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Research topics

• Political Science
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Medicine
• Public relations
• Business
• Clinical psychology
• Nursing

Selected publications

• The emotional and motivational aftermath of everyday rejection.

  Emotion · 2026-01-29

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  Although rejection is a universal human experience, the short- and long-term social and emotional consequences of naturally occurring rejection are understudied. Using two experience-sampling designs, we delineated the concurrent and prospective sequelae of rejection. Study 1 used daily diary data collected in 2020 to examine how rejection experiences predicted daily emotional well-being and social motivation in 269 participants (age range = 18-73) screened for social anxiety and/or depression symptoms. Study 2 used denser, within-day sampling via ecological momentary assessment data collected in 2021 and multivariate, temporal network analyses to examine the direct and indirect effects of rejection on socioemotional factors in 96 participants (age range = 18-66) with and without social anxiety disorder. In Study 1, feeling rejected during daily social interactions predicted same-day increases in negative emotions (i.e., sadness, anger, irritability), decreases in approach motivation, and increases in avoidance motivation, but none of these effects persisted to the next day. In Study 2, feeling rejected concurrently and temporally predicted increased negative emotions (i.e., loneliness, sadness, embarrassment, hurt, anger, and irritability) and desire to be alone. Temporal network analyses yielded evidence of direct and indirect feedback loops between rejection and feeling hurt and angry that might maintain a cycle of negative affect and rejection feelings. Sensitivity analyses indicated that social anxiety moderated some reciprocal effects between rejection and social motivation. Together, these findings shed new light on the potency of naturally occurring rejection and why its consequences can be so difficult to counteract. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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• Lived Experience of Mental Health Difficulties in Academic Psychologists

  OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2026-04-09

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  We seek to determine the prevalence of mental health difficulties in academic psychologists. Although mental health difficulties are common in the general population and applied psychologists (Victor et al., 2022), estimates for academic psychologists are lacking. We also seek to compare prevalence rates across different types of academic psychologists (graduate students vs. faculty; clinical vs. non-clinical). We will use existing data collected on self-relevant research (me-search; https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/25XRP).

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• Rethinking emotional reactivity in bipolar disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Psychological Bulletin · 2025-11-01

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  Bipolar disorder (BD) has long been associated with changes in emotional reactivity, yet the consistency of this finding remains unclear. We conducted the first systematic review and meta-analysis examining emotional reactivity in BD, comparing individuals diagnosed with, or at high risk for, BD to nonpsychiatric controls or low-risk individuals. The analysis included 112 effect sizes from 35 laboratory studies (1,239 BD/high-risk participants; 1,365 controls), spanning self-reported, behavioral, and psychophysiological measures. Overall, we found no significant difference in emotional reactivity between the BD and non-BD groups (Hedges's g = -0.003, 95% CI [-0.089, 0.083]), but effects were heterogeneous. Moderation analyses of the BD-control contrast found no effects of response channel, valence of emotion induction, BD versus high-risk sample, publication type and year, or study quality indicators. Nonetheless, the type of emotional stimulus and baseline measure mattered; individuals with BD showed less reactivity when responding to standardized emotional images (International Affective Picture System) and to neutral comparison stimuli as opposed to a preinduction baseline measure (note that all studies with International Affective Picture System pictures used neutral comparisons). Additionally, BD participants reported greater decreases in negative emotion in response to positive stimuli compared to controls. We discuss how these findings relate to broader models of emotion in BD, and we note limitations, including the use of laboratory-based stimuli and the predominance of euthymic participants. Our results call for greater attention to the context and methods used when assessing emotion in BD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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• Mental Health and Clinical Psychological Science in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Call to Action

  UNC Libraries · 2025-05-13

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  COVID-19 presents significant social, economic, and medical challenges. Because COVID-19 has already begun to precipitate huge increases in mental health problems, clinical psychological science must assert a leadership role in guiding a national response to this secondary crisis. In this article, COVID-19 is conceptualized as a unique, compounding, multidimensional stressor that will create a vast need for intervention and necessitate new paradigms for mental health service delivery and training. Urgent challenge areas across developmental periods are discussed, followed by a review of psychological symptoms that likely will increase in prevalence and require innovative solutions in both science and practice. Implications for new research directions, clinical approaches, and policy issues are discussed to highlight the opportunities for clinical psychological science to emerge as an updated, contemporary field capable of addressing the burden of mental illness and distress in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond.

