Mood and Emotion Regulation Laboratory (MER Lab)

APS 2018

Internalizing Disorders (Depression & Anxiety), Symptoms, Affects, & Related Behaviors

*Bolla, P., Basting, E., Oravec., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Depression symptoms maintain state rumination, but not thought suppression. Poster presented at the 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

*Bolla, P., Basting, E., Oravec., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). State Rumination Maintains Distress in Daily Life Only For Trait. Poster presented at the 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

*Bush, A., Scamaldo, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Maladaptive Emotion Regulation Mediates the Relationship between Abuse Histories and Adverse Effects of Stress on Depression Symptoms. Poster presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

*Bush, A., Oravec, K. & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May) The Role of Rejection Sensitivity and Excessive Reassurance Seeking in Relationship Outcomes for those with a History of Abuse. Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. 

*Oravec, K., Bush, A., Scamaldo, K., Tokar, Z., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Sex moderates the relationship between excessive reassurance seeking and depression symptomsPoster presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

*Oravec, K., Napolitano, S., Tokar, Z., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Depressive rumination and attention disengagement deficits maintain distress in daily life among those with elevated borderline personality disorder symptomsPoster presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Substance Use 

*Bush, A., Scamaldo, K., Oravec K. & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Substance use as a Maladaptive Coping Strategy for Individuals who have Experienced Abuse. Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. 

Personality Disorders, Traits, & Related Affects

*Oravec, K., Bolla, P., Tokar, Z., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). Can't look away: Autonomic nervous system dysregulation mediates effects of borderline personality disorder on distress attention disengagement. Poster presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Psychophysiology

*Bolla, P., Napolitano, S., Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, May). The Effects of Parasympathetic Activity on Visual Attention in Children. Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.