Cognition and Anxiety Studies Laboratory

Julia received her B.A. with Honours in Psychology from Concordia University in 2020 where she investigated the relations among perceived responsibility, thought-action fusion beliefs, and feelings of shame in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Her research interests are centered around better understanding the cognitive and emotional processes involved in the development and maintenance of moral injury. She is interested in elucidating the mechanisms that underlie moral pain (i.e., shame and guilt) with the overarching goal of identifying treatment targets for moral injury.

Birch, Michelle

Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology

BA in Psychology, University of Ottawa

Work E-mail: Mbirc077@uottawa.ca

Michelle completed her Honours B.A in Psychology at the University of Ottawa in 2022 where she studied the role of intolerance of uncertainty in moral pain. She is entering her first year of the M.A. – Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology. Her primary research interest is centered on the study of psychotraumatology, specifically enhancing our understanding of Moral Injury. Outside of work, Michelle enjoys cooking, trying out a new restaurant, traveling, doing yoga or reading.

• Corbin, Hailey  

Position available starting Fall 2027. Check for details under “prospective students tab”

• Little, Cassidy

• Pinamang, Queen

• Walters, Lucas

Graduate Students

• Leanne Kane (2016-2022)
• Stephanie Houle (2015-2022)
• Keera Fishman (2015-2021)3
• Julia Marinos (2014-2021)

Honours Thesis

Houle, SA.; Inhaber, J; Jetly, Rakesh;Ashbaugh, AR.,(in press)An examination of negative cognitions in the context of suicidality among military members and Veterans experiencing distress in response to a potentially morally injurious event,Journal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health.

Kane, L; Ashbaugh, AR,(in press)A retrospective study of negative and positive post-event processing following stressful and pleasant social interactions, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

Kane, L;Ashbaugh, AR.(2022)Ecological momentary assessment of post-event and anticipatory processing in between two speech tasks: Relationships with anxiety, performance appraisals, and memory,Behaviour Research and Therapy159.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104208,31-40

Litz, BT, Plouffe, RA, Nazarov, A, Murphy, D, Phelps, A, Coady, A, Houle, SA, Dell, L, Frankfurt, S, Zerach, & Levi-Belz, Y, and the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. (2022). oral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium (2022). Defining and Assessing the Syndrome of Moral Injury: Initial Findings of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium.Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923928

Shaughnessy, K; Fehr, CJ; Ashley, M; Braham, J; Labelle, P; Ouimet, AJ; Corsini-Munt, S; Ashbaugh, AR; Reissing, E. (2022) Technology-Mediated Sexual Interactions, Social Anxiety, and Sexual Wellbeing: A Scoping Review,European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, 12, Issue 8,904-932. Open Access,doi: 10.3390/ejihpe12080066

Fox, MH, Seto, MC, Refaie, N, Larinsek, S, Hall, V, Surry, S, Ashbaugh, AR, Levaque, E Fedoroff, JP, Bradfor, JM, & Lalumière, ML. (2022) The relationship between the paraphiliac and anxiety in men: A case-control study,Archives of Sexual Behavior,51,Issue8,4063-4084(April 2022) doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02346-z

Marinos, J; Simioni, O; Ashbaugh, AR. (2022)Verbal manipulations of learning expectancy do not enhance reconsolidation,PlosOne,17(8): e0241943.

Ashbaugh, AR, Provost-Walker, O, Levaque, E., Kane, L., Marinos, L., & Lalumière, ML. (2022). Anxiety induction and sexual arousal in men and women.Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 3, 314-318, https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0063

Easterbrook,B, Plouffe, RA, Houle, SA, Liu, A, McKinnon, M, Ashbaugh, AR, Mota, N, Afifi, T, Enns, M, Richardson, JD, & Nazarov,(2022) Risk Factors for Moral Injury Among Canadian Armed Forces Personnel,Frontiers in Psychiatry,13: 892320. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.892320,0-1

O'Brien, B, Kane, L,. Houle, SA, Aquilina, F, Ashbaugh, AR. (2022). Recall, response bias and recognition are differentially impacted by social anxiety irrespective of feedback modality.Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2021.101694

Houle, SA; Pollard, C; Jetly, R; Ashbaugh, AR, (2022) Barriers and facilitators to help-seeking in. Morally Injured Canadian Forces Veterans and Service Members: A qualitative anlaysis, Canadian Journal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health, Volume 8, Issue 3, 58-71 (November 2021)https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0093, 21-30

Ashbaugh, AR, Cohen, JN., & Dobson, K. (2021). Training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): National Training Guidelines from the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies.Canadian Psychology, 63(3), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000224

Fishman, KN, & Ashbaugh, AR. (2022). Mind the age gap: A comprehensive examination of apathy, depression, and cognitive functioning in young adults.Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 54, 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000198(Accepted)

Fishman, KN, Ashbaugh, AR, Swartz, RH. (2021). Ready, Set, Goal: Goal Setting Improves Cognitive Performance in a Randomized Trial of Chronic Stroke Survivors.Stroke, 52, 458-470. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032131

