Nathan L. Williams, Ph.D. Publications and Presentations

Published/In Press (ordered chronologically)

Fresco, D. A., Williams, N. L., & Nugent, N. (In press). Association of cognitive flexibility and coping flexibility to each other and to depression and anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., Sawchuck, C. N., & Lohr, J. M. (In Press). Disgust, anxiety and fainting symptoms associated with blood-injection-injury fears: A structural model. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L., & Joiner, T. E. (In Press). Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety: The Looming Maladaptive Style. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Williams, N. L., Connolly, K. M., Elwood, L. S., Willems, J. L., Lohr, J. M. (In press). Disgust: A cognitive approach. In D. McKay & B. O. Olatunji (Eds.), Disgust and Disgust-Related Disorders.

Williams, N. L. & Elwood, L. S. (In press). Examining the interpersonal correlates of anxious and depressive symptoms in young adults: Attachment styles and Interpersonal Problems. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Williams, N. L., Olatunji, B. O., Elwood, L. S., Connolly, K. M., & Lohr, J. M. (In press). Cognitive vulnerability to disgust: Development and validation of the Looming of Disgust Questionnaire. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping.

Williams, N. L., Elwood, L. S., & Riskind, J. H. (In press). A cognitive-behavioral approach to attachment and change. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Clinical Applications of Adult Attachment. Guilford Publications.

Olatunji, B. O., Sawchuk, C. N., Deacon, B. J., Tolin, D. F., Lilienfeld, S. O., Williams, N. L., Meunier, S. A., Lohr, J. M., & Connolly, K. M. (2005). The Anxiety Sensitivity Profile revisited: Factor structure and psychometric properties in two nonclinical samples. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 157 - 175.

Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., Lohr, J. M., & Sawchuk, C. N. (2005). The structure of disgust: Domain specificity in relation to contamination obsessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1069 - 1086.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L. (2005). A unique vulnerability common to all anxiety disorders: The looming maladaptive style (pp. 175 - 206). In L. B. Alloy & J. H. Riskind (Eds.), Cognitive vulnerability to emotional disorders. New York, Earlbaum.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L. (2005). The Looming Cognitive Style and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Distinctive Danger Schemas and Cognitive Phenomenology. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29, 7 - 27.

Williams, N. L., Reardon, J. M., Murray, K. T., & Cole, T. (2005). Anxiety Disorders: A developmental vulnerability-stress perspective. In B. L. Hankin and J. R. Z. Abela (Eds.), Development of psychopathology: A vulnerability-stress perspective. Sage Publications.

Williams, N. L., Shahar, G., Riskind, J. H., & Joiner, T. E. (2005). The Looming Cognitive Style Has a General Effect on an Anxiety Disorder Symptoms Factor: Further Support for a Cognitive Model of Vulnerability to Anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 2, 157 - 175.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Altman, A., Black. D. O., Balaban, M. S., & Gessner, T. L. (2004). Developmental antecedents of the looming maladaptive style: Parental bonding and parental attachment insecurity. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 18, 43-52.

Williams, N. L. & Riskind, J. H. (2004). Cognitive vulnerability and attachment. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy,18, 3 - 6.

Williams, N. L. & Riskind, J. H. (2004). Adult romantic attachment and cognitive vulnerabilities to anxiety and depression: Examining the interpersonal basis of vulnerability models. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 18, 7 - 24.

Williams, N. L. (2003). Optimism and Pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 17, 2, 200 - 2003.

Feldman Barrett, L. A., Williams, N. L., & Fong, G. T. (2002). Defensive verbal behavior assessment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 6, 776-788.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., & Kyrios (2002). Experimental Methods for Studying Cognition. In R. O. Frost and G. Steketee (Eds.), Cognitive Approaches to obsessions and compulsions: Theory, assessment, and treatment (pp. 139-164). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Pergamon/Elsevier Science.

Williams, N. L. (2001). Love. In J. Michie (Ed.), Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. London, England: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

Riskind, J. H., Long, D. G., Williams, N. L., & White, J. C. (2000). Desperate acts for desperate times: Looming vulnerability and suicide. In T. Joiner (Ed.), Suicide Science (pp. 105 - 115). New York: Plenum Press.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Gessner, T., Chrosniak, L, & Cortina, J. (2000). A Pattern of Mental Organization and Danger Schema Related to Anxiety: The Looming Maladaptive Style. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 837-852.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L. (1999). Specific cognitive content of anxiety and catastrophizing: Looming vulnerability and the looming maladaptive style. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 13, 41-54.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L. (1999). Cognitive Case Conceptualization and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Implication of the Looming vulnerability Model. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 13, 295-316.

