Selected Grants and Publications
External Grants
"A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Impact of a Brief Attention-Based Neurobehavioral Transdiagnostic Intervention on Acute Fear Response." Proposal funded by the National Institutes of Health (R15MH125375-01A1). Award Period: 08/01/2021 – 07/31/2024. Principal Investigator: Holly K. Orcutt, Ph.D.
"Biomarkers for Posttraumatic Stress in College Women Following a Campus Mass Shooting." Proposal funded by the National Institutes of Health (1R15MH099521-01). Award Period: 09/01/2012 – 8/31/2015. Principal Investigator: Holly K. Orcutt, Ph.D.
"Risk and Protective Factors for Adjustment of College Women After a Mass Shooting." Proposal funded by the National Institutes of Health (5R21MH085436-02). Award Period: 09/15/2008 – 05/31/2010. Principal Investigator: Holly K. Orcutt, Ph.D.
"Impact of Mass Trauma at Northern Illinois University." Proposal funded by the Joyce Foundation (Presidential Discretionary Grant). Award Period: 03/15/2008 – 03/15/2009. Principal Investigator: Holly K. Orcutt, Ph.D.
"Sexual Revictimization: Affect Regulation as a Mediator." Proposal funded by the National Institutes of Health (1R15HD049907-01A1). Award Period: 04/01/2006 – 04/01/2009. Principal Investigator: Holly K. Orcutt, Ph.D.
Publications
- Cole, T. A., Ong, L. E., Carsten, B., Tappenden, P. C., Reffi, A. N., and Orcutt, H. K. (2025). Trauma typologies and internalizing psychopathology: A hierarchical perspective on the unique role of congruent and incongruent Criterion A stressors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
- Hill, S.B., Cole, T.A., Wu, K., Ellem, B., Taylor, D., and Orcutt, H.K (2025). A factor analytic study of the trauma symptoms of discrimination scale. Traumatology.
- Katsikas, M. J., Kennedy, M. C., Tappenden, P. C., Cole, T. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2025). Potentially morally injurious events and posttraumatic symptomatology: The role of experiential avoidance. Traumatology: An International Journal.
- Ong, L. E., Davis, B. M., Horodyski, A. M., Cole, T. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2025). The role of embodied sense of self in the relationship of childhood abuse types to distress and fear. Journal of Affective Disorders, 389, 119698.
- Ellis, R. A., Meyer, E., Cole, T. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2024). The dynamic relationship of negative emotional content in the context of trauma-focused writing interventions on improvements in cognitive reappraisal: A pilot study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
- Ellis, R. A., Darnell, B. C., and Orcutt, H. K. (2023). Comparing telehealth Written Exposure Therapy to trauma-focused expressive writing in undergraduates: A proof-of-concept trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 1157-1166.
- Cole, T. A., Dubuclet, C., Valentine, J. N., Meyer, E., and Orcutt, H. K. (2024). Assessing the mediating role of emotion regulation and experiential avoidance within a PTSD and racial trauma framework. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16, 254-261.
- Ellis, R. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2023). The Indirect Effect of Avoidant Motives for Sex on the Pathways from Childhood Maltreatment to Risky Sex Behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(21-22), 11337-11355.
- Reffi, A. N., Ellis, R. A., Darnell, B. C., and Orcutt, H. K. (2022). Mental health service utilization following a campus mass shooting: The role of pre-shooting emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic cognitions. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 151-160.
- Awada, S.R., Ellis, R.A., Shelleby, L., and Orcutt, H. K. (2022). Gender differences in callous unemotional trait profiles in an undergraduate sample. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 31, 888-909. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2022.2038753
- Reffi, A. N., Ellis, R. A., Darnell, B. C., and Orcutt, H. K. (2022). Mental health service utilization following a campus mass shooting: The role of pre-shooting emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic cognitions. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14, 151-160. doi.org/10.1037/tra0001036
- Himmerich, S.J., and Orcutt, H.K. (2021). Examining a brief self-compassion intervention for emotion regulation in individuals with exposure to trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13, 907-910. doi: 10.1037/tra0001110
- Ellis, R.A., Awada, S.R., Orcutt, H.K., and Shelleby, L. (2021). Childhood maltreatment and risky substance use behaviors: The mediating roles of PTSD and CU traits. Substance Use and Misuse. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1868519
- Pinciotti, C. M., and Orcutt, H. K. (2021). Reappraisal bias and sexual assault victimization: Testing the utility of a computerized intervention for negative post-assault support experiences. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35, 330-347. doi: 10.1891/JCPSY-D-20-00053
- Pinciotti, C. M., and Orcutt, H. K. (2021). Institutional betrayal: Who is most vulnerable? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 5036-5054. doi: 10.1177/0886260518802850
- Reffi, A. N., Pinciotti, C. M., and Orcutt, H. K. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Institutional Betrayal Questionnaire, Version 2: Evidence for a two-factor model. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 5659-5684. doi: 10.1177/0886260518805771
- Boykin, D. M., Anyanwu, J., Calvin, K., and Orcutt, H. K. (2020). The moderating effect of psychological flexibility on event centrality in determining trauma outcomes. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 193-199. doi.org/10.1037/tra0000490
- Boykin, D. M., Dunn, Q. T., and Orcutt, H. K. (2020). Cummulative trauma and adjustment in women exposed to a campus shooting: Examining the role of appraisals and social support. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35, 3601-3621. 10.1177/0886260517710483
- Dalvie, S., Maihofer, A.X., Coleman, J.R.I. et al. (2020). Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment. Translational Psychiatry, 10. doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0706-0
- Hannan, S. M., and Orcutt, H. K. (2020). Emotion regulation in undergraduate students with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A multi-method study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 643-650. doi.org/10.1037/tra0000577
- Himmerich, S. J., Ellis, R. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2020). Application of PTSD alcohol expectancy symptom clusters to the four-dimensional model of PTSD: Support from moderations of the association between symptoms of posttraumatic stress and alcohol use. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 347-355. doi.org/10.1037/tra0000480
- Leonard, K. A., Ellis, R. A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2020). Experiential avoidance as a mediator in the relationship between shame and posttraumatic stress disorder: The effect of gender. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12, 651–658. doi: 10.1037/tra0000601
- Boykin, D. M., and Orcutt, H. K. (2019). Treatment use among college women following a campus shooting. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 28, 261-280. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2018.1480548
- Bradel, L., Rosenbaum, A., and Orcutt, H. K. (2019). The prevalence and co-occurrence of the forms of violence against women. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 28, 870-887. 10.1080/10926771.2018.1463338</a
