By Professor Michelle Moulds

Book Chapters

Moulds ML, 2023, '“I am Incompetent – I Just Can’t Cope”  – A Case Study in Depression', in CBT: Science Into Practice, Springer International Publishing, pp. 263 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23650-1_14

Moulds M; Grisham J; Graham B, 2022, 'Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.331

Moulds ML; Chung K; Martin AM; Samtani S, 2016, 'Cognitive Processes: The Role of Rumination in Depression and Transdiagnostically', in Innovations and Future Directions in the Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.

Moulds ML, 2015, 'Identifying rumination and worry', in The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders: A Guide to the Symptoms, Causes and Treatments of Anxiety Disorders.

Moulds M; Hetherington K; Werner-Seidler A, 2014, 'The impact of rumination on positive autobiographical memories in depression.', in K. Kaniasty, K.A. Moore, S. Howard, & P. Buchwald (ed.), Stress and Anxiety: Applications to Social and Environmental Threats, Psychological Well-Being, Occupational Challenges, and Developmental Psychology., pp. 65 - 71

Watkins E; Moulds ML, 2012, 'Repetitive thought: rumination in complicated grief', in Stroebe M; Schut H; van den Bout J; Boelen P (ed.), Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals, pp. 162 - 175

Moulds ML, 2011, 'Using imaginal exposure to reduce intrusive memories of a negative life event in depression (case vignette)', in Hackmann A; Bennet-Levy J; Holmes EA (ed.), Oxford guide to imagery in cognitive therapy, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 43

Williams AD; Moulds ML, 2010, 'Intrusive memories in depression', in The Act of Remembering: Toward an understanding of how we recall the past, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, UK, pp. 361 - 383

Moulds ML; Hopwood S; Mastrodomenico JA; Bryant RA, 2009, 'Cognitive therapy for acute stress disorder', in Grey N (ed.), A casebook of cognitive therapy for traumatic stress reactions, Routledge, Hove, East Sussex, pp. 14 - 30

Moulds ML; Kandris E, 2007, 'The Nature and role of avoidance in depression', in Einstein DA (ed.), Innovations and Advances in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Australian Academic Press, Qld, Australia, pp. 215 - 223

Journal articles

Listiyandini RA; Andriani A; Afsari N; Marfu'atun E; Hafizah N; Sholeh A; Nirbayaningtyas RB; Moulds ML; Mahoney AEJ; Newby JM, 2025, 'A culturally adapted internet-delivered mindfulness intervention with counsellor guidance for reducing distress among Indonesian university students: A randomised waitlist-controlled trial', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104827

Upton E; Venkatesha V; Joubert AE; Mahoney AEJ; Moulds ML; Werner-Seidler A; Newby JM, 2025, 'Mediators and Predictors of Treatment Response in a Brief Online Intervention for Rumination and Worry', Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49, pp. 961 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10593-2

Greenfield EM; Mason OJ; Holmes EA; Young K; Moulds ML, 2025, 'The Measurement of Functioning as an Outcome in Intervention Studies Targeting Intrusive Memories of Trauma: A Narrative Review', International Journal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 18, pp. 148 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41811-025-00241-8

Mazidi M; Grafton B; Moulds M; Newby J; MacLeod C, 2025, 'From Information to Worry: How Selective Interrogation of Information Shapes Expectancies in the Prenatal Period', Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49, pp. 177 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10551-4

Moulds ML; McEvoy PM, 2025, 'Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic cognitive process', Nature Reviews Psychology, 4, pp. 127 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00399-6

Steward J; Moulds ML; Hirsch CR, 2025, 'Co-Designed Online Training Program for Worry Management: The Role of Young People With Lived Experience of Worry in Program Development', Jmir Formative Research, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/66461

Kanstrup M; Singh L; Leehr EJ; Göransson KE; Pihlgren SA; Iyadurai L; Dahl O; Falk AC; Lindström V; Hadziosmanovic N; Gabrysch K; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2024, 'A guided single session intervention to reduce intrusive memories of work-related trauma: a randomised controlled trial with healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic', BMC Medicine, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03569-8

Volkmer B; Sawjani Y; Newburn M; Bennett J; McGovern M; Bridle L; Towner N; McCabe L; Clark K; Webster S; Hylton-Potts A; Mayer L; Senevirante G; Bick D; Newby J; Goldsmith K; Moulds ML; Hirsch C, 2024, 'RELAX (REducing Levels of AnXiety): a study protocol for a parallel two-arm randomised controlled trial evaluating a web-based early intervention for pregnant women with high levels of repetitive negative thinking to prevent escalating anxiety during pregnancy and after birth', Trials, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08516-9

