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Alexandra Adamis

Doctoral Candidate
Research Area: Clinical Science


Attentional bias and control, perseverative thinking, ecological momentary assessment, anxiety

Representative Publications

Olatunji, B.O., Adamis, A.M., Mosby, M., Liu, Q. (In Press). Self-reported executive dysfunction predicts COVID-19 traumatic stress: A Prospective study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
 
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (In Press). Unique and interactive effects of intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation on daily negative emotionality. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 1-14. 
 
Adamis, A.M., Walske, S., & Olatunji, B.O. (In Press). Attention mechanisms of social anxiety in daily life: Unique effects of negative self-focused attention on post-event processing. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 191. 
 
Adamis, A.M., Boyne, A., Harper, C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2025). Specificity of attentional control deficits in predicting symptoms of social anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders 365, 8-16. 
 
Jessup, S.C., Adamis, A.M., & Olatunji, B.O. (2025). Preliminary examination of sympathetic magic as a psychological endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavior Therapy, 56(1), 83-94
 
Olatunji, B.O. & Adamis, A.M. (2024). Federal funding shapes knowledge in clinical science. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3(10), 644-645. 
 
Adamis, A.M., Lebovitz, J., Oberlin, L., Chen, S., Phan, D., Burns, K.C., Gunning, F., & Burdick, K.E. (2024). Predictors of Psychosocial Impairment in a Transdiagnostic Sample: Unique Effects of Repetitive Negative Thinking. Journal of Affective Disorders, 366, 74-82, 
 
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Reconciling attentional bias in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 100895, ISSN 2211-3649, doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2024.100896.
 
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Effects of internal, external, and neutral attentional allocation on post-event processing in social anxiety. Cognitive Research and Therapy. 
 
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., Cole, D.A., & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Ecological momentary assessment of the unique effects of trait worry on daily negative emotionality: Does arousal matter? Cognition and Emotion, 39(3), 714-721. 
 
Jessup, S.C., Adamis, A.M., Rast, C., Cox, R.C., Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Unique and interactive effects of emotion regulation difficulties and perceived stress on COVID-19 traumatic stress, anxiety, and safety behavior use: A Four-year prospective study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 176, 104503, ISSN 0005-7967
 
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Specific emotion regulation difficulties and executive function explain the link between worry and subsequent stress: A prospective moderated mediation study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 348, 88-96
 
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). Strengths and shortcomings of a mindful approach to the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Clinical Psychology, Science and Practice. 
 
Adamis, A.M., Cole, D.A., & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). Intolerance of uncertainty and worry prospectively predict COVID-19 anxiety and distress: A 4-year longitudinal study. Behavior Therapy, 55, 320-330.  
 
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). The promise and potential pitfalls of iCBT for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychology, Science and Practice, 30(2), 163-166. 

Honors

2025 Vanderbilt Award for Doctoral Discovery, Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ College of Arts and Sciences 

2025 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR73394 

2025 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Fellowship, the Graduate School at Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ 

2024 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR72543 

2023 Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Psychology 

2023 Gayle Fambrough Fellowship Award, Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Psychology

2023 Summer Research Award, Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ College of Arts and Sciences 

2023 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR67441

2023 Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Psychology 

2022 äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Graduate Fellowship, the Graduate School at Vanderbilt äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ 

2019 Highest GPA in the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾

2018 Order of Omega Honors Society, Northwestern äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾

2017 Mortar Board Honors Society, Northwestern äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾

2017 Win Hill Nominee for Best Research Methods Paper, Northwestern äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