MPA 2018

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

*Bush, H. A., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Emotion regulation is a mechanism for stress-sensitization among abused individuals. In Yaroslavsky (Chair) From the benchside to the bedside: connecting biological and behavioral pathways for depression across laboratory conditions and daily life setting. Symposium conducted at the 90th annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Bolla, P., Basting, E., Oravec, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Depressive symptoms maintain state rumination but not thought suppression. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Bolla, P., Basting, E., Oravec, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). State rumination maintains distress in daily life only for trait. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Bush, A., Scamaldo, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Emotion regulation mediates the effects of abuse on stress-depression dynamics. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Jaworski, K., Oravec, K., Bolla, P., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April).  Parasympathetic activity and depression history predict emotion regulation outcomes. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Napolitano, S., Scamaldo, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Impaired attentional processes predict current depressive symptomology. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Scamaldo, K., Falck, J., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Sex moderates the relationship between depression and positive affect. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Szewcyk, T., Bolla, P., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Depression and generalized anxiety disorder comorbidity effects on savoring. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Culture/Gender/Sexual Minority Status

*Agarwal, A., Lee, N. H., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Attachment style predicting depression in South East Asians and Caucasians. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Agarwal, A., Lee, N. H., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Self-compassion, emotion dysregulation, and depression among South Asians. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Lee, N. H., Agarwal, A., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Relationship between attachment style and depression in South Asian and American. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Lee, N. H., Agarwal, A., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Self-compassion, emotion dysregulation, and depression among Southeast Asian and American.  Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Personality Disorders, Traits, & Related Affects

*Napolitano, S., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Child emotion regulation mediates effects of parental BPD on maladjustment. In Yaroslavsky (Chair) From the benchside to the bedside: connecting biological and behavioral pathways for depression across laboratory conditions and daily life setting. Symposium conducted at the 90th annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Napolitano, S., Scamaldo, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Borderline personality disorder predicts impaired emotion regulation in daily life. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Oravec, K., Napolitano, S., Tokar, Z., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Rumination predicts distress via borderline personality disorder in daily life. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Oravec, K., Tokar, Z., Bolla, P., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Impaired disengagement predicts emotion dysreguation in borderline personality disorder in daily life. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Scamaldo, K., Napolitano, S., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Negative and Positive Affectivity Distinguishes Depression from Borderline Personality Disorder. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Scamaldo, K., Napolitano, S., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms Uniquely Predict Substance Use in Daily Life. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Tokar, T., Oravec, K., Bolla, P., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). A pupilometry study of stress reactivity and borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Health Psychology

*Ghose, S., Petrochic, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). Health-related quality of life, emotion regulation, and inflammatory bowel disease. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Ghose, S., Petrochic, K., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). The effect of health-related quality of life, emotion regulation, and inflammatory bowel disease. Paper presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Rupani, N., Ghose, S., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2018, April). The relationship between emotion regulation, trait anxiety, and IBD severity. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

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