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Renee Thompson

Renee Thompson

Assistant Professor Psychological & Brain Sciences
Degrees: 
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
E-mail: 
renee.thompson@wustl.edu
Phone: 
314 935-8251
Office: 
Room 235D
Mailbox: 

Campus Box 1125

Website: 
Emotion & Psychopathology Lab

Research Interests

Dr. Thompson’s research centers on understanding the everyday emotional experience in individuals diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. She uses multi-method approaches, including ecological momentary assessment, to examine affective instability and other temporal dynamics of emotional experience. She is also interested in how components of emotion regulation (e.g., emotional awareness) and interpersonal factors (e.g., perceived rejection) affect the emotional experience of depressed, anxious, and healthy samples. 

Selected Publications

  • Boden, M. T., & Thompson, R. J. (in press). Facets of emotional awareness facets and associations with emotion regulation and depression. Emotion.
     

  • Kircanski, K., Thompson, R. J., Sorenson, J., Sherdell, L., & Gotlib, I. H. (in press). Rumination and worry in daily life: Examining the naturalistic validity of theoretical constructs. Clinical Psychological Science.

  •  Thompson, R. J., Kuppens, P., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (in press). Emotional clarity and negative emotionality. Emotion.

  • Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2013). The role of attention to emotion in recovery from Major Depressive Disorder. Depression Research and Treatment, 2013, 1-6. doi: 10.1155/2013/540726

  • Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2012). The everyday emotional experiences of individuals with Major Depressive Disorder: Examining emotional instability, inertia, and reactivity.Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0027978.

  • Thompson, R. J., Berenbaum, H., & Bredemeier, K. (2011). Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations between affective instability and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 130, 53-59. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2010.09.021
     
  • Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2011). Concurrent and prospective relations between attention to emotions and affect intensity: An experience sampling study. Emotion, 11, 1489-1494. doi:10.1037/a0022822
     
  • Waugh, C. E., Thompson, R. J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2011). Flexible emotional responsiveness in trait resilience.Emotion, 11, 1059-1067. doi:10.1037/a0021786

Courses

  • Psychology 354: Abnormal Psychology 

  • Psychology 3645: Understanding Emotions

  • Psychology 5453: Introduction to Affective Science

Faculty
Clinical Core Faculty