Windsor N; Li S; Joubert A; Upton E; Moulds M; Newby J, 2024, 'Intrusive Thoughts and Images in Health Anxiety: Rates, Characteristics, and Responses', Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70017

Listiyandini RA; Andriani A; Afsari N; Krisnamurthi PBU; Moulds ML; Mahoney AEJ; Newby JM, 2024, 'Evaluating the Feasibility of a Guided Culturally Adapted Internet-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian University Students Experiencing Psychological Distress', Mindfulness, 15, pp. 1095 - 1108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02346-1

Kubickova V; Steel C; Moulds ML; Kanstrup M; Beer S; Darwent M; Keating L; Holmes EA; Iyadurai L, 2024, 'Reducing the Number of Intrusive Memories of Work-Related Traumatic Events in Frontline Health Care Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Series', Jmir Human Factors, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/55562

Hardarson JP; Gamble B; Thorarinsdottir K; Stephensen ES; Kanstrup M; Guðmudsson T; Valdimarsdóttir U; Hauksdottir A; Bjornsson AS; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2023, 'Developing a brief cognitive task intervention to reduce long-standing intrusive memories of trauma: A feasibility study with remote delivery for women in Iceland.', Clinical Psychology in Europe, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.32872/cpe.11237

Heinzel CV; Moulds M; Kollárik M; Lieb R; Wahl K, 2023, 'Effects of abstract versus concrete rumination about anger on affect', Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 51, pp. 432 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465823000280

Joubert AE; Grierson AB; Li I; Sharrock MJ; Moulds ML; Werner-Seidler A; Stech EP; Mahoney AEJ; Newby JM, 2023, 'Managing Rumination and worry: A randomised controlled trial of an internet intervention targeting repetitive negative thinking delivered with and without clinician guidance', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104378

Marsh LC; Patel SD; Smith AJ; So M; Armstrong H; Elliott R; Watkins E; Moulds M; Dalgleish T; Hitchcock C, 2023, 'From basic science to clinical practice: Can cognitive behavioural therapy tasks be augmented with enhanced episodic specificity?', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104352

Minihan S; Songco A; Fox E; Ladouceur CD; Mewton L; Moulds M; Pfeifer JH; Van Harmelen AL; Schweizer S, 2023, 'Affect and Mental Health Across the Lifespan During a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies and Mental Flexibility', Emotion, 24, pp. 67 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0001238

Andrews JL; Li M; Minihan S; Songco A; Fox E; Ladouceur CD; Mewton L; Moulds M; Pfeifer JH; Van Harmelen AL; Schweizer S, 2023, 'The effect of intolerance of uncertainty on anxiety and depression, and their symptom networks, during the COVID-19 pandemic', BMC Psychiatry, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04734-8

Songco A; Minihan S; Fox E; Ladouceur C; Mewton L; Moulds M; Pfeifer J; Van Harmelen AL; Schweizer S, 2023, 'Social and cognitive vulnerability to COVID-19-related stress in pregnancy: A case-matched-control study of antenatal mental health', Journal of Affective Disorders, 325, pp. 739 - 746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.053

Listiyandini RA; Andriani A; Kusristanti C; Moulds M; Mahoney A; Newby JM, 2023, 'Culturally Adapting an Internet-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian University Students Experiencing Psychological Distress: Mixed Methods Study', Jmir Formative Research, 7, pp. e47126, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/47126

Singh L; Rathbone C; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2022, 'Future self-imagery of young people in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory mixed methods analysis.', Current Psychology

Joubert AE; Moulds ML; Werner-Seidler A; Sharrock M; Popovic B; Newby JM, 2022, 'Understanding the experience of rumination and worry: A descriptive qualitative survey study', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, pp. 929 - 946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12367

Moulds ML; Bisby MA; Black MJ; Jones K; Harrison V; Hirsch CR; Newby JM, 2022, 'Repetitive negative thinking in the perinatal period and its relationship with anxiety and depression', Journal of Affective Disorders, 311, pp. 446 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.070

