Rachel E. Bender, M.A.

E-mail: rachel.bender@temple.edu

Bio: Rachel is currently in her fourth year of graduate studies in clinical psychology. She received her B.A. in psychology from Harvard University. Rachel works with Dr. Lauren Alloy and is broadly interested in factors related to the etiology, course, and treatment of mood disorders. Her current research focuses on the interaction between psychosocial stress and affective symptoms, as well as in the comorbidity between mood and substance use disorders.

Representative presentations and/or publications:

Bender, R.E., Alloy, L.B., Sylvia, L.G., Urosevic, S., & Abramson, L.Y. Generation of life events in bipolar spectrum disorders: A Re-examination and extension of the stress generation theory. Manuscript under editorial review.

Alloy, L.B., Bender, R.E., Wagner, C.A., Whitehouse, W.G., Abramson, L.Y., Hogan, M.E., Sylvia, L.G., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2009), Bipolar spectrum – substance use comorbidity: Behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and impulsiveness as shared vulnerabilities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Bender, R.E., Griffin, M.L., Gallop, B. G., & Weiss, R.D. (2007). Assessing negative consequences in patients with substance use and bipolar disorders: Psychometric properties of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP). American Journal on Addictions, 16(6), 503-509.