Sahana Kribakaran
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2025
Psychological and Environmental Correlates of Locus of Control and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Latent Profile Analysis
Foster J, Cohodes E, Mandell J, McCauley S, Hodges H, Pierre J, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Notti M, Schroeder M, Ababio R, Beloborodova A, Gee D. Psychological and Environmental Correlates of Locus of Control and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Latent Profile Analysis. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2025 PMID: 40811138, PMCID: PMC12422714, DOI: 10.1037/tra0002019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress symptomsEarly-life stressLocus of controlLatent profile analysisStress symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptom severityDevelopment of posttraumatic stress symptomsLocus of control orientationPredictors of subgroup membershipMechanical Turk sampleProfile analysisStress-related symptomsFive-class solutionPerceptions of controlEnvironmental correlatesSubgroup membershipYoung adultsNonrepresentative samplesSymptomsUncontrollabilityIndividual membershipAdultsMembershipSubgroupsIndividualsExposure to unpredictable childhood environments is associated with amygdala activation during early extinction in adulthood
Duda J, Keding T, Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Kitt E, Cohodes E, Zacharek S, McCauley S, Haberman J, Joormann J, Gee D. Exposure to unpredictable childhood environments is associated with amygdala activation during early extinction in adulthood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2025, 74: 101578. PMID: 40493990, PMCID: PMC12179744, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnpredictable childhood environmentsChildhood unpredictabilityExtinction learningAmygdala activationChildhood environmentAssociated with amygdala activationBasolateral amygdala activityChildhood trauma exposureSkin conductance responsesCross-species researchThreat cuesTrauma exposureNeural regionsSafety learningEarly adversityHealthy young adultsCurrent anxietyAssociated with activationConductance responsesCaregiving environmentAffective functioningHealthy neurodevelopmentNeural activityTargeted clinical interventionsIn adulthoodPerson-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Ruiz S, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Haberman J, Pierre J, Caballero C, Baskin-Sommers A, Gee D. Person-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood. Communications Psychology 2025, 3: 31. PMID: 40044923, PMCID: PMC11882445, DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00193-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural activityAdverse exposuresMiddle childhoodLower anxietyAssociated with lower anxietyWithin-person combinationsPerson-centered analysesPerson-centered approachHigher neural activityPatterns of adversity exposureCorticolimbic circuitryModerate adversityParsing heterogeneityAnxiety symptomsSafety learningDevelopmental adversityLatent profilesLifetime adversityNeurobiological functionsFuture anxietyAnxietyEarly adulthoodAssociated with processesAdversityYoung adultsMultivariate Links Between the Developmental Timing of Adversity Exposure and White Matter Tract Connectivity in Adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Pierre J, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Caballero C, Gold G, Huang A, Talton A, Gee D. Multivariate Links Between the Developmental Timing of Adversity Exposure and White Matter Tract Connectivity in Adulthood. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2025, 10: 964-977. PMID: 39978462, PMCID: PMC12353986, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhite matter tractsAdverse exposuresPreschool-ageMiddle childhoodMental health in adulthoodDevelopment of white matter tractsEarly-life adversitySymptoms in adulthoodChildhood adversity exposureDevelopmental timing of exposureMental health problemsTiming of adversity exposureMental health burdenCortico-cortical communicationIncreased mental health burdenTract connectivityNeurobiological changesHealth in adulthoodModes of covariationSensorimotor functionMultivariate linksMental healthAdversityAdulthoodHealth burden
2024
Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal–Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure
Kribakaran S, DeCross S, Odriozola P, McLaughlin K, Gee D. Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal–Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 64: 835-850. PMID: 39368629, PMCID: PMC11965437, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSafety signal learningInterpersonal trauma exposureTrauma exposureFunctional connectivityHippocampal activityNeural correlatesConditioned safetyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging dataAnterior hippocampal activationDevelopment of psychopathologyAnterior cingulate subregionsTask-based functional magnetic resonance imaging dataExploratory analysisMagnetic resonance imaging dataMental health sequelaeAmygdala activationAge-related associationsAnterior hippocampalContingency awarenessPTSD symptomsInhibit fearAttenuating fearCingulate subregionsSignal learningFear reduction
2023
Hippocampal Involvement in Safety Signal Learning Varies With Anxiety Among Healthy Adults
Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Cohodes E, Zacharek S, McCauley S, Haberman J, Quintela L, Hernandez C, Spencer H, Pruessner L, Caballero C, Gee D. Hippocampal Involvement in Safety Signal Learning Varies With Anxiety Among Healthy Adults. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2023, 4: 155-164. PMID: 38298801, PMCID: PMC10829678, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSafety signal learningDorsal anterior cingulate cortexTrait anxietyFear reductionEffects of noveltyHippocampal activationSignal learningThreat responsesNeural mechanismsAnxiety disordersFunctional connectivityVentrolateral prefrontal cortex activationInhibition of fearLow trait anxietyCross-species evidenceInferior frontal gyrusHigh trait anxietyPrefrontal cortex activationAnterior cingulate cortexHealthy adultsNeural correlatesFrontal gyrusAnterior hippocampusCortex activationHippocampal involvement
2022
Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study
Holt-Gosselin B, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Foster J, Odriozola P, Zacharek S, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Hodges H, Gee D. Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study. Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 136: 528-540. PMID: 36395014, PMCID: PMC9884515, DOI: 10.1037/bne0000534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontolimbic circuitryAnxiety symptomsFunctional connectivityMental health outcomesCoping strategiesResting-state functional magnetic resonanceAdaptive coping strategiesLongitudinal studyFunctional magnetic resonanceMental health problemsACC functional connectivityAdaptive copingPreregistered hypothesesInternalizing symptomsNeurobehavioral factorsEmotional responsesPreregistered studyNeurobiological factorsOngoing stressorsElevated symptomsDepression symptomsHealth outcomesCopingCOVID-19 pandemicRobust associationNeural circuitry involved in conditioned inhibition via safety signal learning is sensitive to trauma exposure
Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Haberman J, Pierre J, Gee D. Neural circuitry involved in conditioned inhibition via safety signal learning is sensitive to trauma exposure. Neurobiology Of Stress 2022, 21: 100497. PMID: 36532365, PMCID: PMC9755062, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators
Foster JC, Cohodes EM, Brieant AE, McCauley S, Odriozola P, Zacharek SJ, Pierre JC, Hodges HR, Kribakaran S, Haberman JT, Holt-Gosselin B, Gee DG. Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 362-373. PMID: 35959474, PMCID: PMC9356644, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressImpact of ELSResting-state functional connectivity dataEffects of ELSLife stress exposureCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related stressSignificant direct associationFunctional connectivity dataInternalizing symptomatologyELS exposurePsychiatric illnessOngoing COVID-19 pandemicGeneral populationSample of adultsPsychological functioningFunctional connectivityStress exposureMental healthSymptomatologyNeurobehavioral factorsAssociationEmotion regulationCOVIDDirect association
2021
Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy
Cohodes EM, Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Bakirci S, McCauley S, Hodges HR, Sisk LM, Zacharek SJ, Gee DG. Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy. Developmental Psychobiology 2021, 63: e22158. PMID: 34292596, PMCID: PMC8410670, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthMigration-related traumaEffects of traumaDevelopment of internalizingEarly life adversityEmotion regulationMigrant childrenTransdiagnostic mechanismsTrauma exposureExternalizing symptomatologyTraumatic experiencesRefugee childrenChildren's exposureDevelopmental neurobiologyChildrenYouthInterdisciplinary effortInternalizingTraumaImplicationsAdversityNeurobiologyContext of migrationSymptomatologyLearning