About

Anthony Burrow is associated with the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University. The center assists faculty in developing translational research projects, providing support such as proposal preparation, training, technical assistance, and fostering collaborative relationships. The center also offers workshops, summer institutes, and talks on current research topics related to translational research. While specific details about Professor Burrow's individual research focus or background are not provided on this page, his affiliation with the center indicates a role in advancing translational research efforts within the university.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Social psychology
• Computer Science
• Clinical psychology
• Psychiatry
• Developmental psychology
• Epistemology

Selected publications

• Perceived, Desired, and Discrepant Control: Initial Cross-Sectional Evidence for a Metacognitive Calibration Framework for Depression Risk

  Cognitive Therapy and Research · 2026-04-26

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  Abstract Background Control beliefs are central to depressive symptomatology, yet research has primarily examined perceived and desired control either in isolation or without consideration of how individuals perceive their degree of alignment. The present study tested a triadic calibration framework, proposing that depression risk is shaped not only by perceived and desired control, but also by their metacognitive alignment, termed control discrepancy. Method A community sample of 942 adults ( M age = 36.7, SD = 17.6; 56.9% women) completed measures of perceived control, desired control, control discrepancy, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. Hierarchical logistic regressions tested interactive nonlinear relationships, followed by cross-validation and sensitivity analyses (i.e., bootstrapped, Firth’s penalized-likelihood, and Bayesian estimation). Results We found that perceived control, desired control, and control discrepancy were jointly associated with heightened depression risk. Under deficient control, low perceived control paired with high desired control was associated with greater depression risk, whereas high perceived control was associated with lower depression risk across levels of desired control. Contrastingly, under surplus control, the relationship between desired control and depression risk was attenuated, and the attenuating association of perceived control on the relationship between desired control and depression risk weakened. Conclusions These findings may extend cognitive and metacognitive theories of depression by highlighting the importance of considering both first-order and second-order control beliefs in depressogenic outcomes.

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• Strengthening self-continuity to reduce depressive symptoms and derailment: A multiphasic mixed-methods randomized controlled trial.

  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 2026-04-01

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  OBJECTIVE: Emerging adulthood is a critical period for identity formation and heightened vulnerability to depression. Given that disruptions in identity continuity and coherence-captured by the construct derailment-are linked to elevated depressive symptoms, strengthening temporal-identity processes may offer a path for symptom relief. We tested a narrative journaling intervention targeting self-continuity to reduce depressive symptoms among emerging adults. METHOD: In Phase 1, we examined baseline associations among derailment, self-continuity, and depressive symptoms in a community sample (N = 242). In Phase 2, eligible participants (N = 112) were randomized to a derailment-focused intervention or neutral reflective journaling control condition, with outcomes assessed during the intervention and at 2 week and 2 month postintervention. In Phase 3, we conducted an exploratory thematic analysis of responses within the experimental condition. RESULTS: Relative to controls, participants in the experimental condition reported lower derailment, higher self-continuity, and lower depressive symptoms, with group differences maintained at 2 month postintervention. An autoregressive cross-lagged path analysis yielded a pattern consistent with an indirect association between intervention assignment and both downstream depressive symptoms and derailment through early gains in self-continuity. Exploratory thematic analyses indicated that participants reporting larger symptom decreases described narratives characterized by reflective self-evaluation, whereas those reporting minimal changes more often described fragmented narratives and ruminative brooding. CONCLUSION: Findings provide evidence that a derailment-focused journaling intervention may reduce depressive symptoms and derailment. Early gains in self-continuity represent a plausible candidate process and a target for future mechanistic tests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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• Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Within-Person Variability in Purpose Orientation

  Open MIND · 2026-01-01

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  Research has recently begun to examine sense of purpose not only as a stable trait, but as a state that fluctuates meaningfully within individuals across days. However, no work has yet examined whether purpose content, or the specific aims that constitute one's purpose in life, similarly varies within person over time. Purpose orientation offers a useful starting point for this investigation, as it captures four types of purpose content (prosocial, creative, financial, and personal recognition) (Hill et al., 2010). The current study is the first to examine within-person variability in purpose orientation across a one-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) period.

