Vanessa Volpe

Assessing Measurement Invariance in Allostatic Load between Black and White Adolescents

Collins, A. N., Holochwost, S. J., Graham, M. G., Lin, J. L., & Volpe, V. V. (2026, February 9). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Vol. 2.

Online racism, online mental health engagement, depression, and suicide risk among Asian American and Pacific Islander and Black American emerging adults

Keum, B. T. H., Wang, F., Ofei, L. M., Wong, M. J., Oh, H., & Volpe, V. V. (2026, February 26). Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 2.

Through the Lens of the Target: The Role of Stress Appraisal in the Link Between Online Racism and Negative Mental Health

Keum, B. T. H., Volpe, V. V., & Oh, H. Y. (2026, February 23). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 2.

Everyday discrimination frequency, intersectional attributions, and C-reactive Protein for Black midlife women who experience discrimination

Volpe, V. V., Mejía-Bradford, S. C., & Collins, A. N. (2025, November 4). Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Feeling Blue and Trying Not to Lose Heart: Associations Between Mental Health and Cardiovascular Health Groups for Black Young Adult Women

Volpe, V. V., & Collins, A. N. (2025, September 25). Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, Vol. 9.

How healthy is she? Perceptions of the physical healthiness of Black women by skin tone and perceiver race.

Volpe, V. V., Holland, M. C., Badejoh, O. O., Hoggard, L. S., Skinner, O. D., Holochwost, S. J., & Hatton, V. L. (2025, January 16). Stigma and Health, Vol. 1.

Online Racism, Digital Mental Health Tools, and Online Mental Health Communication Among Black Young Adults With and Without Depression or Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Quantitative Study

Holland, M. C., Walker, K. A., Badejoh, O. O., Volpe, V. V., Keum, B. T. H., Huh, J., & Oh, H. (2025, December 10). JMIR Formative Research, Vol. 12.

Online health information searching and health advertisement exposure among Black young adult social media users

Volpe, V. V., Ross, J. M., Holland, M. C., Badejoh, O. O., & Buhrman, G. W. (2025, October 5). Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 10.

Screenshots to Document Online Racism

Oh, H., Sweeney, C., Ofei, L., Zhou, E., Guzman, E., Bai, S., … Keum, B. T. H. (2025, August 1). International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 24.

Shrunken and Recolored: Young Black American Women's Double Consciousness Body Image, Online Victimization, and Photo Editing

Matsuzaka, S., Volpe, V. V., Avery, L. R., & Stanton, A. G. (2025, July 9). Psychology of Women Quarterly, Vol. 7.

The role of racial discrimination in medical care: A secondary analysis of the effect of culturally tailored, internet‐delivered CBT for insomnia in Black women

Daniel, K. E., Volpe, V. V., Bethea, T. N., Rosenberg, L., Ritterband, L. M., & Zhou, E. S. (2025, May 30). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 5.

Allostatic Load in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood: Are Assumptions of Measurement Invariance Warranted?

Holochwost, S. J., Volpe, V. V., Collins, A. N., Propper, C. B., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Brown, E. D., & Jaffee, S. R. (2024, February 19). Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 86, pp. 169–180.

Black Young Adult Superwomen in the Face of Gendered Racial Microaggressions: Contextualizing Challenges With Acceptance and Avoidance and Emotional Eating

Volpe, V. V., Collins, A. N., Ross, J. M., Ellis, K. R., Lewis, J. A., Ladd, B. A., & Fitzpatrick, S. L. (2024, March 28). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 3, pp. 305–313.

Campus racial climate and impostor phenomenon among Black college students: The mediating roles of social anxiety and self-esteem.

Bernard, D. L., Stone-Sabali, S., Volpe, V. V., Matthews, I. J., & Smith, L. V. (2024, June 6). Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 6.

Intersections of Structural State-Level Racism and Neighborhood Deprivation on Nutrition and Obesity for Black Adolescents

Volpe, V. V., Skinner, O. D., Toro, J. D., Collins, A. N., & Mejía-Bradford, S. C. (2024, December 30). Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 76, pp. 429–434.

