This is a list of mostly empirical papers (70 of them) that we have presented on data
from our research program
* Pavlovian Fear Conditioning
* Attentional Bias
* Fear, Panic, and Anxiety
* Experimental Psychopathology
* Panicogenic Challenge (CO2)
* Translational Research
* Language, Cognition, & Emotion
* Clinical Science & Practice
* Methodology and Design
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Paper Presentations
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K., Wilson. K. G., Bissett, R. T.,
Pistorello, J., Toarmino, D., Polusny, M. A., Dykstra, T. A., Batten, S. V.,
Stewart, S. H., Zvolensky, M. J., Eifert, G. H., Bond, F. W., Forsyth, J. P.,
Karekla, M., & McCurry, S. M. (2003, August). Measuring experiential avoidance.
Paper presented at the World Congress on ACT, REF, and the New Behavioral
Psychology. Linköping, Sweden.
Smyth, S., Barnes-Holmes, D., Forsyth, J. P., Barnes-Holmes, Y.,
Whelan, R., & Walsh, D. (2003, August). The derived transfer
for arousal functions in spider-fearful and non-spider fearful
participants using a respondent-type training procedure. Paper
presented at the World Congress on ACT, REF, and the New Behavioral Psychology.
Linköping, Sweden.
Sabsevitz, J., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, May). Does
noncontingent feedback enhance the efficacy of one-session
exposure therapy for snake-fearful persons?: A preliminary report.
Paper presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Toronto, CA.
Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, May).
The role of controllability parameters and aversive
learning in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders.
Paper presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Toronto, CA.
Karekla, M. & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, August).
Definition of non-clinical panic attacks and their
relation to psychological risk-factors. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). Do
threat-based attentional biases transfer via equivalence
relations following fear conditioning? Paper presented at
the 36th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). The
effect of nonassociative learning processes on the relation
between fear learning and threat-based attentional bias.
Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association
for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). Analogue
subtypes of panic attacks and their relation to fear conditioning
and attentional bias for threat. Paper presented at the 36th annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). Clinical vs.
non-clinical panic attacks and their relation to psychological
risk-factors known to covary with panic disorder. Paper presented
at the 36th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Fusé, T. M., Forsyth, J. P., Marx, B., Karekla, M., & Gallup, G. G. Jr.
(2002, November). Tonic immobility in sexual assault survivors: Prevelance,
impact, and psychological correlates. Paper presented at the 36th annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Fusé, T. M., Forsyth, J. P., Marx, B., Karekla, M., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2002, November).
Convergent validity and the identification of subscales of the Tonic
Immobility Scale (TIS). Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of
the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Kelly, M. M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). The role of
the observational conditioning of fear in the development of
attentional bias for threat on a modified Stroop task. Paper presented
at the 36th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Reno, NV.
Kelly, M. M., Forsyth, J. P., & Byrne, B. (2002, November).
Predictors of willingness to engage in a biological challenge
procedure after participation in an observational fear learning
paradigm. Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Karekla, M., Fusé, T. M., Forsyth, J. P., Jackson, T., & Kelly, M. M.
(2002, November). An evaluation of the pathoplastic model of cigarette
smoking and marijuana use in relation to challenge induced panic.
Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Sabsevitz, J., & Forsyth, J. P. (2002, November). The efficacy
of one-session exposure treatment for snake fearful individuals
as a function of positive and negative biofeedback. Paper
presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, May).
Maximizing effectiveness of respondent conditioning
protocols in humans: Time-based vs. response-based intertrial
intervals. Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting of
the Association for Behavior Analysis, New Orleans, LA.
Karekla, M., Lundgren, J., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, July).
A National survey of graduate training in empirically
supported and manualized treatments: Are we doing enough?
Paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kelly, M. M., Sabsevitz, J., Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, July).
Women overreact, myth or fact?: Gender differences in
response to biological challenge procedures with implications
for the assessment of anxiety disorders. Paper presented at
the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Karekla, M., Kelly, M. M., Sabsevitz, J., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, July).
