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Warner Myntti

Graduate Student
Research Area: Clinical Science


Distal and Proximal Mechanisms underlying Harmful Alcohol Use

Warner Myntti (he/him) is a first-year PhD student in clinical psychology working with Dr. Ashley Watts. Warner’s research aims to explicate the mechanisms underlying harmful substance use, broadly defined. He also holds strong interests in quantitative methodology, intensive longitudinal methods, and dimensional models of psychopathology. 

Warner earned his B.S. in psychology at Ferris State University in 2021 and his M.S. in clinical psychology at Eastern Michigan University in 2023, where he investigated the role of bodily processes (e.g., body regard) and interpersonal factors (e.g., parent-child body talk) in nonsuicidal self-injury and disordered eating behaviors.

Representative Publications

Myntti, W. W., & Muehlenkamp, J. J. (2023). Body regard disrupts emotional cascade processes in nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 79, 1957–1967. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23513

Gratz, K. L., Myntti, W., Mann, A. J. D., Vidaña, A. G., & Tull, M. T. (2022). Fear of compassion from others explains the relation between borderline personality disorder symptoms and ineffective conflict resolution strategies among patients with substance use disorders. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 9(36). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-022-00207-8

Myntti, W. W., & Armstrong, S.B. (2022). Bouncing back from COVID-19:  The role of resilience in depression, substance use, and loneliness in college students amidst the pandemic. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2135377