Publications

Recent Research:
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External Correlates of the SPECTRA: Indices of Psychopathology (SPECTRA) in a Clinical Sample - Blais, M., Sinclair, S.J., Richardson, L., & Massey, C.
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Comparing patient and informant ratings of depressive symptoms in various stages of Alzheimer's disease - Gold, D., Rosowsky, E., Piryatinsky, I., & Sinclair, S.J. (2020).
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Introduction to the SPECTRA: Indices of Psychopathology: An Assessment Inventory Aligned With the Hierarchical–Dimensional Model of Psychopathology - Blais, M. & Sinclair, S.J. (2020)
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Barriers and Facilitators to Effective Mental Health Care in Correctional Settings - Kolodziejczak, O., & Sinclair, S.J. (2018)
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The empirically derived Violence and Aggression Risk Index from the Personality Assessment Inventory: Development, validation, and application in general psychiatric settings - Roche, M.J., Sinclair, S.J., et al. (2017)
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Evaluating chronic suicide risk with the Personality Assessment Inventory: Development and initial validation of the Chronic Suicide Risk Index (S_Chron) - Sinclair et al. (2016)
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Neuropsychological functioning and profile validity on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): An investigation in multiple psychiatric settings - Sinclair et al. (2015)
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Extending the validity of the personality assessment inventory’s (PAI) Level of Care Index (LOCI) in multiple psychiatric settings - Sinclair et al. (2015)
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Development and preliminary validation of the Level of Care Index (LOCI) from the personality assessment inventory in a psychiatric sample - Sinclair et al. (2013)

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWS JOURNALS:

