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George A. Clum

George A. Clum

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
9563
World Ranking
6891
National Ranking
3734

Overview

George A. Clum is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology and social psychology. Additional areas of study include visual arts and performing arts, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their work revolve around mental health via writing, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and comics and graphic narratives. They have also addressed subjects related to anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, child abuse and trauma, mental health treatment and access, and racial and ethnic identity research.

Frequent publication venues for George A. Clum include the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Psychology and Health, Psychiatry Research, Behavior Therapy, and PsycTESTS Dataset.

They have co-authored multiple papers with collaborators such as Michiyo Hirai, Laura L. Vernon, Serkan Dolma, Elizabeth N. Hernandez, and Delia Y. Villarreal.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A longitudinal investigation of the efficacy of online expressive writing interventions for Hispanic students exposed to traumatic events: competing theories of action (2020, Psychology and Health)
  • Attentional Bias Toward Threat in Sexually Victimized Hispanic Women: A Dot Probe Study (2021, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)
  • Beliefs about mental illness in a Spanish-speaking Latin American sample (2020, Psychiatry Research)
  • Temporal Associations Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Depression in Response to Online Expressive Writing Interventions in a Hispanic Sample (2022, Behavior Therapy)
  • Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale--Spanish Version (2021, PsycTESTS Dataset)

Best Publications

  • Problem-solving skills in suicidal psychiatric patients

    David E. Schotte;George A. Clum

  • Suicide ideation in a college population: a test of a model

    David E. Schotte;George A. Clum

  • A meta-analysis of self-help treatment approaches

    Robert A. Gould;George A. Clum

  • Imaginal flooding as a supplementary treatment for PTSD in combat veterans: A controlled study

    Nancy Allen Cooper;George A. Clum

  • Life stress, social support, and problem-solving skills predictive of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation in an Asian student population: a test of a model.

    Bin Yang;George A. Clum

  • A meta-analysis of treatments for panic disorder.

    George A. Clum;Gretchen A. Clum;Rebecca Surls

  • Revictimization rates and method variance: a meta-analysis.

    Allison A. Roodman;George A. Clum

  • Psychological distress associated with interpersonal violence: A meta-analysis

    Terri L. Weaver;George A. Clum

  • Preoperative Predictors of Postoperative Pain

    L. E. Scott;G. A. Clum;J. B. Peoples

  • Early family environments and traumatic experiences associated with borderline personality disorder

    Terri L. Weaver;George A. Clum

  • A meta-analytic study of self-help interventions for anxiety problems.

    Michiyo Hirai;George A. Clum

  • A comparison of bibliotherapy and group therapy in the treatment of panic disorder.

    Donna M. Lidren;Patti Lou Watkins;Robert A. Gould;George A. Clum

  • Treatment of suicide ideators: A problem-solving approach

    Mariam S. Lerner;George A. Clum

  • Development, Reliability, and Validity of the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale

    Michiyo Hirai;George A. Clum

  • Cognitive characteristics of suicide attempters.

    Anne T. Patsiokas;George A. Clum;Richard L. Luscomb

  • The use of bibliotherapy in the treatment of panic: A preliminary investigation

    Robert A. Gould;George A. Clum;David Shapiro

  • Measures of life stress and social support specific to an Asian student population

    Bin Yang;George A. Clum

  • An Internet-based self-change program for traumatic event related fear, distress, and maladaptive coping

    Michiyo Hirai;George A. Clum

  • Meta-analytic investigation of the effectiveness of self-regulatory components in the treatment of adult problem behaviors.

    Greg A.R Febbraro;George A Clum

  • Social support and problem‐solving as moderators of the relationship between childhood abuse and suicidality: Applications to a delinquent population

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  • Self-help plus minimal therapist contact in the treatment of panic disorder: A replication and extension

    Robert A. Gould;George A. Clum

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Stephens
Robert S. Stephens Virginia Tech
Richard A. Winett
Richard A. Winett Virginia Tech
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
Christianne Esposito-Smythers
Christianne Esposito-Smythers George Mason University
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Kirby Deater-Deckard
Kirby Deater-Deckard University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert Miranda
Robert Miranda Brown University

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