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• HD 6810- Fall 2025

  eCommons (Cornell University) · 2025-08-01

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• HD 4670- Fall 2025

  eCommons (Cornell University) · 2025-08-01

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• Holding up a mirror: The mental health and well-being of academic psychologists

  2025-09-05

  preprintOpen access

  The profession of psychology aims to improve societal mental health and well-being. Ironically, psychologists have neglected the study of mental health within the profession. We conducted the first comprehensive assessment of mental health difficulties across psychology disciplines in a sample (N = 1,261) of faculty and graduate students affiliated with U.S. doctoral degree granting institutions. Over 84% of respondents reported a lifetime history of mental health difficulties; 54% reported a lifetime diagnosis; 15% had clinically elevated current depression symptoms; 16% reported clinically elevated current anxiety symptoms; and 51% met Keyes’ “flourishing” criteria. The most common mental health concerns were depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Across all outcomes, graduate students reported significantly greater frequency and severity of difficulties. Clinically elevated current depression and anxiety were 3-4 times higher in graduate students (21% and 22%, respectively) compared to professor-level faculty (6% and 7%, respectively). Rates of flourishing were lower in graduate students than faculty (OR = 2.65, p < .001). Clinical-area respondents (92%) were more likely to report a lifetime mental health difficulty than non-clinical area respondents (83%). Interestingly, while there were no field-level differences in rates of current elevated anxiety, clinical-area respondents had lower rates of clinically elevated depression. Academic psychology is not an exception to the mental health crisis in higher education. Particularly urgent action is needed to improve graduate students’ mental health. We discuss both systemic and practical recommendations for the profession of psychology.

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• Depressive Symptoms Predict Divergent Trajectories of Well-being in U. S. Adults

  Research Square · 2025-07-31

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• Silver Linings in Psychological Disorders: An Agenda for Research and Social Change

  Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2025-09-05

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  Conventional research on people with psychological disorders is negatively focused, concentrating on what is aberrant and harmful about psychopathology. Characterizing patterns of emotional and behavioral disturbances has helped illuminate the origins of psychopathology and led to useful treatments. Yet we argue that the conventional approach to psychopathology is factually incomplete and may also inadvertently perpetuate the deeply entrenched stigma surrounding mental disorders. In this article, we make the case for considering the positive experiences of people with psychopathology—silver linings—and integrating them into psychopathology research. In our research agenda for studying silver linings in psychopathology (SLIP), we acknowledge that psychopathology may afford individuals both sources of difficulty and opportunities for positive transformation. We illustrate SLIP in cognitive, social, and resilience domains. We close by considering implications for future research promoting a more balanced conceptualization of psychological disorders and mental well-being.

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• “Silver Linings in Psychological Disorders: An Agenda for Research and Social Change

  2025-06-25

  preprintOpen accessSenior author

  Conventional research on people with psychological disorders is negatively focused, concentrating on what is aberrant and harmful about psychopathology. Characterizing patterns of emotional and behavioral disturbances has helped illuminate the origins of psychopathology and led to useful treatments. Yet we argue that the conventional approach to psychopathology is factually incomplete and may also inadvertently perpetuate the deeply entrenched stigma surrounding mental disorders. In this review, we make the case for considering the positive experiences of people with psychopathology –silver linings– and integrating them into psychopathology research. In our research agenda for studying Silver Linings in Psychopathology (SLIPs), we acknowledge that psychopathology may afford individuals both sources of difficulty and opportunities for positive transformation. SLIPs are illustrated in social, cognitive, and resilience domains. We close by considering implications for future research promoting a more balanced conceptualization of psychopathology

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R21MH077669

  NIH · $363k · 2010

• Biobehavioral Inflexibility and Risk for Juvenile-Onset Depression

  NIH · $7.4M · 2009–2026

Frequent coauthors

• Lauren M. Bylsma

  University of Pittsburgh

  51 shared

• Mária Kovács

  University of Pittsburgh

  44 shared

• Vanessa Panaite

  University of South Florida

  43 shared

• Ildikó Baji

  Semmelweis University

  35 shared

• Enikő Kiss

  Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

  35 shared

• Charles J. George

  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  35 shared

• Krisztina Kapornai

  University of Szeged

  35 shared

• Ágnes Vetró

  University of Szeged

  35 shared