Rachel E Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4774673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel E Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel E |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Lawrence College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5414-5799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When Climate Anxiety Enters the Therapy Room
The present study assessed the impact of exposure to a climate-related anxiety vignette, presented as part of a simulated clinical encounter. In total, 150 mental health care professionals were randomly assigned to read one of three vignettes in which a client describes either death anxiety, climate change anxiety, or social anxiety (control). They then completed measures of affect, perceptions of the client, defensiveness of professional identit…
Sexual Victimization and the Existential Impact of #MeToo
The MeToo movement heightened reminders of sexual violence, while also providing opportunities for collective support and meaning. To explore the existential impact of exposure to online content related to sexual violence, we randomly assigned participants ( N = 537) to one of three conditions involving reading tweets presenting statistics about either: sexual violence, sexual violence paired with the #MeToo hashtag, or property theft. Participan…
Fetch the bolt cutters
The impact of neighborhood context on telomere length
Memento mori
Empirical Evaluation of Rainbow Reflections
A traumatic dissonance theory of perpetrator‐related distress
The evolving conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reflects ongoing debate regarding the development and manifestation of symptoms related to psychological trauma. The most recent iteration of the disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) broadened Criteria A’s definition of an index trauma, making possible its application to individuals experiencing symptoms related to their own act of perp…
Authenticity attenuates the negative effects of interpersonal conflict on daily well-being
Authenticity attenuates the negative effects of interpersonal conflict on daily well-being
A traumatic dissonance theory of perpetrator‐related distress
The evolving conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reflects ongoing debate regarding the development and manifestation of symptoms related to psychological trauma. The most recent iteration of the disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) broadened Criteria A’s definition of an index trauma, making possible its application to individuals experiencing symptoms related to their own act of perp…
Memento mori
Empirical Evaluation of Rainbow Reflections
Fetch the bolt cutters
The impact of neighborhood context on telomere length
Sexual Victimization and the Existential Impact of #MeToo
The MeToo movement heightened reminders of sexual violence, while also providing opportunities for collective support and meaning. To explore the existential impact of exposure to online content related to sexual violence, we randomly assigned participants ( N = 537) to one of three conditions involving reading tweets presenting statistics about either: sexual violence, sexual violence paired with the #MeToo hashtag, or property theft. Participan…
When Climate Anxiety Enters the Therapy Room
The present study assessed the impact of exposure to a climate-related anxiety vignette, presented as part of a simulated clinical encounter. In total, 150 mental health care professionals were randomly assigned to read one of three vignettes in which a client describes either death anxiety, climate change anxiety, or social anxiety (control). They then completed measures of affect, perceptions of the client, defensiveness of professional identit…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Existentialism (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (2 works)