Graduate students who have completed or are working on their Master’s Theses or Doctoral Dissertations in Valentiner’s research lab:

 

Hyun Soo Kim (Hkim4@niu.edu)

            Currently working on Master’s Thesis

            Publications and Conference Papers

Kim, H. S., & Valentiner, D. P. (2002). Specificity in the Parent-to-Child Transmission of Performance Anxiety, Interaction Anxiety, and Taijin Kyofu Sho (TKS) in a Western Sample. Poster submitted for presentation at the 36th AABT Annual Conference.

Zayed, M., Valentiner, D., P., & Kim, H. S. (2002). Does Anxiety Sensitivity Mediate the Transmission of Nonclinical Panic from Parents to Children? Poster submitted for presentation at the 36th AABT Annual Conference.

Harris, H. N., Valentiner, D. P., Kim, H. S. (2001). Validity of the Panic Appraisal Inventory in a Panic Disordered Sample. Poster presented at the 35th Annual AABT Conference.

 

Eric Snitchler (Psyc@juno.com)

            Currently working on Doctoral Dissertation

Thesis: “Implicit Memory Bias for Panic and Depression Related Information: An Examination of Representational and Elaborative Validity” (2001)

            Publications and Conference Papers

Snitchler, E., & Valentiner, D. P. (2001). Implicit Memory Biases for Panic and Depression Related Information: An Examination of Representational and Elaborative Validity in a Nonclinical Sample. Poster presented at the 35th Annual AABT Conference.

Snitchler, E., Valentiner, D. P., & Deacon, B. J. (1998). Alcohol Expectancies, Drinking Motives, and the Tension-Reduction Model of Alcohol Use. Poster presented at the 105th Annual APA Convention.

Deacon, B. J., Valentiner, D. P., & Snitchler, E. (1998). Drug Use and Panic Attacks Among College Students. Poster presented at the 105th Annual APA Convention.

 

Brett Deacon (Bdeacon@niu.edu)

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Behavioral Medicine and Behavior Therapy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (2002-)

Pre-Doctoral Internship: Minneapolis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2001-2002)

Dissertation: “Anxiety Sensitivity Dimensions and Prediction of Fearful Responding to Interoceptive Exposure Exercises” (2001)

Thesis: “Dimensions of Anxiety Sensitivity and Nonclinical Panic” (1999)

            Publications and Conference Papers

Valentiner, D. P., Mounts, N. S., & Deacon, B. J. (2002). Nonclinical Panic Attacks and Substance Use Behaviors During Late Adolescence. Manuscript in submission.

Deacon, B. J., Valentiner, D. P., Gutierrez, P. M., & Blackard, D. (2002). Factor structure and incremental validity of the anxiety sensitivity index for children in an adolescent sample. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 839-852.

Deacon, B. J., & Valentiner, D. P. (2001). Dimensions of anxiety sensitivity and their relationship to non-clinical panic. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 23, 25-33.

Deacon, B. J., & Valentiner, D. P. (2001). Anxiety Sensitivity Dimensions and Prediction of Fearful Responding to Somatic Induction Exercises. Poster presented at the 35th Annual AABT Conference.

Valentiner, D. P., Gutierrez, P. M., Deacon, B. J., & Blacker, D. (2001). Factor Structure and Incremental Validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children in an Adolescent Sample. Poster presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).

Deacon, B. J., & Valentiner, D. P. (2000). Substance use and non-clinical panic attacks in a young adult sample. Journal of Substance Abuse, 11, 7-15.

Deacon, B. J., & Valentiner, D. P. (2000). Is “Social” Anxiety Sensitivity Distinct from Social Interaction Anxiety and Social Phobic Fear? Poster presented at the 34th AABT Conference.

Deacon, B. J., & Valentiner, D. P. (2000). Initial Psychometric Properties of an Expanded Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire. Poster presented at the 34th Annual AABT Conference.

Deacon, B. J. & Valentiner, D. P. (1999). Dimensions of Anxiety Sensitivity and Nonclinical Panic. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual AABT Conference.

Snitchler, E., Valentiner, D. P., & Deacon, B. J. (1998). Alcohol Expectancies, Drinking Motives, and the Tension-Reduction Model of Alcohol Use. Poster presented at the 105th Annual APA Convention.

Deacon, B. J., Valentiner, D. P., & Snitchler, E. (1998). Drug Use and Panic Attacks Among College Students. Poster presented at the 105th Annual APA Convention.

 

Je t’aime Hood (DuaneJET@cs.com)

            Current Position: Staff Psychologist, White City VA Domiciliary, White City, Oregon (2002-)

            Pre-Doctoral Internship: White City VA Domiciliary, White City, Oregon (2001-2002)

Dissertation: “Two Operational Definitions of Suppression and Their Effect on Physiological Reactivity: Emotional Thought Suppression and Suppression of Emotional Expression” (2001)

Thesis: “Antecedent- and Response-Focused Emotion Regulation: A Replication of Instructional Differences and Extension to Habituation and Sensitization” (1999)

           

Julie Hook (Jhook1@niu.edu)

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychology/Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2002-)

            Pre-Doctoral Internship: Ann Arbor Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (2001-2002)

            Dissertation: “Cognitive Features of Social Phobia Subtypes” (2001)

            Publications and Conference Papers

Hook, J. N., & Valentiner, D. P. (2002). Are Specific and Generalized Social Phobias qualitiatively distinct. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, in press.

Hook, J. N., & Valentiner, D. P. (2001). Qualitative Distinction for Social Anxiety Types: Does it Offer a Better Distinction Method? Poster presented at the 35th AABT Annual Conference.

Hook, J. N., Valentiner, D. P., & Valeck, E. (2001). Is Social Anxiety more Debilitating for Men than for Women? Poster presented at the 108th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Hook, J. N., Valentiner, D. P., & Kim, H. S. (2000). Distinction of Social Phobia Subtypes. Poster presented at the 34th Annual AABT Conference.

 

Holly Harris (Hharris2@niu.edu)

            Currently working on Doctoral Dissertation under the supervision of Holly Orcutt

            Thesis: “The Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Assumptive Worlds” (1999)

            Publications and Conference Papers

Harris, H. N., Valentiner, D. P., & Foa, E. B. (2002). Psychometric Characteristics of the Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Applicability to Assault Traumas and Non-Assault Traumas. Manuscript in submission.

Harris, H. N., & Valentiner, D. P. (2002). World assumptions, sexual assault, trauma-related symptoms and interpersonal functioning. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 287-306.

 Harris, H. N., Valentiner, D. P., Kim, H. S. (2001). Validity of the Panic Appraisal Inventory in a Panic Disordered Sample. Poster presented at the 35th Annual AABT Conference.

Valentiner, D. P., & Harris, H. N. (2000). Psychometric Characteristics of the Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) in a Date-Rape College Sample. Poster presented at the 34th Annual AABT Conference.

 


 

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