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Dr. Ephrem Fernandez
Professor

Quick Facts
Biographical Sketch
Contact:

Office: MH 4.01.44
Office Phone: (210) 458-5755
Lab Phone:     (210) 458-6778

E-Mail: Ephrem.Fernandez@utsa.edu

Lab web page: http://utsa.edu/emotionandsensation

Degrees & Qualifications:

Internship, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical School

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Ohio State University

M.A., Experimental Psychology, Miami University

B.A. (Honors), University of Western Australia 

Specialization: Clinical & Health Psychology; Affective Science
Research Interests: Psychosomatics; Pain and Suffering; Emotions; Assessment and Regulation of anger
Courses:
  • PSY 5113 Professional Ethics & Standards
  • PSY 5363 Seminar in Psychology of Health
  • PSY 5313 Seminar in Psychopathology
  • PSY 4253 Psychology of Health
  • PSY 3543 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
  • PSY 2513 Abnormal Psychology
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Honors and Awards:
  • National Institutes of Health R21 Grant, 2007
  • Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award, 2005
  • Psychology Dept. Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
  • Teaching Fellowship, Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility
  • University Research Council grant, 2004
  • R.W Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute grant, 1999
Visiting Faculty:

2009 Fall: Visiting Scholar

The University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Linguistics International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA.

 

2000 Fall: Visiting Scholar

The University of Washington, Seattle, School of Medicine

Academic and 
Professional Activities:
Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science
International Association for the Study of Pain
International Society for Research on Emotions
Society for Psychotherapy Research
Current Research:
  • Interaction between physical symptoms and affective qualities (anxiety, depression, anger)
  • Cross-linguistic clues to pain diagnoses
  • Psychometric assessment of anger experience and expression
  • Integrative psychotherapy for maladaptive anger
Selected Publications:

Fernandez, E., Vargas, R., Mahometa, M., Ramamurthy, S. & Boyle, G.J.  (in press).  Latent Structure of Descriptors of Pain Sensation: A Dual Hierarchical Model.  The Journal of Pain.

Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (in press).  Pain and affective disorders: Looking beyond the “chicken and egg” conundrum.  In M.A. Giamberardino & T. Jensen (Eds.).  Pain Comorbidities: Understanding and Treating the Complex Patient.  Seattle: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Press.

Fernandez, E. (in press).  Defining pain: Natural Semantic Metalanguage meets IASP. Commentary by Fernandez on Wierzbicka.  Emotion Review.

Fernandez, E., Krusz, J.C., & Hall, S. (2011).  Parsimonious collection of pain descriptors: Classification and calibration by pain patients.  The Journal of Pain, 12, 444-450.

Fernandez, E. & Wasan, A. (2010). The anger of pain sufferers: Attributions to agents and appraisals of wrongdoing.  In M. Potegal, G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.).  The International Handbook of Anger: Constituent and Concomitant Biological, Psychological, and Social Processes (pp. 449-464).  New York: Springer.

Fernandez, E. (2010).  Toward an integrative psychotherapy for maladaptive anger.  In M. Potegal, G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.).  The International Handbook of Anger: Constituent and Concomitant Biological, Psychological, and Social Processes (pp.499-514).  New York: Springer.

Fernandez, E., & Scott, S.  (2009).  Anger treatment in chemically-dependent inpatients:Evaluation of phase effects and gender.  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37, 431-447.

Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (2008). Anxiety, depression, and anger: The core of negative affect in medical populations.  In G. J Boyle, D. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.).  International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 1: Personality Theories and Models (pp. 659-676).  London: Sage Publications.

Fernandez, E. (2008). The angry personality: A representation on six dimensions of anger expression.  In G. J Boyle, D. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.).  International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 2: Personality Measurement and Assessment (pp.402-419). London: Sage Publications.

Wasan, A., Fernandez, E., Jamison, R.N., & Bhattacharya, N. (2007).  Association of anxiety and depression with reported disease severity in patients undergoing evaluation for chronic rhinosinusitis.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 116, 491-497.

Fernandez, E. (2005).  The relationship between anger and painCurrent Pain and Headache Reports, 9, 101-105.

