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Sandra Llera

Associate Professor Clinical Area

Towson University

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College of Liberal Arts

Department of Psychology

Sandra Llera is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts Associate Professor Clinical Area at Towson University.

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Towson University

Associate Professor Clinical Area

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psychology psychiatry anxiety disorders behavioral sciences psychopathology clinical psychology generalized anxiety disorder mental health affective disorders emotion regulation behavioral disorders cognitive science experimental psychopathology applied psychology psychological medicine emotional responses contrast avoidance model developmental psychopathology psychological assessment psychological methods psychological trauma psychiatric research cognitive therapy experimental psychology counseling psychology affective neuroscience behavior therapy comorbid psychiatric disorders psychological co-morbidities emotional contrast avoidance negative problem orientation novel theory subjective reactivity contrast avoidance questionnaires human behavior social psychology developmental psychology behavioral research abnormal child psychology child abuse child psychology social science research behavior analysis behavior management personality development behavioural psychology psychological evaluations psychosocial issues child mental health child psychiatry trauma in child social-emotional development addiction treatment cognitive psychology stress management social-emotional wellbeing affective variables experiential avoidance theoretical synthesis emotional stimuli nonanxious control participants emotional instability borderline personality problem-solving process experimental study transdiagnostic application

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Why Do People Feel Anxious and Worried? Development of the Japanese Version of the Contrast Avoidance Questionnaire. The Japanese journal of psychology (2025)

affectexperimental psychopathologydifferential psychologyjapanese versionpsychological assessmentpsychological methodsemotional selfregulationcognitive scienceapplied psychologypsychopathologypsychologyemotion regulationaffective variablesemotional responsesaffective neuroscienceanxiety disordersemotionscontrast avoidance questionnairepsychological science

Contrast Avoidance Predicts and Mediates the Effect of Trait Worry on Problem-Solving Impairment. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2023)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

psychopathologypsychologypsychiatryproblem-solving impairmentcognitive sciencetrait worry

Contrast Avoidance Prospectively Mediates Effects of Fear of Emotional Responding, Negative Problem Orientation, and Sensitivity to Low Perceived Control on Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2023)

anxiety disorderscontrast avoidancenegative problem orientationbehavioral disorderspsychopathologyexperimental psychopathologypsychologycognitive therapypsychiatryemotional responsesemotionsemotion regulationaffective disordersemotional respondingaffective neurosciencepsychological assessmentbehavioral sciences

Development and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires. (2023)

Jieting ZhangSandra J. LleraHaiyu ZhongMingcong TangMichelle G. Newman

chinese versionmental healthdepressionpsychologycontrast avoidance questionnairescognitive sciencebehavioral sciences

Incremental Validity of the Contrast Avoidance Model: A Comparison With Intolerance of Uncertainty and Negative Problem Orientation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2023)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

negative problem orientationcontrast avoidance modelclinical psychologypsychologypsychiatryincremental validitybehavioral sciences

Psychotherapeutic Treatments for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, Enhancement Strategies, and Emerging Efforts. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (2022)

Michelle G. NewmanCandice BasterfieldThane M. EricksonEvan CaulleyAmy PrzeworskiSandra J. Llera

anxiety disordersenhancement strategiespsychotherapeutic treatmentspsychiatrygeneralized anxiety disorderneuroscience

A Transdiagnostic Application of the Contrast-Avoidance Model: The Effects of Worry and Rumination in a Personal-Failure Paradigm. Clinical Psychological Science (2021)

anxiety disorderspsychological evaluationstransdiagnostic applicationpsychological methodscontrast-avoidance modelclinical psychologymental healthpsychopathologyexperimental psychopathologypsychologypsychosocial issuespersonal-failure paradigmaffective disordersemotional selfregulationcognitive therapyapplied psychologypsychological assessmentbehavioral sciences

Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Elsevier eBooks (2021)

anxiety disordersbehavioral disorderspsychopathologypsychologypsychiatric researchpsychiatryaffective disorderspsychological medicinecomorbid psychiatric disorders

The Role of Childhood Maltreatment in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Dissociation: A Novel Link. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (2020)

anxiety disorderspsychological traumachild mental healthpsychopathologychild psychiatrynovel linktrauma in childpsychologyabnormal child psychologysocial-emotional developmentpsychiatrychild abusechild psychologychildhood maltreatmentdevelopmental psychopathology

Worry Impairs the Problem-Solving Process: Results From an Experimental Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy (2020)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

behavioural psychologyhuman behaviorpsychologybehavioral researchbehavior therapyproblem-solving processsocial psychologyexperimental studycognitive sciencecounseling psychologyexperimental psychologybehavioral sciences

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Sandra Llera

Associate Professor Clinical Area

Towson University

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts

Department of Psychology

Sandra Llera is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts Associate Professor Clinical Area at Towson University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Sandra Llera

Towson University

Associate Professor Clinical Area

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Why Do People Feel Anxious and Worried? Development of the Japanese Version of the Contrast Avoidance Questionnaire. The Japanese journal of psychology (2025)

Contrast Avoidance Predicts and Mediates the Effect of Trait Worry on Problem-Solving Impairment. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2023)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

psychopathologypsychologypsychiatryproblem-solving impairmentcognitive sciencetrait worry

Development and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires. (2023)

Jieting ZhangSandra J. LleraHaiyu ZhongMingcong TangMichelle G. Newman

chinese versionmental healthdepressionpsychologycontrast avoidance questionnairescognitive sciencebehavioral sciences

Incremental Validity of the Contrast Avoidance Model: A Comparison With Intolerance of Uncertainty and Negative Problem Orientation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2023)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

negative problem orientationcontrast avoidance modelclinical psychologypsychologypsychiatryincremental validitybehavioral sciences

Psychotherapeutic Treatments for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, Enhancement Strategies, and Emerging Efforts. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (2022)

Michelle G. NewmanCandice BasterfieldThane M. EricksonEvan CaulleyAmy PrzeworskiSandra J. Llera

anxiety disordersenhancement strategiespsychotherapeutic treatmentspsychiatrygeneralized anxiety disorderneuroscience

A Transdiagnostic Application of the Contrast-Avoidance Model: The Effects of Worry and Rumination in a Personal-Failure Paradigm. Clinical Psychological Science (2021)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Elsevier eBooks (2021)

anxiety disordersbehavioral disorderspsychopathologypsychologypsychiatric researchpsychiatryaffective disorderspsychological medicinecomorbid psychiatric disorders

The Role of Childhood Maltreatment in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Dissociation: A Novel Link. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (2020)

Worry Impairs the Problem-Solving Process: Results From an Experimental Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy (2020)

Sandra J. LleraMichelle G. Newman

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