Effortful Control as a Buffer of Pathological Response Tendencies

Description: In collaboration with Nicole M. Cain (Rutgers), Chiara De Panfilis (Univ. of Parma), Michael J. Roche (Penn State – Altoona), and John F. Clarkin (WCMC), we have demonstrated how self-regulatory skills such as effortful control (EC) may protect against automatic response tendencies, including biases in social cognitive perceptions.  We have evaluated the costs of low EC on relational functioning by identify the interpersonal profiles of those at varying levels of EC, and by using EMA to evaluate low EC’s impact on daily interpersonal events:
1.     Cain, N. M., Meehan, K. B., Roche, M. J., Clarkin, J. F., & De Panfilis, C.  (2018). Effortful control and interpersonal behavior in daily life. Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2018.1441151
2.     De Panfilis, C., Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M., & Clarkin, J. F. (2016). Effortful control, rejection sensitivity, and borderline personality disorder features in adulthood. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30(5), 595–612.
3.     Cain, N. M., De Panfilis, C., Meehan, K. B., & Clarkin, J. F. (2013). Assessing interpersonal profiles associated with varying levels of effortful control. Journal of Personality Assessment, 95(6), 640-644.
4.     Meehan, K. B., De Panfilis, C., Cain, N. M., & Clarkin, J. F. (2013). Effortful control and externalizing problems in young adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(5), 553-558.