Nicole Weiss
@nicoleweiss.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist and Professor at the University of Rhode Island. Director @stresslab.bsky.social. Director @opioidcobre.bsky.social Community Engaged Research Core. Research emotion regulation in PTSD and SUD. Passionate about mentoring.
Interested in using the PCL-5 to measure PTSD symptoms in your EMA study?
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
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We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
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Psychometric evaluation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 in daily surveys: An item response theory and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5) has demonstrated excellent psychometric qualities across cross-sectional stud…
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October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Interested in using the PCL-5 to measure PTSD symptoms in your EMA study?
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 New Pub 📣
Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma.
75% met criteria for current OUD
67% met criteria for current PTSD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma.
75% met criteria for current OUD
67% met criteria for current PTSD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Daily-Level Trajectories of Opioid Use Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals in the Community Who Use Opioids
Objective: Individuals who use opioids are at elevated risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The objective of this study was to examine the influence of PTSD diagnosis on opioid use outcome...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📣 New Pub 📣
Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma.
75% met criteria for current OUD
67% met criteria for current PTSD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma.
75% met criteria for current OUD
67% met criteria for current PTSD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📣 New Pub 📣
We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.
We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📣 New Pub 📣
We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.
We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.
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Thanks to everyone who braved the early hour to attend our panel discussion on treating PTSD and substance use disorders!
#ISTSS2025 #PTSD #AcademicSky
With @nicoleweiss.bsky.social
#ISTSS2025 #PTSD #AcademicSky
With @nicoleweiss.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thanks to everyone who braved the early hour to attend our panel discussion on treating PTSD and substance use disorders!
#ISTSS2025 #PTSD #AcademicSky
With @nicoleweiss.bsky.social
#ISTSS2025 #PTSD #AcademicSky
With @nicoleweiss.bsky.social
So proud of Alexa Raudales for being the recipient of the @istss.bsky.social Outstanding Student Achievement Award
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So proud of Alexa Raudales for being the recipient of the @istss.bsky.social Outstanding Student Achievement Award
Went to dinner last night with @heatherschatten.bsky.social & our new R01!!! We're using the BACtrack Skyn & EMA to examine the timing & mechanisms underlying alcohol use & suicide risk.
I'm excited to be doing work that matters with close friends (also @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social and Amy Stamates)
I'm excited to be doing work that matters with close friends (also @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social and Amy Stamates)
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Went to dinner last night with @heatherschatten.bsky.social & our new R01!!! We're using the BACtrack Skyn & EMA to examine the timing & mechanisms underlying alcohol use & suicide risk.
I'm excited to be doing work that matters with close friends (also @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social and Amy Stamates)
I'm excited to be doing work that matters with close friends (also @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social and Amy Stamates)
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Proud to empower our community through naloxone distribution on IOAD. Community engagement is more than research; it's action. @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social @hodiana.bsky.social (and many others!)
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Proud to empower our community through naloxone distribution on IOAD. Community engagement is more than research; it's action. @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social @hodiana.bsky.social (and many others!)
Big news! @universityofri.bsky.social just secured its first-ever NIH T32 grant!
This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction.
www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...
This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction.
www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...
URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award to launch transdisciplinary biomedical research training program
KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 3, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has received its first-ever National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 Predoctoral Training Grant, marking a major milestone in URI’s growt...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Big news! @universityofri.bsky.social just secured its first-ever NIH T32 grant!
This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction.
www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...
This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction.
www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...
Proud x 2, perfectly captured
May 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Proud x 2, perfectly captured
Lots of emotions yesterday. Confident that whatever big things life has in store for these two, it will make the world a better place for all people.
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lots of emotions yesterday. Confident that whatever big things life has in store for these two, it will make the world a better place for all people.
Three defenses in one month 😅 Shout-out to Dr. Trinh for making my job easy!
Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Diem-Quynh Trinh for successfully defending her dissertation, entitled Happiness and Activity Engagement as Longitudinal Predictors of Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Outcomes. We're very proud of you!
May 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Three defenses in one month 😅 Shout-out to Dr. Trinh for making my job easy!
Welcome to the @stresslab.bsky.social, Katy!
Meet our new PhD student! Katy's research focuses on the intersection of sexual and gender-based violence and substance use among systemically excluded and marginalized populations. She is particularly interested in the influences of intergenerational trauma and resiliency in contexts of poverty.
May 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Welcome to the @stresslab.bsky.social, Katy!
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Celebrating our undergrads at @universityofri.bsky.social Psychology Awards Night
April 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Celebrating our undergrads at @universityofri.bsky.social Psychology Awards Night
Proud mentor moment! Reina Kiefer was awarded the @universityofri Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award for her work on gender-based violence.
