Clinical Psychology Faculty

Student applicants to clinical doctoral program:

I hope to recruit new graduate students for the Fall 2010 semester.

Translational research in eating disorders, including biological and psychological factors that contribute to binge eating and purging behaviors; nosology and statistical approaches to classification; epidemiology and cultural factors that influence eating disorders and body image.

Current projects include an examination of psychological and biological factors that may distinguish individuals with purging disorder (characterized by recurrent purging following normal or small amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight) from individuals with bulimia nervosa and individuals without eating disorders. We are also using ecological momentary assessment to understand factors that precipitate purging as well as consequences of purging in purging disorder to identify targets for treatment. Finally, several papers are being developed from a large longitudinal and epidemiological study of bulimic syndromes in college cohorts sampled in 1982, 1992, and 2002 that include 10- and 20-year follow-up assessments of the 1992 and 1982 cohorts.

Haedt, A. A., & Keel, P. K. (in press). Comparing definitions of purging disorder on point prevalence and associations with external validators. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Keel, P. K., & Striegel-Moore, R. H. (in press). The validity and clinical utility of purging disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Keel, P. K., Gravener, J. A., Joiner, T. E., & Haedt, A. A. (in press). Twenty-year follow-up of bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders not otherwise specified. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Jimerson, D. C., Wolfe, B. E., Carroll, D. P., & Keel, P. K. (in press). Psychobiology of purging disorder: Reduction in circulating leptin levels in comparison to controls. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Jacobson, I. G., Smith, T. C., Smith, B., Keel, P. K., Amoroso, P. J., Wells, T. S., Bathalon, G. P., Boyko, E. J., & Ryan, M. A. K. (2009). Disordered eating and weight changes after deployment: Longitudinal assessment of a large US military cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169, 415-427.

Gravener, J. A., Haedt, A. A., Heatherton, T. F., & Keel, P. K. (2008). Gender and age differences in associations between peer dieting and drive for thinness. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 41, 57-63.

Keel, P. K., Wolfe, B. E., Gravener, J. A., & Jimerson, D. C. (2008). Comorbidity and disorder-related distress and impairment in purging disorder. Psychological Medicine, 38, 1435-1442.

Keel, P. K., Baxter, M. G., Heatherton, T. F., & Joiner, T. E. (2007). A 20-year longitudinal study of body weight, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 422-432.

Wonderlich, S. A., Joiner, T. E., Keel, P. K., Williamson, D. A., & Crosby, R. D. (2007). Eating disorder diagnoses: Empirical approaches to classification. American Psychologist, 62, 167-180.

Keel, P. K., Wolfe, B. E., Liddle, R. A., De Young, K. P., & Jimerson, D. C. (2007). Clinical features and physiological response to a test meal in purging disorder and bulimia nervosa. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1058-1066.

Haedt, A. A., & Keel, P. K. (2007). Maternal attachment, depression, and body dissatisfaction in pregnant women. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 25, 263-273.