Alyssa Jones

Research Interests:
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Emotional experience and emotion regulation
  • Psychological impact of trauma and violence
Graduate Training

Mentor: Christal Badour, Ph.D.

Education
M.A. in Psychology, American University, 2015
B.S. in Psychology, Harding University, 2013

 

 

Research Interests
My program of research is focused on understanding the psychological impact of trauma, particularly as it relates to the development and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Specifically, my research interests include the role of specific emotions (e.g., shame, guilt, disgust) in trauma-related psychopathology, comparing emotion regulation strategies on reducing trauma-related emotions, and individual differences in emotional experience and emotion regulation.
Selected Publications: 

Jones, A. C., Brake, C. A., & Badour, C. L. (2020). Disgust. In M. T. Tull & N. A. Kimbrel (Eds.), Emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder (pp. 117-144). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Badour, C. L., Dutton, C. E., Wright, J. J., Jones, A. C., & Feldner, M. T. (2020). Shame Proneness, Negative Cognitions, and Posttraumatic Stress among Women with a History of Sexual Trauma. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-15.

Jones, A. C., Kassam-Adams, N., Ciesla, J. A., Barakat, L., Marsac, M. L. (2019). A prospective examination of child avoidance coping and parental coping assistance after pediatric injury: A mixed-methods approach. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(8), 914-923.

Jones, A. C., Badour, C. L., Brake, C. A., Hood, C. O., & Feldner, M. T. (2018). Facets of emotion regulation and posttraumatic stress: Indirect effect of peritraumatic dissociation. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 1-13.

Jones, A. C. & Herr, N. R. (2018). Emotion differentiation mediates the association between emotion regulation difficulties and caloric intake. Eating Behaviors, 29, 35-40.

Brake, C. A., Jones, A. C., Wakefield, J. R., & Badour, C. L. (2018). Mental contamination and trauma: Understanding posttraumatic stress, risky behaviors, and help-seeking attitudes. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Dutton, C. E., Badour, C. L., Jones, A. C., Mischel, E. R., & Feldner, M. T. (2016). Affective lability predicts decreased habituation in posttraumatic stress symptom responding during a single laboratory session of imaginal exposure. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 43, 52-57.

Herr, N. R., Jones, A. C., Cohn, D. M., & Weber, D. M. (2015). The impact of validation and invalidation on aggression in individuals with emotion regulation difficulties. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6(4), 310.