Under Review

Connolly, K. M., Penkov, M., Patten, K., Olatunji, B.O., Lohr, J. M., & Williams, N. L. (2005). Covariation and Memory Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia. Under Review in Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., Tolin, D. F., Sawchuk, C. N., Abramowitz, J. S., Lohr, J. M., & Elwood, L. (2005). The Disgust Scale: Item analysis, factor structure and suggestions for refinement. Under Review in Psychological Assessment.

Reardon, J. M. & Williams, N. L. (2005). Examining the specificity of vulnerabilities to emotional disorders: Anxiety sensitivity, looming vulnerability, and explanatory style. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., & Joiner, T. (2005). Incremental validity of the looming cognitive style. Under Review in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Williams, N. L., Cisler, J., Willems, J., Connolly, K. M., Elwood, L. S., Olatunji, B. O., & Lohr, J. M. (2005). Information Processing and Disgust Sensitivity: Enhanced cognitive accessibility of contamination-related threat. Under Review in Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Williams, N. L., & Elwood, L. S. (2005). Traumatic Life Events and Cognitive vulnerabilities to anxiety and depression. Under Review in Personality and Individual Differences.

Williams, N. L., Hahn, K. S., Elwood, L. S., & Reardon, J. M. (2005). A psychometric analysis of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale: Implications for examining emotion regulation in anxiety-related disorders. Under review in Journal of Psychopathology Assessment

Williams, N. L., Olatunji, B. O., Riskind, J. H., & Tolin, D. F. (2005). Cognitive vulnerability to contamination-based intrusive thoughts and the looming maladaptive style. Under Review in Cognitive Therapy & Research.

Williams, N. L., Olatunji, B. O., Riskind, J. H., Elwood, L. S., & Reardon, J. M. (2005). Information processing biases and the Looming Cognitive Style: Distinctions from anxiety symptoms. Under Review in Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Symposia (ordered chronologically)

Abraham, A. C., Meunier, S., Olatunji, B. O., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). Disgust sensitivity and cognitive processing bias in bulimia. Symposia presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D.C.

Elwood, L. S., Hahn, K. S., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). Examining the relations between cognitive processes and emotion regulation in victims of sexual assault. Symposia presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D.C.

Williams, N. L. (2004, November). Cognitive vulnerabilities to anxiety and depression in adults: Comorbidity and specificity. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Elwood, L. S., & Olatunji, B. O. (2004, November). Cognitive vulnerabilities to obsessional thoughts and contamination fears. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Lunt, M. A., Parsons, C. J., & Reardon, J. M. (2004, November). The looming cognitive style and the accessibility of threat representations. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L. (November, 2002). A prospective investigation of vulnerabilities to depression: Cognitive style, dysfunctional attitudes, and coping. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Reno, NV.

Williams, N. L., Riskind, J. H., & Chrosniak, L. (November, 2002). Why worry: Worry acts to mitigate the effects of cognitive vulnerability to anxiety on enhanced memory of threatening visual images. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Reno, NV

Williams, N. L. (2001, November). The developing cognitive therapist (Chair). Presenters include: A. T. Beck, J. H. Riskind, J. S. Beck, D. Spangler, F. Dattilio, & M. Reinecke. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

Williams, N. L., & Riskind, J.H. (2001, August). Coping styles and coping flexibility. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Williams, N. L. (2001, July). IACP presents the developing cognitive psychotherapist: Issues in training and supervision (Chair). Presenters include: A. T. Beck, J. H. Riskind, J. S. Beck, D. Spangler, R. L. Leahy and T. D. Borkovec. Symposium conducted at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Williams, N. L. & Riskind, J. H. (2001, July). The cognitive interactional model of appraisal and coping: Implications for cognitive vulnerability to emotional disorders. Symposium conducted at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Riskind, J. H., & Williams, N. L. (2001, July). Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. Symposium conducted at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Williams, N. L. (2000, November). Therapist perspectives' on the road to success in cognitive psychotherapy (Chair). Presenters include: E. T. Dowd, J. H. Riskind, J. S. Beck, R. L. Leahy, and B. A. Alford. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., Riskind, J. H. (2000, November). The cognitive interactional model of appraisal and coping: Implications for cognitive vulnerability. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., & Riskind, J. H. (2000, August). Coping styles, coping flexibility, and implications for cognitive vulnerability. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Gessner, T. D., & Chrosniak, L. (2000, August). Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety: The looming maladaptive style. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., & Gessner, T. G. (1999, March). Cognitive Styles in Anxiety. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Professional Psychology, Denver, CO.

