Tejal Jakatdar, M.S.

E-mail: tejal.jakatdar@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/phobia/

Bio: Tejal is currently in her third year of graduate studies. She received her B.A. in psychology from Fergusson College, India and her M.S. in psychology with an emphasis in assessment and psychopathology from Old Dominion University. Tejal’s current research interests involve an interplay between social anxiety and body image concerns in adults. She is also interested in researching the cross-cultural aspects of social anxiety, body image, and acculturation in the Indian population.

Representative presentations and/or publications:

Jakatdar, T.A., Weeks, J.W., & Heimberg, R.G. (2007). The relationship between social anxiety and body image concerns. Manuscript in preparation.

Rodebaugh, T. L., Jakatdar, T. A., Rosenberg, A., & Heimberg, R. G. (2007). Brief written disclosure for social situations: A cognitive restructuring component moderates trait levels of controlled processing. Manuscript submitted for review.

Jakatdar, T. A., Cash, T. F., & Engle, E. K. (2006). Body-image thought processes: The development and initial validation of the Assessment of Body-Image Cognitive Distortions. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 3, 325-333.