Honors and Awards:

University Research Fellowship, Florida State University, 2005

 

Publications:

Joiner, T.E., Kistner, J., Stellrecht, N., & Merrill, K.A. (in press). On Seeing Clearly and Thriving: Interpersonal Perspicacity as Adaptive (not Depressive) Realism (or Where Three Theories Meet). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Van Orden, K. A., Merrill, K. A., & Joiner, Jr., T. E. (2005). Interpersonal-Psychological Precursors to Suicidal Behavior: A Theory of Attempted and Completed Suicide. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 1, 187-196.

Manuscripts Under Review & in Preparation

Pfaff J.J., Bernert R.A. , Hollar D.L., Witte T.K., Merrill K.A., Pettit J.W., Joiner T.E. (under review). Birth month and depressive and suicidal symptoms in an elderly Australian sample born in the southern or northern hemisphere.

Witte, T.K., Merrill, K.A., Stellrecht, N., Bernert, R., Hollar, D., Schatschneider, C., & Joiner, T.E. (in preparation). "Impulsive" suicide attempters are not all that impulsive.

Fresco, D., Merrill, K.A., Joiner, T.E., & Lewinsohn, P.M. (in preparation). Cognitive Flexibility and Vulnerability to Depression in a Large Community Sample of Adolescents.

Otamendi, A., Merrill, K.A., Hollar, D.L., Joiner, T.E., Abela, J., Bastos, M., Sandin, B., Chorot, P., Lostao, L., Piko, B., Chen, S., Gencoz, T., Gencoz, F., Schwennen, C., Bierhoff, H.W., & Beek, Y. van. (in preparation). Excessive Reassurance-Seeking, Depression, and Anxiety: A Multi-Cultural Study.

Merrill, K.A., & Joiner, T.E. (in preparation). Self-Esteem Variability and Vulnerability to Depression: Understanding the Role of Interpersonal Feedback-Seeking Processes.

Book Chapters

Merrill, K.A., & Joiner, T.E. (in press). Depression. Encyclopedia of Social Psychology.

Conference Presenations

Merrill, K.A., & Joiner, T.E. (2005). Self-Esteem Variability and Vulnerability to Depression: Understanding the Role of Interpersonal Feedback-Seeking Processes. Symposium presentation at the 39th annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, D.C.

Merrill, K.A., Joiner, T.E., Fresco, D., & Lewinsohn, P.M. (2005). Cognitive Flexibility and Vulnerability to Depression in a Large Community Sample of Adolescents.Poster presented at the 39th annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, D.C.

Witte, T.K., Merrill, K.A., Stellrecht, N., Bernert, R., Hollar, D., Schatschneider, C., & Joiner, T.E. (2005) "Impulsive" suicide attempters are not all that impulsive. Poster presented at the 39th annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, D.C.