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Annual Conference for the Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapy, 2008, Orlando, FL.
Current
Research Projects |
Participate in one of our Research
Studies!
We are currently running a study for adolescents aged 8-16 years and their mothers. Participating mothers and adolescents will fill out a packet of questionnaires, and adolescents will prepare and present a speech. Both the mother and adolescent will be contacted a year after the laboratory assessment for a follow up telephone interview. The purpose of this study is to examine parent and child reactions to stressful events.
Click on the link to learn more about it:
Study
for boys and girls ages 8-16 years (Adolescent)
Study for boys and girls ages 8-16 years (Parent)
Then give us a call at 479-575-3523
Or
email Laura (ldickers@uark.edu) for more information

Annual Conference for the Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 2009, New York, NY

Annual Conference for the Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 2008, Orlando, FL
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Research
Interests |
We
are interested in the developmental psychopathology of anxiety among
children and adolescents (i.e., ages 8 to 17 years). To date, we
have been most interested in panic disorder, but we are in the process
of expanding our research to include other types of anxiety pathology
such as post-traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Overall, we examine 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;
puberty) to promote the development of anxiety problems. ArKIDS
is an experimental psychopathology laboratory designed to study
“real-time” anxious responding produced by analogue
procedures such as voluntary hyperventilation. In addition, we typically
gather self-report, multi-informant, and interview data.
Annual Conference
for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 2007,
Baltimore MD |
Recently
Completed Projects |
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Stress and Health Behaviors
We are currently wrapping up year two of a two-year National Institutes of Health training and
research grant (Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship). Participants completed a structured clinical interview, a laboratory task, and
a battery of questionnaires; parents also completed a brief
interview and a short battery of questionnaires. The primary
goal of this project is to provide a more comprehensive understanding
of the linkage between emotional vulnerability and health-related behaviors
(e.g., alcohol use) among adolescents.
Smoking and
Panic
We recently
completed a two-year National Institute of Mental Health research
grant. Onehundred and eighty male and female adolescents (ages 12-17
years) and their parents were recruited from the local community.
Participants underwent a structured clinical interview, completed
a biological challenge procedure, and filled out a battery of questionnaires;
parents also completed a brief clinical interview and filled out
a short battery of questionnaires. The primary goal of this project
is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the linkage between adolescent tobacco
use and panic vulnerability.
Adolescent
Emotions and Hormones
We recently completed a pilot study
concerning the association between cortisol activity and adolescent
emotional vulnerability. Forty-six female adolescents (ages 8-17
years) were recruited from the general community. This short-term
prospective design consisted of 1) a laboratory visit, during which
participants provided salivary samples, underwent a structured clinical
interview, completed a biological challenge procedure, and filled
out a short battery of questionnaires, 2) a larger questionnaire
battery and materials for salivary sampling to be completed at home,
and 3) a brief, one-week follow-up interview. The primary goal of
this project is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of
the linkage among multiple facets of pubertal maturation (e.g.,
hormones, developmental timing) and emotional vulnerability.
Annual Conference for the Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 2006, Chicago, IL
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