TREATING EMOTION AND MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES TRANSDIAGNOSTICALLY
Back Row: Joshua, John, Caitlin, Will, Hannah, Kara, Logan, Caroline. Down in Front: Kori, Naomi, Emme (Not pictured: Dr. V, Kelsey)
Dr. Veilleux will be reviewing applications for Fall 2026. Please look at the Join as a Grad Student page for more information.
The Treating Emotion and Motivational Processes (TEMPT) laboratory at the University of Arkansas is directed by Dr. Jennifer Veilleux. We used to be called the LEAP lab (Laboratory for Emotion and Addictive Processes) but changed our name to reflect the broader interests we study, and the move away from addictive behaviors toward more general emotion and self-regulatory processes. Dr. Veilleux is particularly interested in understanding distress tolerance and the role of beliefs about emotion both helping and harming emotional experience and emotion regulation efforts. Emotional processes and emotion regulation are at the heart of what lab members are interested in, including the application of emotion and self-regulation processes to risk behaviors (e.g., binge drinking, binge eating, suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury) and internalizing problems (e.g., the avoidance that often accompanies depression and anxiety). The lab is truly transdiganostic; we are more interested in mechanisms underlying symptoms and problem behaviors than any specific disorder.