Brandon Scott, M.A.
Graduate Student
Research Interest
Brandon graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas Tech University in August 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. The following semester he began graduate work at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX and earned a Master of Arts degree in Psychology (Clinical Track) in May of 2008. During his master’s level graduate training, he had the opportunity to teach undergraduate psychology courses in Behavioral Self-Management and Introduction to Psychology. In addition, he served as Vice President of GRE/Graduate School Preparation for the SFASU Psi Chi chapter. He also worked at the Nacogdoches Boys Ranch, a local residential treatment facility, which provides 24-hour services for boys with a history of sexual, physical, or mental abuse in an effort to provide a stable and safe environment for learning behavioral and emotional control within various social contexts.
Brandon’s clinical experience at the Nacogdoches Boys Ranch and thesis research on the cognitive and behavioral effects of guilt-induction, led him to further pursue the study of emotional and behavioral processes of youth with internalizing problems. He entered the Applied Developmental program at the University of New Orleans in August 2008 and is currently in his second year working with Dr. Carl Weems in the Youth and Family Stress, Phobia, and Anxiety Research Lab. His current research interests focus on understanding the role of emotion regulatory processes (i.e., cognitive, behavioral, and physiological) in the development and maintenance of anxiety-related problems within children and adolescents. His other research interests also include exploration of youth’s physiological responses to emotionally-arousing auditory and visual stimuli within stressful situations.
Thesis
Scott, B.G. (2008). Moral Transgressions, Guilt, and Self-Deception: Is Cleansing Strictly
Physical? Unpublished master’s thesis, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
Presentations
Scott, B. G., Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B, Cannon, M. A., Edel, P. O. (August, 2009). Role of control beliefs in the maintenance of childhood anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Oldenkamp, J., Scott, B., & McKenzie, S. (2008, April). The effect of commercial content on free recall and a forced choice task. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Kansas City, MO.
McDaniel, M., & Scott, B. (2007, August). House of achievement: The construction plans of a successful Psi Chi chapter. Paper presented for Psi Chi at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
McDaniel, M., Scott, B., & Joseph, T. (2007, April). Is body weight influential in perceptions of obese individuals? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Forth Worth, TX.
Publications
Weems, C.F., Taylor, L.K., Cannon, M.F., Marino, R., Romano, D.M., Scott, B.G., Perry A.M., & Triplett, V. (in press). Post traumatic stress, context, and the lingering effects of the Hurricane Katrina disaster among ethnic minority youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Cogan, R., Stringer, A., Aldredge-Clanton, J., Porcerelli, J.H., Clason, W., & Scott, B. (2009). Diagnosis of ovarian cancer and object relationships in early memories: A pilot study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 196-198.
Cogan, R., Ashford, D., Chaney, B., Embry, S., Emory, L., Goebel, H., Holstrom, N., Keithley III, D., Lawson, M., McPherson, J., Scott, B., & Tebbets, J. Jr. (2004). Obsessiveness and a Thematic Apperception Test-based measure of aggression. Psychological Reports, 95, 828-830.
Working Papers
Scott, B.G., & Weems, C.F. (2009). Patterns of Real Competencies versus Perceived Control over Anxiety: Distinguishing Internalizing and Externalizing Problems with Two Tests of a Theoretical Model. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Romano, D. M., Perry A. M.,& Triplett, V. (2009). Creating Sustainable School-based Anxiety-focused Prevention and Intervention Programs: Test-Anxiety Program Description, Rationale, and Needs Assessment. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Revised 9/8/09