Brief Vita for Richard Beck

Educational Background:
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology. Southern Methodist University (1997).
M.S., Clinical Psychology. Abilene Christian University (1992).
B.S., Christian Ministry. Abilene Christian University (1989).

Publications:

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E. (1998). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of anger: A Meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 63-74.

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E. (1998). Cognitive-behavioral self-regulation of anger. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 20, 217-229.

Beck, R. & Miller, C.D. (2000). Religiosity, agency and communion and their relationship to religious judgmentalism. Journal of Psychology, 134, 315-324.

Beck, R. & Miller, J.P. (2001). The erosion of belief and disbelief: The relationship of belief in the supernatural with belief in the paranormal. Journal of Social Psychology, 141, 277-287.

Beck, R., Baker, L., Robbins, M., & Dow, S. (2001) A second look at Quest Motivation: Is Quest multidimensional or unidimensional? Journal of Psychology and Theology, 29, 148-157.

Beck, R. & Perkins, T.S. (2001). Cognitive content-specificity for anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 651-663.

Beck, R. (2001). Psychological musings about the Churches of Christ. Wineskins, 5(3), 9-12.

Beck, R., Perkins, T.S., Holder, R., Robbins, M., Gray, M., & Allison, S. (2001). The cognitive and emotional phenomenology of depression and anxiety: Are worry and hopelessness the cognitive correlates of NA and PA? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 829-838.

Beck, R. (2001). Toxic religion. New Wineskins, Nov./Dec., 42-45.

Frenandez, E. & Beck, R. (2001). Cognitive-behavioral self-intervention versus self-monitoring of anger: Effects on anger frequency, duration, and intensity. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29, 345-356.

Beck, R., Robbins, M., Taylor, C., & Baker, L. (2001) An examination of sociotropy and excessive reassurance seeking in the prediction of depression. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 23, 101-105.

Beck. R. (2002). Summer and Winter Christians. New Wineskins, March/April, 20-22.

Beck, R., Taylor, C., & Robbins, M. (2003) Missing home: Sociotropy and autonomy and their relationship to depression and homesickness in college freshmen. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 16, 155-166.

Beck, R., Benedict, B., & Winkler, A. (2003). Depression and Anxiety: Integrating the Tripartite and Cognitive content-specificity assessment models. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 25, 251-257

Beck, R. & McDonald, A. (2004). Attachment to God: The Attachment to God Inventory, tests of working model correspondence, and an exploration of faith group differences. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 32, 92-103.

Beck, R. & Jessup, R. (2004). The multidimensional nature of Quest motivation. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 32, 283-294.

Beck, R. (2004). The function of religious belief: Defensive versus existential religion. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 23, 208-218.

Morris, J.M., Beck, R., & Smith, A.B. (2004). Examining student/institution fit at a Christian university: The role of spiritual integration. Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 8, 87-100.

McDonald, A., Beck, R., Allison, S., & Norsworthy, L. (2005). Attachment to God and Parents: Testing the Correspondence vs. Compensation Hypothesis. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 24, 21-28.

Beck, R. (2006). God as a Secure Base: Attachment to God and theological exploration. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 34, 125-132.

Beck, R. (2006). Communion and Complaint: Attachment, object-relations, and triangular love perspectives on relationship with God. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 34, 43-52.

Beck, R. (2006). Spiritual Pollution: The dilemma of sociomoral disgust and the ethic of love. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 43, 53-65.

Beck, R. (2006). Defensive versus Existential Religion: Is religious defensiveness predictive of worldview defense? Journal of Psychology and Theology, 34, 142-151.

Morris, J. M., Beck, R., & Mattis, C. (2007). Examining worldview fit and First-Year retention at a private religiously-affiliated institution. Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students In Transition, 19, 75-88.

Beck, R. (2007). The winter experience of faith: Empirical, theological, and theoretical perspectives. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 26, 68-78.

Beck, R. (2007). Ministry in the Post-Cartesian World. Sharing the Practice, 30, 3-6.

Beck, R. (2008). Regarding Sex: Beyond hedonic ambivalence. Leaven, 16, 106-111.

Beck, R. & Taylor, S. (2008). The emotional burden of monotheism: Satan, theodicy, and relationship with God. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 36, 151-160.

Beck, R. (2009). Feeling Queasy about the Incarnation: Terror Management Theory, death, and the body of Jesus. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 36, 303-312.

Morris, J.M., Reese, J., Beck, R. & Mattis, C. (forthcoming). Facebook usage as a predictor of retention at a private 4-Year institution. Journal of College Student Retention.

Beck, R. (forthcoming). The moral and psychological landscape of chit chat: Toward a theological hermeneutic of everyday conversation. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.