Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Explained

Susan K. Nolen-Hoeksema
Birth Date:	May 22, 1959
Birth Place:	Springfield, Illinois, United States
Death Place:	New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Field:	Psychology
Workplaces:	Stanford University University of Michigan Yale University
Alma Mater:	Yale University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD)
Thesis Title:	Developmental studies of explanatory style, and learned helplessness in children (depression)
Thesis Url:	https://www.proquest.com/docview/303519074
Thesis Year:	1986
Doctoral Advisor:	Martin E.P. Seligman
Doctoral Students:	Sonja Lyubomirsky Brian Knutson
Known For:	Rumination, depression, gender

Susan Kay Nolen-Hoeksema (May 22, 1959 – January 2, 2013)^{[1] [2]} was an American professor of psychology at Yale University. Her research explored how mood regulation strategies could correlate to a person's vulnerability to depression, with special focus on a construct she called rumination as well as gender differences.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Biography

Education and employment

Nolen-Hoeksema was born in Springfield, Illinois. As an undergraduate, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema attended Yale University where she received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology. She graduated in 1982 summa cum laude. She then went on to University of Pennsylvania where she earned a Master of Arts (1984) and Ph.D (1986) in clinical psychology. As a graduate student, Susan's research focused primarily on understanding the predictors of depression among children and adolescents. Nolen-Hoeksema led the Depression and Cognition Program at Yale University. Though traditionally the focus of the lab was on depression, past and current work focused on generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and other mood disorders.

From 1986 to 1995, she was a faculty member at Stanford University receiving tenure in 1993. From 1995 to 2004 she was a tenured professor at the University of Michigan in the Personality Area. From 2004 to 2013, Nolen-Hoeksema was a professor and researcher at Yale, as well as the head of the Yale Depression and Cognition Program.^[6]

She was the founding editor of the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology from 2005 to 2013.

She died on January 2, 2013, of complications from heart surgery to repair damage caused by a blood infection.

Honors and awards

• James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, 2013 from the Association for Psychological Science.^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Nolen-Hoeksema's life work and research was honored in February 2014 by a special section in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, volume 123, issue 1.^[10]

Bibliography

Books

Nolen-Hoeksema published a dozen books, including scholarly books, textbooks, and three books for the general public on women's mental health.

• Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology 16th Ed." Engage Learning EMEA, 2014.
• The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community,^[11] 2010, Times Books
• Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology 15th Ed.. Wadsworth Cengage Learning: EMEA, 2009.
• Handbook of depression in adolescents (with Lori Hilt) ^[12] 2008, Routledge
• Women Conquering Depression: How to Gain Control of Eating, Drinking, and Overthinking and Embrace a Healthier Life^[13] 2006, Henry Holt
• Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life^[14] 2003, Holt
• Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology 14th. Ed.. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning: Belmont, 2003.
• Coping With Loss (with Judith Larson) ^[15] 1999, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
• Clashing Views on Abnormal Psychology 1998 Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
• Sex Differences in Depression^[16] 1990, Stanford University Press
• Depression: Treatment and Management (2 Volumes) (with Haraton Davidian and Hamideh Jahangiri), volume one ^[17] volume two ^[18]
• Psychotherapy of depression in elderly (3 Volumes) (with Hamzeh Ganji and Hamideh Jahangiri), volume one ^[19] volume two ^[20] volume three ^[21]

External links

• What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part I, Paul Bloom and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Academic Earth

Notes and References

1. Web site: Psychology department chair dies . Jane Darby . Menton . . 4 January 2013.
2. Web site: In memoriam: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema . Yale News . 7 January 2013.
3. Web site: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Psychologist Who Studied Depression in Women, Dies at 53 . . Carey . Benedict . 13 January 2013.
4. Kaslow . Nadine J. . Hilt. Lori . Wisco . Blair E. . Brownell . Kelly D. . Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (1959-2013) . American Psychologist . July–August 2013 . 68 . 5 . 404 . 10.1037/a0033053 . American Psychological Association. 23895616 .
5. Lyubomirsky . Sonya . Layous . Kristin . Chancellor . Joseph . Nelson . S. Katherine . Thinking About Rumination: The Scholarly Contributions and Intellectual Legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema . Annual Review of Clinical Psychology . 11 . March 2015 . 1–22 . 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032814-112733 . 25581241 . free .
6. Web site: Yale Depression & Cognition Program . Yale.edu . 2012-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127035627/http://www.yale.edu/snhlab/ . 2012-01-27 .
7. Web site: Honoring a Lifetime of Achievement: Susan K. Nolen-Hoeksema . 23 April 2013 . . 2013-06-12.
8. News: Reflecting on a Lifetime of Achievement . APS Observer . 26 . 3 . 12–13 . March 2013 . .
9. News: Jaffe . Eric . A Legend in the Study of Rumination . APS Observer . 26 . 6 . 25–26 . July–August 2013 . .
10. Web site: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 123, Issue 1 (February 2014) . 2014-04-07 . American Psychological Association.
11. Book: The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community . registration . Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Times Books . 2010 . 978-0805088670.
12. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Hilt . Lori M. . Handbook of Depression in Adolescents . 2012 . Routledge . 978-0415648202.
13. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan . Women Conquering Depression: How to Gain Control of Eating, Drinking, and Overthinking and Embrace a Healthier Life . 2010 . Holt Paperbacks . 978-0805092226.
14. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan . Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life . 2004 . Holt Paperbacks . 978-0805075250 . registration .
15. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Larson . Judith M. . Coping with Loss . 1998 . Routledge . 978-0805821390.
16. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan . Sex Differences in Depression . 1993 . Stanford University Press . 978-0804721806.
17. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Davidian . Haraton . Jahangiri . Hamideh . Depression: Treatment and Management . 2018 . Lap Lambert . 978-613-9-99560-8.
18. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Davidian . Haraton . Jahangiri . Hamideh . Depression: Treatment and Management . 2018 . Lap Lambert . 978-3-659-87340-9.
19. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Ganji . Hamzeh . Jahangiri . Hamideh . Psychotherapy of depression in elderly Volume 1 . 2020 . Scholar's Press . 978-613-8-94228-3.
20. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Ganji . Hamzeh . Jahangiri . Hamideh . Psychotherapy of depression in elderly Volume 2 . 2020 . Scholar's Press . 978-613-8-94232-0.
21. Book: Nolen-Hoeksema . Susan . Ganji . Hamzeh . Jahangiri . Hamideh . Psychotherapy of depression in elderly Volume 3 . 2020 . Scholar's Press . 978-613-8-94233-7.