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Overview

J. Gayle Beck is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology, gender studies, sociology and political science, general health professions, and epidemiology.

Their work centers on several key topics, including:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Beck has contributed to various leading publication venues, particularly:

  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Beck include:

  • Moderators of PTSD symptom change in group cognitive behavioral therapy and group present centered therapy, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Other notable papers connected to Beck's research domain, though not authored by Beck, include:

  • The Speaker's Experience of Stuttering: Measuring Spontaneity, 2020, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • Exploring ambivalent rape acknowledgment and posttraumatic stress symptoms among college women who have experienced rape: What's in a name?, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Distress Variance and Specificity of Symptom Dimensions in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: a Quadripartite Perspective, 2020, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • The role of negative cognitions in co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: Examination of interpersonal and noninterpersonal trauma survivors, 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychology

Beck frequently collaborates with a set of researchers, who include:

  • Bre'Anna L. Free
  • Rimsha Majeed
  • Alexandra J. Lipinski
  • Rivian K. Lewin
  • Mya E. Bowen

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Event Scale –Revised: Psychometric properties in a sample of motor vehicle accident survivors

    J. Gayle Beck;DeMond M. Grant;Jennifer P. Read;Joshua D. Clapp

  • Patterns of sexual arousal : psychophysiological processes and clinical applications

    Raymond C. Rosen;J. Gayle Beck

  • Is social anxiety associated with impairment in close relationships? A preliminary investigation.

    Joanne Davila;J. Gayle Beck

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of late-life generalized anxiety disorder.

    Melinda A. Stanley;J. Gayle Beck;Diane M. Novy;Patricia M. Averill

  • Assessing worry in older adults: confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire and psychometric properties of an abbreviated model.

    Derek R. Hopko;Melinda A. Stanley;Deborah L. Reas;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Exploring negative emotion in women experiencing intimate partner violence: shame, guilt, and PTSD.

    J. Gayle Beck;Judiann McNiff;Joshua D. Clapp;Shira A. Olsen

  • The experience of sexual desire: Psychological correlates in a college sample

    J. Gayle Beck;Alan W. Bozman;B A Tina Qualtrough

  • The effects of suppressing trauma-related thoughts on women with rape-related posttraumatic stress disorder

    Jillian C Shipherd;J.Gayle Beck

  • Psychometric Properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): a replication with motor vehicle accident survivors.

    J. Gayle Beck;Scott F. Coffey;Sarah A. Palyo;Berglind Gudmundsdottir

  • Anxiety increases sexual arousal.

    David H. Barlow;David K. Sakheim;J. Gayle Beck

  • The structure of distress following trauma: posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

    DeMond M. Grant;J. Gayle Beck;Luana Marques;Sarah A. Palyo

  • Psychometric properties of four anxiety measures in older adults

    Melinda A. Stanley;J.Gayle Beck;Barbara J. Zebb

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Older Adults: A Conceptual Review

    Patricia M Averill;J.Gayle Beck

  • Treatment of generalized anxiety in older adults: A preliminary comparison of cognitive-behavioral and supportive approaches.

    Melinda A. Stanley;J. Gayle Beck;Jill DeWitt Glassco

  • Psychometric properties of the MSPSS in older adults

    M. A. Stanley;J. G. Beck;B. J. Zebb

  • Screening for PTSD in motor vehicle accident survivors using the PSS-SR and IES

    Scott F. Coffey;Berglind Gudmundsdottir;J. Gayle Beck;Sarah A. Palyo

  • Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for PTSD symptoms after a road accident: an uncontrolled case series.

    J. Gayle Beck;Sarah A. Palyo;Eliot H. Winer;Brad E. Schwagler

  • Efficacy of group treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: a meta-analysis

    Denise M. Sloan;Brian A. Feinstein;Matthew W. Gallagher;J. Gayle Beck

  • Understanding the relationship of perceived social support to post-trauma cognitions and posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Donald J. Robinaugh;Luana Marques;Lara N. Traeger;Elizabeth H. Marks

  • Characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in older adults: A descriptive study

    J.Gayle Beck;Melinda A. Stanley;Barbara J. Zebb

  • Comparison of cognitive therapy and relaxation training for panic disorder.

    J. Gayle Beck;Melinda A. Stanley;Laurie E. Baldwin;Edwin A. Deagle

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise M. Sloan
Denise M. Sloan Boston University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
DeMond M. Grant
DeMond M. Grant Oklahoma State University
Melinda A. Stanley
Melinda A. Stanley Baylor College of Medicine
Diane M. Novy
Diane M. Novy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jillian C. Shipherd
Jillian C. Shipherd Boston University
Scott F. Coffey
Scott F. Coffey University of Mississippi Medical Center
Derek R. Hopko
Derek R. Hopko University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Joanne Davila
Joanne Davila Stony Brook University
Gretchen J. Diefenbach
Gretchen J. Diefenbach Yale University

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