2015
Children’s obsessive compulsive symptoms and fear-potentiated startle responses
Borelli J, Ruiz S, Crowley M, Mayes L, De los Reyes A, Lewin A. Children’s obsessive compulsive symptoms and fear-potentiated startle responses. Journal Of Obsessive-Compulsive And Related Disorders 2015, 6: 101-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive symptomsOC symptomsObsessive-compulsive disorderStartle responseCompulsive symptomsNon-clinical community sampleFear-potentiated startle responseEmotion regulation processesStartle magnitudeEmotion regulation difficultiesPhysiological fear responsesHigher OC symptomsGreater subjective distressSchool-aged childrenRegulation difficultiesContext insensitivityInnocuous situationsHighest startle magnitudesFear responsesSubjective distressCommunity sampleCompulsive disorderLevel of threatRegulation processesYouth
2012
Language use in the Adult Attachment Interview: Evidence for attachment‐specific emotion regulation
BORELLI J, DAVID D, RIFKIN‐GRABOI A, SBARRA D, MEHL M, MAYES L. Language use in the Adult Attachment Interview: Evidence for attachment‐specific emotion regulation. Personal Relationships 2012, 20: 23-37. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01394.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult Attachment InterviewEmotion wordsAttachment InterviewAttachment classificationsMore second-person pronounsSelf-reported emotional distressEmotion regulation processesMore emotion wordsNegative emotion wordsAdult attachment classificationsLanguage useSecond person pronounsPreoccupied adultsEmotion regulationAnger wordsAttachment historyConnected languageEmotional statesAdult languageEmotional distressAutonomous adultRegulation processesWordsParticipants' discourseQualitative coding