Williams, N. L. & Riskind, J. H. (1998, November). Thought Suppression, Coping Flexibility, and the Looming Maladaptive Style. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Washington, DC.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., & Varady, S. A. (1998, July). Looming Vulnerability and the Spread of Contamination. Symposium conducted at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Acapulco, Mexico.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Gessner, T. G., & Chrosniak, L. D. (1998). A cognitive vulnerability to anxiety: The looming maladaptive style. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference for the Society for Research in Psychopathology. Cambridge, MA.

Poster Presentations (ordered chronologically)

Connolly, K. M., Penkov, M., Patten, K., Olatunji, B. O., Lohr, J., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). Covariation and Memory Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D.C.

Elwood, L. S., Williams, N. L., Hahn, K. S., & Jordan, C. (2005, November). A Cognitive Experimental Test of the Looming Cognitive Style in Victims and Non-Victims of Sexual Assault and Its Relation to Symptom Development. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

Hahn, K. S., McDonald, T. L., Elwood, L. S., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). Testing the Validity of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

McDonald, T. L, Hahn, K. S., Barefield, L. K., Smith, M., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). Cognitive accessibility of threat in chronic worry. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

Reardon, J. M., Walters, K. D., & Williams, N. L., (2005, November). Modeling the causal relationships of attributions and expectations in the hopelessness theory of depression: A Prospective Analysis. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

Reardon, L. E., Reardon, J. M., Motely, R., Walter, K. D., & Williams, N. L. (2005, November). A retrospective investigation of vulnerabilities to bulimic symptomatology. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

Willems, J. L., Connolly, K. M., Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., & Lohr, J. M. (2005, November). Information Processing Biases in Disgust Sensitivity. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, D. C.

Elwood, L. S.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). Cognitive vulnerabilities and negative life events in victims of interpersonal trauma: Maintaining the Diathesis? Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Elwood, L. S.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). Cognitive vulnerabilities to emotional disorders in victims of trauma: Attachment and PTSD related cognitions. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Olatunji, B. O.,* Williams, N. L., & Lohr, J. M. (2004, November). Disgust, anxiety, and fainting symptoms associated with blood/injection phobia: A structural model. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Olatunji, B. O.,* Tolin, D. F., Abramowitz, J. S., & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). Confirmatory factor analysis of the disgust scale: Implications for the comorbidity of disgust sensitivity and anxiety disorder symptoms. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Parker, L. M.*, Lohr, J. M., & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). A structural equation model for predicting dating violence. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Parsons, C. J.,* Reardon, J. M.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). A psychometric validation of the revised Coping Styles Inventory. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Reardon, J. M.,* Parsons, C. J.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, November). An interactive diathesis to anxiety and depression: Cognitive vulnerabilities and coping. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Motley, R. M.,** Elwood, L. S.,* & Luhn, J.** (2004, November). Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and bulimia nervosa. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

Elwood, L. S.,* Smith, C. A.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Influence of Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Victims of Interpersonal Trauma. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Elwood, L. S.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Attachment and PTSD Related Cognitions: Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Psychopathology. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Lunt, M. A.,** & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). The Looming Maladaptive Style: A Cognitive Diathesis to Anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

