Reuma Gadassi Polack
Assistant Professor Adjunct in PsychiatryCards
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2024
Dynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach
Gunther K, Edelman A, Petrie D, Kober H, Gee D, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Dynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach. Emotion 2024 PMID: 39207390, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEtiology of social anxiety disorderSocial anxiety disorderSocial anxietyPositive affectAnxiety disordersDevelopmental period of increased riskFunction of social anxietySocial anxiety symptomsDaily diary dataSocial acceptanceBenefits of acceptanceSocial experiencePerson-centered approachPeriod of increased riskRegulate affectAnxiety symptomsSocial cuesAnxietyAffectDevelopmental periodPerson-specificAdolescentsDiary dataReturn to baselineDisordersBetter together: A systematic review of studies combining magnetic resonance imaging with ecological momentary assessment
Gadassi-Polack R, Paganini G, Winschel J, Benisty H, Joormann J, Kober H, Mishne G. Better together: A systematic review of studies combining magnetic resonance imaging with ecological momentary assessment. Social Neuroscience 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-17. PMID: 39129327, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2024.2382771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEcological momentary assessmentMomentary assessmentMagnetic resonance imagingEcological momentary assessment protocolField of social neuroscienceFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSocial experienceSystematic reviewInclusion criteriaNeural substratesSocial neuroscienceSocial neuroscientistsSystematic review of studiesEcological validitySystematic review of papersSelf-reportReview of studiesMultimethod studyReporting such studiesPeer-reviewed papersSystematic searchResonance imagingReview of papersNeuroscienceNeuroscientistsSadness and Depression
Gadassi-Polack R, Siemer M, Joormann J. Sadness and Depression. 2024, 341-351. DOI: 10.4324/9781003469018-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIt's a balancing act: The ratio of maladaptive (vs. All) emotion regulation strategies is associated with depression
Gadassi-Polack R, Paganini G, Zhang A, Dworschak C, Silk J, Kober H, Joormann J. It's a balancing act: The ratio of maladaptive (vs. All) emotion regulation strategies is associated with depression. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2024, 180: 104600. PMID: 38950508, PMCID: PMC11323071, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion regulationER repertoireER flexibilityER strategiesAssociated with psychopathologyMaladaptive emotion regulationEmotion regulation strategiesAssociated with depressive symptomsAssociated with depressionYears of adolescenceDaily-diaryAtypical developmentDepressive symptomsRegulation strategiesDevelopmental periodDepressionPsychopathologyEmotionsAdolescentsYouthYear levelSymptomsResearch
2023
Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRiskModerators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link
Gadassi Polack R, Davis A, Joormann J. Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link. CBT: Science Into Practice 2023, 55-77. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23650-1_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional disordersInterpretation biasInterpretation biasesProminent cognitive theoryEmotion regulationMaladaptive strategiesCognitive theoryDevelopmental sampleInterpersonal factorsPotential moderatorsLongitudinal examinationModeratorCurrent chapterBiasesDisordersBiasStimuliExperimental designSignificant supportCentral mechanismsRelationshipMediationMultiple factorsMediatorsCross-sectional study