Research Training
Research training and experience occupies a central role in the program. In addition to formal course work designed to provide knowledge of measurement, quantitative methods, and research design, graduate students are required to select an advisor with whom they have a shared research interest within their first semester in the program. Together they form a course of study that enlarges the student's understanding of the conception and performance of research activities. Faculty members accomplish this task differently: some work individually with students or within the context of a team, some focus largely on laboratory work with reliance upon the manipulation of independent variables, and others examine naturally occurring phenomena in the community, or a combinations of techniques.
All students are expected to immerse themselves in at least the conceptual aspects of research during their first year. During the second year, students complete an empirical research project under the direction of their advisor that serves as part of the written portion of the doctoral comprehensive exam. Many students collaborate with faculty and other graduate students in the publication of articles and presentations at professional meetings. All students are required to provide an annual report of their research activities, which is used as the basis for the spring semester evaluation of the student's progress. A partial listing of recent presentations and articles single or jointly written by students follows.
Recent Student Publications
Brothers, Suzanne C; Maddux, James E. (2003). The goal of biological parenthood and emotional distress from infertility: Linking parenthood to happiness. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(2), 248-262.
Cattaneo, Lauren Bennett; DeLoveh, Heidi L. M.; Zweig, Janine M. (2008). Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 36(1-2), 137-153.
Covert, Michelle Vowell; Tangney, June Price; Maddux, James E; Heleno, Nancy M. (2003). Shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and interpersonal problem solving: A social cognitive analysis. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22(1), 1-12.
Han, Susan C., & Short, Jerome L. (2009). Alcohol expectancies as a mediator of the relation between impulsivity and alcohol consumption in Asian-Americans. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 8(2), 178-200.
Kaplan, Marc, and Maddux, James E. (2002). Goals and marital satisfaction: Perceived support for personal goals and collective efficacy for collective goals. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 21(2), 157-164.
Kashdan, Todd B., & Breen, William E. (2008). Social anxiety and positive emotions: A prospective examination of a self-regulatory model with tendencies to suppress or express emotions as a moderating variable. Behavior Therapy, 39, 1-12.
Kashdan, Todd B., Volkmann, Jeffrey, Breen, William E., & Han, Susan. (2007). Social anxiety and emotion regulation in romantic relationships: The costs and benefits of negative emotion expression are context-dependent. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 475-492.
Maddux, James E.; Gosselin, Jennifer T. Self-efficacy. [Chapter] Leary, Mark R. (Ed); Tangney, June Price (Ed). (2003). Handbook of self and identity. (pp. 218-238). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press. 703 pp.
Riskind, John H., Tzur, D.,Williams, Nathan, Mann, Brittany, & Shahar, G. (2007). Short-term Predictive Effects of the Looming Cognitive Style on Anxiety Disorder Symptoms under Restrictive Methodological Conditions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1765-1777.
Riskind, John H; Williams, Nathan L; Altman, Melissa D; Black, David O; Balaban, Mark S; Gessner, Theodore L. (2004). Developmental Antecedents of the Looming Maladaptive Style: Parental Bonding and Parental Attachment Insecurity. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 18(1), 43-52.
Short, Jerome L., Shogan, Colleen J., and Owings, Nicole M. (2005). The influence of first ladies on mental health policy. White House Studies, 5(1), 65-76.
Tangney, June P; Baumeister, Roy F; Boone, Angie Luzio. (2004). High Self-Control Predicts Good Adjustment, Less Pathology, Better Grades, and Interpersonal Success. Journal of Personality, 72(2), 271-322
Tangney, June P. and Dearing, Ronda L. (2002). Shame and Guilt. [Book] (272 pp.)
Zanville, Holly A. & Bennett Cattaneo, Lauren. (2009). Underdiagnosis and nontreatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in community mental health: A case study. Psychological Services, 6(1), 32-42.