Necessary, burdensome, or threatening? Awareness of Black–White disparities in health care access and self-rated health for Black and White Americans.

Volpe, V. V., Tobin, C. S. T., Bernard, D. L., Muhigaba, P. B., & Ross, J. M. (2024, January 1). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 3.

Online and offline gendered racial microaggressions and sleep quality for Black women.

Volpe, V. V., Collins, A., Zhou, E. S., Bernard, D. L., & Smith, N. A. (2024, September 23). Health Psychology, Vol. 9.

Prior exposure to racial discrimination and patterns of acute parasympathetic nervous system responses to a race‐related stress task among Black adults

Volpe, V. V., Kendall, E. B., Collins, A. N., Graham, M. G., Williams, J. P., & Holochwost, S. J. (2024, October 25). Psychophysiology, Vol. 10.

Young Black American Women’s Social Media Use and Online Victimization

Onuoha, A. C., Matsuzaka, S., Stanton, A. G., Volpe, V. V., & Avery, L. R. (2024, July 1). Social Media + Society, Vol. 10.

“Actually, I don't do different”: Black parents’ perceptions of gender socialization of sons versus daughters.

Skinner, O. D., Duckett, J., Smith, N. A., Volpe, V. V., & McHale, S. M. (2024, June 17). Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 6.

“White” as a racial category: perceptions of mistreatment, and health

Oh, H., & Volpe, V. (2024, July 15). American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 11.

Examining Exposure to Messaging, Content, and Hate Speech from Partisan News Social Media Posts on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Nguyen, T., Yu, W., Merchant, J., Criss, S., Kennedy, C., Mane, H., … Nguyen, Q. (2023, February 12). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 20.

Finding the bright side: Positive online racial experiences, racial identity, and activism for Black young adults

Volpe, V. V., Benson, G. P., Ross, J. M., Briggs, A. S., Mejía-Bradford, S. C., Alexander, A. R., & Hope, E. C. (2023, March 14). Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 144.

Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Emotional Eating for Black Young Adult Women: The Mediating Roles of Superwoman Schema and Self-Compassion

Volpe, V. V., Ross, J. M., Collins, A., Spivey, B. N., Watson-Singleton, N. N., Goode, R. W., … Giscombé, C. L. W. (2023, July 6). Psychology of Women Quarterly, Vol. 7, pp. 93–107.

Intersections of Racial/Ethnic and Religious Identities on Bodily Well-Being for Black College-Attending Emerging Adults

Ross, J. M., Hope, M. O., & Volpe, V. V. (2023, June 15). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Vol. 6, pp. 1808–1818.

Race Correction and Algorithmic Bias in Atrial Fibrillation Wearable Technologies

Merid, B., & Volpe, V. (2023, November 1). Health Equity, Vol. 7, pp. 817–824.

Resisting and countering online racial hate: Antiracism advocacy and coping online with racism as moderators of distress associated with online racism.

Keum, B. T. H., & Volpe, V. (2023, May 25). Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 5, pp. 498–509.

To social distance or to not social distance? COVID-19 social impact and safety profiles, social determinants, and mental health of Black adults.

Volpe, V. V., & Smith, N. A. (2023, December 7). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 12.

Tweet Stimuli Set for Content about Black People (TSS-CBP): Development and testing of stimuli to assess the impacts of online race-related content

Volpe, V. V., Benson, G. P., & Keum, B. T. H. (2023, March 9). Current Psychology, Vol. 43, pp. 2196–2213.

“Speak[ing] My Mind”

Volpe, V. V., Buhrman, G. W., Boaheng, P., Holliday, D., Nick, E. A., & Criss, S. (2023, September 1). “Speak[ing] My Mind.” Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications, Vol. 35, pp. 268–279.

Erratum In: State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014–2019

Rapp, K. S., Volpe, V. V., & Neukrug, H. (2022, January 26). American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 112, p. e4.

Affect reactivity and lifetime racial discrimination among Black college students: The role of coping.

Neukrug, H., Benson, G. P., Buhrman, G., & Volpe, V. V. (2022, January 1). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 5, pp. 516–528.

