Howard Berenbaum

About

Howard Berenbaum is a Professor of Psychology and an Affiliate of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Institute at the University of Illinois. His research aims to explain the development of adult psychopathology, with a particular focus on the role of emotional processes. Berenbaum's work is characterized by its broad approach, not limited to a single etiological factor or experimental paradigm, reflecting the complex and multidetermined nature of psychopathological conditions. A significant portion of his research has been guided by a framework for describing emotional disturbances, which he and his students proposed in 2003. This framework categorizes emotional disturbances into three broad types: disturbances in emotional valence (such as excessive levels of unpleasant emotion), disturbances in emotional intensity, variability, and regulation, and disturbances in emotional awareness. In recent years, his research has concentrated on phenomena including emotional awareness and other meta-emotion factors, emotional intensity and variability, peculiarity, and worry. Berenbaum earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington and has contributed extensively to the field through numerous scholarly articles and collaborations.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Applied psychology
• Medical education
• Psychiatry
• Medicine
• Social psychology
• Geography

Selected publications

• Emotional Awareness in Daily Life: Exploring Its Potential Role in Repetitive Thinking and Healthy Coping

  Behavior Therapy · 2020 · 46 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
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• Misophonia and Hearing Comorbidities in a Collegiate Population

  Ear and Hearing · 2023-10-04 · 23 citations

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  OBJECTIVES: Misophonia is a little-understood disorder in which certain sounds cause a strong emotional response in those who experience it. People who are affected by misophonia may find that noises like loud chewing, pen clicking, and/or sniffing trigger intense frustration, anger, or discomfort. The relationship of misophonia with other auditory disorders including loudness hyperacusis, tinnitus, and hearing loss is largely underexplored. This project aimed to investigate the prevalence and h…

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• Accelerating the rate of progress in reducing mental health burdens: Recommendations for training the next generation of clinical psychologists.

  Clinical Psychology Science and Practice · 2021 · 19 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  Despite criticisms dating back to the 1950s, and minimal progress reducing mental health burdens, the dominant training model in clinical psychology has not changed. We argue that for clinical psychologists to reduce mental health burdens, they (collectively) need to devote a much larger proportion of their professional efforts to a broader range of activities, particularly prevention. We propose a highly flexible two-phase model for clinical psychology training. The initial Foundational Knowled…

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• Clarity of Emotions and Goals: Exploring Associations with Subjective Well-Being Across Adulthood

  Affective Science · 2023-02-01 · 5 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author
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• The relations between pleasurable emotions and motivations: a daily diary study

  The Journal of Positive Psychology · 2024-04-04 · 4 citations

  articleSenior author

  We examined how contentment, tranquility, and cheerfulness might be differentially associated with different types of motivation achievements (i.e. psychological need satisfaction and personal striving progress). Participants (n = 177) listed five personal strivings expected to be relevant the following week. Participants then provided daily reports for seven days of: (a) contentment, tranquility, and cheerfulness; (b) satisfaction with psychological needs (affiliation, competence, autonomy, pre…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01MH062552

  NIH · $1.3M · 2006

• NIH Grant R03MH050531

  NIH · $163k · 1998

Frequent coauthors

• Matthew Tyler Boden

  VA Center for Clinical Management Research

  27 shared

• Luis E. Flores

  University of Toronto

  19 shared

• Michelle Schoenleber

  St. Norbert College

  18 shared

• Renee J. Thompson

  Washington University in St. Louis

  18 shared

• John G. Kerns

  University of Missouri

  17 shared

• Philip I. Chow

  University of Virginia

  16 shared

• Keith Bredemeier

  16 shared

• Thomas F. Oltmanns

  Washington University in St. Louis

  14 shared

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