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Stephanie M. Gorka

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2009Rising activity
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesMental Health Research TopicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Publications

171

Citations

3,699

Est. group size

~20

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Stephanie M. Gorka's research examines how people respond to uncertain or unpredictable threats, and how these responses relate to anxiety, depression, alcohol use, and trauma-related outcomes. Her work combines behavioral measures (like startle reactivity), brain imaging (including fMRI and structural MRI), and self-report data to understand risk factors for mental health and substance use problems across adolescence and adulthood. Much of this research also considers how gender and prior trauma shape these relationships.

Uncertainty and threat processingAnxiety and depressionAlcohol use and addictionNeuroimaging of emotion and riskTrauma and gender differences in psychopathology

Publication output has been relatively steady over the last decade, dipping around 2020-2021 before increasing again to a higher and fairly consistent pace from 2023 onward.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 13.2/year recently
2017: 21 publications21172018: 10 publications182019: 13 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 11 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 17 publications242025: 16 publications252026: 8 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Biological Psychiatry×11
  • Neuropsychopharmacology×10
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence×9
  • Psychophysiology×7
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology×6
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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