Key Articles

See Dr. Howell’s CV for a full list of publications

(asterisk denotes mentee at the time of publication)

Howell, K.H., *Gilliam, H.C., Carney, J.R., Maloney, C.A., & Miller-Graff, L.E. (in press). Long-term effects of the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program (PMEP) on intimate partner violence revictimization, maternal mental health, and child internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

*Stobbe, R.A., Howell, K.H., *Gilliam, H.C., Bland, J.J., *Garza, A., & Desai, K.R. (in press). An exploration of grief through the lens of the Meaning Making Model of Coping: Amplifying bereaved Black and African American youth’s voices. Journal of Adolescent Research.

Wamser, R., *Velandia, E.A., *Stobbe, R.A., & Howell, K.H. (in press). A social ecological approach to understanding posttraumatic stress, emotion dysregulation, and resilience among complex trauma survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

*Garza, A., Howell, K.H., *Napier, T.R., *Jamison, L.E., & Majeed, R. (in press). Dyadic perspectives on the association between parenting and bereaved youth’s internalizing symptoms. Journal of Loss and Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2025.2479026

Porter, D.V., Howell, K.H., *Napier, T.R., Herrera, C., & Thurston, I.B. (in press). Multisystemic resilience and anxious-depressed symptoms in Black youth exposed to maternal syndemics: A mixed-method study. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-024-01772-5

*Gilliam, H.C., Martinez-Torteya, C., Carney, J.R., Miller-Graff, L.E., & Howell, K.H. (in press). “My cross to bear”: Mothering in the context of intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Mexico. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241289433

Martinez-Torteya, C., Miller-Graff, L.E., Carney, J.R., Esparza Dávila, S.P., Acuapa-Juárez, J.C., & Howell, K.H. (2025). The Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program – Mexico enhances mental health for women exposed to intimate partner violence: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 28, 947-959. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01549-8

*Napier, T.R., Howell, K.H., *Thomsen, K.N., Maye, C.E., & Thurston, I.B. (2025). Associations among victimization, communication, and social competence in mother-child dyads exposed to intimate partner violence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 161, 107298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107298

*Hasselle, A.J., Bowen, M.E., *Stobbe, R.A., *Dwyer, N.P., *Budney, A.M., & Howell, K.H. (2025). Intergenerational coping: Examining how caregiver and child coping relate to resilience in bereaved children. Death Studies, 49(7), 869-879. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2362858

*Thomsen, K.N., Howell, K.H., *Gilliam, H.C., Ahmed, A.M., & Thurston, I.B. (2025). Social-ecological protective and risk factors associated with depressive symptoms among Black adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 317-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01266-x

*Hasselle, A.J., Howell, K.H., *Garza, A., *Thomsen, K.N., & *Gilliam, H.C. (2025). A randomized controlled trial examining the effect of Camp HOPE Tennessee on youth functioning: Results from a pilot study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 17(4), 713-722. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001702

Howell, K.H., *Napier, T.R., Scheid, C.R., Braungart-Rieker, J., & Miller-Graff, L.E. (2024). Evaluating the effects of prenatal intervention on parenting in women exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(1), 118-128. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001175

*Campbell, K.D., Howell, K.H., *Napier, T.R., Maye, C.E., & Thurston, I.B. (2023). Strengths-based factors related to post-traumatic stress problems in Black youth with high body weights. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48(6), 514-522. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad030

*Thomsen, K.N., Howell, K.H., *Gilliam, H.C., & Wamser-Nanney, R. (2023). Mapping individual, relational, and contextual factors onto posttraumatic stress symptoms and resilience. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(11-12), 7242-7265. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221141930

Miller-Graff, L.E., Paulson, J.L., *Hasselle, A.J., Cummings, E.M., & Howell, K.H. (2022). Examining the efficacy of prenatal intervention in reducing IPV revictimization and improving maternal mental health: A quasirandomized controlled trial of the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program (PMEP). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(11), 884-898. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000772 Note: Miller-Graff & Howell are co-lead authors.

Howell, K.H., Miller-Graff, L.E., Martinez-Torteya, C., *Napier, T.R., & Carney, J. (2021). Charting a course towards resilience following adverse childhood experiences: Addressing intergenerational trauma via strengths-based intervention. Children, 8(10), 844. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100844

Howell, K.H., *Schaefer, L.M., *Hasselle, A.J., & Thurston, I.B. (2021). Social support as a moderator between syndemics and posttraumatic stress among women experiencing adversity. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(6), 828-843. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2020.1783732

Yoon, S., Howell, K.H., Dillard, R., Shockley McCarthy, K., *Napier, T.R., & Pei, F. (2021). Resilience following child maltreatment: Definitional considerations and developmental variations. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 22(3), 541-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838019869094

Howell, K.H., Miller-Graff, L.E., *Gilliam, H.C., & Carney, J.R. (2021). Factors related to parenting confidence among pregnant women experiencing intimate partner violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(3), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000985

Hamby, S., Elm, J.L., Howell, K.H., & Merrick, M.T. (2021). Recognizing the cumulative burden of childhood adversities transforms science and practice for trauma and resilience. American Psychologist, 76(2), 230-242. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000763

Howell, K.H., Thurston, I.B., *Hasselle, A.J., Decker, K., & *Jamison, L.E. (2021). Systemic factors associated with prosocial skills and maladaptive functioning in youth exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(5-6), 2823-2847. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518766420

Graham-Bermann, S.A., Howell, K.H., Miller-Graff, L.E., Galano, M.M., Lilly, M.M., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2019). The Moms’ Empowerment Program addresses traumatic stress in mothers with preschool-age children experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 28(10), 1151-1172. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1494652

Howell, K.H., Thurston, I.B., *Schwartz, L.E., *Jamison, L.E., & *Hasselle, A.J. (2018). Protective factors associated with resilience in women exposed to intimate partner violence. Psychology of Violence, 8(4), 438-447. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000147

Howell, K.H., Miller-Graff, L.E., *Hasselle, A.J., & Scrafford, K.E. (2017). The unique needs of pregnant, violence-exposed women: A systematic review of current interventions and directions for translational research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 34, 128-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.01.021