Publications

Callaghan, B.L. & Savoca, P.W. (2026). Maltreatment and emotional development. In V. LoBue, K. Perez-Edgar, & K. Buss (Eds.), Handbook of Emotional Development: Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice.

Savoca, P. W., Fabian, A., Esfand, S. M., & Callaghan, B. L. (2025). Exploring the relationships between discrimination, alexithymia, and anxiety in women. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000664

Savoca, P. W., Glynn, L. M., Fox, M. M., Richards, M. C., & Callaghan, B. L. (2025). Exploring the impact of maternal early life adversity on interoceptive sensibility in pregnancy: Implications for prenatal depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01504-7

Esfand, S. M., Querdasi, F. R., Gancz, N. N., Savoca, P. W., Nussbaum, S., Somers, J. A., Ditzer, J., Figueroa, M. B., Chu, K., Towner, E., & Callaghan, B. L. (2024). The mind, brain, and body study: A protocol for examining the effects of the gut-brain-immune axis on internalizing symptoms in youth exposed to caregiving-related early adversity. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 42, 100880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100880

Savoca, P. W., Glynn, L. M., Fox, M. M., Richards, M. C., & Callaghan, B. L. (2024). Interoception in Pregnancy: Implications for Peripartum Depression. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105874

Chen D., Kragel, P.A., Satpute, A.B., Savoca, P.W., Wald, L.L., Bianciardi, M., Wager, T.D., Quigley, K.S., Barrett, L.F., & Theriault, J. (2022). The role of superior colliculus in affective experiences during visual and somatosensory stimulation. bioRxiv.