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Kyla Machell Blalock

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
2608 Erwin Road, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Child clinical psychology, mood and anxiety disorders, OCD, pediatric neuropsychology

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2024 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


Personality strengths in romantic relationships: Measuring perceptions of benefits and costs and their impact on personal and relational well-being.

Journal Article Psychol Assess · February 2018 Three studies using samples of people in romantic relationships were conducted to create a new individual difference measure of partner strengths in couples. The 2 perceptions of partner strengths included (1) appreciation of their use and effectiveness an ... Full text Link to item Cite

The cascade of positive events: Does exercise on a given day increase the frequency of additional positive events?

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · January 1, 2018 Research suggests exercise promotes well-being while reducing the risk and symptoms of certain psychiatric disorders. Similarly, positive events improve quality of life and may minimize the impact of negative life events; a dearth of positive events is als ... Full text Cite

Personality Strengths as Resilience: A One-Year Multiwave Study.

Journal Article J Pers · June 2017 We examined how personality strengths prospectively predict reactions to negative life events. Participants were 797 community adults from 42 countries. At five points over the course of 1 year, participants completed a series of questionnaires measuring s ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


2/4 Adapting Treatments for Suicidal College Students: A Multisite Trial

ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


George Mason University · 2017 Ph.D.