Publications
The impact of adversity and maternal depression on neural reward responsivity in young children
Granros, M., Engstrom, A., Sheena, M., Feurer, C., Kujawa, A., Suor, J., & Burkhouse, K. L. (in press). Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Neural reward responsiveness moderates the effect of a brief positive emotion-focused training on perceived stress in college students
Yao, D., Carlton, C., Long, Y., Venanzi, L., Pegg, S., Bean, C. A. L., & Kujawa, A. (in press). Biological Psychology.
Early parenting is associated with the development of neural reward responsiveness from childhood through adolescence
Hill, K. E., Bean, C. A. L., Abitante, G., Lawhead, C., Szenczy, A. K., Kessel, E., Hajcak, G., Nelson, B., Klein, D. N. & Kujawa, A. (2026). Communications Psychology.
Associations between new mothers’ neural reward response and perceptions of their own infant
Hill, K. E., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Greene, M. N., Cárdenas, E. F., Jackson, M., Pegg, S., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2026). Developmental Psychobiology, 68, e70164.
Associations between birth-related stressors, social reward responsiveness, and postpartum internalizing symptoms
Cárdenas, E.F., Jackson, M., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Harkness, K. L., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (in press). Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
Social reward responsiveness moderates the association between perceived social competence and depressive symptoms in adolescents
Patel, K. R., Carlton, C. N. Venanzi, L., Pegg, S. & Kujawa, A. (2026). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 54, 7.
Low reward responsiveness as a moderator of chronic stress effects on depressive symptoms in adolescents: An examination of monetary and social rewards
Pegg, S., Faivre, M., Moon, G., & Kujawa, A. (2026). Journal of Affective Disorders, 405, 121534.
Social reward responsiveness as a moderator of the association between perceived bonding with infants and depressive symptoms in postpartum women
Cárdenas, E. F., Jackson, M., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 25, 1181-1191.
A pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention targeting positive valence systems function to prevent internalizing symptoms in college students
Long, Y., Bean, C. A. L., Venanzi, L., Boldwyn, E., Dao, A., Dickey, L., Jackson, M., Mueller, R., Pegg, S., Winglass, M., Weis, V., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93, 281-292.
Study protocol for a multimethod investigation of the development of social and nonsocial reward responsivity and depression in autistic adolescents: Reward and Depression in Autism (RDA)
Schwartzman, J. M., Kujawa, A., Jeste, S. S., Corbett, B. A., Xu, W., Monachino, A. D., Castro, M. A., Cardenas-Quintero, K., Dao, A., Durazo-Arvizu, R., & Morales, S. (2025). BMC Psychology, 13, 603.
The incremental validity of level of personality functioning over borderline personality features in associations with early adolescent social reward processing
Boone, K., Babinski, D. E., Kujawa, A., Pegg, S., & Sharp, C. (2025). Personality and Mental Health, 19, e70000.
Altered social processing as a potential mechanism of BPD risk in girls with ADHD: A call for multi-method developmental research
Alacha, H. F., Sharp, C., Kujawa A., & Babinski, D. E. (2025). Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 10, e250001.
Time-domain and time-frequency neural responses to monetary and social rewards across three different tasks
Lawhead, C. Kujawa, A., Klein, D. N., & Nelson, B. D. (2025). Biological Psychology, 200, 109103.
Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in sexual minority adolescents: An examination of social reward responsiveness and support as moderators
Long, Y., Pegg, S., Kittleson, A., Clark, K., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 8, 100090.
Prospective associations between early adolescent reward functioning and later dimensions of psychopathology
Mattoni, M., Pegg, S., Kujawa, A., Klein, D. N., & Olino, T. M. (2024). Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133, 630-637.
Neural reactivity to social reward moderates the association between social media use and momentary positive affect in adolescents
Politte-Corn, M., Pegg, S., Dickey, L., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Affective Science, 5, 281-294.
Reduced reward responsiveness and depression vulnerability: Consideration of social contexts and implications for intervention
Kujawa, A. (2024). Psychophysiology, 61, e14528.
The effects of stress on reward responsiveness: A systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis of the event-related potential literature
Pegg, S., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 24, 42-59.
Social and monetary reward processing in youth with early emerging personality pathology: An RDoC-informed study
Babinski, D., Kujawa, A., Pegg, S., Leslie, J.M., Pothoven, C., Waschbusch, D. A., & Sharp, C. (2024). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 567-578.
