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 Publications

Electronic copies of these publications are made available for non-commercial, educational use only. In most cases, copyright is held by the publisher. Thanks for your interest!

 

Forthcoming
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Neural Sensitivity to Social Rejection is Associated with Inflammatory Responses to Social Stress

Slavich, Way, Eisenberger, & Taylor, 2010

 

Peer-Refereed Papers and Invited Articles

1. Slavich, G. M. (2005). Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award: George M. Slavich. American Psychologist, 60, 865-868.
 

2. Slavich, G. M. (2006). Transformational teaching. In T. Zinn, B. Saville, & J. Williams (Eds.), Essays from e-xcellence in teaching: 2005 (Vol. 5). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
 

3. Slavich, G. M. (2006). On becoming a teacher of psychology. In J. G. Irons, B. C. Beins, C. Burke, B. Buskist, V. Hevern, & J. E. Williams (Eds.), The teaching of psychology in autobiography: Perspectives from exemplary psychology teachers (pp. 92-99). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
 

4. Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G. M., Torres, L. D., & Gotlib, I. H. (2007a). Major life events and major chronic difficulties are differentially associated with history of major depressive episodes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 116-124.
 

5. Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G. M., Torres, L. D., & Gotlib, I. H. (2007b). Severe life events predict specific patterns of change in cognitive biases in major depression. Psychological Medicine, 37, 863-871.
 

6. Monroe, S. M., & Slavich, G. M. (2007). Psychological stressors, overview. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of stress, second edition (Vol. 3, pp. 278-284). Oxford: Academic Press.
 

7. Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G. M., & Georgiades, K. (2009). The social environment and life stress in depression. In I. H. Gotlib & C. L. Hammen (Eds.), Handbook of depression (2nd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.
 

8. Slavich, G. M., Thornton, T., Torres, L. D., Monroe, S. M., & Gotlib, I. H. (2009). Targeted rejection predicts hastened onset of major depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 223-243.
 

 

9. Muscatell, K. A., Slavich, G. M., Monroe, S. M., & Gotlib, I. H. (2009). Stressful life events, chronic difficulties, and the symptoms of clinical depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 154-160.
 

 

10. Slavich, G. M. (2009). On 50 years of giving psychology away: An interview with Philip Zimbardo. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 278-284.
 

 

11. Slavich, G. M., O’Donovan, A., Epel, E. S., & Kemeny, M. E. (in press). Black sheep get the blues: A psychobiological model of social rejection and depression. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
 

 

12. O’Donovan, A., Hughes, B. M., Slavich, G. M., Lynch, L., Cronin, M. T., O’Farrelly, C., & Malone, K. M. (in press). Clinical anxiety, cortisol, and interleukin-6: Evidence for specificity in emotion-biology relationships. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
 

 

13. Harkness, K. L., Tabari, N., Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G. M., Gotlib, I. H., & Bagby, R. M. (in press). Sex differences in life events prior to onset of major depressive disorder: The moderating effect of age. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
 

 

14. Slavich, G. M., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Taylor, S. E. (in press). Neural sensitivity to social rejection is associated with inflammatory responses to social stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
 

 

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Professional Publications

1. Slavich, G. M. (2001a, February). First Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference. The Western Psychologist, 14, 13.

 


2. Slavich, G. M. (2001b, Spring). Beyond the Nametags: A thoughtful approach to hosting a conference. Eye on Psi Chi, 5, 47.

 


3. Slavich, G. M. (2004). Deconstructing depression: A diathesis-stress perspective. Observer, 17, 15.

 

4. Slavich, G. M. (2005a, September). Making research educational. Observer, 18, 27.

 

5. Slavich, G. M. (2005b, October). Transformational teaching. E-xcellence in Teaching, 5. Retrieved October 4th, 2005, from http://list.kennesaw.edu/archives/psychteacher.html

 


6. Slavich, G. M. (2006a). Congruency is key: A model for professional development in clinical psychology. The Clinical Psychologist, 59(3), 18-19.

 


7. Slavich, G. M. (2006b). Essays on internship. The Clinical Psychologist, 59(4), 12-13.

 


8. Slavich, G. M. (2007a). Remembering what we know we don’t know as budding psychologists. The Clinical Psychologist, 60(1), 18-19.

 


9. Slavich, G. M. (2007b). Evidence-based practice in the context of clinical training: An interview with Edmund Neuhaus. The Clinical Psychologist, 60(2), 12-13.

 


10. Slavich, G. M. (2007c). Interdisciplinary research institutes free your time and your mind! The Clinical Psychologist, 60(3), 12-13.

 


11. Slavich, G. M. (2008a). What to do once internship is through: Finding the post-doc that’s best for you. The Clinical Psychologist, 60(4), 8-9.

 


12. Slavich, G. M. (2008b). Perspectives on professional development in psychology: An interview with Elizabeth Kensinger. The Clinical Psychologist, 61(2), 10-11.

 


 

13. Slavich, G. M. (2008c). Thinking about licensure is the thing to do; The earlier you start, the sooner you'll be through. The Clinical Psychologist, 61(3), 9-10.
 


 

14. Slavich, G. M. (2009a). Psychology and society: How society shapes science and science shapes society. The Clinical Psychologist, 62(1), 9-10.
 


 

15. Slavich, G. M. (2009b). Jobs in clinical psychology: How to fulfill your dream of being a scientist-practitioner. The Clinical Psychologist, 62(2), 9-10.
 


 

16. Slavich, G. M. (2009c). Getting the most out of graduate school in clinical psychology. The Clinical Psychologist, 62(3), 11-12.

 


Unpublished Manuscripts

1. Slavich, G. M. (2005). Major depressive disorder: Descriptive features, contemporary theories, and their empirical status. Unpublished manuscript (Preliminary Examination; Committee: Scott M. Monroe, Ph.D., Anne D. Simons, Ph.D., and Patricia M. White, Ph.D.).
 

 

2. Slavich, G. M. (2006). Cognitive mechanisms of stress sensitization. Unpublished manuscript (Dissertation; Committee: Scott M. Monroe, Ph.D., Anne D. Simons, Ph.D., Sanjay Srivastava, Ph.D., and Leah Middlebrook, Ph.D.).

 

  

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