Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Susan K. Nolen-Hoeksema | |
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Born | |
Died | January 2, 2013 | (aged 53)
Alma mater | Yale University, University of Pennsylvania |
Known for | rumination, depression, gender |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | Yale 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 |
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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 published over 100 research articles. Below is a selection of her most cited work.
Title | Year | Co-Authors | Journal | Volume | Pages |
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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
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- ^ a b Psychology department chair dies, Darby, Jane Menton, Yale Daily News, January 4, 2013
- ^ "Department News | Department of Psychology". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ http://www.nitop.org/cv_pdf/nolen-publ.04.pdf
- ^ "Yale Depression & Cognition Program". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ a b "Susan Nolen-Hoeksema". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Yale Depression & Cognition Program". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Handbook of depression in adolescents - Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Lori M. Hilt - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/abn/102/1/20/
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/3/424/
- ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/77/5/1061/
- ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2000-05424-015
- ^ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2004.08.003
- ^ http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.116.1.198
- ^ "Rethinking Rumination". Pps.sagepub.com. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2011-09186-001
External links
- What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part I, Paul Bloom and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Academic Earth
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from January 2012
- 1959 births
- 2013 deaths
- Abnormal psychology
- Yale University faculty
- Yale University alumni
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People from Springfield, Illinois
- Stanford University Department of Psychology faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- Deaths from surgical complications