Behavioral and psychiatric correlates of brain responses to social feedback
Rappaport, B., Kujawa, A., Arfer, K. B., Jackson, J. J., Kelly, D., Pegg, S., Luby, J. L., & Barch, D. M. (2024). Psychophysiology, 61, e14413.
Characterizing positive and negative valence systems function in adolescent depression: An RDoC-informed approach integrating multiple neural measures
Hill, K. E., Pegg, S., Dao, A., Boldwyn, E., Dickey, D., Venanzi, L., Argiros, A., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 100025.
Neural predictors of improvement with cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent depression: An examination of reward responsiveness and emotion regulation
Dickey, L, Pegg, S., Cárdenas, E. F., Green, H., Dao, A., Waxmonsky, J., Pérez-Edgar, K., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 1069-1083.
Associations between parental conflict and social and monetary reward responsiveness in adolescents with clinical depression
Hill, K. E., Dickey, L., Pegg, S., Dao, A., Arfer, K. B., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 119-131.
Borderline personality features and altered social feedback processing in emerging adults: An EEG study
Babinski, D., Pegg, S., West, M., Arfer, K. B., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 120, 110648.
Annual Research Review: Emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression diagnoses – A systematic review of neural and physiological research
Burkhouse, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64, 583-607.
Longitudinal associations between reward responsiveness and depression across adolescence
Mackin, D. M., Goldstein, B. L., Mumper, E., Kujawa, A., Kessel, E., Olino, T. M., Nelson, B. D., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D. N. (2023). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62, 816-828.
Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors and alterations in positive valence systems: A systematic review of the literature
Bettis, A. H., Benningfield, M. M., Dao, A., Dickey, L., Pegg, S., Venanzi, L., & Kujawa, A. (2022). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 156, 579-593.
The time course of reactivity to social acceptance and rejection feedback: An examination of event-related potentials and behavioral measures in a peer interaction task
Pegg, S., Lytle, M., Arfer, K. B., & Kujawa, A. (2022). Psychophysiology, 59, e14007.
The impact of irritability and callous unemotional traits on reward positivity in youth with ADHD and conduct problems
Waxmonsky, J., Fosco, W., Waschbusch D., Babinski, D., Baweja, R., Pegg, S., Cao, V., Shroff, D., & Kujawa, A. (2022). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 1027-1040.
Understanding trajectories to anxiety and depression: Neural responses to errors and reward as indices of susceptibility to stressful life events
Weinberg, A., Kujawa, A., & Riesel, A. (2022). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31, 115-123.
Neural response to rewarding social feedback in never-depressed adolescent girls and their mothers with remitted depression: Associations with multiple risk indices
Freeman, C., Ethridge, P., Banica, I., Sandre, A., Dirks, M. A., Kujawa, A., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131, 141-151.
An examination of developmental pathways from preschool temperament to early adolescent ADHD symptoms through initial responsiveness to reward
Bunford, N., Kujawa, A., Dyson, M., Olino, T., & Klein, D. N. (2022). Development and Psychopathology, 34, 841-853.
Altered reward responsiveness in depression: An examination of social and monetary reward domains and interactions with rejection sensitivity
Pegg, S., Arfer, K. B., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Journal of Affective Disorders, 282, 717-725.
Differentiating stages of reward responsiveness: Neurophysiological measures and associations with facets of the behavioral activation system
Pegg, S., Jeong, H. J., Foti, D., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Psychophysiology, 58, e13764.
Neural responses to social acceptance predict behavioral adjustments following peer feedback in the context of a real-time social interaction
Weinberg, A., Ethridge, P., Pegg, S., Freeman, C., Kujawa, A., & Dirks, M. A. (2021). Psychophysiology, 58, e13748.
Identifying neural markers of peer dysfunction in girls with ADHD
Babinski, D., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 6, e210022.
Developmental trajectories to reduced activation of positive valence systems: A review of biological and environmental contributions
Kujawa, A., Klein, D. N., Pegg, S., & Weinberg, A. (2020). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 43, 100791.
Differentiating clinically depressed adolescents with and without active suicidality: An examination of neurophysiological and self-report measures of reward responsiveness
Pegg, S., Dickey, L., Green, H., & Kujawa, A. (2020). Depression and Anxiety, 37, 876-884.
