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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
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  • 2015 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Edna B. Foa is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans psychology and medicine, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology and epidemiology. The scholar's work includes studies in cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Edna B. Foa include:

  • "Sleep problems in active duty military personnel seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: presence, change, and impact on outcomes" (2020), published in SLEEP
  • "Massed vs Intensive Outpatient Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" (2023), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Divergent experiences of U.S. veterans who did and did not complete trauma-focused therapies for PTSD: A national qualitative study of treatment dropout" (2022), published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "The effects of a prolonged exposure workshop with and without consultation on provider and patient outcomes: a randomized implementation trial" (2020), published in Implementation Science
  • "Psychometric properties and validity of the German version of the Post-Traumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5 (PDS-5)" (2021), published in European journal of psychotraumatology

Frequent collaborators on research projects include:

  • Lily A. Brown
  • Alan L. Peterson
  • Carmen P. McLean
  • Stacey Young-McCaughan
  • Jim Mintz

Publications by this researcher are often featured in venues such as:

  • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • European journal of psychotraumatology

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology awarded by the American Psychological Association in 2015. They have also been a Fellow of the American Psychological Association since 1994.

Best Publications

  • Emotional processing of fear : exposure to corrective information

    Edna B. Foa;Michael J. Kozak

  • The validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder : The Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale

    Edna B. Foa;Laurie Cashman;Lisa H. Jaycox;Kevin Perry

  • The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: development and validation of a short version.

    Edna B. Foa;Jonathan D. Huppert;Susanne Leiberg;Robert Langner

  • Reliability and validity of a brief instrument for assessing post-traumatic stress disorder

    Edna B. Foa;David S. Riggs;Constance V. Dancu;Barbara O. Rothbaum

  • Treating the Trauma of Rape: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD

    Edna B. Foa;Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

  • Behavioral/cognitive conceptualizations of post-traumatic stress disorder

    Edna B. Foa;Gail Steketee;Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents with PTSD Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences, Therapist Guide

    Edna B. Foa;Kelly R. Chrestman;Eva Gilboa-Schechtman

  • Sex differences in trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: A quantitative review of 25 years of research.

    David F. Tolin;Edna B. Foa

  • The Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Development and validation.

    E B Foa;D F Tolin;A Ehlers;D M Clark

  • Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in rape victims: a comparison between cognitive-behavioral procedures and counseling.

    Edna B. Foa;Barbara O. Rothbaum;David S. Riggs;Tamera B. Murdock

  • Psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN). New self-rating scale.

    K. M. Connor;J. R. T. Davidson;L. E. Churchill;A. Sherwood

  • A prospective examination of post-traumatic stress disorder in rape victims

    Barbara Olasov Rothbaum;Edna B. Foa;David S. Riggs;Tamera Murdock

  • A comparison of exposure therapy, stress inoculation training, and their combination for reducing posttraumatic stress disorder in female assault victims.

    Edna B. Foa;Constance V. Dancu;Elizabeth A. Hembree;Lisa H. Jaycox

  • The Child PTSD Symptom Scale: A Preliminary Examination of its Psychometric Properties

    Edna B. Foa;Kelly M. Johnson;Norah C. Feeny;Kimberli R. H. Treadwell

  • Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of exposure and ritual prevention, clomipramine, and their combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Edna B. Foa;Michael R. Liebowitz;Michael J. Kozak;Sharon Davies

  • A meta-analytic review of prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder

    Mark B. Powers;Jacqueline M. Halpern;Michael P. Ferenschak;Seth J. Gillihan

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD : Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences Therapist Guide

    Edna B. Foa;Elizabeth Ann Hembree;Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • Randomized Trial of Prolonged Exposure for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with and without Cognitive Restructuring: Outcome at Academic and Community Clinics.

    Edna B. Foa;Elizabeth A. Hembree;Shawn P. Cahill;Sheila A. M. Rauch

  • Uncontrollability and unpredictability in post-traumatic stress disorder: an animal model.

    Edna B. Foa;Richard Zinbarg;Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

  • The Obsessive-Complusive Inventory: Development and validation of a short version

    Edna B. Foa;Jonathan D. Huppert;Susanne Leiberg;Robert Langner

  • The Validation of a Self-Report Measure of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Edna B. Foa;Laurie Cashman;Lisa H. Jaycox;Kevin Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmen P. McLean
Carmen P. McLean Stanford University
Martin E. Franklin
Martin E. Franklin University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan D. Huppert
Jonathan D. Huppert Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alan L. Peterson
Alan L. Peterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Elizabeth A. Hembree
Elizabeth A. Hembree University of Pennsylvania
Barbara O. Rothbaum
Barbara O. Rothbaum Emory University
Brett T. Litz
Brett T. Litz Boston University
Eva Gilboa-Schechtman
Eva Gilboa-Schechtman Bar-Ilan University
Gail Steketee
Gail Steketee Boston University
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania

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