Anti-racism activism among Black adolescents and emerging adults: Understanding the roles of racism and anticipatory racism-related stress

Hope, E. C., Volpe, V. V., Briggs, A. S., & Benson, G. P. (2022, February 25). Child Development, Vol. 2.

Centering the Heterogeneity of Black Adolescents' Experiences: Guidance for Within‐Group Designs among African Diasporic Communities

Volpe, V. V., Smith, N. A., Skinner, O. D., Lozada, F. T., Hope, E. C., & Toro, J. D. (2022, March 25). Journal of Research on Adolescence, Vol. 3, pp. 1298–1311.

Ethnic identity in Arab Americans: gender, religious upbringing, and age differences

Rahal, D., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Volpe, V. V. (2022, July 4). Social Identities, Vol. 8, pp. 544–569.

How We Get Free: Graduate Training as an Opportunity for Equitable Participation and Liberation

Volpe, V. V., Hope, E. C., Mosley, D. V., Javidi, H., Sosoo, E. E., & Benson, G. P. (2022, August 29). Perspectives on Psychological Science, Vol. 8, pp. 428–444.

Not Just Time on Social Media: Experiences of Online Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Worse Sleep Quality for Black, Latinx, Asian, and Multi-racial Young Adults

Volpe, V. V., Benson, G. P., Czoty, L., & Daniel, C. (2022, September 20). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Vol. 9, pp. 2312–2319.

Policy Brief

Rapp, K. S., Volpe, V. V., Hale, T. L., & Quartararo, D. F. (2022, March 1). Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 63, p. 1.

Psychotic experiences among Black college students in the United States: The role of socioeconomic factors and discrimination

Oh, H., Susser, E., Volpe, V. V., Lui, F., Besecker, M., Zhou, S., & Anglin, D. M. (2022, September 9). Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 248, pp. 198–205.

Too Manly and Too Straight? Perceived Sexual Orientation of Black and White Men and Women

Benson, G. P., & Volpe, V. V. (2022, May 23). Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 5, pp. 2490–2513.

“Now I just need something sweet”: Racism, emotional eating, and health among African Americans

Social Science & Medicine, 316, 114947.

Anti-Black Structural Racism Goes Online: A Conceptual Model for Racial Health Disparities Research

Ethnicity & Disease, 31(Suppl), 311–318.

Aspects of campus climate and mental health threats: The role of hypervigilance

Timmerman, J. R., & Volpe, V. (2021, April 8). Journal of American College Health, Vol. 71, pp. 695–704.

Black adolescents’ anticipatory stress responses to multilevel racism: The role of racial identity.

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91(4), 487–498.

Black–white racial disparities in COVID-19: Awareness and framing of decision-making rationales.

Stigma and Health, 6(3), 263–271.

State- and Provider-Level Racism and Health Care in the U.S.

Volpe, V. V., Schorpp, K. M., Cacace, S. C., Benson, G. P., & Banos, N. C. (2021, June 24). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 9, pp. 338–347.

State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014–2019

Rapp, K. S., Volpe, V. V., & Neukrug, H. (2021, September 2). American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 111, pp. 1796–1805.

State–Level Sexism and Gender Disparities in Health Care Access and Quality in the United States

Rapp, K. S., Volpe, V. V., Hale, T. L., & Quartararo, D. F. (2021, November 18). Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 63, pp. 2–18.

“Easier said than done”: A qualitative investigation of Black emerging adults coping with multilevel racism.

Volpe, V. V., Katsiaficas, D., & Neal, A. J. (2021, February 11). Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol. 27, pp. 495–504.

“Enriching the Africana soul”: Black college students’ lived experiences with affinity housing at a predominately White institution.

Volpe, V. V., & Jones, B. M. (2021, June 17). Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 16, pp. 157–169.

A mixed methods investigation of Black college-attending emerging adults’ experiences with multilevel racism.

Volpe, V. V., Katsiaficas, D., Benson, G. P., & Rivera, S. N. Z. (2020, January 1). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 90, pp. 687–702.

Gender discrimination and women’s HPA activation to psychosocial stress during the postnatal period

Volpe, V. V., Dawson, D. N., & Laurent, H. K. (2020, September 2). Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 27, pp. 352–362.

