Department of psychology

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David M. Fresco , Ph.D.

Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)

Research Interests

Interface of cognitive behavioral and emotion regulation approaches; etiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders-particularly generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder; explanatory flexibility, explanatory style, development of treatments to promote resiliency and to prevent psychological and health concerns; mindfulness meditation; acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT); third-wave behavioral technologies.

Lab Site: Psychopathology & Emotion Regulation Lab

Courses Frequently Taught

• Theories of Personality (undergraduate)
• Abnormal Psychology (undergraduate)
  
• Emotion (undergraduate)
  
• Clinical Research Methods (graduate)
  
• Behavior Therapy (graduate)
  
• Integration Practicum (graduate)
  
• Clinical Supervision (graduate)

Recent Publications

Mennin, D. S., Heimberg, R. G., Turk, C. L., & Fresco, D. M. (2005). Preliminary evidence for an emotion dysregulation model of generalized anxiety disorder: Testing a theoretical model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1281-1310.

Fresco, D. M., Heimberg, R. G., Abramowitz, A., & Bertram, T. L. (2006). The effect of a negative mood priming challenge on dysfunctional attitudes, explanatory style, and explanatory flexibility. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 167-183.

Fresco, D. M., Williams, N. L., & *Nugent, N. R. (2006). Association of Explanatory Flexibility and Coping Flexibility to Each Other and to Depression and Anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 201-210.

Petersen, T., Feldman, G., Harley, R., Fresco, D. M., Graves, L., Holmes, A., Bogdan, A., Papakostas, G. I., Bohn, L., Lury, E., Fava, M., & Segal, Z. V. (2007). Extreme Response Style in Recurrent and/or Chronically Depressed Patients - Change With Acute Antidepressant Treatment and Stability During Continuation Treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 145-153.

*Moore, M. T. & Fresco, D. M. (2007). Depressive Realism and Attributional Style: Implications for individuals at risk for depression. Behavior Therapy, 38, 144-154.

Fresco, D. M., Segal, Z. V., Buis, T., & Kennedy, S. (2007). Relationship of post treatment decentering and cognitive reactivity following an emotion evocation challenge to relapse of major depressive disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 447-455.

Fresco, D. M., *Rytwinski, N. K., & Craighead, L. W. (2007). Explanatory flexibility and negative life events interact to predict depression symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 595-608.

Fresco, D. M., *Moore, M. T., van Dulmen, M., Segal, Z. V., Teasdale, J. D., Ma, H., & Williams, J. M. G. (2007). Initial psychometric properties of the Experiences Questionnaire: Validation of a self-report measure of decentering. Behavior Therapy, 38, 234-246.

Mennin, D. S, Holaway, R. M., Fresco, D. M., *Moore, M. T., & Heimberg, R. G. (2007). Delineating Components of Emotion and its Dysregulation in Anxiety and Mood Psychopathology. Behavior Therapy, 38, 284-302.

*Moore, M. T. & Fresco, D. M. (in press). The relationship of explanatory flexibility to explanatory style. Behavior Therapy.

*Denotes a KSU Graduate Student author.