Clive J Robins, Associate Clinical Professor

Clive J Robins

Associate Clinical Professor
Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine Health Sciences Center, 1982
mailing address: 272 Civitan Bldg Durham, NC 27710
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Research Summary:
 Research Interests: Psychopathology and treatment of borderline personality disorder; suicidal and self-injurious behavior; emotion regulation; impulsivity; mindfulness meditation.
Clinical Interests: Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Robins, C. J., Ivanoff, A. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy. In W. J. Livesley (Ed.), Handbook of personality disorders: Theory, research and treatment (pp. 437-459). New York: Guilford Press..
  2. Lynch, T. R., Johnson, C. S., Mendelson, T., Robins, C. J., Krishnan, K. R. R. & Blazer, D. G. (1999). Correlates of suicidal ideation among an elderly depressed sample. Journal of Affective Disorders, 56, 9-15..
  3. Robins, C.J. & Koons, C.R. (2000). The therapeutic relationship in dialectical behavioral therapy. In A.N. Sabo & L.Havens (Eds.), The real world guide to psychotherapy practice (pp. 237-266). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press..
  4. Lynch, T. R., Johnson, C. S., Mendelson, T., Robins, C. J., Krishnan, K. R. R. & Blazer, D. G. (1999). New onset and remission of suicidal ideation among depressed adult sample. Journal of Affective Disorders, 56, 49-54..
  5. Lynch, T. R., Mendelson, T., Robins, C. J., Krishnan, K. R. R., George, L.K., Johnson, C. S., & Blazer, D. G. (1999). Perceived social support among depressed elderly, middle-aged, and young adult samples: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders, 55, 159-170..
  6. Robins, C.J., Bagby, R.M., Rector, N.A., Lynch, T.R., & Kennedy, S.M. (1997).  Sociotropy, autonomy, and patterns of symptoms in patients with major depression:  A comparison of dimensional and categorical approaches. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 21, 43-58..
  7. Robins, C. J. (1999). A dialectical behavior therapy perspective on the case of Anna. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 6, 60-68..
  8. Robins, C.J. (1995). Personality-event interaction models of depression. European Journal of Personality, 9, 367-378..
  9. Lynch, T.R., & Robins, C.J. (1997).  Treatment of borderline personality disorder using dialectical behavior therapy.  The Journal of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 8 (1), 47-49..
  10. Robins, C.J., Block, P., Hayes, A.M., Kramer, R.J., & Villena, M. (1995). Interpersonal and achievement concerns and the depressive vulnerability and symptom specificity hypotheses: A prospective study. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 1-20..
  11. Robins, C.J., & Hayes, A.M. (1995).  The role of causal attributions in the prediction of depression.  In G. M.Buchanan & M.E.P. Seligman (Eds.), Explanatory style (pp.71-97).  Hillsdale, N.J.:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates..
  12. Robins, C.J., Ladd, J.S., Welkowitz, J., Blaney, P., Kutcher, G., & Diaz, R. (1994). The Personal Style Inventory: Preliminary validation studies of new measures of sociotropy and autonomy. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 16, 277-300..
  13. Koenig, H.G., George, L.K., Robins, C.J., Stangl, D., & Tweed, D.L. (1994).  The development of a dysfunctional attitudes scale for medically ill elders (DASMIE).  The Clinical Gerontologist, 15(2), 3-22..
  14. Peselow, E.D., Robins, C.J., Sanfilipo, M., Block, P., & Fieve, R.R. (1992).  Sociotropy and autonomy: Relationship to antidepressant drug treatment response and endogenous/nonendogenous dichotomy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 479-486..
  15. Robins, C.J. (1993). Implications of research on the psychopathology of depression for psychotherapy integration. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 3, 313-330..
  16. Robins, C. J. & Luten, A. G. (1991). Sociotropy and autonomy: Differential patterns of clinical presentation in unipolar depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 74-77..
  17. Robins, C.J., & Hayes, A.M. (1993). An appraisal of cognitive therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 205-214. Reprinted in M.J. Mahoney (Ed.), Cognitive and constructive psychotherapies: Theory, research, and practice (pp.41-65). New York: Springer..
  18. Robins, C. J. (1990). Congruence of personality and life events in depression.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99, 393-397..
  19. CJ Robins, P Block, ED Peselow (1989). Relations of sociotropic and autonomous personality characteristics to specific symptoms in depressed patients.. Journal of abnormal psychology, UNITED STATES, 98(1), 86-8.  [abs]
  20. Goldfried, M. R., & Robins, C. J. (1982). On the facilitation of self-efficacy.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 6, 361-380..
  21. CJ Robins, P Block (1988). Personal vulnerability, life events, and depressive symptoms: a test of a specific interactional model.. Journal of personality and social psychology, UNITED STATES, 54(5), 847-52.  [abs]
  22. Robins, C. J., & Shepard, R. N. (1977). Spatio-temporal probing of apparent rotational movement.  Perception and Psychophysics, 22, 12-18. [Reprinted in R. N. Shepard & L. Y. Cooper (Eds.), Mental images and their transformations (pp. 273-286). Montgomery, VT: Bradford Books, 1982.].
  23. Johnson-Laird, P. N., Robins, C. J., & Velicogna, L. (1974). Memory for words. Nature, 251, 704-705..

Courses (Fall 2008):

  • Psy 307.01, Intervention/prevention
    Soc/psych 312a, M 10:05 AM-12:35 PM