A5053977750- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
San Francisco State University
2016-2025
University of California, San Francisco
2010-2024
University of Michigan
2012
American Psychological Association
2012
American Psychiatric Association
2012
University of California, Berkeley
2010
Aging into later life is often accompanied by social disconnection, anxiety, and sadness. Negative emotions are self-focused states with detrimental effects on aging longevity. Awe-a positive emotion elicited when in the presence of vast things not immediately understood-reduces self-focus, promotes connection, fosters prosocial actions encouraging a "small self." We investigated emotional benefits novel "awe walk" intervention healthy older adults. Sixty participants took weekly 15-min...
Emotion regulation deficits and executive functioning have independently been shown to increase vulnerability toward engaging in aggressive behaviors. The effects of these risk factors, however, not evaluated relation one another. This study the degree which each was associated with behaviors a sample 168 undergraduate students. Executive (cognitive inhibition mental flexibility) assessed Stroop-like neuropsychological task. were via self-report inventories. Results showed main for both...
Previous studies have demonstrated that 1 function of positive emotion is the undoing physiological arousal produced by negative emotions. These used single-subject paradigms, in which emotions were induced films college-age individuals. In present study, we examined relationship between down-regulation and a sample 149 middle-aged older married couples engaged 15-min discussion an area marital conflict. During conversation, autonomic somatic activity was measured, emotional behaviors...
Objectively coded interpersonal emotional behaviors that emerged during a 15-min marital conflict interaction predicted the development of physical symptoms in 20-year longitudinal study long-term marriages. Dyadic latent growth curve modeling showed anger behavior increases cardiovascular and stonewalling musculoskeletal symptoms. Both associations were found for husbands (although cross-lagged path models also some support wives) controlled sociodemographic characteristics (age, education)...
Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and semantic (SD) are neurodegenerative diseases that differ in their socioemotional presentations. Mutual gaze (i.e. when two individuals make eye contact) is a building block of social behavior may be differentially affected by these diseases. We studied 13 AD patients, 11 FTD 9 SD patients 22 normal controls as they engaged conversations with partners about relationship conflicts. Physiological reactivity was monitored during the...
We studied the impact of 2 types dementia on marital satisfaction and emotional language that spouses use during conflictive interactions. Fifteen frontotemporal (FTD) 16 Alzheimer disease (AD) patient-caregiver couples, 21 control discussed a relationship problem in laboratory setting. Marital was assessed through questionnaire, emotion quantified using text analysis. FTD couples reported lower than AD couples. During interactions, caregivers used significantly more negative words their...
The present study investigates victim sexual orientation in a sample of 641 violent crime victims seeking emergency medical treatment at public-sector hospital. Victim was examined as it: (a) varies by type and demographic characteristics, (b) directly relates to psychological symptoms, (c) moderates the relationship between characteristics (i.e., gender, trauma history, crime) symptoms acute stress, depression, panic, general anxiety). Results showed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...
Demand-withdraw communication is a set of conflict-related behaviors in which one partner blames or pressures while the other withdraws avoids. The present study examined age-related changes these longitudinally over course later life stages. One hundred twenty-seven middle-aged and older long-term married couples were observed at 3 time points across 13 years as they engaged conversation about an area relationship conflict. Husbands' wives' demand-withdraw (i.e., blame, pressure,...
Introduction: Bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs) encompass severe and chronic mood associated with social functioning difficulties. However, little work has examined more nuanced aspects of in BSDs. Methods: This investigation recruited 1,934 emerging adult college students to examine associations self-reported bipolar risk (including both BSD current mania depressive symptoms) peers network quantity quality, support, strain). Results: Self-reported was greater strain, but also (or size)...
During marital conflict, wives tend to demand and husbands withdraw. These behaviors were historically thought stem from essential differences between men women. An alternative explanation implicates one form of power differences-wives desire more change and, therefore, demand; less withdraw maintain status quo. Studying same-sex as well cross-sex couples enables an evaluation both explanations. We examined demand-withdraw in 63 heterosexual, gay, lesbian couples. The pattern was seen...
The demand/withdraw pattern is a detrimental set of communication behaviors in which one partner nags or pressures while the other avoids withdraws. Past studies evaluating influence depression on this have shown mixed findings. present study sought to advance what known by investigating whether difficulties emotion regulation mediated association between and pattern. A sample 253 romantic couples participated an online survey. Data were analyzed using actor–partner interdependence model...
Although clinical training programs aspire to develop competency in violence risk assessment, little research has examined whether level of is associated with the accuracy clinicians' evaluations potential. This first study compare assessments by experienced psychiatrists those performed psychiatric residents. It also potential a structured decision support tool improve residents' assessments.The used retrospective case-control design. Medical records were reviewed for 151 patients who...
Abstract The outflow of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is continuous and dynamic, but its functional organization not well understood. Whether ANS patterns accompany emotions, or arise in basal physiology, remain unsettled questions field. Here, we searched for brief amidst continuous, multichannel physiological recordings 45 healthy older adults. Participants completed an emotional reactivity task which they viewed video clips that elicited a target emotion (awe, sadness, amusement,...
Suicide is a pressing community mental health problem, yet remains under investigated in certain vulnerable populations such as the bondage and sadomasochism (BDSM) community. As reflected by Need for Affect (NFA), present paper aims to test new approach understanding suicide risk from Preferences Information Processing perspective. Adult participants (n = 2,097) drawn community, college, BDSM samples completed survey via online administration. Bivariate tests were used identify correlates...
Using daily diary data from 81 same-sex couples, we examined the link between stress experienced outside relationship (external) and within (internal) for individuals (stress spillover) their partners crossover). Extending prior literature, spillover crossover of both common external (e.g., work stress) sexual minority discrimination based on orientation) extent to which individuals’ own partner’s difficulties in emotion regulation moderated these associations. We found compelling evidence...
Abstract Individuals with high emotional granularity make fine-grained distinctions between their experiences. To have greater granularity, one must acquire rich conceptual knowledge of emotions and use this in a controlled nuanced way. In the brain, neural correlates are not well understood. While anterior temporal lobes, angular gyri, connected systems represent emotions, inhibitory networks hubs inferior frontal cortex (i.e., posterior gyrus, lateral orbitofrontal cortex, dorsal insula)...
This article introduces the special issue on contemporary lesbian relationships. The beginning notes some of prominent changes that have occurred in past 15 years visibility and positive representation couples our popular U.S. culture. remainder focuses identifying summarizing primary themes issue, including implications marriage rights, acknowledgment exploration effects sexual minority stress, a shift framing research to better reflect diversity relationship experiences.