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Education
M.S., Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 2011
B.A., Psychology, Cum Laude with Distinction in Psychology, Yale University, 2009
Curriculum Vitae
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Psi Chi
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
Keneisha R. Sinclair
Graduate Student
Research Area: Clinical Science
The development of depression in children and adolescents is my primary research interest. My work examines mediators of the relation between depression and obesity in youth. I also study how stressors such as peer victimization change children and adolescents’ self-schemas and put them at risk for depression and other forms of psychopathology.
Representative Publications
Publications
- Bilsky, S. A.; Cole, D. A.; Dukewich, T. L.; Martin, N. C.; Sinclair, K. R.; Tran, C.; Roeder, K. M.; Felton, J.; Tilghman-Osborne, C.; Weitlauf, A.; Maxwell, M. (in press). Does supportive parenting mitigate the longitudinal effects of peer victimization on depressive symptoms in children? Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
- Cole, D. A.; Dukewich, T. L.; Roeder, K.M.; Sinclair, K. R.; Mcmillian, J.; Will, E.; Bilsky, S. A.; Felton, J. (under review). One step closer to understanding the social-developmental origins of depressive self-schemas in children and adolescents.
- Roeder, K. M.; Cole, D. A.; Sinclair, K. R.; Dukewich, T.; Felton, J.; Tilghman-Osborne, C.; Jacky, A. (under review). Sensitive periods for the effect of peer victimization on self-cognition: The importance of gender differences.
- Sinclair, K. R. & Cole, D. A. (in preparation). Mediators of the relation between depression and obesity in youth.
- Sinclair, K. R.; Cole, D. A.; Dukewich, T.; Felton, J.; Weitlauf, A. S.; Maxwell, M. A.; Tilghman-Osborne, C.; Jacky, A. (2012). Impact of physical and relational peer victimization on depressive cognitions in children & adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41(5), 570-583.
- Sinclair, K. (2010). Objectified body consciousness, depression, and eating disorders: The importance of control beliefs. The Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology, 1, 68-77.
Presentations
- Sinclair, K. R.; Martin, N. C.; & Cole, D. A. (2013). Peer Victimization and Harsh Parenting as Developmental Correlates of Cognitive Reactivity, a Cognitive Diathesis for Child Depression. Abstract submitted for poster presentation at 2013 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference.
- Sinclair, K. R. (2011). Targeted Peer Victimization: What It Is, How It Hurts, and What We Can Do about It. Paper presented at the 2011 Conference of Ford Foundation Fellows, Irvine, CA.
- Sinclair, K. R. & Cole, D. A. (2011). The Impact of Peer Victimization on Positive and Negative Self-Cognitions in Children. Poster presentation at the 2011 American Psychological Association Annual Convention.
- Sinclair, K. R. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2010). Depression, Eating Disorders, and Objectified Body Consciousness in Adolescent Girls. Poster presentation at the 2010 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference.
- Sinclair, K. R.; Hilt, L.; Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2008). Attributional Style and Eating Pathology: The Moderating Role of Body Dissatisfaction. Poster presentation at 2008 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference.
Honors
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 2010 - Present
Vanderbilt University Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 2009 – Present