Published Abstracts and Conference Presentations:
13. Vargas, I. (2014). Total sleep time and sex moderate the relationship between depressive symptoms and the cortisol awakening response. Oral presentation presented at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) Annual Conference, Montreal, ON.
12. Vargas, I., Drake, C., Roth, T., Friedman, N. (2014). Vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance and insomnia: Investigating the link with comorbid depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, MN.
11. Kuhlman, K.R., Price, E., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N. (2014). Age of onset as a moderator between physical abuse & HPA-axis dysregulation. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Sciences (APS) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
10. Vargas, I. & Lopez-Duran, N. (2014). The link between depressive symptoms and the cortisol awakening response (CAR): Different analytical approaches tell us different stories. Poster presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Conference, Chicago, IL.
9. Vargas, I. & Lopez-Duran, N. (2013). Sleep’s impact on neuroendocrine functioning: The role of morning affect and anticipatory stress. Oral presentation presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Baltimore, MD.
8. Garton, A., Galecki, P., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N. (2012) Understanding the impact of sleep duration on the cortisol awakening response during early adulthood. Poster presented at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) Annual Conference, New York, NY.
7. Vargas, I., Olson, S., & Lopez-Duran, N. (2012). Longitudinal effects of sleep quality on neuroendocrine stress reactivity in middle childhood. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Boston, MA.
6. Wang, A.L., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N. (2012). Sex differences in the impact of sleep on positive and negative affect. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Sciences (APS) Conference, Chicago, IL.
5. Houchins S., Kuhlman, K.R., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2012) Emotional valence and cortisol impact word memory in youth with mood disorders. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Sciences (APS) Conference, Chicago, IL.
4. Price, E., Vargas, I., Diaz, V., Duemling, K., & Lopez-Duran, N. (2011). Sex differences in the association between body esteem and depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Sciences (APS) Conference, Washington, D.C.
3. Vargas, I., Doom, J.R., & Haeffel, G.J. (2010). Resilience to depressive symptoms: The buffering effects of enhancing cognitive style and positive life events. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science (APS) Conference, Boston, MA.
2. Vargas, I., Technow, J., Eardley, M.P., Heiss, S.M., & Haeffel, G.J. (2009). After further deliberation: Cognitive vulnerability predicts changes in event-specific inferences for a poor midterm grade. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
1. Haeffel, G.J., Hames, J.L., & Vargas, I. (2009). Cognitive vulnerability to depression: A comparison of traditional, weakest-link, and flexibility operationalizations. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science (APS) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
