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Peter Mezo
Education and Training I received my Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2005, and completed my psychology residency (internship) at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. My professional positions have included serving as a research associate with the Virtual Reality Behavioral Health program at Tripler Army Medical Center, and serving as associate director and lecturer at the Yale Anxiety and Mood Services, Department of Psychology, Yale University. My education and training has consistently fostered a clinical science orientation, in which my research and practice have been mutually complementary. Training of Students Undergraduate: I am frequently open to training energetic, organized students who are interested in gaining research experience in psychology. This training may include supervision of an undergraduate honours thesis. Research activities include working with data to make it suitable for analyses, conducting literature reviews, and becoming familiar with the development and conduct of psychological research. Graduate: Please refer here to see whether I am currently considering new students. I am interested in mentoring students who recognize clinical psychology as a branch of experimental psychology. This position has come to be called the Clinical Science Model, and provides the foundation for all my research and training interests. Some of my more specific research interests are outlined below, and prospective students are encouraged to read this description prior to contacting me. I take mentorship very seriously, and am committed to helping my students become the best possible psychological clinical scientists. Research Interests My research interests focus on examining mechanisms of maintenance and change in the affective disorders of anxiety and depression. The advent of psychological clinical science in the past several decades has resulted in the proliferation of numerous empirically sound cognitive and behavioural mechanisms for promoting and sustaining mental health. More recent research in the anxiety and mood disorders has begun to investigate how these mechanisms may overlap, and the extent to which they represent common mechanisms of vulnerability. My program of research is designed to participate in the empirical movement to distill and operationalize common mechanisms in anxiety and mood disorders. Currently, I am investigating and comparing three classes of mechanisms that have been shown to have promise among the affective disorders: (1) Self-Management, Self-Control, and Self-Regulation, (2) Mindfulness, and (3) Monitoring and Blunting.Publications (2003 - present) Mezo, P. G., McCabe, R. E., Antony, M. M., & Burns, K. (2005). Developing a monitoring-blunting measure for social anxiety disorder: The Coping Styles questionnaire for Social Situations (CSQSS). Depression and Anxiety, 22, 20-27. Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2004). A comparison of four measures of self-control skills. Assessment, 11, 238-250. Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2004). Reliability and validity indices for two self-report measures of self-control skills. Cognitive Therapy, 6, 2 Heiby, E. M., Mezo, P. G., & Kameoka V. A., (2003). Assessment of self-control. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment (pp. 841-847). London: Sage. Professional Presentations (2003 - present) Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2006, November). The specific effects of self-management skills and irrational beliefs on negative affect and phobic anxiety. Poster session presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Miyahira, S. D., Folen, R. A., & Mezo, P. G. (2006, January). A Meta-Analysis and Review of Virtual Reality in Training, Treatment, and Rehabilitation. Poster session presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach, CA. Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2005, November). The Self-Control and Self-Management Scale (SCMS): A general measure of self-control and self-management skills. Poster session presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington D.C. Miyahira, S. D., Folen, R. A., & Mezo, P. G. (2005, January). Use of virtual reality environments and VR technology in behavioral health: Is the bang worth the bucks? Poster session presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach, CA. Mezo, P. G., McCabe, R. E., Antony, M. M., & Burns, K. (2004, November). Developing a monitoring/blunting measure for social anxiety disorder: The Coping Styles Questionnaire for Social Situations (CSQSS). Poster session presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA. Wheeler, H., Goldberg, J. O., & Mezo, P. G. (2004, November). The effectiveness of an 8-week cognitive-behavioural group treatment for residual symptoms of schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA. Mezo, P. G., Heiby, E. M., Kloezeman, K., Galario, C., Visoria, R., & Vuu, L. B. (2004, August). Evaluating an alternate version of the Frequency of Self-Reinforcement Questionnaire (FSRQ). Poster session presented at the 112th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2004, May). Self-management skills as a mediator of schizotypy and life satisfaction. Poster session presented at the 16th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL. Mezo, P. G., Goldberg, J. O., Wheeler, H., Gladshteyn, I., Gensey, S., & Agrawal, S. (2004, April). An initial evaluation of a group cognitive-behavioural program for psychotic disorders. Poster session presented at the 16th Annual Research Day of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. Mezo, P. G., Heiby, E. M., & Yoneshige, K. S. (2003, November). Comparing the construct validity and clinical uses of self-control/management skills instruments. Poster session presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA. Mezo, P. G., Heiby, E. M., & Yoneshige, K. S. (2003, November). Proposed cutoff scores for self-control/management skills instruments when identifying skills deficits in depression or anxiety. Poster session presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA. Magpantay-Monroe, E. R., Low, V. J., Mezo, P. G., Wylie, A. M., & Vuu, L. B. (2003, October). A Traffic Analysis of the Adult Mental Health Division’s ACCESS Line. Poster session presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the Hawai‘i Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Yoneshige, K. S., Wong, W., Iida, E., Vuu, L. B., Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2003, October). Degrees of social desirability among Asian and Caucasian ethnic groups. Poster session presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the Hawai‘i Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Mezo, P. G., & Heiby, E. M. (2003, August). Evaluating the Incremental Validity of Broadband Measures of Self-Control Skills. Poster session presented at the 111th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON. Asada, K., Samarasinghe, R. K., Isaacs, P. M., Schirmer, T. N., Mezo, P. G., & Meyer, K. A. (2003, May). Adult literacy at Hawaii State Hospital. In K. A. Meyer (Chair), Behavior Analysis at Hawaii State Hospital. Symposium conducted at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA. Isaacs, P. M., Pavlis, T., Suarez, E., Asada, K., Mezo, P. G., Samarasinghe, R. K., & Meyer, K. A. (2003, May). Hawaii State Hospital garden program. In K. A. Meyer (Chair), Behavior Analysis at Hawaii State Hospital. Symposium conducted at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA. Meyer, K. A., Layng, M. P., Isaacs, P. M., & Mezo, P. G. (2003, May). Behavioral consultation at Hawaii State Hospital. In K. A. Meyer (Chair), Behavior Analysis at Hawaii State Hospital. Symposium conducted at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA. Mezo, P. G., Layng, M. P., Isaacs, P. M., Asada, K., Samarasinghe, R. K., & Meyer, K. A. (2003, May). Social validity and the challenges of a state hospital. In K. A. Meyer (Chair), Behavior Analysis at Hawaii State Hospital. Symposium conducted at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA.
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