Repeated exposure to high dose carbon dioxide challenge
and acute risk for developing panic attacks: A controlled
6-month follow-up in a non-clinical sample. Paper presented
at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, November).
Does state and trait anxiety moderate attentional bias
for threat following verbal fear conditioning? Paper
presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, November). Perceived control
vs. uncontrollability in relation to fear conditioning and
attentional bias for threat: A preliminary report. Paper
presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Sabsevitz, J. C., Kelly, M. M., Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2001, November).
Individual differences in color naming latency for neutral
and conditioned threat words on a modified Stroop task.
Paper presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Kelly, M. M., Sabsevitz, J. C., Karekla, M., & Forsyth, J. P.
(2001, November). Does verbal awareness of the contingency
matter in producing fear conditioning and conditioning-induced
attentional bias for threat? Paper presented at the 35th annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Kelly, M. M., Forsyth, J. P., Karekla, M., Conzalez, C., & Sabsevitz, J. C.
(2001, November). Repeated exposure to high dose carbon dioxide challenge
and acute risk for developing panic attacks: A controlled 6 and 12-month
follow-up in a non-clinical sample. Paper presented at the 35th annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Limbird, C. K., Karekla, M., Finlay, C. G., & Forsyth, J. P. (2000, May).
Are delayed tacts on the
Stroop "cognitive" task a reflection of information
processing bias or learning history? Paper presented at
the 26th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior
Analysis, Washington, DC.
Karekla, M., Finlay, C. G., Limbird, C., Hutchison, K., &
Forsyth, J. P. (2000, November). Increasing the complexity of
differential fear conditioning and its effects on threat-biased
processing: Unearthing the causes of Stroop interference. Paper
presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Karekla, M., Finlay, C. G., Limbird, C., Hutchison, K., & Forsyth, J. P.
(2000, November). Effects of differential fear conditioning on
threat-biased processing. Paper presented at the 33rd annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
New Orleans, LA.
Limbird, C. K., Finlay, C. G., Karekla, M., Taeyoung, H., &
Forsyth, J. P. (2000, November). Autonomic and subjective
responding as mediators of threat-biased processing within a
panicogenic fear conditioning paradigm. Paper presented at
the 33rd annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Karekla, M., Nurge, E., Taeyoung, H., Zvolensky, M. J., &
Forsyth, J. P. (2000, November). Relations among
predictability, controllability, and avoidance of anxiety-related
aversive events in a non-clinical sample. Paper presented at the
33rd annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Karekla, M., Nurge, E., Spano, A., Gabrione, D., & Forsyth, J. P.
(2000, November). Relations among anxiety-relevant individual
difference factors, sex, and quality of life in infrequent
panickers and normals. Paper presented at the 33rd annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
New Orleans, LA.
Cherian, A., & Forsyth, J. P. (2000, November).
Differential autonomic and evaluative conditioning
of disgust and its effects on cognitive processing:
A preliminary report. Paper presented at the 33rd
annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Finlay, C. G., Karekla, M., Limbird, C. K., & Forsyth, J. P. (2000, November).
Investigating the role of anxiety sensitivity on threat-based
emotional Stroop performance following fear conditioning.
Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Murray, L. E., Canna, M. A., Forsyth, J. P., & Frye, C. A. (1999, April).
Effects on salivary cortisol
from CO2 stress in relation to sex differences. Paper
presented at the Under/Graduate Research Organization for
Neuroscience (N.E.U.R.O.N.), Hartford, CT.
Canna, M. A., Forsyth, J. P., Chorpita, B. F., & Cherian, A. (1999, November).
Psychophysiological
effects of attempting to suppress, amplify, or just notice
panicogenic responses induced by 20% CO2-enriched air. Paper
presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Canna, M. A., Forsyth, J. P., & Parker, J. (1999, November).
Predictors of drug of choice in
individuals seeking treatment for substance abuse.
Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Canna, M. A., Forsyth, J. P., Silver, S., Cherian, A., & McRay, L.
