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Ellen W. Leen‐Feldner
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Professor / Vice Chair
Also affiliated: University of Vermont (2002–2007); Laureate Institute for Brain Research (2016)
36 h-index
118 pubs
3,565 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Ellen W. Leen‐Feldner is a Professor and Vice Chair at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her research focuses on behavioral and psychological studies, particularly concerning anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use. She has published extensively on the empirical literature relating anxiety to puberty, smoking, and panic attacks, as well as the associations between parental posttraumatic stress disorder and offspring internalizing problems.
Leen‐Feldner's work also investigates alcohol use motives among adolescents exposed to trauma, exploring their connection to posttraumatic stress. She has contributed to the understanding of elevated social anxiety among early maturing girls and examined the role of experiential avoidance in acute pain tolerance. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 36 and over 3,500 citations across 116 publications, designating her as a highly cited researcher.
Her collaborations include numerous shared publications with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, such as L. Riley Gournay, Matthew T. Feldner, Morgan A. Hill, and Morgan L. Ferretti. She maintains an active laboratory website and has been recently active in research, with her most recent publication in 2026.
Metrics
- h-index: 36
- Publications: 118
- Citations: 3,565
Positions
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Professor / Vice Chair 2017–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Psychological Science ORCID
Selected Publications
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults (2025)
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The effects of acute versus repeated cannabidiol administration on trauma‐relevant emotional reactivity: A double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial (2024)
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Cannabidiol (CBD) Products: Use Patterns and Perceptions Within a Sample of Anxious Users (2024)
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0108 Sleep Deprivation Impairs the Ability to Reappraise Negative Situations (2024)
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A Survey Study of Individuals Using Hexahydrocannabinol Cannabis Products: Use Patterns and Perceived Effects (2023)
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The effects of cannabidiol on worry and anxiety among high trait worriers: a double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial (2023)
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Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge (2023)
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Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults? (2023)
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Cannabidiol Reduces Nicotine Withdrawal Severity and State Anxiety During an Acute E-cigarette Abstinence Period: A Novel, Open-Label Study (2023)
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A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled test of the effects of cannabidiol on fear elicited by a 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air breathing challenge (2022)
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A laboratory-based examination of a standardized sexual assault script (2022)
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An experimental test of the effects of acute sleep deprivation on affect and avoidance (2022)
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Pediatric Psychotropic Polypharmacy: An Evaluation of the Correlates and Prevalence Across Assessment Cycles in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2022)
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A Laboratory-Based Investigation of Links between Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Adolescent Offspring Anxiety (2021)
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Greater adolescent tiredness is related to more emotional arousal during a hyperventilation task: An area under the curve approach (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Matthew T. Feldner
38 shared publications
In database
- Offspring psychological and biological correlates of parental posttraumatic stress: Review of the literature and research agenda
- Associations between parental posttraumatic stress disorder and both offspring internalizing problems and parental aggression within the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication
- Alcohol use motives among traumatic event-exposed, treatment-seeking adolescents: Associations with posttraumatic stress
- An integrated approach to panic prevention targeting the empirically supported risk factors of smoking and anxiety sensitivity: Theoretical basis and evidence from a pilot project evaluating feasibility and short-term efficacy
- Taxometric and factor analytic models of anxiety sensitivity: Integrating approaches to latent structural research.
Showing 5 of 38 shared publications
Heidemarie Blumenthal
University of North Texas (US)
21 shared publications
- Offspring psychological and biological correlates of parental posttraumatic stress: Review of the literature and research agenda
- Elevated social anxiety among early maturing girls.
- Associations between parental posttraumatic stress disorder and both offspring internalizing problems and parental aggression within the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication
- Social anxiety and motives for alcohol use among adolescents.
- Interactive Roles of Pubertal Timing and Peer Relations in Predicting Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Youth
Showing 5 of 21 shared publications
Sarah A. Bilsky
University of Mississippi (US)
16 shared publications
- The effects of cannabidiol on worry and anxiety among high trait worriers: a double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial
- Lifetime histories of PTSD, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in a nationally representative sample of adolescents: Examining indirect effects via the roles of family and peer social support
- Dimensions of parenting among mothers and fathers in relation to social anxiety among female adolescents
- Distress tolerance predicts coping motives for marijuana use among treatment seeking young adults
- The interaction between anxiety sensitivity and cigarette smoking level in relation to sleep onset latency among adolescent cigarette smokers
Showing 5 of 16 shared publications
Michael J. Zvolensky
University of Vermont (US)
13 shared publications
- An integrated approach to panic prevention targeting the empirically supported risk factors of smoking and anxiety sensitivity: Theoretical basis and evidence from a pilot project evaluating feasibility and short-term efficacy
- Emotional‐Vulnerability and Mindfulness: A Preliminary Test of Associations among Negative Affectivity, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Mindfulness Skills
- Taxometric and factor analytic models of anxiety sensitivity: Integrating approaches to latent structural research.
- Anxiety sensitivity taxon and trauma: discriminant associations for posttraumatic stress and panic symptomatology among young adults
- Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Ashley A. Knapp
Northwestern University
13 shared publications
In database
- Offspring psychological and biological correlates of parental posttraumatic stress: Review of the literature and research agenda
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Its Factors in Relation to Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Adolescents
- The interaction between anxiety sensitivity and cigarette smoking level in relation to sleep onset latency among adolescent cigarette smokers
- An Experimental Test of the Effects of Parental Modeling on Panic-Relevant Escape and Avoidance Among Early Adolescents
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Childhood Learning Experiences: Impacts on Panic Symptoms Among Adolescents
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Kimberly A. Babson
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
13 shared publications
- Elevated social anxiety among early maturing girls.
