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Dr. Kari M. Eddington

Assistant Professor, Clinical PhD, Indiana University, 2000 Eberhart 266 Phone:  (336) 256-0569 Email: kmedding@uncg.edu

Dr. Eddington's research is in the area of adult depression and involves a multimethod approach that draws on theoretical models from several areas of psychology and neuroscience. Her work combines idiographic/nomothetic methods to probe individual differences in the affective, cognitive, and biobehavioral responses to self-relevant stimuli. Some of her recent research has examined the consequences of activating cognitions related to self-relevant goals using both questionnaire measures and functional neuroimaging. She is also interested in exploring how responses to self-relevant stimuli change with symptom remission and the role these processes play in psychotherapy outcome.

Selected publications:

Eddington, K.M., Dolcos, F., Cabeza, R., & Strauman, T.J. (2007). Neural correlates of promotion and prevention goal activation: An fMRI study using an idiographic approach. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(7), 1152-1162.

Strauman, T.J., Eddington, K.M., & McCrudden, M.C. (2007). Affective science and psychotherapy: In search of synergy. In J. Rottenberg & S.L. Johnson (Ed.) Emotion and Psychopathology: Bridging Affective and Clinical Science. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

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(2), 367-376.

Strauman, T.J. & Merrill, K.A. (2004). The basic science/clinical science interface and treatment development. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 11, 263-266.

Merrill, K.A., & Strauman, T.J. (2004). The role of personality in cognitive-behavioral therapies. Behavior Therapy, 35, 131-146.

Merrill, K.A., Tolbert, V.A., & Wade, W.A. (2003). Effectiveness of cognitive therapy for depression in a community mental health center: A benchmarking study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(2), 404-409.