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• Anticipated discrimination in daily life: Predictors, stress appraisals, and responses

  PLoS ONE · 2026-04-02

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  A large body of literature details the deleterious effects of everyday discrimination on health, focusing on stress processes after discrimination occurs. In contrast, less work has investigated what occurs prior to encountering discrimination when a person expects it. Using a 10-day daily diary design, the current study examined predictors and outcomes of anticipated discrimination. Participants included 341 U.S. adults aged 19-74 years (29% racial minorities, 68% women). Multiple regression examined predictors of anticipated and reported discrimination. Further, two-level multilevel models evaluated anticipated discrimination predicting discrimination occurrence, appraisals, affect, and physical symptoms. Results showed that discrimination was anticipated on 21% of days; racial minorities and people with more prior exposure to discrimination anticipated more daily discrimination than White participants and those with lower prior exposure. People who anticipated discrimination more often than others reported more daily discrimination and perceived discrimination as more stressful but also perceived greater control over the events. They additionally had relatively larger upticks in physical symptoms on days when discrimination occurred-but no differences in discrimination-related affect-compared to people who anticipated discrimination less frequently. Within-persons, anticipating discrimination on a given day (versus not) was associated with greater likelihood of reporting discrimination occurred later that day and greater perceived stress severity, but no differences in perceived control, affect, or physical symptoms. In sum, anticipated discrimination was fairly common in daily life, and individual differences in anticipated discrimination were linked to more perceived daily discrimination, higher perceived stress severity, and more discrimination-related physical symptoms.

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• Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between Affect and Control Discrepancy in Helping Contexts

  Open Science Framework · 2025-01-01

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  This study examines how people experience and respond to situations in which their level of control does or does not align with what they desire. Using a simulated, pro-social decision-making task, we assess the dynamic interplay between momentary control discrepancy and affective states, and how they predict downstream mood. This project aims to better understand when helping or making decisions over the outcomes of others can feel emotionally taxing, and why these experiences vary across individuals.

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• Purpose as an Ancient yet Nascent Construct

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025-10-31

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• Discrimination in daily life: effects on sense of purpose and derailment

  Current Psychology · 2025-05-22

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• Is Purpose Findable?

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025-10-31

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• Psychological Science in the Wake of COVID-19: Social, Methodological, and Metascientific Considerations

  UNC Libraries · 2025-05-14

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  The COVID-19 pandemic has extensively changed the state of psychological science from what research questions psychologists can ask to which methodologies psychologists can use to investigate them. In this article, we offer a perspective on how to optimize new research in the pandemic's wake. Because this pandemic is inherently a social phenomenon-an event that hinges on human-to-human contact-we focus on socially relevant subfields of psychology. We highlight specific psychological phenomena that have likely shifted as a result of the pandemic and discuss theoretical, methodological, and practical considerations of conducting research on these phenomena. After this discussion, we evaluate metascientific issues that have been amplified by the pandemic. We aim to demonstrate how theoretically grounded views on the COVID-19 pandemic can help make psychological science stronger-not weaker-in its wake.

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• Purpose as a Timeless Pursuit

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025-10-31

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Frequent coauthors

• Patrick L. Hill

  Washington University in St. Louis

  52 shared

• Kaylin Ratner

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  41 shared

• Anthony D. Ong

  Cornell University

  18 shared

• Felix Thoemmes

  Cornell University

  15 shared

• Rachel Sumner

  Cornell University

  15 shared

• Thomas E. Fuller‐Rowell

  Auburn University

  12 shared

• Gaoxia Zhu

  Nanyang Technological University

  12 shared

• Nancy L. Sin

  University of British Columbia

  8 shared

Education

• B.A.

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