McDonald, T. L.,** & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Worry and Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety: A Mentation Sampling Study. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Motely, R.,** Elwood, L. S.* Fisher, A.***, & Williams, N. L. (April, 2004). Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety and Bulimia Nervosa. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Owens, T. S.,** & Williams, N. L. (April, 2004). Cross-Sex Friendships: Attitudes, Beliefs, & Behavior. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Parsons, C. J.,* Reardon, J. M.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Modern Electronic Communication and Attachment Theory: Does Attachment Predict Use? Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Renfroe, H.,**, Elwood, L. S.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Vulnerabilities to Emotional Disorders in Female Sexual Abuse Survivors. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Smith, C. A.,* Reardon, J. M.,* Elwood, L. S.,* & Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Dysfunctional Thoughts versus Cognitive Vulnerability Models in Predicting Anxious and Depressive Symptoms. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Smith, C. A.,* Reardon, J. M.,* McDonald, T. L.,** Owens. T.,** Williams, N. L. (2004, April). Cognitive Vulnerabilities and the Tripartite Model of Anxiety and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Williams, N. L., Cole, H.,* Elwood, L. S.*, Smith, C. A.*, & Parsons, C. J.* (November, 2003). Lay Conceptualizations of Anxiety and Mood Disorders and Help-Seeking Behavior. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Williams, N. L., McDonald, T.,* Owens, T.,* & Lunt, M. A.* (November, 2003). The Anxious Anticipatory Style: A Predominance of Mental Imagery. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Williams, N. L., Parsons, C. J.*, Elwood, L. S.*, Smith, C. A.*, McDonald, T.,* Owens, T.,* & Lunt, M. A.* (November, 2003). The Anxious Anticipatory Style: A Global Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Elwood, L. S.,* Parsons, C. J.,* Smith, C. A.,* & Williams, N. L. (November, 2003). Traumatic Life Events and Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Elwood, L. S.* & Williams, N. L. (November, 2003). Adult Romantic Attachment, Traumatic Life Events, and Anxiety, and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Parsons, C. J.* & Williams, N. L. (November, 2003). Information Processing and Adult Romantic Attachment: Implications for Anxiety and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Smith, C. A.,* & Williams, N. L. (November, 2003). Cognitive Content-Specificity and Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Smith, C. A.,* Williams, N. L., & Cavell, T. C. (November, 2003). Teacher Efficacy for Classroom Management: Implications for Disruptive and Aggressive Classroom Behavior. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

Williams, N. L., Elwood, L.*, McDonald, T.* (April, 2003). Self-report measures of anxious and depressive symptoms: A meta-analytic review. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Elwood, L.*, Parsons, C.*, Smith, C.*, & Williams, N. L. (April, 2003). Attachment and interpersonal problems: The interpersonal basis of cognitive vulnerability models. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Parsons, C.*, & Williams, N. L., (April, 2003). Vulnerabilities to anxious and depressive symptoms: Attachment, coping, and cognition. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Olatunji, O.* & Williams, N. L., (April, 2003). Information processing biases in anxiety: The "Looming Maladaptive Style". Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Smith, C.* & Williams, N. L. (April, 2003). Teacher efficacy for classroom management: Implications for disruptive classroom behavior. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Riskind, J. H., & Joiner, T. E. (November, 2002). Cognitive vulnerability to a spectrum of anxiety symptoms. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Reno, NV.

Nugent, N. R., Fresco, D. M., & Williams, N. L. (November, 2002) Association of cognitive flexibility and coping flexibility to each other and to depression and anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Reno, NV.

Williams, N. L., Black, D. O., & Riskind, J. H. (2001, November). Examining Beliefs About the Adaptive Significance of Intrusive Thoughts. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

Williams, N. L., Dudis, M. R., Ayers, C. R., Moore, S. A., & Riskind, J. H. (2001, November). Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Correlates of Anxiety and Depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

Williams, N. L., & Riskind, J. H. (2001, July). Coping Styles and Coping Flexibility: Implications for Emotional Disorders. Presentation at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Williams, N. L., & Riskind, J. H. (2001, July). Half a Past, Half A Future, One Half Too Many: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Anxiety and Depression as a Function of Age. Presentation at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Chrosniak, L. D., Balaban, M. L., Riskind, J. H., Angelini, L., Joswick, S., & Williams, N. L. (2000, November). Memory and cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Gessner, T. L., & Chrosniak, L. D. (2000, November). Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety: A short-term prospective study. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., & Riskind, J. H. (2000, November). Differentiating cognitive vulnerabilities, anxiety, and depression: The Coping Styles Questionnaire. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Moore, S., & Riskind, J. H. (2000, November). A meta-analytic review of the relationship between self-report measures of anxiety and depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., Moore, S., & Riskind, J. H. (2000, November). Attachment styles: Origins and implications for anxiety and depression. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N. L., & Riskind, J. H. (2000, November). Vigilance, hyper-accessibility, and bias in cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Riskind, H. H., Williams, N. L., Chrosniak, L. D., Long, D. G., & White, J. C. (1999, November). Visual memory and cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Riskind, H. H., Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., & White, J. C. (1999, November). Investigating the role of looming vulnerability in fears of contamination. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., White, J. C., Riskind, J. H., Chrosniak, L. D., Gessner, T. G., Holland, J. M. Montero, S. M. (1999, November). Coping styles: The adaptational consequences of flexibility. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Toronto, Ontario.

