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Lyuba Bobova, Ph.D.

Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor

Clinical Psychology

Chicago

My teaching philosophy is based on creating a professional and structured classroom environment, engaging students in the course topics through active learning, and facilitating application and generalization of skills or knowledge outside of the classroom.

lbobova@adler.edu (312) 662-4366

OVERVIEW

While many students may use statistics outside of class very infrequently, Dr. Bobova wants all students to become better consumers of survey and other quantitative information, and she uses real-world examples to help generalize classroom lessons to real-life problems. She tries to foster intellectual curiosity, skepticism, and professionalism in her courses. Students may subscribe to conflicting theories or have different ideas, but discussions of those differences must always be professional, collaborative, and honest about the quality of evidence that supports them.

Dr. Bobova’s research examines the cognitive and personality risk factors that contribute to onset and maintenance of substance use disorders. More recently, she researched successes and barriers experienced by non-Native English speaking students in doctoral psychology programs. She is also interested in evaluating the efficacy of information literacy instruction and in supporting ethical use of technology in teaching and clinical practice.

MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS

  • Association for Psychological Science.
  • Midwestern Psychological Association.
  • APA Division 2: Teaching of Psychology.
  • APA Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics.
  • APA Division 38: Health Psychology.
  • APA Division 50: Addictions.
  • North American Society of Adlerian Psychology.
  • National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology.

Publications + Presentations

Publications

Eating Disorders. Sperry, L. et al. (Eds) Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: DSM-5 Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, 4th edition.

2024 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Author(s): Belangee, S. & Bobova, L.

Neuroticism and Interpretative Bias as Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression.

2020 Clinical Psychological Science, 8(4), 641 – 656.
Author(s): Vinograd, M., Williams, A., Sun, M., Bobova, L., Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R. E., Craske, M. G.

Using the California Verbal Learning Test, second edition as embedded performance validity measure among individuals with TBI and psychiatric disorders.

2018 The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32(6), 1039 – 1053.
Author(s): Persinger, V. K., Whiteside, D. M., Bobova, L., Saigal, S., Vannucci, M. J., & Basso, M. R.

The effects of childhood and adolescent adversity on substance use disorders and poor health in early adulthood. 

2017 Journal of youth and adolescence, 46(1), 15-27.
Author(s): Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Sewart, A., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S., Hammen, C., Bobova, L., Adam, E. K. & Craske, M. G.

Measuring Positive Emotion with the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties of the Anhedonic Depression Scale.

2016 Assessment, 23(1), 86 – 95.
Author(s): Kendall, A. D., Zinbarg, R. E., Bobova, L., Zinbarg, R. E., Mineka, S., Revelle, W., Prenoveau, J., Craske, M.

Testing a hierarchical model of neuroticism and its cognitive facets: Latent structure and prospective prediction of first onsets of anxiety and unipolar mood disorders over three years in late adolescence.

2016 Clinical Psychological Science, 4(5), 805 – 824.
Author(s): Zinbarg, R. E., Mineka, S., Bobova, L., Craske, M., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Griffith, J. W., Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Waters, A. M., Sumner, J., Anand, D.

Prospective Associations of Low Positive Emotionality with First Onsets of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders: Results from a 10-Wave Latent Trait-State Modeling Study.

2015 Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(4), 933 – 943.
Author(s): Kendall, A. D., Zinbarg, R. E., Mineka, S., Bobova, L., Prenoveau, J. M., Revelle, W., Craske M.

Experiencing core symptoms of anxiety and unipolar mood disorders in late adolescence predicts disorder onset in early adulthood.  

2014 Depression & Anxiety, 31(3), 207 – 213.  
Author(s): Wolitzky-Taylor, K.B., Dour, H., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Epstein, A., Bobova, L., Griffith, J., Waters, A., Nazarian, M., Rose, R.  Craske, M.G.

Understanding the impact of anxiety and mood disorders on subsequent substance use disorder onset and vice versa: Evidence from a longitudinal investigation.

2012 Addictive Behaviors, 37, 982 – 985.
Author(s): Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Bobova, L., Zinbarg, R. E., Mineka, S., Craske, M.

Disinhibitory psychopathology and delay discounting in alcohol dependence: personality and cognitive correlates.

2009 Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 17 (1), 51 – 61.
Author(s): Bobova, L., Finn, P. R., Rickert, M. E., Lucas, J.

Reduced cognitive ability in alcohol dependence: Examining the role of covarying externalizing psychopathology.

2009 Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118 (1), 100 – 116.
Author(s): Finn, P. R., Rickert, M. E., Miller, M. A., Lucas, J., Bogg, T., Bobova, L., Canrell, E. H.

Presentations

Exploring ethical use of GenAI in psychology training and practice.

2025 Symposium presentation during the annual meeting of the
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Author(s): Arvizu, J., Urban, L., & Bobova, L.

Restorative justice and peacemaking approaches.

2023 Presentation during the annual meeting of the National Council
of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, Santa Fe, NM.
Author(s): Bobova, L.

Team teaching in doctoral psychology training.

2022 Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council
of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, virtual meeting.
Author(s): Bobova, L.

The fallacy of statistical significance and the future of inferential statistics.

2020 Presentation during Common Hour series at Adler University, Chicago, IL.
Author(s): Bobova, L.,

Encouraging and empowering faculty and administrators to become more effective instructors, mentors, allies, and advocates for linguistically diverse doctoral students.

2019 Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the National Council
of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Author(s): Bobova, L.

Doctoral training of non-native English speaking psychology and counseling students: Cultural and unique experiences and available support.

2018 Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society
of Adlerian Psychology, Toronto, ON.
Author(s): Bobova, L., Murman, P., Martinez Aguilar, N., Skowron, M., Corbin, G., & Jimenez, M.

Training and support for faculty working with non-native English speaking doctoral students.

2018 Poster presented at the annual Research and Scholarship
Symposium at Adler University, Chicago, IL.
Author(s): Bobova, L., Jimenez, M., Martinez Aguilar, N., Skowron, M., Murman, P., Patterson, L. T., & Corbin, G.

Age of first drink predicts new onsets of substance use disorders: Associations with externalizing versus internalizing traits.

2016 Poster presented at the 28th annual convention of the Association for
Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Author(s): Bobova, L., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R., Craske, M.