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The dominance behavioral system and manic temperament: motivation for dominance, self-perceptions of power, and socially dominant behaviorsSheri L Johnson
Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
J Affect Disord 142:275-82. 2012..Preliminary evidence suggests that mania and risk for mania (manic temperament) relate to the dominance system...
Elevated ambitions for fame among persons diagnosed with bipolar I disorderSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 121:602-9. 2012..Discussion focuses on goal regulation in bipolar disorder...- The dominance behavioral system and psychopathology: evidence from self-report, observational, and biological studiesSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Psychol Bull 138:692-743. 2012..Implications of using the DBS as a tool in clinical assessment and treatment are discussed... - The double-edged sword of goal engagement: consequences of goal pursuit in bipolar disorderSheri L Johnson
University of California, Berkley, USA
Clin Psychol Psychother 19:352-62. 2012..We suggest directions for treatment development focused on these issues in goal regulation... - The behavioral activation system and maniaSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 8:243-67. 2012..We conclude by considering the strengths and weaknesses of this literature, with an eye toward future directions and implications for treatment... - Creativity and bipolar disorder: touched by fire or burning with questions?Sheri L Johnson
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 32:1-12. 2012.... - Cognitive correlates of mania risk: are responses to success, positive moods, and manic symptoms distinct or overlapping?Sheri L Johnson
University of Miami, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:891-905. 2009..Current findings suggest the need to consider multifaceted aspects of cognition in refining psychological treatments of bipolar disorder... - Depressive and manic symptoms are not opposite poles in bipolar disorderS L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 123:206-10. 2011.... - Elevated expectancies among persons diagnosed with bipolar disorderSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Br J Clin Psychol 48:217-22. 2009..This study examined expectations for the future among people with actual bipolar disorder, versus people with no history of mood disorder and persons with history of unipolar depression... - Risk for mania and positive emotional responding: too much of a good thing?June Gruber
Department of Psychology, 2205 Tolman Hall 1650, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 1650, USA
Emotion 8:23-33. 2008..Discussion focuses on the implications these findings have for the diagnosis and prevention of bipolar disorder, as well as for the general study of positive emotion... - Reflective and ruminative processing of positive emotional memories in bipolar disorder and healthy controlsJune Gruber
Psychology Department, University of California, 2205 Tolman Hall 1650, Berkeley, CA 94720 1650, USA
Behav Res Ther 47:697-704. 2009..Prospective studies are needed to test the extent to which processing of positive emotion contributes to the course of symptoms in bipolar disorder... - Do positive emotions predict symptomatic change in bipolar disorder?June Gruber
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2205 Tolman Hall 1650, Berkeley, CA 94720 1650, USA
Bipolar Disord 11:330-6. 2009..Bipolar disorder is associated with positive emotion disturbance, though it is less clear which specific positive emotions are affected... - Positive affect regulation in anxiety disordersLori R Eisner
University of Miami, Department of Psychology, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0751, United States
J Anxiety Disord 23:645-9. 2009..Clinical implications and areas for future research are discussed... - Pushing and coasting in dynamic goal pursuit: coasting is attenuated in bipolar disorderDaniel Fulford
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Psychol Sci 21:1021-7. 2010.... - Life events as predictors of mania and depression in bipolar I disorderSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0721, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:268-77. 2008..Given different patterns for goal attainment and negative life events, it appears important to consider specific forms of life events in models of bipolar disorder... - Mania and dysregulation in goal pursuit: a reviewSheri L Johnson
Flipse Building Fifth Floor, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:241-62. 2005..This excessive goal engagement is hypothesized to contribute to manic symptoms after an initial life success... - Bipolar disorder: what can psychotherapists learn from the cognitive research?Sheri Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 2070, USA
J Clin Psychol 63:425-32. 2007..With such findings as backdrop, we consider the outcomes of psychological treatments for bipolar disorder and advance several suggestions for clinical practice... - Development of the treatment attitudes questionnaire in bipolar disorderSheri L Johnson
University of Miami, FL, USA
J Clin Psychol 64:466-81. 2008..Although the current study includes limited measurement of treatment engagement and a small sample size, this easily administered scale may help treatment planning for those with bipolar disorder... - An acceptance-based psychoeducation intervention to reduce expressed emotion in relatives of bipolar patientsLori R Eisner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 2070, USA
Behav Ther 39:375-85. 2008..Anger, blaming attributions, and number of criticisms remained unchanged. Results of this study are consistent with others in that it is difficult to change EE. Implications for future clinical research in this area are addressed... - Distinctions between bipolar and unipolar depressionAmy K Cuellar
University of Miami, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:307-39. 2005..Future research should investigate two broad categories of depression and mania as separate disease processes that are highly comorbid... - Affective reactivity in response to criticism in remitted bipolar disorder: a laboratory analog of Expressed EmotionAmy K Cuellar
University of Miami, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:925-41. 2009..Exploratory analyses found that female gender, the perception of the criticism as more negative, being disabled, and having fewer positive relationships predicted greater reactivity to criticism among people with bipolar disorder... - Does processing of emotional stimuli predict symptomatic improvement and diagnostic recovery from major depression?Sheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Emotion 7:201-6. 2007..These results are consistent with a growing literature highlighting the importance of emotionally relevant memory processes for understanding the course of major depression... 