Houle-Johnson, S, Vincent, C, Jetly, R, & Ashbaugh, AR. (2020). A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Potentially Morally Injurious Experiences in the Canadian Forces.Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6, 67-69. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2019-0064

Ashbaugh, AR, Fishman, K, & Houle-Johnson, S. (2019). Intrusive social images in individuals with high and low social anxiety: A multi-method analysis.Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465819000043

Fishman, KN, Ashbaugh, AR, Lanctôt, KL, Cayley, ML, Herrmann, N, Murray, BJ, Sicard, M, Lien, K, Salas, DJ., & Swartz, RH. (2019). The Role of Apathy and Depression on Verbal Learning and Memory Performance After Stroke.Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 34(3), 327-336. doi:10.1093/arclin/acy044.

Ouimet, AJ, Ashbaugh, AR, & Radomsky, AS. (2019). Hoping for more: How cognitive science has and hasn't been helpful to the OCD Clinician.Clinical Psychology Review, 69, 14-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.04.003

Kane, L, Dawson, S, Shaughenssy, K, Reissing, ED, Ouimet, AJ, & Ashbaugh, AR. (2019). Turned on or turned off? Reviewing experimental research on the impact of cognitive-behavioural components of anxiety on sexual response.Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808719847371(Accepted)

Houle-Johnson, S, O'Brien, B, & Ashbaugh, AR. (2019). Negative verbal self-relevant feedback is recognized with greater accuracy than facial feedback regardless of depression or social anxiety.Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 64, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.01.003.

Yeterian, JD, Berke, DS, Carney, JR, McIntyre-Smith, A, St. Cyr, K, King, L, Kline, NK, Phelps, A, Litz, BT, & Members of the Moral Injury Outcomes Project Consortium. (2019). Defining and Measuring Moral Injury: Rationale, Design, and Preliminary Findings from the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium.Journal of Traumatic Stress. doi:10.1002/jts.22380

Ashbaugh, AR, Marinos, J, & Bujaki, B. (2018). The impact of depression and PTSD symptom severity on trauma memory.Memory, 26, 106-

Fishman, KN, Ashbaugh, AR, Lanctôt, KL, Cayley, ML, Harrmann, N, Murray, BJ, Sicard, M, Lien, K, Sahlas, DJ, & Swartz, RH. (2018). Apathy, not depression, as a predictor of semantic and phonemic fluency task performance in stroke and transient ischemic attack.Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 40(5), 449-461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2017.1371282

Kane, L, & Ashbaugh, AR. (2017). Simple and Parallel Mediation: A Tutorial Exploring Anxiety Sensitivity, Sensation Seeking, and Gender.Quantitative Methods for Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.20982/tqmp.13.3.p148

Mahabir, M, Ashbaugh, AR, Saumier, D, & Tremblay, J. (2016). Propranolol's impact on cognitive performance in posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of Affective Disorders, 192, 98-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.11.051

Ashbaugh, AR, Houle-Johnson, S, Herbert, C, El-Hage, W, & Brunet, A. (2016). Psychometric validation of the English and French versions of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5).PlosOne. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161645

Brunet A, Thomas E, Saumier D, Ashbaugh AR, Azzoug A, Pitman R, Orr S, & Tremblay, J. (2014). Trauma reactivation plus propranolol is associated with durably low physiological responding during subsequent script-driven traumatic imagery.Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 59(4), 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674371405900408

Kogan, C, Ashbaugh, AR. (2019, February). Classification of Anxiety Disorders. In Simon, N, Hollander, E, Rothbaum, B, Stein, DJ (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Association Textbook on Anxiety, Trauma, and OCD Related Disorders. Washington DC, United States: American Psychiatric Association. (Accepted)

Ashbaugh, AR, McCabe, R, Antony, MM. (2019, January). Social Anxiety Disorder. In Antony, MM, Barlow, D (Eds.), Handbook of assessment and treatment planning for psychological disorders (3rd ed.). Guilford Press. (Accepted)

Ouimet, AJ, Ashbaugh, AR. (2017). Anxiety. In W. O'Donohue, L., James, C. Snipes (Eds.), Practical strategies and tools to promote treatment engagement (pp. 253-275). Reno, United States: Springer.

Lonergan, M. & Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Dysmorphophobia. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 118-119. ABC CLIO. Author Contribution: 30% (manuscript feedback and revision)

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Agoraphobia. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 7-10. ABC CLIO.

Lonergan, M. & Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Emetophobia. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 122-123. ABC CLIO. Author Contribution: 30% (manuscript feedback and revision)

Lonergan, M. & Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Flooding. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 181-182. ABC CLIO. Author Contribution: 30% (manuscript feedback and revision)

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Fear Survey Schedule. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 177. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Social Learning Theory. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 355-358. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Behavioral Experiment. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 59-61. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Triskaidekaphobia. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 400-401. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Claustrophobia. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 77-79. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 35-36. ABC CLIO.

Ashbaugh, A.R. (2015). Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule. In Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, An Encyclopedia, 23-24. ABC CLIO.