Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Laboratory

Louisiana State University

 

Dr. Buckner received her Ph.D. in 2008 from Florida State University. After completing her Clinical Internship at the Yale University School of Medicine (Substance Abuse Division), she joined the Clinical Psychology Program at LSU. Dr. Buckner is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University (LSU). She is the Founder and Director of LSU’s Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Laboratory & Clinic. Dr. Buckner’s program of research includes both basic and applied work on anxiety and substance use disorders. Her research primarily focuses on two interrelated domains: (1) delineation of causal and maintaining factors implicated in anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and co-occurring anxiety-substance use disorders;  and (2) development and evaluation of empirically-informed treatment and prevention protocols for anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and co-occurring anxiety-substance use disorders. Dr. Buckner has published numerous scientific articles on anxiety, substance abuse, and the co-occurrence of anxiety and substance abuse. She has received several awards for this work from professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Addictive Behaviors & Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Groups. She has also served as PI on NIH-funded research projects, including an on-going NIDA-funded project examining affective, cognitive, and situational predictors of marijuana use.

 

 

 

Buckner, J.D., Ecker, A.H., & Vinci, C. (in press). Cannabis use vulnerability among socially anxious users: cannabis craving during a social interaction. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Buckner, J. D., Crosby, R. D., Wonderlich, S. A., & Schmidt, N. B. (2012). Social anxiety and cannabis use: An analysis from ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 297-304.

Buckner, J.D., Zvolensky, M.J., Smits, J., Norton, P.J., Crosby, R.D., Wonderlich, S.A., & Schmidt, N.B. (2011). Anxiety sensitivity and marijuana use: An analysis from ecological momentary assessment. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 420-426.

Buckner, J. D., & Heimberg, R. G. (2010). Drinking behaviors in social situations account for alcohol-related problems among socially anxious individuals. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(4), 640-648.

Buckner, J.D.,& Carroll, K.M. (2010). Effect of anxiety on treatment presentation and outcome: Results from the Marijuana Treatment Project. Psychiatry Research, 178, 493–500.

Buckner, J.D., & Schmidt, N.B. (2009). A randomized pilot study of motivation enhancement therapy to increase utilization of cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 710-715.

Buckner, J.D., & Turner, R.J. (2009). Social anxiety disorder as a risk factor for alcohol use disorders: A prospective examination of parental and peer influences. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, 128-137.

Schmidt, N.B., Richey, J.A., Buckner, J.D., & Timpano, K.R. (2009). Attention training for generalized social anxiety disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 5-14.

Buckner, J.D., Schmidt, N.B., Lang, A.R., Small, J., Schlauch, R.C., & Lewinsohn, P.M. (2008). Specificity of social anxiety disorder as a risk factor for alcohol and cannabis dependence. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42, 230-239.