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Jason M. Lavender is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on the fields of psychology and medicine, with a significant concentration in clinical psychology, public health, pharmacy, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work primarily covers several key topics including eating disorders and behaviors, obesity, physical activity and diet, obesity and health practices, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, body image and dysmorphia studies, as well as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Jason M. Lavender frequently publishes in several academic venues known for research in eating disorders and related psychological fields. These include:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity

Recent papers featuring their research contributions span a range of topics and methodologies:

  • "Body mistrust bridges interoceptive awareness and eating disorder symptoms." (2020) published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • "Moving towards specificity: A systematic review of cue features associated with reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa" (2020) published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Bridging executive function and disinhibited eating among youth: A network analysis" (2021) published in International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Resting State Hypoconnectivity of Reward Networks in Binge Eating Disorder" (2020) published in Cerebral Cortex
  • "Appearance and performance-enhancing drugs and supplements, eating disorders, and muscle dysmorphia among gender minority people" (2022) published in International Journal of Eating Disorders

Jason M. Lavender has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, highlighting a network of interdisciplinary research interactions. These co-authors include:

  • Jason M. Nagata
  • Stuart B. Murray
  • Marian Tanofsky-Kraff
  • Tiffany A. Brown
  • Emilio J. Compte

Best Publications

  • Dimensions of emotion dysregulation in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A conceptual review of the empirical literature.

    Jason M. Lavender;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Scott G. Engel;Kathryn H. Gordon

  • EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE (EDE-Q): NORMS FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEN

    Jason M. Lavender;Kyle P. De Young;Drew A. Anderson

  • Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating.

    Jason M. Lavender;Tiffany A. Brown;Stuart B. Murray

  • The role of affect in the maintenance of anorexia nervosa: evidence from a naturalistic assessment of momentary behaviors and emotion.

    Scott G. Engel;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Ross D. Crosby;James E. Mitchell

  • Contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to disordered eating and body dissatisfaction in college men.

    Jason M. Lavender;Drew A. Anderson

  • Factor Structure and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Difficulties in the Regulation of Positive Emotions: The DERS-Positive.

    Nicole H. Weiss;Kim L. Gratz;Jason M. Lavender

  • Ecological momentary assessment of stressful events and negative affect in bulimia nervosa

    Andrea B. Goldschmidt;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Ross D. Crosby;Scott G. Engel

  • Possible Risk Factors for Increased Suicide Following Bariatric Surgery

    James E. Mitchell;Ross Crosby;Martina de Zwaan;Scott Engel

  • Development and Validation of a State-Based Measure of Emotion Dysregulation: The State Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (S-DERS)

    Jason M. Lavender;Matthew T. Tull;David DiLillo;Terri Messman-Moore

  • Bulimic symptoms in undergraduate men and women: Contributions of mindfulness and thought suppression

    Jason M. Lavender;Bianca F. Jardin;Drew A. Anderson

  • Rumination and eating disorder psychopathology: A meta-analysis.

    Kathryn E. Smith;Tyler B. Mason;Jason M. Lavender

  • Ecological Momentary Assessment in Eating Disorder and Obesity Research: a Review of the Recent Literature.

    Scott G. Engel;Ross D. Crosby;Graham Thomas;Dale Bond

  • A systematic review of reviews of neurocognitive functioning in eating disorders: The state-of-the-literature and future directions.

    Kathryn E. Smith;Tyler B. Mason;Jeffrey S. Johnson;Jason M. Lavender

  • Male clinical norms and sex differences on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q).

    Kathryn E. Smith;Tyler B. Mason;Stuart Benjamin Murray;Scott Griffiths

  • Daily patterns of anxiety in anorexia nervosa: associations with eating disorder behaviors in the natural environment.

    Jason M. Lavender;Kyle P. De Young;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Ross D. Crosby

  • Dimensions of Emotion Dysregulation in Bulimia Nervosa

    Jason M. Lavender;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Carol B. Peterson;Ross D. Crosby

  • Low distress tolerance as an indirect risk factor for suicidal behavior: Considering the explanatory role of non-suicidal self-injury

    Michael D. Anestis;Stephanie M. Pennings;Jason M. Lavender;Matthew T. Tull

  • Exploring the relationship between facets of mindfulness and eating pathology in women.

    Jason M Lavender;Kim L Gratz;Matthew T Tull

  • The development and validation of the muscularity-oriented eating test: a novel measure of muscularity-oriented disordered eating

    Stuart B. Murray;Tiffany A. Brown;Aaron J. Blashill;Emilio J. Compte;Emilio J. Compte

  • Body mistrust bridges interoceptive awareness and eating disorder symptoms.

    Tiffany A Brown;Irina A Vanzhula;Erin E Reilly;Cheri A Levinson

  • Role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood abuse and probable PTSD in a sample of substance abusers

    Nicole H. Weiss;Nicole H. Weiss;Nicole H. Weiss;Matthew T. Tull;Jason Lavender;Kim L. Gratz

  • Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Maladaptive Behaviors: Examination of Deliberate Self-harm, Disordered Eating, and Substance Misuse in Two Samples

    Kelly E. Buckholdt;Kelly E. Buckholdt;Kelly E. Buckholdt;Gilbert R. Parra;Michael D. Anestis;Jason M. Lavender

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Carol B. Peterson
Carol B. Peterson University of Minnesota
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Kim L. Gratz
Kim L. Gratz University of Toledo
Tyler B. Mason
Tyler B. Mason University of Southern California
Matthew T. Tull
Matthew T. Tull University of Toledo
Drew A. Anderson
Drew A. Anderson University at Albany, State University of New York
Andrea B. Goldschmidt
Andrea B. Goldschmidt University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Michael D. Anestis
Michael D. Anestis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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