Select Articles on Anger, Aggression, and Violence

Fernandez, E. (2023). A framework for understanding emotions in violent ethnic conflict. Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2023.101860

Johnson, S. L., Zisser, M. R., Sandel, D. B., Swerdlow, B. A., Carver, C. S., Sanchez, A. H., & Fernandez, E. (2020). Development of a brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity: Evidence from a wait-list controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 134, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103708

Johnson, S. L., Sandel, D., Zisser, M., Pearlstein, J., Swerdlow, B., Sanchez, A., Fernandez, E., & Carver, C. S. (2020). A brief online intervention to address aggression in the context of emotion-related impulsivity for those with remitted bipolar disorder: Feasibility, acceptability and pilot outcome data. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 30, 65-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2020.03.005

Fernandez, E., Callen, A., Johnson, S.L., Gaspar, C., Kulhanek, C., & Jose-Bueno, C. (2020). Prevalence, elicitors, and expression of anger in 21st century mass shootings. Aggression and Violent Behavior. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2020.101483

Day, A., & Fernandez, E. (2020). The importance of understanding anger in the clinical assessment of violence. In J.S. Wormith, L.A. Craig & T. Hogue (Eds.). What works in violence risk management: Theory, research and practice (pp. 253-264). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119315933.ch12

Fernandez, E., Kiageri, V., Guharajan, D., & Day, A. (2017). Anger parameters in parolees undergoing psychoeducation: Temporal stability, social desirability bias and comparison with non-offenders. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2057

Fernandez, E., & Johnson, S.L. (2016). Anger in psychological disorders: Prevalence, presentation, etiology, and prognostic implications. Clinical Psychology Review, 46, 124-135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2016.04.012

Fernandez, E. & Malley-Morrison, K. (2013). Gender-inclusive and gender-informed treatment of anger. In E. Fernandez, (Ed.). Treatments for anger in specific populations: Theory, application, and outcome (pp.213-235). New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199914661.003.0012

Fernandez, E. & Wasan, A. (2010). The anger of pain sufferers: Attributions to agents and appraisals of wrongdoing. In M. Potegal, G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.). The International Handbook of Anger: Constituent and Concomitant Biological, Psychological, and Social Processes (pp. 449-464). New York: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89676-2_26

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D.C. (1995). The scope and significance of anger in the experience of chronic pain, Pain, 61, 165-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(95)00192-U

Select Publications on Anger Assessment

Fernandez, E., Woldgabreal, Y., Guharajan, D., Day, A., Ramtahal, N., & Kiageri, V. (2019). Social Desirability Bias against admitting anger: Bias in the test-taker or bias in the test? Journal of Personality Assessment. 101, 644-652. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2018.1464017

Fernandez, E., Day, A., & Boyle, G.J. (2015). Measures of anger and hostility in adults. In G.J. Boyle, D. Saklofske & G. Matthews (Eds.). Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs (pp.74-100). London: Academic Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-386915-9.00004-8

Fernandez, E., Arevalo, I., Torralba, A., & Vargas, R. (2014). Norms for five parameters of anger: How do incarcerated adults differ from the community? International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 13, 18-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2014.889256

Fernandez, E. (2008). The angry personality: A representation on six dimensions of anger expression. In G. J Boyle, G. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.). International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 2: Personality Measurement and Assessment (pp.402-419). London: Sage Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849200479.n19

Select Publications on CBAT and Psychotherapy

Fernandez, E., Iwuala, E. Perez, B., Sun, R., Garza, R., White, K.M., Kolaparthi, K., Barnes, W., Dorvil, N., & Wu, W. (2025). CBAT outcomes on anger and opioid misuse in chronic pain patients. International Journal of Pain, 16(2): 83-93. https://doi.org/10.56718/ijp.25-010

Fernandez, E., Woldgabreal, Y., Day, A., Pham, T., Gleich, B., & Aboujaoude, E. (2021). Live psychotherapy by video versus in‐person: A meta‐analysis of efficacy and its relationship to types and targets of treatment.Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, doi:http://dx.doi.org.libweb.lib.utsa.edu/10.1002/cpp.2594 [In top 10 cited articles 2021-2022]

Fernandez, E., Malvaso, C., Day, A., & Guharajan, D. (2018). 21st century Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for anger: A systematic review of research design, methodology, and outcome. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46, 385-404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465818000048

Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (2016). New prospects for alleviation of anger in the context of chronic pain. In Z. Bajwa, C. Warfield, & J. Wootton (Eds.). Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3rd Edition (pp.210-215). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Fernandez, E., Salem, D., Swift, J., & Ramtahal, N. (2015). Meta-analysis of dropout from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Magnitude, timing, and moderators. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 1108-1122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000044

Fernandez, E. (2013). Anger dysfunction and its treatment. In E. Fernandez, (Ed.) Treatments for anger in specific populations: Theory, application, and outcome (pp.1-14). New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199914661.003.0001

Fernandez, E. (2013). Treatment of anger in different populations: Common and unique factors. In E. Fernandez, (Ed.). Treatments for anger in specific populations: Theory, application, and outcome (pp.255-265). New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199914661.001.0001

Fernandez, E. (2010). Toward an integrative psychotherapy for maladaptive anger. In M. Potegal, G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.). The International Handbook of Anger: Constituent and Concomitant Biological, Psychological, and Social Processes (pp.499-514). New York: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89676-2_28

Fernandez, E., & Scott, S. (2009). Anger treatment in chemically-dependent inpatients: Evaluation of phase effects and gender. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37, 431-447. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465809990075

Fernandez, E. (2003). Anger regulation in adolescence. In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (pp. 195-199). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0195-4_27

Fernandez, E. (2003). Anger regulation in childhood. In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (pp.190-195). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0195-4_26

