Ellen J. Wright

Associate Professor of Psychology

Departments/Programs

Psychology

Degrees

University of Iowa, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, M.A.
University of Colorado, B.A.
Adams State College, B.A.

Expertise

The intersection between clinical psychology, depression, gender, development, emotion regulation. Specifically: gender and developmental differences in and risks for depression; Risk, resiliency and depression prevention; emotion regulation, self-focused attention, rumination and reflection; mindfulness, coping, and development; psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology and affective disorders (i.e., postpartum depression and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)

Profile

Professor Wright is currently working on predictors of different forms of emotion regulation and self-focused attention, particularly rumination, reflection, and mindfulness, and in distraction, and how those forms of emotion regulation are related to depression and anxiety and responses to trauma. This research is undertaken using a developmental framework

Courses Taught

PSYC	10a	Introduction to Psychology
PSYC	31a	Personality
PSYC	32a	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC	36b	Adolescence and the Transition to Maturity
PSYC	52a	Research Methods and Laboratory in Psychology
PSYC	91g	Introduction to Research Practice
PSYC	160b	Seminar on Sex Differences

Awards and Honors

Professor of the Year - Simons College (2005)

Scholarship

Li, Lijun, Wright, Ellen J. "Romantic relationship in early adulthood: Effects of empathy on relationship satisfaction.." Society for REsearch in Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN. April 2018.

Brickman, S. & Wright, Ellen J. "Profiles of post-trauma adaptation after the 2013 Boston marathon bombings." International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL. November 2017.

Brickman, S., & Wright, Ellen J. "Moderators and mediators or emotion regulation on post-trauma responses following Boston bombings.." Eastern Psychological Association. Boston, MA. March, 2017.

Brickman, S., & Wright, Ellen J. "Emerging Adulthood and the Impact of Age, Coping and Emotion Regulation on Distress and Growth following the 2013 Boston Marathon." Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX. April 2017.

Li, L., & Wright, Ellen J. "Effects of couple’s empathy on relationship satisfaction: attachment as mediator." American Psychological Society, Boston, MA. May 2017.

Wright, Ellen J, & Alchanati, R.. "Inter and intrapersonal predictors of emotion regulation: Hanging on, pondering, looking away.." Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada. March 30, 2011.

Wright, Ellen J., & Alchanati, R.. "Rumination and reflection: A cross-cultural examination of self-focused attention.." (2011).

Wright, Ellen J. "Trapped in negative self-focus: The implications of emerging self-focused emotion regulation and increased depression risk following pubertal onset in females.." Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA. March, 2010.

Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., & Forbes, Peter. "Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression.." Journal of Family Psychology 21. (2009): 703-713.

Yang, Jiong, & Wright, Ellen J. "Relationships among gender-related traits, loneliness and self-esteem." Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. April 2009.

Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., & Forbes, Peter. "Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression.." Journal of Family Psychology 21. 4 (2007): 703-713.

Beardslee, William R., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., Wright, Ellen J., & Cooper, Andy B.. "A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: Evidence of parental and child change." Pediatrics 112. (2003): 119-131.

Beardslee, William R., Versage, Eve, Salt, Patricia, & Wright, Ellen J. "The development and evaluation of two preventive intervention strategies for children of depressed parents." Rochester Symposium on developmental psychopathology, Volume IX. Developmental approaches to prevention and intervention. vol. IX Ed. D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1999

Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Salt, Patricia, Drezner, Karen, Gladstone, Tracy G., Versage, Eve, & Rothberg, Phyllis C.. "Examination of children’s responses to two preventive intervention strategies over time.." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36. (1997): 196-204.