Peer-reviewed publications:

  1. Applebaum, J.W., Dunn, C., McDonald, S.E., Escobar, K., King, E.K., Corona, R., & Mueller, M.K. (2025). Profiles and predictors of access to human and veterinary healthcare in multispecies households. One Health, in press.

  2. Applebaum, J.W., McDonald, S.E., Tomlinson, C.A., Escobar, K., Widmeyer, M., Fabelo, H.E., & Cook, R.L. (2024). Development and validation of an index to measure and quantify pet-related barriers to healthcare access and utilization. Anthrozoös, OnlineFirst.

  3. Mascitelli, M.M., Graham, T.M., Loney, L., Applebaum, J.W., Murray, C.M., Binns-Calvey, M., Hawes, S.M., & Morris, K. (2024). Barriers to finding and maintaining pet-inclusive affordable housing: Tenant experiences in Houston, TX. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1465682.

  4. Matijczak, A., Tomlinson, C.A., Applebaum, J.W., Kogan, L.R., & McDonald, S.E. (2024). Development and Validation of the Pet-Related Stress Scale. Pets, 1(2), Article 2.

  5. Applebaum, J.W., Loney, L., Horecka, K., & Graham, TM. (2024). Housing-related companion animal relinquishment across 21 animal shelters in the United States from 2019-2023. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1430388.

  6. Applebaum, J.W., McDonald, S.E., Widmeyer, M., Fabelo, H.E., & Cook, R.L. (2023). The impact of pet ownership in healthcare access and utilization among people with HIV. PLoS ONE, 18(11), e0292658.

  7. Applebaum, J.W., McDonald, S.E., Porges, E.C., Widmeyer, M., Fabelo, H.E., Kertes, D.A., & Cook, R.L. (2023). Pet ownership is associated with harmful alcohol use among a cohort of people with HIV: A brief research report. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1258850.

  8. Applebaum, J.W., & Ellison, C. (2023). “Whoever takes the dog gets the house”: How older adults negotiate, budget, and deploy resources for multispecies family health and well-being. Social Work in Mental Health, 21(6), 757–783.

  9. Applebaum, J.W., McDonald, S.E., & Zsembik, B.A. (2023). Longitudinal associations between allostatic load, pet ownership, and socioeconomic position among U.S. adults aged 50+. SSM - Population Health, 23(3), 101344.

  10. O’Connor, K.E., Tomlinson, C.A., McDonald, S.E., Brown, S., Applebaum, J.W., Murphy, J.L., Matijczak, A., Zsembik, B.A., & Porges, S.W. (2023). Childhood adversity moderates change in latent patterns of psychological adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a survey of U.S. adults. Social Sciences, 12(3), 185.

  11. Applebaum, J.W., Shieu, M.M., McDonald, S.E., Dunietz, G.L., & Braley, T.J. (2023). The impact of sustained ownership of a pet on cognitive health: A population-based study. Journal of Aging and Health, 35(3-4), 230-241.

  12. Applebaum, J.W. (2022). Addressing the welfare of people and pets in multispecies families during COVID-19. VMX 2022 Conference Proceedings, Small Animal and Exotics, 226-228.

  13. McDonald, S.E., Matijczak, A., Nicotera, N., Applebaum, J.W., Kremer, L., Natoli, G., O’Ryan, R., Booth, L., Murphy, J., Tomlinson, C., & Kattari, S.K. (2022). “He was like, my ride or die”: Sexual and gender minority emerging adults’ perspectives on living with pets during the transition to adulthood. Emerging Adulthood, 10(4), 1008-1025.

  14. McDonald, S.E., Murphy, J.L, Tomlinson, C.A., Matijczak, A., Applebaum, J.W., Wike, T.L., & Kattari, S.K. (2022). Relations between sexual and gender minority stress, personal hardiness, and psychological stress in emerging adulthood: Examining indirect effects via human-animal interaction. Youth & Society, 54(2), 240-261.

  15. Applebaum, J.W., Horecka, K., Loney, L., & Graham, T.M. (2021). Pet-friendly for whom? An analysis of pet fees in Texas rental housing. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 767149.

  16. Applebaum, J.W., MacLean, E.L., & McDonald, S.E. (2021). Love, fear, and the human-animal bond: On adversity and multispecies relationships. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 7, 100071.

