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Research Interests

Michelle Newman's research focuses on the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders. Dr. Newman is examining the etiology and classification, individual predictors of psychotherapy outcome, and impact of brief psychotherapy with respect to social phobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and trauma. Dr. Newman is also conducting several basic experimental studies examining underlying processes related to these disorders. Further, she is examining issues relevant to health implications of anxiety disorders. Current research projects include an integrative therapy for GAD (examining the addition of interpersonal and experiential therapies to cognitive behavioral therapy); evaluation of brief individual and self-help palmtop computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder, GAD, and Social phobia; assessment and classification of generalized and specific social phobia, panic disorder, and GAD; examination of the impact of psychotherapy beyond the targeted symptoms of a particular disorder; improving psychotherapeutic interventions for anxiety disorders; emotion regulation in anxiety disorders and it’s relationship to therapeutic mechanisms; dysfunctional interpersonal styles in persons with GAD and social phobia (mgn1@psu.edu).

Recent Publications

Newman, M. G., Przeworski, A., Fisher, A. J. & Borkovec, T. D. (in press) Diagnostic comorbidity in generalized anxiety disorder: Impact of comorbidity on psychotherapy outcome and impact of psychotherapy on comorbid diagnoses. Behavior Therapy.

Erickson, T.M., Newman, M.G., & Pincus, A.L. (in press). Predicting unpredictability: Do measures of interpersonal rigidity/flexibility and distress predict intraindividual variability in social perceptions and behavior? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Ray, W. J., Molnar, C., Aikins, D., Yamasaki, A., Newman, M. G., Castonguay, L., & Borkovec, T. D.  (in press) Startle response in generalized anxiety disorder Depression and Anxiety, 26, 147-154.

Newman, M.G., Koif, D., Przeworski, A. & Llera, S. (in press) Anxiety Disorders.  In M. A. Cucciare, & K. R. Weingardt (Eds). Using technology to support evidence-based behavioral health practices: A Clinician’s Guide. New York: Taylor and Francis Inc

Newman, M. G. & Erickson, T. Generalized anxiety disorder (in press). In G. Beck (Ed) Interpersonal Processes in the Anxiety Disorders: Implications for understanding psychopathology and treatment.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Newman, M. G., Castonguay, L. G., Borkovec, T. D., Fisher, A. J., & Nordberg, S. S. (2008). An open trial of integrative therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. Special Issue: New treatments in psychotherapy, 45, 135-147.

Oathes, D.J., Ray, W.J., Yamasaki, A.S., Borkovec, T.D., Castonguay, L.G. & Newman, M.G., Nitschke
Jack (2008). Worry, generalized anxiety disorder, and emotion: Evidence from the EEG gamma band. Biological Psychology, 79, 165-170.

Erickson, T. M., Newman, M. G., & Pincus, A. L. (2008). Predicting interpersonal rigidity and oscillation: Flux and spin as tests of construct validity.  Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research Newsletter, 8, 2-3.

Dow, M.G.T., Kenardy, J. A., Johnston, D. W., Newman, M. G., Taylor, C. B., & Thomson, A. (2007).  Prognostic indices with brief and standard CBT for panic disorder II: Moderators of outcome. Psychological Medicine, 37, 1503-1509.

Dow, M.G.T., Kenardy, J. A., Johnston, D. W., Newman, M. G., Taylor, C. B., & Thomson, A. (2007).  Prognostic indices with brief and standard CBT for panic disorder I: Predictors of outcome.  Psychological Medicine, 37, 1493-1502.

Erickson, T.M. & Newman, M.G. (2007) Interpersonal and emotional processes in GAD analogues during social interaction tasks. Behavior Therapy, 38, 364-377.

Newman, M.G., & Anderson, N. L. (2007) A review of Basic and Applied Research on Generalized Anxiety Disorder.  Argentinian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 16, 7-20.

Newman, M. G., Holmes, M., Zuellig, A. R., Kachin, K. E., & Behar, E. S. (2006). The reliability and validity of the panic disorder self-report (PDSR): A new diagnostic measure of panic disorder. Psychological Assessment, 18, 49-61.

Newman, M.G. & Stiles, W. B. (2006). Therapeutic factors in treating anxiety disorders.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, 649-659.

Przeworski, A. & Newman, M. G. (2006). The efficacy and utility of computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders.  Clinical Psychologist 10, 43-53.

Holmes, M., & Newman, M. G. (2006). Generalized anxiety disorder. In M. Hersen & J. C. Thomas (Series Eds.), & F. Andrasik (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology: Vol. II. Adult psychopathology (pp. 101-120). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Newman, M. G., Stiles, W. B., Janeck, A., & Woody, S. R. (2006). Integration of therapeutic factors in anxiety disorders. In L. G. Castonguay & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of therapeutic change that work (pp. 187-202). New York: Oxford University Press.

Newman, M. G., Crits-Christoph, P., Connelly Gibbons, M. B., & Erickson, T. M. (2006). Participant factors in treating anxiety disorders. In L. G. Castonguay & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of therapeutic change that work (pp. 121-154). New York: Oxford University Press.

Erickson, T. M. & Newman, M.G. (2005). Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder.  Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 5(2), 247-257.

Castonguay, L. G., Newman, M. G., Borkovec, T. D., Holtforth, M. G., & Maramba, G. G. (2005). Cognitive-behavioral assimilative integration. In J. C. Norcross & M. R. Goldfried (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy integration (2nd ed., pp. 241-260). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Newman, M.G., Castonguay, L.G., Borkovec, T.D. & Molnar, C. (2004). Integrative psychotherapy. In R.G, Heimberg , C.L. Turk, & D.S. Mennin (Eds), Generalized anxiety disorder (pp. 320-350).  Guilford Press, N.Y.

Przeworski, A. & Newman, M.G. (2004). Ambulatory Computer-Assisted Group Therapy for Generalized Social Phobia.  In Session: Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60, 179-188.