Below are recent (and forthcoming) publications resulting from research conducted in the Anxiety Lab.

2013 and in press

Abramowitz, J. S. (in press). The practice of exposure therapy: Relevance of cognitive-behavioral and extinction theory. Behavior Therapy.

Abramowitz, J. S., Baucom, D. H., Boeding, S., Wheaton, M. G., Pukay-Martin, N., Fabricant, L. E., Paprocki, C., & Fischer, M. (in press). Treating obsessive-compulsive disorder in intimate relationships: A pilot study of couple-based cognitive-behavior therapy. Behavior Therapy.

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., Abramowitz, J. S. (2013). Childhood trauma and thought-action fusion: A multi-method examination. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2, 43-47.

Mahaffey, B., Wheaton, M. G., Fabricant, L. E., Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (in press). The contribution of experiential avoidance and social cognitions in the prediction of social anxiety. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., & Abramowitz, J. S. (in press) Rigid Rules of Conduct and Duty: Prediction of Thought Action Fusion. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Wheaton, M. G., Fabricant, L. E., Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (in press). Experiential Avoidance in Individuals with Hoarding Disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., Fabricant, L. E., & Abramowitz, J. S. (in press). Predictors of mental pollution: The contribution of religion, parenting strategies, and childhood trauma. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1, 153-158.

Abramowitz, J. S., Baucom, D. H., Wheaton, M. G., Boeding, S., Fabricant, L. E., Paprocki, C., & Fischer, M. S. (2013). Enhancing exposure and response prevention for OCD: A couple-based approach. Behavior Modification, 37, 189-210.

Boeding, S. E., Paprocki, C. M., Baucom, D. H., Abramowitz, J. S., Wheaton, M. G., Fabricant, L. E., & Fischer, M. S. (in press). Let me check that for you: Symptom accommodation in romantic partners of adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

2012

Deacon, B. J., Lickel, J. J., Nelson, E. A., Abramowitz, J. S., Mahaffey, B., & Wolitzky-Taylor, K. (in press). Do diaphragmatic breathing and cognitive reappraisal augment interoceptive exposure for anxiety sensitivity? Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26, 257-269.

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2012). The Arnold Schwarzenegger Effect: Is strength of the “victim” related to misinterpretations of harm intrusions? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50, 761-766.

Wheaton, M. G., Deacon, B. J., McGrath, P. B., Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2012). Dimensions of anxiety sensitivity in the anxiety disorders: Evaluation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Third Version. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 401-408.

Wheaton, M. G., Mahaffey, B., Timpano, K. R., Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2012). The Relationship between anxiety sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 891-896.

Wheaton, M. G., Abramowitz, J. S., Berman, N. C., Fabricant, L. E., Olatunji, B. O. (2012). Psychological predictors of anxiety in response to the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 210-218.

2011

Timpano, K. R., Abramowitz, J. S., Mahaffey, B. L., Mitchell, M. A., & Schmidt, N. B. (2011). Efficacy of a Prevention Program for Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45, 1511-1517

Berman, N. C., Abramowitz, J. S. , Wheaton, M. G., Pardue, C., & Fabricant, L. E. (2011). Evaluation of an in vivo measure of thought action fusion. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 25, 155-164.

Wheaton, M. G., Braddock, A. E., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2011). The Sweating Cognitions Inventory: A measure of cognitions in hyperhidrosis. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33, 393-402.

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., Fabricant, L. E., Jacobson, S., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2011). The effects of familiarity on thought-action fusion. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Wheaton, M. G., Abramowitz, J. S., Fabricant, L. E., Berman, N. C., & Franklin, J. C. (2011). Is hoarding a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder? International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 4, 225-238.

Wheaton, M. G., Abramowitz, J. S., Franklin, J. C., Berman, N. C., & Fabricant, L. E (2011). Experiential avoidance and saving cognitions in the prediction of hoarding symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 511-516.

2010

Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., McGrath, P., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). Predicting anxiety: The role of experiential avoidance and anxiety sensitivity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 109-114.

Abramowitz, J. S., Deacon, B., Olatunji, B., Wheaton, M. G., Berman, N., Losardo, D., Timpano, K., McGrath, P., Riemann, B., Adams, T., Bjorgvinsson, T., Storch, E., A., & Hale, L. (2010). Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: Development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychological Assessment, 22, 180-198.

Berman, N. C., Abramowitz, J. S., Pardue, C. & Wheaton, M. G. (2010). The relationship between religion and thought-action fusion: Use of an in vivo paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 670-674.

Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). Recent developments in the assessment and treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Child and Youth Care Forum, 39, 125-126.

Wheaton, M. G., & Berman, N. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). The contribution of experiential avoidance and anxiety sensitivity in the prediction of health anxiety. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 24, 229-239.

Timpano, K., R., Keough, M. E., Mahaffey, B., Schmidt, N. B., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). Parenting and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Implications of authoritarian parenting. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 24, 151-164.

Wheaton, M. G., Abramowitz, J. S., Berman, N. C., Riemann, B. C., & Hale, L. R. (2010). The relationship between obsessive beliefs and symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavior Research and Therapy, 48, 949-954.

Abramowitz, J. S., Meltzer-Brody, S. Leserman, J., Killenberg, S., Rinaldi, K., Pedersen, C. D., &  Mahaffey, B. (2010). Obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors in sample of women with postpartum mood symptoms. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 13, 523-530.

Wheaton, M. G., Berman, N. C., Franklin, J. C., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). Health anxiety: Latent structure and associations with anxiety-related psychological processes in a student sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 565-574.