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George J. Allen

George J. Allen

Title: Professor Emeritus


Departmental Program: Clinical

E-mail: george.allen@uconn.edu

Office Phone: (860) 486-0563

Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020

Preferred Means of Contact: Telephone

 

Research Interests:

  • Anxiety disorders, including panic, agoraphobia, and evaluative anxieties.
  • Psychological factors that promote healthy lifestyles.

Graduate courses:

  • Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology
  • Didactics of Supervision and Consultation
  • Adult Abnormal Psychology

Representative Publications:

  • Allen, G. J., & Sheckley, B. G. (1992). Lineal and recursive perspectives on change: An ecological model describing the development and amelioration of agoraphobia. In Y. Klar, J. D. Fisher, J. M. Chinsky, and A. Nadler (Eds.), Self change: Social psychological and clinical perspectives (pp. 115-136). New York: Springer Verlag.
  • Benton, F. A., & Allen, G. J. (1996). Relationships between anxiety sensitivity, emotional arousal, and interpersonal distress. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 10, 267-282.
  • Dowden, S., & Allen, G. J. (1997). Relationships between anxiety sensitivity, hyperventilation, and emotional reactivity to displays of facial emotions. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11, 63-75.