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Disgust and its Disorders



Disgust and Anxiety

  • Olatunji, B. O., Tart, C., Ciesielski, B., McGrath, P. M., & Smits, J. A. J. (in press). Specificity of disgust vulnerability in the discrimination and treatment of OCD. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Huijding, J., de Jong, P., & Smits, J. A. (2011). The relative contributions of fear and disgust reductions to improvements in spider phobia following exposure-based treatment. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42, 117-121.

  • Olatunji, B. O. (2010). Change in disgust corresponds with change in symptoms of contamination-based OCD: A prospective examination of specificity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 313-317.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Cisler, J. M., McKay, D., & Phillips, M. (2010). Is disgust associated with psychopathology? Emerging research in the anxiety disorders. Psychiatry Research, 175, 1-10.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Moretz, M., Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., McKay, D., McGrath, P., & Ciesielski, B. (2010). Disgust vulnerability and symptoms of contamination-based OCD: Descriptive tests of incremental specificity. Behavior Therapy, 42, 475-490.

  • Olatunji, B. O. (2009). Incremental specificity of disgust propensity and sensitivity in the prediction of health anxiety dimensions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 230-239.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Babson, K. A., Smith, R. C., Feldner, M. T., & Connolly, K. M. (2009). Gender as a moderator of the relation between PTSD and disgust: A laboratory test employing individualized script-driven imagery. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 1091-1097.

  • Olatunji, B. O., & Broman-Fulks, J. (2009). Latent structure of aversion: Taxometric exploration. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 87-92.

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Anxiety and Related Disorders

  • Olatunji, B. O., Ciesielski, B., Armstrong, T. & Zald, D. (in press). Emotional expressions and visual search efficiency: Specificity and effects of anxiety symptoms. Emotion.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Ciesielski, B., Armstrong, T., Zhao, M., & Zald, D. (in press). Making something out of nothing: Neutral content modulates attention in generalized anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B, Sawchuk, C. & Ciesielski, B. (in press). Worry and the anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review. Applied and Preventive Psychology.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Broman-Fulks, J. J., Bergman, S. M., Green, B. A., & Zlomke, K. R. (2010). A taxometric investigation of the latent structure of worry: Dimensionality and associations with depression, anxiety, and stress. Behavior Therapy, 41, 212-228.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Ciesielski, B., & Tolin, D. (2010). Fear and loathing: A meta-analytic review of the specificity of anger in PTSD. Behavior Therapy, 41, 93-105.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Etzel, E., & Ciesielski, B. (2010). Vasovagal syncope and donor return: Examination of the role of experience and affective expectancies. Behavior Modification, 34, 164-174.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Moretz, M., & Zlomke, K. R (2010). Linking cognitive avoidance and GAD symptoms: The mediating role of fear of emotion. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 435-441.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Sawchuk, C., Moretz, M., David, B., Armstrong, T., & Ciesielski, B (2010). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Injection Phobia Scale-Anxiety. Psychological Assessment, 22, 167-179.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Tart, C., Shoemaker, S., Wall, D., & Smits, J. A. J. (2010). Mediation of symptom changes during inpatient treatment for eating disorders: The role of obsessive-compulsive features. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 44, 910-916.

  • Olatunji, B. O., & Cole, D. A. (2009). The longitudinal structure of specific anxiety dimensions in children: Testing a latent trait-state-occasion model. Psychological Assessment, 21, 412-424.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Deacon, B. J., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2009). Is hypochondriasis an anxiety disorders? British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 481-482.

  • Olatunji, B. O., & Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B. (2009). Anxiety sensitivity and the anxiety disorders: A meta- analytic review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 974-999.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Babson, K., & Feldner, M. (2009). Anxiety sensitivity and CO2 challenge distress during recovery: Differential correspondence of arousal and perceived control. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 420-428.

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Professional Issues and Treatment Outcome
  • Olatunji, B. O., Cisler, J., & Deacon, B. (2010). Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for the anxiety disorders: A review of meta-analytic findings. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 33, 557-577.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Cisler, J. M., & Tolin, D. F. (2010). A meta-analysis of the influence of comorbidity on treatment outcome in the anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 642-654.

  • Olatunji, B. O., & Hollon, S. (2010). Preface: The current status of CBT for psychological disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 33, xiii-xix.

  • Olatunji, B. O., Deacon, B. J., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2009). The cruelest cure? Ethical issues in the implementation of exposure-based treatments. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 16, 172-180.

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