Presentations and Publications

Selected Publications

Our scholarship reflects the AMPP Lab's developmental apprenticeship approach, emphasizing collaboration and shared authorship. Names in bold identify members of the lab who contributed to each project. 

Positive Psychotherapy and Hope

Cole, B. P., Ingram, P., Dye, A., Molloy, S., & Singley, D. B. (2021). Development and validation of the Hope for Parenting Scale. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 10, 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000164

Rasmussen, H. N., England, E., & Cole, B.P.  Hope and Physical Health (2023). Current Issues in Psychology, 49. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101549

Masculinities and Mental Health

Cole, B. P. & Ingram, P. (2020). Where do I turn for help? Gender role conflict, self-stigma, and college men’s help-seeking for depression. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 1-12. doi:10.1037/men0000245

Cole, B. P., Moffitt-Carney, K., Patterson, T., & Willard, R.  (2021). Psychology of Men and Masculinities’ Focus on Positive Aspects of Men’s functioning: A content analysis and call to action. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 22, 39-47. doi: 10.1037/men0000264

Cole, B. P., Brennan, M., Tyler, E., & Willard, R.  (2019). Predicting men’s acceptance of sexual violence myths through conformity to masculine norms, sexism, and “locker room talk.” Psychology of Men and Masculinities. doi: 10.1037/men0000248

Patterson, T.; Fiene, S., & Cole, B. P. (2021). No less of a man: Exploring the impact of empathic writing on male rape myth acceptance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Online first publication.  https:doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035872

Flourishing Fathers

Singley, D. B., Cole, B. P., Hammer, J., Molloy, S., Rowell, A., & Isacco, A. (2018). Development and validation of the Paternal Involvement with Infants Scale. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 19, 167- 183. doi:10.1037/men0000094

Cole, B. P., Singley, D. B., Molloy, S., Ingram, P., Dye, A., & Isacco, A. (2020) Doing it all for my baby: Multidimensional determinants of paternal involvement with infants. Journal of Family Issues. doi: 10.1177/0192513X20926221

Cole, B. P., & Patterson, T. (2022). Positive masculinity and fatherhood. Handbook of Psychology of Fatherhood. Springer.

Cole, B. P. & Molloy, S. Hope and Parenting. (2023). Current Issues in Psychology, 49. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101554

For a complete list of publications 

Visit Dr. Brian P. Cole's Google Scholar profile. 

Selected Lab Presentations

Positive Psychotherapy and Hope

Cole, B. P., England, E., & Primeaux, J. (2025). Hope Through Strengths: A novel and efficacious treatment for men. [Poster presentation]. 2025 American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 

England, E. &  Cole, B. P. (2025). Therapist hope and treatment outcomes. A scoping review. [Poster presentation]. 2025 American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 

Primeaux, J. W., Cole, B. P., Long, H., England, E., Zaeske, L., Bugg, S., & Jones, O. (2024, August). Hope Through Strengths: A positive psychotherapy training clinic. APA 2024, Seattle, WA, United States.  

Cole, B. P. & Ingram, P. B. (2024). Treatment engagement and therapy outcomes: Use of the MMPI-3 in a telehealth training clinic. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment

Masculinities and Mental Health

Zaeske, L. &  Cole, B. P. (2025). Meta-analysis of Conformity to Masculine Norms and mental-health related outcomes: An update. [Poster presentation]. 2025 American Psychological Association Convention,      Denver, CO, United States. 

Primeaux, J. &  Cole, B. P. (2025, August). Online social support, isolation, and mental well-being among men participating in online communities. [Poster presentation]. 2025 American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 

Patterson, T. P., Zaeske, L. M., Swisher, S. L., Cole, B. P. (2024, August). Masculine discrepancy stress, self-compassion, and basic psychological needs in male relationships. APA 2024, Seattle, WA, United States.

Cole, B. P. & Englar-Carlson, M. (2024). How I learned to stop worrying and love positive masculinities: Strength-based approaches for boys and men. Session presented at the eighth Conference on the Psychology of Boys and Men of the American Psychological Association Division 51.

Ohm, J. & Cole, B. P. (August, 2023). Do you even friend, bro? Development and validation of a friendship scale. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

Flourishing Fathers 

Cole, B. P. (August, 2022). Positive psychology and fatherhood. In Cole, B. P. & Molloy, S. (Chairs) This is not your father’s fatherhood: Multidisciplinary exploration of contemporary fatherhood. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

Dye, A. R., Cole, B. P., Swisher, S., Harosh, I., & Patterson, T. P. (August, 2021). Perceptions of paternal perinatal depression. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

Dye, A. & Cole, B. P. (October, 2020). Development of the Hope for Parenting Scale. In Singley, D. (Chair) What’s right with dads? Toward an intersectional strengths-based understanding of paternal perinatal mental health. Symposium presented at the biannual conference of the International Marcé Society.

Doctoral Dissertations

• Sarah Bugg- Disaffiliation from Evangelical Christianity: Effects on Identity, Well-Being, and the Healing Process. 

• Elisabeth England- The Relationship between Therapist and Client Hope and its Impact on Treatment Outcomes

• Alyssa Dye – Lesbian LDS and LDS-Adjacent Mothers: Stories of Coming Out 

• Lauren Zaeske – Adverse Religious/Spiritual Experiences and Psychotherapy: A qualitative study of individual and therapist perspectives

• Cordaris Butler – Perceptions of Compassion and Therapist Characteristics: A qualitative study of Black clients’ experiences in psychotherapy

• Jared Ohm – Do You Even Friend Bro?: Validation of the Men’s Capacity for Friendship Scale (CFS) Among Black and Brown Men

• Sam Swisher – A Thematic Analysis of Men’s Friendships

• Itzik Harosh – Conforming To Misuse: Examination of SUD X Masculinity in Veterans

• Hannah Adams – The Role of Self-Compassion in Men’s Experience of Well-being

• Julia Leonard – A Study in Language: An Experimental Vignette Study on the Effects of the DICE-PM Model of Conceptualization on Therapists’ Perception of Borderline Personality Disorder

• Tristan Patterson – Predicting male survivors’ self-stigma of seeking psychological help for sexual assault

• Matt Kane – “Life is parallel to hell, but [we] must maintain”: Stories of Black men’s resilience and well-being through twin pandemics

• Kelsey Moffitt-Carney – The impact of self-affirmation on men’s self-stigma, attitudes, and intentions toward psychological help-seeking

• Sara Fiene – Exploring mental health provider and consumer attitudes toward telehealth amidst COVID-19

• Maggie Brennan – “I know it’s not my fault, but it’s my fault”: The impact of experiences of sexual victimization on men’s gender role conflict and acceptance of sexual violence myths

• Michael Baglieri – Masculinity and its effect on women’s attitudes toward interracial dating: Implications toward choosing a potential mate

• Scott Ploharz – The use of client strengths in clinical work as a buffer to burnout among clinicians

• Aishah Parham – An exploration of social media’s impact on decisional conflict coping patterns moderated by well-being

• Troy Fox – Differences between the relationship of academic distress and eating and alcohol concerns in non-military versus military students and the mediating and moderating role of social support

• Aaron Van Gorp – Is career adaptability only for the privileged? Examining career barriers and occupational engagement as predictors of career adaptability

• Amanda Lappin – The role of stigma and identity in help-seeking attitudes and intentions of LGB People