Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., George Mason University 2017
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kashdan, TB, Blalock, DV, Young, KC, Machell, KA, Monfort, SS, McKnight, PE, and Ferssizidis, P. "Personality strengths in romantic relationships: Measuring perceptions of benefits and costs and their impact on personal and relational well-being." Psychological Assessment 30, no. 2 (February 2018): 241-258.  Full Text
    • Young, KC, Machell, KA, Kashdan, TB, and Westwater, ML. "The cascade of positive events: Does exercise on a given day increase the frequency of additional positive events?." Personality and Individual Differences 120 (January 1, 2018): 299-303.  Full Text
    • Goodman, FR, Disabato, DJ, Kashdan, TB, and Machell, KA. "Personality Strengths as Resilience: A One-Year Multiwave Study." Journal of Personality 85, no. 3 (June 2017): 423-434.  Full Text
    • Machell, KA, Rallis, BA, and Esposito-Smythers, C. "Family environment as a moderator of the association between anxiety and suicidal ideation." Journal of Anxiety Disorders 40 (May 2016): 1-7.  Full Text
    • Machell, KA, Disabato, DJ, and Kashdan, TB. "Buffering the Negative Impact of Poverty on Youth: The Power of Purpose in Life." Social Indicators Research 126, no. 2 (March 1, 2016): 845-861.  Full Text
    • Machell, KA, Blalock, DV, Kashdan, TB, and Yuen, M. "Academic achievement at the cost of ambition: The mixed results of a supportive, interactive environment on socially anxious teenagers." Personality and Individual Differences 89 (January 1, 2016): 166-171.  Full Text
    • Blalock, DV, Franzese, AT, Machell, KA, and Strauman, TJ. "Attachment style and self-regulation: How our patterns in relationships reflect broader motivational styles." Personality and Individual Differences 87 (December 1, 2015): 90-98.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Machell, KA, Kashdan, TB, Short, JL, and Nezlek, JB. "Relationships between meaning in life, social and achievement events, and positive and negative affect in daily life." Journal of Personality 83, no. 3 (June 2015): 287-298.  Full Text
    • Kashdan, TB, Young, KC, and Machell, KA. "Positive emotion regulation: Addressing two myths." Current Opinion in Psychology 3 (January 1, 2015): 117-121. (Review)  Full Text
    • Kleiman, EM, Kashdan, TB, Monfort, SS, Machell, KA, and Goodman, FR. "Perceived responsiveness during an initial social interaction with a stranger predicts a positive memory bias one week later." Cognition & Emotion 29, no. 2 (January 2015): 332-341.  Full Text
    • Machell, KA, Goodman, FR, and Kashdan, TB. "Experiential avoidance and well-being: a daily diary analysis." Cognition & Emotion 29, no. 2 (January 2015): 351-359.  Full Text
    • Kashdan, TB, Goodman, FR, Machell, KA, Kleiman, EM, Monfort, SS, Ciarrochi, J, and Nezlek, JB. "A contextual approach to experiential avoidance and social anxiety: evidence from an experimental interaction and daily interactions of people with social anxiety disorder." Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 14, no. 4 (August 2014): 769-781.  Full Text
    • Gottfried, RJ, Gerring, JP, Machell, K, Yenokyan, G, and Riddle, MA. "The iron status of children and youth in a community mental health clinic is lower than that of a national sample." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 23, no. 2 (March 12, 2013): 91-100.  Full Text

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