J. Gayle Beck, Ph.D. Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Clinical (Psychotherapy) Psychology Building, Room 448 901.678.3973 (telephone) 901.678.2579 (fax) jgbeck@memphis.edu website

Education

Ph.D. University at Albany - SUNY
A.B. Brown University

Research Interests

• Adult Anxiety Disorders
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Treatment development
• Experimental psychopathology

Recent Publications

• Olsen, S. A. & Beck, J. G. (2012). The effects of dissociation on information processing for analogue trauma and neutral stimuli: A laboratory study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 225-232.
• Sloan, D. M., Feinstein, B. A., Gallagher, M .W., Beck, J. G., & Keane, T. M. (2012). Efficacy of Group Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, and Practice, in press.
• Beck, J.G. & Clapp, J.G. (2011). A different kind of co-morbidity: Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3, 101-108.
• Clapp, J.D., Olsen, S.A., Beck, J.G., Palyo, S.A., Grant, D.M., Gudmundsdottir, B., & Marques, L. (2011).  The Driving Behavior Questionnaire: Scale construction and validation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 96-105. 
• Robinaugh, D. J., Marques, L., Sung, S. C., Traeger, L., Marks, E. H., Beck, J. G., Pollack, M. H., & Simon, N. M. (2011). Understanding the relationship of perceived social support to posttrauma cognitions and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 1072-1078.
• Clapp, J.A., Olsen, S.A., Danoff-Burg, S., Hagewood, J.H., Hickling, E.J., Hwang, V.S., & Beck, J.G. (2011). Factors contributing to anxious driving behavior: The role of stress history and accident severity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 592-598.
• Grant, D.M. & Beck, J.G. (2010). What Predicts the Trajectory of Rumination?: A Prospective Naturalistic Evaluation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 480-486.
• Baschnagel, J.S., Gudmundsdottir, B., Hawk, L.W., & Beck, J.G. (2009). Post-trauma symptoms following indirect exposure to the September 11th terrorist attacks: The predictive role of dispositional coping. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 915-922.
• Bennett, S.A., Beck, J.G., & Clapp, J.D. (2009). Understanding the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma cognitions: The impact of thought control strategies. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 1018-1023.