Michelle M Lilly
Biographic Data
| ID | 6531029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle M Lilly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lilly |
| SIGNATURE | LILLY M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4417-8164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Racial discrimination, racial trauma, and PTSD in college students
Findings from the present study suggest that the frequency of experiences of discrimination is related to symptoms of racial trauma and PTSD, but that discrimination-related distress may be more closely tied to symptoms of racial trauma than PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The impact of social support on world assumptions and PTSD symptoms in a sample of public safety communicators
This study supports current conceptualizations of posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma treatments focused on identifying and challenging maladaptive beliefs. It may be beneficial to explore how public safety personnel's world assumptions impact their likelihood of reaching out for support. Because social support is largely associated with PTSS through people's assumptions about the world, other people, and themselves, interventions targeting …
Examining the psychometric properties of the expressions of moral injury scale in a sample of first responders
The findings of the present study suggest that the Expressions of Moral Injury Scale-First Responder Version is a psychometrically sound measure capable of assessing self- and other-directed expressions of moral injury in first responders. The significance of these findings to our understanding of moral injury in first responders and their implications for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
The Differential Effects of Insecure Attachment on Post-Traumatic Stress
It is well-documented that insecure attachment poses substantial risks to post-trauma recovery. Although attachment anxiety reliably predicts and is associated with elevated post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), the attachment avoidance–PTSS link has been far less consistent. This suggests both attenuating and enhancing connections between attachment difficulties and post-trauma outcomes. The goal of this study is 2-fold: (a) to review and summa…
Co-morbidities in a Retrospective Cohort of Prostate Cancer Patients
Better chronic disease management is needed among prostate cancer survivors through more effective survivorship care planning and interventions that promote health behaviors
Post-Trauma Psychopathology in Journalists
Journalists are often exposed to potentially traumatic content through their profession. High levels of exposure have been found to predict high levels of psychopathology among journalists, including posttraumatic stress, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms. Predictors of such outcomes have not been extensively investigated. The current study assessed the roles of world views, institutional betrayal, and work-related trauma exposure on symptoms …
Impact of new technologies on stress, attrition and well-being in emergency call centers
Our public health dependence on this workforce for our security and safety makes it imperative that the impact of technological changes such as text-to-911 are researched so appropriate intervention efforts to can be developed. Failing to protect our 9-1-1 call takers from predictable health risks would be similar to knowingly exposing field emergency responders to a toxic situation without following OSHA required training and practice standards …
Protocol
ClinicalTrials.gov Registration Number: NCT02961621 Registered on November 7, 2016 (retrospectively registered)
Making Meaning Out of Interpersonal Victimization
Research examining meaning-making in the aftermath of interpersonal victimization among women has been restricted by quantitative methods and a focus on single distressing event. Qualitative methods were used to inspect meaning-making cognitions among a community sample of IPV (intimate partner violence) survivors. Consensus coding resulted in eight categories of meaning-making. The most widely endorsed cognition was self-blaming. Other strategie…
Using SEM to examine emotion regulation and revictimization in predicting PTSD symptoms among childhood abuse survivors
Exposure to abuse in childhood has been associated with elevated posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), as well as intimate partner (re)victimization in adulthood. Although research has examined these relationships separately, less is known about the underlying mechanisms, such as disruptions to emotion regulatory processes, which may link childhood maltreatment with adult victimization and PTSS. Using an ethnically diverse, high-risk community sa…
World Assumptions, Religiosity, and PTSD in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is among the most frequent types of violence annually affecting women. One frequent outcome of violence exposure is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The theory of shattered world assumptions represents one possible explanation for adverse mental health outcomes following trauma, contending that trauma disintegrates individuals' core assumptions that the world is safe and meaningful, and that the self is worthy…
Biological sex, gender role, and Criterion A2
