Publications

Petrova, K., †Madibekov, N., Gerstenberg, T., & Gross, J.J. (2026). What You See Is What You Regret. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [paper]

Petrova, K., Gross, J.J., & Gerstenberg, T. (2025). Learning from “What might have been”: A Bayesian model of learning from regret. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [paper]

Petter, J., Mehta, A., Petrova, K., Kindt, M., Sheppes, G., Haslbeck, J. M. B., & Gross, J. J. (2025). Emotion regulation, fast or slow: A computational model of strategy choice. Emotion. Advance online publication. [paper]

Salias, C., Gross, J. J., Petrova, K., Forbush, K. T., & Preece, D. A. (2025). Eating disorder symptoms and profiles of emotion regulation strategy use. Journal of Affective Disorders, 380, 94–103. [paper]

Petrova, K., Nevarez, M. D., Waldinger, R. J., & Schulz, M. S. (2024). Emotional support across adulthood: A 60-year study of men’s social networks. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. [paper]

Behnke, M., Lakens, D., Petrova, K., Chwiłkowska, P., Kaczmarek, L. D., Jamieson, J. P., & Gross, J. J. (2023). Optimizing Esports Performance Using a Synergistic Mindsets Intervention. In principle acceptance of Version 3 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. [paper]

Johnston, T. E., Petrova, K., Mehta, A., Gross, J. J., McEvoy, P., & Preece, D. A. (2023). The role of emotion beliefs in depression, anxiety, and stress. Australian Psychologist, 1–10. [paper]

Petrova, K., †Zielke, J. N., Mehta, A., & Gross, J. J. (2023). Occurrent beliefs about emotions predict emotion regulation in everyday life. Emotion. [paper]

Petrova, K., & Gross, J. J. (2023). The future of emotion regulation research: Broadening our field of view. Affective Science, 4(4), 609–616. [paper]

Preece, D. A., Petrova, K., Mehta, A., & Gross, J. J. (2023). The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Form (ERQ-S): A 6-item measure of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 855–861. [paper]

Preece, D. A., Mehta, A., Petrova, K., Sikka, P., Bjureberg, J., Chen, W., … Gross, J. J. (2023). The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire-Short Form (PAQ-S): A 6-item measure of alexithymia. Journal of Affective Disorders. [paper]

Preece, D. A., Mehta, A., Petrova, K., Sikka, P., Bjureberg, J., Becerra, R., & Gross, J. J. (2023). Alexithymia and emotion regulation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 232–238. [paper]

Petrova, K., & Schulz, M. S. (2022). Emotional experiences in technology-mediated and in-person interactions: An experience sampling study. Cognition and Emotion, 36(4). [paper]

Petrova, K., Nevarez, M. D., Rice, J., Waldinger, R. J., Preacher, K. J., & Schulz, M. S. (2021). Coherence between feelings and heart rate: Links to early adversity and responses to stress. Affective Science, 2(1), 1–13. [paper]

Petrova, K., Nevarez, M. D., Waldinger, R. J., Preacher, K. J., & Schulz, M. S. (2021). Self-distancing and avoidance mediate the links between trait mindfulness and responses to emotional challenges. Mindfulness, 12(4), 947–958. [paper]

†Kross Wallace, L., Petrova, K., & Gross, J.J. (in press). “My Brain Doesn’t Speak That Language:” An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Alexithymia in Autistic Women. Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology.

Petrova, K., †Costa, A., †Mallen, S., & Gross, J.J. (in preparation). Everyday Regrets: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

Petrova, K., †Dang, A., Geng, G., Yaz, B., Gross, J.J., & Gerstenberg, T. (in preparation). Learning From What Might Have Been: Behavioral, Computational, and Attentional Signatures of Regret.

Petrova, K., & Gross, J.J. (2023). Emotion regulation in self and other. In I. Roskam, J.J. Gross, & M. Mikolajczak (Eds.), Emotion Regulation and Parenting. [chapter]

Zaki, J. (2024). Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness (pp. 213–224, Appendix B). Grand Central Publishing. Scientific auditor and co-author of Appendix B (“Evaluating the Evidence”).

Petrova, K. (October 2023). Mastering the art of emotion regulation: Three steps to make you feel better. Psychology Today. [link]

Co-host, Stanford Psychology Podcast (5 episodes), 2021. [link]