Reuma Gadassi Polack
Assistant Professor Adjunct in PsychiatryCards
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2025
Social interpretation bias and inflexibility: Mapping indirect pathways from pathological personality traits to symptom clusters of anxiety and depression
Vernimmen G, Gadassi-Polack R, Bronstein M, De Putter L, Everaert J. Social interpretation bias and inflexibility: Mapping indirect pathways from pathological personality traits to symptom clusters of anxiety and depression. Personality And Individual Differences 2025, 233: 112920. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2024.112920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathological personality traitsPersonality traitsClustering of anxietyInterpretation biasSymptom clustersAnxious arousalAnhedonic depressionNegative affectGeneral distressTrait of negative affectivityPositive interpretation biasSocial interpretation biasNegative interpretation biasIndividual personality profilesDiverse adult sampleMental health care facilitiesMental health complaintsPersonality profilesAdult samplesNegative interpretationsAmbiguous situationsDepressionIndirect pathwaysAnxietyData-driven investigation
2024
Examining the Association Among Adolescents’ Emotional Clarity, Emotion Differentiation, and the Regulation of Negative and Positive Affect Using a Daily Diary Approach
Hohensee N, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Examining the Association Among Adolescents’ Emotional Clarity, Emotion Differentiation, and the Regulation of Negative and Positive Affect Using a Daily Diary Approach. Emotion 2024 PMID: 39325397, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion regulation strategiesMaladaptive emotion regulation strategiesEmotional clarityEmotion differentiationPositive affectRegulation strategiesHigher emotional clarityPositive emotion differentiationDaily diary approachWithin-person levelIntensive longitudinal designEmotion knowledgeDiary approachEmotional experienceLongitudinal designEmotionsAssociated with higher useAffectAdolescentsRegulatory strategiesAssociated with decreased useImpact choiceHigher useYouthDaily lifeInterpersonal 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 2024 PMID: 39325395, 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 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 baselineDisordersSadness 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 levelSymptomsResearchBetter 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, 19: 151-167. PMID: 39129327, PMCID: PMC11511639, 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 papersNeuroscienceNeuroscientists
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