Books:

• Carr, D., Nesse, R., & Wortman, C. B. (2006). Late life widowhood in the United States. New York: Springer.

Journal Articles:

• Boerner, K., Wortman, C. B., Bonanno, G. (2005). Resilient or at risk? A four-year study of older adults who initially showed high or low distress following conjugal loss. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 60B(2), P67-P73.
• Bonanno, G. A., Wortman, C. B., Lehman, D., Tweed, R., Sonnega, J., Carr, D., & Nesse, R. (2002). Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1150-1164.
• Carnelley, K. B., Wortman, C. B., Bolger, N., & Burke, C. T. (2006). The time course of grief reactions to spousal loss: Evidence from a national probability sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 476-492.
• Downey, G., Silver, R. C., & Wortman, C. B. (1990). Reconsidering the attribution-adjustment relation following a major negative event: Coping with the loss of a child. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 925-940.
• Lehman, D. R., Wortman, C. B., & Williams, A. F. (1987). Long-term effects of losing a spouse or child in a motor vehicle crash. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 218-231. Excerpted in Maddvocate (1990), 3, 13.
• Lepore, S. J., Silver, R. C., Wortman, C. B., & Wayment, H. A. (1996). Social constraints, intrusive thoughts, and depressive symptoms among bereaved mothers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(2), 271-282.
• McIntosh, D., Silver, R., & Wortman, C. B. (1993). Religion's role in adjustment to a negative life event: Coping with the loss of a child. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 812-821.
• Prigerson, H. G., Shear, M. K., Jacobs, S. C., Reynolds III, C. F.,Maciejewski, P. K., Davidson, J. R. T., Rosenheck, R., Pilkonis, P. A., Wortman, C. B., Williams, J. B. W., Widiger, T. A., Frank, E., Kupfer, D. J., & Zisook, S. (1999). Consensus criteria for traumatic grief: A preliminary empirical test. British Journal of Psychiatry, 174, 67-73.
• Silver, R. C., & Wortman, C. B. (2007). The stage theory of grief. JAMA, Letters Section, 297, 2692.

Other Publications:

• Bonanno, G. Boerner, K., & Wortman, C. B. (in press). Trajectories of grieving. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Bonnanno, G., Boerner, K., & Wortman, C. B. (2008). Trajectories of grieving. In M. S. Stroebe R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research and practice (pp. 287-307). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Wortman, C. B., Battle, E., & Lemkau, J. P. (1997). Coping with the sudden traumatic death of a spouse or child. In A. J. Lurigio, W. G. Skogan, & R. C. Davis (Eds.), Victims of crime: Problems, policies and programs (2nd ed.). Newberry Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Wortman, C. B., & Boerner, K. (2007). Beyond the myths of coping with loss: Prevailing assumptions versus scientific evidence. In H.S. Friedman & R.C. Silver (Eds.), Foundations of health psychology (pp. 285-324). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Wortman, C. B., & Smyth, J. (1997). Using undergraduate TA's and one's own passion to transform the introductory psychology course: Adding diversity and depth. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Teaching introductory psychology: Theory and practice. Washington, DC: APA Books.