Williams, N. L., Riskind, J. H., Long, D. G., White, J. C., Chrosniak, L. D., & Gessner, T. G. (1999, November). Cognitive risk for anxiety: Generality vs. Specificity. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Chrosniak, L. D., Gessner, T. G., White, J. C., & Long, D. G. (1999, August). A picture is worth a thousand worries. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Williams, N. L., Long, D. G., White, J. C., Riskind, J. H., Gessner, T. G.,Chrosniak, L. D., Holland, J., Montero, S. M. (1999, August). Can a measure of coping styles discriminate between anxiety and depression? Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Riskind, J. H., Gessner, T. G., Williams, N. L., Kurke, M., Varady, S. A., & Pulido, R. D. (1998, November). The development of the Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Washington, DC.

Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., & Varady, S. A. (1998, November). Thought suppression and the looming maladaptive style. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Washington, DC.

Williams, N. L., & Feldman Barrett, L. A. (1997, August). Defensive verbal behavior: A person-situation analysis. Presentation at the Convention of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, IL.

Williams, N. L., Boekman, L. F., & Feldman Barrett, L. A. (1996, August). Toward a psychodynamic model for the assessment of defensive verbal behavior. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Williams, N. L., & D'Augelli, A. R. (1996, August). Victimization, mental health, and suicide among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

MASTER'S THESES AND DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED

Bacon, A. (In Progress). A cognitive-experimental study of dynamic mental representations of threat in snake and spider phobias. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Willems, J. L. (In Progress). Information processing and disgust sensitivity: Implications for contamination fears. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Reardon, L. E. (In Progress). Evaluative conditioning of food and body image as vulnerability to Bulimia Nervosa. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Hahn, K. S. (2005). Vulnerability to Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Emotion Dysregulation. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Reardon, J. L. (2005). Examining the specificity of vulnerabilities to emotional disorders: Anxiety sensitivity, looming vulnerability, and explanatory style. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Elwood, L. S. (2004). Vulnerabilities to PTSD among survivors of interpersonal trauma: Cognitive, Attachment, & Coping Styles. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Parsons, C. (2004). Information Processing and Adult Romantic Attachment. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

Smith, C. (2004). Cognitive Content-Specificity and Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety and Depression. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas.

UNDERGRADUATE HONOR'S THESES DIRECTED

Bell, J. (In Progress). Representational Momentum Bias for Threatening Stimuli. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Neal, W. (In Progress). Representational Momentum Bias for Disgusting Stimuli. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Luhn, J. (2005). Vulnerabilities to Social Phobia: The Looming Cognitive Style. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Motley, R. (2005). Vulnerabilities to Bulimia Nervosa: The Looming Cognitive Style and Emotion Dysregulation. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Smith, M. (2005). Vulnerabilities to Social Phobia: Emotion Dysregulation and Coping. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Lunt, M. A. (2004). The Looming Maladaptive Style: A cognitive diathesis to anxiety. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

McDonald, T. (2004). Mentation Sampling in worry versus cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Owens, T. (2004). Cross-sex friendships: Attitudes, beliefs, and attributional process. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Renfroe, H. (2004). PTSD symptomatology in young adult female sexual abuse survivors: Impact on adult romantic attachment styles and coping styles. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas.

Cole, H. (2003). The Relationship between Young Adults' Conceptualizations of Anxiety and Mood Disorders and Help Seeking Behavior. Unpublished Honors thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Simanski, J. F. (2001). Cognitive vulnerabilities to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Unpublished senior thesis, George Mason University, Fairfax.

Thomas, S. A. (2001). Proneness to emotional disorders in interpersonal relationships: Attributions, appraisals and conflict escalation. Unpublished senior thesis, George Mason University, Fairfax.

Montero, S. (2000). Gender role orientation and adult romantic relationships. Unpublished senior thesis, George Mason University, Fairfax