April 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Proud mentor moment! Reina Kiefer was awarded the @universityofri Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award for her work on gender-based violence.
Reposted by Nicole Weiss
Talking careers in psychology with high schoolers as part of the Rhode Island Psychological Association Social Justice & Public Policy Committee Diversifying Psychology Working Group
April 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Talking careers in psychology with high schoolers as part of the Rhode Island Psychological Association Social Justice & Public Policy Committee Diversifying Psychology Working Group
Reposted by Nicole Weiss
More than ever, scientists must amplify evidence-based work. Captured some of our scientists-in-training sharing their research @universityofri.bsky.social College of Health Sciences Research Night.
April 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
More than ever, scientists must amplify evidence-based work. Captured some of our scientists-in-training sharing their research @universityofri.bsky.social College of Health Sciences Research Night.
Come join our team!
📣 Newly posted position to support several of our grants 📣
We will conduct an initial review of applications on 5/1. This is perfect for someone who is looking for research experience prior to applying to PhD programs in Clinical Psychology.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... The Job ID is 22298
We will conduct an initial review of applications on 5/1. This is perfect for someone who is looking for research experience prior to applying to PhD programs in Clinical Psychology.
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... The Job ID is 22298
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April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Come join our team!
Congratulations to the now Dr. Alexa Raudales! You truly blew the committee away—your dedication, passion, and brilliance shined through, and I couldn’t be prouder of you.
April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Congratulations to the now Dr. Alexa Raudales! You truly blew the committee away—your dedication, passion, and brilliance shined through, and I couldn’t be prouder of you.
I just learned that I was promoted to Professor -- with these little ones by my side the whole way (I started at URI when our oldest was 12 weeks old). Sharing as a reminder that parenting and academia can coexist.
April 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I just learned that I was promoted to Professor -- with these little ones by my side the whole way (I started at URI when our oldest was 12 weeks old). Sharing as a reminder that parenting and academia can coexist.
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SIP is a two-year F31 awarded to @reina-kiefer.bsky.social by NIAAA. This project uses alcohol administration and emotion induction paradigms to investigate the effects of positive and negative emotion states on sexual assault risk perception during acute alcohol intoxication.
New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
SIP is a two-year F31 awarded to @reina-kiefer.bsky.social by NIAAA. This project uses alcohol administration and emotion induction paradigms to investigate the effects of positive and negative emotion states on sexual assault risk perception during acute alcohol intoxication.
Reposted by Nicole Weiss
Excited to share that our S-GIMME paper is out! This was a fun foray into idiographic networks that we wanted to share, but has left me with many methodological questions.
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
Heterogeneity across idiographic network associations among emotion dysregulation, alcohol use, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and intimate partner violence
Nearly half of women in the United States experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, which is linked to deleterious sequelae related to health outcomes. To better understand these ...
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April 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Excited to share that our S-GIMME paper is out! This was a fun foray into idiographic networks that we wanted to share, but has left me with many methodological questions.
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
Reposted by Nicole Weiss
LIFT is a two-year R21 funded by NIAAA. This project leverages intensive longitudinal data to evaluate dynamic & idiographic processes among positive emotional processes, alcohol use, & PTSD symptoms as they unfold in daily life among trauma-exposed individuals in the community.
New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...
web.uri.edu
April 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
LIFT is a two-year R21 funded by NIAAA. This project leverages intensive longitudinal data to evaluate dynamic & idiographic processes among positive emotional processes, alcohol use, & PTSD symptoms as they unfold in daily life among trauma-exposed individuals in the community.
Reposted by Nicole Weiss
Proud of STRESS Lab doctoral candidate @reina-kiefer.bsky.social for having the courage to share her story. Your experiences offer hope, healing, and strength to others who may be silently carrying similar pain. Your bravery is powerful.
April 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Proud of STRESS Lab doctoral candidate @reina-kiefer.bsky.social for having the courage to share her story. Your experiences offer hope, healing, and strength to others who may be silently carrying similar pain. Your bravery is powerful.
Beaming with pride because Dr. Emmanuel Thomas just crushed his dissertation defense!
April 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Beaming with pride because Dr. Emmanuel Thomas just crushed his dissertation defense!
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COPE is a 6-year R61/R33 funded by NIDA's HEAL Initiative. This study uses a ground-up approach & EMA + MRT designs to rigorously develop, evaluate, & optimize a mobile app with both on-demand and automated features to reduce opioid use harm among adults with PTSD exiting residential OUD treatment.
New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...
web.uri.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
COPE is a 6-year R61/R33 funded by NIDA's HEAL Initiative. This study uses a ground-up approach & EMA + MRT designs to rigorously develop, evaluate, & optimize a mobile app with both on-demand and automated features to reduce opioid use harm among adults with PTSD exiting residential OUD treatment.