My research focuses on emotion regulation processes, their downstream effects on health and relationship outcomes, and how these processes differ between healthy and clinical subgroups. I apply and develop statistical methodologies, with a focus on nonlinear models and dynamic systems in characterizing these processes. I have also applied these methods in the optimization of alcohol use disorder classification and the role of alcohol use as an antecedent, consequent, and modifier of emotion regulation processes.
I also develop methods for conducting power analyses for complex statistical models, including providing recommendations for starting parameters and feasible ranges under uncertainty. These methods are actively being built into an intuitive user interface guided by principles from user-centered design.
I will be reviewing applications for graduate students for Fall 2025
Ph.D. (Social Psychology; Minor: Quantitative Psychology), New York University, 2013
M.A. (Quantitative Methods), Columbia University, 2008
B.S. (Mathematics; Additional Major: Psychology), Carnegie Mellon University, 2005
**Mentored Graduate Student. * Mentored Undergraduate Student.
Maloney, M. A., Napolitano, S. C.*, Lane, S. P., Eckhardt, C. I., & Parrott, D. J. (2024). Emotion differentiation and intimate partner violence: Effects of provocation and alcohol intoxication. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 38(3), 372–382. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000946
Napolitano, S. C.**, Balling, C. E., Peckinpaugh, I.*, Samuel, D. B., & Lane, S. P. (2023). Perceived social support attenuates increased hostile reactions to traumatic threat. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(11), 2566–2582. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23567
Napolitano, S. C.**, Lane, S. P., Hepp, J., McDonald, A.*, Trumbower, C.*, & Trull, T. J. (2022). The roles of personality traits and close social contact in the expression of momentary borderline personality disorder symptoms in daily life. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(5), 494–504. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000513
Aslinger, E. N.**, Lane, S. P., Lynam, D. R., & Trull, T. J. (2022). The influence of narcissistic vulnerability and grandiosity on momentary hostility leading up to and following interpersonal rejection. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(3), 199–209. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000499
Willis, M.A.**, & Lane, S.P. (2022). Preliminary validation evidence for the factor structure, concurrent validity, and construct validity of the Roommate Relationship Scale in a college sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 960421. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.960421
Lane, S.P., & Kelleher, B.L. (2023). Statistical power for longitudinal developmental trajectories: The (non-) impact of age matching within measurement occasions. Developmental Psychology, 59, 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001459
Lane, S.P., & Trull, T.J. (2022). Operationalizing undifferentiated affect: Validity and utility in clinical samples. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 690030. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.690030
Watts, A. L., Lane, S. P., Bonifay, W., Steinley, D., & Meyer, F. A. C. (2020). Building theories on top of, and not independent of, statistical models: The case of the p-factor. Psychological Inquiry, 31(4), 310–320. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2020.1853476
Lane, S. P., & Hennes, E. P. (2019). Conducting sensitivity analyses to identify and buffer power vulnerabilities in studies examining substance use over time. Addictive behaviors, 94, 117–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.017
Shrout, P. E., Stadler, G., Lane, S. P., McClure, M. J., Jackson, G. L., Clavél, F. D., Iida, M., Gleason, M. E. J., Xu, J. H., & Bolger, N. (2018). Initial elevation bias in subjective reports. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(1), E15–E23. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712277115
Lane, S. P., & Hennes, E. P. (2018). Power struggles: Estimating sample size for multilevel relationships research. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(1), 7–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517710342
Bonifay, W., Lane, S. P., & Reise, S. P. (2017). Three concerns with applying a bifactor model as a structure of psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(1), 184–186. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702616657069
Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Alcohol craving and consumption in borderline personality disorder: When, where, and with whom. Clinical Psychological Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702615616132
Lane, S. P., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (2016). Meta-analysis of DSM alcohol use disorder criteria severities: Structural consistency is only ‘skin deep’. Psychological Medicine, 46(8), 1769–1784. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716000404
Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2015). Limits of current approaches to diagnosis severity based on criterion counts: An example with DSM-5 alcohol use disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 3(6), 819–835. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702614553026