Dr Junwen Chen

Position/s:	Academic Staff School of Psychology
Phone:	work+61 8 82012601
Email:	junwen.chen@flinders.edu.au
Location:	Social Sciences North (378)
Postal address:	GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

B.A., M.A., PhD. (Waseda, Japan).

Teaching

Topic Coordinator:

PSYC9009 Abnormal psychology and psychopharmacology

Research and consultancy

Research interests

My research interests primarily focus on developing and evaluating treatment approaches for anxiety disorders. I have been involved in a range of clinical studies aimed at developing and examining the effectiveness of treatment (techniques) for social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder as well as the factors pertaining to these disorders and behaviours. In addition to anxiety disorders, I have also carried out research on investigating cognitive and behavioural factors related to older adults with depression and research on treatment approaches for this disorder. Cross-cultural study is another focus of my study. I have been involved in several cross-cultural studies on investigating the underlying cognitive and behavioural constructs associated with SAD. Currently I am conducting a research project on treatment for people with excessive worry as well as a cross-cultural comparison study of the symptomatological structure of SAD.

Postgraduate research supervision

Potential PhD Projects:

(1) Investigating underlying mechanisms and effective interventions of repetitive thought (e.g., worry, rumination) in anxiety and depression
(2) Enhancing intervention techniques for social anxiety and its impact on treatment outcome
(3) Examining cultural similarities and differences of cognitive processes in anxiety disorders
(4) Investigating cognitive behavioural factors pertaining to anxiety or depression in older adults and intervention techniques.

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Essau, C.A., Sasagawa, S., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2012. Taikin kyofusho and social phobia symptoms in young adults in England and in Japan. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 43(2), 219-232.

Kanai, Y., Chen, J., Sasagawa, S., & Sakano, Y., 2011. The effects of video and non-negative social feedback on distorted appraisals of bodily sensations and social anxiety. PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 109, 411-427.

Rapee, R.M., Kim, J., Wang, J., Liu, X., Hofmann, S.G., Chen, J., Oh, K.Y., Bogels, S., Arman, S., Heinrichs, N., et al., 2011. Perceived impact of socially anxious behaviors on individuals' lives in Western and East Asian countries. Behavior Therapy, 42, 485-492.

Chen, J., Furukawa, T.A., Nakano, Y., Ietsugu, T., Ogawa, S., Funayama, T., Watanabe, N., Noda, Y., & Rapee, R.M., 2010. Video feedback with peer ratings in naturalistic anxiety-provoking situations for social anxiety disorder: Preliminary Report. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41(1), 6-10.

Kanai, Y., Sasagawa, S., Chen, J., Shimada, H., & Sakano, Y., 2010. Interpretation bias for ambiguous social behavior among individuals with high and low levels of social anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 34, 229-240.

Watanabe, N., Furukawa, T.A., Chen, J., Kinoshita, Y., Nakano, Y., Ogawa, S., Funayama, T., Ietsugu, T., & Noda, Y., 2010. Change in quality of life and their predictors in the long-term follow-up after group cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder: A prospective cohort study. BMC Psychiatry, 10(81), 1-10.

Schreier, S., Heinrichs, N., Alden, L., Rapee, R.M., Hofmann, S.G., Chen, J., Oh, k.j., & Bogels, S., 2010. Social anxiety and social norms in individualistic and collectivistic countries. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 1128-1134.

Kanai, Y., Sasagawa, S., Chen, J., Suzuki, S., Shimada, H., & Sakano, Y., 2009. Negative interpretation of bodily sensations in social anxiety. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2(3), 292-307.

Furukawa, T.A., Chen, J., Watanabe, N., Nakano, Y., Ietsugu, T., Ogawa, S., Funayama, T., & Noda, Y., 2009. Videotaped experiments to drop safety behaviors and self-focused attention for patients with social anxiety disorder: Do they change subjective and objective evaluations of anxiety and performance?. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40(2), 202-210.

Okajima, I., Kanai, Y., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2009. Effects of safety behaviour on the maintenance of anxiety and negative belief social anxiety disorder. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 55(1), 71-81.

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Refereed journal articles

Essau, C.A., Sasagawa, S., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2012. Taikin kyofusho and social phobia symptoms in young adults in England and in Japan. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 43(2), 219-232.

Chen, J., Tsuchiya, M., Kawakami, N., & Furukawa, T.A., 2009. Non-fearful vs. feaful panic attacks: A general population study from the National Comorbidy Survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 112, 273-278.

