By Professor Angela Marissa Nickerson

Journal articles

Kurt G; Specker P; Liddell B; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Rachmah RA; Hoffman J; Nickerson A, 2026, 'Social disconnection and health among refugees in a low-resource setting: A longitudinal study', Psychiatry Research, 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117171

Kip A; Nickerson A; Specker P; Langiu A; Nguyen TMT; Churbaji D; Morina N, 2026, 'Mental health of internally displaced persons: a meta-analysis', BMJ Global Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-023173

Kurt G; Specker P; Liddell BJ; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Argadianti Rachmah R; Hoffman J; Nickerson A, 2026, 'Extending the ecological model of distress to social functioning among refugees and asylum-seekers', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796026100614

Specker P; Kurt G; Liddell BJ; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Argadianti Rachmah R; Hoffman J; Kashyap S; Tricesaria D; Khakbaz M; Pestalozzi Z; Nickerson A, 2026, 'The longitudinal relationship between economic and social stressors, emotion dysregulation and mental health among refugees in protracted displacement', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796026100493

Nickerson A; Kurt G; Specker P; Camilleri A; Susanty D; Argadianti R; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Hermawan APR; Bryant RA; O'Donnell M; Rafei M; Bayani R; Liddell BJ, 2026, 'Efficacy of a World Health Organization–Guided Self-Help Intervention for Reducing Psychological Distress in Afghan Refugees: Randomized Controlled Trial', Jmir Mental Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/89928

Nickerson A; Cloitre M; Neuner F; O'Donnell M; Bryant RA; Liddell BJ; Tissue A; Murphy S; Willoughby C; Hoffman J; Byrow Y; Uppal S; Mastrogiovanni N; Peach N; Funnell S; Mai V; Gurzeda M; Im JJY; Al-Damook G; Mozayani F; Yacoub R; Specker P, 2026, 'Emotion regulation skills training as an adjunctive treatment to narrative exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in refugees: a pilot randomized controlled trial', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2026.2648941

Dasen L; Kurath J; Strock B; Weinreich KJ; Spaaij J; Schick M; Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Morina N, 2026, 'Exploring stressor exposure and mental health symptom patterns among forcibly displaced people: A latent profile analysis', Journal of Traumatic Stress, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.70110

Mai V; Liddell B; Nickerson A, 2026, 'Justice-Related Cognitive Styles, Daily Injustices, and Social Functioning in Resettled Refugees', Cognitive Therapy and Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-026-10773-8

Rahman N; Nickerson A; Specker P; O’Donnell M; McMahon T; Mau V; Bryant R; Byrow Y; Liddell B, 2026, 'Social stress and refugee mental health: investigating the role of interpersonal emotion regulation', Anxiety Stress and Coping, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2026.2717097

Carl T; Hawes DJ; Tully LA; Bellgrove MA; Yap MBH; Anderson V; Elliott EJ; Tonge B; Northam JC; Goldfeld S; Oberklaid F; Jorm AF; Hunt C; Nickerson A; Rapee RM; Dadds MR, 2026, 'What is a clinical trial? A proposal for expanding the WHO definition of a clinical trial for use in mental health research', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2026.10713

Nickerson A; Specker P; Keegan D; Argadianti R; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Hoffman J; Kashyap S; Tricesaria D; Khakbaz M; Susanty D; Pestalozzi Z; Liddell B, 2025, 'The temporal relationship between non-acceptance of positive and negative emotions and psychological symptoms in refugees', Journal of Affective Disorders, 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119490

Whitford TJ; Chung LK-H; Griffiths O; Jack BN; Le Pelley ME; Spencer KM; Barreiros AR; Harrison AW; Han NT; Libesman S; Pearson D; Elijah RB; Godwin M; Haroutonian C; Nickerson A; Chan SS-M; Chong GH-C; Lau GK-W; Wong Y-C; Wong JW-Y; Ford JM; Mathalon DH; Harris AWF; So SH-W, 2025, 'Corollary Discharge Dysfunction to Inner Speech and its Relationship to Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders', Schizophrenia Bulletin, pp. sbaf167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaf167

Mastrogiovanni N; Nickerson A, 2025, 'An online intervention designed to reduce self-stigma and increase help-seeking in Arabic-speaking refugees with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A randomized controlled trial', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 38, pp. 832 - 843, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.23168

Mastrogiovanni N; Nickerson A, 2025, 'Mechanisms underlying the impact of self-stigma on social engagement in Arabic-speaking refugees: A path analysis', Transcultural Psychiatry, 62, pp. 640 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615251348300

Shigemura J; Nickerson A; Salgado C; Kurt G; Kleim B; Choi KH; Borbon DE, 2025, 'Roles, challenges, and possibilities of traumatic stress professional societies around the world', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 38, pp. 880 - 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.70001

Kurt G; Specker P; Liddell B; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Argadianti Rachmah R; Hoffman J; Kashyap S; Tricesaria D; Khakbaz M; Pestalozzi Z; Nickerson A, 2025, 'Profiles of coping resources and their associations with mental health and social functioning among refugees in Indonesia', Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.10053

