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Kelly L. Harper, PhD

Instructor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Psychiatry

PhD, University of North Carolina
MA, University of North Carolina
BA, Ithaca College

Pronouns: she/they

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ORCID : 0000-0001-5851-4889

Dr. Kelly Harper's graduate work at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro focused on perfectionism as a transdiagnostic risk process for psychopathology. She completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Her research as a postdoctoral fellow and now as an investigator at the National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Sciences Division, examines trauma and PTSD, mental health care utilization and effectiveness, and LGBTQ+ health. Dr. Harper is also a staff psychologist at VA Boston Healthcare System.

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Chang CJ, Fischer IC, Harper KL, Livingston NA, Depp CA, Norman SB, Pietrzak RH. Sexual orientation moderates the association between health care utilization-related factors and mental health service nonutilization among United States military veterans. Psychol Serv. 2024 Sep 30.View Related Profiles.

Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 39347751

Salim SR, Harper KL, Livingston NA, Feinstein BA, Messman TL. Bisexual minority stress as a risk factor for sexual violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among bisexual+ women: A multilevel analysis. J Trauma Stress. 2024 Sep 18.View Related Profiles.

Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 39290082

Harper KL, Blosnich JR, Livingston N, Vogt D, Bernhard PA, Hoffmire CA, Maguen S, Schneiderman A. Trauma exposure, mental health, and mental health treatment among LGBTQ+ veterans and nonveterans. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Jun 24.View Related Profiles.

Vogt, Dawne
Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 38913715

Chang CJ, Livingston NA, Rashkovsky KT, Harper KL, Kuehn KS, Khalifian C, Harned MS, Tucker RP, Depp CA. A Scoping Review of Suicide Prevention Interventions for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals. LGBT Health. 2024 May 09.View Related Profiles.

Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 38722250

Harper KL, Lee DJ, Moshier S, Zweig I, Keane TM, Marx BP. Is adequate dose adequate? An examination of the impact of psychotherapy on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms utilizing Veterans Health Administration medical records. Psychol Serv. 2024 Jan 25.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Harper, Kelly
Keane, Terence

PMID: 38271024

Salomaa AC, Berke D, Harper K, Valentine SE, Sloan CA, Hinds Z, Gyuro L, Herbitter C, Bryant WT, Shipherd JC, Livingston NA. A patient-centered model of mental health care for trauma and minority stress in transgender and gender diverse people: A bottom-up network analysis. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2024; 2024.View Related Profiles.

Herbitter, Cara
Sloan, Colleen
Shipherd, Jillian
Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas
Valentine, Sarah

PMID: 38765785; PMCID: PMC11100088; DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000705;

Harper KL, Vogt D, Fox A, Nillni YI, Galovski T. "The role of PTSD symptom severity and relationship functioning in male and female veterans' mental health service use": Correction. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):696.View Related Profiles.

Vogt, Dawne
Harper, Kelly
Galovski, Tara
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 36342430; DOI: 10.1037/tra0001405;

Salomaa AC, Livingston NA, Bryant WT, Herbitter C, Harper K, Sloan CA, Hinds Z, Gyuro L, Valentine SE, Shipherd JC. A bottom-up approach to developing a unified trauma-minority stress model for transgender and gender diverse people. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):618-627.View Related Profiles.

Herbitter, Cara
Sloan, Colleen
Shipherd, Jillian
Harper, Kelly
Livingston, Nicholas
Valentine, Sarah

PMID: 36201832

Harper KL, Vogt D, Fox A, Nillni YI, Galovski T. The role of PTSD symptom severity and relationship functioning in male and female veterans' mental health service use. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):690-696.View Related Profiles.

