NIH R01 · 2024
Connected Lives - Overcoming the Self through Empathy (CLOSE): A Dyadic, Multi-Method Study
PROJECT SUMMARY This project seeks to shed light on mechanisms underlying transdiagnostic risk for mental illness by integrating two traditionally disparate lines of research. One line of work indicates that repetitive negative thinking (RNT)—a transdiagnostic risk factor characterized by frequent, negative, self-focused thoughts— increases vulnerability for a range of mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. A second line of work demonstrates that high-quality social relationships are associated with lower rates of mental and physical illness; conversely, relationship stress, hostility, and disconnection exacerbate loneliness, isolation, and mental and physical illness.…
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