Research: Publications
Published Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Yao, E., & Siegel, J. T. (2024). Weiner’s Attribution-Emotion-Action Model: Uncovering the Mediating Role of Self-Blame and the Moderating Effect of the Helper’s Responsibility for the Help Recipient’s Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167224123813
McManus, M. D., Nakamura, J., & Siegel, J. T. (accepted for publication). Hiding in plain sight: The distinct importance of low-arousal positive affect. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-024-10062-5
Siegel, J. T., Ellis, B., Riazi, G., Brafford, A., Guldner, G., & Wells, J. C. (2024). The Paradox of the Resident Experiencing Depression: Higher Depression, Less Favorable Help-Seeking Outcome Expectations, and Lower Help-Seeking Intentions. Social Science and Medicine.
Guldner, G., Siegel, J. T., Broadbent, C., Ayutyanont, N., Streletz, D. Popa, A., Fuller, J., & Sisemore, T. (in press). Use of an Opt-Out vs. Opt-In Strategy for Residency Mental Health Services Increases Resident Use. Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
Liu, X., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Increasing Support for Loved Ones with Depression Using Moral Elevation: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Different Elevation Inductions. Journal of Positive Psychology.
Hollar, S. M., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Increasing help-seeking among people with depression by self-distancing using mental time-travel. Journal of Mental Health, 32(3), 575–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118684
Marshburn, A., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Vested in support: applying vested interest theory to increase support for close others with depression. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(4), 328–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053221115626
Blazek, D. R., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Preventing satisficing: A narrative review. International Journal of Survey Research Methodology.
Blazek, D. R., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Let's come to order: the influence of question order on willingness to register as an organ donor. Social Science & Medicine, 324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115864
Muschetto, T., & Siegel, J. T. (2023). Perceived stability of depressive symptomology and willingness to help relational partners: An attributional perspective. Current Psychology, 42, 14076–14091. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02708-9
Guldner, G., Wells, J., Ayutyanont, N., Iyengar, R., Sprenger, S., Siegel, J. T., & Kashyap, R. (2023). COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents. Medical Education Online, 28(1), 2143307. https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2022.2143307
Siegel, J. T., Blazek, D. R., McManus, M. D., & Marshburn, A. (2023). Three-in-1,000 and Dynamic Norms: A Mixed-Method Investigation of Novel Appeals for Influencing Organ Donor Registration. Social Science and Medicine, 317, 115544 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115544
Donaldson, C. D., Alvaro, E. A., Siegel, J. T., & Crano, W. D. (2023) Psychological Reactance and Adolescent Cannabis Use: The Role of Parental Warmth and Monitoring. Addictive Behaviors, 136, 107466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107466
Guldner, G. T., Roozendaal, S. M., Berkeley, R. P., Allswede, M. P., Domanski, K. H., Sairafe, O. M., Davey, D. F., Abou-Ziab, H., & Siegel, J. T. (2022). Impact of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting Event on the Graduate Medical Education Mission: Can There Be Growth from Tragedy?. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 24(2), 249–258. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2022.9.56221
Straszewski, T., & Siegel, J. T. (2021). From writing tasks to a public service announcement: Experimentally assessing savoring as a means of increasing help-seeking for depression. Social Science and Medicine, 287, 114362
Ruybal, A., & Siegel, J. T. (2021). Increasing Social Support for Women with Postpartum Depression Through Attribution Theory Guided Vignettes and Video Messages: The Understudied Role of Effort. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104197
Muschetto, T., & Siegel, J. T. (2021). Bibliometric Review of Attribution Theory: A Document Co-Citation Analysis. Motivation Science, 7(4), 439-450.
Siegel, J. T., Blazek, D. R., McManus, M. D., Alvaro, E. M., Crano, W. D., & Sanders, M. (2021). Organ donation and departments of motor vehicles: Multiple messages, implementations, and replications. Health Psychology, 40(6), 368–379. https://doi-org.ccl.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/hea0001087.supp (Supplemental)
Lee, J. Y., Chen, C., Kolokowsky, E., Hong, S., Siegel, J. T., Donaldson, S. I. (2021). Development and Validation of Career Crafting Assessment (CCA). Journal of Career Assessment, 29(4), 717-736.
Rosenberg, B. D., & Siegel, J. T., (2021). Threatening uncertainty and psychological reactance: Are freedom threats always noxious? Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01640-8
Yao, E., & Siegel, J. T., (2021). The Influence of Perceptions of Intentionality and Controllability on Perceived Responsibility: Applying Attribution Theory to People’s Responses to Social Transgression in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Motivation Science, 7(2), 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000220
Donaldson, C. D., Alvaro, E. A., Ruybal, A. I., Coleman, M., Siegel, J. T., Crano, W. D., (2021). A Rebuttal-Based Social Norms-Tailored Cannabis Intervention for At-Risk Adolescents. Prevention Science, 22, 609-620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01224-9
Siegel, J. T., Blazek, D. R., McManus, M. D., Alvaro, E. A., & Crano, W. D. (2021). It's all relative: Increasing organ donor registration intentions by maximizing family-relevant vested interest. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(6), 818–830
Yao, X. & Siegel, J. T. (2020). Examining the role of interpersonal relationship on attribution, emotion, and depression support provision: Experimental evidence from the People’s Republic of China. Motivation Science, In press.
