Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 767807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Vrshek-Schallhorn |
| SIGNATURE | VRSHEK-SCHALLHORN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2825-200X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Association of early adversity, neuroticism, and depression with perceived severity ratings of stressful life event vignettes
Stress appraisal is implicated in psychological outcomes and may be influenced by environment, personality, and psychopathology, but novel methods are needed to examine how individual differences influence appraisal. Using participant-rated stress appraisals of life event vignettes, we hypothesised an association between researcher-rated and perceived severity, and early adversity, neuroticism, and depression would each be associated with higher …
Biased first impressions yield positive illusions that facilitate friendship initiation
Quality friendships are highly beneficial, yet relatively little research has identified processes that facilitate the initiation of friendships. One process that motivates relationship maintenance-forming positive illusions about another person-may also occur when interacting with strangers and similarly motivate friendship initiation. We tested this idea in three studies. Study 1 was a dyadic observational study of strangers who had introductor…
Habitual Caffeine Use Is Associated With Heightened Cortisol Reactivity to Lab-Based Stress in Two Samples
OBJECTIVE: Habitual caffeine consumption protects against depression but through unclear mechanisms. Although habitual caffeine use predicts cortisol release in response to other acute stressors (e.g., exercise), this is less examined with lab-based psychosocial stress in healthy adults. Furthermore, caffeine-induced cortisol increases may mask theory-predicted cortisol blunting to robust stress in people with elevated depression risk. In two sam…
Novel Perspectives on Adversity Exposure, Stress Responding, and Academic Retention Among First- and Continuing-Generation Students
First-generation college students are less likely to complete their degrees than continuing-generation students, in part due to experiences of educational and socioeconomic adversity. Accounting for adversity and its downstream implications is likely to suggest new interventions that promote resilience and retention of these students. We propose a novel model in which the influence of adversity on long term academic outcomes acts through indicato…
Depression in early adolescence: Contributions from relational aggression and variation in the oxytocin receptor gene
Interpersonal stress arising from relational aggression (RA)-the intentional effort to harm others via rejection and exclusion-may increase risk for depression in youth. Biological vulnerabilities related to the hormone oxytocin, which affects social behavior and stress responses, may exacerbate this risk. In a community sample of 307 youth (52% female; age range = 10-14 years), we tested whether (1) the association between RA and subsequent depr…
The Effects of Childhood and Adolescent Adversity on Substance Use Disorders and Poor Health in Early Adulthood
The Effects of Childhood and Adolescent Adversity on Substance Use Disorders and Poor Health in Early Adulthood
Biased first impressions yield positive illusions that facilitate friendship initiation
Quality friendships are highly beneficial, yet relatively little research has identified processes that facilitate the initiation of friendships. One process that motivates relationship maintenance-forming positive illusions about another person-may also occur when interacting with strangers and similarly motivate friendship initiation. We tested this idea in three studies. Study 1 was a dyadic observational study of strangers who had introductor…
Depression in early adolescence: Contributions from relational aggression and variation in the oxytocin receptor gene
Interpersonal stress arising from relational aggression (RA)-the intentional effort to harm others via rejection and exclusion-may increase risk for depression in youth. Biological vulnerabilities related to the hormone oxytocin, which affects social behavior and stress responses, may exacerbate this risk. In a community sample of 307 youth (52% female; age range = 10-14 years), we tested whether (1) the association between RA and subsequent depr…
The Effects of Childhood and Adolescent Adversity on Substance Use Disorders and Poor Health in Early Adulthood
Depression in early adolescence: Contributions from relational aggression and variation in the oxytocin receptor gene
Interpersonal stress arising from relational aggression (RA)-the intentional effort to harm others via rejection and exclusion-may increase risk for depression in youth. Biological vulnerabilities related to the hormone oxytocin, which affects social behavior and stress responses, may exacerbate this risk. In a community sample of 307 youth (52% female; age range = 10-14 years), we tested whether (1) the association between RA and subsequent depr…
Novel Perspectives on Adversity Exposure, Stress Responding, and Academic Retention Among First- and Continuing-Generation Students
First-generation college students are less likely to complete their degrees than continuing-generation students, in part due to experiences of educational and socioeconomic adversity. Accounting for adversity and its downstream implications is likely to suggest new interventions that promote resilience and retention of these students. We propose a novel model in which the influence of adversity on long term academic outcomes acts through indicato…
Habitual Caffeine Use Is Associated With Heightened Cortisol Reactivity to Lab-Based Stress in Two Samples
OBJECTIVE: Habitual caffeine consumption protects against depression but through unclear mechanisms. Although habitual caffeine use predicts cortisol release in response to other acute stressors (e.g., exercise), this is less examined with lab-based psychosocial stress in healthy adults. Furthermore, caffeine-induced cortisol increases may mask theory-predicted cortisol blunting to robust stress in people with elevated depression risk. In two sam…
Association of early adversity, neuroticism, and depression with perceived severity ratings of stressful life event vignettes
Stress appraisal is implicated in psychological outcomes and may be influenced by environment, personality, and psychopathology, but novel methods are needed to examine how individual differences influence appraisal. Using participant-rated stress appraisals of life event vignettes, we hypothesised an association between researcher-rated and perceived severity, and early adversity, neuroticism, and depression would each be associated with higher …
Biased first impressions yield positive illusions that facilitate friendship initiation
Quality friendships are highly beneficial, yet relatively little research has identified processes that facilitate the initiation of friendships. One process that motivates relationship maintenance-forming positive illusions about another person-may also occur when interacting with strangers and similarly motivate friendship initiation. We tested this idea in three studies. Study 1 was a dyadic observational study of strangers who had introductor…
Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)