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Joanna G. Fagan

5th Year PhD Student

The University of Texas at Tyler

About me

My research interests entail examining how mental health influences veteran functioning, whether it be in work, social, or familial contexts. Specifically, how disorders like PTSD, anxiety, and depression effect veteran and military member transitions after deployments, trauma, experiences of grief (i.e. losing fellow soldiers). Other interests involve studying the mechanisms that underly non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation as well as how they can be targeted to improve clinical treatments for military members–-keeping in mind the specific environment of the military.

Education

MS in Psychology, 2020
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Email: jfagan3@patriots.uttyler.edu

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Publications

Behavioral goal-setting for veterans with trauma distress: A qualitative report of goals and outcomes in a self-guided intervention

Joanna G. Fagan, Lindsay L. Lange, Adam P. McGuire

PsyArXiv Preprints, 2024

Can exposure to specific acts of compassion and courage elicit moral elevation and related motives?

Joanna G. Fagan, Katrina Henley, Shalet Punnoose, Adam P. McGuire

Journal of Moral Education, 2023, pp. 1-13

Changes in trauma-related cognitions and emotions after eliciting moral elevation: Examining the effects of viewing others' virtuous behavior on veterans with PTSD

Adam P. McGuire, Joanna G. Fagan, Binh An Nguyen, Annika Wurm, Yvette Z. Szabo

Frontiers in Health Services, vol. 1, 2022, p. 831032

Dispositional gratitude predicts the development of psychopathology and suicidal behaviors: Results from a 7-year population-based study of U.S. military veterans

Adam P. McGuire, Joanna G. Fagan, Jack Tsai, Addie N. Merians, Brandon Nichter, Sonya B. Norman, Steven M. Southwick, Robert H. Pietrzak

Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 149, 2022, pp. 168-176

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