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Overview

Geraldine Downey is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes in psychology with a focus on clinical and social psychology as well as health-related fields. Their research spans multiple interconnected topics including personality disorders and psychopathology, personality traits, community health and development, grief and bereavement, death anxiety and social exclusion, religion and spirituality, and mental health research.

Downey has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications across diverse venues. Among recent works are:

  • The Dynamic Ecology of Rejection and Acceptance: Mental Health Implications, 2020, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Reward and Punishment Sensitivity in Borderline and Avoidant Personality Disorders, 2020, in Journal of Personality Disorders
  • The Ecological Resilience Framework: The Justice Ambassadors Youth Council as a model for community-based resilience, 2023, in Development and Psychopathology
  • Rejection Sensitivity, Perceived Power, and HIV Risk in the Relationships of Low-Income Urban Women, 2020, archived at UNC Libraries
  • P050 Integrating a same day sleep apnoea assessment into a surgical pre-admission clinic (PAC), 2024, in SLEEP Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Downey include Jarrell E. Daniels, Kathy R. Berenson, Eshkol Rafaeli, Brooke Burrows, and Sarah M. Van De Weert. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach across psychology and health professions.

Publication venues where Downey's work has appeared include:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of Personality Disorders
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • UNC Libraries
  • SLEEP Advances

Downey's research fields emphasize:

  • Psychology

With subfields distributed as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main research topics addressed include:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Community Health and Development
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Best Publications

  • Children of depressed parents: an integrative review.

    Geraldine Downey;James C. Coyne

  • Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships.

    Geraldine Downey;Scott I. Feldman

  • Social Factors and Psychopathology: Stress, Social Support, and Coping Processes

    James C. Coyne;Geraldine Downey

  • Sensitivity to Status-Based Rejection: Implications for African American Students' College Experience

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;Geraldine Downey;Valerie J. Purdie;Angelina Davis

  • The self-fulfilling prophecy in close relationships: rejection sensitivity and rejection by romantic partners.

    Geraldine Downey;Antonio L. Freitas;Benjamin Michaelis;Hala Khouri

  • Regulating the Interpersonal Self: Strategic Self-Regulation for Coping With Rejection Sensitivity

    Ozlem Ayduk;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;Walter Mischel;Geraldine Downey

  • Sensitivity to status-based rejection: implications for African American students' college experience.

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  • Rejection Sensitivity and Children's Interpersonal Difficulties

    Geraldine Downey;Amy Lebolt;Claudia Rincón;Antonio L. Freitas

  • Social causes and consequences of rejection sensitivity.

    Bonita London;Geraldine Downey;Cheryl Bonica;Iris Paltin

  • Rejection sensitivity and male violence in romantic relationships

    Geraldine Downey;Scott Feldman;Ozlem Ayduk

  • Rejection sensitivity and disruption of attention by social threat cues

    Kathy R. Berenson;Anett Gyurak;Özlem Ayduk;Geraldine Downey

  • Rejection Sensitivity and Depressive Symptoms in Women

    Ozlem Ayduk;Geraldine Downey;Minji Kim

  • Rejection Sensitivity and the Rejection–Hostility Link in Romantic Relationships

    Rainer Romero-Canyas;Geraldine Downey;Kathy Berenson;Ozlem Ayduk

  • Rejection sensitivity as a mediator of the impact of childhood exposure to family violence on adult attachment behavior.

    Scott Feldman;Geraldine Downey

  • Rejection Sensitivity and the Defensive Motivational System: Insights From the Startle Response to Rejection Cues

    Geraldine Downey;Vivian Mougios;Ozlem Ayduk;Bonita E. London

  • Women with Multiple Roles: Role-Compatibility Perceptions, Satisfaction, and Mental Health

    Linda Beth Tiedje;Camille B. Wortman;Geraldine Downey;Carol Emmons

  • Neural Dynamics of Rejection Sensitivity

    Ethan Kross;Tobias Egner;Kevin Ochsner;Joy Hirsch

  • He Said, She Said A Quasi-Signal Detection Analysis of Daily Interactions Between Close Relationship Partners

    Shelly L. Gable;Harry T. Reis;Geraldine Downey

  • The rejection-rage contingency in borderline personality disorder.

    Kathy R. Berenson;Geraldine Downey;Eshkol Rafaeli;Karin G. Coifman

  • Pain, negative mood, and perceived support in chronic pain patients: a daily diary study of people with reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome

    Scott I. Feldman;Geraldine Downey;Rebecca Schaffer-Neitz

  • Rejection Sensitivity and Executive Control: Joint predictors of Borderline Personality features.

    Özlem Ayduk;Vivian Zayas;Geraldine Downey;Amy Blum Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Ozlem Ayduk
Ozlem Ayduk University of California, Berkeley
Eshkol Rafaeli
Eshkol Rafaeli Bar-Ilan University
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Drew Nesdale
Drew Nesdale Griffith University
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton University of California, Berkeley
Yuichi Shoda
Yuichi Shoda University of Washington
Elaine F. Walker
Elaine F. Walker Emory University
Tom R. Tyler
Tom R. Tyler Yale University
Niall Bolger
Niall Bolger Columbia University
E. Tory Higgins
E. Tory Higgins Columbia University

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