Tejal Jakatdar, M.S.

E-mail: tejal.jakatdar@temple.edu

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

Bio: Tejal is currently in her clinical internship year at Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She received her B.A. in psychology from Fergusson College, India and her M.S. in psychology from Old Dominion University, VA. Tejal’s current research interests include delineating some of the clinical mediators in generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. She is also interested in an interplay between social anxiety and body image concerns in adults, especially with an emphasis on cross cultural and acculturation issues. Tejal works with Dr. Richard Heimberg.

Representative publications and/or presentations:

Jakatdar, T. A., & Heimberg, R. G. (in press). Social anxiety disorder. In M. A. Reinecke & S. Hofmann (Eds.), Cognitive–behavioral therapy with adults: A guide for assessment, conceptualization, and intervention. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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.

Rodebaugh, T. L., Jakatdar, T. A., Rosenberg, A., & Heimberg, R. G. (in press). Thinking about social situations: The moderated effects of imposing structure. Behavior Research and Therapy.

Cash, T. F., Jakatdar, T. A., & Williams, E. F. (2004). The Body-Image Quality of Life Inventory: Further validation with college men and women. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 1, 279-287.