Abigail Zisk, PhD
About Abigail Zisk, PhD
Titles
Psychologist
Awards and Honors
2017, University of Delaware Office of Graduate and Professional Education Professional Development Funding Award
2016, 2017, 2019, University of Delaware Dr. Evelyn M. Fiorito Travel Award
2016, 2017, 2019, University of Delaware Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Department Travel Award
2012, Phi Beta Kappa
2012, Summa Cum Laude, Duke University
2008-2012, Dean’s List or Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
AB in English - Duke University, Durham, NC
Graduate Degree
PhD in Clinical Psychology - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
MA in Clinical Psychology - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Internship
Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, Child and Adolescent Psychology - NYU Langone-Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship, Child Track - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division/Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
Publications
Publications
2021
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Herres, J., Diamond, G. S., Ewing, S. K., & Kobak, R. (2021). Exploring the relations between interpersonal risk and adolescent suicidality during treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(6), 528-536. doi:10.1037/ccp0000656
2019
Zisk, A., Abbott, C. H., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019). Parent-teen communication predicts treatment benefit for depressed and suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(12), 1137-1148. doi:10.1037/ccp0000457
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019a). Predicting patterns of treatment response and outcome for suicidal and depressed adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(9), 897-906. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.12.013
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019b). Peer deviance, social networks, and suicide ideation intensity in a clinical sample of adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(3), 796-804. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-01320-5
2018
Bounoua, N., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., Herres, J., Diamond, G., & Kobak, R. (2018). Emotion regulation and spillover of interpersonal stressors to postsession insight among depressed and suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(7), 593-603. doi:10.1037/ccp0000316
2017
Zisk, A., Abbott, C. H., Ewing, S. K., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2017). The Suicide Narrative Interview: Adolescents’ attachment expectancies and symptom severity in a clinical sample. Attachment & Human Development, 19(5), 447-462. doi:10.1080/14616734.2016.1269234
Kobak, R., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., & Bounoua, N. (2017). Adapting to the changing needs of adolescents: Parenting practices and challenges to sensitive attunement. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 137-142. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.018
Kobak, R., Zajac, K., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., & Bounoua, N. (2017). Atypical dimensions of caregiver-adolescent interaction in an economically disadvantaged sample. Development and Psychopathology, 29(2), 405-416. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000074
2014
De Bellis, M. D., & Zisk, A. (2014). The biological effects of childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 23(2), 185-222. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2014.01.002