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Updated June 2006

 

Dr. Jeffrey M. Lohr

Clinical Training Program
Email: jlohr@uark.edu

Post Doctoral Fellow in Behavioral Modification, SUNY, at Stony Brook, 1973-75
Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1973

 


I have two areas of research; Affective processes in anxiety and pseudoscience in applications of psychology

 

A. Affective processes in anxiety and related disorders

 

I am collaborating with with Drs. Nathan Williams (University of Arkansas) and Bunmi Olatunji (Vanderbilt University) on the investigation of fear and disgust in phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorders. We are using experimental psychopathology methodology to investigate the way in which these emotions influence attentional, interpretational, and memory processes. In addition, we conducting research on the psychometrics  of and relationships between these variables.

 

B. Pseudoscience in applied and clinical psychology

 

I am collaborating with Dr. Scott Lilienfeld (Emory University) on a program of research that involves the analysis of science and pseudoscience in contemporary psychology. The topics include the empirical analysis of treatment efficacy  and the promotion of “fringe” treatments as they relate to treatments for trauma and anxiety, and for other psychological disorders. We are also developing and validating educational materials for the analysis of pseudoscience in various domains of psychology.

Representative Publications:

A. Affective processes in anxiety and related disorders

 

Lohr, J.M., Olatunji, B.O., & Sawchuk, C.N. (In press). Functional analysis of danger and safety signals in anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review.

 

Olatunji, B.O., Lohr, J.M., Sawchuk, C.N., & Patten, K. (In press). Fear and disgust responding in heterogeneous blood-injection-injury stimuli. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

 

Olatunji, B.O., Lohr, J.M., Sawchuk, C.N., &  Westendorf, D.H. (2005). Using facial expressions as CSs and fearsome and disgusting pictures as UCSs: affective responding and evaluative learning of fear and disgust in blood-injection-injury phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 539-555.

 

Olatunji, B.O., Williams, N.L., Lohr, J.M., & Sawchuk, C.N. (2005). The structure of disgust: Domain specificity in relation to contamination ideation and excessive washing. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1069-1086.

Olatunji, B.O., Sawchuk, C.N., Lohr, J.M., & de Jong, P.J. (2004). Disgust domains in the prediction of contamination fear. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 93-104

 

Sawchuk, C.N., Lohr, J.M., Westendorf, D.W., Meunier, S.A., & Tolin, D.F. (2002).  Emotional responding to fearful and disgusting stimuli in specific phobics. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 1031-1046.

 

B. Pseudoscience in applied and clinical psychology

 

Lohr, J.M., Hamberger, L.K., Witte, T.H., & Parker, L.A. (2006). Scientific evidence for domestic violence treatment. In J. Fisher & W. O’Donohue (Eds.) Practitioners guide to evidence-based practice (pp. 258-265). New York: Kluwer Publishers.

 

Lohr, J.M., Olatunji, B.O.,  Parker, L.M., & DeMaio, C.  (2005). Experimental analysis of specific treatment factors: Efficacy and practice implications. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 819-834.

 

Olatunji, B.O., & Lohr, J.M. (2004). Nonspecific factors and the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for anger. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 2, 3-18.

 

Lohr, J.M., Hooke, W., Gist, R., & Tolin, D.F. (2003). Novel and controversial treatments for trauma-related disorders. In S.O. Lilienfeld, S.J. Lynn, & J.M. Lohr (Eds.), Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology (pp. 243-272). New York: Guilford Publishers.

 

Lohr, J.M., Fowler, K.A., & Lilienfeld, S.O. (2002). The dissemination and promotion of pseudoscience in clinical psychology: The challenge to legitimate clinical science. The Clinical Psychologist, 55, 4-10.

 

Lilienfeld, S.O., Lohr, J.M., & Morier, D. (2001). The teaching of science and pseudoscience in psychology: Useful resources. Teaching of Psychology, 28, 182-191.

 

Lohr, J.M., Meunier, S.A., Parker, L.M., & Kline, J.P. (2001). Neurotherapy does not qualify as an empirically supported behavioral treatment for psychological disorders. The Behavior Therapist, 24, 97-104.

 

 

                             

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