College of Arts & Sciences

Page Anderson

I am a scientist-practitioner who conducts clinical outcome research on the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly social anxiety. The process by which I conduct research is influenced by my desire to conduct outcome research with practical applications for those who are suffering and to strengthen the connection between science and practice. I value creative and innovative approaches to the development and implementation of treatment programs. In one line of research, I have investigated the use of technology (virtual reality, computer based interventions) to understand anxiety and improve access to treatment. This aspect of my research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Additional ongoing work includes attention bias within social anxiety disorder, identifying mediators and moderators of treatment outcome, treatment process variables, and mindfulness. I very much enjoy collaborations, with joint projects on attention bias within social anxiety (Erin Tone, Ph.D) and mental health stigma & mindfulness (Aki Masuda, Ph.D). Doctoral students in my lab often work across these three labs, in particular.

I also have interests in multicultural competence that cut across my research, teaching, and practice. I have co-taught the clinical program’s diversity course, collected qualitative data to understand some of intersections amongst culture and anxiety, co-chaired the Psychology department’s diversity committee, and received funding from APA for multicultural training within our doctoral program.

Clinical Interests

My clinical interests parallel my research interests, as I specialize in working with adults suffering with anxiety disorders. My clinical work is grounded in the scientist-practitioner model, and I am strongly committed to both research and clinical practice. I find that my clinical work inspires new research questions and that my research guides my practice. My theoretical orientation is primarily cognitive-behavioral.

Grants

• Increasing access to cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety
  GSU Scholarly Support Grant, active
• Children’s mastery of a stressor: The use of virtual reality for preschoolers’ immunization injections
  GSU internal grant with Lindsey Cohen, Ph.D., active
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Social Anxiety
  NIMH, Principal Investigator, completed
• Multicultural competence in education: Training the teachers of today and tomorrow
  American Psychological Association, completed
• Amygdala Activation as a Predictor of Extinction Depth in Humans
  Georgia State University Research Team Grant., with Erin Tone, Ph.D., completed
• Response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: Examining neurocorrelates using fMRI
  Anxiety Disorders Association of America Junior Faculty Research Award, with Erin Tone, Ph.D., completed
• Computer-based exposure therapy for Social Anxiety
  NIMH, Principal Investigator, completed
• Impact of Prior Treatment on the Fear of Flying Subsequent to the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
  Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Principal Investigator, completed
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Social Phobia, Phase I
  NIMH, Co-Principal Investigator, completed
• Addressing culture in the treatment of social anxiety
  GSU internal grant, Principal Investigator

Publications

(Student authors are in italics)
Burton, M., Schmertz, S. K., Price, M., Masuda, A., & Anderson, P. L. (in press). The relation between mindfulness and fear of negative evaluation over the course of cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Calamaras, M. R., Tone, E. B., & Anderson, P. L. (in press). A pilot study of attention bias subtypes: Examining their relation to cognitive bias and their change following cognitive behavioral therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Calamaras, M. R. & Anderson, P. L. (In press). Treating public speaking anxiety. In L. Grossman and S. Walfish (Eds.), Translating Research into Practice: A Desk Reference for Practicing Mental Health Professional: APA.
Masuda, A. Anderson, P. L. Edmonds, J. (in press). Help-seeking attitudes, mental health stigma, and self-concealment among African American college students. Journal of Black Studies.

Price, M. & Anderson, P. L. (2012). Outcome expectancy as a predictor of treatment response for cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy, 49. 173-179.

Schmertz, S. K., Masuda, A., & Anderson, P. L., (2012). Cognitive process mediates the relation between mindfulness and social anxiety within a clinical sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 68 (3), 362-371.

Price, M. & Anderson, P. L. (2011b). Latent growth curve analysis of fear during a speech task before and after treatment for social phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 763-770.

Price, M. & Anderson, P. L. (2011a). The effect of post event processing on response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49,132-137.

Price, M., Mehta, N., Tone, E. B., & Anderson, P. L. (2011). Does involvement with exposure yield better outcomes? Components of presence as a predictor of treatment response for virtual reality exposure therapy for public speaking fears. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 763-770. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.004

Price, M., Tone, E. B., & Anderson, P. L. (2011). Vigilant and avoidant attention biases as predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia. Depression and Anxiety, 28,349-353.

Masuda, A. Anderson, P., Wendell, J. W., Chou, Y. Y., Price, M., & Feinstein, A. B. (2011). The role of psychological inflexibility in the relation between self-concealment and emotional distress in a stressful interpersonal situation. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 247-250.

Masuda, A., Price, M., Anderson, P., Schmertz, S. K., & Calamaras, M (2009). The role of psychological flexibility in mental health stigma and psychological distress for the stigmatizer. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 28, 1244-1262.

