Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., George Mason University 2017
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018 - 2020
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017 - 2018
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • 2/4 Adapting Treatments for Suicidal College Students: A Multisite Trial awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kashdan, Todd B., Dan V. Blalock, Kevin C. Young, Kyla A. Machell, Samuel S. Monfort, Patrick E. McKnight, and Patty Ferssizidis. “Personality strengths in romantic relationships: Measuring perceptions of benefits and costs and their impact on personal and relational well-being.” Psychol Assess 30, no. 2 (February 2018): 241–58. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000464.
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    • Young, K. C., K. A. Machell, T. B. Kashdan, and M. L. Westwater. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.032.
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    • Goodman, Fallon R., David J. Disabato, Todd B. Kashdan, and Kyla A. Machell. “Personality Strengths as Resilience: A One-Year Multiwave Study.” J Pers 85, no. 3 (June 2017): 423–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12250.
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    • Machell, Kyla A., Bethany A. Rallis, and Christianne Esposito-Smythers. “Family environment as a moderator of the association between anxiety and suicidal ideation.” J Anxiety Disord 40 (May 2016): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.03.002.
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    • Machell, K. A., D. J. Disabato, and T. B. Kashdan. “Buffering the Negative Impact of Poverty on Youth: The Power of Purpose in Life.” Social Indicators Research 126, no. 2 (March 1, 2016): 845–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-0917-6.
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    • Machell, K. A., D. V. Blalock, T. B. Kashdan, and M. Yuen. “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): 166–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.018.
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    • Blalock, D. V., A. T. Franzese, K. A. Machell, and T. J. Strauman. “Attachment style and self-regulation: How our patterns in relationships reflect broader motivational styles.” Personality and Individual Differences 87 (December 1, 2015): 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.024.
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    • Machell, Kyla A., Todd B. Kashdan, Jerome L. Short, and John B. Nezlek. “Relationships between meaning in life, social and achievement events, and positive and negative affect in daily life.” J Pers 83, no. 3 (June 2015): 287–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12103.
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    • Kashdan, T. B., K. C. Young, and K. A. Machell. “Positive emotion regulation: Addressing two myths.” Current Opinion in Psychology 3 (January 1, 2015): 117–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.012.
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    • Kleiman, Evan M., Todd B. Kashdan, Samuel S. Monfort, Kyla A. Machell, and Fallon R. Goodman. “Perceived responsiveness during an initial social interaction with a stranger predicts a positive memory bias one week later.” Cogn Emot 29, no. 2 (2015): 332–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.905458.
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    • Machell, Kyla A., Fallon R. Goodman, and Todd B. Kashdan. “Experiential avoidance and well-being: a daily diary analysis.” Cogn Emot 29, no. 2 (2015): 351–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.911143.
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    • Kashdan, Todd B., Fallon R. Goodman, Kyla A. Machell, Evan M. Kleiman, Samuel S. Monfort, Joseph Ciarrochi, and John B. Nezlek. “A contextual approach to experiential avoidance and social anxiety: evidence from an experimental interaction and daily interactions of people with social anxiety disorder.” Emotion 14, no. 4 (August 2014): 769–81. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035935.
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    • Gottfried, Rhoda J., Joan P. Gerring, Kyla Machell, Gayane Yenokyan, and Mark A. Riddle. “The iron status of children and youth in a community mental health clinic is lower than that of a national sample.” J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 23, no. 2 (March 2013): 91–100. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2012.0001.
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