Kim Dixon, Ph. D. Department of Psychiatric Medicine
Outpatient Clinic
905 Johns Hopkins Drive
Phone: 252-744-1406
Fax: 252-744-2419
Personal Counseling Center
Medical Pavilion, Suite 9
Brody School of Medicine at ECU
Greenville, NC 27834
Phone: 252-744-1408
Fax: 252-744-2352
E-mail: dixonk@ecu.edu
Faculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
Education:
| 2003-2005 | NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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| 2003
2002-2003
1991
| Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Predoctoral Internship, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Charleston, WV
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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1986 |
Bachelor Degree Nursing (BSN), University of Alabama School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Professional Activities:
Ad hoc journal reviewer: Pain
Ad hoc journal reviewer: Journal of Pain
Ad hoc journal reviewer: Journal of Clinical Psychology
Guest editor: Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session
American Psychological Association (APA)
APA Division 38 (Health Psychology)
APA Division 12 (Clinical Psychology)
NC Psychological Association, Public Sector Committee
Selected Publications:
Pells, J. J., Shelby, R. A., Keefe, F. J., Dixon, K. E., Blumenthal, J. A., et al. (in press). Arthritis self-efficacy and self-efficacy for resisting eating: Relationship to pain, disability, and eating behavior in overweight and obese individuals with osteoarthritis knee pain. Pain.
Dixon, K. E., Keefe, F. J., Scipio, C. D., Perri, L. M., & Abernethy, A. P. (2007). Psychological interventions for arthritis pain management in adults: a meta-analysis. Health Psychology.
Waters, S. J., Dixon, K. E., Perri, L., & Keefe, F. J. (2007). Pain assessment. In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). Cambridge UK: Cambridge university Press.
Dixon, J. W., & Dixon, K. E. (2007). Attorney-client privilege versus mandatory reporting by psychologists: Dilemma, conflict, and solution. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 6, 69-78.
Thorn, B. E. & Dixon, K. E. (2007). Coping with chronic pain: A stress-appraisal coping approach. Invited chapter in E. Martz & H. Livneh (Eds.) Coping with chronic illness and disability: theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects. NY: Springer.
Kerns, R. D., Thorn, B. E., & Dixon, K. E. (2006). Psychological treatments for persistent pain: An introduction. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, (62), 1327-1331.
Ward, L. C., Thorn, B. E., Clements, K. L., & Dixon, K. E. (2006). Measurement of agency, communion, and emotional vulnerability by the Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 206-216.
Dixon, K. E., Thorn, B. E., & Ward, L. C. (2005). In search of catastrophizing. The Journal of Pain, 6, 407.
Thorn, B. E. and Dixon, K. E. (2005). Cognitive behavioral management of chronic pain. Directions in Rehab Counseling, 16, 45-56.
Keefe, F. J., Dixon, K. E., & Pryor, R. W. (2005). Psychological contributions to the understanding and treatment of pain. In H. Merskey, J. D. Loeser & R. Dubner (Eds), The Paths of Pain 1975-2005. 403-420. Seattle: IASP Press.
Dixon, K. E., Thorn, B. E., & Ward, L.C. (2004). An Evaluation of sex differences in psychological and physiological responses to experimentally-induced pain: A path analytic description. Pain, 112, 118-196.
Dixon, K. (2004). In search of internship: Much ado about nothing? Contemporary Psychology, 49, 770-771.
Thorn, B. E., Clements, K., Ward, L. C., Dixon, K., Kersh, B., Boothby, J., & Chaplin, W. (2004). Personality factors in the explanation of sex differences in pain: catastrophizing and response to experimental pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, 20, 275-282.
Dixon, J. W., & Dixon, K. (2003). Gender-specific clinical syndromes and their admissibility under the Federal Rules of Evidence. American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 27, 25-66.
Dixon, K. E. & Thorn, B. E. (2000). Does the internship shortage portend market saturation? 1998 placement data across the four major training councils. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 3, 276-280.
Davidson, K.W., Jonas, B., Dixon, K.E., & Markovitz, J. (2000). Depression symptoms predict hypertension in young adults in the CARDIA study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160, 1495-1500.
Davidson, K.W., MacGregor, Wm. M., Stuhr, J., Dixon, K.E., & MacLean, D. (2000). Constructive anger verbal behavior predicts blood pressure in a population-based sample. Health Psychology, 19, 55-64.
Thorn, B.E. & Dixon, K.E. (1999). Issues of internship supply and demand: A survey of academic, counseling, and clinical programs. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 198-202.