Boyle, G.J., Fernandez, E., & Ortet, G (2003).  El cuestionario de dolor de McGill (McGill Pain Questionnaire--MPQ): consideraciones lingüísticas y estadísticas.  Revista de Psicologia de la Universidad de Chile, 12, 111-119.

Fernandez, E. (2003).  Anger regulation in adolescence.  In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.)  Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (pp. 195-199).  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Fernandez, E. (2003).  Anger regulation in childhood.  In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (pp.190-195).  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Boyle, G.J., Goldman, R., Svoboda, J.S., & Fernandez, E. (2002).  Male circumcision: Pain, trauma, and psychosexual sequelae.  Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 329-343. [Reprinted in G.J. Boyle & D.H. Saklofske (2003) Psychology of Individual Differences. London: Sage Publications]

Cipher, D.J., Fernandez, E., & Clifford, P.A.  (2002).  Coping style influences compliance with multidisciplinary pain management.  Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 665-673.

Fernandez, E., & Boyle, G.J. (2002).  Affective and evaluative descriptors of pain in the McGill Pain Questionnaire: Reduction and reorganization.  The Journal of Pain, 3, 70-77. [Reprinted in G.J. Boyle & D.H. Saklofske (2003) Psychology of Individual Differences. London: Sage Publications]

Cipher, D.J., Fernandez, E., & Clifford, P.A.  (2001).  Cost effectiveness and health care utilization in a multidisciplinary pain center: Comparison of three treatment groups.  Journalof Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 8, 237-244.

Fernandez, E., & Beck, R. (2001).  Cognitive-behavioral self-intervention versus self-monitoring of anger: Effects on anger frequency, duration, and intensity.  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29, 345-356.

Fernandez, E., Clark, T.S., & Rudick-Davis, D. (1999).  A framework for conceptualization and assessment of affective disturbance in pain.  In A.R. Block, E.F. Kremer, & E. Fernandez (Eds.), Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial perspectives (pp. 123-147).  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E.  (1998).  Cognitive-behavioral self-regulation of the frequency, duration, and intensity of anger.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 20, 217-229.

Beck, R., & Fernandez, E.  (1998).  Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the treatment of anger: A meta-analysis.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 63-74 [Also abstracted in Evidence-Based Mental Health, 1998, Vol. 1, No. 4, p.105].

Fernandez, E.  (1998).  The psychology of pain control.  Texas Psychologist, Fall issue, 19-23.

Fernandez, E. (1998).  The role of affect in somatoform and factitious disorders.  Current Review of Pain, 2, 109-114.

Skiffington, S., Fernandez, E., & McFarland, K.A.  (1998). Towards the validation of  multiple features in the assessment of emotions.  European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 14, 202-210.

Cipher, D.J., & Fernandez, E.  (1997).  Expectancy variables predicting the tolerance and avoidance of pain in chronic pain patients.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 437-444.

Turk, D.C., & Fernandez, E.  (1997).  Cognitive-behavioral management strategies for pain and suffering.  Current Review of Pain, 1, 99-106 [Also abstracted in Current Pain and Headache Reports, Vol. 1, No.2]

Fernandez, E., & Boyle, G.J.  (1996).  Meta-analytic procedure and interpretation of treatment outcome and test validity for the practitioner psychologist.  In M. Smith & V. Sutherland.  International Review of Professional Issues in Selection and Assessment (pp. 109-125).  Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J.  (1996).  Relative contributions of life events versus daily hassles to the frequency and intensity of headaches.  Headache, 36, 595-602.

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J.  (1996).  Descriptive features and causal attributions of headache in an Australian community sample.  Headache, 36, 246-250.

Fernandez, E., & Towery, S.  (1996).  A parsimonious set of verbal descriptors of pain sensation derived from the McGill Pain Questionnaire.  Pain, 66, 31-37.

Towery, S., & Fernandez, E.  (1996).  Reclassification and rescaling of McGill Pain Questionnaire verbal descriptors of pain sensation: A replication.  The Clinical Journal of Pain, 12, 270-276.

