Kevin D. Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone: (815)753-1605
Fax: (815)753-8088
kevinwu@niu.edu
Office: PM 311
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2004
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research program focuses on dimensional models of psychopathology in which symptoms generally exist on a continuum rather than as qualitatively discrete entities. Most of my work addresses several issues related to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, such as its assessment and diagnosis, its relations with other phenomena (especially personality and other forms of psychopathology), and cognitive models of symptom development. I also study personality, personality disorders, and relations between the mood and anxiety disorders. Current students in my lab study topics that include social phobia, depression and rumination, generalized anxiety, and several cognitive processes that may link these conditions.
FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES
- Psyc 316 Introduction to Psychopathology
- Psyc 641 Psychopathology
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- Wu, K . D., Aardema, F., & O’Connor, K. P. (2009). Inferential Confusion, Obsessive Beliefs, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Replication and Extension. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 746-752.
- Wu, K. D., & Cortesi, G. T. (2009). Relations between Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Examination of Specificity among the Dimensions. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 393-400.
- Wu, K. D. (2008). Eating Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Dimensional Approach to Purported Relations. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 393-400..
- Wu, K. D., & Carter, S. A. (2008). Specificity and Structure of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 641-652.
- Wu, K. D., & Carter, S. A. (2008). Further Investigation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Specificity of Relations with OCD Symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22 , 824-836.
- Wu, K. D., Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (2007). A self-report version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist: Psychometric properties of factor-based scales in three samples. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 644-661.
- Wu, K. D., Clark, L. A., & Watson, D. (2006). Relations between obsessive-compulsive disorder and personality: Beyond axis I – axis II comorbidity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 695-717.
- Wu, K. D., & Watson, D. (2005). Relations between hoarding and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 897-921.
- Watson, D., & Wu, K. D. (2005). Development and validation of the Schedule of Compulsions, Obsessions, and Pathological Impulses (SCOPI). Assessment, 12, 50-65.
REPRESENTATIVE GRANTS
- DISSERTATION GRANT
Role: Principal Investigator
Agency: University of Minnesota Press: Minnesota Assessment Instruments
Proposal: “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Symptom structure and relations to personality assessed with the SNAP”
Funding period: July 2001—April 2003
