2024
Evidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory pilot study
Haeny A, Schick M, McKenley C, Chowdhary A, Bellamy C, O'Malley S, Sinha R. Evidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory pilot study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2024, 260: 111312. PMID: 38749311, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol use disorderAlcohol cravingIncreased alcohol cravingUse disorderRacial stressEmotional responsesImpact of racial stressBlack adultsExposure to stressStress scriptsImagery procedureExposure sessionsCravingPersonal eventsStress procedureNegative emotionsNeutral conditionsPositive emotionsIdentity explorationStress responseExploratory analysisPhysiological responsesSessionsEmotionsAlcohol
2023
Cumulative adversity and emotion dysregulation effects on suicidal ideation and attempts in a community sample
Tate M, Sinha R, Wemm S. Cumulative adversity and emotion dysregulation effects on suicidal ideation and attempts in a community sample. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2023, 170: 277-282. PMID: 38183699, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion dysregulationCumulative adversityCommunity adultsLifetime traumaLife eventsSuicidal ideationNonacceptance of emotionsHigher emotion dysregulationSuicide attemptsHighest cumulative stressMajor life eventsConcurrent suicidal ideationRecent life eventsTraumatic eventsDifficult emotionsEmotional responsesLife traumaCommunity sampleTrauma historyAdversityChronic stressorsNonacceptanceSuicidal thoughtsCumulative stressEmotions
2018
Stress and Addiction
Sinha R. Stress and Addiction. 2018, 299-311. DOI: 10.4324/9781315689197-25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExecutive control functionsNegative emotional statesChronic stressEarly life stressCortical brain regionsEmotional statesAddiction vulnerabilityStressful situationsMesolimbic dopamine pathwayLife stressAddiction severityBrain regionsType of adaptationDrug useDopamine pathwayAlters activityRelapse riskEmotionsIndividualsDistressControl functionsAddictionAbuseBehaviorStress
2014
Chapter 3 Prefrontal Limbic-Striatal Circuits and Alcohol Addiction in Humans
Seo D, Sinha R. Chapter 3 Prefrontal Limbic-Striatal Circuits and Alcohol Addiction in Humans. 2014, 49-63. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-405941-2.00003-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Multivariate Response Patterning of Fear and Anger
Sinha R. Multivariate Response Patterning of Fear and Anger. Cognition & Emotion 1996, 10: 173-198. DOI: 10.1080/026999396380321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeutral imagery conditionsImagery conditionDiscriminant function analysisFacial electromyographic responsesEmotion of fearFacial EMG measuresEmotion specificityImagery abilityResponse patternsRight-handed male volunteersManipulation checkDifferential response patternsAngerAutonomic measuresSubjective ratingsExperimental sessionsFearAction statesFirst sessionDiscriminant weightsSessionsNeutral conditionsSession dataEmotionsAlexithymia