• Effects of Text Message Reminders of Safety Behavior Reduction on Health Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

  Jakes, Kavi; Jessup, Sarah; Olatunji, Bunmi (Vanderbilt University, 2024-03-27)

  Health anxiety is a chronic issue associated with poor functioning that is especially important to study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cognitive-behavioral models of health anxiety posit that safety behaviors ...
• Embodied Trauma: The Relationship Between Interoception and Emotional Experience 

  Babbitt, Kathryn (Vanderbilt University, 2024-04)

  While post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can manifest as a variety of different symptom profiles, many cases of the disorder involve interoceptive difficulties. The goal of this study was to further investigate the ...
• The Relationship Between Core Values, Religiosity and Spirituality, and Health 

  Wang, Stella (Vanderbilt University, 2023-03)

  Individuals’ values and religious beliefs can impact their behavior and mental state, and in turn, their health. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the effects of personal ideology on physical and mental health. This ...
• Affective Considerations in Anxiety and Depression Comorbidity 

  Keith, Rebecca (Vanderbilt University, 2023-03-20)

  Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) co-occur at rates much higher than chance. Because of overlapping risk factors and higher rates of comorbidity than other anxiety disorders, researchers ...
• Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting: Pilot Data from a Novel Telehealth Intervention for Parents of Children with Disabilities 

  Crawley, Zoe (Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-28)

  The Mindfulness-Based Music & Songwriting (MBMS) intervention is a novel 7-week telehealth program aimed at reducing stress in caregivers of children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The intervention ...
• Direct and Indirect Associations of Parental Mindfulness with Child Coping and Child Depression 

  Unknown author (Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-27)

  Children of depressed parents are at an increased risk for depression and other forms of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, but certain factors may interrupt or moderate this transmission. Specifically, both ...
• Peer Observation and Error Monitoring in First-Year Students: An Examination of Associations with Internalizing Symptoms 

  Okland, Sydney (Vanderbilt University, 2021-03-29)

  Because of the unique factors impacting the first year of college, specifically the potential for increased comparison to and evaluation by peers and risk of anxiety and depression, making a mistake can be very distressing. ...
• A Pilot Study: Virtual Reality-Delivered Support Groups for Substance Use Disorders 

  Mahapatra, Anjali (Vanderbilt University, 2021-03)

  Substance abuse often occurs as a way to cope with negative affect and life stressors in an unsupportive social context. As a result, affective regulation and social support play a key role in relapse prevention and recovery. ...
• Eating Disorders Among Ethnic Minorities 

  Chung, Suemin (Christy) (Vanderbilt University, 2020-04-24)

  Given the gravity of recent increasing eating disorder diagnoses, the amount of research dedicated to eating disorders and ethnicity/acculturation is insufficient. This study explores the differences in eating disorder ...
• The Role of Executive Function on Adolescent Affective Problems 

  Grice, Tori (Vanderbilt University, 2019-03-15)

  Objective: The current study examined the associations among executive function, secondary control coping and affective problems. Method: A sample of 104 adolescents (ages 9-15 years old) completed cognitive assessments ...
• Self-Criticism, Sexual Minority Stress and Disordered Eating Behaviors 

  Heiman, Ellen R. (Vanderbilt University, 2017-04)

  Minority stress theory recognizes the presence of added stress for individuals that belong to marginalized minority groups (Meyer, 2003). When considering the mental health of those who identify as sexual minorities, the ...
• Effects of Music on Gait Presented Emotion Perception 

  Harvey, Kamyl (Vanderbilt University, 2016)

  Research on embodied emotions suggests that our ability to simulate bodily emotions enables us to better understand others’ emotions. Music has been shown to influence emotion processing, and music therapy is effective in ...
• Social Brains, Social Bodies: Investigating the Role of Personality in Embodied Emotion 

  Blain, Scott D. (Vanderbilt University, 2016-04-07)

  Accurate emotion perception is essential for adaptive social functioning. Abnormal emotion perception and associated social impairments are core features of neuropsychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and autism. ...
• A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Schizotypy and Social Trait Judgments 

  Zhao, Zidong (Vanderbilt University, 2016-04-18)

  Rapid and accurate judgments of social traits from faces are indispensable to successful interpersonal interactions. Anomalous trait judgment has been observed in the schizophrenia spectrum and may lead to delusion formation ...
• Child and Parental Factors Affecting Coping Strategies and Psychosocial Outcomes for Parents with Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome 

  Jurgensmeyer, Sarah (Vanderbilt University, 2016-04-12)

  Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare, genetic neurodevelopmental disability characterized by hyperphagia, mood swings and intellectual disability. Families with a child with PWS often experience increased family tensions ...
• Predictive Effects of Quality and Duration of Sleep on Cognition and CSF Biomarkers 

  Calabro, Alexandria (Vanderbilt University, 2015-12)

  Current literature on the effects of sleep on cognition has shown conflicting results regarding the effects of long and short sleep duration. Using previously collected data from the Vanderbilt Memory & Aging Project, this ...
• Eating Disorders and Life Span Development 

  Culbertson, Lauren (Vanderbilt University, 2015-11-19)

  Current research shows a relationship between age and eating disorder diagnoses but does not fully understand how symptoms manifest at different stages of Life Span Development (LSD). To identify the difference of eating ...
• Tracking the Trajectories of Peer Victimization and Negative Self-Cognitions in Children: A Longitudinal Approach to Approximating Causality 

  Kaskas, Maysa (Vanderbilt University, 2014-04)

  This study investigates the effect of targeted peer victimization (TPV) on negative self-cognitions as a function of victimization type through a three-wave longitudinal study. Measures of TPV and cognitions were collected ...
• The impact of children's gender and victimization history on self-cognition and perceived meanness 

  Camino, Alessandra (Vanderbilt University, 2014-04-04)

  This study examined gender differences in self-cognitions and perceived meanness following exposure to audio recordings of peer victimization. A second goal of the study was to examine the interaction between victimization ...
• Psychopathology and Treatment Seeking of Parents of Children in Treatment for Psychiatric Problems 

  Youssef, Andrew M. (Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-03)

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