David-Weissman

dweissman@csudh.edu

EDUCATION:

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Developmental psychopathology; Developmental cognitive neuroscience; Childhood Adversity; Resilience; Child and adolescent mental health; Emotional awareness; Emotion regulation; Interoception

I am developmental psychologist. My research investigates how adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, and poverty impact the way teenagers experience emotions in their brains, bodies, and minds, and the role that plays in their mental health.

You can learn more about my lab at: https://www.ranlabdh.com/

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:

Weissman, D. G., Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Cikara, M., Barch, D. M., McLaughlin, K. A. (2023) State-level macro-economic factors moderate the association of low income with brain structure and mental health in U.S. children. Nature Communications. 14(1), 2085. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37778-1

Kim, S. G., Weissman, D. G., Sheridan, M., & McLaughlin, K. A. (2023). Child abuse and automatic emotion regulation in children and adolescents. Development and Psychopathology. 35(1), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421000663

Weissman, D. G., Rosen, M. L., Lengua, L. J., Sambrook, K. A., Sheridan, M. A., & McLaughlin, K. A. (2022) Exposure to violence as an environmental pathway linking low socioeconomic status with altered neural processing of threat and adolescent psychopathology. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 34(10), 1892-1905. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01825

Weissman, D. G. (2021). Stimulus and response: Advancing theoretical rigor in early adversity research. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 6, 673-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.012

Susman, E. S., Weissman, D. G., Sheridan, M., & McLaughlin, K. A., (2021). High vagal tone and rapid extinction learning as potential transdiagnostic protective factors following childhood violence exposure. Developmental Psychobiology. 63(6), e22176. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22176

Weissman, D. G., Nook, E. C., Dews, A. A., Miller, A. B, Lambert, H. K., Sasse, S. F., Somerville, L. H., McLaughlin, K. A. (2020). Low emotional awareness as a transdiagnostic mechanism underlying psychopathology in adolescence. Clinical Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620923649

McLaughlin, K. A., Weissman, D. G., Bitran, D. (2019) Childhood adversity and neural development: a systematic review. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. 1, 277-312. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121318-084950

Weissman, D. G., Bitran, D., Miller, A. B., Schaefer, J. D., Sheridan, M. A., & Mclaughlin, K. A. (2019). Difficulties with emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking child maltreatment with the emergence of psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology. 31(3), 899-915. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000348