Alison A. Papadakis, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 221D
Telephone: 410-617-2332
Fax: 410-617-5341
E-mail: APapadakis@loyola.edu

Education:

• A.B. (Psychology), 
  Princeton University
• M.A. (Clinical Psychology), 
  Duke University
• Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology),
  Duke University
• Developmental Certificate,
  Duke University and  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Developmental Psychology Joint Certificate Program
• Predoctoral Internship, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic,
  University of Pittsburgh

Scholarly Interests:

My primary research interest is the developmental psychopathology
of depression in adolescence. Recently, my research has focused on 
understanding the emergence of gender differences in depression, 
specifically why the rates of depression double for girls but remain
stable or drop for boys during early adolescence. I am investigating
how gender roles, self-discrepancy, and stress and coping affect
adolescent girls' vulnerability to depression. In addition, I have
interests in the development of self-regulation, gender roles and
eating disorders.

Representative Publications:

Jones, N. P., Papadakis, A. A., Hogan, C. M., & Strauman, T. J. 
     (2009). Over and over again: Rumination, reflection, and promotion 
     goal failure and their interactive effects on depressive symptoms. 
     Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 254-259.

Papadakis, A. A., Prince, R. P., Jones, N. P., & Strauman, T. J. 
     (2006). Self-regulation, rumination, and vulnerability to 
     depression in adolescent girls. Development and 
     Psychopathology, 18, 815-829.

Strauman, T. J., Vieth, A. Z., Merrill, K. A., Kolden, G. G., 
     Woods, T. E., Klein, M. H., Papadakis, A. A., Schneider, K. L., 
     & Kwapil, L. (2006). Self-system therapy as an intervention for 
     self regulatory dysfunction in depression: A randomized 
     comparison with cognitive therapy. Journal of Consulting and 
     Clinical Psychology, 74, 367-376.

Biesanz, J. C., Deeb-Sossa, N., Papadakis, A. A., Bollen, K. A., 
     & Curran, P. J. (2004). The role of coding time in estimating 
     and interpreting growth curve models. Psychological Methods, 
     9, 30-52.

Browne, D. C., Clubb, P. A., Aubrecht, A. M., & Jackson, M. 
     (2001). Minority health risk behaviors: An introduction to 
     research on sexually transmitted diseases, violence, 
     pregnancy prevention and substance use. Maternal and Child 
     Health Journal, 5, 215-224.

Course Offerings:

PY291: Research Methods I
PY292: Research Methods II
PY605: Psychopathology of Childhood
PY615: Advanced Abnormal Psychology
PY815: Psychopathology Seminar
PY833: Research Methods II
PY925: Clinical Applications-Assessment