Ashley E Mason

Biographic Data

ID650486
NAMEAshley E Mason
GIVEN NAMESAshley E
FAMILY NAMEMason
SIGNATUREMASON A E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-8744-0185
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Development and validation of a brief form of the Anticipated Effects of Food Scale

    Open AccessJenna R Cummings, Natasha Treharne et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 1References: 31

    Identifying malleable influences on eating behaviours will advance our ability to improve physical and mental health. Food-related emotional expectancies are the anticipated positive and negative emotions from eating different foods and are theorised to affect eating behaviour, and to be amenable to change. The Anticipated Effects of Food Scale (AEFS) assesses food-related emotional expectancies using 62 one-word items; however, a shorter questio…

  • A randomized controlled pilot trial of low and high arousal resilience interventions for depressive symptoms

    Open AccessElissa Epel, Brian P Don et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Behavioral Medicine2025References: 48

    BACKGROUND: To cope with chronic stress, which can contribute to depression, humans often pursue arousal-reducing activities. Yet, hormetic stressors (intermittent, acute stressors) might also reduce chronic stress. PURPOSE: We compared the effects of arousal-reducing and arousal-enhancing interventions on depressive symptoms and perceived stress. METHODS: Female adults (N = 141; predominantly White, 63%, and Asian, 34%) reporting high perceived …

  • Controlled trial of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages

    Open AccessJamey M Schmidt, Elissa S Epel et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales ban on reducing SSB consumption in employees, including those with cardiometabolic disease risk factors. Design: A controlled trial of ethnically diverse, full-time employees who consumed SSB heavily (sales ban n 315; control n 342). Outcomes included standardised measures of change in SSB consumption in the workplace (primary) and at home between baseline…

  • Weight Loss Maintenance and Cellular Aging in the Supporting Health Through Nutrition and Exercise Study

    Ashley E Mason, FREDERICK HECHT et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2018

    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine, within a weight loss clinical trial for obesity, the impact of intervention arm, weight change, and weight loss maintenance on telomere length (TL). METHODS: Adults (N = 194) with a body mass index between 30 and 45 were randomized to a 5.5-month weight loss program with (n = 100) or without (n = 94) mindfulness training and identical diet-exercise guidelines. We assessed TL at baseline and 3-, 6-…

  • The contemptuous separation

    Open AccessSaeideh Heshmati, David A Sbarra et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2017

    The importance of studying specific and expressed emotions after a stressful life event is well known, yet few studies have moved beyond assessing self‐reported emotional responses to a romantic breakup. This study examined associations between computer‐recognized facial expressions and self‐reported breakup‐related distress among recently separated college‐aged young adults ( N = 135; 37 men) on four visits across 9 weeks. Participants' facial e…

  • Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss

    Open AccessAshley E Mason, Elissa S Epel et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Cited by: 2References: 71

  • Acute responses to opioidergic blockade as a biomarker of hedonic eating among obese women enrolled in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention trial

    Open AccessAshley E Mason, Robert H Lustig et al.ARTICLEAppetite2015Cited by: 2References: 60

  • Facing a breakup

    Open AccessAshley E Mason, Rita W Law et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2012Cited by: 3References: 46

    Romantic breakups arouse fundamental questions about the self: Who am I without my partner? This study examined self‐concept reorganization and psychological well‐being over an 8‐week period in the months following a breakup. Multilevel analyses revealed that poorer self‐concept recovery preceded poorer well‐being and was associated with love for an ex‐partner, suggesting that failure to redefine the self contributes to post‐breakup distress. Psy…

  • Attachment anxiety, verbal immediacy, and blood pressure

    Open AccessLauren A Lee, David A Sbarra et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2011

    Marital separation and divorce increase risk for all‐cause morbidity and mortality. Using a laboratory analog paradigm, this study examined attachment anxiety, language use, and blood pressure (BP) reactivity among 119 ( n = 43 men, 76 women) recently separated adults who were asked to mentally reflect on their relationship history and separation experience. A language use composite of verbal immediacy from participants' stream‐of‐consciousness r…

  • Tourism and the Sex Trade Industry in Southeast Asia

    Open AccessAshley E MasonARTICLEThe University of Western Ontario…2011

  • Marital Dissolution and Blood Pressure Reactivity

    David A Sbarra, Rita W Law et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009

    OBJECTIVE: To assess blood pressure (BP) reactivity as recently separated adults completed a laboratory task asking to mentally reflect on their relationship experiences. Marital separations and the experience of divorce are associated with increased risk for early mortality and poor health outcomes. Few studies, however, have investigated the potential psychophysiological mechanisms that may account for these broad-based associations. METHOD: Se…