Suicidality in bipolar I disorderSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, P O Box 248185, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0751, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:681-9. 2005..Depression, mixed state, and hopelessness were significantly associated with suicidality. All other variables were nonsignificant once symptom severity had been controlled. Implications for future research are described...- Life events in bipolar disorder: towards more specific modelsSheri L Johnson
University of Miami, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:1008-27. 2005..the dimensions of life stress and the specificity of disorder. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 167-1694; Harris, T.O. (1991). Life stress and illness: the question of specificity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 211-219])... - Spanish-language measures of mania and depressionCamilo J Ruggero
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 2070, USA
Psychol Assess 16:381-5. 2004..Results suggest that the Spanish versions have psychometric properties comparable to the English versions of the instruments... - Diagnostic inconsistency: a marker of service utilization in bipolar disorderSheri L Johnson
Adult Division, Department of Psychology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124 2070, USA
Manag Care Interface 19:41-5. 2006..Among patients with bipolar disorder, cases where diagnoses were changed to unipolar depression were hospitalized more quickly. Interventions are suggested to increase consistent recognition of manic history... - Reactivity to a laboratory stressor among individuals with bipolar I disorder in full or partial remissionCamilo J Ruggero
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 115:539-44. 2006..Results provide tentative support for reactivity to the stressor among the bipolar group, although reactivity was limited to impaired anagram performance... - Life events and juvenile bipolar disorder: conceptual issues and early findingsSheri L Johnson
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751, USA
Dev Psychopathol 18:1169-79. 2006..Then, we discuss available studies on life events as a predictor of the course of juvenile bipolar disorder. We conclude with suggested directions for future research... - The psychopathology and treatment of bipolar disorderDavid J Miklowitz
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 0345, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2:199-235. 2006..Much remains to be clarified about the interactive contributions of genetic, neurobiological, and psychosocial factors to the course of the disorder, and the moderators and mediators of treatment effects... - Cognitive responses to failure and success relate uniquely to bipolar depression versus maniaLori R Eisner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0751, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:154-63. 2008..Implications for future research and clinical work are discussed... - Serotonergic function, two-mode models of self-regulation, and vulnerability to depression: what depression has in common with impulsive aggressionCharles S Carver
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0751, USA
Psychol Bull 134:912-43. 2008..The article closes with brief consideration of the idea that low serotonergic function relates to even more diverse phenomena, whose natures depend in part on sensitivities of other systems... - Bipolar disorders across the lifespan. PrefaceSheri L Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
J Clin Psychol 64:365-7. 2008 - Coherence and specificity of information-processing biases in depression and social phobiaIan H Gotlib
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 113:386-98. 2004..Implications for the study of cognitive bias in depression, and for cognitive theory more broadly, are discussed...
Research Grants
- Neural /Cognitive Facets /Reward Responsivity /Bipolar DSheri Johnson; Fiscal Year: 2006..Moreover, the planned study is expected to refine neurobiological models of this disorder. ..
- Neural and Cognitive Facets of Reward Responsivity in Bipolar DisorderSheri Johnson; Fiscal Year: 2009..Moreover, the planned study is expected to refine neurobiological models of this disorder. ..
- Neural and Cognitive Facets of Reward Responsivity in Bipolar DisorderSheri L Johnson; Fiscal Year: 2010..Moreover, the planned study is expected to refine neurobiological models of this disorder. ..