I completed my Psychology Specialist Bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto. During this time I gained research experience in Clinical and Social/Personality Psychology. I completed my Clinical Psychology Master’s degree at the University of British Columbia. My thesis investigated interpersonal emotion regulation and its association with affect in response to stress. I am currently a PhD candidate in the Clinical Psychology program, working with Dr. Joelle LeMoult in her Depression, Anxiety and Stress Lab (DAS Lab). My program of research investigates intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation and emotion regulation flexibility, in both healthy and clinical samples (i.e., anxiety, depression).

I study emotion within the context of Clinical Psychology. My research seeks to investigate individual differences in response to stress and emotional regulation within anxiety and depression. I am currently examining this in participants with comorbid Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Rnic, K., Tracy, A., Jopling, E., Battaglini, A. M., Grocott, B., Lam, R. W., & LeMoult, J. (2024) Osteocalcin: A novel biomarker of adolescent psychopathology. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107136

Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., Jopling, E., Tracy, A., & LeMoult, J. (2024) Communication modality matters: Co-rumination via in-person versus digital modalities has different prospective associations with depression and friendship quality. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12289

Battaglini, A. M.,* Grocott, B.,* Jopling, E.,* Rnic, K.,* Tracy, A.,* & LeMoult, J.* (2024) Patterns of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Biological Psychology. 185, 108723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108723

Grocott, B., Battaglini, A. M., Jopling, E., Tracy, A., Rnic, K., Sanchez-Lopes, A., & LeMoult, J. (2023) Do markers of daily affect mediate associations between interpretation bias and depressive symptoms? A longitudinal study of early adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 95(8), 1628-1640. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12231

LeMoult, J., Battaglini, A. M.,* Grocott, B.,* Jopling, E.,* Rnic, K.,* Yang, L.* (in press) Advances in stress and depression research. Current Opinion in Psychiatry.

Rnic, K., Battaglini, A. M., Jopling, E., Tracy, A. & LeMoult, J. (2022). Attentional biases and their push and pull with rumination and co-rumination is based on depressive symptoms: A prospective study of adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 51(3), 399-411.

Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., Jameson, T., Jopling, E., Albert, A. Y. & LeMoult, J. (2022). The association of emotion regulation flexibility and negative and positive affect in daily life. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00132-7

Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., Jameson, T., Jopling, E. & LeMoult, J. (2022). Interpersonal emotion regulation flexibility: Effects on affect in daily life. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001132

Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., Tracy, A., Jopling, E., & LeMoult, J. (2021). Co-rumination across in-person and digital communication: Associations with affect and relationship closeness in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 89, 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.011

LeMoult, J., Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., & Castonguay, L. G. (2021). Depression. In L. G. Castonguay, T. F. Oltmanns, & A. D. Powers (Eds.), Psychopathology: From science to clinical practice. New York: Guilford Press.

Giacomin, M., Battaglini, A. M., & Rule, N. O. (2018). Grandiose narcissists seek status selectively. Social Cognition, 36, 20-42. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2018.36.1.20

*These authors contributed equally to the work

• President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award (UBC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship, Doctorate Program
• Institute of Mental Health (IMH) Marshall Scholarship, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
• Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship, Psychology Department, University of British Columbia
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program