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Sandra T. SigmonProfessor 376 Little Hall (207) 581-2049 |
Research Interests
My research focuses on women’s mental and physical health, with an emphasis on cyclical effects on behavior (menstrual cycle and changing seasons). I am interested in learning more about the interaction as well as future directions for clinical psychology and primary medical care, especially in rural settings. Primary clinical areas include binge eating, obesity, physical activity and health, and panic disorder. I have ongoing projects in the following areas: menstrual reactivity and cortisol responses in panic disorder, causal attributional patterns in women with panic disorder, role of rumination and sexist events in predicting menstrual distress, and cognitive factors and behavioral styles in the prediction of eating disorders and anxiety disorders. Future research will likely focus on how the above psychological areas impact physical health.
*Note to Applicants to Clinical PhD program: I do not plan to accept any students applying for enrollment starting in the 2013-2014 academic year.
Selected Publications
Sigmon,
S. T., Craner, J., Yoon, L., & Thorpe, G. L. (in press).
Premenstrual distress. In L. E. O. Kennair (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human
Behavior, Elsevier.
Sigmon, S. T., Schartel, J. G., Boulard,
N. E., & Thorpe, G. L. (2010). Activity level, activity enjoyment,
and weather as mediators of physical health risks in seasonal and
nonseasonal depression. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive
Behavior Therapy, 28, 42-56.
Thorpe, G. L., & Sigmon, S.
T. (2010). Cognitive aspects of health psychology: Recent
developments. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior
Therapy, 28, 1-3.
Sigmon, S. T., & Schartel, J. G.
(2008). Anxiety, anxiety disorders, and the menstrual cycle. In
M. J. Zvolensky & J. A. J. Smits (Eds.) Anxiety in Health Behaviors
and Physical Illness (181-205). New York: Springer.
Sigmon,
S. T., Whitcomb-Smith, S., Boulard, N. E., Pells, J. J., Hermann, B.
A., Edenfield, T. M., LaMattina, S. M., & Schartel, J. G.
(2007). Seasonal reactivity: Attentional bias and
psychophysiological arousal in seasonal and nonseasonal
depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 619-638.
Sigmon,
S. T., Pells, J. J., Schartel, J. G., Edenfield, T. M., Hermann, B. A.,
LaMattina, S. M., Boulard, N. E., & Whitcomb-Smith, S.
(2006). Stress reactivity in seasonal and nonseasonal
depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 965-975.