Laura J. Summerfeldt
Associate Professor

Research interests:

I have several areas of research interest, bridged by the common theme of personality and psychopathology. 

These include the following: 1) Personality dimensions and psychopathology in clinical and nonclinical populations,

2) Points of continuity among clinical and subclinical obsessive-compulsive phenomena and adaptive behaviour,

3) Models of heterogeneity of obsessive-compulsive disorders, 4) Cognitive characteristics of obsessive-compulsive

disorders, and 5) Diathesis-stress models of clinical and nonclinical anxiety conditions.  A specific focus for me in

recent years has been upon a particular feature of obsessive-compulsive experience - the feeling that things are

“not just right”.  A program of research examining this phenomenon and its links with other psychological variables

(i.e., cognition, personality) is currently underway.

Teaching

PSYC 2300H-A FA PTBO:           Introductory Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 3300H-A FA PTBO:           Advanced Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 2300H-A WI PTBO:          Introductory Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 3300H-A WI PTBO:          Advanced Abnormal Psychology

Selected publications

Antony, M.M., Purdon, C., & Summerfeldt, L.J. (2006) (Eds). Psychological treatment of OCD: Fundamentals and

   beyond. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.          

Summerfeldt, L.J., Kloosterman, P.H., Antony, M.M., & Parker, J.D.A. (2006). Social anxiety, emotional intelligence,

   and interpersonal adjustment. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28(1), 57-68.

Summerfeldt, L.J., Kloosterman, P.H., Antony, M.M., Richter, M.A., &  Swinson, R.P.  (2004). The relationship

   between miscellaneous symptoms and major symptom factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour

   Research and Therapy, 42, 1453-1467.

Summerfeldt, L.J. (2004). Understanding and treating incompleteness in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

   Journal of Clinical Psychology , 60, 1155-1168.

Summerfeldt, L.J., Richter, M.A., Antony, M.M., & Swinson, R.P. (1999). Symptom structure in obsessive-compulsive

   disorder: A confirmatory factor-analytic study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 297-311.