Lisa R Starr
Biographic Data
| ID | 5705798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa R Starr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa R |
| FAMILY NAME | Starr |
| SIGNATURE | STARR L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5383-1105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Negative emotion differentiation in adolescents
Negative emotion differentiation (NED), or the ability to parse negative emotions (NEs) with precision, is theorised to facilitate emotion regulation (ER), but research examining the link between NED and the development of ER skills in adolescence has been surprisingly sparse and inconsistent. Brooding rumination may help explain heterogeneity in the relationship between NED and ER, as high brooders may continue to negatively perseverate on their…
Does controlling for baseline stressful life events clarify or cloud the stress generation effect? A response to Dang and Xiao (2025)
Stress generation theory suggests that individuals with psychiatric disorders have characteristics or engage in behaviors that increase the amount of dependent (self-generated), but not independent (fateful), stress they are exposed to. Our recent comprehensive meta-analysis amalgamating over 30 years of stress generation research (Rnic et al., 2023) documented stress generation effects broadly across various forms of psychopathology. Since the p…
Anxiety, Worry, and Difficulty Concentrating
Worry was associated with difficulty concentrating across three pandemic timepoints. • Anxiety predicted worry three months later, controlling for concurrent worry. • Worry partially mediated the path from T1 anxiety to T3 difficulty concentrating. • Mediation was not robust to controlling for outcomes at previous timepoints. Difficulty concentrating is an understudied cognitive phenomenon, despite its status as a diagnostic criterion for general…
Putting it into words
Emotion differentiation (ED; the ability to distinguish discrete internal emotion states) may reflect or benefit from knowledge of linguistic labels. The present study uses natural language processing to examine how emotion vocabulary (EV; diversity of unique emotion terms within active vocabulary) relates to ED and depression in an adolescent sample. We tested two competing preregistered (https://osf.io/4j75w/) models regarding the EV-ED link. I…
The vicious cycle of psychopathology and stressful life events
10) stress. We also identified unique patterns of effects across specific types of psychopathology. For example, effects were larger for depression than anxiety. Furthermore, effects were sometimes larger in studies with younger participants, shorter time lags between assessments, checklist measures of stress, and for interpersonal stressors. Finally, a multilevel meta-analytic structural equation model suggested that dependent stress exacerbates…
Does it help to talk about it? Co-rumination, internalizing symptoms, and committed action during the Covid-19 global pandemic
The perils of murky emotions
Negative emotion differentiation (NED) refers to the ability to identify and label discrete negative emotions. Low NED has been previously linked to depression and other indices of low psychological well-being. However, this construct has rarely been explored during adolescence, a time of escalating depression risk, or examined in the context of naturalistic stressors. Further, the association between NED and depression has never been tested long…
Examining associations between civic engagement and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood in a national U.S. sample
Many scholars posit that engaging in civic actions enhances mental health, yet existing evidence is limited. To address gaps in the literature and advance understanding of benefits of civic engagement from adolescence to young adulthood, we estimated a longitudinal structural model to test bidirectional associations between civic engagement (i.e., voting, community engagement, political behaviors) and depressive symptoms using nationally represen…
Trait anhedonia is a transdiagnostic correlate of internalizing problems during adolescence
Frequency and quality of social networking among young adults
Two studies examined associations between social networking and depressive symptoms among youth. In Study 1, 384 participants (68% female; mean age = 20.22 years, SD = 2.90) were surveyed. In Study 2, 334 participants (62% female; M age = 19.44 years, SD = 2.05) were surveyed initially and 3 weeks later. Results indicated that depressive symptoms were associated with quality of social networking interactions, not quantity. There was some evidence…
Frequency and quality of social networking among young adults
Two studies examined associations between social networking and depressive symptoms among youth. In Study 1, 384 participants (68% female; mean age = 20.22 years, SD = 2.90) were surveyed. In Study 2, 334 participants (62% female; M age = 19.44 years, SD = 2.05) were surveyed initially and 3 weeks later. Results indicated that depressive symptoms were associated with quality of social networking interactions, not quantity. There was some evidence…
