Emotion regulation strategies are often not initiated or fail because they feel too effortful. Our framework paper with Micaela Rodriguez and Richard McNally introduces the role of low-effort strategies for people with depression and anxiety. Read the full paper: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

New paper: Jamil Zaki and I integrate theories of empathy + emotion regulation to describe how therapists have to regulate a "therapeutic emotional circuit" in each session. Lots of applications and avenues for new research. Just published in CPS! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The CANDLab at Yale is hiring a new full-time research assistant! Excellent opportunity to gain post-bacc experience before applying to PhD programs in child and adolescent clinical psychology and neuroscience. 🧠 candlab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/YaleCANDLab_RA_2026.pdf

Our new measures of dating app aggression among MSM are here!! 🚨Now published in JSR with co-authors @jackiewoerner.bsky.social @ericschrimshaw.bsky.social and @ahlewis.bsky.social !! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!

"Filipino role models in psychology were essentially nonexistent for me. On top of that, the articles assigned in my seminars never included Filipino participants. ” Read about how Dr. Vinluan's experiences inspired this research: communities.springernature.com/posts/the-mi...

Highly recommend! What a wonderful experience.

Excited to share that I'm accepting applications for a PhD student to join my lab in Fall 2026! More info on how to apply can be found here: graduate.catalog.tcu.edu/colleges/eng... @bsamjournal.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social #HealthPsychology #PNI #Psychoneuroimmunology #DevelopmentalPsychology

Thrilled to share that I am planning to admit a grad student and will be reviewing applications to the clinical psychology PhD program at Miami University! Excited to mentor and learn from future mentees! For information about my lab and application FAQ, check out: www.seahpepl.com/joincontact-...

I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026). Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com

Check out this piece we wrote in @sciam.bsky.social on the Big Joy Project.

We're hiring! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30219 The Cornell Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication! Applications received by September 15, 2025, will be given full consideration.

In psychotherapy, treatment expectations matter. But even more powerful? ➡️ How they change over time. Our new paper shows that updating expectations during psychotherapy for MDD predicts depression outcomes. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WRBWU... #depression #psychotherapy #beliefupdating

Motivation and Emotion is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief! 4-year term starting Jan 2025. Looking for someone with vision, experience in motivation/emotion research, and editorial chops. Deadline: Aug 1. Ready to shape the field? Details: [email protected]

I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

APS welcomes 10 researchers from across the globe to the second cohort of APS Editorial Fellows. ‪ @pankhuri.bsky.social, @darwinguevarra.bsky.social, @droswaldomoreno.bsky.social, @lei-zhang.bsky.social, @karolinehuth.bsky.social

New paper out in @jmirpub.bsky.social Scaling a brief digital well-being intervention (the Big Joy Project) and sociodemographic moderators. We explored how a 7-day digital intervention impacted well-being across 17,000+ participants worldwide. www.jmir.org/2025/1/e72053

🧩 Tune in now for the last episode of Season 1 of the Stress Puzzle with Dr. Andrew Steptoe! Dr. Steptoe reflected on social relationships as we age, positive well-being & health + the next steps needed in intervention science. #scicomm #devpsych #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/andrewsteptoe

The 5th International Single Session Therapies Symposium is in ONE MONTH! Our lab is excited to host ~200 attendees from 17 countries. Register here! sites.northwestern.edu/sst5/register/ Bonus: I'll be 9 months pregnant during SST5. Will there be 201 attendees by the end?? Register to find out 😅

🧩 My conversation with Dr. Dave Almeida is out now! We chatted about the ~10% of people who report no daily stressors, the importance of measuring positive emotions, how everyday stress & emotion processes shift as we age, & more! #scicomm #devpsych #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/dailystress

💫🏆 What was the best stress science paper of 2024?! 💫🏆 The NIA/UCSF Stress Measurement Network invites you to nominate your own or a colleague's/mentee's paper for the Stress Science Paper Award (nominations accepted through May 1). More information here: www.stressmeasurement.org/stress-scien...

We're hiring! The Shackman Lab is hiring a full-time postbac RA for the 2025-26 academic year. This is fabulous opportunity to learn, work, and play with us in the DMV before heading off to graduate school. shackmanlab.org/studycoordin...

Speaking of the "cost of caring", Dr. Lewis reflected on the importance of Dr. Giscombé's research on an earlier episode of the Stress Puzzle. Here's a snippet of this conversation around how Dr. Lewis expanded on these ideas from impacts on mental health to also examine cardiovascular risk:

Check out this piece on our paper. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧩 My conversation with Dr. Cheryl Woods Giscombé is out now! We discussed Dr. Giscombé's work on Superwoman Schema, nuances that stress science has missed among Black women, and her perspective on promising interventions. #scicomm #socialpsych #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/superwomansc...

The BSAM @psychosommed.bsky.social Early Career Editorial Board provides a pathway for outstanding early career researchers around the globe to gain experience in reviewing and editorial functions. Apply by April 15. Please share with colleagues and rebleat! journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

Are you a Southeast Asian social-personality psychologist attending #SPSP2025 in Denver? We are getting together on Thursday 2/20, 7pm local time at Hyatt Regency’s Assembly Hall Bar! RSVP on the Whova app in the meetup section (or just come through)! SEASAPP is back for our 5th year reunion!!

Thrilled to finally have this paper officially out! Across eight samples (n=2k+), we find that having a larger strategy repertoire can benefit goal attainment. We also discuss challenges with measuring repertoire and flexibility more broadly. w/ Raymond Wu, J. Gross, @malfrie.bsky.social #AffectSci

Our newest paper, in JAMA Open - randomized high stress employees at UCSF to Headspace or control and Headspace worked to reduce stress! Useful: the effect seems to happen as long as you hit 5 mins per day. Great leadership from @aricprather.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The next episode of the Stress Puzzle, featuring Dr. Megan Gunnar discussing puberty & stress system recalibrations, will be available January 28th. In the meantime, catch up on previous episodes you may have missed! Access here or wherever you listen to podcasts: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast

Happy Holidays from the Stress Puzzle!🎁🧩 Listen in for a conversation with @aricprather.bsky.social about stress, sleep, & social experiences at the holidays + links between those factors and our susceptibility to infections & severity of illness. Listen: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...

📢 Our lab's latest, out today in JAMA Pediatrics: "State Parental Consent Law and Treatment Use Among Adolescents With Depression" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... TL;DR Teens with depression living in states that require parent consent for mental health treatment may be less likely to access care 🧵

🧩 Thrilled to share that the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle w/ @jennytung.bsky.social is out now! We chatted about her intergenerational research (& collaborations!) as Co-Director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project in Kenya + much more! Listen: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...

I am recruiting graduate students to join the Affective Science and Psychophysiology lab at Miami University in the Fall of 2025! I would appreciate it if you could share this with your networks. Link: www.darwinguevarra.com

I am recruiting graduate students to join the Affective Science and Psychophysiology lab at Miami University in the Fall of 2025! I would appreciate it if you could share this with your networks. Link: www.darwinguevarra.com