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Jessica L. Borelli is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and sociology and political science.

Their research addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • COVID-19 and mental health
  • Digital mental health interventions
  • Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum
  • Mental health research topics
  • Family and disability support research

Jessica L. Borelli has published extensively across various venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • Infant Mental Health Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Developmental Psychobiology

Their recent scholarly papers comprise:

  • "Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action." (2020, American Psychologist)
  • "COVID Symptoms, Symptom Clusters, and Predictors for Becoming a Long-Hauler Looking for Clarity in the Haze of the Pandemic" (2022, Clinical Nursing Research)
  • "COVID Symptoms, Symptom Clusters, and Predictors for Becoming a Long-Hauler: Looking for Clarity in the Haze of the Pandemic" (2021, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The Future of Women in Psychological Science" (2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
  • "Objective stress monitoring based on wearable sensors in everyday settings" (2020, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology)

In addition to journal articles, Borelli has contributed to book publications under the American Psychological Association. Notable titles include:

  • "Relational savoring: Using guided reflection to strengthen relationships and improve outcomes in therapy." (2023)
  • "Nature meets nurture: Science-based strategies for raising resilient kids." (2022)

Throughout their career, Borelli has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Patricia A. Smiley
  • Nikil Dutt
  • Amir M. Rahmani
  • Sina Labbaf
  • Margaret Kerr

Best Publications

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Adolescent girls' interpersonal vulnerability to depressive symptoms : A longitudinal examination of reassurance-seeking and peer relationships

    Mitchell J. Prinstein;Jessica L. Borelli;Charissa S. L. Cheah;Valerie A. Simon

  • Reflective functioning in mothers with drug use disorders: Implications for dyadic interactions with infants and toddlers

    Nancy E. Suchman;Cindy DeCoste;Denise Leigh;Jessica Borelli

  • Mothering From the Inside Out: Results of a second randomized clinical trial testing a mentalization-based intervention for mothers in addiction treatment.

    Nancy E. Suchman;Cindy L. DeCoste;Thomas J. McMahon;Rachel Dalton

  • Gender differences in work-family guilt in parents of young children.

    Jessica L. Borelli;S. Katherine Nelson;Laura M. River;Sarah A. Birken

  • Assessing parental empathy: a role for empathy in child attachment

    Jessica A Stern;Jessica L Borelli;Patricia A Smiley

  • Reciprocal, Longitudinal Associations Among Adolescents' Negative Feedback-Seeking, Depressive Symptoms, and Peer Relations

    Jessica L. Borelli;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • Attachment and emotion in school-aged children.

    Jessica L. Borelli;Michael J. Crowley;Daryn H. David;David A. Sbarra

  • Parental overcontrol as a mechanism explaining the longitudinal association between parent and child anxiety

    Jessica L. Borelli;Gayla Margolin;Hannah F. Rasmussen

  • COVID Symptoms, Symptom Clusters, and Predictors for Becoming a Long-Hauler: Looking for Clarity in the Haze of the Pandemic

    Huang Y;Pinto;Borelli Jl;Mehrabadi Ma

  • Reflective functioning in parents of school-aged children.

    Jessica L. Borelli;H. Kate St. John;Evelyn Cho;Nancy E. Suchman

  • The Future of Women in Psychological Science

    June Gruber;Jane Mendle;Kristen A. Lindquist;Toni Schmader

  • Relational savoring in long-distance romantic relationships:

    Jessica L. Borelli;Hannah F. Rasmussen;Margaret L. Burkhart;David A. Sbarra

  • Attachment dismissal predicts frontal slow-wave ERPs during rejection by unfamiliar peers.

    Lars O White;Jia Wu;Jessica L Borelli;Helena J V Rutherford

  • Reflective functioning moderates the association between perceptions of parental neglect and attachment in adolescence

    Jessica L. Borelli;Angelo Compare;Jonathan E. Snavely;Valentina Decio

  • Emotionally avoidant language in the parenting interviews of substance‐dependent mothers: Associations with reflective functioning, recent substance use, and parenting behavior

    Jessica L. Borelli;Jessica L. West;Cindy Decoste;Nancy E. Suchman

  • Attachment organization in a sample of incarcerated mothers: Distribution of classifications and associations with substance abuse history, depressive symptoms, perceptions of parenting competency and social support

    Jessica L. Borelli;Lorie Goshin;Sarah Joestl;Juliette Clark

  • Links Between Disorganized Attachment Classification and Clinical Symptoms in School-Aged Children

    Jessica L. Borelli;Daryn H. David;Michael J. Crowley;Linda C. Mayes

  • Maternal and Child Sexual Abuse History: An Intergenerational Exploration of Children's Adjustment and Maternal Trauma-Reflective Functioning.

    Jessica L. Borelli;Chloe Cohen;Corey Pettit;Lina Normandin

  • Can We Use Convergence Between Caregiver Reports of Adolescent Mental Health to Index Severity of Adolescent Mental Health Concerns

    Andres De Los Reyes;Candice A. Alfano;Simon Lau;Tara M. Augenstein

  • Clinical Psychological Science’s Call To Action in the Time of COVID-19

    June Gruber;Mitch Prinstein;Jonathan S Abramowitz;Anne Marie Albano

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Sbarra
David A. Sbarra University of Arizona
Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes Yale University
Michael J. Crowley
Michael J. Crowley Yale University
Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London
Gianluca Esposito
Gianluca Esposito University of Trento
Nikil Dutt
Nikil Dutt University of California, Irvine
June Gruber
June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder
Andres De Los Reyes
Andres De Los Reyes University of Maryland, College Park
Carla Sharp
Carla Sharp University of Houston
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Mitchell J. Prinstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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