research

White Papers

Lilly, M. M. (2022). How NG911 Technology May Positively Impact Mental Health in 9-1-1: Evidence from Research and Theory on PTSD. 

Lilly, M. M., & Curry, S. P. (2020). Mental health training and intervention: A critical component of police reform.

Book Chapters

Lilly, M. M., Dadouch, Z., & Robinson, D. (2019). The first, first responder: The neglected needs and unique challenges of work as a 9-1-1 telecommunicator.  In C. A. Bowers, D. C. Beidel, & M. R. Marks (Eds.), Mental health intervention and treatment of first responders and emergency workers.

Lilly, M. M. (2018). Foreword. In J. Marshall & T. Laorenza (Eds.), The resilient 9-1-1 professional: A complete guide to surviving and thriving together in the 9-1-1 center.

Lilly, M. M., & Marshall, J. (2018). Facing the impacts of 9-1-1 stress: The reality of PTSD and depression in the communication center. In J. Marshall & T. Laorenza (Eds.), The resilient 9-1-1 professional: A complete guide to surviving and thriving together in the 9-1-1 center.

Lilly, M. M., Ivey-Stephenson, A., Valdez, C. E., London, M. J., & Graham-Bermann, S. (2018). Working with African-American families in the Moms’ Empowerment Program (MEP). In S. Graham-Bermann (Ed.), Cultural issues in intervention with women and children exposed to intimate partner violence. 

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Reffi, A. N., Kalmbach, D. A., Cheng, P., ..., & Lilly, M. M. (2023).  Fear of sleep in first responders: Associations with trauma type, psychopathology, and sleep disturbances. Sleep Advances.

Tappenden, P. C., Cole, T. A., Valentine, J. N., & Lilly, M. M. (2023). Examining the psychometric properties of the expressions of moral injury scale in a sample of first responders. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Reffi, A. N., Laman-Maharg, B., Pawirosetiko, J. S., & Lilly, M. M. (2021). Measuring mindfulness in emergency telecommunicators: A preliminary study of a revised observing construct. Mindfulness. 

Valdez, C. E., London, M. J., Gregorich, S. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2021). Development and validation of the trauma-related cognitions scale. Plos One.

Meischke, H., Beaton, R., Lilly, M. M., Tu, A., & Revere, D. (2020). A revised ecological model of occupational stress: Applications to 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Workplace Health & Safety, 

Dadouch, Z., & Lilly, M. M. (2020). Post-trauma psychopathology in journalists: The influence of institutional betrayal and world assumptions. Journalism Practice, 

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2019). The effects of dissociation on analogue trauma symptoms after trauma processing among women with varying histories of lifespan victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence,

Lilly, M. M., Calhoun, B., Painter, I., et al. (2019). Destress 9-1-1: Efficacy of an online mindfulness-based intervention in reducing stress among 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Turner, K. D., Lilly, M. M., Gamez, A. M., & Kressler, K. (2019). Impact of work-related factors on stress and health among 911 calltakers and dispatchers in California. Annals of Emergency Dispatch & Response.   

Kerr, D., Meischke, H., Lilly, M. M., Ornelas, I. J., & Calhoun, R. (2019). Participant engagement in and perspectives on a web-based mindfulness intervention for 9-1-1 telecommunicators: multimethod study. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Lim, B. H., Hodges, M. A., & Lilly, M. M. (2019). The differential effects of insecure attachment on posttraumatic stress: A systematic review of the extant findings and explanatory mechanisms. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.

Sherrill, A. M., Kurby, C. A., Lilly, M. M., & Magliano, J. P. (2018).  The effects of state anxiety on analogue peritraumatic encoding and event memory: Introducing the stressful event segmentation paradigm. Memory.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2018). Modes of processing trauma: Self-compassion buffers affective guilt. Mindfulness.

Graham-Bermann, S. A., Howell, K. H., Miller-Graff, L. E., Lilly, M. M., Galano, M. M., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2018). The Moms’ Empowerment Program addresses traumatic stress in mothers with preschool-age children experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma.

Meischke, H., Lilly, M. M., Beaton, R., et al. (2018). Protocol: A multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators. BMC Public Health.

Baseman, J., Revere, D., Painter, I., Stangenes, S., Lilly, M., Beaton, R., et al. (2018). Impact of new technologies on stress, attrition and well-being in emergency call centers: The Next Generation 9-1-1 Study protocol. BMC Public Health.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2017). Posttraumatic rumination: Content, correlates, and processes. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

London, M. J., Mercer, M. C., & Lilly, M. M. (2017).  Considering the impact of early trauma on coping and pathology to predict posttraumatic growth among 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Valdez, C. E., Sherrill, A. S., & Lilly, M. M. (2016). Present moment contact and nonjudgmental observation: Pilot data on dismantling mindful awareness in trauma-related symptomatology. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2016). Self-compassion and trauma processing outcomes among victims of violence. Mindfulness.

Allen, C. A., Mercer, M. C., & Lilly, M. M. (2016). Duty-related posttraumatic stress symptoms in 9-1-1 telecommunicators: The roles of childhood trauma exposure and emotion-focused coping. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.