Masuda, A., Anderson, P., Twohig, M.P., Feinstein, A. B., Chou, Y. Y., Wendell, J. W., Stormo, A. R. (2009). Help-seeking experiences and attitudes among African American, Asian American, and European American college students. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, 31,168-180.

Masuda, A., Anderson, P., & Sheehan, S. (2009). Mindfulness and mental health among African American college students. Contemporary Health Practice Review,14, 115-127.

Schmertz, S. K., Anderson, P., & Robins, D. (2009). The relation between self-reported mindfulness and performance on tasks of sustained attention. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Obasaju, M. A., Palin, F., Jacobs, C., Anderson, P., & Kaslow, N. (2008). Won’t you be my neighbor? Using an ecological approach to examine the impact of community on revictimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23,.

Kim, S., Palin, F., Anderson, P., Edwards, S., Lindner, G. K., Rothbaum, B. O. (2008).  Use of skills learned in cognitive behavior therapy for fear of flying: Impact on flying anxiety after September 11. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 301-309.

Price, M., Anderson, P., Henrich, C., & Rothbaum, B. O. (2008). Greater expectations: Hierarchical linear modeling of expectancies as a predictor of treatment outcome. Behavior Therapy, 39, 398-405.

Anderson, P., Zimand, E., Schmertz, S. K., & Ferrer, M. (2007). Usability and utility of a computerized cognitive-behavioral self-help program for public speaking anxiety. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 198-207.

Price, M. & Anderson, P. (2007). The role of presence in virtual reality exposure therapy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 742-751.

Anderson, P., Jacobs, C. H., Lindner, G. K., Edwards, S., Zimand, E., Hodges, L. F., & Rothbaum, B. O. (2006). Cognitive behavior therapy for fear of flying: Sustainability of treatment gains after September 11. Behavior Therapy, 37, 91-97.

Rothbaum, B. O., Anderson, P., Zimand, E., Hodges, L. F., Lang, D., & Wilson, J. (2006). Virtual reality exposure therapy and in vivo exposure therapy equally effective in the treatment of fear of flying. Behavior Therapy, 37, 80-90.

Anderson, P., Rothbaum, B. O., Zimand, E., & Hodges, L. F. (2005). Cognitive behavioral therapy for public speaking anxiety using virtual reality for exposure. Depression and Anxiety, 22, 156-158.

Ressler, K. J., Rothbaum, B. O., Tannenbaum, L. R., Anderson, P., Grapp, K., Zimand, E. Hodges, L. F., Davis, M. (2004) Cognitive enhancers as adjuncts to psychotherapy: Use of D-cycloserine in phobics to facilitate extinction of fear. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 1136-1144.

Anderson, P., Jacobs, C., & Rothbaum, B. O. (2004). Computer-supported cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60(3), 253-267.

Anderson, P., Rothbaum, B. O., & Hodges, L. F. (2003). Virtual reality in the treatment of social anxiety: Two case reports. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10, 240-247.

Anderson, P., Rothbaum, B. O., & Hodges, L. F. (2003). Virtual reality in the treatment of social anxiety: Two case reports. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10, 240-247.

Anderson, P., Tiro, J. A., Price, A. W., Bender, M., & Kaslow, N. J. (2002). Additive impact of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse on suicide attempts among low-income African American women. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(2), 131-138.

Rothbaum, B. O., Hodges, L. F., Anderson, P., Price, L., and Smith, S. (2002). 12-month follow-up of virtual reality and standard exposure therapies for the fear of flying. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 428-432.

Gershon, J., Anderson, P., Graap, K., Zimand, E., Hodges, L., & Rothbaum, B. O. (2002). Virtual reality exposure therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 1 (1), 76-81.

Student Theses and Dissertations (chaired)

A multiple baseline investigation of the effects of yoga practice for individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Jessica Morgan

Evaluating changes in attentional biases following cognitive behavioral therapy for Social Phobia, Martha Calamaras

Long-term outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia, Shannan Edwards

The Relation between homework compliance and treatment outcome for individuals with Social Phobia, Shannan Edwards

The impact of cognitive behavioral therapy on post event processing among those with social anxiety disorder, Matthew Price

The relation of presence and virtual reality exposure for treatment of flying phobia, Matthew Price.

Rumination as a mediator of the relation between mindfulness and social anxiety in a clinical sample, Stefan K. Schmertz  
    
The relation between self-report mindfulness and two performance tasks of sustained attention, Stefan K. Schmertz.

Can I talk to you? The relation between fear of confirming stereotypes and social anxiety for African Americans, Mayowa A. Obasaju

Speaking while black: The relationship between African Americans’ racial identity, fear of confirming stereotypes, and public speaking anxiety, Mayowa Obasaju.

The impact of stereotypes on public speaking anxiety and performance, Simon Kim.

Forming bonds to challenge fears: Impact and course of the working alliance on cognitive behavioral treatment for social anxiety disorder, Irene Ngai