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Benjamin F. Rodriguez is Associate Professor at SIUC. Born and raised in West Virginia, he earned his BA at Yale University and PhD at Catholic University of America. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, VT and a post-doctoral fellowship at Brown University Consortium. Dr. Rodriguez's research interests include anxiety disorders in adults, specifically social anxiety disorder (SAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); cognitive/attentional aspects of anxiety and depressive conditions; and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Dr. Rodriguez has published in a variety of psychological and psychiatric journals including Behaviour Research and Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Journal of Anxiety Disorders and Journal of Traumatic Stress .

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• Anxiety Disorders in Adults
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Social Anxiety
• Psychometric Measurement, Validity, Development, and Analysis

Recent Journal Articles:

Melka, S.E., Lancaster, S.L., Adams, L.J., Howarth, E.A., & Rodriguez, B.F. (in press). social anxiety across ethnicity: A confirmatory factor analysis of the FNE and SAD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Lancaster, S.L., Melka, S.E., & Rodriguez, B.F. (2009). An examination of the differential effects of traumatic events and life stressors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 711-717.

Lancaster, S. L., Melka, S. E., & Rodriguez, B. F. (2009). A factor analytic comparison of five models of PTSD symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 269-274.

Rodriguez, B. F., Pagano, M.E., Keller, M. B. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Mobility Inventory in a longitudinal study of anxiety disorders: Replicating a three factor solution. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 752-761.

Rodriguez, B. F., Weisberg, R. B., Pagano, M. E., Bruce, S. E., Spencer, M. A., Culpepper, L., Keller, M. B. (2006). Characteristics and predictors of full and partial recovery from generalized anxiety disorder in primary care patients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 91-97.

Schottenbauer, M. A., Rodriguez, B. F. , Glass, C. R., Arnkoff, D. B. (2006). Religious coping research and contemporary personality theory: An exploration of Endler's (1997) integrative personality theory . British Journal of Psychology, 97, 499-519.

Price, J. L., Monson, C. M., Callahan, K., & Rodriguez, B. F. (2006). The role of emotional functioning in military-related PTSD and its treatment. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 20, 661-674.

Schottenbauer, M. A., Klimes-Dougan, B., Rodriguez, B. F., Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., & LaSalle, V. H. (2006). Attachment and affective resolution following a stressful event: General and religious coping as possible mediators. Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 9, 448-471 .

• Abnormal Psychology (Psyc 331)

Graduate Courses:

• Advanced Assessment (Psyc 544)
• Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (Psyc 534)
• Psychopathology (Psyc 535)
• Clinical Supervision (Psyc 594E)