Lilly, M. M., London, M. J., & Mercer, M. C. (2016). Predictors of obesity and physical health complaints among 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Safety and Health at Work.

Meischke, H., Painter, I., Lilly, M. M., Beaton, R., Revere, D., Calhoun, B., et al. (2015). An exploration of sources, symptoms and buffers of occupational stress in 9-1-1 emergency call centers. Annals of Emergency Dispatch & Response.

Lim, B. H., Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2015). Making meaning out of interpersonal victimization: The narratives of IPV survivors. Violence Against Women.

Lilly, M. M., & Allen, C. E. (2015). Psychological inflexibility and psychopathology in 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Lilly, M. M., & London, M. J. (2015). Broad clinical phenotype and facets of emotion regulation in interpersonal trauma survivors. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Lilly, M. M., Howell, K. H., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2015). World assumptions, religiosity, and PTSD in survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Violence Against Women.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2015). Posttraumatic growth in survivors of intimate partner violence: An assumptive world process. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

London, M. J., Lilly, M. M., & Pittman, L.  D. (2015). Attachment as a mediator between community violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adolescents with a history of maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect.

Howell, K. H., Miller, L., Lilly, M. M., Burlaka, V., Grogan-Kaylor, A., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2015). Strengthening positive parenting through intervention: Evaluating the Mother’s Empowerment Program for women experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Valdez, C. E., Bailey, B. E., Santuzzi, A. M., & Lilly, M. M. (2014). Trajectories of depressive symptoms in foster youth transitioning into adulthood: The roles of emotion dysregulation and PTSD. Child Maltreatment.

Lilly, M. M., London, M. J., & Bridgett, D. (2014). Using SEM to examine emotion regulation and revictimization in predicting PTSD symptoms among childhood abuse survivors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Lilly, M. M., & Mercer, M. C. (2014). The interaction of emotion regulation and world assumptions in predicting female intimate partner violence perpetration. Partner Abuse.

Kendra Price, R., Bell, K., & Lilly, M. M. (2014). The interactive effects of PTSD, emotion regulation, and anger management strategies on female-perpetrated IPV. Violence and Victims.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2013). Biological sex, gender role, and criterion A2: Rethinking the “gender” gap in PTSD. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.  

Lilly, M. M., & Lim, B. H. (2013). Shared pathogeneses of posttrauma pathologies: Attachment, emotion regulation, and cognitions. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Valdez, C. E., Lim, B. H., & Lilly, M. M. (2013). “It's going to make the whole tower crooked": Victimization trajectories in IPV.  Journal of Family Violence.

Howell, K. H., Miller, L., Lilly, M. M., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2013).  Fostering social competence in preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence: Evaluating the Preschool Kids' Club intervention.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.   

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2012). Thought control: Is it ability, strategies or both that predicts posttraumatic symptomatology in victims of interpersonal trauma? Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Lilly, M. M., & Valdez, C. E. (2012). The unique relationship of emotion regulation and alexithymia in predicting Somatization versus PTSD symptoms. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.

Pierce, H. A., & Lilly, M. M. (2012). Duty-related trauma exposure in 911 telecommunicators: Considering the risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Lilly, M. M., & Pierce, H. A. (2012). PTSD and depressive symptoms in 911 telecommunicators: The role of peritraumatic distress and world assumptions in predicting risk. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Valdez, C. E., Lilly, M. M., & Sandberg, D. A. (2012). Gender differences in attitudinal acceptance of intimate partner violence perpetration under attachment relevant contexts. Violence and Victims.

Valdez, C. E., & Lilly, M. M. (2012). Emotional constriction and risk for Posttraumatic Stress: The role of trauma history and gender. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.  

Lim, B. H., Adams, L. A., & Lilly, M. M. (2012). Self-worth as a mediator between attachment and posttraumatic stress in interpersonal trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Lilly, M. M., & Valdez, C. E. (2011). Interpersonal trauma and PTSD: The roles of gender and a lifespan perspective in predicting risk. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Lilly, M. M., Valdez, C. E., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2011). The mediating effect of world assumptions on the relationship between trauma exposure and depression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Lilly, M. M. (2011). The contributions of interpersonal trauma exposure and world assumptions in predicting dissociation among undergraduates. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Graham-Bermann, S. A., Howell, K. H., Lilly, M. M., & DeVoe, E. (2011). Mediators and moderators of change in adjustment following intervention for children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Lilly, M. M., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2010). Intimate partner violence and PTSD: The moderating role of emotion-focused coping. Violence and Victims.

Graham-Bermann, S. A., Howell, K. H., Miller, L. E., Kwek, J., & Lilly, M. (2010). Traumatic events and maternal education as predictors of verbal ability for preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Journal of Family Violence.

Howell, K. H., Graham-Bermann, S. A., Czyz, E., Lilly, M. M. (2010). Assessing resilience in preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence. Violence and Victims.

Lilly, M. M., Pole, N., Best, S. R., Metzler, T., & Marmar, C. R. (2009). Gender and PTSD: What can we learn from female police officers?  Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Lilly, M. M., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2009). Ethnicity and risk for symptoms of posttraumatic stress following intimate partner violence: Prevalence and predictors in European American and African American women.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.