Straszewski, T., & Siegel, J. T. (2020). Differential Effects of High- and Low-Arousal Positive Emotions
On Help-Seeking for Depression. Applied Psychology: Health and Well Being, 12, 887-906. https://doi: 10.1111/aphw.12214
Ruybal, A. L. & Crano, W. D. (2020). Parental influences on adolescent major depressive symptoms and marijuana use. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 1–13. doi: 10.1007/s11469-019-00194-y
Blazek, D. R., Siegel, J. T., Tan, C., Baumsteiger, R., Cornwell, J. (2020). Inducing motivational harmony to increase attitudes and intentions to register as an organ donor and engage in general prosocial behavior. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 4, 205-217. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.75
Crano, W. D. & Ruybal, A. L. (2020). Social psychological contributions to the mitigation of adolescent depression. In J. P. Forgas, W. D. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.), Applications of Social Psychology.
Siegel, J. T., & Keeler, A. (2020). Storm, stress, and silence: A focus group examination of factors that exacerbate mental health problems in graduate students who have prior experiences with depression. Journal of College Counseling, 23, 207-220
Hollar, S. M.*, & Siegel, J. T. (2020). Self-Distancing as a Path to Help-Seeking for People with Depression. Social Science and Medicine, 245, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112700
Siegel, J. T., Flores-Medel, E., Martinez, D., & Berger, D. (2019). Can mental health anti-stigma messages have untoward effects on some people with depression?: An exploratory study. Journal of Health Communication. 1-8. doi:10.1080/10810730.2019.1672838.
Lienemann, B. A., & Siegel, J. T. (2019). A mixed methods approach to creating depression public service announcements by collaborating with people with depressive symptomatology. Journal of Health Communication. 1-20. doi:10.1080/10810730.2019.1670762.
Muschetto, T., & Siegel, J. T. (2020). Use of Attribution Vignettes and Public Service Announcements to Influence Perceived Stability of Depression: The Impact on Affect, Outcome Expectancy, and Helping Judgments. Stigma and Health, 5(1), 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000174
Ruybal, A. L. & Siegel, J. T. (2019). Attribution theory and reducing stigma toward women with postpartum depression: Examining the role of perceptions of stability. Stigma and Health, 4, 320–329.
Muschetto, T. & Siegel, J. T. (2018). Attribution theory and support for individuals with depression: The impact of controllability, stability, and interpersonal relationship. Stigma and Health. doi: 10.1037/sah0000131
Straszewski, T. & Siegel, J. T. (2018). Positive emotion infusions: Can savoring increase help-seeking intentions among people with depression? Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 10, 171–190. doi:10.1111/aphw.12122
Lienemann, B. A., & Siegel, J. T. (2017). Increasing help-seeking outcomes among people with elevated depressive symptomatology with public service announcements: An examination of functional matching and message sidedness. Journal of Health Communication, 23, 28–39. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2017
Ruybal, A. L. & Siegel, J. T. (2017). Increasing the provision of assistance to women with postpartum depression: An application of attribution theory. Stigma and Health. 2, 137–156. doi:org/10.1037/sah0000047
Siegel, J. T., Lienemann, B. A., & Rosenberg, B. D. (2017). Resistance, reactance, and misinterpretation: Highlighting the challenge of persuading people with depression to seek help. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11, e12322. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12322
Keeler, A. & Siegel, J. T. (2016). Depression, help seeking, and perceived family functioning among Hispanics and non-Hispanics Whites. Journal of Affective Disorders, 202, 236-246. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.017
Lienemann, B.A. & Siegel, J. T. (2016). State psychological reactance to depression public service announcements among people with depression. Health Communication, 31, 102–116. doi:10.1080/10410236.2014.940668
Siegel, J. T. & Thomson, A. L. (2016). Positive emotion infusions of elevation and gratitude: Increasing help-seeking intentions among people with heightened levels of depressive symptomatology. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 509–524.
Mokkarala, S., O’Brien, E. K., & Siegel, J. T. (2015). The relationship between shame and perceived biological origins of mental illness among South Asian and White Americans. Psychology, Health, and Medicine. 21, 448–459. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1090615
Siegel, J. T., Lienemann, B. A., & Tan, C. (2014). Influencing help seeking among people with elevated depressive symptomatology: Mistargeting as a persuasive technique. Clinical Psychological Science, 3, 242–255. doi: 10.1177/2167702614542846
Gonzalez, A. V. , Siegel, J. T., Alvaro, E. M., & O’Brien, E. K. (2013). The effect of depression on physician-patient communication among Hispanic end-stage renal disease patients. Journal of Health Communication, 18, 486–497.
Keeler, A. R., Siegel, J. T., & Alvaro, E. (2013). Depression and help seeking among Mexican-Americans: The mediating role of familism. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1–7. doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9824-6
Lienemann, B. A., Siegel, J. T., & Crano, W. D. (2013). Persuading depressed individuals to seek help: Respect the boomerang. Health Communication, 28, 718-728. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2012.712091
Siegel, J. T., Alvaro, E. M., Crano, W. D., Lienemann, B., Hohman, Z., & O’Brien, E. (2012). Increasing social support for depressed individuals: A cross-cultural assessment of an affect-expectancy approach. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 17, 713–732. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2011.635775
Other Projects
Keeler, A. R. (2015). Depression: A guide for general audiences. Wired International. Online educational model.