Vogt, Dawne
Harper, Kelly
Galovski, Tara
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 36174158

Moshier SJ, Harper K, Keane TM, Marx BP. Using electronic medical record diagnostic codes to identify veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Oct; 35(5):1445-1459.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Harper, Kelly
Keane, Terence

PMID: 35514012

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Crowe ML, Harper KL, Moshier SJ, Keane TM, Marx BP. Longitudinal PTSD network structure: measuring PTSD symptom networks over 5 years. Psychol Med. 2023 Jun; 53(8):3525-3532.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Harper, Kelly
Crowe, Michael
Keane, Terence

PMID: 35343407

Harper KL, Thompson-Hollands J, Keane TM, Marx BP. Family-Involved Mental Health Care Among OEF/OIF Veterans With and Without PTSD Using VHA Administrative Records. Behav Ther. 2022 Sep; 53(5):819-827.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Thompson-Hollands, Johanna
Harper, Kelly
Keane, Terence

PMID: 35987541

Harper KL, Moshier S, Ellickson-Larew S, Andersen MS, Wisco BE, Mahoney CT, Keane TM, Marx BP. A prospective examination of health care costs associated with posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic status and symptom severity among veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Apr; 35(2):671-681.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Mahoney, Colin
Harper, Kelly
Keane, Terence

PMID: 35030271

Silvia PJ, Eddington KM, Harper KL, Kwapil TR. Self-reflection, insight, and mood disorder symptoms: Evaluating the short form of the Self-Reflection and Insight Scale with clinical interviews and self-reports. Current Psychology. 2022; 1-7.

Harper KL, Ellickson-Larew S, Bovin MJ, Keane TM, Marx BP. Discrepancies between electronic records and clinical interview diagnosis of PTSD: Differences in mental health care utilization. Psychol Serv. 2022 Aug; 19(3):463-470.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Harper, Kelly
Bovin, Michelle
Keane, Terence

PMID: 34081524; DOI: 10.1037/ser0000560;

Harper KL, Thompson-Hollands J, Keane TM, Marx BP. Mental health treatment utilization and relationship functioning among male and female OEF/OIF veterans. Psychol Serv. 2022 Aug; 19(3):597-603.View Related Profiles.

Marx, Brian
Thompson-Hollands, Johanna
Harper, Kelly
Keane, Terence

PMID: 34081522

Silvia PJ, Eddington KM, Maloney KH, Lunsford JM, Harper KL, Kwapil TR. Self-Report Measures of Anhedonia and Approach Motivation Weakly Correspond to Anhedonia and Depression Assessed via Clinical Interviews. Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Sep; 179. PMID: 33994609; PMCID: PMC8115217; DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110963;

Silvia PJ, McHone AN, Mironovová Z, Eddington KM, Harper KL, Sperry SH, Kwapil TR. RZ Interval as an Impedance Cardiography Indicator of Effort-Related Cardiac Sympathetic Activity. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2021 03; 46(1):83-90. PMID: 33170410; PMCID: PMC7880868; DOI: 10.1007/s10484-020-09493-w;

Silvia PJ, Eddington KM, Harper KL, Burgin CJ, Kwapil TR. Reward-Seeking Deficits in Major Depression: Unpacking Appetitive Task Performance with Ex-Gaussian Response Time Variability Analysis. Motiv Sci. 2020 Jun; 7(2):219-224. PMID: 34504900; PMCID: PMC8425250; DOI: 10.1037/mot0000208;

Harper KL, Stanley MA, Exline JJ, Pargament KI, Fletcher TL, Teng EJ. The impact of social support and morally injurious events on PTSD symptoms in Veterans. Mil Psychol. 2020; 32(4):352-362. PMID: 38536328; PMCID: PMC10013442; DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1760684;

Neilson EC, Singh RS, Harper KL, Teng EJ. Traditional masculinity ideology, PTSD symptom severity, and treatment in service members and veterans: A systematic review. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. 2020; 21:578-592.
Harper KL, Eddington KM, Silvia PJ. Perfectionism and loneliness: The role of expectations and social hopeless in daily life. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 2020; 39:117-139.
Harper KL, Stanley MA, Exline JJ, Pargament KI, Fletcher TL, Teng EJ. The impact of social support and morally injurious events on PTSD symptoms in veterans. Military Psychology. 2020; 32:352-362.
Harper KL, Eddington KM, Silvia PJ. Perfectionism and causal attributions: An experience sampling approach. Journal of Research in Personality. 2020; 87:1-28.
Silvia PJ†, Eddington KM, Harper KL, Burgin CJ, Kwapil TR. Depressive anhedonia and creative self-concepts, behaviors, and achievements. Journal of Creative Behavior. 2020; 55:554-563.