  1. Haley, S.M., Coster, W.J., Andres, P.L., Ludlow, L.H., Bond, T., Sinclair, S.J., & Jette AM. (2004). Activity outcome measurement for post-acute care. Medical Care, 42, 49-61.
  2. Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., Kosinski, M., & Ware, J.E. (2004). Psychometric evaluation of the SF-36 health survey in medicare managed care. Health Care Financing Review, 25(4), 5-25.
  3. Ware, J.E., Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., & Bjorner, J.B. (2005). Item response theory and computerized adaptive testing: implications for outcomes measurement in rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 10, 71-78.
  4. Haley, S.M., Siebens, H., Coster, W.J., Tao, W., Black-Schaffer, R.M., Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., & Ni, P. (2006). Computer adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation:  I. activity outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87: 1033-1042. 
  5. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero, A. (2006). Development and psychometric testing of the perceptions of terrorism questionnaire short-form (PTQ-SF). New School Psychology Bulletin, 4: 7-43.
  6. Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., Jette, A.M., & Ware, J.E. (2006). Development and initial testing of the participation measure for post-acute care. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86, 57-71.
  7. Sinclair, S.J., & Gansler, D.A. (2006). Integrating the somatic marker and social cognition theories to explain different manifestations of antisocial personality disorder. New School Psychology Bulletin, 4, 25-47.
  8. Hinton, D.E., Sinclair, S.J., Chung, R., & Pollack, M. (2007). The SF-36 among cambodian and vietnamese refugees: an examination of psychometric properties. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 29, 39-46.
  9. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero, A. (2007). Osama bin Laden: a developmental perspective. New School Psychology Bulletin, 5, 1-33.
  10. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero A. (2007). Fearing future terrorism: development, validation, and psychometric testing of the terrorism catastrophizing scale (TCS). Traumatology: An International Journal, 13, 75-90.
  11. LoCicero, A., & Sinclair, S.J. (2008). Terrorism and terrorist leaders: insights from developmental and ecological psychology. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 31, 227-250.
  12. Haley, S.M., Gandek, B., Siebens, H., Black-Schaffer, R.M., Sinclair, S.J., Teo, W., Coster, W., Ni, P., & Jette, A. (2008). Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: II. participation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89, 275-283.
  13. Sinclair, S.J., Siefert, C.J., Shorey, H., Antonius, D., Shiva, A., Kehl-Fie, K., & Blais, M. (2009). A psychometric evaluation of the personality assessment inventory - short form (PAI-SF) clinical scales in an inpatient psychiatric sample. Psychiatry Research, 170, 262-266.
  14. Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (2009). International, societal, and cultural considerations in understanding issues in terrorism. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 3, 161-163.
  15. Antonius, D., Sinclair, S.J. (2009). In the wake of terrorist attacks: attitudes, the role of media, and identity. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2, 81-83.
  16. Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (2009). Behavioral sciences of terrorism and political aggression: integrating the science of political violence across nations, disciplines, and perspectives. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 1, 1-4.
  17. Siefert, C.J.,  Sinclair, S.J., Kehl-Fie, K.A., & Blais, M. (2009). An item level psychometric analysis of the personality assessment inventory clinical scales. Assessment, 16, 373-383.
  18. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero, A. (2010). Do fears of terrorism predict trust in government? Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 2, 57-68.
  19. Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M.A., Gansler, D.A., Sandberg, E., Bistis, K., & LoCicero, A. (2010). Psychometric properties of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Overall and across demographic groups living within the United States. Evaluation & The Health Professions, 33, 56-80.
  20. Sinclair, S.J., Antonius, D., Shiva, A., Siefert, C.J., Kehl-Fie, K., Lama, S., Shorey, H.S., & Blais, M. (2010). The psychometric properties of the personality assessment inventory-short form (PAI-SF) in inpatient forensic and civil samples. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 406-415.
  21. Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (2010). Social dynamics and psychological implications of terrorism and political violence. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2, 1-2.
  22. Monaghan, R., Antonius, D., Sinclair, S.J. (2011). Defining ‘terrorism’: moving towards a more integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of political violence. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 3(2), 77-79.
  23. 23.  Sinclair, S.J., Siefert, C.J., Slavin-Mulford, J., Stein, M.B., Renna, M., Blais, M. (2012). Psychometric evaluation and normative data for the depression, anxiety, and stress scales-21 (DASS-21) in a non-clinical sample of United States adults. Evaluation & The Health Professions, 35, 259-279.
  24. Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Sinclair, S.J., Siefert, C.J., & Blais, M. (2012). Exploring the construct validity of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale through clinical assessment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94, 533-540.
