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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 Direct, PubMed
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
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 Library, PubMed
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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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: PubMed, PubMed 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
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.