Publications
Below, please find a select list of our publications across several thematic areas. You can find a full list of Dr. Sbarra’s publications on his CV, or on Google Scholar, or for the latest preprint work, on PsyArXiv.
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Trauma, adversity, and biological aging: Behavioral mechanisms relevant to treatment and theory
Bourassa, K.J. & Sbarra, D.A. (2024). Translational Psychiatry, 14. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-03004-9Good theories in need of better data: Combining clinical and social psychological approaches to study the mechanisms linking relationships and health
Farrell, A.K., Stanton, S.C.E., & Sbarra, D.A. (2021). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17¸ 863-883. doi: 10.1177/17456916211027563Intimate relationships and depression: Searching for causation in the sea of association
Whisman, M.A., Sbarra, D.A., & Beach, S.R. (2021). Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 17, 223-258. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-103323Smartphones and close relationships: The case for an evolutional mismatch
Sbarra, D.A., Briskin, J.L., & Slatcher, R.B. (2019). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 596– 618.Relationships and health: The critical role of affective science
Sbarra, D.A., & Coan, J.A. (2018). Emotion Review, 10, 40-54.Advancing social connection as a public health priority in the United States
Holt-Lunstad, J., Robles, T.F., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). American Psychologist, 72, 517-530.Divorce and health: Beyond individual differences
Sbarra, D.A., Hasselmo, K., & Bourassa, K.J. (2015). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 109-113.Divorce and death: A meta-analysis and research agenda for clinical, social, and health psychology
Sbarra, David A., Law, R.W., & Portley, R.M. (2011). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 454-474.Co-regulation, dysregulation, self-regulation: An integrative analysis and empirical agenda for understanding adult attachment, separation, loss, and recovery
Sbarra, D.A., & Hazan, C. (2008). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 141-167. -
Sleep efficiency and naturalistically-observed social behavior following marital separation: The critical role of contact with an ex-partner
Coppola, A.M., Mehl, M.R., Tackman, A.M., Dawson, S.C., O’Hara, K.L., & Sbarra, D.A. (2023). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40, 1920-1942.Spinning your wheels: Psychological overinvolvement and actigraphy-assessed sleep efficiency following marital separation
O’Hara, K.L., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2022). International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-13.Contact with an ex-partner is associated with psychological distress after marital separation
O’Hara, K.L., Grinberg, A.M, Tackman, A.M., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2020). Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 450-463.Tell me a story: The creation of narrative as a mechanism of psychological recovery following marital separation
Bourassa, K.J., Manvelian, A., Boals, A., Mehl, M.R., & Sbarra, D.A. (2017). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36, 359-379.Participating in research on romantic breakups promotes emotional recovery
Larson, G.M., & Sbarra, D.A. (2015). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 399-406.Sleep complaints predict increases in resting blood pressure following marital separation
Krietsch, K.N., Mason., A.E., & Sbarra, D.A. (2014) Health Psychology, 33, 1204-1213.Marital dissolution and major depression in midlife: A propensity score analysis
Sbarra, D.A., Emery, R.E., Beam, C.R., & Ocker, B.L. (2013). Clinical Psychological Science, 2, 249-257.Expressive writing can impede emotional recovery following marital separation
Sbarra, D.A., Boals, A., Mason, A.E., Larson, G.M., & Mehl, M.R. (2013). Clinical Psychological Science, 1, 20-134. doi: 10.1177/2167702612469801 -
Social connection and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the Million Veteran Program cohort
Bourassa, K.J., Dennis, P.A., Patel, P., Qin, X.J., Sbarra, D.A., Hauser, E.R., Ashley-Koch, A.E., Million Veteran Program, Beckham, J.C., & Kimbrel, N.A. (2024). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 180, 500-505.Loneliness and time alone in everyday life: A descriptive-exploratory study of subjective and objective social isolation
Danvers, A.F., Efinger, L.D., Mehl, M.R., Helm, P.J., Raison, C.L., Polsinelli, A.J., Moseley, S.A., & Sbarra, D.A. (2023). Journal of Research in Personality, 107, 104426. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104426Loneliness and depression: Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization analyses using data from three large genome-wide association studies
Sbarra, D.A., Ramadan, F.A., Choi, K.W., Treur, J.L., Levey, D.F., Wootton, R.E., Stein, M.B., Gelernter, J., & Klimentidis, Y.C. (2023). Molecular Psychiatry, 28, 4594-4601.Marital status, close relationships, and all-cause mortality: Results from a 10-year study of nationally representative older adults
Manvelian, A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2020). Psychosomatic Medicine, 82, 384-392. -
The dance of smiles: Comparing smile synchrony is non-distressed and therapy-seeking couples
Machluf-Ruttner, R., Sbarra, D.A., Shahar, B., Sofer, C., & Bar-Halifa, E. (2024). Emotion, 25, 8412-852. doi: 10.1037/emo0001466Genetically informative analysis of the association between intimate relationship adjustment and health
Whisman, M.A., du Pont, A., Rhee, S.H., Sbarra, D.A., Spotts, E.L., Lichtenstein, P., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J.M. (2021). Health Psychology, 40, 546-555.Beyond the “self” in self-regulation: Family interaction modulations situational self-control by adolescent drug users
Sur, B., Cleary, A., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Ferrer, E., & Sbarra, D.A. (2020). Journal of Family Psychology, 34(3), 322–332. doi: 10.1037/fam0000598Coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in adult romantic partners
Helm, J.L, Sbarra, D.A., & Ferrer, E. (2014). Emotion, 14, 522-531.