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Andrea Christiane Samson

Andrea Christiane Samson

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Psychology

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38
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6807
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8819
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Overview

Andrea Christiane Samson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their academic work primarily focuses on psychology and neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Additional areas of study include social psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and education.

Samson's research covers several key topics, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Williams Syndrome Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Their published work appears frequently in several scholarly journals. Notably, they have contributed to the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Frontiers in Psychiatry, PLoS ONE, Psychophysiology, and Games for Health Journal.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK (2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
  • Board Games on Emotional Competences for School-Age Children (2020, Games for Health Journal)
  • Profiling Police Forces against Stress: Risk and Protective Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Burnout in Police Officers (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Brief Report: A Cross-Sectional Study of Anxiety Levels and Concerns of Chinese Families of Children With Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Post-first-wave of COVID-19 (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK (2022, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

Samson collaborates regularly with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel Dukes
  • Jo Van Herwegen
  • David Sander
  • James J. Gross
  • Vassilis Sideropoulos

Their multidisciplinary research integrates aspects of clinical and cognitive psychology with developmental and social dimensions. This integrative approach extends to studying psychological impacts related to family support, disability, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and emotional development in various populations.

Best Publications

  • Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Johanna Özlem Schäfer;Eva Naumann;Emily Alexandra Holmes;Emily Alexandra Holmes;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier

  • Emotion Regulation in Asperger's Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Oswald Huber;James J. Gross

  • Humour as emotion regulation: the differential consequences of negative versus positive humour.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;James J. Gross

  • Emotion dysregulation and the core features of autism spectrum disorder.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Jennifer M. Phillips;Karen J. Parker;Shweta Shah

  • Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go.

    Ru Ying Cai;Amanda L. Richdale;Amanda L. Richdale;Mirko Uljarević;Mirko Uljarević;Cheryl Dissanayake;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Facial expression analysis with AFFDEX and FACET: A validation study

    Sabrina Stöckli;Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck;Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck;Stefan Borer;Andrea C. Samson

  • Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Antonio Y. Hardan;Rebecca W. Podell;Jennifer M. Phillips

  • Maladaptive Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Emotion Experience and Emotion Regulation

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Antonio Y. Hardan;Ihno A. Lee;Jennifer M. Phillips

  • Convergent Findings of Altered Functional and Structural Brain Connectivity in Individuals with High Functioning Autism: A Multimodal MRI Study

    Sophia Mueller;Daniel Keeser;Andrea Christiane Samson;Valerie Kirsch

  • Eliciting positive, negative and mixed emotional states: A film library for affective scientists.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Sylvia Dagmar Kreibig;Blake Soderstrom;A. Ayanna Wade

  • Cognitive humor processing: different logical mechanisms in nonverbal cartoons--an fMRI study.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Stefan Zysset;Oswald Huber

  • Neural substrates of incongruity-resolution and nonsense humor

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Christian F. Hempelmann;Oswald Huber;Stefan Zysset

  • Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: evidence from parent interviews and children's daily diaries.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Whitney M. Wells;Jennifer M. Phillips;Antonio Y. Hardan

  • Stimulus Characteristics Affect Humor Processing in Individuals with Asperger Syndrome

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Michael Hegenloh;Michael Hegenloh

  • The psychophysiology of mixed emotional states

    Sylvia Dagmar Kreibig;Andrea Christiane Samson;James J. Gross

  • Emotional Awareness in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review.

    Lena Sendzik;Johanna Özlem Schäfer;Andrea Christiane Samson;Eva Naumann

  • Teasing, Ridiculing and the Relation to the Fear of Being Laughed at in Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Andrea Christiane Samson;Oswald Huber;Willibald Ruch

  • Functional specialization within the anterior medial prefrontal cortex: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study with human subjects.

    Stefan Zysset;Oswald Huber;Andrea Christiane Samson;Evelyn C. Ferstl

  • Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries

    Rene T. Proyer;Willibald Ruch;Numan S. Ali;Hmoud S. Al-Olimat

  • Cartoons: Drawn Jokes?

    Christian F. Hempelmann;Andrea Christiane Samson

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
Ilona Papousek
Ilona Papousek University of Graz
Willibald Ruch
Willibald Ruch University of Zurich
Elisabeth M. Weiss
Elisabeth M. Weiss University of Innsbruck
Jennifer M. Phillips
Jennifer M. Phillips Stanford University
Mirko Uljarević
Mirko Uljarević University of Melbourne
Deborah M. Riby
Deborah M. Riby Durham University
René T. Proyer
René T. Proyer Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Carolien Rieffe
Carolien Rieffe University of Twente
David Sander
David Sander University of Geneva

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