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Silvia P. Samanez Larkin

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
2608 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2024 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Published February 3, 2025
Celebrating Duke’s New Full Professors

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Recent Publications


Decision Making across Adulthood during Physical Distancing.

Journal Article Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn · January 2023 Covid-19-related social-distancing measures have dramatically limited physical social contact between individuals and increased monetary and health concerns for individuals of all ages. We wondered how these new societal conditions would impact the choices ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concurrent and Short-Term Prospective Relations among Neurocognitive Functioning, Coping, and Depressive Symptoms in Youth.

Journal Article J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol · 2016 The present short-term longitudinal study examined the concurrent and prospective relations among executive functioning (i.e., working memory and cognitive flexibility), coping (primary and secondary control coping), and depressive symptoms in children. Pa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Translating basic psychopathology research to preventive interventions: a tribute to john R. Z. Abela.

Journal Article J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol · 2012 This article highlights how the many important contributions of John R. Z. Abela's research program can inform the development and implementation of interventions for preventing depression in youth. Abela provided evidence of multiple vulnerabilities to de ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Vanderbilt University · 2015 Ph.D.