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Marina A. Bornovalova is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Psychology, with significant contributions to Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Philosophy. The body of work reflects a focus on personality disorders, psychopathology, mental health research, functional brain connectivity, child and adolescent psychosocial development, and topics related to anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Recent publications by Bornovalova include:

  • Appropriate Use of Bifactor Analysis in Psychopathology Research: Appreciating Benefits and Limitations (2020), Biological Psychiatry
  • HiTOP Assessment of Externalizing Antagonism and Disinhibition (2021), Assessment
  • Dimensional and transdiagnostic phenotypes in psychiatric genome-wide association studies (2023), Molecular Psychiatry
  • Comorbidity in borderline personality: understanding dynamics in development (2020), Current Opinion in Psychology
  • The general psychopathology factor (p) from adolescence to adulthood: Exploring the developmental trajectories of p using a multi-method approach (2022), Development and Psychopathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bornovalova include:

  • Haya Fatimah
  • Alexandria M. Choate
  • Katherine Jonas
  • Roman Kotov
  • Robert F. Krueger

Notable publication venues where their work appears repeatedly are:

  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • Psychometrika
  • Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)
  • Biological Psychiatry

Bornovalova's main topics of research emphasize:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

The diversity of Bornovalova's research interests and collaborations contribute to the understanding of complex psychological and psychiatric phenomena through multi-method approaches, with an emphasis on dimensional and transdiagnostic frameworks in psychopathology. Their work also engages with the dynamics of comorbidity in personality disorders and the developmental trajectories of general psychopathology across adolescence and adulthood.

Best Publications

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

    Robert F. Krueger;Roman Kotov;David Watson;Miriam K. Forbes

  • A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research

    Christopher C. Conway;Miriam K. Forbes;Kelsie T. Forbush;Eiko I. Fried

  • DISTRESS TOLERANCE AS A PREDICTOR OF EARLY TREATMENT DROPOUT IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY

    Stacey B. Daughters;C. W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Christopher W. Kahler

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson

  • A laboratory-based study of the relationship between childhood abuse and experiential avoidance among inner-city substance users: the role of emotional nonacceptance

    Kim L Gratz;Marina Bornovalova;Ayesha Delany-Brumsey;Bettina Nick

  • Stability, Change, and Heritability of Borderline Personality Disorder Traits from Adolescence to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Twin Study

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Brian M. Hicks;William G. Iacono;Matt McGue

  • Impulsivity as a Common Process Across Borderline Personality and Substance Use Disorders

    Marina A. Bornovalova;C. W. Lejuez;Stacey Brooke Daughters;M. Zachary Rosenthal

  • Differences in impulsivity and risk-taking propensity between primary users of crack cocaine and primary users of heroin in a residential substance-use program

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Stacey B. Daughters;Gustavo Daniel Hernandez;Jerry B. Richards

  • Initial RCT of a distress tolerance treatment for individuals with substance use disorders.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Kim L. Gratz;Stacey B. Daughters;Elizabeth D. Hunt

  • Testing the relations between impulsivity-related traits, suicidality, and nonsuicidal self-injury: a test of the incremental validity of the UPPS model.

    Donald R. Lynam;Joshua D. Miller;Drew J. Miller;Marina A. Bornovalova

  • A multimodal assessment of the relationship between emotion dysregulation and borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users in residential treatment

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Kim L. Gratz;Stacey B. Daughters;Bettina Nick

  • Tests of a direct effect of childhood abuse on adult borderline personality disorder traits: a longitudinal discordant twin design.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Brooke M. Huibregtse;Brian M. Hicks;Margaret Keyes

  • Conditioned taste aversion and amygdala lesions in the rat: a critical review.

    Steve Reilly;Marina A Bornovalova

  • Risk taking differences on a behavioral task as a function of potential reward/loss magnitude and individual differences in impulsivity and sensation seeking.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Alex Cashman-Rolls;Jennifer M. O'Donnell;Kenneth Ettinger

  • Risk Factors in the Relationship Between Gender and Crack/Cocaine

    C. W. Lejuez;Marina A. Bornovalova;Elizabeth K. Reynolds;Stacey B. Daughters

  • Differences in risk-taking propensity across inner-city adolescent ever- and never-smokers.

    C. W. Lejuez;Will M. Aklin;Marina A. Bornovalova;Eric T. Moolchan

  • Factors associated with co-occurring borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users: the roles of childhood maltreatment, negative affect intensity/reactivity, and emotion dysregulation

    Kim L. Gratz;Matthew T. Tull;David E. Baruch;Marina A. Bornovalova

  • Appropriate Use of Bifactor Analysis in Psychopathology Research: Appreciating Benefits and Limitations.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Alexandria M. Choate;Haya Fatimah;Karl J. Petersen

  • Generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation predict change in anxiety and depression among college students.

    Jon D. Kassel;Marina Bornovalova;Neera Mehta

  • Familial Transmission and Heritability of Childhood Disruptive Disorders

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Brian M. Hicks;William G. Iacono;Matt McGue

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl W. Lejuez
Carl W. Lejuez Stony Brook University
Stacey B. Daughters
Stacey B. Daughters University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Kim L. Gratz
Kim L. Gratz University of Toledo
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Brian M. Hicks
Brian M. Hicks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher J. Hopwood
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Bo Bach
Bo Bach University of Copenhagen

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