current research Our lab studies a variety of topics related to fear and anxiety, including intrusive thoughts, disgust and contamination, cognitions and imagery, and cross-cultural issues in anxiety. Some of our current research projects include: cognition and smoking Examines how psychological factors, like the ways people cope with urges to smoke, impact smoking cessation success and craving severity. Check out www.smokingstudy.ca if you’re a smoker interested in participating! cognition and habituation Evaluates the role of cognitions on fear reduction related to phobic stimuli and tests hypotheses made by differing cognitive theories of anxiety disorders. cross cultural perspectives on social anxiety Compares specific social goals unique to Western and East Asian cultures and explores hypotheses about cross cultural differences in the role of cognitive process in social anxiety. unwanted intrusive thoughts Examines the role of appraisals, thought suppression, mood state, and personal meaning related to unwanted intrusive thoughts. This research examines intrusive thoughts among new mothers, people who are trying to quit smoking, and people with strong personal beliefs.http://www.smokingstudy.cashapeimage_1_link_0
Research
summaries of recently completed projects  Does Threatening Imagery Sensitize Distress During Contaminant Exposure? Vulnerability to Mental Contamination Appraisals of Intrusive Thoughts Recognition of Facial Expressions in OCD Cultural Mediators of Self-Reported Social Anxiety Social Values and Self-Construal in the Expression of Social AnxietyResearch%20-%20Does%20threatening%20imagery%20sensitize.htmlResearch%20-%20Vulnerability%20to%20mental%20contam.htmlResearch%20-%20Appraisals%20of%20UITs.htmlResearch%20-%20Facial%20expressions.htmlResearch%20-%20Cultural%20mediators.htmlResearch%20-%20Social%20Values.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5
 


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