Anxiety, Worry, and Difficulty Concentrating
Worry was associated with difficulty concentrating across three pandemic timepoints. • Anxiety predicted worry three months later, controlling for concurrent worry. • Worry partially mediated the path from T1 anxiety to T3 difficulty concentrating. • Mediation was not robust to controlling for outcomes at previous timepoints. Difficulty concentrating is an understudied cognitive phenomenon, despite its status as a diagnostic criterion for general…
Trait anhedonia is a transdiagnostic correlate of internalizing problems during adolescence
Frequency and quality of social networking among young adults
Two studies examined associations between social networking and depressive symptoms among youth. In Study 1, 384 participants (68% female; mean age = 20.22 years, SD = 2.90) were surveyed. In Study 2, 334 participants (62% female; M age = 19.44 years, SD = 2.05) were surveyed initially and 3 weeks later. Results indicated that depressive symptoms were associated with quality of social networking interactions, not quantity. There was some evidence…
The perils of murky emotions
Negative emotion differentiation (NED) refers to the ability to identify and label discrete negative emotions. Low NED has been previously linked to depression and other indices of low psychological well-being. However, this construct has rarely been explored during adolescence, a time of escalating depression risk, or examined in the context of naturalistic stressors. Further, the association between NED and depression has never been tested long…
Examining associations between civic engagement and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood in a national U.S. sample
Many scholars posit that engaging in civic actions enhances mental health, yet existing evidence is limited. To address gaps in the literature and advance understanding of benefits of civic engagement from adolescence to young adulthood, we estimated a longitudinal structural model to test bidirectional associations between civic engagement (i.e., voting, community engagement, political behaviors) and depressive symptoms using nationally represen…
Trait anhedonia is a transdiagnostic correlate of internalizing problems during adolescence
Does it help to talk about it? Co-rumination, internalizing symptoms, and committed action during the Covid-19 global pandemic
The vicious cycle of psychopathology and stressful life events
10) stress. We also identified unique patterns of effects across specific types of psychopathology. For example, effects were larger for depression than anxiety. Furthermore, effects were sometimes larger in studies with younger participants, shorter time lags between assessments, checklist measures of stress, and for interpersonal stressors. Finally, a multilevel meta-analytic structural equation model suggested that dependent stress exacerbates…
Putting it into words
Emotion differentiation (ED; the ability to distinguish discrete internal emotion states) may reflect or benefit from knowledge of linguistic labels. The present study uses natural language processing to examine how emotion vocabulary (EV; diversity of unique emotion terms within active vocabulary) relates to ED and depression in an adolescent sample. We tested two competing preregistered (https://osf.io/4j75w/) models regarding the EV-ED link. I…
Does controlling for baseline stressful life events clarify or cloud the stress generation effect? A response to Dang and Xiao (2025)
Stress generation theory suggests that individuals with psychiatric disorders have characteristics or engage in behaviors that increase the amount of dependent (self-generated), but not independent (fateful), stress they are exposed to. Our recent comprehensive meta-analysis amalgamating over 30 years of stress generation research (Rnic et al., 2023) documented stress generation effects broadly across various forms of psychopathology. Since the p…
Anxiety, Worry, and Difficulty Concentrating
Worry was associated with difficulty concentrating across three pandemic timepoints. • Anxiety predicted worry three months later, controlling for concurrent worry. • Worry partially mediated the path from T1 anxiety to T3 difficulty concentrating. • Mediation was not robust to controlling for outcomes at previous timepoints. Difficulty concentrating is an understudied cognitive phenomenon, despite its status as a diagnostic criterion for general…
Negative emotion differentiation in adolescents
Negative emotion differentiation (NED), or the ability to parse negative emotions (NEs) with precision, is theorised to facilitate emotion regulation (ER), but research examining the link between NED and the development of ER skills in adolescence has been surprisingly sparse and inconsistent. Brooding rumination may help explain heterogeneity in the relationship between NED and ER, as high brooders may continue to negatively perseverate on their…
Developmental psychology (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)