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Timothy J Strauman, Professor and Chair
Research Summary:
Professor Strauman's research interests
center upon psychological processes of
self-regulation, conceptualized in terms of a
cognitive/motivational perspective, as well as
the relation between self-regulation and affect.
Within this general domain, particular areas of
emphasis include: (1) conceptualizing
self-regulation in terms of basic
self/brain/behavior motivational systems; (2)
the role of self-regulatory processes
in vulnerability to depression and other
disorders; (3) the impact of treatment on self-regulatory
function and dysfunction in depression; (4)
how normative and non-normative
socialization patterns influence the
development of individual differences in self-regulation; (5) the
contributory roles of self-regulation, affect, and
psychopathology in determining
immunologically-mediated susceptibility to
illness; (6) development of a brief structured
psychotherapy for depression targeting
self-regulatory dysfunction; (7) utilization of
brain imaging techniques to test hypotheses
concerning self-regulation, including the
nature and function of hypothetical regulatory
systems and characterizing the breakdowns
in self-regulation that lead to and accompany
depression.
Professor Strauman's clinical interests follow
from his program of research. Specifically, he
is interested in learning how psychotherapy
remediates disorders such as depression
and whether psychotherapy is effective at
reducing risk for relapse and recurrence of
emotional disorders. His lab's clinically focused research includes the development of a new
self-regulation-based therapy for depression and the use of neuroimaging techniques to examine the
mechanisms of action of treatments for depression. Prof. Strauman is
a Founding Fellow of the Academy of
Cognitive Therapy. Representative Publications:
(More Publications)
- Eddington, K.M., Dolcos, F., Cabeza, R., Krishnan, K.R.R., & Strauman T.J. (2007). Neural correlates of promotion and prevention goal activation: An fMRI study using an idiographic approach.. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1152-1162.
- Strauman, T.J., Vieth, A.Z., Merrill, K.A., Woods, T.E., Kolden, G.G., Klein, M.H., Papadakis, A.A., Schneider, K.L., & Kwapil, L. (2006).
Self-system therapy as an intervention for self-regulatory dysfunction in depression: A randomized comparison with cognitive therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(2), 367-376.
- Strauman, T.J., Coe, C.L., McCrudden, M.C., Vieth, A.Z., & Kwapil, L. (in press).
Individual differences in self-regulatory failure and menstrual dysfunction predict upper respiratory infection symptoms and antibody response to flu immunization.. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
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