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Featured PEARL Publications

  • Taylor, C. T., Stein, M. B., Simmons, A. N., He, F., Oveis, C., Shakya, H. B., Sieber, W. J., Fowler, J. H., & Jain, S. (2023). Amplification of Positivity Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: A Randomized Experimental Therapeutics Trial Targeting Social Reward Sensitivity to Enhance Social Connectedness. Biological Psychiatry. | View in: Science Direct
  • *Sweet, A. M., *Pearlstein, S. L., Paulus, M. P., Stein, M. B., & Taylor, C. T. (2021). Computer-delivered behavioural activation and approach-avoidance training in major depression: Proof of concept and initial outcomes. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60(3). | View in: Wiley Online Library
  • Evans, T. C., Taylor, C. T., & Britton, J. C. (2021). Characterizing the time course of automatic action tendencies to affective facial expressions and its dysregula
    tion in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 78. | View in: Science Direct
  • Harlé, K. M., Simmons, A. N., Bomyea, J., Spadoni, A. D., & Taylor, C. T. (2021). Higher affective congruency in the approach-avoidance task is associated with insular deactivation to dynamic facial expressions. Neuropsychologia, 141. | View in: Science Direct
  • Taylor, C. T, *Tsai, T. C., & *Smith, T. R. (2020). Examining the link between positive affectivity and anxiety reactivity to social stress in individuals with and without social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. | View in: Science Direct
  • Taylor, C. T., *Pearlstein, S. L., Kakaria, S., Lyubomirsky, S., & Stein, M. B. (2020). Enhancing social connectedness in anxiety and depression through Amplification of Positivity: Preliminary treatment outcomes and process of change. Cognitive Therapy and Research. | View in: Springer
  • Taylor, C. T., *Pearlstein, S. L., Stein, M. B. (2020). A tale of two systems: Testing a positive and negative valence systems framework to understand social disconnection across anxiety and depressive disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 266, 207-214. | View in: Science Direct
  • Taylor, C. T., Knapp, S. E., Bomyea, J. A., Ramsawh, H. J., Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2017). What good are positive emotions for treatment? Trait positive emotionality predicts response to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety. Behavior Research and Therapy, 93, 6-12. | View in: Science Direct, PubMed
  • Taylor, C. T., Lyubomirsky, S., & Stein, M. B. (2017). Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention. Depression and Anxiety, 34(3), 267-280. | View in: Wiley Online Library, PubMed
  • Taylor, C. T., *Pearlstein, S. L., & Stein, M. B. (2017). The affective tie that binds: Examining the contribution of positive emotions and anxiety to relationship formation in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 49, 21-30. | View in: Science Direct, PubMed
*Italicized authors are current or previous PEARL staff, trainees, and/or students.

Publications by Dr. Charles Taylor

Taylor, C. T., Stein, M. B., Simmons, A. N., He, F., Oveis, C., Shakya, H. B., Sieber, W. J., Fowler, J. H., & Jain, S. (2023). Amplification of Positivity Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: A Randomized Experimental Therapeutics Trial Targeting Social Reward Sensitivity to Enhance Social Connectedness. Biological Psychiatry. | View in: Science Direct

Jacobus, J., Taylor, C. T., Gray, K. M., Meredith, L. R., Porter, A. M., Li, I., Castro, N., & Squeglia, L. M. (2018). A multi-site proof-of-concept investigation of computerized approach-avoidance training in adolescent cannabis users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 187, 195-204. | View in: PubMed

Bomyea, J., Taylor, C. T., Spadoni, A. D., & Simmons, A. N. (2018). Neural mechanisms of interference control in working memory capacity. Human Brain Mapping, 39(2), 772-782. | View in: PubMed

Campbell-Sills, L., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J., Sun, X., Taylor, C. T., Heeringa, S. G., … Stein, M. B. (2018). Predictive validity and correlates of self-assessed resilience among U.S. Army soldiers. Depression and Anxiety, 35(2), 122-131. | View in: PubMed

Jacobus, J., Squeglia, L. M., Escobar, S., McKenna, B. M., Hernandez, M. M., Bagot, K. S., … Huestis, M. A. (2017). Changes in marijuana use symptoms and emotional functioning over 28-days of monitored abstinence in adolescent marijuana users. Psychopharmacology, 234(23-24), 3431-3442. | View in: PubMed

Taylor, C. T., Pearlstein, S. L., & Stein, M. B. (2017). The affective tie that binds: Examining the contribution of positive emotions and anxiety to relationship formation in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 49, 21-30. | View in: Science DirectPubMed

Taylor, C. T., Knapp, S. E., Bomyea, J. A., Ramsawh, H. J., Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2017). What good are positive emotions for treatment? Trait positive emotionality predicts response to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety. Behavior Research and Therapy, 93, 6-12. | View in: Science DirectPubMed

Paulus, M. P., Stein, M. B., Craske, M. G., Bookheimer, S., Taylor, C. T., Simmons, A. N., Sidhu, N., Young, K. S., & Fan, B. (2017). Latent variable analysis of positive and negative valence processing focused on symptom and behavioral units of analysis in mood and anxiety disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 216, 17-29. | View in: PubMed