  17. Polick, C.S, Applebaum, J.W., Hanna, C., Jackson, D., Tsaras-Schumacher, S., Hawkins, R., Conceicao, A., O’Brien, L.M, Chervin, R.D., & Braley, T.J. (2021). The impact of pet care needs on medical decision-making among hospitalized patients: A cross-sectional analysis of patient experience. Journal of Patient Experience, 8, 1-7.

  18. McDonald, S.E., Tomlinson, C., Applebaum, J.W., Moyer, S., Brown, S.M., Carter, C.S., & Kinser, P. (2021). Human-animal interaction and perinatal mental health: A narrative review of selected literature and a call for research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10114.

  19. Tomlinson, C.A., Murphy, J.L., Williams, J., Hawkins, R., Matijczak, A., Applebaum, J.W., & McDonald, S.E. (2021). Testing the moderating role of victimization and microaggressions on the relationship between human-animal interaction and psychological adjustment among LGBTQ+ emerging adults. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, 11(2), 16-39.

  20. Matijczak, A., Applebaum, J.W., Kattari, S.K., & McDonald, S.E. (2021). Social support and attachment to pets moderate the association between sexual and gender minority status and the likelihood of delaying or avoiding COVID-19 testing. Social Sciences, 10(8), 301.

  21. Applebaum, J.W., Ellison, C, Struckmeyer, L, Zsembik, B.A., & McDonald, S.E. (2021). The impact of pets on everyday life for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 652610.

  22. Murphy, J., Van Voorhees, E., O’Connor, K., Tomlinson, C., Matijczak, A., Applebaum, J.W., Ascione, F., Williams, J.H., & McDonald, S.E. (2021). Positive engagement with pets buffers the impact of intimate partner violence on callous-unemotional traits in children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

  23. McDonald, S.E., O’Connor, K., Matijczak, A., Applebaum, J.W., Murphy, J.L., & Zsembik, B.A. (2021). Attachment to pets moderates transitions in latent patterns of mental health following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a survey of U.S. adults. Animals, 11(3), 895.

  24. Adams, B.L., Applebaum, J.W., Eliasson, M.N., McDonald, S.E., & Zsembik, B.A. (2021). Child and pet care-planning during COVID-19: Considerations for the evolving family unit. Family Relations, 70(3), 705-716.

  25. McDonald, S.E., O’Connor, K., Matijczak, A., Murphy, J., Applebaum, J.W., Tomlinson, C.A., Wike, T.L., & Kattari, S.K. (2021). Victimization and psychological wellbeing among sexual and gender minority emerging adults: Testing the moderating role of emotional comfort from companion animals. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

  26. Applebaum, J.W., Adams, B.L., Eliasson, M.N., Zsembik, B.A., & McDonald, S.E. (2020). How pets factor into healthcare decision for COVID-19: A One Health perspective. One Health, 11, 100176.

  27. Applebaum, J. W., Tomlinson, C. A., Matijczak, A., McDonald, S. E., & Zsembik, B. A. (2020). The concerns, difficulties, and stressors of caring for pets during COVID-19: Results from a large survey of U.S. pet owners. Animals, 10(10), 1882.

  28. Applebaum, J. W., Peek, C. W., & Zsembik, B. A. (2020). Examining U.S. pet ownership using the General Social Survey. The Social Science Journal, 1-10.

  29. Applebaum, J. W., & Zsembik, B. A. (2020). Pet attachment in the context of family conflict. Anthrozoös, 33(3), 361-370.

  30. Kshirsagar, A. R., Applebaum, J. W., Randriana, Z., Rajaonarivelo, T., Rafaliarison, R. R., Farris, Z. J., & Valenta, K. (2020). Human-dog relationships across communities surrounding Ranomafana and Andasibe-Mantadia national parks, Madagascar. Journal of Ethnobiology, 40(4), 483-498.

  31. Bright, M. A., Huq, M. S., Spencer, T., Applebaum, J. W., & Hardt, N. (2018). Animal cruelty as an indicator of family trauma: Using adverse childhood experiences to look beyond child abuse and domestic violence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 76, 287-296.

  32. Spencer, T., Behar-Horenstein, L., Aufmuth, J., Hardt, N., Applebaum, J. W., Emanuel, A., & Isaza, N. (2017). Factors that influence intake to one municipal animal control facility in Florida: A qualitative study. Animals, 7(7), 48.