(1999, November). Assessment of
psychological factors that discriminate between sub-clinical
panickers and normals. Paper presented at the 33rd annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Eifert, G. H., Zvolensky, M. J., Lejuez, C. W., Hopko, D. W., &
Forsyth, J. P. (1999, November).
Assessing the predictability of anxiety-related events: The
prediction questionnaire. Paper presented at the 33rd annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Forsyth, J. P., Honig, E., Hutchinson, K., Neill, T. W., & Wender, S.
(1999, November). Can
language fear conditioning produce threat-biased
processing on a modified Stroop task?: A preliminary report.
Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Lejuez, C. W., & Forsyth, J. P. (1999, November).
Anxiogenic effects of repeated administrations of
20% CO2-enriched air: Stability within sessions,
habituation across time. Paper presented at the
33rd annual meeting of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, CA.
Zvolensky, M. J., Lejuez, C. W., Eifert, G. H., Hopko, D.,
& Forsyth, J. P. (1998, March).
Prediction questionnaire: Assessment of the onset,
duration, and offset of aversive stimuli. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety
Disorders Association of America, Boston, MA.
Kollins, S. H., Forsyth, J. P., Duff, K., Palav, A., & Maher, S. (1998, May).
Has behavior therapy
drifted from its experimental roots?: A survey of publication
trends in the journal Behavior Therapy. Paper presented at
the 24th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior
Analysis, Orlando, FL.
Palav, A., Forsyth, J. P., Kollins, S., Duff, K., Maher, S., Wender, S.,
& Honig, E. (1998,
November). Where have all the single-subject designs
gone in behavior therapy?: A survey of publication trends
in mainstream behavioral journals. Paper presented at the
32nd annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Honig, E., Duff, K., Forsyth, J. P., & Wender, S. (1998, November).
Poor vs. good electrodermal
habituation: Its relation to CO2-induced autonomic
conditioning and anxiety-related complaints. Paper
presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Wender, S., Forsyth, J. P., Palav, A., Honig, E., &
Duff, K. (1998, November). The many faces of
Pan: Evoking analogue types of panic (pure, cognitive, and nonclinical)
via CO2-enriched air and their relation to fear conditioning.
Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Zvolensky, M. J., Eifert, G. H., Lejuez, C. W., Forsyth, J. P.,
Hopko, D., & Churches, C. (1998,
November). Prediction of aversive environmental and
bodily events: A new measure. Paper presented at the
32nd annual meeting of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Forsyth, J. P., Breus, M., Parker, J., & Fitterling, J. (1997, November).
Interoceptive sensitivity,
bodily fears, and their relation to control and experiential
avoidance in a residential substance abuse population. Paper
presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL.
Forsyth, J. P., Lejuez, C. W., Duff, K., & Palav, A. (1997, November).
Psychophysiological effects
of repeated administrations of 20% vs. 13% CO2-enriched air:
A case for sensitization, not habituation. Paper presented at the
31st annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL.
Forsyth, J. P., & McNeil, D. W. (1997, November). Mastery of
anxiety and worry: A multimodal case
study of GAD with 4 and 6-month follow-up. Paper presented
at the 31st annual meeting of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL.
Forsyth, J. P., Lejuez, C. W., & Booth, D. (1997, November). The
absence of relation between
anxiety sensitivity and fear conditioning using 20% vs.
13% CO2-enriched air as UCSs. Paper presented at the 31st
annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Miami, FL.
Forsyth, J. P., Daleiden, E., & Chorpita, B. F. (1997, November).
What predicts fear acquisition?: Exploring stimulus vs.
response intensity. Paper presented at the 31st annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Miami, FL.
Lejuez, C. W., Forsyth, J. P., Zvolensky, M. J., Heffner, M. P.,
& Eifert, G. H. (1997, May).
Two devices for administering carbon-dioxide enriched air.
Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Association
for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.
Knight, J. A., Forsyth, J. P., Rierdan, J., & Meschede, T.
(1997, November). Impact of rural vs.
urban setting on trauma-relevant measurements. Paper
presented at the 13th annual meeting of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Lejuez, C. W., Booth, D. E., Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (1997, May).
