Shimrit Koren Black, M.A.

Shimrit Koren Black, M.A.

E-mail: shimrit.black@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/moodandcognitionlab/index.htm

Bio: Shimrit is currently in her fifth year of graduate studies.  She received her B.A. in clinical psychology from Tufts University and M.A. in clinical psychology from Temple University.  Shimrit's research interests include the role of cognitives styles and stress in the etiology of depression, emotion dysregulation, and emotion regulation strategies in depressed individuals. Her dissertation research examines the underlying emotion-regulation mechanisms of mindfulness based treatments for depression.

Representative publications:

Alloy, L.B., Black, S.K., Young, M.E., Goldstein, K.E., Shapero, B.G., Stange, J.P., Boccia, A.S., Matt, L.M., Boland, E.M., Moore, L.C., Abramson, L.Y. (in press). Cognitive Vulnerabilities and Depression versus Other Psychopathology Symptoms and Diagnoses in Early Adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Black, S.K., de Moor, C., Kendall A.D., Shrier, L.A. Feasibility of Momentary Sampling Assessment of Cannabis Use in Adolescents and Young Adults (2011). Accepted for publication in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

Shrier, L.A., Feldman , H.A., Black, S.K., Walls, C., Kendall, A.D., Lops, C., Beardslee, W.R. (2011). Momentary Affective States Surrounding Sexual Intercourse in Depressed Adolescents and Young Adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior. DOI 10.1007/s10508-011-9787-4

Alloy, L.B., LaBelle, D.R . Boland, E.M., Goldstein, K.E., Jenkins, A.L., Shapero, B.G., Black, S.K., & Obraztsova, O. (in press). Mood Disorders. In J.E. Maddux & B.A. Winstead (Eds.), Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding (Third Edition). New York: Routledge.

Alloy, L.B., Wagner, C.A, Black, S.K., Gerstein, R.K., & Abramson, L.Y. (2009). The Breakdown of Self-Enhancing and Self-Protecting Cognitive Biases in Depression. In M. Alicke & C. Sedikides (Eds.), The Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self Protection. New York: Guilford Press.