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  1. Wisdom at work: Cultivating perspectival metacognition for adaptive leadership.

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, September 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Walter Sowden

  2. Perceptions of Organizational Affect and Holistic Mental Health in United States Army Soldiers During and After Deployment

    Article • Stress and Health, August 2025, Wiley

    Walter Sowden

  3. Self-distancing is positively related to higher scores during U.S. Army (USA) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) advanced leadership training

    Article • Military Psychology, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Walter Sowden

  4. Amplified PTSD Symptoms From Self-Attributed Moral Transgressions are Linked to Internalized Moral Identity During Military Deployment

    Article • Military Medicine, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Walter Sowden

  5. 5.31 Rate of Change of Mental Health Service Utilization by Level of Care From 2017 Through 2021

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, October 2023, Elsevier

    Walter Sowden

  6. Measurement validity of the six-factor model of psychological well-being in a military sample: Implications for measuring well-being in service members.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, July 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Walter Sowden

  7. How moral adaptability relates to communication and friendship with morally dissimilar others

    Article • July 2023, Center for Open Science

    Walter Sowden

  8. How moral adaptability relates to communication and friendship with morally dissimilar others

    Article • Communication Monographs, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Walter Sowden

  9. Can a brief survey identify U.S. Army Soldiers who are behaviorally and genetically resilient to sleep loss?

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, September 2022, Elsevier

    Walter Sowden

  10. A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

    Article • Religion Brain & Behavior, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Pawel Lowicki, Angelo Brandelli Costa, Walter Sowden, Prof. Michelangelo Vianello

  11. Behavioral Health Screening in Military Cystic Fibrosis Centers: A Survey

    Article • Military Medicine, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Walter Sowden

  12. Avoiding harm, benefits of interpersonal listening, and social equilibrium adjustment: An applied psychology approach to side effects of organizational interventions

    Article • Industrial and Organizational Psychology, March 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Walter Sowden

  13. Hitting the mark: The influence of emotional culture on resilient performance.

    Article • Journal of Applied Psychology, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Walter Sowden

  14. Distanced self-talk increases rational self-interest

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Walter Sowden

  15. Association Between Self-Reported Sleep Quality and Musculoskeletal Injury in Male Army Rangers

    Article • Military Medicine, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Walter Sowden

  16. Perceptions of purpose, cohesion, and military leadership: A path analysis of potential primary prevention targets to mitigate suicidal ideation

    Article • Military Psychology, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Walter Sowden

  17. Transitioning from daytime to nighttime operations in military training has a temporary negative impact on dynamic balance and jump performance in U.S. Army Rangers

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, September 2021, Elsevier

    Walter Sowden

  18. Sleep and occupational well-being in active duty special operations soldiers: A replication and expansion

    Article • Sleep Health, August 2021, Elsevier

    Walter Sowden

  19. The Double-Edged Sword of Loyalty

    Article • Current Directions in Psychological Science, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Walter Sowden

  20. The Double-Edged Sword of Loyalty

    Article • March 2021, Center for Open Science

    Walter Sowden

  21. Distinguishing the Effects of Life Threat, Killing Enemy Combatants, and Unjust War Events in U.S. Service Members

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, December 2020, Wiley

    Walter Sowden

  22. Sleep and high-risk behavior in military service members: a mega-analysis of four diverse U.S. Army units

    Article • SLEEP, October 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Walter Sowden

  23. Sleep loss is related to unstable stationary balance in U.S. Army soldiers in an operationally-relevant context

    Article • Sleep Medicine, September 2020, Elsevier

    Walter Sowden

  24. Transitioning From Daytime To Nighttime Operations During Military Training Negatively Impacts Dynamic Balance And Vertical Jump Performance In Elite Male Army Soldiers

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, July 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Walter Sowden

  25. Practice parameters for the use of actigraphy in the military operational context: the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Operational Research Kit-Actigraphy (WORK-A)

    Article • Military Medical Research, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Walter Sowden

  26. Poor Subjective Sleep Quality Is Associated with Poor Occupational Outcomes in Elite Soldiers

    Article • Clocks & Sleep, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Walter Sowden

  27. Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results.

    Article • Psychological Bulletin, May 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Justin Landy, Dr. Adam Hahn, Kai Chi Yam, Andrei Cimpian, Maarten Marsman, Felix Holzmeister, Walter Sowden, Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Stephanie Brown

  28. Punish or Protect? How Close Relationships Shape Responses to Moral Violations

    Article • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Walter Sowden

  29. Virtue and Self-Distancing

    Article • August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Walter Sowden

  30. A Review of Environmental Barriers to Obtaining Adequate Sleep in the Military Operational Context

    Article • Military Medicine, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Walter Sowden

  31. How much do psychology findings vary across cultures and settings?

    Article • Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Richard Klein, Prof. Michelangelo Vianello, Walter Sowden

  32. Data from a pre-publication independent replication initiative examining ten moral judgement effects

    Article • Scientific Data, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Michelangelo Vianello, Walter Sowden, Daniel Molden

  33. The pipeline project: Pre-publication independent replications of a single laboratory's research pipeline

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Michelangelo Vianello, Walter Sowden, Daniel Molden

  34. A force of change: Chris Peterson and the US Army’s Global Assessment Tool

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Walter Sowden