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Seth T Downing

Seth T Downing, PhD

Adjunct Clinical Postdoctoral Associate

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Email: sdowning0404@ufl.edu
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About Seth T Downing

Mentor: Joseph McNamara Primary Concentration: Clinical Psychology Secondary Concentration : Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology

Mr. Seth Downing is a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology primarily mentored by Dr. McNamara in the Florida Exposure and Anxiety Research (FEAR) Lab. His research interests include obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, and anxiety. He received his M.S. in psychology in 2020 and his B.S. in zoology in 2017, both from the University of Florida.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. MDU4850 – Diseases of Eating

    College of Medicine

  2. MDU4061 – Introduction to Medical Bioethics

    College of Medicine

  3. MDU4031 – Medicine and the Law

    College of Medicine

  4. MDU4004 – Physician Shadowing

    College of Medicine

  5. MDU4003 – Introduction to the Professions of Medicine

    College of Medicine

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Implementation and Preliminary Outcomes of an Exposure-Based Summer Camp for Pediatric OCD and Anxiety.

    Journal
    Behavior therapy.
    Volume/Issue
    55(3):543-557
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.beth.2023.08.006.
    [PMID]
    38670667.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Expectations and perspectives of cognitive behavioural therapy for childhood anxiety and related disorders.

    Journal
    Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy.
    Volume/Issue
    52(1):65-77
    [DOI]
    10.1017/S1352465823000346.
    [PMID]
    37699703.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

  3. Assessing the predictors of adaptive and maladaptive Covid-19 preventive behaviours: an application of protection motivation theory.

    Journal
    Psychology, health & medicine.
    Volume/Issue
    28(2):460-474
    [DOI]
    10.1080/13548506.2022.2093925.
    [PMID]
    35769017.
    8 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. Relationships between stress appraisals and intolerance of uncertainty with psychological health during early COVID-19 in the USA.

    Journal
    Anxiety, stress, and coping.
    Volume/Issue
    36(1):97-109
    [DOI]
    10.1080/10615806.2022.2075855.
    [PMID]
    35549611.
    8 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  5. Approach and Avoidance Coping Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Journal
    Nonlinear dynamics, psychology, and life sciences.
    Volume/Issue
    26(4):403-422
    [PMID]
    36149268.
    PubMed

  6. An investigation of self-esteem in the treatment of OCD

    Journal
    Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
    Volume/Issue
    27
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100563.
    Publisher’s Site

Education

  1. Master of Science in Clinical and Health Psychology

    University of Florida

  2. Bachelor of Science in Zoology

    University of Florida

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
sdowning0404@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 103424
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
4197 NW 86TH TER FL 1
 GAINESVILLE FL 32606