet exis…
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Culture and Resilience Capacity in Trauma Survivors
Resilience capacity has been found to be associated with individuals' flexibility and adaptability when dealing with adversity-related stress. Previous research suggested that resilience capacity may play an important role in moderating the relationships between exposure to traumatic events and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and cultural factors may be associated with that process. However, adequate research of the mec…
Reducing Rape-Related Attitudes Utilizing a Cognitive Dissonance Paradigm
This study used a cognitive dissonance mechanism that required college students to write essays dispelling previously endorsed rape myth beliefs. Results indicate that participants in the cognitive dissonance condition reported less rape myth endorsement at a 2-week follow-up than the control group. Effect sizes were large. The cognitive dissonance condition also led to more sustained internal motivation to respond in a nonsexist manner and earli…
Adaptive Disclosure
Posttraumatic Coping and Distress
The current body of knowledge related to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is primarily based on research conducted in Western nations. Thus, Western clinicians and researchers may know little about whether people from non-Western societies have similar reactions or symptom manifestations to specific traumatic events. Traditional Chinese health beliefs with their roots in Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism influence illness percepti…
A pilot intervention targeting attribution style and rigidity following traumatic event exposure
Sexual Assault Programming on College Campuses
Sexual assault programming is often delivered without a theoretical framework and does not typically utilize applicable research that could help to induce change among participants. Such interventions may target male and/or female students, although the focus of this review is on men. It is important to examine these programs in light of current theoretical knowledge and empirical findings from the social psychological attitudinal and behavioral …
Recruiting and Retaining Physicians in Very Rural Areas
CONTEXT: Recruiting and retaining physicians is a challenge in rural areas. Growing up in a rural area and completing medical training in a rural area have been shown to predict decisions to practice in rural areas. Little is known, though, about factors that contribute to physicians' decisions to locate in very sparsely populated areas. PURPOSE: In this study, we investigated whether variables associated with rural background and training predic…
Perceptions of peer rape myth acceptance and disclosure in a sample of college sexual assault survivors
University of TulsaThere are many empirically supported treatments available to help sexual assaultsurvivors improve their postassault outcomes. Unfortunately, many survivors do notdisclose their assault to others or seek formal treatment services and thus are not ableto beneÞt from these treatments. This study examines the relations between survivorsOperceptions of peer rape myth acceptance (RMA), disclosure behaviors, and psycho-logical well-be…
End-of-Life Communication and Adjustment
Although bereavement-related emotional distress usually remits on its own over time, approximately 20% of bereaved individuals experience chronic emotional difficulties following the loss (Prigerson & Jacobs, 2001). Although several factors have been shown to be associated with poor outcomes post-loss, few studies have examined the relationship between pre-loss communication and bereavement-related depression, and none have examined its relations…
Coping style use predicts posttraumatic stress and complicated grief symptom severity among college students reporting a traumatic loss.
Problem-focused coping, and active and avoidant emotional coping were examined as correlates of grief and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity among 123 college students reporting the unexpected death of an immediate family member, romantic partner, or very close friend. The authors administered to participants, via the Internet, 5 survey instruments that measured demographic characteristics, traumatic event exposure (Stressful Life Even…
Promotion of Evidence-Based Practices for Child Traumatic Stress in Rural Populations
Child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, and other forms of traumatic stress in childhood are unfortunately quite prevalent. Although most children exhibit striking resiliency in the face of such harrowing experiences, the ubiquity of childhood trauma translates into a significant number of children in need of clinical services to address resultant unremitting distress. Encouragingly, a number of effective interventions for child traumatic stres…
Psychometric Properties of the Life Events Checklist
The Life Events Checklist (LEC), a measure of exposure to potentially traumatic events, was developed at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) concurrently with the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) to facilitate the diagnosis of PTSD. Although the CAPS is recognized as the gold standard in PTSD symptom assessment, the psychometric soundness of the LEC has never been formally evaluated. The studies reported here desc…
An evaluation of a fault‐finding training course for refinery process operators
The development of a training course on fault finding in a crude distillation unit is described and its contents illustrated. The criterion problem for this and similar industrial problem‐solving tasks is discussed. ‘Operational’, or product measures, namely, first shot successes (FSS), wrong diagnoses (WD) and diagnosis time (T), are reported and compared with five measures of the problem‐solving process . Training substantially increased FSS, s…