- An integrated approach to panic prevention targeting the empirically supported risk factors of smoking and anxiety sensitivity: Theoretical basis and evidence from a pilot project evaluating feasibility and short-term efficacy
- Marijuana use among traumatic event-exposed adolescents: Posttraumatic stress symptom frequency predicts coping motivations for use
- Interactive Roles of Pubertal Timing and Peer Relations in Predicting Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Youth
- Anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress among traumatic event-exposed youth
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Sarah F. Lewis
Center for Assessment (US)
9 shared publications
- Alcohol use motives among traumatic event-exposed, treatment-seeking adolescents: Associations with posttraumatic stress
- Taxometric and factor analytic models of anxiety sensitivity: Integrating approaches to latent structural research.
- Anxiety sensitivity taxon and trauma: discriminant associations for posttraumatic stress and panic symptomatology among young adults
- Marijuana use among traumatic event-exposed adolescents: Posttraumatic stress symptom frequency predicts coping motivations for use
- Anxiety Sensitivity Taxonicity: a Concurrent Test of Cognitive Vulnerability for Post‐Traumatic Stress Symptomatology Among Young Adults
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Teah‐Marie Bynion
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- Dimensions of parenting among mothers and fathers in relation to social anxiety among female adolescents
- Practical considerations for testing the effects of cannabidiol on human anxiety
- Violent interpersonal trauma predicts aggressive thoughts and behaviors towards self and others: findings from the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement
- A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled test of the effects of cannabidiol on fear elicited by a 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air breathing challenge
- Child Anxiety and Parental Anxiety Sensitivity are Related to Parent Sick Role Reinforcement
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
L. Riley Gournay
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- The effects of cannabidiol on worry and anxiety among high trait worriers: a double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial
- A Survey Study of Individuals Using Hexahydrocannabinol Cannabis Products: Use Patterns and Perceived Effects
- A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled test of the effects of cannabidiol on fear elicited by a 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air breathing challenge
- Cannabidiol Reduces Nicotine Withdrawal Severity and State Anxiety During an Acute E-cigarette Abstinence Period: A Novel, Open-Label Study
- Cannabidiol (CBD) Products: Use Patterns and Perceptions Within a Sample of Anxious Users
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Laura E. Reardon
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
7 shared publications
- A critical review of the empirical literature on the relation between anxiety and puberty
- Anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress among traumatic event-exposed youth
- Pubertal Status and Emotional Reactivity to a Voluntary Hyperventilation Challenge Predicting Panic Symptoms and Somatic Complaints
- Psychometric properties of the Affect Intensity and Reactivity Measure adapted for Youth (AIR–Y).
- The Interactive Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Pubertal Status in Predicting Anxious Responding to Bodily Sensations among Adolescents
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Amit Bernstein
University of Vermont (US)
7 shared publications
- Emotional‐Vulnerability and Mindfulness: A Preliminary Test of Associations among Negative Affectivity, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Mindfulness Skills
- Taxometric and factor analytic models of anxiety sensitivity: Integrating approaches to latent structural research.
- Anxiety sensitivity taxon and trauma: discriminant associations for posttraumatic stress and panic symptomatology among young adults
- Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users
- Anxiety sensitivity taxonicity across gender among youth
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Liviu Bunaciu
Evidence Based Research (United States) (US)
7 shared publications
- Offspring psychological and biological correlates of parental posttraumatic stress: Review of the literature and research agenda
- Associations between parental posttraumatic stress disorder and both offspring internalizing problems and parental aggression within the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication
- Interactive Roles of Pubertal Timing and Peer Relations in Predicting Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Youth
- Parenting-related childhood learning history and panic vulnerability: A test using a laboratory-based biological challenge procedure
- An Experimental Test of the Effects of Parental Modeling on Panic-Relevant Escape and Avoidance Among Early Adolescents
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Christal L. Badour
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
7 shared publications
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Its Factors in Relation to Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Adolescents
- Pubertal maturation and cortisol level in response to a novel social environment among female adolescents
- An Experimental Test of the Effects of Parental Modeling on Panic-Relevant Escape and Avoidance Among Early Adolescents
- Anxiety Psychopathology and Alcohol Use among Adolescents: A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature and Recommendations for Future Research
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Childhood Learning Experiences: Impacts on Panic Symptoms Among Adolescents
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Marcel O. Bonn‐Miller
Charlotte's Web (United States) (US)
6 shared publications
- Marijuana use among traumatic event-exposed adolescents: Posttraumatic stress symptom frequency predicts coping motivations for use
- Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users
- Practical considerations for testing the effects of cannabidiol on human anxiety
- A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled test of the effects of cannabidiol on fear elicited by a 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air breathing challenge
- Cannabidiol Reduces Nicotine Withdrawal Severity and State Anxiety During an Acute E-cigarette Abstinence Period: A Novel, Open-Label Study
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Casey D. Trainor
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
6 shared publications
- Elevated social anxiety among early maturing girls.
- Marijuana use among traumatic event-exposed adolescents: Posttraumatic stress symptom frequency predicts coping motivations for use
- Interactive Roles of Pubertal Timing and Peer Relations in Predicting Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Youth
- Pubertal maturation and cortisol level in response to a novel social environment among female adolescents
- Smoking and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adolescents: Does anxiety sensitivity matter?
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
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