  25. Slavin-Mulford, J., Sinclair, S.J., Stein, M., Malone, J., Bello, I, & Blais, M. (2012). External Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in a clinical sample. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94, 593-600.
  26. Siefert, C., Stein, M.B., Sinclair, S.J., Antonius, D., Shiva, A., & Blais, M. (2012). Development and initial validation of a scale for detecting inconsistent responding on the Personality Assessment Inventory – Short Form. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94, 601-606.
  27. Sinclair, S.J., Bello, I., Nyer, M., Slavin-Mulford, J., Stein, M.B., Renna, M., Antonius, D., & Blais, M. (2012). The Suicide (SPI) and Violence Potential Indices (VPI) from the Personality Assessment Inventory: A preliminary exploration of validity in an outpatient psychiatric sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34, 423-431.
  28. Blais, M., Sinclair, S.J., Baity, M.R., Worth, J., Weiss, A.P., Ball, L.A., & Herman, J. (2012). Measuring outcomes in adult outpatient psychiatry. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 19, 203-213.
  29. Antonius, D., Kline, B., Sinclair, S.J., White-Ajmani, M., Gianfagna, S., Malaspina, D., & Tremeau, F. (2013). Deficits in implicit facial recognition of fear in aggressive patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 143, 401-402.
  30. Blais, M., Malone, J., Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., O’Keefe, S., Renna, M., & Sinclair, S.J. (2013). Treatment as usual for depression: A comparison of psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and combined treatment at a large academic medical center. Psychotherapy, 50(1), 110-118.
  31. Malone, J., Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Bello, I., Sinclair, S.J., & Blais, M. (2013). Seeing Red: Affect modulation and chromatic color responses on the Rorschach. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 77(1), 70-93.
  32. Slavin-Mulford, J., Sinclair, S.J., Stein, M.B., Malone, J., Bello, I., & Blais, M. (2013). External correlates of the Personality Assessment Inventory higher order structures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 95(4), 432-434.
  33. Sinclair, S.J., Slavin-Mulford, J., Antonius, D., Stein, M.B., Siefert, C.J., Haggerty, G., O’Keefe, S., & Blais, M,A. (2013). Development and preliminary validation of the Level of Care Index (LOCI) from the personality assessment inventory in a psychiatric sample. Psychological Assessment, 25, 606-617.
  34. Antonius, D., Messinger, J.W., Maile, J., Siefert, C.J., Shiva, A., Belfi, B., Blais, M.A., Malaspina, D., & Sinclair, S.J. (2013). Assessing heterogeneity of aggression in psychiatric patients: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of reactive and instrumental aggression Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scales. Violence and Victims, 28(4), 587-601.
  35. Antonius, D., Bruce, K.L., Moisa, B., Sinclair, S.J., Malaspina, D., & Tremeau, F. (2013). Familiarity preference in schizophrenia is associated with ambivalent attitudes towards others. Schizophrenia Research, 150(1), 229-234.  
  36. Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Siefert, C.J., Sinclair, S.J., Renna, M., Malone, J., Bello, I., & Blais, M. (2014). SCORS-G stimulus characteristics of select thematic apperception test cards. Journal of Personality Assessment, 96(3), 339-349.
  37. Haggerty, G., Forlenza, N., Poland, C., Ray, S., Zodan, J., Mehra, A., Goyal, A., Baity, M., Siefert, C.J., & Sinclair, S.J. (2014). Assessing overall functioning with adolescent inpatients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202(11), 822-828.
  38. Haggerty, G., Siefert, C.J., Stoycheva, V., Sinclair, S.J., Baity, M., Zodan, J., Mehra, A., Chand, V., & Blais, M. (2014). Determining adolescents’ suitability for inpatient psychotherapy: Utility of the clinician-rated Readiness for Inpatient Psychotherapy Scale with an adolescent inpatient sample. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 78(4): 349-72.
  39. Zucker, H., Ahn, R., Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M.B., Nelson, B.D., & Burke, T.F. (2014). Development of a scale to measure individuals’ ratings of peace. Conflict and Health, 8(1), DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-17.
  40. Blais, M.A., Blagys, M.D., Rivas-Vazquez, R., Bello, I., Sinclair, S.J. (2015). Development and initial validation of a brief symptom measure, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 22(3), 267-275.
  41. Sinclair, S.J., Smith, M., Chung, W.J., Liebman, R., Stein, M.B., Antonius, D., Siefert, C.J., Haggerty, G., & Blais, M.A. (2015). Extending the validity of the personality assessment inventory’s (PAI) Level of Care Index (LOCI) in multiple psychiatric settings. Journal of Personality Assessment, 97(2), 145-152.
  42. Haggerty, G., Siefert, C.J., Sinclair, S.J., Zodan, J., Babalola, R., & Blais, M.A. (2015). Validation of a measure of alliance for an adolescent inpatient setting. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 22(4), 357-363.
  43. Haggerty, G., Blanchard, M., Baity, M., Defife, J., Stein, M.B., Siefert, C.J., Sinclair, S.J., & Zodan, J. (2015). Clinical validity of a dimensional assessment of self-and interpersonal functioning in adolescent inpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment, 97(1), 3-12.
  44. Slavin-Mulford, J., Perkey, H., Blais, M., Stein, M., & Sinclair, S.J. (2015). External validity of the Symptom Assessment-45 (SA-45) questionnaire in a clinical sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 58, 205-212.
