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Faculty Advisor: June Gruber

Education

• BA, UniversityÌýof California, Berkeley (Psychology, minor in Linguistics), 2013
• MA, Â鶹ӰԺÌý(Psychology), 2021

Research Interests:

I am broadly interested in emotion-related processes in psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on individual differences in emotion language and emotion regulation as risk and maintenance factors in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders. I am also interested in how stigmas against talking about mental illness and expressing emotions may contribute to health inequities in minoritized communities.

Publications:

Villanueva, C. M., Silton, R. L., Heller, W., Barch, D. M., & Gruber, J. (2021). Change is on the horizon: Call to action for the study of positive emotion and reward in psychopathology. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 34-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.11.008

Millgram, Y., Gruber, J., Villanueva, C. M., Rapaport, A., & Tamir, M. (2021). Motivations for emotions in bipolar disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 2167702620979583. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620979583

Gruber, J., Villanueva, C., Burr, E., Purcell, J. R., & Karoly, H. (2019). Understanding and taking stock of positive emotion disturbance. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12515

Gibson, C. J., Richards, A., Villanueva, C., Barrientos, M., Neylan, T., Inslicht, S. (2017). Gender differences in subjective sleep related to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2017.1409223

Conference Posters and Presentations:

Villanueva, C. M.,ÌýIbonie, S., Jensen, E., Eloy, L., D’Mello, S.,Ìý& Gruber, J. (2021).ÌýEmotion differentiation in young adults at risk for bipolar disorder disturbance during the first year of college.ÌýThematic flash talk presented at the 2021 Society for Affective Science (SAS) Annual Conference, United States.Ìý(virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Hoelscher, E.,ÌýVillanueva, C. M., Silverman, L., Bryan, A., Cyders, M., Weinstock, L., Johnson, S. L., Borelli, J. L., Shiota, M. N., & Gruber, J. (2021).ÌýBipolar disorder risk and emotion-related impulsivity in emerging adults during the first-year of college.ÌýThematic flash talk presented at the 2021 Society for Affective Science (SAS) Annual Conference, United States.Ìý(virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Ibonie, S. G., Ploe, M. L.,ÌýVillanueva, C. M.,ÌýSilverman, L., & Gruber, J. (2021).ÌýPositive social side of bipolar disorder? Social networks and connectedness and mania risk and symptoms in college students.ÌýThematic flash talk presented at the 2021 Society for Affective Science (SAS) Annual Conference, United States.Ìý(virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Preece, D. A., Becerra, R., Sauer-Zavala, S., Boyes, M., McEvoy, P.,ÌýVillanueva, C., Ibonie, S., Gruber, J., Hasking, P., & Gross, J. J. (2021).ÌýAssessing emotion regulation ability for negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI) in United States adults. Paper presented at the 2021 Society for Affective ScienceÌý(SAS)ÌýAnnual Conference, United States.Ìý(virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Hoelscher, E.,ÌýVillanueva, C. M., Silverman, L., Johnson, S. L., Bryan, A., Cyders, M., Weinstock, L. M., Borelli, J. L., Shiota, M., & Gruber, J. (2020).ÌýExamining bipolar risk, emotion-relevant impulsivity, and academic success in first-year college students. Poster presented at the 2020 Special Interest Group (SIG) for Bipolar Disorder, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Ibonie, S., Ploe, M. L., Kizeev, G.,ÌýVillanueva, C. M., Silverman, L., & Gruber, J. (2020).ÌýPositive social side of bipolar disorder? Examining associations between social networks and connectedness with bipolar risk and mood disturbance dimensions among first-year college students. Poster presented at the 2020 Special Interest Group (SIG) for Bipolar Disorder, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (virtual conference due to COVID-19)

Villanueva, C. M., Mennin, D., Murray, G., Thompson, R. J., & Gruber, J. (2019).ÌýExperience-sampling approach to emotion differentiation across bipolar and unipolar mood disorders: Associations with emotion regulation and variability. Poster presented at the 2019 Chapel Hill Conference on Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Suicidality, Chapel Hill, NC.

Villanueva, C. M., Mennin, D., Murray, G., Thompson, R. J., & Gruber, J. (2018).ÌýExperience-sampling approach to emotion differentiation across bipolar and unipolar mood disorders: Associations with emotion regulation and variability. Poster presented at the 2018 Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Teague, A.,ÌýVillanueva, C., Bauder, L., Cooper, G., & Gruber, J. (2018).ÌýRespiratory sinus arrhythmiaÌýand emotion regulation in emerging adults at risk for bipolar disorder. Poster presented at the 2018 Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Villanueva, C. M., Millgram, Y., Tamir, M., & Gruber, J. (2017).ÌýHow we want to feel: ExplicitÌýpreferences for emotion valence and volatility in bipolar I disorder. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Gilbert, K.,ÌýVillanueva, C., Bauder, L., Weston, L., & Gruber, J. (2017). PsychophysiologicalÌýarousal to positive emotion: Reward reactivity and recovery.ÌýPsychophysiology beyond fear: What other contexts teach us about (dys)functions of emotional arousal.ÌýPoster presented at the 2017ÌýAssociation for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

Gibson, C. J., Barrientos, M.,ÌýVillanueva, C., Neylan, T.C., & Inslicht, S.S. (2016).ÌýGender differencesÌýin subjective sleep related to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed adults. Poster presented at the 2016 Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.Ìý