Impostor Phenomenon and Psychological Well-Being: The Moderating Roles of John Henryism and School Racial Composition Among Black College Students

Bernard, D. L., Jones, S. C. T., & Volpe, V. V. (2020, March 1). Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 46, pp. 195–227.

Liberatory Media Literacy as Protective Against Posttraumatic Stress for Emerging Adults of Color

Volpe, V. V., Willis, H. A., Joseph, P., & Tynes, B. M. (2020, December 19). Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 34, pp. 1045–1055.

Longitudinal relations between skin tone and self-esteem in African American girls.

Adams, E. A., Kurtz-Costes, B., Hoffman, A. J., Volpe, V. V., & Rowley, S. J. (2020, October 15). Developmental Psychology, Vol. 56, pp. 2322–2330.

Cognitive flexibility and the health of Black college-attending young adults experiencing interpersonal racial discrimination

Volpe, V. V., Beacham, A., & Olafunmiloye, O. (2019, August 16). Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 26, pp. 1132–1142.

Early growth in expressive communication and behavior problems: Differential relations by ethnicity

Volpe, V. V., Holochwost, S. J., Cole, V. T., & Propper, C. (2019, January 1). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Vol. 47, pp. 89–98.

Synergistic Effects of Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Gender Discrimination on Postnatal Mental Health Trajectories

Dawson, D. N., Volpe, V. V., & Laurent, H. K. (2019, May 5). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 36, pp. NP8907–NP8932.

The role of emotional eating in the links between racial discrimination and physical and mental health

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(6), 1091–1103.

Is Hard Work and High Effort Always Healthy for Black College Students?: John Henryism in the Face of Racial Discrimination

Volpe, V. V., Rahal, D., Holmes, M., & Rivera, S. Z. (2018, October 9). Emerging Adulthood, Vol. 8, pp. 245–252.

Maternal warmth, intrusiveness, and executive functions in early childhood: tracing developmental processes among African American children

Holochwost, S. J., Volpe, V. V., Iruka, I. U., & Mills-Koonce, W. R. (2018, April 13). Early Child Development and Care, Vol. 190, pp. 210–218.

Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses Among Black Young Adults: The Role of Racial Identity

Journal of Adolescent Health, 64(2), 179–185.

Sociodemographic risk, parenting, and inhibitory control in early childhood: the role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Holochwost, S. J., Volpe, V. V., Gueron‐Sela, N., Propper, C. B., & Mills‐Koonce, W. R. (2018, March 13). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 59, pp. 973–981.

Music education, academic achievement, and executive functions.

Holochwost, S. J., Propper, C. B., Wolf, D. P., Willoughby, M. T., Fisher, K. R., Kolacz, J., … Jaffee, S. R. (2017, May 1). Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, Vol. 11, pp. 147–166.

The Role of Campus Support, Undocumented Identity, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Civic Engagement for Latinx Undocumented Undergraduates

Katsiaficas, D., Volpe, V., Raza, S. S., & Garcia, Y. (2017, August 30). Child Development, Vol. 90, pp. 790–807.

Developmental timing of suicide attempts and cardiovascular risk during young adulthood.

Shanahan, L., Schorpp, K. M., Volpe, V. V., Linthicum, K., & Freeman, J. A. (2016, June 6). Health Psychology, Vol. 35, pp. 1135–1143.

Sex Differences in Associations Between Subjective Social Status and C-Reactive Protein in Young Adults

Freeman, J. A., Bauldry, S., Volpe, V. V., Shanahan, M. J., & Shanahan, L. (2016, February 24). Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 78, pp. 542–551.

Sociodemographic risk, parenting, and executive functions in early childhood: The role of ethnicity

Holochwost, S. J., Gariépy, J.-L., Propper, C. B., Gardner-Neblett, N., Volpe, V., Neblett, E., & Mills-Koonce, W. R. (2016, January 1). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Vol. 36, pp. 537–549.

A Moderated Mediation Model: Racial Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Racial Identity Among Black Adolescents

Seaton, E. K., Upton, R., Gilbert, A., & Volpe, V. (2013, May 13). Child Development, Vol. 85, pp. 882–890.