Fernandez, E., & Beck, R. (2001). Cognitive-behavioral self-intervention versus self-monitoring of anger: Effects on anger frequency, duration, and intensity. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29, 345-356. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465801003071

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E. (1998a). Cognitive-behavioral self-regulation of the frequency, duration, and intensity of anger. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 20, 217-229. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023063201318

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E. (1998b). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the treatment of anger: A meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 63-74 [Also abstracted in Evidence-Based Mental Health, 1998, Vol. 1, No. 4, p.105]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018763902991

Select Publications on Pain & Psychosomatics

Fernandez, E., Pham, T., Kolaparthi, K., Sun, R., Perez, B., Iwuala, E., Wu, W. & Shattuck, E. (2022). Parameters of anger related to components of pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2022-0131

Fernandez, E., Wu, W., Shattuck, E., & Kolaparthi, K. (2022). Sensory versus affective pain descriptors predicting functional versus psychosocial disability. The Journal of Pain. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.04.002

Jackson, A., Ski, C.F., Murphy, B.M., Fernandez, E., Alvarenga, M., Le Grande, M.R., & Thompson, D.R. (2018). What role does personality play in cardiovascular disease? British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 13, 2-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2018.13.7.330

Fernandez, E., & Smith, T.W. (2016). Anger, hostility, and cardiovascular disease in the context of interpersonal relationships. In M. Alvarenga & D.G. Byrne (Eds.). Handbook of Psychocardiology (pp. 665-683). New York: Springer Sciences. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-206-7_31

Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (2012). Pain and affective disorders: Looking beyond the “chicken and egg” conundrum. In M.A. Giamberardino & T. Jensen (Eds.). Pain Comorbidities: Understanding and Treating the Complex Patient (pp.279-296). Seattle: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Press.

Fernandez, E. (2012). Defining pain: Natural Semantic Metalanguage meets IASP: A Commentary on Wierzbicka’s “Is Pain a Human Universal?: A Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspective on Pain”. Emotion Review, 4, 320-321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912439769

Fernandez, E., Vargas, R., Mahometa, M., Ramamurthy, S. & Boyle, G.J. (2012). Descriptors of Pain Sensation: A Dual Hierarchical Model of Latent Structure. The Journal of Pain, 13, 532-536. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2012.02.006

Fernandez, E., Krusz, J.C., & Hall, S. (2011). Parsimonious collection of pain descriptors: Classification and calibration by pain patients. The Journal of Pain, 12, 444-450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2010.10.011

Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (2008). Anxiety, depression, and anger: The core of negative affect in medical populations. In G. J Boyle, G. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.). International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 1: Personality Theories and Models (pp. 659-676). London: Sage Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849200462.n32

Wasan, A., Fernandez, E., Jamison, R.N., & Bhattacharya, N. (2007). Association of anxiety and depression with reported disease severity in patients undergoing evaluation for chronic rhinosinusitis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 116, 491-497. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/000348940711600703

Fernandez, E., & Boyle, G.J. (2002). Affective and evaluative descriptors of pain in the McGill Pain Questionnaire: Reduction and reorganization. The Journal of Pain, 3, 70-77. [Reprinted in G.J. Boyle & D.H. Saklofske (2003) Psychology of Individual Differences. London: Sage Publications] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1054/jpai.2001.25530

Fernandez, E., Clark, T.S., & Rudick-Davis, D. (1999). A framework for conceptualization and assessment of affective disturbance in pain. In A.R. Block, E.F. Kremer, & E. Fernandez (Eds.), Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial perspectives (pp. 123-147). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Fernandez, E. (1998). The role of affect in somatoform and factitious disorders. Current Review of Pain, 2, 109-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-998-0054-x

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J. (1996). Relative contributions of life events versus daily hassles to the frequency and intensity of headaches. Headache, 36, 595-602. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3610595.x

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J. (1996). Descriptive features and causal attributions of headache in an Australian community sample. Headache, 36, 246-250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3604246.x

Towery, S., & Fernandez, E. (1996). Reclassification and rescaling of McGill Pain Questionnaire verbal descriptors of pain sensation: A replication. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 12, 270-276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00002508-199612000-00006

Fernandez, E., & Towery, S. (1996). A parsimonious set of verbal descriptors of pain sensation derived from the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain, 66, 31-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(96)02992-2

Fernandez, E., & McDowell, J.J. (1995). Response-reinforcement relationships in chronic pain syndrome: Applicability of Herrnstein’s hyperbola. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 855-863. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(95)00005-I

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J. (1995). Psychosocial stressors predicting headache occurrence: The major role of minor hassles. Invited paper. Headache Quarterly: Current Treatment and Research, 6, 215-220.

Fernandez, E., & Milburn, T.E. (1994). Sensory and affective predictors of overall pain, and emotions associated with affective pain, The Clinical Journal of Pain, 10, 3-9. [Also published as abstract in Multidisciplinary Pain Abstracts, 1994, 4, issue 4, p.325]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00002508-199403000-00002

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D.C. (1994). Demand characteristics underlying differential ratings of sensory versus affective components of pain, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 375-390. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01858009

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D. C. (1992). Sensory and affective components of pain: Separation and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 205-217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.112.2.205

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D. C. (1989).The utility of cognitive coping strategies for altering pain perception: A meta-analysis. Pain, 38, 123-135. [Also published as abstract in Behavioral Medicine Abstracts]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(89)90230-3

Fernandez, E. (1986). A classification system of cognitive coping strategies for pain. Pain, 26, 141-151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(86)90070-9

Beck, R. & Fernandez, E. (1998). Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of anger: A meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, (1), 63-74. 74 [Also abstracted in Evidence-Based Mental Health, 1998, Vol. 1, No. 4, p.105]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018763902991