Publications

The HEAL Lab is proud to contribute to the field through dozens of peer‑reviewed publications authored and co‑authored by our team.

  • “My Tears Have Been My Food, Both Day and Night”: Integrating Theology and Psychology on the Nature of Grief

    Hill, Daniel Lee, Sierra Wickline, and Angie S. LeRoy. 2025. “My Tears Have Been My Food, Both Day and Night”: Integrating Theology and Psychology on the Nature of Grief. Religions 16: 1353.

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  • Initial development of the writing to heal app: A structured writing series for caregivers of spouses living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

    Weiss S, Harris K, Carney OL, et al. Initial development of the writing to heal app: A structured writing series for caregivers of spouses living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2025;0(0).

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  • Development and initial testing of an online security prime writing intervention during COVID-19

    LeRoy, A. S., Weyland, A., Kanemitsu, J., Tsay-Jones, A., Lai, V. D., Wu-Chung, E. L., Vela, N., Perozo, A., Maza, I. V., Wickline, S., Beach, K., & Suchting, R. (2025). Development and initial testing of an online security prime writing intervention during COVID-19. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 1–14.

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  • Spousal bereavement enhances proinflammatory cytokine production to acute, psychological stress

    E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Ryan L. Brown, Robert Suchting, Jensine Paoletti-Hatcher, Michelle A. Chen, Angie S. LeRoy, Kyle W. Murdock, Cobi J. Heijnen, Christopher P. Fagundes, Spousal bereavement enhances proinflammatory cytokine production to acute, psychological stress, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume 178, 2025, 107498, ISSN 0306-4530

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  • Recruiting Spousal Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer’s or a Related Dementia for Caregiver Intervention Research: Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study

    Henderson, A., Weiss, S., Harris, K., Maza, V. I., Carney, O. L., Wickline, S., Widjaja, T., Garrett, B., Beach, K., & LeRoy, A. S. (2025). Recruiting Spousal Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer’s or a Related Dementia for Caregiver Intervention Research: Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology0(0).

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  • Trajectories of depressive symptoms early in the course of bereavement: Patterns, psychosocial factors and risk of prolonged grief

    Marzieh MajdMichelle A. ChenDiana A. ChirinosRyan L. BrownAngie S. LeRoyKyle W. MurdockE. Lydia Wu-ChungJulian F. ThayerChristopher P. Fagundes, Stress and Health, November 2023, 40 (3), e3340

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  • A Systematic Review of Intervention Trials Utilizing Biomarkers Among Informal Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias

    Adam O’Riordan , Michelle A. Chen , Valentina Maza , Nyla Vela , Lydia Wu-Chung , Alexandria Henderson , Olivia L. Carney , Angie S. LeRoy. A Systematic Review of Intervention Trials Utilizing Biomarkers Among Informal Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias. Aging and disease. 2023, 16(1): 49-66

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  • Fear of missing out and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

    LeRoy, A. S.Lai, V. D.Tsay-Jones, A., & Fagundes, C. P. (2023). Fear of missing out and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemicSocial and Personality Psychology Compass17(10), e12828.

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  • Grief Symptoms Promote Inflammation During Acute Stress Among Bereaved Spouses

    Brown, R. L., LeRoy, A. S., Chen, M. A., Suchting, R., Jaremka, L. M., Liu, J., Heijnen, C., & Fagundes, C. P. (2022). Grief Symptoms Promote Inflammation During Acute Stress Among Bereaved Spouses. Psychological Science33(6), 859-873.

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  • Implications for Reward Processing in Differential Responses to Loss: Impacts on Attachment Hierarchy Reorganization

    LeRoy, A. S., Knee, C. R., Derrick, J. L., & Fagundes, C. P. (2019). Implications for Reward Processing in Differential Responses to Loss: Impacts on Attachment Hierarchy Reorganization. Personality and Social Psychology Review23(4), 391-405.

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