Research Interests
The ultimate goal of my research is to explain the development of adult psychopathology, with a focus on the role of emotional processes. My research is not limited to a single circumscribed etiological factor or experimental paradigm. This is important because of the overwhelming evidence that psychopathological conditions are complex and multidetermined. The vast majority of work in my lab has been guided by a framework for describing emotional disturbances that was proposed by my students and me (Berenbaum et al, 2003). Specifically, we proposed that there are three broad types of emotional disturbances (each of which includes several subtypes): (a) disturbances in emotional valence (e.g., excessive levels of unpleasant emotion); (b) disturbances in emotional intensity/variability/regulation; and (c) disturbances in emotional awareness. In recent years, my work has focused on the following phenomena: (a) emotional awareness and other meta-emotion factors; (b) emotional intensity and variability; (c) peculiarity; and (d) worry.
Research Description
The ultimate goal of my research is to explain the development of adult psychopathology, with a focus on the role of emotional processes. My research is not limited to a single circumscribed etiological factor or experimental paradigm. This is important because of the overwhelming evidence that psychopathological conditions are complex and multidetermined. The vast majority of work in my lab has been guided by a framework for describing emotional disturbances that was proposed by my students and me (Berenbaum et al, 2003). Specifically, we proposed that there are three broad types of emotional disturbances (each of which includes several subtypes): (a) disturbances in emotional valence (e.g., excessive levels of unpleasant emotion); (b) disturbances in emotional intensity/variability/regulation; and (c) disturbances in emotional awareness. In recent years, my work has focused on the following phenomena: (a) emotional awareness and other meta-emotion factors; (b) emotional intensity and variability; (c) peculiarity; and (d) worry.
Education
Ph.D. from Indiana University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
For prospective students:
Professor Berenbaum is not planning to recruit any new doctoral students in the foreseeable future.
Recent Publications
Castro, A. A., Hur, J., & Berenbaum, H. (2022). A bifactor approach to modeling the structure of repetitive thinking: Replication and extension. Personality and Individual Differences, 189, [111472]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111472
Valera, E. M., Daugherty, J. C., Scott, O. C., & Berenbaum, H. (2022). Strangulation as an Acquired Brain Injury in Intimate-Partner Violence and Its Relationship to Cognitive and Psychological Functioning: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 37(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000755
Zhu, Y., Mu, W., Chirica, M. G., & Berenbaum, H. (2022). Testing a theory-driven factor structure of the autism-spectrum quotient. Autism Research, 15(9), 1710-1718. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2763
Berenbaum, H., Washburn, J. J., Sbarra, D., Reardon, K. W., Schuler, T., Teachman, B. A., Hollon, S. D., Atkins, M. S., Hamilton, J. L., Hetrick, W. P., Tackett, J. L., Cody, M. W., Klepac, R. K., & Lee, S. S. (2021). Accelerating the Rate of Progress in Reducing Mental Health Burdens: Recommendations for Training the Next Generation of Clinical Psychologists. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 28(2), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000007
Dolcos, S., Hu, Y., Williams, C., Bogdan, P. C., Hohl, K., Berenbaum, H., & Dolcos, F. (2021). Cultivating Affective Resilience: Proof-of-Principle Evidence of Translational Benefits From a Novel Cognitive-Emotional Training Intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, [585536]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.585536
