Research Publications
Dr. Turow has an active interdisciplinary research program that investigates connections among emotion regulation difficulties, mindfulness, self-compassion, exposure to stress and trauma, mental health symptoms, and physical health behaviors and outcomes. She and her collaborators have also investigated the effectiveness of specific mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience programs for improving participants' mental health and well-being. Her peer-reviewed scientific research articles, invited book chapters, and review articles are listed below:
Barlow, M. R., Goldsmith Turow, R. E., & Gerhart, J. (2017). Trauma appraisals, emotion regulation difficulties, and self-compassion predict posttraumatic stress symptoms following childhood abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 65, 37-47.
Kefeli, M. C., Goldsmith Turow, R., Yıldırım, A., & Boysan, M. (2017). Childhood maltreatment is associated with attachment insecurities, dissociation and alexithymia in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research, 260, 391-399.
Schnur, J. B., Dillon, M. J., Goldsmith, R. E., Green, S., & Montgomery, G. H. (2017). Cancer treatment experiences among survivors of childhood sexual abuse: A qualitative investigation of triggers and reactions to cumulative trauma. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-10.
Schnur, J. B., Chaplin, W. F., Khurshid, K., Mogavero, J. N., Goldsmith, R. E., Lee, Y. S., Litman, L., Montgomery, G. H. (2017). Development of the Healthcare Triggering Questionnaire in Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9, 714-722.
Goldsmith, R. E., Gerhart, J. I., Chesney, S. A., Burns, J. W., Kleinman, B., & Hood, M. M. (2014). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for posttraumatic stress symptoms: Building acceptance and decreasing shame. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 19, 227-234.
Goldsmith, R. E., Martin, C., & Smith, C. P. (2014). Systemic trauma. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 15, 117-132.
Barlow, M. R., & Goldsmith, R. E. (2014). Childhood trauma and active mental processes: Dissociation and metacognition influence control of negative thoughts. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 7, 131-140.
Goldsmith, R. E., Chesney, S. A., Heath, N. M., & Barlow, M. R. (2013). Emotion regulation difficulties mediate associations between betrayal trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 376-384.
Heath, N. M., Chesney, S. A., Gerhart, J. I., Goldsmith, R. E., Luborsky, J. L., Stevens, N. R., Hobfoll, S. E. (2013). Interpersonal violence, PTSD, and inflammation: Potential psychogenic pathways to higher C-reactive protein levels. Cytokine, 63, 172-178.
Stevens, N.R., Gerhart, J., Goldsmith, R.E., Heath, N.M., Chesney, S.A., & Hobfoll, S.E. (2013). Emotion regulation difficulties, low social support, and interpersonal violence mediate the link between childhood abuse and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Behavior Therapy, 44, 152-161.
Goldsmith, R. E., Feygina, I., & Jost, J. T. (2013). The gender gap in environmental attitudes: A system justification perspective. In: M. Alston & K. Whittenbury (Eds.). Research, Action, and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change (pp. 159-171). New York: Springer.
Goldsmith, R. E., Freyd, J. J., & DePrince, A. P. (2012). Betrayal trauma: Associations with psychological and physical symptoms in young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27, 547-567.
Rini, C., Jandorf, L., Goldsmith, R. E., Manne, S., Harpaz, I., & Itzkowitz, S. (2011). Interpersonal influences on patients’ surgical decision making: The role of close others. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 396-407.
Schnur, J. B., & Goldsmith, R. E. (2011). Through her eyes. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29, 4054-4056.
Feygina, I., Jost, J. T., & Goldsmith, R. E. (2011). Justificación del Sistema y negación de los problemas ambientales. Prospecto para un cambio “avalado por el Sistema.” Psicología Política, 43, 39-64. [Translation of Feygina, Jost, & Goldsmith, 2010].
Goldsmith, R. E., Jandorf, L., Valdimarsdottir, H., Amend, K. L., Stoudt, B. G., Rini, C., Hershman, D., Neugut, A., Reilly, J. J., Tartter, P. I., Feldman, S. M., Ambrosone, C. B., & Bovbjerg, D. H. (2010). Traumatic stress symptoms and breast cancer: The role of childhood abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34, 465-470.