Taylor, C. T., Lyubomirsky, S., & Stein, M. B. (2017). Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention. Depression and Anxiety, 34(3), 267-280. | View in: Wiley Online LibraryPubMed

Taylor, C. T., Cross, K., & Amir, N. (2016). Attentional control moderates the relationship between social anxiety symptoms and attentional disengagement from threatening information. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 68-76. | View in: PubMed

Squeglia, L. M., Sorg, S. F., Jacobus, J., Brumback, T., Taylor, C. T., & Tapert, S. F. (2015). Structural connectivity of neural reward networks in youth at risk for substance use disorders. Psychopharmacology, 232(13), 2217-26. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Taylor, C. T., Aupperle, R. L., Flagan, T., Simmons, A. N., Amir, N., Stein, M. B., & Paulus, M. P. (2014). Neural correlates of a computerized attention modification program in anxious subjects. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(9), 1379-87. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Taylor, C. T., & Amir, N. (2012). Modifying automatic approach action tendencies in individuals with elevated social anxiety symptoms. Behaviour Research Therapy, 50(9), 529-36. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Amir, N., & Taylor, C. T. (2012). Interpretation training in individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(3), 497-511. | View in: PubMed

Amir, N., Taylor, C. T., & Donohue, M. C. (2011). Predictors of response to an attention modification program in generalized social phobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(4), 533-41. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Plasencia, M. L., Alden, L. E., & Taylor, C. T. (2011). Differential effects of safety behaviour subtypes in social anxiety disorder. Behavior Research and Therapy, 49(10), 665-75. | View in: PubMed

Amir, N., & Taylor, C. T. (2012). Combining computerized home-based treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: an attention modification program and cognitive behavioral therapy. Behavior Therapy, 43(3), 546-59. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Taylor, C. T., & Alden, L. E. (2011). To see ourselves as others see us: an experimental integration of the intra and interpersonal consequences of self-protection in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(1), 129-41. | View in: PubMed

Taylor, C. T., Bomyea, J., & Amir, N. (2011). Malleability of attentional bias for positive emotional information and anxiety vulnerability. Emotion, 11(1), 127-138. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Alden, L. E., & Taylor C. T. (2011). Relational treatment strategies increase social approach behaviors in patients with Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25(3), 309-18. | View in: PubMed

Taylor, C. T., Bomyea, J., & Amir, N. (2010). Attentional bias away from positive social information mediates the link between social anxiety and anxiety vulnerability to a social stressor. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(4), 403-8. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Taylor, C. T., & Alden, L. E. (2010). Safety behaviors and judgmental biases in social anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48(3), 226-37. | View in: PubMed

Amir, N., Beard, C., Taylor, C. T., Klumpp, H., Elias, J., Burns, M., & Chen, X. (2009). Attention training in individuals with generalized social phobia: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(5), 961-973. | View in: PubMed

Amir, N., Taylor, C. T., Bomyea, J. A., & Badour, C. L. (2009). Temporal allocation of attention toward threat in individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(8), 1080-5. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Amir, N., Weber, G., Beard, C., Bomyea, J., & Taylor, C. T. (2008). The effect of a single-session attention modification program on response to a public-speaking challenge in socially anxious individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(4), 860-868. | View in: PubMedPubMed Central

Taylor, C. T., Hirshfeld-Becker, D. R., Ostacher, M. J., Chow, C. W., LeBeau, R. T., Pollack, M. H., … Simon, N. M. (2008). Anxiety is associated with impulsivity in bipolar disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(5), 868-76. | View in: PubMed

Alden, L. E., Taylor, C. T., Mellings, T. M., & Laposa, J. M. (2008). Social anxiety and the interpretation of positive social events. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(4), 577-90. | View in: PubMed

Taylor C. T., & Alden, L. E. (2005). Social interpretation bias and generalized social phobia: the influence of developmental experiences. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(6), 759-77. | View in: PubMed

News

Mylon Presents Poster at 2022 ABCT Conference in New York


Mylon Kemp, a lab assistant in the lab, recently presented his poster titled "Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression: Distinct Association During Social Affiliation in Anxiety and Depression" at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention (ABCT) in New York City. This project examined the relationship between the use of different emotion regulation strategies and their effects on social affiliation, the feeling of connectedness and desire for future interaction with an individual in individuals with anxiety and depression. We examined two distinct emotion regulation strategies: expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal, with expressive suppression generally being considered maladaptive and cognitive reappraisal considered adaptive. This project found that the use of expressive suppression led to increased displays of anxious behavior which was related to decreased desire for future interaction, while the use of cognitive reappraisal led to increased perceived partner responsiveness which was related to increased desire for future interaction. Future plans for this project would be to examine if state measures of expressive suppression (ES) will provide us with a better understanding of the effects of participants’ use of ES during an interaction might have on their interaction partner and could offer insight into concordance of trait and state reports of ES.Mylon Kemp ABCT Poster