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James J. Gray, Ph.D.

Professor

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E-mail: jgray@american.edu
Phone: (202) 885-1716
Office: Asbury building, room 317

Education:

B.A. Maryknoll College, 1959
Major: Philosophy

M.A.		Fordham University, 1963
		  Major:  Psychology
		  (Thesis: A comparison of conservative and liberal Catholic college students 
                         on the F Scale and the Dogmatism Scale).

Ph.D. Fordham University, 1967
Major: Clinical Psychology
(Dissertation: An investigation of the
relationship between primary process thinking
and creativity).

Current Research Interests:

• eating disorders
• behavior therapy
• psychotherapy
• abnormal psychology
• psychology of religion.
  

Representative Publications:

The Media's Representation of the Ideal Male Body: a Cause for Muscle Dysmorphia (2002) (w. R. A. Leit & H.G. Pope) , International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31, 334-338.

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index among Island Puerto Ricans. (Cintron, Carter, S'Brocco and Gray). RAJ (Journal of Anxiety Disorders). (2003)

Ethnic Differences in Preferences for Female Weight and Waist-to-Hip Ratio: A Comparision of African-American and White American College and Community Samples (Freedman, Carter, S'Brocco and Gray). RAJ (Eating Behaviors) (2003)

No longer just a pretty face: Fashion magazine's depictions of ideal female beauty 1959 to 1999. (Sypeck, Gray, Ahrens, Mosimann). RAJ. (International Journal of Eating Disorders). (2004)

Obstetrician-Gynecologists Decision Making about the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (Hill, Gray, Carter, Singer, Schulkin) RAJ. (Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology). (2004).

Thompson, M. & Gray, J.J. (1995) Development and validation of a New Body Image Assessment Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 258-269.

Techniques to Cool the Anger (1999). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Vol. 6, 284-286.

Judgment Accuracy in Body Preferences Among African-Americans (2001). (w. K. Patel). Sex Roles. Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 227-235.

Cultural Expectations of Muscularity in Men, (2001). (w. R. A. Leit & H.G. Pope). International Journal of Eating Disorders.

The Eating Disorder Inventory Among Asian-American College Women, (2001) (w. G. Tsai). The Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 527-529.

The Media's Representation of the Ideal Male Body: a Cause for Muscle Dysmorphia (2001) (w. R. A. Leit & H.G. Pope) , International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Psychology Department and Web Page Information: psychology@american.edu

Last rev.: 12/03/04