Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "Clinical psychology"
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Affective and Cognitive Processing in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
(2014-02-25)Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a behavior recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a condition for further study. In this dissertation, I present findings from three studies ... -
Assessing the Sense of Self
(2020-11-23)Can there be a science of the sense of self? If science is the objective study of general principles, beyond the particularities of individuals, can the subjective sense of self ever be described, measured, and modeled in ... -
Cognitive Control of Emotional Information in Schizophrenia: Understanding the Mechanisms of Social Functioning Impairments
(2013-10-18)Social functioning impairments are a core, debilitating, and treatment refractory feature of schizophrenia. The mechanisms contributing to these impairments are unknown. Cognitive control mechanisms, mediated by the lateral ... -
Examining Affect and Decision-Making in Relation to Suicide
(2021-09-08)Suicide is one of the most tragic, costly, and perplexing of all human behaviors. Despite millennia of scholarly inquiry and a century of empirical research, we still do not know why people kill themselves. Thus, suicide ... -
Harnessing non-specialist providers to promote social-emotional learning for youths in summer camp: Findings from two pilot studies
(2023-09-08)Despite substantial efforts to address youth mental health challenges, overall rates of youth mental illness persist, especially among racial and ethnic minority youths. This problem is exacerbated by limited access to ... -
Linguistic Distancing and Emotion Regulation: Theoretical, Developmental, and Translational Perspectives
(2021-09-10)Psychological disorders, especially internalizing disorders like anxiety and depression, cause immense human and economic burden across the globe. Prior work shows that internalizing disorders are characterized by perturbations ... -
Neurobehavioral processes supporting social competence in typical and atypical development
(2020-11-23)While some people navigate complex and dynamic social landscapes with ease, others struggle to connect with others. Difficulties in social competence may have enduring consequences for mental health and psychosocial ... -
Profiles of Everyday Thought Suppression
(2014-06-06)The present research assessed whether levels of depression, anxiety and worry, obsessive-compulsive distress, and psychopathy were differentially related to distinct thought suppression profiles. As a means to achieving ... -
Self-Triggering: Understanding Individuals Who Seek Reminders of Trauma
(2023-09-05)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a syndrome in which reminders of a traumatic event suffered in the past engender distressing reexperiencing symptoms in the present (e.g., flashbacks, intense physiological and ... -
The Development of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Middle Childhood and Substance Use Prior to Middle School Entry
(2023-05-16)Substance use disorders are considered externalizing disorders, defined by anti-social and impulsive behavior, as opposed to internalizing disorders, defined by anxious and depressive thinking; however, that strict binary ... -
The Neurotic Treadmill: Decreasing Adversity, Increasing Vulnerability?
(2021-03-31)In the last few decades, violence has markedly decreased within the United States. This decrease applies to almost all distressing and dangerous life events including interpersonal violence, rape, and sexual assault. Despite ... -
The Role of Co-Occurring Attention Problems in Youth Psychotherapy Outcomes
(2022-11-23)Objective: Attention problems are common among youths referred for psychotherapy and may affect their clinical outcomes. However, very little research has examined this possibility, and no studies have encompassed the broad ... -
The Self, Emotions, and Self-Injury: Links Between Self-Oriented Cognition and Emotion Processes in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
(2023-09-07)Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)—the intentional destruction of one’s own body tissue without suicidal intent (e.g., self-cutting, self-hitting; Hooley et al., 2020)—is widely prevalent, occurs across different psychiatric ... -
Why do people hurt themselves when they want to feel better? An exploration of the roles of cognitive control and decision making.
(2021-09-03)Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) refers to the intentional damaging of one’s own body tissue without the intent to die as a result. NSSI violates the innate drive for self-preservation, and yet it occurs in over 10% of the ...