  45. Haggerty, G., Siefert, C.J., Bornstein, R., Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M., Zodan, J., & Rao, N. (2015). Correlates of interpersonal dependency and detachment in an adolescent inpatient sample. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 74 (9), 281-304.
  46. Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Siefert, C.J., Sinclair, S.J., Smith, M., Chung, W.J., Liebman, R., & Blais, M.A. (2015). External validity of SCORS-G ratings of Thematic Apperception Test narratives in a sample of outpatients and inpatients. Rorschachiana, 36(1), 58-81.
  47. Sinclair, S.J., Walsh-Messinger, J., Siefert, C.J., Antonius, D., Baity, M.J., Haggerty, G., Stein, M., & Blais, M. (2015). Neuropsychological functioning and profile validity on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): An investigation in multiple psychiatric settings. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 79 (4), 305-334.
  48. Leidenfrost, C.M., Calabrese, W., Schoelerman, R.M., Coggins, E., Ranney, M., Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (2016). Changes in psychological health and subjective well-being among incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 22(1), 12-20.
  49. Haggerty, G., Zodan, J., Mehra, A., Zubair, A., Ghosh, K., Siefert, C.J., Sinclair, S.J., Defife, J. (2016). Reliability and validity of prototype diagnosis for adolescent psychopathology. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204(4), 287-29.
  50. Haggerty, G., Bornstein, R.F., Khalid, M., Sharma, V., Riaz, U., Blanchard, M., Siefert,C.J., Sinclair, S.J. (2016). Construct validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Links with measures of psychopathology and adult attachment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(1), 82-87.
  51. Siefert, C.J., Stein, M., Slavin-Mulford, J., Sinclair, S.J., Haggerty, G., & Blais, M.A. (2016). Estimating the effects of Thematic Apperception Test card content on SCORS-G ratings: Replication with a non-clinical sample. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(6), 598-607.
  52. Sinclair, S.J., Roche, M., Temes, C., Massey, C., Chung, W., Stein, M., Richardson, L., & Blais, M. (2016). Evaluating chronic suicide risk with the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): Development and initial validation of the chronic suicide risk index (S_Chron). Psychiatry Research, 245; 443-450.
  53. Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Sinclair, S.J., Chung, W.J., Roche, M., Denckla, C., & Blais, M.A. (2016). Extending the use of the SCORS-G composite ratings in assessing level of personality organization. Journal of Personality Assessment, DOI:10.1080/00223891.2016.1195394
  54. Matlasz, T. M., Brylski, J. M., Leidenfrost, C. M., Scalco, M., Sinclair, S. J., Schoelerman, R. M., Tsang, V., & Antonius, D. (2017). Cognitive Status and Profile Validity on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in Forensic Offenders. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 50; 38-44 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.10.003).
  55. Sinclair, S.J., Ciccone, M., Main, K., Arroyo, G., Kolodziejczak, O., Dulaney, H., Barbosa, D., & Sheets, J. (2017). Fear and loathing in a post-9/11 world. Emotion Researcher: ISRE’s Sourcebook for Research on Emotion and Affect, http://emotionresearcher.com/3162-2/.
  56. Roche, M.J., Sinclair, S.J., Denckla, C., Chung, W., Stein, M., & Blais, M. (2017). The empirically-derived Violence and Aggression Risk Index (VARI) from the Personality Assessment Inventory: Development, Validation, and Application in General Psychiatric Settings. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 81(3): 213-232.
  57. Siefert, C.J., Stein, M.B., Slavin-Mulford, J., Haggerty, G., Funke, D., Sinclair, S.J., & Blais, M. (2017). Exploring the factor structure of the Social Cognition and Object Relations – Global Rating. Journal of Personality Assessment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1336716.
  58. Leidenfrost, C. M., Randal, E., Scalco, M., Martin, P., Sinclair, S. J., Stewart, T., Schoelerman, R., & Antonius, D. (in press). Effectively assessing treatment needs in incarcerated seriously mentally ill individuals: the utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory - Level of Care Index. Journal of Correctional Health Care.
  59. Perkey, H., Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M., Stein, M., Neal, P., Pierson, A., Slavin-Mulford, J. (In Press). External validity of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ) in a clinical sample. Psychiatry Research.
  60. Haggerty, G., Stein, M.B., Siefert, C., Zodan, J., Mehra, A. Ogbuli, K., Sangha, J., Habib, M., Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M.A. (2018). Dimensional measure of self and interpersonal functioning: Comparisons with treatment alliance and readiness for inpatient psychotherapy. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2193.
  61. Kolodziejczak, O., & Sinclair, S.J. (2018). Barriers and facilitators to effective mental health care in correctional settings. Journal of Correctional Healthcare, 24(3): 253-263.
  62. Sgroi, A., & Sinclair, S.J. (2018). Cultural implications for mental health professionals working with deaf individuals. New School Psychology Bulletin, 15(1): 55-69.
  63. Gold, D., Rosowsky, E., Piryatinsky, I., & Sinclair, S.J. (2020). Comparing patient and informant ratings of depressive symptoms in various stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology DOI:10.1037/neu0000630.

