Publications

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Buchanan, K.L., *Flowers, K., *Salami, T., & Walker. R.L. (in press). Racial and ethnic differences in college student suicidality. In D. Lamis * D. Lester (Eds.). Understanding and Preventing College Student Suicide. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers.

 Walker, R.L. & *Flowers, K. C. (2011). Effects of race and precipitating event on suicide versus non-suicide death classification in a college sample. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 41, 12-20.

 Rockett, I.R, Wang, S., Stack, S., De Leo, D., Frost, J.L., Ducatman, A.M., Walker, R.L., & Kapusta, N.D. (2010). Race/Ethnicity and Potential Suicide Misclassification: Window on a Minority Suicide Paradox? BMC Psychiatry, 10, 35-43.

 Rockett, I.R, Hobbs, G., De Leo, D., Stack, S., Frost, J.L., Ducatman, A.M., Kapusta, N.D., & Walker, R.L. (2010). Suicide and unintentional poisoning mortality trends in the United States, 1987-2006: Two unrelated phenomena? BMC Psychiatry, 10, 705-21.

 Walker, R.L., Alabi, D., Roberts, J., & Obasi, E. (2010). Ethnic group differences in reasons for living and the moderating role of cultural worldview. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(3), 372-378.

 Watkins, D.C., Walker, R.L., & Griffith, D.M. (2010). A meta-study of qualitative research on Black men’s mental health and well-being. Journal of Black Psychology, 36, 303-330.

 Walker, R.L., Ashby, J., Hoskins, O., & Greene, F. (2009). Peer-support suicide prevention in a non-metropolitan U.S. community. Adolescence, 44(174), 335-346.

  Gençöz, F., Vatan, S., Walker, R.L., & Lester, D. (2008). Helplessness, hopelessness, and haplessness as predictors of suicidal ideation: A cross-cultural study. Omega Journal of Death and Dying, 57(3), 315-318.

Walker, R.L., & Hunter, L.R. (2008). From anxiety and depression to suicide and self-harm. In H. Neville, B.M. Tynes, & S. O. Utsey, (Eds.), Handbook of African American Psychology. New York: Sage Publications. 

Walker, R.L., Townley, G., & Asiamah, D. (2008). Suicide prevention in U.S. ethnic minority populations. In F. Leong & M. Leach (Eds.). Suicide among racial and ethnic groups: Theory, research, and practice. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

  Walker, R.L., Wingate, L., Obasi, E.M., & Joiner, T. E. (2008). An empirical investigation of acculturative stress and ethnic identity as moderators for depression and suicidal ideation in African American and European American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14, 75-82.

  Gençöz, F., Vatan, S., Walker, R.L., & Lester, D. (2007). Hopelessness and suiciality in Turkish and American respondents. Omega Journal of Death and Dying, 55, 311-319.

  Lester, D., & Walker, R.L. (2007). Hopelessness, helplessness, and haplessness as predictors of suicidal ideation. Omega Journal of Death and Dying, 55, 325-328.

  Walker, R. L. (2007). Acculturation and acculturative stress as indicators of suicide risk for African Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 386-391.

  Lester, D., & Walker, R. L. (2006).  The stigma for attempted suicide and the loss to suicide prevention efforts. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 27 (3), 147-148.

  Paukert, A.L., Pettit, J.W., Perez, M., & Walker, R.L. (2006). Cognitive and affective components of acculturative stress in ethnic minority undergraduates. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 140(5), 405-419.

  Walker, R.L., Lester, D., & Joe, S. (2006). Lay theories of suicide: An examination of culturally-relevant suicide beliefs and attributions. Journal of Black Psychology, 32, 320-334.

Wingate, L. R., Burns, A., Gordon, K., Perez, M., Walker, R. L., Williams, F. & Joiner, T. (2006).  Is positive psychology relevant to the understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior? In T.E. Ellis (Ed.).  Cognition and Suicide:  Theory, Research, and Practice.  Washington, D.C:  American Psychological Association. 

  Joiner, Jr., T. E., Walker, R. L., Pettit, J. W., Perez, M., Cukrowicz, K. C. (2005).  Evidence-based assessment of depression in adults. Psychological Assessment, 17, 267-277.

Utsey, S. O., Walker, R. L., & Kwate, N. O.  (2005). Conducting quantitative research in a cultural context:  Practical applications to conducting research with ethnic minorities.  In M. G. Constantine & D. W. Sue, (Eds.), Strategies for building multicultural competence in mental health and educational settings. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

  Walker, R. L., & Bishop, S. (2005).  Examining a model of the relation between religiosity and suicidal ideation in a sample of African American and White college students. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35, 630-639.

  Walker, R. L., Utsey, S.O., Bolden, M.A., & Williams, III, O. (2005).  Do sociocultural factors predict suicidality among persons of African descent living in the U.S.? Archives of Suicide Research, 9, 203-217. 

Utsey, S. O., Walker, R. L., Dessources, N., & Bartalemeo, M.  (2004). The African American bicultural experience:  A psychohistorical analysis of the double consciousness dilemma. In R.T. Carter, Ed., Handbook of Racial-Cultural Counseling and Psychology. Wiley & Son:  New York.

  Wingate, L. R., Joiner, T. E., Walker, R. L., Rudd, M. D., & Jobes, D. A. (2004). Empirically informed approaches to topics in suicide risk assessment. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 651-665.

  Voelz, Z. R., Walker, R. L., Pettit, J. W., Joiner, Jr., T. E., & Wagner, K. D. (2003).  Depressogenic attributional style: Evidence of trait-like nature in youth psychiatric inpatients.  Personality & Individual Differences, 34, 1129-1140.

Joiner, Jr., T. E., Perez, M., Walker, R. L. (2002). Playing devil’s advocate: Why not conclude that the relation of religiosity to mental health reduces to mundane mediators? Psychological Inquiry, 13, 214-216.

Joiner, Jr., T. E., Pettit, J. W., Walker, R. L., Voelz, Z. R., Cruz, J., Rudd, M. D., Lester, D. (2002).  Perceived burdensomeness and suicidality:  Two studies on the suicide notes of those attempting and those completing suicide.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 531-545.

Joiner, Jr., T. E., & Walker, R. L. (2002). General and factorial construct validity of a measure of acculturative stress in African-Americans and Anglo-Americans.  Psychological Assessment, 14, 462-466.

  Pettit, J. W., Lam, A. G., Voelz, Z. R., Walker, R. L., Perez, M., Joiner, Jr., T. E., Lester, D., & He, Z. X. (2002). Perceived burdensomeness and lethality of suicide method among suicide completers in the People's Republic of China.  Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 45, 57-67.

  Walker, R. L., Joiner, Jr., T. E., & Rudd, M. D. (2001).  The course of post-crisis suicidal symptoms:  How and for whom is suicide “cathartic”?  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 13, 144-125.

Joiner, Jr., T. E, Walker, R. L., Rudd, M. D., & Jobes, D. A. (1999).  Scientizing and routinizing the assessment of suicidality in outpatient practice.  Professional Psychology:  Research and Practice, 30, 447-453.