Females are twice as likely as males to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which may be a function of cultural prescriptions of gender, rather than biological sex. Gender-specific appraisals of trauma (i.e., Criterion A2 of PTSD) may increase susceptibility to developing posttraumatic stress in women. Results showed that exposure to accumulated intentionally caused traumas did not differ across sex. Female sex was associated with a 5.2…
PTSD and depressive symptoms in 911 telecommunicators
Continued exposure to trauma increases risk for both depression and PTSD. This may be particularly true for individuals with work-related exposure to trauma such as 911 telecommunicators, a group with significant exposure to work-related trauma that has received limited empirical attention. The present study examines current symptoms of PTSD and depression in telecommunicators and the extent to which peritraumatic distress and world assumptions i…
It’s Going to Make the Whole Tower Crooked”
Interpersonal trauma and PTSD
Research has shown that women’s increased risk for interpersonal trauma (IPT) may place them at heightened risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, research has not shown whether the timing of IPT exposure and revictimization impact PTSD development, and whether this may also account for observed gender disparities in PTSD. Consensus coding was used to group 180 undergraduate participants into one of four IPT exposure groups: no ex…
Nicotine Pretreatment Increases Dysphoric Effects of Alcohol in Luteal-Phase Female Volunteers
The present report shows that nicotine enhances some of alcohol's positive and negative effects in women and that these effects are most pronounced during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Ten low progesterone and 10 high progesterone/luteal-phase women received nicotine patch pretreatments (placebo or 21 mg) 3 hours before an alcohol challenge (0.4 g/kg). Subjective effects were recorded on mood adjective scales and the Addiction Research…
Traumatic Events and Maternal Education as Predictors of Verbal Ability for Preschool Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Making Meaning Out of Interpersonal Victimization
Research examining meaning-making in the aftermath of interpersonal victimization among women has been restricted by quantitative methods and a focus on single distressing event. Qualitative methods were used to inspect meaning-making cognitions among a community sample of IPV (intimate partner violence) survivors. Consensus coding resulted in eight categories of meaning-making. The most widely endorsed cognition was self-blaming. Other strategie…
Traumatic Events and Maternal Education as Predictors of Verbal Ability for Preschool Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
It’s Going to Make the Whole Tower Crooked”
Post-Trauma Psychopathology in Journalists
Journalists are often exposed to potentially traumatic content through their profession. High levels of exposure have been found to predict high levels of psychopathology among journalists, including posttraumatic stress, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms. Predictors of such outcomes have not been extensively investigated. The current study assessed the roles of world views, institutional betrayal, and work-related trauma exposure on symptoms …
World Assumptions, Religiosity, and PTSD in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is among the most frequent types of violence annually affecting women. One frequent outcome of violence exposure is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The theory of shattered world assumptions represents one possible explanation for adverse mental health outcomes following trauma, contending that trauma disintegrates individuals' core assumptions that the world is safe and meaningful, and that the self is worthy…
Nicotine Pretreatment Increases Dysphoric Effects of Alcohol in Luteal-Phase Female Volunteers
The present report shows that nicotine enhances some of alcohol's positive and negative effects in women and that these effects are most pronounced during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Ten low progesterone and 10 high progesterone/luteal-phase women received nicotine patch pretreatments (placebo or 21 mg) 3 hours before an alcohol challenge (0.4 g/kg). Subjective effects were recorded on mood adjective scales and the Addiction Research…
Traumatic Events and Maternal Education as Predictors of Verbal Ability for Preschool Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Interpersonal trauma and PTSD
Research has shown that women’s increased risk for interpersonal trauma (IPT) may place them at heightened risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, research has not shown whether the timing of IPT exposure and revictimization impact PTSD development, and whether this may also account for observed gender disparities in PTSD. Consensus coding was used to group 180 undergraduate participants into one of four IPT exposure groups: no ex…
PTSD and depressive symptoms in 911 telecommunicators
Continued exposure to trauma increases risk for both depression and PTSD. This may be particularly true for individuals with work-related exposure to trauma such as 911 telecommunicators, a group with significant exposure to work-related trauma that has received limited empirical attention. The present study examines current symptoms of PTSD and depression in telecommunicators and the extent to which peritraumatic distress and world assumptions i…
It’s Going to Make the Whole Tower Crooked”
Biological sex, gender role, and Criterion A2