A procedure for using
carbon-dioxide enriched air as an aversive stimulus:
An alternative to shock. Paper presented at the 23rd
annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.
Gorham, J., Cohen, S. L., Morris, T. L., Myers, R., &
Forsyth, J. P. (1996, April). Fashion in the
classroom II: Instructor immediacy and attire.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association, New York.
Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (1995, November). Abrupt and
systemic bodily events in traumatic fear conditioning: A
methodology and evidence using 20% CO2 inhalation. Paper
presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC (Disaster
and Trauma Special Interest Group Paper Exposition).
Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (1995, November). A methodology
for studying the role of abrupt
systemic responses in the selective conditioning of phobic
fears using CO2 inhalation. Paper presented at
the 29th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Forsyth, J. P., Eifert, G. H., & Thompson, R. N. (1995, November).
Selective fear conditioning to internal and external stimuli
differing in fear-relevance using 20% CO2 inhalation.
Paper presented at the 29th annual meeting of the
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Thompson, R. N., Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (1995, April).
Correlates of cardiophobic and
generalized illness fears in a college student population.
Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Anxiety
Disorders Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA.
Thompson, R. N., Davig, J. P., Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H.
(1994, November). Prevalence and
significance of cardiophobic and generalized illness fears as
a function of parental medical history. Paper
presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Association for
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, CA.
Forsyth, J. P. (1993, August). The philosophical
foundations of disunity: Antiquated philosophical
positions in need of development. In APAGS, Beginning the
second century: Psychology training issues. Paper presented
at the 99th annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, Canada.
Knight, J. A., Miller, S. A., Forsyth, J. P., & McWilliams, J. W.
(1993, August). Equivalence of
two scoring systems for the Rey Complex Figure. Paper
presented at the 99th annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Scotti, J. R., Beach, B. K., Northrop, L. M. E.,
Thompson, J., Forsyth, J. P., Rode, C. A., Szymanski,
L. A., Beeler, L. L., Mickey, G., & Cornell, K. M.
(1993, November). An investigation of the effects of
involvement in Operation Desert Storm: Psychological
distress in the veteran, spouse, and children. Paper
presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, GA.
Flannery, R. B., Penk, W. E., Fulton, P. R., Sudders, M., &
Forsyth, J. P. (1992, November). The assaulted staff action
program (ASAP): A two-year follow up. Paper presented at
the 26th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Litz, B. T., Forsyth, J. P., & Kaloupek, D. (1992, November).
An analysis of concordant and
discordant psychophysiological reactivity in combat-related
post-traumatic stress disorder. Paper presented at the
26th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Scotti, J. R., Wilhelm, K. L., Northrop, L. M. E., Price, G.,
Vittimberg, G. L., Ridley, J., Cornell, K.,
Stukey, G. S., Beach, B., Mickey, G. H., & Forsyth, J. P.
(1992, November). An investigation of PTSD in vehicular
accident survivors. Paper presented at the 26th annual
meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, Boston, MA.
Forsyth, J. P., Carey, T., Litz, B. T., & Fisher, L. (1991, October).
Coping styles and co-morbid
symptomatology in combat-related PTSD. Paper presented at the
7th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies, Washington, DC.
Brailey, K., Niles, B. L., Forsyth, J. P., & Litz, B. T. (1991, October).
Matching components of
depression with PTSD criteria in combat veterans. Paper
presented at the 7th annual meeting of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, DC.
Litz, B. T., Forsyth, J. P., Kaloupek, D., & Slavkin, S. (1991, November).
Psychological correlates of concordant and discordant
psychophysiological reactivity in combat-related post-traumatic
stress disorder. Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of
the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Litz, B.T., Forsyth, J. P., Weathers, F., Marx, B., & Keane, T. M. (1991, October).
A psychometric analysis of emotional numbing symptoms in combat-related PTSD.
Paper presented at the 7th annual meeting of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, DC.
Forsyth, J. P., Misovich, S., & Johnson, G. T. (1989, March).
Attribution style and eating disorders:
An investigation of the attributional styles of college women.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
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