Publications
2026
Crenshaw, A. O. (2026). (Computation of) the standardized mean difference in clinical trials should be standardized. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 94(6), 393–399. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0001016 pdf Data & materials
Crenshaw, A. O., MacDonald, A., Carr, K., Shull, A., Pope, S., & Blackmon, M. (2026). Inconsistent application of the reliable change index in clinical psychology trials undermines comparability of individual change estimates. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.70203 preprint Data & materials
Crenshaw, A. O., & Monson, C. M. (2026). Improving the reliability of the reliable change index. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 29(4), 655–673. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2585286 pdf Data & code
2025
Azubuike, C. A. T., Crenshaw, A. O., & Monson, C. M. (2025). Furthering our understanding of post-traumatic mental health conditions and intimate relationship outcomes in veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Behavioral Sciences, 15(6), 719. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060719 Open access article
Fitzpatrick, S., Crenshaw, A. O., Valela, R., Samonas, C., Earle, E. A., Goss, S., Hernandez, K. M., Bushe, J., Varma, S., Proctor, D., Wagner, A. C., Goenka, K., Doss, B. D., Schumm, J., & Monson, C. M. (2025). A randomized controlled trial testing Couple HOPES: An online, self-help couples’ intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93(8), 580–594. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000965 pdf Data & code
2024
Fitzpatrick, S., Crenshaw, A. O., Donkin, V., Collins, A., Xiang, A., Earle, E. A., Goenka, K., Varma, S., Bushe, J., McFadden, T., Librado, A., & Monson, C. (2024). We have spent time, money, and effort making self-help digital mental health interventions: Is anyone going to come to the party? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e58198. https://doi.org/10.2196/58198 Open access article
Monson, C. M., Pukay-Martin, N. D., Wagner, A. C., Crenshaw, A. O., Blount, T. H., Schobitz, R. P., Dondanville, K. A., Young-McCaughan, S., Mintz, J., Riggs, D. S., Brundige, A., Hembree, E. A., Litz, B. T., Roache, J. D., Yarvis, J. S., Peterson, A. L., & for the STRONG STAR Consortium. (2024). Cognitive–behavioural conjoint therapy versus prolonged exposure for PTSD in military service members and veterans: Results and lessons from a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2330305. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2330305 Open access article
Morland, L. A., Wachsman, T., Webster, K., Fitzpatrick, S., Valela, R., Crenshaw, A. O., Monson, C. M., & Knopp, K. C. (2024). A pilot of couple HOPES within the U.S. Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: PTSD and relationship outcomes in veteran couples. Psychological Services, 21(3), 509–517. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000773
Xiang, A., Monson, C. M., Fitzpatrick, S., Wagner, A. C., Valela, R., Collins, A. M., Whitfield, K. M., Earle, E. A., Bushe, J., Mensah, D. H., Ip, J., Samonas, C., Siegel, A. N., Donkin, V. L., Varma, S., Landy, M. S. H., Morland, L., Doss, B. D., & Crenshaw, A. O. (2024). Partner accommodation associations in intimate couples with posttraumatic stress disorder. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000259
2023
Crenshaw, A. O., Libet, J., Petty, K., Teves, J. B., Huang, A., & Mitchell, J. (2023). Subjective emotion trajectories in couple therapy and associations with improvement in relationship satisfaction. Family Process, 62(4), 1542–1554. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12843 pdf
Crenshaw, A. O., Whitfield, K. M., Collins, A., Valela, R., Varma, S., Landy, M. S. H., Ip, J., Donkin, V., Earle, E., Siegel, A., Samonas, C., Bushe, J., Mensah, D. H., Xiang, A., Doss, B. D., Morland, L., Wagner, A. C., Fitzpatrick, S., & Monson, C. M. (2023). Partner outcomes from an uncontrolled trial of Couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder and relationship enhancement. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(1), 230–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22878 pdf Data & code
Fitzpatrick, S., Crenshaw, A., Earle, E. A., Radosavljevic, D., & Kuo, J. R. (2023). The influence of sleep on emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research, 326, 115273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115273
Liebman, R. E., Schumm, J. A., Pukay-Martin, N. D., Bartsch, A. A., Crenshaw, A. O., Hart, T. L., Koerner, N., & Monson, C. M. (2023). Actor and partner effects of PTSD and relationship functioning in a recently traumatized sample. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(4), 517–527. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001064
2022
Monson, C. M., Wagner, A. C., Crenshaw, A. O., Whitfield, K. M., Newnham, C. M., Valela, R., Varma, S., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Fulham, L., Collins, A., Donkin, V., Mensah, D. H., Landy, M. S. H., Samonas, C., Morland, L., Doss, B. D., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2022). An uncontrolled trial of couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for PTSD and relationship enhancement. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(6), 1036–1042. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000976 Data & code
2021
Adamo, C., Leo, K., Hogan, J. N., Crenshaw, A. O., Baucom, K. J. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2021). Negative Partner Attributions Moderate the Association between Heart Rate Reactivity During Relationship Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction. Family Process, 60(3), 823–835. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12609
