James E. Maddux

B.A., Psychology, University of Richmond, 1976
M.A. Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama, 1980
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama, 1982.

Dr. Maddux is a Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. His major interest is the integration of theory from clinical, social, and health psychology. His research is concerned primarily with understanding the influence of beliefs about personal effectiveness and control on psychological adjustment and health-related behavior. He is the former Editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and former director of the clinical psychology doctoral program. He has published papers in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Health Psychology, and American Psychologist. He is the co-editor (with Barbara Winstead) of Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding and (with June Tangney) of the forthcoming Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Maddux is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association Divisions of General, Clinical, and Health Psychology.