John H. Riskind

George Mason University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

45h-index6.9kcitations181works3.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes(78), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(65), Mental Health Research Topics(48), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders(16), Resilience and Mental Health(14)

Publications181 total

EEG Power Spectral Signatures of Looming Vulnerability Style in Individuals with a Recent Suicide Attempt
Archives of Suicide Research·2025
Introducing Looming Provocation: A Novel Cognitive Expectancy Style Linked to Interpersonal Aggression
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2025Open Access
Perseverative effort and grit but not gratitude are protective against the onset of anxiety for cognitively at-risk individuals
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy·2025
Unscrambling the Dynamics of Danger: Scientific Foundations and Evidence for the Looming Vulnerability Model and Looming Cognitive Style in Anxiety
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Experimental use of self-affirmation to manage self-concept threat in a simulated intrusive thought paradigm
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology·2024· 3 cited
Beyond Logical Errors: Preliminary Evidence for the “Looming Vulnerability Distortions Questionnaire” of Cognitive-Perceptual Distortions in Anxiety
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2023· 3 cited
Looming Vulnerability Distortions Questionnaire
PsycTESTS Dataset·2023· 2 cited
Prevention of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Oxford University Press eBooks·2021
The Relationship of Neuroticism with Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Emotional, Cognitive and Metacognitive Factors
Behavioral Sleep Medicine·2021· 31 citedOpen Access
Looming Cognitive Style More Consistently Predicts Anxiety than Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from a 3-Wave Yearlong Study
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2021· 12 cited
Embodiment in Clinical Disorders and Treatment
2021· 5 cited
A cognitive dissonance perspective on threats to self-concept in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders·2020· 9 cited
Looming Cognitive Style and Its Associations with Anxiety and Depression: A Meta-analysis
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2020· 29 cited
Differential Effects of Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditations on University Students’ Emotions
2019
Anxiety and the dynamic self as defined by the prospection and mental simulation of looming future threats
Journal of Personality·2019· 29 cited
Looming Vulnerability: Theory, Research and Practice in Anxiety
2018· 15 cited
High Spider-Fearful and Low Spider-Fearful Individuals Differentially Perceive the Speed of Approaching, but not Receding, Spider Stimuli
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2018· 21 citedOpen Access
Anticipated Criticism/Rejection and Negative Self-Appraisals: Do They Independently Predict OCD Symptoms and the Negative Significance of Intrusive Thoughts?
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy·2018· 6 cited
New Directions in Research: Anxiety and Beyond
2018
Exploring Potential Links Between Looming Vulnerability and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
2018· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Nathan L. Williams(9), Evan M. Kleiman(8), Aaron T. Beck(6), Gary Brown(6), Robert A. Steer(6), W. Steven Rholes(6), Golan Shahar(3), Todd B. Kashdan(2), Karen E. Schaefer(2), Theodore L. Gessner(2), Linda D. Chrosniak(2), Lauren B. Alloy(2), Roger Moore(2), Thomas E. Joiner(2), Judy I. Eidelson(1), L. Adams(1), Carolyn Gotay(1), José Cortina(1), José M. Cortina(1), Lata K. McGinn(1)