Salome Vanwoerden, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email vanwoerdens@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Clinical Psychology, University of Houston
MA
Clinical Psychology, University of Houston
Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Member, International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
Board Member, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
Research Interests
Developmental psychopathology of PDs; Role of dyadic relationships in psychopathology; Social cognitive mechanisms of PDs
Selected Research Publications & Products- Vanwoerden S, Vine V, Byrd AL, Jennings JR & Stepp SD. (2024). The role of youths cardiac autonomic balance and parental responses to youth emotion in vulnerability to borderline personality disorder development. Development & Psychopathology, 36(2): 993-1004.
- Vanwoerden S, Silk JS, Forbes EE & Morgan JK. (2024). Current maternal depression affects childrens social outcomes during middle childhood: Exploring the role of positive affect socialization. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345(14): 59-69.
- Vanwoerden S, McLaren V, Stepp SD & Sharp C. (2023). Are we thinking about the same disorder? A trifactor model approach to understand parents and their adolescents reports of borderline personality pathology. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105(4): 487-498.
- Vanwoerden S, Chandler J, Cano K, Mehta P, Pilkonis PA & Sharp C. (2023). Sampling methods in personality pathology research: Some data and recommendations. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14(1): 1928.
- Vanwoerden S & Stepp SD. (2022). The DSM-5 alternative model conceptualization of borderline personality disorder: A review of the evidence. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(4): 402-406.
Clinical Interests
Parenting and family systems; Borderline personality disorder
Education Interests
Developmental Processes; Developmental Psychopathology