Biggs BK, Tsai Owens M, Geske J, Lebow JR, Kumar S, Harper K, Grothe KB, Cunningham ML, Jensen TB, Clark MM. Development and initial validation of the Support for Healthy Lifestyle (SHeL) questionnaire for adolescents. Eat Behav. 2019 08; 34:101310. PMID: 31374335; PMCID: PMC6708506; DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2019.101310;

Silvia PJ, Eddington KM, Harper KL, Burgin CJ, Kwapil TR. Appetitive Motivation in Depressive Anhedonia: Effects of Piece-Rate Cash Rewards on Cardiac and Behavioral Outcomes. Motiv Sci. 2020 Sep; 6(3):259-265. PMID: 33778105; PMCID: PMC7989634; DOI: 10.1037/mot0000151;

Harper KL, Eddington KM, Lunsford JL, Hoet A. Perfectionism and the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in daily life. Journal of Individual Differences. 2019; 41:117-123.

Harper KL, Silvia PJ, Eddington KM, Sperry SH, Kwapil TR. Conscientiousness and Effort-Related Cardiac Activity in Response to Piece-Rate Cash Incentives. Motiv Emot. 2018 Jun; 42(3):377-385. PMID: 30220751; PMCID: PMC6135537; DOI: 10.1007/s11031-018-9668-4;

Lucien F, Pelletier PP, Lavoie RR, Lacroix JM, Roy S, Parent JL, Arsenault D, Harper K, Dubois CM. Hypoxia-induced mobilization of NHE6 to the plasma membrane triggers endosome hyperacidification and chemoresistance. Nat Commun. 2017 06 21; 8:15884. PMID: 28635961

Kuipers M, Richter M, Scheepers D, Immink MA, Sjak-Shie E, van Steenbergen H. How effortful is cognitive control? Insights from a novel method measuring single-trial evoked beta-adrenergic cardiac reactivity. Int J Psychophysiol. 2017 Sep; 119:87-92. PMID: 27737782; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.10.007;

Harper KL, Eddington KM, Silvia PJ. Perfectionism and Effort-Related Cardiac Activity: Do Perfectionists Try Harder? PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0160340. PMID: 27483467

Silvia PJ, Mironovová Z, McHone AN, Sperry SH, Harper KL, Kwapil TR, Eddington KM. Do depressive symptoms "blunt" effort? An analysis of cardiac engagement and withdrawal for an increasingly difficult task. Biol Psychol. 2016 07; 118:52-60. PMID: 27174723

Frye MA, McElroy SL, Prieto ML, Harper KL, Walker DL, Kung S, Chauhan M, Crow S, Sutor B, Galardy CW, Veldic M, Palmer BA, Geske JR, Fuentes M, Cuellar-Barboza AB, Seymour LR, Mori N, Biernacka JM. Clinical risk factors and serotonin transporter gene variants associated with antidepressant-induced mania. J Clin Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 76(2):174-80. PMID: 25611077

Biggs BK, Lebow J, Smith CM, Harper KL, Patten CA, Sim LA, Kumar S. Adolescents' preferences for social support for healthful eating and physical activity. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2014 Oct; 35(8):494-509. PMID: 25229275

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 35 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020 and 2022

Bar chart showing 35 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020 and 2022

Year	Publications
2014	1
2015	1
2016	3
2017	1
2018	1
2019	3
2020	8
2021	3
2022	8
2024	6

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The Pitfalls of Perfectionism

UNC Greensboro Research Magazine 10/1/2017

2017 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC: Dr. Lugo Impact Award

2016 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC: Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award

2016 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC: Elizabeth Duffy Graduate Scholarship for Women in Psychology

2014 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC: Highsmith, Barkley, and Teague Award

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