Margaret Baer
Background Information
Margaret Baer is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a second year psychology graduate student, under the mentorship of Dr. Matthew Tull (primary mentor) and Dr. Kim Gratz. She has a B.A. in psychology (2014) from the Catholic University of America (CUA). She is a former member of Dr. David Jobes’ Suicide Prevention Lab (CUA), Dr. Martin Safer’s Applied Emotion and Memory Lab (CUA), Dr. Tara Chaplin’s Youth Emotion Lab (George Mason University), and Dr. Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway’s Suicide Care, Prevention, and Research (CPR) Institute (Uniformed Services University).
Research Interests
Margaret is primarily interested in clarifying the co-occurrence of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (suicide ideation/attempts, NSSI) with addictive behaviors (substance use, problematic smartphone use).
Representative Publications
Baer, M.M., Tull, M.T., Forbes, C.N., Richmond, J.R., & Gratz, K.L. (in press). Methods matter: Nonsuicidal self-injury in the form of cutting is uniquely associated with suicide attempt severity in patients with substance use disorders. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Baer, M.M., LaCroix, J.M., Browne, J., Hassen, H., Perera, K., Weaver, J., Soumoff, A., & Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M. (in press). Lack of emotional awareness is associated with thwarted belongingness and acquired capability for suicide among military pychiatric inpatients. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Baer, M.M., LaCroix, J.M., Browne, J., Hassen, H., Perera, K., Weaver, J., Soumoff, A., & Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M. (2018). Non-suicidal self-injury elevates suicide risk among United States military personnel with lifetime attempted suicide. Archives of Suicide Resarch, 22, 453-464.