Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsReuma Gadassi Polack
Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study CenterAbout
Research
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2025
Parental PTSD and Children’s Well-Being During Wartime: The Role of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation
Keleynikov M, Cohen N, Gadassi-Polack R, Lassri D, Benatov J. Parental PTSD and Children’s Well-Being During Wartime: The Role of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation. International Journal On Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy And Practice 2025, 1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s42448-025-00238-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental posttraumatic stress disorderParental PTSD symptomsPTSD symptomsChild Well-BeingEmotional difficultiesMental healthInterpersonal emotion regulationPosttraumatic stress disorderWell-beingImpact of parental mental healthModerating RoleHeightened psychological distressWar-related stressProtective factorsParental mental healthEmotion regulationStress disorderCaregiver mental healthChronic stressPsychological distressExposure to severe violenceFamily stressSevere violencePsychosocial outcomesParenting programsWhen emotions persist: Emotional inertia predicts adolescent depression amid COVID-19 stress
Liu S, Xu J, Deng W, Feng A, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. When emotions persist: Emotional inertia predicts adolescent depression amid COVID-19 stress. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2025, 194: 104885. PMID: 41075419, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative emotional inertiaEmotional inertiaDepressive symptomsMarkers of stress reactivityLatent change score modelsChange score modelsEcological momentary assessmentFewer depressive symptomsCOVID-19 stressEarly intervention targetsPersistent negative emotionsStress reactivityNaturalistic stressorYouth mental healthAdolescent depressionMomentary assessmentChronic stressNegative emotionsPositive emotionsDepression riskIntervention targetsLongitudinal evidenceEmotional statesMental healthEmotionsBiased and Inflexible Interpretations of Social Situations Predict Affect Intensity and Variability in Children and Adolescents
Hohensee N, Bronstein M, Everaert J, Zabag R, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Biased and Inflexible Interpretations of Social Situations Predict Affect Intensity and Variability in Children and Adolescents. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2025, 53: 1567-1579. PMID: 40906292, PMCID: PMC12521329, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-025-01371-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpretation biasNegative affectAdolescents' daily livesSocial situationsInterpretations of social situationsIntensity of negative affectPositive interpretation biasNegative interpretation biasDaily affective experiencesPositive affectNegative interpretationsAffective experiencePredictive utilityAffective intensityHeightened emotionsAffective dynamicsAffectDevelopmental periodInflexibilityAdolescentsDaily lifeChildrenSocial interpretationBiasEmotionsSocial Reorientation of Emotion Regulation: Changing Roles of Family and Peers During Adolescence
Ho E, Joormann J, Kober H, Gadassi-Polack R. Social Reorientation of Emotion Regulation: Changing Roles of Family and Peers During Adolescence. Emotion 2025, 25: 1447-1459. PMID: 39992789, PMCID: PMC12353143, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchER strategiesAssociated with greater useInterpersonal eventsEmotion regulationRegulation of negative affectDevelopment of emotion regulationPositive interpersonal eventsNegative interpersonal eventsEffective ER strategiesSocial interactionGreater useNegative affectLongitudinal designDaily diariesEffective ERER developmentEmotional climateOlder youthAged 8Younger youthAdolescentsFamily eventsPeer groupYouthPeerAre biased and inflexible updating of interpretations broad or narrow transdiagnostic risk markers for psychopathology? A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) lens
Vos L, Lodder P, Bronstein M, Gadassi-Polack R, Smeets T, Joormann J, Everaert J. Are biased and inflexible updating of interpretations broad or narrow transdiagnostic risk markers for psychopathology? A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) lens. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2025, 193: 104845. PMID: 40886453, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive interpretation biasHierarchical Taxonomy of PsychopathologyTaxonomy of PsychopathologyInterpretation biasHierarchical taxonomyInterpretation of ambiguous informationDimensions of psychopathologyNegative interpretation biasSelf-report batteryMental health conditionsTransdiagnostic associationsHiTOP spectraPsychopathological symptomsSocial disinterestDiagnostic boundariesCommunity sampleSymptom overlapPsychopathologyTask measuresNegative interpretationsHiTOPLatent regression modelEmotional detachmentDiagnostic categoriesInterpretation processBiased and inflexible interpretations of social situations predict depressive symptoms and relational outcomes in parent-adolescent dyads
Gadassi-Polack R, Zabag R, Bronstein M, Joormann J, Everaert J. Biased and inflexible interpretations of social situations predict depressive symptoms and relational outcomes in parent-adolescent dyads. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2025, 193: 104840. PMID: 40845759, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpretations of social situationsDepressive symptomsInterpretation biasSocial situationsLevels of depressive symptomsAdaptive social functioningNegative biasParent-adolescent relationshipParent-adolescent dyadsSocial-emotional developmentCognitive inflexibilityPartner responsivenessPositive biasRelationship qualityRelated perceptionsPsychopathologySocial functioningPositive interpretationInflexibilityAdolescentsPerceived ResponsibilityRelated outcomesDaily interactionsSymptomsGeneral populationTrait and state emotion regulation and parental wellbeing during war
Keleynikov M, Cohen N, Lassri D, Gadassi-Polack R, Benatov J. Trait and state emotion regulation and parental wellbeing during war. Personality And Individual Differences 2025, 241: 113175. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2025.113175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWar-related stressEmotion regulationNegative emotionsParental burnoutDetrimental effects of ruminationAdaptive emotion regulation strategiesEmotion regulation tendenciesEmotion regulation taskEffects of ruminationState emotion regulationEmotion regulation strategiesParental mental healthParental well-beingTrait reappraisalRegulation tendenciesNegative moodRegulation strategiesRegulation taskPsychological distressEmotionsEmotional reliefMental healthParental wellbeingWell-beingPsychological impactNetworks of guilt, shame, pride, and disordered eating in youths show stability over time
Uddenberg C, Everaert J, Joormann J, Kober H, Gadassi‐Polack R. Networks of guilt, shame, pride, and disordered eating in youths show stability over time. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2025, 35: e70019. PMID: 40317553, PMCID: PMC12048745, DOI: 10.1111/jora.70019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-conscious emotionsDisordered eating behaviorsEating behaviorsDisordered EatingAssociated with restrictive eatingEating disorder riskPopulation-level stressorsRestrictive eatingWeight concernsDaily diariesDisorder riskCognitionAssociated with weight concernsEmotionsEatingGuiltShameNetwork analysis approachYouthBehaviorAdolescentsPrideStressorsChildhoodInterpersonal Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptoms in Parent–Adolescent Dyads: A Daily-Diary Investigation
Gadassi-Polack R, Questel M, Sened H, Marshall H, Chen G, Geiger E, Yosef T, Joormann J. Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptoms in Parent–Adolescent Dyads: A Daily-Diary Investigation. Emotion 2025, 25: 473-487. PMID: 39325395, PMCID: PMC11895396, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent depressionParent-adolescent dyadsDepressive symptomsActor-partner interdependence model frameworkAssociated with adolescent depressionAssociated with more depressionInterpersonal emotion regulationAssociated with higher levelsDaily-diaryEmotion regulationPositive affectParental depressionDyadic designDyadic processesDepression developmentDyad membersDaily diariesDecreased depressionDepressionParental useAdolescentsAdolescent useSymptomsDyadsParentsDynamics 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 2025, 25: 46-56. 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 baselineDisorders