Alexandra Adamis
Doctoral Candidate
Research Area: Clinical Science
Attentional bias and control, perseverative thinking, ecological momentary assessment, anxiety
Lab Website
Representative Publications
Olatunji, B.O., Adamis, A.M., Mosby, M., Liu, Q. (In Press). Self-reported executive dysfunction predicts COVID-19 traumatic stress: A Prospective study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (In Press). Unique and interactive effects of intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation on daily negative emotionality.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2509178
Adamis, A.M., Walske, S., & Olatunji, B.O. (In Press). Attention mechanisms of social anxiety in daily life: Unique effects of negative self-focused attention on post-event processing.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104759
Adamis, A.M., Boyne, A., Harper, C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2025). Specificity of attentional control deficits in predicting symptoms of social anxiety.
Journal of Affective Disorders 365, 8-16.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.052
Jessup, S.C.,
Adamis, A.M., & Olatunji, B.O. (2025). Preliminary examination of sympathetic magic as a psychological endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Behavior Therapy, 56(1), 83-94
. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.04.009
Adamis, A.M., Lebovitz, J., Oberlin, L., Chen, S., Phan, D., Burns, K.C., Gunning, F., & Burdick, K.E. (2024). Predictors of Psychosocial Impairment in a Transdiagnostic Sample: Unique Effects of Repetitive Negative Thinking.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 366, 74-82,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.054
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Reconciling attentional bias in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 100895, ISSN 2211-3649, doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2024.100896.
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Effects of internal, external, and neutral attentional allocation on post-event processing in social anxiety.
Cognitive Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10521-w
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., Cole, D.A., & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Ecological momentary assessment of the unique effects of trait worry on daily negative emotionality: Does arousal matter?
Cognition and Emotion, 39(3), 714-721.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2386124
Jessup, S.C.,
Adamis, A.M., Rast, C., Cox, R.C., Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Unique and interactive effects of emotion regulation difficulties and perceived stress on COVID-19 traumatic stress, anxiety, and safety behavior use: A Four-year prospective study.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 176, 104503, ISSN 0005-7967
. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104503
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2024). Specific emotion regulation difficulties and executive function explain the link between worry and subsequent stress: A prospective moderated mediation study.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 348, 88-96
. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.029
Adamis, A.M., Jessup, S.C., & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). Strengths and shortcomings of a mindful approach to the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
Clinical Psychology, Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000160
Adamis, A.M., Cole, D.A., & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). Intolerance of uncertainty and worry prospectively predict COVID-19 anxiety and distress: A 4-year longitudinal study.
Behavior Therapy, 55, 320-330
. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2023.07.009
Adamis, A.M. & Olatunji, B.O. (2023). The promise and potential pitfalls of iCBT for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Clinical Psychology, Science and Practice, 30(2), 163-166.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000137
Honors
2025 Vanderbilt Award for Doctoral Discovery, Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Sciences
2025 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR73394
2025 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Fellowship, the Graduate School at Vanderbilt University
2024 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR72543
2023 Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology
2023 Gayle Fambrough Fellowship Award, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology
2023 Summer Research Award, Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Sciences
2023 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Award VR67441
2023 Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology
2022 University Graduate Fellowship, the Graduate School at Vanderbilt University
2019 Highest GPA in the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
2018 Order of Omega Honors Society, Northwestern University
2017 Mortar Board Honors Society, Northwestern University
2017 Win Hill Nominee for Best Research Methods Paper, Northwestern University