Kurt G; Specker P; Liddell B; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Argadianti Rachmah R; Hoffman J; Kashyap S; Tricesaria D; Khakbaz M; Pestalozzi Z; Nickerson A, 2025, 'Profiles of coping resources and their associations with mental health and social functioning among refugees in Indonesia', CAMBRIDGE PRISMS-GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.10053

Liddell BJ; Murphy S; Byrow Y; O’Donnell M; Mau V; McMahon T; Bryant RA; Specker P; Nickerson A, 2025, 'Longitudinal Associations Between Sources of Uncertainty and Mental Health Amongst Resettled Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22060855

Lim M; Nickerson A; Specker P, 2025, 'An Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Flexibility, Negative Affect and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder', Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49, pp. 249 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10536-3

Specker P; Liddell B; Bryant R; O’Donnell M; Nickerson A, 2025, 'Investigating whether offshore immigration detention and processing are associated with an increased likelihood of psychological disorders', British Journal of Psychiatry, 226, pp. 189 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.184

Nickerson A; Kurt G; Liddell B; Keegan D; Nandyatama R; Yuanita A; Argadianti Rachmah R; Hoffman J; Kashyap S; Mastrogiovanni N; Mai V; Camilleri A; Susanty D; Tricesaria D; Rostami H; Im J; Gurzeda M; Khakbaz M; Funnell S; Pestalozzi Z; Specker P, 2025, 'The longitudinal relationship between psychological symptoms and social functioning in displaced refugees', Psychological Medicine, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003519

Cook JM; Kaysen DL; ter Heide JJ; Armour C; Birkeland MS; Bloom SL; Briere J; Bui E; Carlson E; Cloitre M; Daspe MÈ; Figley CR; Ford JD; Green BL; Greene T; Gillibrand R; Hansen M; Harnett NG; Hein IM; Hyun J; Javakhishvili JD; Kaminer D; Kassam-Adams N; Koenen KC; Lewis C; McFarlane A; Minelli A; Monson C; Neuner F; Newman E; Nickerson A; O’Donnell M; Oe M; Price M; Resick P; Roberts NP; Salgado C; Schnyder U; Seedat S; Seligowski AV; Sijbrandij M; Turner S; van der Kolk B; Olff M, 2025, 'Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S.', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2496125

Nickerson A; Ellis BH; Morina N; Neuner F; Zoellner L, 2025, 'Understanding and improving the mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers: Reflections from the closing panel of the 2024 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting', Journal of Traumatic Stress, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.23176

Byrow Y; Nickerson A; Specker P; Bryant R; O'Donnell M; McMahon T; Mau V; Liddell B, 2024, 'The impact of age-related differences in emotion dysregulation on refugee mental health and social outcomes', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37, pp. 1035 - 1046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.23088

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Felmingham KL; Askovic M; Nickerson A; Aroche J; Coello M; Outhred T; Bryant RA, 2024, 'Torture Exposure Modulates Cognitive Control and Attention Neural Network Connectivity During a Go/NoGo Task', Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 9, pp. 1291 - 1300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.025

Kurt G; Ekhtiari M; de Graaff A; Ersahin M; Specker P; Sijbrandij M; Nickerson A; Acartürk C, 2024, 'Network analytical investigation of relationships between symptoms of common mental disorders among refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, pp. e59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796024000696

Nickerson A; Mai V; Keegan D; Willoughby C; Humphreys K; Im JJY; Sundram S; Procter N; Seidler ZE; Scharpf F; Liddell BJ, 2024, 'A systematic review of protective and promotive factors in refugee mental health', Nature Mental Health, 2, pp. 1415 - 1428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00336-9

Mastrogiovanni N; Byrow Y; Nickerson A, 2024, 'The Development and Validation of a Measure of Mental Health, Help-Seeking Beliefs in Arabic-Speaking Refugees', Assessment, 31, pp. 1359 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10731911231220482

Churbaji D; Schlechter P; Nickerson A; Morina N, 2024, 'Emotion regulation profiles in Syrian refugees and migrants in Germany: self-efficacy, resilience and well-being comparisons', BMJ Mental Health, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301099

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Jobson L; Lau W; Felmingham KL; Nickerson A; Askovic M; Aroche J; Coello M; Bryant RA, 2024, 'Self-construal modulates default mode network connectivity in refugees with PTSD', Journal of Affective Disorders, 361, pp. 268 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.009

Nickerson A; Murphy D; Phelps A; Bryant RA; O’Donnell M; Specker P; Byrow Y; Mau V; McMahon T; Liddell BJ, 2024, 'Moral Injury Appraisals and Complex PTSD in Refugees: A Longitudinal Study', Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, 17, pp. 1013 - 1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001739

Specker P; Sheppes G; Nickerson A, 2024, 'Does Emotion Regulation Flexibility Work? Investigating the Effectiveness of Regulatory Selection Flexibility in Managing Negative Affect', Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15, pp. 561 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506231189002

