Faculty

Sam Winer is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at The New School for Social Research. He uses novel methods and theory to attempt to better understand, identify, and treat individuals experiencing anhedonia, depression, and anxiety. His work is currently guided by Reward Devaluation Theory, which details why and how some depressed individuals come to avoid potentially hopeful and positive information.

BA 2003, University of Illinois at Chicago

MA 2008, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD 2012, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Collins, A. C.*, Lass, A. N. S.*, Jordan, D. G.* & Winer, E. S. (in press). Examining rumination, devaluation of positivity, and depressive symptoms via community-based network analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1002/jclp.23158 

Jordan, D. G.*, Collins, A. C.*, Dunaway, M.*, Kilgore, J.*, & Winer, E. S. (2021). Negative affect interference and fear of happiness are independently associated with depressive symptoms. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 646-660. doi:10.1002/jclp.23066

Lass, A. N. S.* & Winer, E. S. (2020). Distress tolerance and symptoms of depression: A review and integration of literatures. Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice, e12336. doi:10.1111/cpsp.12336

Jordan, D. G.*, Winer, E. S., Salem, T.* (2020). The current status of temporal network analysis for clinical science: Considerations as the paradigm shifts? Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76, 1591-1612. doi:10.1002/jclp.22957

Winer, E. S., Jordan, D. G.*, & Collins, A. C.* (2019, invited). Conceptualizing anhedonias and implications for depression treatments. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 19, 325-335. doi:10.2147/PRBM.S159260

Jordan, D. G.*, Winer, E. S., Salem, T.*, & Kilgore, J.*. (2018). Longitudinal evaluation of anhedonia as a mediator of fear of positive evaluation and other depressive symptoms. Cognition and Emotion, 32, 1437-1447. doi:10.1080/02699931.2017.1289895

Winer, E. S., Bryant, J. C.*, Bartoszek, G., Rojas, E., Nadorff, M. R., & Kilgore, J.* (2017). Mapping the relationship between anxiety, anhedonia, and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 221, 289-296. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.06.006

Winer, E. S. & Salem, T.* (2016). Reward devaluation: Dot-probe meta-analytic evidence of avoidance of positive information in depressed persons. Psychological Bulletin, 142, 18-78. doi:10.1037/bul0000022.