ArKIDS

Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory

Director: Ellen W. Leen-Feldner, Ph.D.

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
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Biographical Sketch

Ellen W. Leen-Feldner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arkansas and directs the Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences (ArKIDS) Laboratory. She studies the developmental psychopathology of anxiety among children and adolescents. Specifically, she is interested in examining how individual difference factors (e.g., substance use, emotion regulatory strategies) change across the period of adolescence and interact with contextual factors (e.g., life stressors) to promote the development of anxiety problems.

Dr. Leen-Feldner has conducted several empirical investigations with clinical and non-clinical populations using a diverse array of methodologies including laboratory-based biological challenge procedures, self-report, multi-informant, and interview assessments, as well as prospective research designs. Dr. Leen-Feldner has been successful at obtaining extramural funding, including a recent two-year award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

 

Finally, In addition to her research interests, Dr. Leen-Feldner has taught several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Introduction to Human Development, Childhood and Adolescence, Adult Psychopathology, Research Methods, and a seminar on Puberty.

 

 

 

Contact Information

University of Arkansas
Department of Psychology
216 Memorial Hall
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-5329(office phone)
(479) 575-3523 (laboratory phone)
eleenfe@uark.edu (email)
Ellen Winifred Leen-Feldner, Ph.D.

Director: Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory

Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Developmental Psychology, 2004
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Master of Arts, Developmental Psychology, 2001
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (major), 1997
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Representative Published Works

Note: selected from 50 published works; see Curriculum Vita for full listing. *Graduate student co-author; **Undergraduate student co-author (Dr. Leen-Feldner’s supervisees).

Frala, J. L.*, Leen-Feldner, E. W., Blumenthal, H.*, & Barreto, C. C.** (in press). Relations among perceived control over anxiety-related events, worry, and generalized anxiety disorder in a sample of adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Jones, R. E.**, Leen-Feldner, E. W., Olatunji, B. O., Reardon, L. E.*, & Hawks, E**. (in press). Psychometric Properties of the Affect Intensity and Reactivity Measure adapted for Youth (AIR-Y). Psychological Assessment.

Blumenthal, H.*, Leen-Feldner, E. W., Trainor, C. D.*, Babson, K. A.*, & Bunaciu, L.* (2009). The interactive roles of pubertal timing and peer relations in predicting social anxiety symptoms among youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 401-403.

Reardon*, L. E., Leen-Feldner, E. W., & Hayward, C. (2009). A critical review of the empirical literature on the relation between anxiety and puberty. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 1-23.

Feldner, M. T., Leen-Feldner, E. W., Trainor, C., Blanchard, L.*, & Monson, C. M. (2008). Smoking and posttraumatic stress among adolescents: Does anxiety sensitivity matter? Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1470-1476.

Leen-Feldner, E. W., Blumenthal, H.*, Babson, K., Bunaciu, L., & Feldner, M. T. (2008). Parenting-Related Childhood Learning History and Panic Vulnerability: A Test using a Laboratory-Based Biological Challenge Procedure. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 1009-1016.

Leen-Feldner, E. W., Feldner, M. T., Reardon, L. E.*, Babson, K. A., & Dixon, L.** (2008). Anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress among traumatic event-exposed youth. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 548-556.

Leen-Feldner, E. W., Blanchard, L.*, Babson, K., Reardon, L. E.*, Bacon, A. K.*, & Zvolensky, M. J. (2008). The moderating role of health fear on the relation between smoking and panic symptoms among adolescents. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 772-780.

Leen-Feldner, E. W., Reardon, L. E.*, McKee, L. G., Feldner, M. T., Babson, K, A.*, & Zvolensky, M. J. (2006). The interactive role of anxiety sensitivity and pubertal status in predicting anxious responding to bodily sensations among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 797-810.

Curriculum Vita


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