BOOKS / TEXTBOOKS FOR THE MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:

  1. Ware, J.E., Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., & Kosinski, M. (2003). Understanding health outcomes: an SF-36® primer for the medicare health outcomes survey. Lincoln, RI: Health Assessment Lab and QualityMetric Incorporated.
  2. LoCicero, A., & Sinclair, S.J. (2008). Creating martyrs: conditions that make dying in a terrorist attack seem like a good idea. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International.
  3. Antonius, D., Brown, A.D., Walters, T., Ramirez, M., & Sinclair, S.J. (Eds.). (2010). Interdisciplinary analyses of terrorism and aggression. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  4. Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (2012). The psychology of terrorism fears. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  5. Jackson, R.J., & Sinclair, S.J. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary debates in terrorism. London: Routledge Publishing.
  6. Sinclair, S.J., & Antonius, D. (Eds.). (2013). The political psychology of terrorism fears. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  7. Blais, M., & Sinclair, S.J. (2018). Spectra: Indices of Psychopathology. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR).

BOOK CHAPTERS, REVIEWS, AND EDITORIALS

  1. LoCicero, A., Brown, A.J., & Sinclair, S.J. (2009). Fear across America in a post-9/11 world.  In M.J. Morgan, (Volume and Series Ed, The Impact of 9/11 on Psychology and Education: The day that changed everything? (pp. 97-113). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
  2. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero, A. (2010). The terrorism catastrophizing scale (TCS): assessing the ongoing psychological impact of terrorism. In L. Baer & M. Blais (Eds.), Handbook of clinical rating scales and assessment in psychiatry and mental health (pp. 271-286). Boston: Humana Press.
  3. Sinclair, S.J. (2010). Fears of terrorism and future threat: theoretical and empirical considerations. In D. Antonius, A.D. Brown, T. Walters, M. Ramirez, S.J. Sinclair. (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Analyses of Terrorism and Aggression (pp. 101-117). Cambridge, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  4. Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M.A., & Sherman, J.C. (2012). Neuropsychological Assessment. In T.A. Stern, J.B. Herman, & T. Gorrindo (Eds.), MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, 3rd edition (pp. 263-268). Boston: MGH Psychiatry Academy.
  5. Sinclair, S.J., O’Keefe, S., & Blais, M.A. (2012). Psychological Assessment. In T.A. Stern, J.B. Herman, & Gorrindo T (Eds.), MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, 3rd edition (pp. 255-261). Boston: MGH Psychiatry Academy.
  6. Blais, M., Sinclair, S.J., & O’Keefe, S. (2016). Understanding and applying psychological assessment. In T.A. Stern, M. Fava, T. Wilens, & J. Rosenbaum (Eds.), Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2nd Edition (pp. 73-81). London: Elsevier.
  7. Sinclair, S.J., Blais, M.B., & Blacker, D. (2017). Psychiatric Rating Scales. In B.J. Kaplan, & V.A. Sadock (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th edition, (pp. 1047-1078). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a division of Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OR REPORTS:

  1. Sinclair, S.J. (2005). The International society for terrorism research. Suffolk University psychology newsletter, spring edition, 1-5.
  2. LoCicero, A., & Sinclair, S.J. (2007). Researching terrorism and terrorists: from Boston to a global perspective. International Affairs: Psychology International, 18, 16-18.
  3. Blais, M.A., & Sinclair, S.J. (2020). Introduction to the Spectra: Indices of Psychopathology: An Assessment Inventory Aligned With the Hierarchical-Dimensional Model of Psychopathology. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR).

CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND REPORTS:

  1. Rogers, W.H., Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., & Ware, J.E. (2003). Testing the stability of the medicare health outcomes survey case-mix methodology across cohorts I and II.  Waltham, MA: Health Assessment Lab.
  2. Rogers, W.H., Gandek, B., & Sinclair, S.J. (2004). Calculating medicare health outcomes survey performance measurement results. Waltham, MA: Health Assessment Lab.
  3. Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J. (2005). How to score the participation measure for post-acute care. Waltham, MA: Health Assessment Lab.
  4. Sinclair, S.J., & LoCicero, A. (2006). The terrorism catastrophizing scale (TCS): Scoring and interpretation manual. Boston, MA.

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