Females are twice as likely as males to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which may be a function of cultural prescriptions of gender, rather than biological sex. Gender-specific appraisals of trauma (i.e., Criterion A2 of PTSD) may increase susceptibility to developing posttraumatic stress in women. Results showed that exposure to accumulated intentionally caused traumas did not differ across sex. Female sex was associated with a 5.2…
Using SEM to examine emotion regulation and revictimization in predicting PTSD symptoms among childhood abuse survivors
Exposure to abuse in childhood has been associated with elevated posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), as well as intimate partner (re)victimization in adulthood. Although research has examined these relationships separately, less is known about the underlying mechanisms, such as disruptions to emotion regulatory processes, which may link childhood maltreatment with adult victimization and PTSS. Using an ethnically diverse, high-risk community sa…
World Assumptions, Religiosity, and PTSD in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is among the most frequent types of violence annually affecting women. One frequent outcome of violence exposure is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The theory of shattered world assumptions represents one possible explanation for adverse mental health outcomes following trauma, contending that trauma disintegrates individuals' core assumptions that the world is safe and meaningful, and that the self is worthy…
Making Meaning Out of Interpersonal Victimization
Research examining meaning-making in the aftermath of interpersonal victimization among women has been restricted by quantitative methods and a focus on single distressing event. Qualitative methods were used to inspect meaning-making cognitions among a community sample of IPV (intimate partner violence) survivors. Consensus coding resulted in eight categories of meaning-making. The most widely endorsed cognition was self-blaming. Other strategie…
Impact of new technologies on stress, attrition and well-being in emergency call centers
Our public health dependence on this workforce for our security and safety makes it imperative that the impact of technological changes such as text-to-911 are researched so appropriate intervention efforts to can be developed. Failing to protect our 9-1-1 call takers from predictable health risks would be similar to knowingly exposing field emergency responders to a toxic situation without following OSHA required training and practice standards …
Protocol
ClinicalTrials.gov Registration Number: NCT02961621 Registered on November 7, 2016 (retrospectively registered)
The Differential Effects of Insecure Attachment on Post-Traumatic Stress
It is well-documented that insecure attachment poses substantial risks to post-trauma recovery. Although attachment anxiety reliably predicts and is associated with elevated post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), the attachment avoidance–PTSS link has been far less consistent. This suggests both attenuating and enhancing connections between attachment difficulties and post-trauma outcomes. The goal of this study is 2-fold: (a) to review and summa…
Co-morbidities in a Retrospective Cohort of Prostate Cancer Patients
Better chronic disease management is needed among prostate cancer survivors through more effective survivorship care planning and interventions that promote health behaviors
Post-Trauma Psychopathology in Journalists
Journalists are often exposed to potentially traumatic content through their profession. High levels of exposure have been found to predict high levels of psychopathology among journalists, including posttraumatic stress, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms. Predictors of such outcomes have not been extensively investigated. The current study assessed the roles of world views, institutional betrayal, and work-related trauma exposure on symptoms …
Examining the psychometric properties of the expressions of moral injury scale in a sample of first responders
The findings of the present study suggest that the Expressions of Moral Injury Scale-First Responder Version is a psychometrically sound measure capable of assessing self- and other-directed expressions of moral injury in first responders. The significance of these findings to our understanding of moral injury in first responders and their implications for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Racial discrimination, racial trauma, and PTSD in college students
Findings from the present study suggest that the frequency of experiences of discrimination is related to symptoms of racial trauma and PTSD, but that discrimination-related distress may be more closely tied to symptoms of racial trauma than PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The impact of social support on world assumptions and PTSD symptoms in a sample of public safety communicators
This study supports current conceptualizations of posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma treatments focused on identifying and challenging maladaptive beliefs. It may be beneficial to explore how public safety personnel's world assumptions impact their likelihood of reaching out for support. Because social support is largely associated with PTSS through people's assumptions about the world, other people, and themselves, interventions targeting …
Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Medical emergency (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Poison control (6 works)