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University of Wyoming
Walter D. Scott

Walter D. Scott
Associate Professor
Depression; Cognitive self regulation in personality and psychopathology (e.g., self-efficacy; goals, values); Depression and resiliency in Native American Youth; Personality science and assessment
Clinical Psychology

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago 1996

Clinical Psychology Internship, University of Washington School of Medicine 1995

M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago 1993

B.A., San Diego State University 1989
wscott@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-4889 • Bio Sciences Bldg 126

 

Personality and Psychopathology Lab

Academic Positions
Present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming
1999 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming
1996 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Miami

Research Interests
Affective influences on self-regulatory cognition; Affect regulation; Affective and cognitive processes in depression; Depression and resiliency in Native American youth; Personality Science & Personality Assessment; Social cognitive models of motivation and prospective memory; Empathy

Graduate Students
Cory Burghy-Jackson - EEG Asymmetry/Affective Style (i.e., BIS/BAS) and Depression; Development; Depression and Resiliency in Native American Youth
Laran Despain - Religiosity and Depression
Sarah Hamill - Affective Style (i.e., BIS/BAS) and Depression; Cross cultural psychopathology, Native-American Mental Health, and Cognitive Self-regulation
Alicia Mousseau - Depression and Resiliency in Native American Youth; Values

Accepting Applicants for the Clinical Doctoral Program in 2010
 

Teaching:
PSYC 3390 - Theories of Personality
PSYC 5140 - Personality Science
PSYC 5450 - Clinical Practicum
PSYC 5510 - Advanced Psychopathology
PSYC 5410 - Clinical Assessment II: Personality & Psychopathology


* Indicates undergraduate students working with me; **indicates graduate students working with me

 

Publications:

Book Chapters

Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2009).  Self-efficacy interventions: Guided Mastery Therapy.  In W. Donohue & J.E. Fisher (Eds.), Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Applying Empirically Supported Techniques in Your Practice, Second Edition. New York: John Wiley.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D. (2009).  A motivational-cognitive model of prospective memory: The influence of goal relevance. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Psychology of Motivation.  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D. (2009).  Improving goal-based models of motivation: Incorporating theory and research on prospective memory.  A commentary in the Psychology of Motivation.

Scott, W. D., & Penningroth, S. (2009).  Self-regulation in depression. In R. E. Ingram, (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Depression.

Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2009). Self-efficacy interventions: Guided Mastery Therapy. In W. Donohue & J.E. Fisher (Eds.), Principles and Empricially Supported Techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. New York: John Wiley.

Ingram, R. E., Scott, W. D., & **Hamill, S. (2009).  Depression: Social and cognitive aspects. In T. Millon, P. Blaney, & R. Davis (Eds.), Oxford Textbook or Psychopathology.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2004). Enhancing perceived self-efficacy: Guided mastery therapy. In W. Donohue & S. Hayes (Eds.), Principles of Effective Therapy. New York: John Wiley.

Ingram, R. E., Scott, W. D., & Hayes, A. (2000).  Empirically validated treatment: A critical analysis. In C. R. Snyder & R. E. Ingram, R. E. (Eds.). Handbook of psychological change: Psychotherapy processes and practices for the 21st Century. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Winters, R., Scott, W. D., & *Beevers, C. G. (2000).  Affective distress as a central symptom in depression: Neurobiological mechanisms.  In S. Johnson, A. Hayes, T. Field, P. McCabe, N. & Schneiderman (Eds.), Stress, coping, and depression. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Scott, W. D., Winters, R., & Beavers, C. G. (2000). Affective distress as a central symptom in depression: Psychological mechanisms. In S. Johnson, A. Hayes, T. Field, P. McCabe, N. & Schneiderman (Eds.), Stress, coping, and depression. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cervone, D., & Scott, W. D. (1995). Self - efficacy theory of behavior change: Foundation, conceptual issues, and therapeutic implications. In W. O'Donohue & L. Krasner (Eds), Theories of behavior therapy: Exploring behavior change. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Journal Articles

*Baird, G., Scott, W. D., Dearing, E., & **Hamill, S. (2009). Examining cognitive self-regulatory differences in LD and Non-LD youth: Implicit theories of intelligence, academicc self-efficacy, and academic goal preferences, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (7), 881-908.

**Hamill, S., Scott, W. D., Dearing, E., & Pepper, C. (2009). Affective style and depressive symptoms in youth of a North American Plains tribe: The moderating roles of cultural Identity, grade level, and behavioral inhibition. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(2), 110-115.

**Beevers, C. G., Scott, W. D., McGeary, C., & McGeary, J. E. (2009).  Negative Cognitive Response to a Sad Mood Induction: Associations with Polymorphisms of the Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) Gene.  Cognition and Emotion, 23 (4), 726-738.

Scott, W. D., Dearing, E., *Reynolds, W. R., **Lindsay, J. E., **Hamill, S. K., & *Baird, G. L. (2008).  Cognitive self-Regulation and depression: Examining self-efficacy appraisals and goal characteristics in youth of a Northern Plains tribe.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 18(2), 379-394.

Scott, W. D., **Beevers, C. G., & Mermelstein, R. J. (2008).  Depression vulnerable and non-vulnerable smokers after a failure experience: Examining cognitive self-regulation and motivation.  Behavior Modification, 32 (4), 519-539.

Scott, W. D., & *Steidtmann, D. (2006). Dysphoria and hostile cognition: The relationship depends on levels of trait anger. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 19-27

 

**Lindsay, J., & Scott, W. D. (2005). Dysphoria and self-esteem following an achievement event: Predictive validity of goal orientation and personality style theories of vulnerability. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29, 769-785.

 

Ingram, R. E., Scott, W. D., Holle, C., & Chavira, D. (2003). Self-focus in social anxiety: Situational determinants of self and other schema activation. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 809-826.

Scott, W. D., Ingram, R. E., & Shadel, W. G. (2003). Hostile and sad mood profiles in dysphoria: Evidence for cognitive specificity. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22(3), 234-253.

Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2002). The influence of negative mood on self-regulatory cognition. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26, 19-37.

**Beevers, C. G., & Scott, W. D. (2001). Ignorance may be bliss, but thought suppression promotes superficial cognitive processing. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 546-553.

Tillema, J. L., Cervone, D., & Scott, W. D. (2001). Dysphoric mood, perceived self-efficacy, and personal standards for performance: The effects of attributional cues on evaluative self-judgements. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 535-549.

**Beevers, C. G., Wenzlaff, R. M., Hayes, A. M., & Scott, W. D. (1999).  Depression and the ironic effects of thought suppression: Therapeutic strategies for improving mental control. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 133-148.

Scott, W. D. (1995).  Cognitive behavior therapy: Two basic "cognitive" research programs and a theoretically-based definition. The Behavior Therapist, 18, 122-124.

Cervone, D., Kopp, D. A., Schaumann, L., & Scott, W. D. (1994).  Mood, self-efficacy, and performance standards: Lower moods induce higher standards for performance.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 499-512.

Ingram, R. E., Partridge, S., Scott, W. D., & Bernet, C. Z. (1994).  Schema Specificity in subclinical depression: Distinctions between automatically versus effortfully encoded state and trait depressive information.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 18, 195-209.

Ingram, R., Slater, M. A., Atkinson, J. H., & Scott, W. D. (1990).  Positive automatic cognition in major affective disorder.  Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2, 209-211.

 

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