Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault

Biography

Dr. Salters-Pedneault is a licensed clinical psychologist who studies the mechanisms of fear learning in anxiety and trauma-related disorders. She conducts both laboratory-based experimental research and clinical trial research. Dr. Salters-Pedneault earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and was a Research Associate at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Behavioral Science Division before coming to Eastern.

Research Interests

• Experimental Psychopathology of Fear
• Treatment of Anxiety and Trauma-Related Disorders
• Acceptance-Based Therapies

Teaching Interests

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology Internship
• Clinical Research Methods

Publications

Johnson, D., Salters-Pedneault, K., & Shipherd, J. (in press). Conceptualizing acceptance in postdeployment soldiers. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Shipherd, J. C., & Salters-Pedneault, K. (2018). Do acceptance and mindfulness moderate the relationship between maladaptive beliefs and posttraumatic distress? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10(1), 95-102. doi: 10.1037/tra0000248.

Shipherd, J. C., Salters-Pedneault, K., & Fordiani, J. (2016). Evaluating post-deployment training for coping with intrusive cognition: A comparison of training approaches. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(11), 960-971.

Shipherd, J. C., Salters-Pedneault, K., Matza, A. (2016). Intrusive cognitive content and post-deployment distress. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, 301-208.

Salters-Pedneault, K., & Diller, J. W. (2013). A preliminary study of anxiety, negative affect, experiential avoidance, and delaying of aversive events. Behaviour Change, 30(04), 241–248.