Psychology Publications
The Psychology Department at Western has over 50 faculty members representing four Clusters of Research Excellence. Our faculty work with talented graduate and post-graduate students on cutting-edge questions about human and animal behavior. Undergraduate students in Psychology often participate in these exciting research programs. Clinical Science and Psychopathology (CSP) Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences (CDB) Industrial/Organizational Psychology (I/O) Social, Personality and Developmental Psychology (SPDP).
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Submissions from 2009
Semantic Richness and the Activation of Concepts in Semantic Memory: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials, John Kounios, Deborah L. Green, Lisa Payne, Jessica I. Fleck, Ray Grondin, and Ken McRae
Context Matters: The Impact of Unit Leadership and Empowerment on Nurses’ Organizational Commitment, Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Joan Finegan, and Piotr Wilk
People Use Their Knowledge of Common Events to Understand Language, and Do so as Quickly as Possible, Ken McRae and Kazunaga Matsuki
Conceptual Hierarchies in a Flat Attractor Network: Dynamics of Learning and Computations, Christopher M. O'Connor, George S. Cree, and Ken McRae
Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety: A review and an integrative model., Allison J Ouimet, Bertram Gawronski, and David J A Dozois
The Relation between Common Sleep Problems and Emotional and Behavioral Problems among 2- and 3-year-olds in the Context of Known Risk Factors for Psychopathology, Graham J. Reid, Ryan Y. Hong, and Terrance J. Wade
Validation of a Short Version of the Maternal Behavior Q-set Applied to a Brief Video Record of Mother–infant Interaction, George M. Tarabulsy, Marc A. Provost, Stéphanie Bordeleau, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Greg Moran, David R. Pederson, Myriam Trabelsi, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, and Tamarha Pierce
Adding a motivational interviewing pretreatment to cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: a preliminary randomized controlled trial., Henny A Westra, Hal Arkowitz, and David J A Dozois
Submissions from 2008
The Effect of Forearm Posture on Wrist Flexion in Computer Workers with Chronic Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders, Ronald A. Burgess, R. Terry Thompson, and Gary B. Rollman
Distinct Haptic Cues Do Not Reduce Interference When Learning to Reach in Multiple Force Fields, Nicholas Cothros, Jeremy Wong, and Paul L. Gribble
A meta-analysis of CBT for pathological worry among clients with GAD., Roger Covin, Allison J Ouimet, Pamela M Seeds, and David J A Dozois
Selective attention to threat versus reward: meta-analysis and neural-network modeling of the dot-probe task., Paul A Frewen, David J A Dozois, Marc F Joanisse, and Richard W J Neufeld
Neuroimaging studies of psychological interventions for mood and anxiety disorders: empirical and methodological review., Paul A Frewen, David J A Dozois, and Ruth A Lanius
Meta-analysis of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder., Paul A Frewen, David J A Dozois, Richard W J Neufeld, and Ruth A Lanius
Letting Go: Mindfulness and Negative Automatic Thinking, Paul A. Frewen, Elspeth M. Evans, Nicholas Maraj, and David J. A. Dozois
Clinical and neural correlates of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder., Paul A Frewen, Ruth A Lanius, David J A Dozois, Richard W J Neufeld, Clare Pain, James W Hopper, Maria Densmore, and Todd K Stevens
The Key to Me: Seniors' Perceptions of Relationship-Building with In-Home Service Providers, Thomas W. Gantert, Carol L. McWilliam, Catherine Ward-Griffin, and Natalie J. Allen
Behavioral Genetic Studies of Personality: An Introduction and Review of the Results of 50+ Years of Research, Andrew M. Johnson, Philip A. Vernon, and Amanda R. Feiler
Situational and Dispositional Predictors of Nurse Manager Burnout: A time-lagged Analysis, Heather K. Spence Laschinger and Joan Finegan
The Roots of Depression in Early Attachment Experiences, Greg Moran, Heidi N. Bailey, and Carey Anne DeOliveira
Exploring the Mind Behind Unresolved Attachment: Lessons from and for Attachment-Based Interventions with Infants and Their Traumatized Mothers, Greg Moran, Heidi Neufeld Bailey, Karin Gleason, Carey Anne DeOliveira, and David R. Pederson
Both Maternal Sensitivity and Atypical Maternal Behavior Independently Predict Attachment Security and Disorganization in Adolescent Mother–infant Relationships, Greg Moran, Lindsey Forbes, Elspeth Evans, George M. Tarabulsy, and Sheri Madigan
Nursing Professional Practice Environments: Setting the Stage for Constructive Conflict Resolution and Work Effectiveness, Heidi Siu, Heather K. Spence Laschinger, and Joan Finegan
Similarities and Differences in Mothers’ and Observers’ Ratings of Infant Security on the Attachment Q-Sort, George M. Tarabulsy, Marc A. Provost, Simon Larose, Ellen Moss, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Greg Moran, Lindsey Forbes, and David R. Pederson
Negative Social Experiences of University and College Students, Paul Tremblay, Roma Harris, Helene Berman, Barb MacQuarrie, Gail Hutchinson, Mary Ann Smith, Susan Braley, Jennifer Jelley, and Kristen Dearlove