Scoring methods for verification and diagnostic performance in industrial fault‐finding problems
The man trying to find a fault may make mistakes unless he asks effective diagnostic questions and verifies the answers. General principles for verifying indications in petroleum refineries are presented; some are easy to apply, others require instruction, practice or experience. Simple scores for verification or checking, C , and for effective diagnostic questioning, D , are proposed and their calculation is illustrated in the context of fault‐f…
End-of-Life Communication and Adjustment
Although bereavement-related emotional distress usually remits on its own over time, approximately 20% of bereaved individuals experience chronic emotional difficulties following the loss (Prigerson & Jacobs, 2001). Although several factors have been shown to be associated with poor outcomes post-loss, few studies have examined the relationship between pre-loss communication and bereavement-related depression, and none have examined its relations…
Posttraumatic Coping and Distress
The current body of knowledge related to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is primarily based on research conducted in Western nations. Thus, Western clinicians and researchers may know little about whether people from non-Western societies have similar reactions or symptom manifestations to specific traumatic events. Traditional Chinese health beliefs with their roots in Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism influence illness percepti…
Cultural Variations in Resilience Capacity and Posttraumatic Stress
Resilience capacity has been associated with individuals’ flexibility and adaptability in responding to potential trauma. Culture-related appraisals influence not only interpretations of etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perception of severity of PTSD symptoms but also flexible coping strategies. However, adequate research of the mechanisms on how culture may affect the relationship between resilience and PTSD does not yet exis…
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Culture and Resilience Capacity in Trauma Survivors
Resilience capacity has been found to be associated with individuals' flexibility and adaptability when dealing with adversity-related stress. Previous research suggested that resilience capacity may play an important role in moderating the relationships between exposure to traumatic events and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and cultural factors may be associated with that process. However, adequate research of the mec…
Mandatory Reporting
To respond to sexual misconduct many universities have implemented mandatory reporting (MR), which requires university employees to report disclosures of sexual misconduct to university officials. The current study examines student perceptions of three different approaches to MR (universal, selective, and student-directed). Results revealed that most students preferred a student-directed approach to MR over selective or universal approaches. Surv…
Reducing Rape-Related Attitudes Utilizing a Cognitive Dissonance Paradigm
This study used a cognitive dissonance mechanism that required college students to write essays dispelling previously endorsed rape myth beliefs. Results indicate that participants in the cognitive dissonance condition reported less rape myth endorsement at a 2-week follow-up than the control group. Effect sizes were large. The cognitive dissonance condition also led to more sustained internal motivation to respond in a nonsexist manner and earli…
An evaluation of a fault‐finding training course for refinery process operators
The development of a training course on fault finding in a crude distillation unit is described and its contents illustrated. The criterion problem for this and similar industrial problem‐solving tasks is discussed. ‘Operational’, or product measures, namely, first shot successes (FSS), wrong diagnoses (WD) and diagnosis time (T), are reported and compared with five measures of the problem‐solving process . Training substantially increased FSS, s…
Scoring methods for verification and diagnostic performance in industrial fault‐finding problems
The man trying to find a fault may make mistakes unless he asks effective diagnostic questions and verifies the answers. General principles for verifying indications in petroleum refineries are presented; some are easy to apply, others require instruction, practice or experience. Simple scores for verification or checking, C , and for effective diagnostic questioning, D , are proposed and their calculation is illustrated in the context of fault‐f…
Psychometric Properties of the Life Events Checklist
The Life Events Checklist (LEC), a measure of exposure to potentially traumatic events, was developed at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) concurrently with the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) to facilitate the diagnosis of PTSD. Although the CAPS is recognized as the gold standard in PTSD symptom assessment, the psychometric soundness of the LEC has never been formally evaluated. The studies reported here desc…
Promotion of Evidence-Based Practices for Child Traumatic Stress in Rural Populations
Child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, and other forms of traumatic stress in childhood are unfortunately quite prevalent. Although most children exhibit striking resiliency in the face of such harrowing experiences, the ubiquity of childhood trauma translates into a significant number of children in need of clinical services to address resultant unremitting distress. Encouragingly, a number of effective interventions for child traumatic stres…
Coping style use predicts posttraumatic stress and complicated grief symptom severity among college students reporting a traumatic loss.