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Johnson AR; Erceg-Hurn DM; Clarke PJF; Kyron MJ; Bank SR; Haseler L; Saulsman LM; Moulds ML; Grisham JR; Holmes EA; Moscovitch DA; Lipp OV; Rapee RM, 2022, 'Impacts of imagery-enhanced versus verbally-based cognitive behavioral group therapy on psychophysiological parameters in social anxiety disorder: Results from a randomized-controlled trial', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 155, pp. 104131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104131

Singh L; Pihlgren SA; Holmes EA; Moulds ML, 2022, 'Using a daily diary for monitoring intrusive memories of trauma: A translational data synthesis study exploring convergent validity.', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research., 32, pp. e1936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1936

Jones K; Harrison V; Lazard L; Moulds ML, 2022, 'A qualitative analysis of feelings and experiences associated with perinatal distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Singh L; Kanstrup M; Gamble B; Geranmayeh A; Göransson KE; Rudman A; Dahl O; Lindström V; Hörberg A; Holmes EA; Moulds ML, 2022, 'A first remotely-delivered guided brief intervention to reduce intrusive memories of psychological trauma for healthcare staff working during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100884

Minihan S; Orben A; Songco A; Fox E; Ladouceur C; Mewton L; Moulds ML; Pfeifer J; Van Harmelen A-L; Schweizer S, 2022, 'Social Determinants of Mental Health During a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.', Development and Psychopathology, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579422000396

Hoppe JM; Walldén YSE; Kanstrup M; Singh L; Agren T; Holmes EA; Moulds ML, 2022, 'Hotspots in the immediate aftermath of trauma – Mental imagery of worst moments highlighting time, space and motion', Consciousness and Cognition, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103286

Listiyandini RA; Andriani A; Kinanthi MR; Callista F; Syahnaz H; Afsari N; Ramadhan MR; Krisnamurthi PBU; Moulds M; Mahoney A; Newby J, 2022, 'A culturally adapted internet-delivered mindfulness intervention for Indonesian university students' distress: Overview of development and preliminary study', Procedia Computer Science, 206, pp. 206 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.09.099

Joensen BH; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2022, 'Persistence, Intrusive Memories, and the Seventh Seal', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11, pp. 478 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mac0000091

Joubert AE; Grierson AB; Chen AZ; Moulds ML; Werner-Seidler A; Mahoney AEJ; Newby JM, 2021, 'Managing rumination and worry: A pilot study of an internet intervention targeting repetitive negative thinking in Australian adults.', Journal of Affective Disorders

Moulds ML; Black MJ; Newby JM; Hirsch CR, 2021, 'Correlates of repetitive negative thinking in postnatal first time mothers', Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1946023

Kanstrup M; Singh L; Göransson KE; Widoff J; Taylor RS; Gamble B; Iyadurai L; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2021, 'Reducing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief cognitive task intervention in the hospital emergency department: an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial', Translational Psychiatry, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01124-6

Samtani S; Moulds M; Johnson SL; Ehring T; Hyett MP; Anderson R; McEvoy PM, 2021, 'Higher order repetitive negative thinking is more robustly related to depression, anxiey, and mania than measures of rumination or worry.', Cognitive Therapy and Research

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Ehring T; Johnson SL; Samtani S; Anderson R; Moulds ML, 2021, 'Corrigendum to Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms.’ Journal of Affective Disorders, 232, 375-384. Doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.072. (Journal of Affective Disorders (2018) 232 (375–384), (S0165032717316221), (10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.072))', Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, pp. 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.025

Kanstrup M; Singh L; Goransson KE; Gamble B; Taylor RS; Iyadurai L; Moulds ML; Holmes EA, 2021, 'A simple cognitive task intervention to prevent intrusive memories after trauma in patients in the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial terminated due to COVID-19.', BMC Research Notes

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Ehring T; Johnson SL; Samtani S; Anderson R; Moulds M, 2021, 'Corrigendum to Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms', Journal of Affective Disorders

Hirsch CR; Meeten F; Newby JM; O'Halloran S; Gordon C; Krzyzanowski H; Moulds M, 2021, 'Looking on the bright side reduces worry in pregnancy: training interpretations in pregnant women.', Clinical Psychology in Europe

Harrison V; Moulds ML; Jones K, 2021, 'Support from friends moderates the relationship between repetitive negative thinking and postnatal wellbeing during COVID-19.', Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Newby JM; Werner-Seidler A; Black MJ; Hirsch CR; Moulds ML, 2021, 'Content and themes of repetitive thinking in postnatal first-time mothers.', Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology for Clinical Settings, 12, pp. 586538, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586538

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