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Kimberly A. Babson, M.A.
Intervention Sciences Laboratory
Department of Psychology
University of Arkansas
Phone (479.575.5811)
kbabson@uark.edu (email)

Education and Training
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Arkansas, 2007
B.S. in Psychology, University of Vermont, 2005

Professional Affiliations and Memberships
American Psychological Association (student affiliate)
Association for the Advancement of Behaviorial and CognitiveTherapies (student affiliate)
Community of science (student affiliate)
Society for Prevention Research (student affiliate)

Biographical sketch

Kimberly A. Babson received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Vermont and her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arkansas. She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests focus on risk factors implicated in the development of panic disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, with a specific focus on health-related behaviors such as sleep. She also has interests in applying this research to the development of specialized anxiety prevention programs.

 

Curriculum Vita
Kimberly A. Babson, M.A.

Representative Dissemination Activities

(see vita for full listing)

Grants
Principal Investigator [(Babson, K. A. (P.I.), & Feldner, M. T (Sponsor)]. An experimental test of acute sleep deprivation in posttraumatic stress (2007; Two-year NIH-NRSA training fellowship; 1 F31 MH081402-01A1; $62,000).

Publications
Babson, K. A., Feldner, M. T., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Schmidt, N. B., & Zvolensky, M. J. (in press). Nicotine dependence mediates the relations between insomnia and both panic and posttraumatic stress disorder in the NCS-R sample. Depression and Anxiety.


Feldner, M. T., Babson, K. A., Zvolensky, M. J., Monson, C. M., Bonn-Miller, M. O., & Gibson, L. E. (in press). An examination of anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the relationship between smoking level and posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma-exposed adults. Cognitive Therapy and Research.


Feldner, M. T., Zvolensky, M. J., Babson, K. A., Leen-Feldner, E. W., & Schmidt, N. B. (in press). An integrated approach to panic prevention targeting the empirically-supported risk factors of smoking and anxiety sensitivity: Theoretical basis and evidence from a pilot project evaluating feasibility and short-term efficacy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.


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


Leen-Feldner, E. W., Feldner, M. T., Reardon, L. E., Babson, K. A., & Dixon, L. (in press). Anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress levels among traumatic event-exposed adolescents. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Feldner, M. T., Babson, K. A., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2007). Smoking, traumatic event exposure, and posttraumatic stress: A critical review of the empirical literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 14-45.

Feldner, M. T., Babson, K. A., Zvolensky, M. J., Vujanovic, A. A., Lewis, S. F., Gibson, L. E., Monson, C. M., & Bernstein, A. (2007). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and smoking to reduce negative affect: An investigation of trauma-exposed daily smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 214-227.


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.

Book Chapters

Zvolensky, M. J., Leyro, T., Bernstein, A., Feldner, M. T., Yartz, A. R., Babson, K. & Bonn-Miller, M. O. (2008). Tobacco use and panic psychopathology: Current status and future directions (pp. 3-28). In M. J. Zvolensky & J. A. Smits (Eds.), Anxiety in health behaviors and physical illness: Contemporary theory and research. New York: Springer.