Harrison Dickens

Doctoral Student

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: State Street (United States) (2022); Jackson Memorial Hospital (2020); University of Mississippi Medical Center (2020–2024)

Graduate Student Researcher

6 h-index 19 pubs 85 cited

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Harrison Dickens is a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville whose research focuses on health disparities and the social determinants of health, particularly as they relate to pain and trauma care. Dickens has investigated racial and neighborhood-level disparities in pediatric trauma. Their work has explored the associations of race, insurance status, and geographic location with opioid prescriptions, postdischarge referrals, and mortality. Further research has examined cognitive-affective-behavioral pathways linking adversity and discrimination to daily pain in African-American adults, including the impact of adversity type and timing on pain summation. Dickens has also studied temporal summation of pain in sickle cell disease, comparing adolescents and young adults with chronic versus infrequent pain. Additional research interests include the effects of cannabidiol on sleep disturbances and public knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

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h-index: 6
Publications: 19
Citations: 85

Selected Publications

0139 Do Cognitive-Affective Processes Moderate the Relationship Between Sleep Reactivity and Depressive Symptoms? (2026)

SLEEP DOI OpenAlex
0422 Recent or Lifetime Stressor Exposure? Associations With Insomnia Symptom Severity (2026)

SLEEP DOI OpenAlex
From Better Sleep to Improved Mood: A Review of the Biopsychosocial Pathways for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia’s Antidepressant Effects (2026)

Current Sleep Medicine Reports 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
The effects of cannabidiol on sleep disturbances within a sample of high trait worriers: A double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial. (2026)

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology DOI OpenAlex
Estimating Public Knowledge About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and Alternative Treatments (2026)

Behavioral Sleep Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults (2025)

Psychoneuroendocrinology DOI OpenAlex
The relation between sleep and pain sensitization in pediatric sickle cell disease (2025)

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0518 Blunted Cortisol Stress Reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test Among Individuals with Greater Insomnia Symptoms (2025)

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0385 Gender and Race Disparities in Sleep Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment (2025)

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Temporal summation of pain in sickle cell disease: comparison of adolescents and young adults with chronic vs. infrequent pain (2024)

Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
0422 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: The First Line Treatment for Insomnia Remains Elusive (2024)

SLEEP 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
0383 Common Pathways Between Distress and Impairment Related to Insomnia, Pain, and Stress (2024)

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Adversity type and timing predict temporal summation of pain in African-American adults (2023)

Journal of Behavioral Medicine 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
0640 Depression Symptom Outcomes After a Self-Guided Mobile Application CBT-I Intervention Among College Students (2023)

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0651 Sleep Reactivity as a Vulnerability Factor for Depressive Symptoms (2023)

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