I completed my Bachelor of Science as a Psychology Specialist at the University of Toronto. During this time I gained research experience in Clinical and Social/Personality Psychology. I completed the Clinical Psychology Master’s and PhD program at the University of British Columbia, working with Dr. Joelle LeMoult in her Depression, Anxiety and Stress Lab (DAS Lab). My Master’s thesis investigated interpersonal emotion regulation and its association with affect in response to stress. My dissertation examined the relation of intrapersonal and interpersonal emotion regulation flexibility and affect in daily life. My program of research investigates intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation and emotion regulation flexibility, in the general population and clinically characterized samples (i.e., anxiety, depression).

The overarching aim of my research program is to advance understanding of how intrapersonal and interpersonal emotion regulation processes, including the flexible use of strategies that align with context, contribute to risk and resilience in the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety. I am currently working with Dr. Joelle LeMoult to examine this in participants with comorbid Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Battaglini, A. M., Zareian, B., & LeMoult, J. (2025). Intra- versus interpersonal emotion regulation: Associations with affect, relationship quality and closeness, and biological markers of stress. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(7), 2027–2042. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001757

Jameson, T., Yang, L., Jopling, E., Rnic, K., Battaglini, A. M., Grocott, B., Tracy, A., & LeMoult, J. (2024). Dimensions of early life adversity and cognitive processing of emotion in youth. Child Abuse and Neglect, 158, 107084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107084

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-Lopez, 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, 23(4), 1048–1060. 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.

• 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