Publications
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.
Interpersonal contributors to depression in sexual minority adolescents: An examination of exposure to acute stressors and neural reactivity to interpersonal emotional images
Long, Y., Carlton, C. N.., Pegg, S., Venanzi, L., Woronko, S., Clark, K. A., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Developmental Psychobiology, 68, e70092.
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.
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.
Longitudinal associations between sense of belonging, imposter syndrome, and first-year college students’ mental health
Dao, A., Pegg, S., Okland, S., Green, H. & Kujawa, A. (2025). Journal of American College Health, 73, 3011-3020.
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.
Interpersonal trauma effects on adolescent depression: The moderating role of neurophysiological responses to positive interpersonal images
Long, Y., Dickey, L., Pegg, S., Argiros, A., Venanzi, L., Dao, A., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 195-206.
Adolescents’ sexual orientation and behavioral and neural reactivity to peer acceptance and rejection: The moderating role of family support
Clark, K., Pachankis, J. E., Dougherty, L. R., Katz, B. A., Hill, K. E., Klein, D. N., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Clinical Psychological Science, 12, 115-132.
Social media use as a predictor of positive and negative affect: An ecological momentary assessment study of adolescents with and without clinical depression
Politte-Corn, M., Dickey, L., Abitante, G., Pegg, S., Bean, C. A. L., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 743-755.
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.
Targeting positive valence systems function in children of mothers with depressive symptoms: A pilot randomized trial of an RDoC-informed preventive intervention
Burkhouse, K. L., Dao, A., Argiros, A., Granros, M., Cárdenas, E. F., Dickey, L., Feurer, C., Hill, K. H., Pegg, S., Venanzi, L., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 168, 104384.
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.
Social support and parental conflict as predictors of outcomes of group cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent depression
Argiros, A., Venanzi, L., Dao, A., Dickey, L., Herman, N., Pegg, S., Stewart, J., & Kujawa, A. (2023). International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 16, 202-221.
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.
Age-related differences in social media use, online social support, and depressive symptoms in adolescents and emerging adults
Politte-Corn, M., Nick, E., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28, 497-503.
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.
Caregivers’ positive emotion socialization tendencies are associated with positive affect in preschool age children
Hill, K., Kujawa, A., & Humphreys, K. L. (2023). Infant Mental Health Journal, 44, 437-447.
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.
#Socialdistancing: Social media use and online social support moderate the effect of pandemic-related stress on internalizing symptoms in emerging adults
Politte-Corn, Nick, E., Dickey, L., Pegg, S., Cole, D. C., & Kujawa, A. (2022). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 4, 30-53.
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.
Neurophysiological responses to interpersonal emotional images prospectively predict the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress on internalizing symptoms
Dickey, L., West, M., Pegg, S. Green, H., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6, 887-897.
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.
Neurophysiological responses to interpersonal emotional images: Associations with symptoms of depression and anxiety
Dickey, L., Pegg, S., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 21, 1306-1318.
Zoom or in-person? An ecological momentary assessment study of the effects of time with friends and depressive symptoms on affect in emerging adults
Kesselring, I., Yaremych, H. E., Pegg, S., Dickey, L., & Kujawa, A. (2021). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 40, 97-120.
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.
Advancing the RDoC initiative through the assessment of caregiver social processes
King, L., Salo, V., Kujawa, A., & Humphreys, K. L. (2021). Development and Psychopathology, 33, 1648-1664.
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.
Effects of maternal depression and mother-child relationship quality in early childhood on neural reactivity to rejection and peer stress in adolescence: A 9-year longitudinal study
Kujawa, A., Arfer, K. B., Finsaas, M., Kessel, E. M., Mumper, E., & Klein, D. N. (2020). Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 657-672.
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.
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.
Attenuated neural reactivity to happy faces is associated with rule-breaking and social problems in anxious youth
Bunford, N., Kujawa, A., Swain, J. E., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2017). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 26, 215-230.
Prefrontal reactivity to social signals of threat as a predictor of treatment response in anxious youth
Kujawa, A., Swain, J. E., Hanna, G. L., Koschmann, E., Simpson, D., Connolly, S., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2016). Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, 1983-1990.
Altered development of amygdala-frontal connectivity during emotional face processing in anxious youth and young adults
Kujawa, A., Wu, M., Klumpp, H., Pine, D. S., Swain, J. E., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2016). Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 1, 345-352.
Age-related changes in amygdala-frontal connectivity during emotional face processing from childhood into young adulthood
Wu, M., Kujawa, A., Lu, L., Fitzgerald, D., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2016). Human Brain Mapping, 37, 1684-1695.
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.
Enhanced neural reactivity to threatening faces in anxious youth: Evidence from event-related potentials
Kujawa, A., MacNamara, A., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S., & Phan, K. L. (2015). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1493-1501.
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.
Electrocortical reactivity to emotional faces in young children and associations with maternal and paternal depression
Kujawa, A. J., Hajcak, G., Torpey, D., Kim, J., & Klein D. N. (2012). Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 53, 207-215.