Samantha Rodman E-mail: srodman@psyc.umd.edu

Background Information

My dissertation, defended in July, ocused on the roles of fear of abandonment and fear of positive evaluation in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I am interested in continuing to research BPD, as well as mood and anxiety disorders, while on internship at Medical University of South Carolina.

Research Interests

My research interests include: the effects of personality variables on treatment outcome, the integration of social psychology research into clinical treatment development, and mechanisms involved in the development and treatment of personality disorders.

Personal Interests

When not working, I am exploring Charleston, reading, and spending time with my husband.

Selected Publications

Tull, M.T., Rodman, S.A., & Roemer, L. (in press). Examining the fear of bodily sensations and body hypervigilance as predictors of emotion regulation difficulties among individuals with a recent history of uncued panic attacks. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Levine, S.A., Daughters, S., & Lejuez, C.W.  (in press). Distress tolerance and Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: a new role for behavioral analogue tasks. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 

Lejuez, C.W., Hopko, D. R., Levine, S., Gholkar, R., & Collins, L. (2006). The therapeutic alliance in behavior therapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research,    Practice, Training, 42, 456-468.

Levine, S. & Lejuez, C. W. (2005). Book review for The Psychology of Closed Mindedness. the Behavior Therapist, 28, 84-85.

Selected Presentations

Levine, S.A., Tull, M.T., & Lejuez, C.W. (November, 2007). The effects of positive and negative social support on smoking outcomes among college students. Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lejuez, C.W., Tull, M.T., Levine, S., Stipelman, B., Rosenthal, D., & Schneider, J. (November, 2007). Development and evaluation of a behavioral activation-base smoking treatment for smokers with elevated depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Levine, S.A., Tull, M.T., Brown, R., Kahler, C.W., Rosenthal, D., Schneider, J., & Lejuez, C.W. (June, 2007). Preliminary investigation of a behavioral group treatment for depressed smokers. Poster presented at the 69th annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Canada.

Levine, S.A., Tull, M.T., & Gratz, K.L. (March-April, 2007). An examination of vulnerability factors for emotion dysregulation among individuals who experience uncued panic attacks. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, St. Louis, Missouri.

Tull, M.T., Levine, S.A., & Gratz, K.L. (March-April, 2007). An examination of the relationship between panic attacks and generalized anxiety disorder: The role of emotion dysregulation. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, St. Louis, Missouri.