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Overview

Kristin Naragon-Gainey is affiliated with the University of Western Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work concentrates on a variety of topics including:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Frequent publication venues for Kristin Naragon-Gainey include:

  • Psychological Assessment
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Neuropsychology Review
  • Assessment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • "The nature and neurobiology of fear and anxiety: State of the science and opportunities for accelerating discovery" (2023), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "The Structure of Distress Tolerance and Neighboring Emotion Regulation Abilities" (2020), Assessment
  • "Ecological validity of trait emotion regulation strategy measures." (2020), Psychological Assessment
  • "Principles and procedures for revising the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology." (2023), Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • "Clarifying the Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Mindfulness: an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study" (2022), Mindfulness

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Kenneth G. DeMarree, Tierney P. McMahon, Rodrigo Becerra, Deborah E. Ward, and Lora E. Park.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the relations of anxiety sensitivity to the depressive and anxiety disorders.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • The structure of common emotion regulation strategies: A meta-analytic examination.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Tierney P. McMahon;Thomas P. Chacko

  • Development and validation of new anxiety and bipolar symptom scales for an expanded version of the IDAS (the IDAS-II).

    David Watson;Michael W. O’Hara;Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Erin Koffel

  • On the specificity of positive emotional dysfunction in psychopathology: Evidence from the mood and anxiety disorders and schizophrenia/schizotypy

    David Watson;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • Specificity of Rumination in Anxiety and Depression: A Multimodal Meta‐Analysis

    Bunmi O. Olatunji;Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor

  • Differential relations of depression and social anxiety symptoms to the facets of extraversion/positive emotionality.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;David Watson;Kristian E. Markon

  • Personality, Emotions, and the Emotional Disorders

    David Watson;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • Impact of emotional approach coping and hope on PTSD and depression symptoms in a trauma exposed sample of Veterans receiving outpatient VA mental health care services

    Christina M. Hassija;Jane A. Luterek;Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Sally A. Moore

  • Evaluation of the unique and specific contributions of dimensions of the triple vulnerability model to the prediction of DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorder constructs.

    Timothy A. Brown;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • Stable "trait" variance of temperament as a predictor of the temporal course of depression and social phobia.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Matthew W. Gallagher;Timothy A. Brown

  • Perceived Control is a Transdiagnostic Predictor of Cognitive–Behavior Therapy Outcome for Anxiety Disorders

    Matthew W. Gallagher;Matthew W. Gallagher;Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Timothy A. Brown

  • Clinical Utility of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS)

    Sara M. Stasik-O’Brien;Rebecca L. Brock;Michael Chmielewski;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • The nature and neurobiology of fear and anxiety: State of the science and opportunities for accelerating discovery

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  • Consensually defined facets of personality as prospective predictors of change in depression symptoms.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;David Watson

  • The Multilevel Structure of Daily Emotion-Regulation-Strategy Use: An Examination of Within- and Between-Person Associations in Naturalistic Settings

    Tierney P. McMahon;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • What Lies Beyond Neuroticism? An Examination of the Unique Contributions of Social-Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Internalizing Disorders:

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;David Watson

  • A comparison and integration of structural models of depression and anxiety in a clinical sample: Support for and validation of the tri-level model

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Jason M. Prenoveau;Timothy A. Brown;Richard E. Zinbarg

  • Structure and validity of measures of decentering and defusion.

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Kenneth G. DeMarree

  • The Structure of Distress Tolerance and Neighboring Emotion Regulation Abilities.

    Christopher C. Conway;Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Molly T. Harris

  • It’s All About the Money (For Some): Consequences of Financially Contingent Self-Worth

    Lora E. Park;Deborah E. Ward;Kristin Naragon-Gainey

  • The correspondence of daily and retrospective PTSD reports among female victims of sexual assault

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;Tracy L. Simpson;Sally A. Moore;Alethea A. Varra

  • Clarifying the dispositional basis of social anxiety: A hierarchical perspective

    Kristin Naragon-Gainey;David Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Watson
David Watson University of Notre Dame
Timothy A. Brown
Timothy A. Brown Boston University
Matthew W. Gallagher
Matthew W. Gallagher University of Houston
Tracy L. Simpson
Tracy L. Simpson University of Washington
Debra Kaysen
Debra Kaysen Stanford University
Camilo J. Ruggero
Camilo J. Ruggero University of North Texas
Leonard J. Simms
Leonard J. Simms University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Michael W. O'Hara
Michael W. O'Hara University of Iowa
Jennifer P. Read
Jennifer P. Read University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Roman Kotov
Roman Kotov Stony Brook University

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