Nakano, Y., Lee, K., Noda, Y., Ogawa, S., Kinoshita, Y., Funayama, T., Watanabe, N., Chen, J., Yuka, N., & Furukawa, T.A., 2008. Cognitive behaviour therapy for Japanese patients with panic disorder: Acute phase and one-year follow up results. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 62, 313-321.

Kinoshita, Y., Chen, J., Rapee, R.M., Bogels, S., Schneier, F.R., Choy, Y., Kwon, J., Liu, X., Schramm, E., Chavira, D.A., et al., 2008. Cross-cultural study of conviction subtype Taijin Kyofu. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196(4), 307-313.

Chen, J., Takahashi, F., & Kaiya, H., 2008. Cognitive behavior therapy for late-life depression: A case report. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 34(67).

Akechi, T., Hirai, K., Motooka, H., Shiozaki, M., Chen, J., Momino, K., Okuyama, T., & Furukawa, T.A., 2008. Problem-solving therapy for psychological distress in Japanese cancer patients: preliminary clinical experience from psychiatric consultations. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 38(12), 867-870.

Okajima, I., Kanai, Y., Sasagawa, S., Kanazawa, J., Akita, K., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2008. Development of the Japanese version of social phobia and anxiety inventory. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 34(3), 297-309.

Sasagawa, S., Kanai, Y., Chen, J., Shimada, H., & Sakano, Y., 2008. Development and validation of the retrospective self-report of inhibition in the Japanese population. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 34(3), 285-295.

Chen, J., Nakano, Y., & Furukawa, T.A., 2007. Cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder. Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 10(6), 1110-1114.

Chen, J., Nakano, Y., Ietzugu, T., Ogawa, S., Funayama, T., Watanabe, N., Noda, Y., & Furukawa, T.A., 2007. Group cognitive behavior therapy for Japanese patients with social anxiety disorder: Preliminary outcomes and their predictors. BMC Psychiatry, 7, 1-10.

Chen, J., Sakano, Y., & Kaiya, H., 2007. Cognitive behavioral group therapy for panic disorder. Japanese Journal of Stress Science, 20(4), 279-287.

Kanai, Y., Sasagawa, S., Chen, J., Shimada, H., & Sakano, Y., 2007. Interpretation bias for other people's ambiguous behavior by individuals likely to have social anxiety disorder or Taijin Kyofusho. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 33, 97-110.

Noda, Y., Nakano, Y., Lee, K., Ogawa, S., Kinoshita, Y., Funayama, T., Watanabe, N., Chen, J., Noguchi, N., Kataoka, M., et al., 2007. Sensitization of catastrophic cognition in cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 7, 70-78.

Okajima, I., Kanai, Y., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2007. Development of an avoidance behavior in-situation scale for use with persons with social anxiety disorder. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 33(1), 1-12.

Okajima, I., Kanai, Y., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2007. Factor structure of the Japanese version of Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS): A confirmatory factor analysis. Seishin Igaku, 49(8), 829-835.

Chen, J., 2006. Cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder. Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9(7), 1486-1488.

Sato, H., Takahashi, F., Matsuo, M., Shimada, H., Chen, J., Kaiya, H., & Sakano, Y., 2006. Development of the Japanese version of the social problem-solving inventory-revised and examination of its reliability and validity. Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, 32(1), 15-30.

Okajima, I., Kanai, Y., Chen, J., & Sakano, Y., 2006. The criterion of group setting in analogue studies of social anxiety disorder. Japanese Journal of Psychological Science, 2, 7-12.

Eguchi, M., Noda, Y., Nakano, Y., Kanai, T., Yamamoto, I., Watanabe, N., Lee, K., Ogawa, S., Ietsugu, T., Sasaki, M., et al., 2005. Quality of life and social role functioning in Japanese patients with panic disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193(10), 686-689.

Conference publications

Chen, J. & Fujida, S., 2011. The effect of videotape feedbackwith peer feedback on social anxiety. The Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.

Chen, J., Rapee, R.M., & Abbott, M., 2011. Does attention bias contribute to post-event processing in social anxiety disorder. 3rd Asian Cognitive Behavoir Therapy Conference, Seoul, Korea.

Chen, J., 2010. The effectiveness of video feedback with a combination of peer feedback by graphic on socially anxious individuals. 36th Annual Conference of Japanese Association of Behavior Therapy.

Rapee, R.M. & Chen, J., 2010. Does behavioural activation change worry? A pilot study. World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

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