Selected Publications

Jamil, N. & Llera, S. J. (2021). A transdiagnostic application of the Contrast Avoidance Model: The effects of worry and rumination in a personal failure paradigm. Clinical Psychological Science, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702621991797

Llera, S.J., & Newman, M.G. (2020). Worry impairs the problem-solving process: Results from an experimental study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103759;

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Myers, N., & Llera, S. J. (2020). The role of childhood maltreatment in the relationship between social anxiety and dissociation: A novel link. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1719265

Llera, S.J., & Newman, M.G. (2017). Development and validation of two measures of emotional contrast avoidance: The Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 49, 114-127. doi:10.1016/j.anxdis.2017.04.008.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088761851630398X

Llera, S. J. (2017, Summer). Don’t worry about it! Anxiety and its impact on emotional wellbeing. Eye on Psi Chi, 21(4), 34-35. https://www.psichi.org/page/214EyeSum17aLlera#.WxgvmEgvyUk

Llera, S. J., & Newman, M. G. (2014). Rethinking the role of worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Evidence supporting a model of emotional contrast avoidance. Behavior Therapy, 45(3), 283-299. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2013.12.011.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789413001445

Newman, M.G., Llera, S. J., Erickson, T. E., Przeworski, A., & Castonguay, L. G. (2013). Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A review and synthesis of research on its nature, etiology, and treatment. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 275-297. doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185544.  https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185544

Newman, M. G. & Llera, S. J. (2011). A novel theory of experiential avoidance in generalized anxiety disorder: A review and synthesis of research supporting an avoidance of a negative emotional contrast. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 371-382. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2011.01.008.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735811000134

Llera, S. J., & Newman, M. G. (2010). Effects of worry on physiological and subjective reactivity to emotional stimuli in generalized anxiety disorder and nonanxious control participants.. Emotion, 10(5), 640-650. doi:10.1037/a0019351.  http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0019351

Newman, M. G., Szkodny, L. E., Llera, S. J., & Przeworski, A. (2011). A review of technology-assisted self-help and minimal contact therapies for anxiety and depression: Is human contact necessary for therapeutic efficacy? Clinical Psychology Review, 31(1), 89-103. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.09.008  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735810001662