Crenshaw, A. O., Leo, K., Christensen, A., Hogan, J. N., Baucom, K. J. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2021). Relative importance of conflict topics for within-couple tests: The case of demand/withdraw interaction. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(3), 377–387. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000782 pdf Code
Fitzpatrick, S., Wagner, A. C., Crenshaw, A. O., Varma, S., Whitfield, K. M., Valela, R., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Fulham, L., Martin-Newnham, C., Mensah, D. H., Collins, A., Landy, M. S. H., Morland, L., Doss, B. D., & Monson, C. M. (2021). Initial outcomes of couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for PTSD and relationship enhancement. Internet Interventions, 25, 100423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100423
Hogan, J. N., Crenshaw, A. O., Baucom, K. J. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2021). Time Spent Together in Intimate Relationships: Implications for Relationship Functioning. Contemporary Family Therapy, 43(3), 226–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-020-09562-6
Leo, K., Crenshaw, A. O., Hogan, J. N., Bourne, S. V., Baucom, K. J. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2021). A replication and extension of the interpersonal process model of demand/withdraw behavior: Incorporating subjective emotional experience. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(4), 534–545. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000802
Monson, C. M., Fitzpatrick, S., Wagner, A. C., Valela, R., Whitfield, K. M., Varma, S., Landy, M. S. H., Di Bartolomeo, A., Crenshaw, A. O., Fulham, L., Morland, L., Knopp, K., Proctor, D. W., Toller, A., Webster, K., & Doss, B. D. (2021). The development of Couple HOPES: A guided online intervention for PTSD and relationship satisfaction enhancement. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1917879. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1917879
2020
Deits-Lebehn, C., Baucom, K. J. W., Crenshaw, A. O., Smith, T. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2020). Incorporating physiology into the study of psychotherapy process. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(4), 488–499. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000391
2019
Baucom, B. R. W., & Crenshaw, A. O. (2019). Evaluating the efficacy of couple and family therapy. In B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Family therapy and training, Vol. 3 (pp. 69–86). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000101-005
Crenshaw, A. O., Leo, K., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2019). The effect of stress on empathic accuracy in romantic couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(3), 327–337. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000508 pdf Materials
May, A. M., Crenshaw, A. O., Leifker, F., Bryan, C. J., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2019). Knowledge of suicide history, current depressive symptoms, and future suicide risk within couples. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 120, 103394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.03.015
2018
Baucom, B. R. W., Baucom, K. J. W., Hogan, J. N., Crenshaw, A. O., Bourne, S. V., Crowell, S. E., Georgiou, P., & Goodwin, M. S. (2018). Cardiovascular Reactivity During Marital Conflict in Laboratory and Naturalistic Settings: Differential Associations with Relationship and Individual Functioning Across Contexts. Family Process, 57(3), 662–678. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12353
Bryan, C. J., Baucom, B. R., Crenshaw, A. O., Imel, Z., Atkins, D. C., Clemans, T. A., Leeson, B., Burch, T. S., Mintz, J., & Rudd, M. D. (2018). Associations of patient-rated emotional bond and vocally encoded emotional arousal among clinicians and acutely suicidal military personnel. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(4), 372–383. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000295
Butner, J. E., Crenshaw, A. O., Munion, A. K., Wong, A., & Baucom, B. R. (2018). Simplifying the complexity of interpersonal emotion dynamics with regression graphics. In A. Randall & D. Schoebi (Eds.), Interpersonal emotion dynamics in close relationships (pp. 47–74). Cambridge University Press.
2017
Butner, J. E., Deits-Lebehn, C., Crenshaw, A. O., Wiltshire, T. J., Perry, N. S., Kent de Grey, R. G., Hogan, J. N., Smith, T. W., Baucom, K. J. W., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2017). A multivariate dynamic systems model for psychotherapy with more than one client. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64(6), 616–625. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000238
Crenshaw, A. O., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2017). Exposure in couple and family therapy. In J. Lebow, A. Chambers, & D. C. Breunlin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of couple and family therapy. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_81-1
Crenshaw, A. O., Christensen, A., Baucom, D. H., Epstein, N. B., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2017). Revised scoring and improved reliability for the Communication Patterns Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 29(7), 913–925. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000385 pdf
Perry, N. S., Baucom, K. J. W., Bourne, S., Butner, J., Crenshaw, A. O., Hogan, J. N., Imel, Z. E., Wiltshire, T. J., & Baucom, B. R. W. (2017). Graphic methods for interpreting longitudinal dyadic patterns from repeated-measures actor–partner interdependence models. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(5), 592–603. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000293