Our research is focused on basic emotion processing and emotion regulation in relation to adjustment during acute and chronic stress. This includes emotion processes associated with resilience or, alternatively, the development of significant mental illness. Our research is conducted on community populations in the context of major stressors (e.g., bereavement, chronic illness) as well as specific clinical populations with disorders characterized by emotion regulatory problems (e.g., Mood and Anxiety Disorders). Our research methodology includes clinical interviews, experience sampling diaries and experimental/cognitive tasks and we rely primarily on psychophysiological and behavioral indices of emotion and emotion regulation.