Cromer, L. D., & Goldsmith, R. E. (2010). Child sexual abuse myths: Attitudes, beliefs and individual differences. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 19, 618-47.
Feygina, I., Jost, J. T., & Goldsmith, R. E. (2010). System justification, the denial of global warming, and the possibility of “system-sanctioned change.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 326-338.
Feygina, I., Goldsmith, R. E., & Jost, J. (2010). System justification and the denial of global warming: Challenges for overcoming addiction to the status quo. In R. R. Hassin, K. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds.), Self Control in Society, Mind, and Brain. [Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience Series.] New York: Oxford University Press.
Goldsmith, R. E., Freyd, J. J., & DePrince, A. P. (2009). To add insight to injury: Childhood abuse, abuse perceptions, and the emotional and physical health of young adults. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 18, 350-366.
O’Neill, S. C., Rini, C., Goldsmith, R. E., Valdimarsdottir, H., Cohen, L. H., & Schwartz, M. D. (2009). Distress among women receiving uninformative BRCA1/2 results: 12-month outcomes. Psycho-oncology, 18, 1088-1096.
Rini, C., O’Neill, S. C., Valdimarsdottir, H., Goldsmith, R. E., DeMarco, T. A., Peshkin, B. N., & Schwartz, M.D. (2009). Cognitive and emotional factors predicting decisional conflict among high-risk breast cancer survivors who receive uninformative BRCA1/2 results. Health Psychology, 28, 569-578.
Boysan, M., Goldsmith, R. E., Cavuş, H., Kayri, M., & Keskin, S. (2009). Relations among anxiety, depression, and dissociative symptoms: The influence of abuse subtype. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 10, 83-101.
Goldsmith, R. E., Cheit, R. E., & Wood, M. E. (2009). Evidence of dissociative amnesia in science and literature: Culture-bound approaches to trauma in Pope et al. (2007). Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 10, 237-53.
Goldsmith, R. E., Cheit, R.E., & Wood, M.E. (2009). Ignoring Nina: Avoidance and denial in Pope, Poliakoff, Parker, Boynes, and Hudson (2009). Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 10, 258-260.
Goldsmith, R. E. (2008). Verbal abuse. In C. M. Renzetti, & J. L. Edelson, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Goldsmith, R. E. (2008). Betrayal trauma. In C. M. Renzetti, & J. L. Edelson, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Goldsmith, R. E., Tang, S. S. S., & Freyd, J. J. (2008). Policy and practice implications. In C. Hilarski, J.S. Wodarski, & M. Feit (Eds.), Handbook of Social Work in Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse (pp. 253-277). New York: Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis Group.
Goldsmith, R. E. (2006). Still radical: Confronting connections between trauma and mental health. Book review. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 7, 111-115.
Gordon, W. A., Zafonte, R., Cicerone, K., Cantor, Ph.D., Brown, M., Lombard, L., Goldsmith, R. E., & Chandna, T. (2006). Traumatic brain injury: State of the science review. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85, 343-382.
Goldsmith, R. E., & Freyd, J. J. (2005). Awareness for emotional abuse. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 5, 95-123.
Goldsmith, R. E., Barlow, M. R., & Freyd, J. J. (2004). Knowing and not knowing about trauma: Implications for psychotherapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 41, 448-463.
Goldsmith, R. E., Hall, G. C. N., Garcia, C., George, W., & Wheeler, J. (2004). Cultural aspects of sexual aggression. In K. Barrett, & W. George (Eds.), Race, Culture, Psychology, and the Law (pp. 403-418). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Goldsmith, R. E., & Satterlee, M. K. (2004). Approaches to trauma in clinical psychology and fiction. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 5, 35-59.
Goldsmith, R. E., & Freyd, J. J. (2002). Teaching psychology of women with accuracy and optimism. Book review. Contemporary Psychology, 47, 613-616.
Kimerling, R. & Goldsmith, R. E. (2000). Links between exposure to violence and HIV-infection: Implications for substance abuse treatment with women. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 18, 61-69.
