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Clinical Psychology Faculty


Dr. Jesse Cougle

University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Office

B340 PDB

Phone Number

(850) 645-8729

Email

Laboratory

A419 PDB

Laboratory Website

Cougle Lab

Research Interest

Cognitive, behavioral, and biological processes in anxiety disorders with an emphasis on obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress; risk factors for and prevention of trauma and its consequences; treatment and prevention of anxiety disorders; courage and strategies to facilitate courageous behavior.


Current Research

Computerized cognitive bias modification interventions for anxiety pathology and anger; understanding maintaining factors in obsessions, compulsive checking, contamination fear, and hoarding; early risk factors for PTSD and related conditions following motor vehicle accidents; the development of a laboratory-based assessment of courage and examining correlates of courageous behavior; exploring the interrelationships between smoking and trauma-related sequelae.


Selected Publications

Cougle, J.R. (in press). What makes a quality therapy? A consideration of parsimony, ease, and efficiency. Behavior Therapy.

Cougle, J.R., Feldner, M.T., Keough, M.E., Hawkins, K.A., & Fitch, K.E. (2010). Comorbid panic attacks among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: Associations with traumatic event exposure history, symptoms, and impairment. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 183-188.

Cougle, J.R., Zvolensky, M.J., Fitch, K.E., & Sachs-Ericsson, N. (2010). The role of comorbidity in explaining the associations between anxiety disorders and smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 12, 355-364.

Cougle, J.R., Timpano, K.R., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Keough, M.E., & Riccardi, C.J. (2010). Examining the unique relationships between anxiety disorders and childhood physical and sexual abuse in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Psychiatry Research, 177, 150-155.

Cougle, J.R., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2009). PTSD, depression, and their comorbidity in relation to suicidality: Cross-sectional and prospective analyses of a national probability sample of women. Depression and Anxiety, 26, 1151-1157.

Cougle, J.R., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2009). Does prior exposure to interpersonal violence increase risk of PTSD following subsequent exposure? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 1012-1017.

Cougle, J.R., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2009). A prospective examination of PTSD symptoms as risk factors for subsequent exposure to potentially traumatic events among women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 405-411.

Cougle, J.R., Keough M.E., Riccardi, C.J., & Sachs-Ericsson, N. (2009). Anxiety disorders and suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 825-829.

Kilpatrick, D.G., Cougle, J.R., & Resnick, H. (2008). Reports of the death of psychoeducation as a preventative treatment for posttraumatic psychological distress are exaggerated. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 71, 322-328.

Cougle, J.R., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2008). Comorbid PTSD and major depression: Does history of exposure to interpersonal violence contribute to nonresilience? In D.L. Delahanty (Ed.), The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Cougle, J.R., Lee, H-J., Horowitz, J.D., Wolitzky-Taylor, K.B., & Telch, M.J. (2008). An exploration of the relationship between mental pollution and OCD symptoms. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 340-353.

Cougle, J.R., Salkovskis, P.M., & Thorpe, S.J. (2008). "Perhaps you only imagined doing it": Reality-monitoring in obsessive-compulsive checkers using semi-idiographic stimuli. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 305-320.

Rassin, E., Cougle, J.R., & Muris, P. (2007). Content difference between normal and abnormal obsessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2800-2803.

Cougle, J.R., Wolitzky-Taylor, K.B., Lee, H-J., & Telch, M.J. (2007). Mechanisms of change in ERP treatment of compulsive handwashing: Does primary threat make a difference? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1449-1459.

Cougle, J.R., Salkovskis, P.M., & Wahl, K. (2007). Perception of memory ability and confidence in recollections in obsessive-compulsive checking. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 118-130.

Cougle, J.R., Lee, H-J., & Salkovskis, P.M. (2007). Are responsibility beliefs inflated in non-checking OCD patients? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 153-159.

Cougle, J.R., Smits, J.A.J., Lee, H-J., Powers, M.B., & Telch. M.J. (2005). Singular and combined effects of thought suppression and anxiety induction on frequency of threatening thoughts: An experimental investigation. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29 (5), 525-539.