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David P. Valentiner is affiliated with Northern Illinois University in the United States and works primarily in the field of psychology. Their research spans a variety of subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers multiple key topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child abuse and trauma, attachment and relationship dynamics, posttraumatic stress disorder research, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, and behavioral health and interventions.

David P. Valentiner has contributed to publications in several academic venues, notably:

  • Psychological Reports
  • Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Journal of Family Psychology

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • "Anxiety sensitivity, disgust sensitivity and aversive reactions to four stimuli," 2020, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
  • "Past adversity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: The mediating roles of posttraumatic cognitions and posttraumatic stress symptoms," 2020, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • "Measures of Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Adolescents," 2023, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • "Do ask, do tell? Observations of mothers' solicitation and adolescents' disclosure," 2021, Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Experiential Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Academic Impairment," 2024, Psychological Reports

Frequent collaborators in their research include Nina S. Mounts, Benjamin C. Darnell, Anna E. Martinez-Snyder, Andrea M. Despotes, and Sarah R. Lee.

Best Publications

  • The Relation Between Parenting and Adolescent Depression: Self-Worth as a Mediator

    Judy Garber;Nancy S. Robinson;David Valentiner

  • Social support, appraisals of event controllability, and coping: An integrative model.

    David P. Valentiner;Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Rudolf H. Moos

  • The Short Health Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity in a Non-clinical Sample

    Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Brett J. Deacon;David P. Valentiner

  • Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition: Relation to Adolescents’ Adjustment

    Nina S. Mounts;David P. Valentiner;Katherine L. Anderson;Michelle K. Boswell

  • Shame- and guilt-proneness: relationships with anxiety disorder symptoms in a clinical sample.

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Patrick B. McGrath;Simon Jencius

  • Coping strategies and posttraumatic stress disorder in female victims of sexual and nonsexual assault.

    David P. Valentiner;Edna B. Foa;David S. Riggs;Beth S. Gershuny

  • Parental support, coping strategies, and psychological adjustment: An integrative model with late adolescents.

    Charles J. Holahan;David P. Valentiner;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Parental support and psychological adjustment during the transition to young adulthood in a college sample.

    Charles J. Holahan;David P. Valentiner;Rudolf H. Moos

  • The Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Laboratory-Induced Panic and State Anxiety

    Matt G. Kushner;Thomas B. Mackenzie;Joanna Fiszdon;David P. Valentiner

  • Does meta-cognitive theory enhance our understanding of pathological worry and anxiety?

    Robert N Davis;David P Valentiner

  • Body vigilance in nonclinical and anxiety disorder samples: structure, correlates, and prediction of health concerns.

    Bunmi O. Olatunji;Brett J. Deacon;Jonathan S. Abramowitz;David P. Valentiner

  • Coping With Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Patient and Family Perspectives

    Kim T. Mueser;David P. Valentiner;Julie Agresta

  • The Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale: psychometric properties in a clinical sample.

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Patrick B. McGrath;Katherine Stephenson

  • The Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale–Revised: An examination of a reduced-item version

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner

  • Fear activation and distraction during the emotional processing of claustrophobic fear.

    Michael J Telch;David P Valentiner;Doron Ilai;Paula R Young

  • Short Forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Patrick B. McGrath;Stephanie L. Gier-Lonsway

  • Assessing psychological inflexibility: the psychometric properties of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth in two adult samples.

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Michael J. Gillen;Regina Hiraoka

  • A short-form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker

    Julie N. Hook;Clifford A. Smith;David P. Valentiner

  • World Assumptions, Sexual Assault, Depression, and Fearful Attitudes Toward Relationships

    Holly N. Harris;David P. Valentiner

  • Are Specific and Generalized Social Phobias Qualitatively Distinct

    Julie N. Hook;David P. Valentiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Fergus
Thomas A. Fergus Baylor University
John J. Skowronski
John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University
Michael J. Telch
Michael J. Telch The University of Texas at Austin
Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Holly K. Orcutt
Holly K. Orcutt Northern Illinois University
Brett J. Deacon
Brett J. Deacon University of Wollongong
Charles J. Holahan
Charles J. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Jonathan S. Abramowitz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael P. Twohig
Michael P. Twohig Utah State University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

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