Department of Psychology

Julia Buckner

Assistant Professor

Clinical Area

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236 Audubon Hall,
Department of Psychology,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone:(225)-578-4096
F ax:(225)-578-4125

Email:jbuckner@lsu.edu

Website: www.lsu.edu/psychology/aabc

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PRESENT POSITIONS:

Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Louisiana State University

Director, Anxiety & Addictive Behaviors Clinic, Louisiana State University

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Florida State University, 2008

Predoctoral Clinical Internship, Yale University School of Medicine, 2007-2008

M.S., Clinical Psychology, Florida State University, 2005

M.A., Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2002

B.A., Psychology, Kenyon College, 1997

TEACHING:

Graduate Level:

Practicum in Clinical Psychology (PSYC 7688)
Adult Behavior Therapy (PSYC 7185)

Undergraduate Level

Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 3082)
Undergraduate Practicum and Research (PSYC 2999)
Independent Reading and Research (PSYC 4999)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Primary focus concerns understanding the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders, with a particular interest in the relations between anxiety and addictive behaviors. This line of research focuses on three interrelated domains: (1) delineation of causal and maintaining relations between anxiety and addictive behaviors, (2) investigation of mechanisms underlying these relations (including psychosocial, cognitive, cultural, developmental, and biological variables), and (3) development and evaluation of empirically-informed treatment and prevention protocols for anxiety disorders in and of themselves as well as when they co-occur with substance use disorders.

Current projects include:

Examination of the effects of laboratory-induced anxiety on physiological reactivity and marijuana craving among individuals with and without social anxiety.
Ecological momentary assessment of to delineate relations between marijuana use, craving, and anxiety as well as to understand situational antecedents of marijuana use.
Identification of mechanisms underlying the high rates of co-occurring anxiety and problematic substance use (with an emphasis on social anxiety and marijuana and alcohol use).
Delineation of temporal relations between specific anxiety disorders and specific substance use disorders among individuals with comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders.
Development of a motivation enhancement intervention to increase treatment-seeking among non-treatment seekers with anxiety disorders.
Development of a combined treatment for the treatment of co-occurring anxiety and substance use disorders.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

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., & 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.

Buckner, J.D., & Schmidt, N.B. (2009). Understanding social anxiety as a risk for alcohol use disorders: Fear of scrutiny, not social interaction fears, prospectively predicts alcohol use disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 477–483.

Buckner, J.D., Leen-Feldner, E.W., Zvolensky, M.J., & Schmidt, N.B. (2009). The interactive effect of anxiety sensitivity and frequency of marijuana use in terms of anxious responding to bodily sensations among youth. Psychiatry Research, 166, 238-246.

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.

Buckner, J.D., Timpano, K.R., Zvolensky, M.J., Sachs-Ericsson, N., & Schmidt, N.B. (2008). Implications of comorbid alcohol dependence among individuals with social anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 1028-1037.

Buckner, J.D., & Schmidt, N.B. (2008). Marijuana effect expectancies: Relations to social anxiety and marijuana use problems. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1477-1483.

Buckner, J.D., Ledley, D.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Schmidt, N.B. (2008). Treating comorbid social anxiety and alcohol use disorders: Combining motivation enhancement therapy with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Clinical Case Studies, 7, 208-223.

Buckner, J.D., Bernert, R.A., Cromer, K.R., Joiner, T.E., & Schmidt, N.B. (2008). Social anxiety and insomnia: The mediating role of depressive symptoms. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 124-130.

Buckner, J.D., Castro, Y., Holm-Denoma, J., & Joiner, T.E. (Eds.) (2007). Mental Health Care for People of Diverse Backgrounds within an Empirically Informed Framework. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing.

Buckner, J.D., Bonn-Miller, M.O., Zvolensky, M.J., & Schmidt, N.B. (2007). Marijuana use motives and social anxiety among marijuana using young adults. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2238-2252.

Buckner, J.D., Keough, M.E., & Schmidt, N.B. (2007). Problematic cannabis and alcohol use among young adults: the roles of depression and discomfort and distress intolerance. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1957-1963.

Buckner, J.D., Schmidt, N.B., Bobadilla, L., & Taylor, J. (2006). Social anxiety and problematic cannabis use: evaluating the moderating role of stress reactivity and perceived coping. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1007-1015.

Buckner, J.D., Mallott, M.A., Schmidt, N.B., & Taylor, J. (2006). Peer influence and gender differences in problematic cannabis use among individuals with social anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 1087-1102.

Buckner, J.D., Eggleston, A.M., & Schmidt, N.B. (2006). Social anxiety and problematic alcohol consumption: The mediating role of drinking motives and situations. Behavior Therapy, 37, 381-391.

For a complete listing of publications and presentations, please see VITA or visit the Anxiety & Addictive Behaviors Laboratory website.