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I study the developmental psychopathology of anxiety among
adolescents (ages 10 to 17 years). Specifically, I am interested
interested in examining how individual difference factors (e.g.,
drug use) change across the period of adolescence and interact with
contextual factors (e.g., life stressors; puberty) to promote the
development of anxiety problems. I employ a variety of
methodologies to address my research questions, including
laboratory-based biological challenge procedures, self-report,
multi-informant, and interview assessments, and prospective
research designs. Please see my webpage for additional details
about my research program, a representative list of publications,
and ongoing laboratory work.
Representative
Publications:
Representative Published Works (selected from 42
published works; for a full listing, see Curriculum Vita – available on
lab home page, link below). Bolded names are graduate students in my laboratory.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Reardon, L. E., Hayward, C., & Smith, R. (in press). The relation between puberty and adolescent
anxiety: Theory and evidence. Health Behaviors and Physical Illness in
Anxiety and its Disorders: Contemporary Theory and Research. Springer
Publishing.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Zvolensky,
M. J., van Lent, J., Vujanovic, A. A., Bleau, T., Bernstein, A.,
Bielawski-Branch, A., & Feldner, M. T. (2007). Anxiety sensitivity
moderates tobacco smoking in regard to panic attack symptoms and bodily
complaints: A concurrent test among adolescents. Journal of
Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 29, 69-79.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Reardon, L. E., &
Zvolensky, M. J. (2007). Pubertal status and emotional reactivity to a
voluntary hyperventilation challenge predicting panic symptoms and
somatic complaints: A laboratory-based multi-informant test. Behavior
Modification, 31, 8-31.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Feldner, M. T., Tull, M. T.,
Roemer, L., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2006).
An examination of worry in relation to anxious responding to voluntary
hyperventilation
among adolescents. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1803-1809.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Reardon,
L. E., McKee, L. G., Feldner, M. T., Babson, K, A., & Zvolensky,
M. J. (2006). The interactive role of anxiety sensitivity and pubertal
status in predicting anxious responding to bodily sensations among
adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 797-810.
Leen-Feldner, E. W., Feldner,
M. T., Bernstein, A., McCormick, J. T., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2005). Anxiety sensitivity and anxious
responding to bodily sensations: A test among adolescents using a
voluntary hyperventilation challenge. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
29, 593-609.
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