Kurath J; Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Schnyder U; Schick M; Morina N, 2024, 'Attachment, emotion regulation, and their roles in refugee post-traumatic stress and post-migration living difficulties', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2400834

Specker P; Nickerson A, 2024, 'Investigating the effectiveness of instructing emotion regulation flexibility to individuals with low and high anxiety', Anxiety Stress and Coping, 37, pp. 143 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2205641

Specker P; Liddell BJ; O’Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mau V; McMahon T; Byrow Y; Nickerson A, 2024, 'The Longitudinal Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotion Dysregulation, and Postmigration Stressors Among Refugees', Clinical Psychological Science, 12, pp. 37 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21677026231164393

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Felmingham KL; Outhred T; Cheung J; Den M; Nickerson A; Askovic M; Aroche J, 2023, 'Opponent Intrinsic Brain Network Connectivity Profiles Associated with Posttraumatic Fear and Dysphoria Symptoms in Trauma-Exposed Refugees', Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, 17, pp. 77 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001608

Nickerson A; Byrow Y; O’Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mau V; McMahon T; Hoffman J; Mastrogiovanni N; Specker P; Liddell BJ, 2023, 'The mental health effects of changing from insecure to secure visas for refugees', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1486 - 1495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231177950

Biscoe N; Bonson A; Nickerson A; Murphy D, 2023, 'Factors associated with exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and moral injury in a clinical sample of veterans', European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2023.100343

Frankova I; Klymchuck V; Nickerson A; Sijbrandij M; Amstadter AB, 2023, 'A summary of the 38th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Presidential Panel: How the traumatic stress community can assist individuals affected by the war in Ukraine', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, pp. 682 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22945

Tissue A; Specker P; Hoffman J; Uppal S; Cloitre M; Neuner F; O’Donnell M; Nickerson A, 2023, 'Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation for Refugees Integrated With Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Case Study on the Treatment of PTSD and Emotion Dysregulation for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers', Clinical Case Studies, 22, pp. 285 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15346501221133315

Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Morina N; Liddell B, 2023, 'Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees', Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 19, pp. 413 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-080921-080359

Nickerson A; Hoffman J; Keegan D; Kashyap S; Argadianti R; Tricesaria D; Pestalozzi Z; Nandyatama R; Khakbaz M; Nilasari N; Liddell B, 2023, 'Intolerance of uncertainty, posttraumatic stress, depression, and fears for the future among displaced refugees', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102672

Hoffman J; Liddell BJ; Keegan D; Kashyap S; Tricesaria AAID; Pestalozzi Z; Argadianti R; Nandyatama RW; Khakbaz M; Nilasari N; Nickerson A, 2023, 'The Impact of COVID-19 Stressors on Refugee Mental Health and Well-Being in the Context of Sustained Displacement', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93, pp. 144 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000664

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Nickerson A; Felmingham KL; Askovic M; Aroche J; Coello M; Cheung J; Den M; Outhred T; Bryant RA, 2023, 'Refugee visa insecurity disrupts the brain’s default mode network', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2213595

Nickerson A; Hoffman J; Keegan D; Kashyap S; Tricesaria D; Pestalozzi Z; Argadianti Rachmah R; Nandyatama R; Khakbaz M; Nilasari N; Liddell BJ, 2022, 'Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, pp. 1769 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22885

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Felmingham KL; Outhred T; Cheung J; Den M; Nickerson A; Askovic M; Aroche J; Coello M; Bryant RA, 2022, 'Correction: Torture exposure and the functional brain: investigating disruptions to intrinsic network connectivity using resting state fMRI (Translational Psychiatry, (2022), 12, 1, (37), 10.1038/s41398-022-01795-3)', Translational Psychiatry, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01839-8

Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Felmingham KL; Outhred T; Cheung J; Den M; Nickerson A; Askovic M; Aroche J; Coello M; Bryant RA, 2022, 'Torture exposure and the functional brain: investigating disruptions to intrinsic network connectivity using resting state fMRI', Translational Psychiatry, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01795-3

Rostami R; Wells R; Solaimani J; Berle D; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Silove D; Nickerson A; O'Donnell M; Bryant R; McFarlane A; Steel Z, 2022, 'The mental health of Farsi-Dari speaking asylum-seeking children and parents facing insecure residency in Australia', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100548

Liddell BJ; Batch N; Hellyer S; Bulnes-Diez M; Kamte A; Klassen C; Wong J; Byrow Y; Nickerson A, 2022, 'Understanding the effects of being separated from family on refugees in Australia: a qualitative study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 647 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13232

Nickerson A; Byrow Y; Hoffman J; O'Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mastrogiovanni N; McMahon T; Benson G; Mau V; Liddell BJ, 2022, 'The longitudinal association between moral injury appraisals and psychological outcomes in refugees', Psychological Medicine, 52, pp. 2352 - 2364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720004262

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