Problem-focused coping, and active and avoidant emotional coping were examined as correlates of grief and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity among 123 college students reporting the unexpected death of an immediate family member, romantic partner, or very close friend. The authors administered to participants, via the Internet, 5 survey instruments that measured demographic characteristics, traumatic event exposure (Stressful Life Even…
End-of-Life Communication and Adjustment
Although bereavement-related emotional distress usually remits on its own over time, approximately 20% of bereaved individuals experience chronic emotional difficulties following the loss (Prigerson & Jacobs, 2001). Although several factors have been shown to be associated with poor outcomes post-loss, few studies have examined the relationship between pre-loss communication and bereavement-related depression, and none have examined its relations…
Perceptions of peer rape myth acceptance and disclosure in a sample of college sexual assault survivors
University of TulsaThere are many empirically supported treatments available to help sexual assaultsurvivors improve their postassault outcomes. Unfortunately, many survivors do notdisclose their assault to others or seek formal treatment services and thus are not ableto beneÞt from these treatments. This study examines the relations between survivorsOperceptions of peer rape myth acceptance (RMA), disclosure behaviors, and psycho-logical well-be…
Recruiting and Retaining Physicians in Very Rural Areas
CONTEXT: Recruiting and retaining physicians is a challenge in rural areas. Growing up in a rural area and completing medical training in a rural area have been shown to predict decisions to practice in rural areas. Little is known, though, about factors that contribute to physicians' decisions to locate in very sparsely populated areas. PURPOSE: In this study, we investigated whether variables associated with rural background and training predic…
Sexual Assault Programming on College Campuses
Sexual assault programming is often delivered without a theoretical framework and does not typically utilize applicable research that could help to induce change among participants. Such interventions may target male and/or female students, although the focus of this review is on men. It is important to examine these programs in light of current theoretical knowledge and empirical findings from the social psychological attitudinal and behavioral …
A pilot intervention targeting attribution style and rigidity following traumatic event exposure
Adaptive Disclosure
Posttraumatic Coping and Distress
The current body of knowledge related to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is primarily based on research conducted in Western nations. Thus, Western clinicians and researchers may know little about whether people from non-Western societies have similar reactions or symptom manifestations to specific traumatic events. Traditional Chinese health beliefs with their roots in Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism influence illness percepti…
Reducing Rape-Related Attitudes Utilizing a Cognitive Dissonance Paradigm
This study used a cognitive dissonance mechanism that required college students to write essays dispelling previously endorsed rape myth beliefs. Results indicate that participants in the cognitive dissonance condition reported less rape myth endorsement at a 2-week follow-up than the control group. Effect sizes were large. The cognitive dissonance condition also led to more sustained internal motivation to respond in a nonsexist manner and earli…
Cultural Variations in Resilience Capacity and Posttraumatic Stress
Resilience capacity has been associated with individuals’ flexibility and adaptability in responding to potential trauma. Culture-related appraisals influence not only interpretations of etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perception of severity of PTSD symptoms but also flexible coping strategies. However, adequate research of the mechanisms on how culture may affect the relationship between resilience and PTSD does not yet exis…
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Culture and Resilience Capacity in Trauma Survivors
Resilience capacity has been found to be associated with individuals' flexibility and adaptability when dealing with adversity-related stress. Previous research suggested that resilience capacity may play an important role in moderating the relationships between exposure to traumatic events and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and cultural factors may be associated with that process. However, adequate research of the mec…
Heightened Sexual Misconduct Victimization Rates among Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Women
Sexual assault, harassment, and stalking are commonplace among college students, with identified subgroups being particularly at risk (e.g., Greek-life organizations and intercollegiate athletics). Despite higher rates of sexual misconduct among active-duty military and service academy women, no research has examined the risk for Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) women. A total of N = 1,562 college women were sampled from a sexual misconduc…
Mandatory Reporting
To respond to sexual misconduct many universities have implemented mandatory reporting (MR), which requires university employees to report disclosures of sexual misconduct to university officials. The current study examines student perceptions of three different approaches to MR (universal, selective, and student-directed). Results revealed that most students preferred a student-directed approach to MR over selective or universal approaches. Surv…
Sexual Harassment of Cisgender Women University Students
Gender harassment is the most common variant of sexual harassment and is often seen in male-dominated workplaces. Importantly, persistent gender harassment produces pronounced impairment in psychological and occupational domains. The current study aimed to examine the degree to which male dominated academic degree programs are associated with higher rates of sexual harassment compared to female dominated programs. Four academic fields were chosen…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Distress (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (6 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (6 works) · Poison control (5 works)