The effects of a brief motivation manipulation on reward responsiveness: A multi-method study with implications for depression
Pegg, S., & Kujawa, A. (2020). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 150, 100-107.
Stressful life events moderate the effect of neural reward responsiveness in childhood on depressive symptoms in adolescence
Goldstein, B. L., Kessel, E. M., Kujawa, A., Finsaas, M. C., Davila, J., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D. N. (2020). Psychological Medicine, 50, 1548-1555.
Reduced reward responsiveness predicts change in depressive symptoms in anxious children and adolescents following treatment
Kujawa, A., Burkhouse, K. L., Karich, S. R., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2019). Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 29, 378-385.
Reduced reward responsiveness moderates the effect of maternal depression on depressive symptoms in offspring: Evidence across levels of analysis
Kujawa, A., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D. N. (2019). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 82-90.
Blunted social reward responsiveness moderates the effects of social stress on dysphoric symptoms in emerging adults
Pegg, S., Ethridge, P., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Weinberg, A., & Kujawa, A. (2019). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 178.
Peer victimization and dysfunctional reward processing: ERP and behavioral responses to social and monetary rewards
Rappaport, B. I., Hennefield, L., Kujawa, A., Arfer, K. B., Kelly, D., Kappenman, E., Luby, J. L., & Barch, D. M. (2019). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 120.
Sensitivity to peer feedback in young adolescents with symptoms of ADHD: Examination of neurophysiological and self-report measures
Babinski, D. E., Kujawa, A., Kessel, E. M., Arfer, K. B., & Klein, D. N. (2019). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 605-617.
A longitudinal examination of event-related potentials sensitive to monetary reward and loss feedback from late childhood to middle adolescence
Kujawa, A., Carroll, A., Mumper, E., Mukherjee, D., Kessel, E., Olino, T., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D. N. (2018). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 132, 323-330.
Vulnerability to depression in youth: Advances from affective neuroscience
Kujawa, A., & Burkhouse, K. L. (2017). Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2, 28-3.
Social processing in early adolescence: Associations between neurophysiological, self-report, and behavioral measures
Kujawa, A., Kessel, E. M., Carroll, A., Arfer K., & Klein, D. N. (2017). Biological Psychology, 128, 55-62.
Neural responses to social and monetary reward in early adolescence and emerging adulthood
Ethridge, P., Kujawa, A., Dirks, M., Arfer, K., Kessel, E., Klein, D. N., & Weinberg, A. (2017). Psychophysiology, 54, 1786-1799.
Neural reactivity to reward as a predictor of cognitive behavioral therapy response in anxiety and depression
Burkhouse, K. L., Kujawa, A., Kennedy, A., Shankman, S., Langenecker, S., Phan, K. L., & Klumpp, H. (2016). Depression and Anxiety, 33, 281-288.
Longitudinal associations between preschool disruptive mood dysregulation symptoms and neural reactivity to monetary reward during preadolescence
Kessel, E. M., Dougherty, L. R., Kujawa, A., Hajcak, G., Carlson, G. R., & Klein, D. N. (2016). Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 26, 131-137.
Early parenting moderates the association between parental depression and neural reactivity to rewards and losses in offspring
Kujawa, A., Proudfit, G. H., Laptook, R., & Klein, D. N. (2015). Clinical Psychological Science, 3, 503-515.
Neural reactivity to monetary rewards and losses in childhood: Longitudinal and concurrent associations with observed and self-reported positive emotionality
Kujawa, A., Proudfit, G. H., Kessel, E., Dyson, M., Olino, T., & Klein, D. N. (2015). Biological Psychology, 104, 41-47.
Neural sensitivity to reward differentiates social from generalized anxiety in children
Kessel, E., Kujawa, A., Proudfit, G. H., & Klein, D. N. (2015). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56, 792-800.
Neural reactivity to rewards and losses in offspring of mothers and fathers with histories of depressive and anxiety disorders
Kujawa, A., Proudfit, G. H., & Klein, D. N. (2014). Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 287-297.
Electrocortical reactivity to social feedback in youth: A pilot study of the Island Getaway task
Kujawa, A., Arfer, K. B., Klein, D. N., & Proudfit, G. H. (2014). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 140-147.
The feedback negativity reflects favorable compared to non-favorable outcomes based on global, not local, alternatives
Kujawa, A., Smith, E., Luhmann, C., & Hajcak, G. (2013). Psychophysiology, 50, 134-138.