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Susan K. Nolen-Hoeksema
Born(1959-05-22)May 22, 1959
Springfield, Illinois, United States
DiedJanuary 2, 2013(2013-01-02) (aged 53)
Alma materYale University, University of Pennsylvania
Known forrumination, depression, gender
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsYale University, Stanford University, University of Michigan

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (May 22, 1959 — January 2, 2013)[1] was an American Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Her research explored how mood regulation strategies could correlate to a person's vulnerability to depression, with special focus on a construct she called rumination as well as gender differences.[2]

Biography

Education and employment

Nolen-Hoeksema was born in Springfield, Illinois. As an undergraduate, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema attended Yale University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She graduated in 1982 summa cum laude. She then went on to University of Pennsylvania where she earned a Master of Arts (1984) and Ph.D (1986) in clinical psychology.[3]

From 1986 to 1995, she was a faculty member at Stanford University receiving tenure in 1993. From 1995 to 2004 she was a tenured professor at University of Michigan in the Personality Area. From 2004 to 2013, Nolen-Hoeksema was a professor and researcher at Yale, as well as the head of the Yale Depression and Cognition Program.[4]

She died on January 2, 2013 of complications from heart surgery to repair damage caused by a blood infection.[1]

Honors and awards

Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema received several honors and awards for her research on depression, mood-regulation and gender. She received the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association,[5] the Leadership Award from the Committee on Women of the American Psychological Association in 2001,[6] and the Research Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.[5]

Associated laboratories

Depression and Cognition Program

Nolen-Hoeksema led the Depression and Cognition Program at Yale University, which explores how emotion regulation strategies affect the predisposition, development, and maintenance of psychopathology. Though traditionally the focus of the lab was on depression, past and current work focused on Generalized anxiety disorder, Social anxiety disorder and other mood disorders.

Bibliography

Books

Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema published a dozen books, including scholarly books, textbooks, and three books for the general public on women's mental health.

Title Year Co-Authors Publisher
The Power of Women 2010 N/A Times Books
Handbook of depression in adolescents[7] 2008 Lori Hilt Routledge
Eating, Drinking, Overthinking: The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol and Depression - and How Women Can Break Free 2006 N/A Henry Holt
The APA Dictionary of Psychology 2006 Gary VandenBos (Editor in Chief) American Psychological Association Press
Women Who Think Too Much: How To Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your life 2003 N/A Holt
Coping With Loss 1999 Judith Larson Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
Clashing Views on Abnormal Psychology 1998 N/A Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
Sex Differences in Depression 1990 N/A Stanford University Press

Selected research

Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema has published over 100 research articles. Below is a selection of her most cited work.

Title Year Co-Authors Journal Volume Pages
Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episode[8] 1991 N/A Journal of Abnormal Psychology 100(4) 569-582
Effects of rumination and distraction on naturally occurring depressed mood[9] 1993 Jannay Marrow Cognition & Emotion 7(6) 561-570
The emergence of gender differences in depression during adolescence[10] 1994 Joan S. Girgus Psychological Bulletin 115(3) 424-443
Explaining the gender difference in depressive symptoms[11] 1999 Judith Larson, Carla Grayson Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 77(5) 1061-1072
The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms[12] 2000 N/A Journal of Abnormal Psychology 109(3) 504-511
Gender differences in risk factors and consequences for alcohol use and problems[13] 2004 N/A Clinical Psychology Review 24(8) 981-1010
Reciprocal relations between rumination and bulimic, substance abuse, and depressive symptoms in female adolescents[14] 2007 Eric Stice, Emily Wade, Cara Bohon Journal of Abnormal Psychology 116(1) 198-207
Rethinking rumination[15] 2008 Blair Wisco, Sonja Lyubomirsky Perspectives on Psychological Science 3 400-424
When are adaptive strategies most predictive of psychopathology?[16] 2011 Amelia Aldao Journal of Abnormal Psychology 120(3) 511-764

References

  1. ^ a b Psychology department chair dies, Darby, Jane Menton, Yale Daily News, January 4, 2013
  2. ^ "Department News | Department of Psychology". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. ^ http://www.nitop.org/cv_pdf/nolen-publ.04.pdf
  4. ^ "Yale Depression & Cognition Program". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. ^ a b "Susan Nolen-Hoeksema". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  6. ^ "Yale Depression & Cognition Program". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  7. ^ "Handbook of depression in adolescents - Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Lori M. Hilt - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  8. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/abn/102/1/20/
  9. ^ "Taylor & Francis Online :: Effects of rumination and distraction on naturally occurring depressed mood - Cognition & Emotion - Volume 7, Issue 6". Tandfonline.com. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  10. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/3/424/
  11. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/77/5/1061/
  12. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2000-05424-015
  13. ^ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2004.08.003
  14. ^ http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.116.1.198
  15. ^ "Rethinking Rumination". Pps.sagepub.com. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  16. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2011-09186-001

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