Brown, W.L., & Fernandez, E. (1995).  Relationships between pain and mood state during the menstrual cycle.  In D. Kenny & R.F. Soames Job (Ed.).  Australia's Adolescents: A Health  Psychology Perspective (pp. 257-261).  Armidale, NSW, Australia: University of New England Press.

Fernandez, E., & McDowell, J.J.  (1995).  Response-reinforcement relationships in chronic pain syndrome: Applicability of Herrnstein's hyperbola.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 855-863.

Fernandez, E., & Sheffield, J.  (1995).  Psychosocial stressors predicting headache occurrence: The major role of minor hassles.  Invited paper.  Headache Quarterly: Current Treatment and Research, 6, 215-220.

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D.C.  (1995).  The scope and significance of anger in the experience of chronic pain, Pain, 61, 165-175.

Turk, D.C., & Fernandez, E.  (1995).  Personality assessment and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in chronic pain.  The Pain Forum, 4, 104-107.

Fernandez, E., & Milburn, T.E.  (1994).  Sensory and affective predictors of overall pain, and emotions associated with affective pain, The Clinical Journal of Pain, 10, 3-9.  [Also published as abstract in Multidisciplinary Pain Abstracts, 1994, 4, issue 4, p.325].

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D.C. (1994).  Demand characteristics underlying differential ratings of sensory versus affective components of pain, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 375-390.

Fernandez, E., & Llamas, M. (1993).  EMG alone and in combination with posture feedback: A comparative treatment study in a case of torticollis.  Behaviour Change, 10, 32-38.

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D.C. (1993).  Anger in chronic pain patients: A neglected target of attention.  American Pain Society Bulletin, 3 (4), 5-7.

Fernandez, E., Semple, C., Lakshminarasimhan, V., & McDowell, J.J. (1992).  A "C" program to fit Herrnstein's hyperbola using Wilkinson's method.  Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 24, 581.

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D. C. (1992).  Sensory and affective components of pain: Separation and synthesis.  Psychological Bulletin, 112, 205-217. [Reprinted in G.J. Boyle & D.H. Saklofske (2003) Psychology of Individual Differences. London: Sage Publications]

Fernandez, E., Nygren, T. E., & Thorn, B. E.  (1991).  An open-transformed scale for correcting ceiling effects and enhancing retest reliability: The example of pain.  Perception and Psychophysics, 49, 572-578.

Turk, D. C. & Fernandez, E.  (1991).  Pain and cancer: A cognitive-behavioral perspective.  In M. Watson (Ed.), Cancer patient care: Psychosocial treatment methods (pp. 15-44).  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Fernandez, E.  (1990).  Artifact in pain ratings, its implications for test-retest reliability, and correction by a new scaling procedure.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 12, 1-15.

Turk, D. C. & Fernandez, E.  (1990).  On the putative uniqueness of cancer pain: Do psychological principles apply?  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 1-13. [Also published as abstract in Psychiatry/Neurology Digest, 1992, and reprinted in S. Rachman (Ed.) (1997) Best of behaviour research and therapy (pp.157-169). New York: Pergamon/Elsevier Science Inc.].

Fernandez, E., & Turk, D. C.  (1989).  The utility of cognitive coping strategies for altering pain perception: A meta-analysis.  Pain, 38, 123-135. [Also published as abstract in Behavioral Medicine Abstracts]

Fernandez, E.  (1986).  A classification system of cognitive coping strategies for pain.  Pain, 26, 141-151.

Fernandez, E.  (1985).  A new taxonomy of cognitive strategies for the management of pain.  Resources in Education, 20 (8), ED 254 759.

Books:
Fernandez, E.  (2002).  Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain: Research Findings and Clinical Options. Dallas, TX: Advanced Psychological Resources, Inc.  [Reviewed in American Pain Society Bulletin, 2003, July/August p.15; Journal of Health Psychology, 2003, 8 (4), 477-478; Clinical Journal of Pain, 2005, 21, 458-459]

 

Block, A.R., Kremer, E.F., & Fernandez, E. (Eds.), (1999).  Handbook of Pain Syndromes:Biopsychosocial Perspectives.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

Test Reviews:

Fernandez, E. (2006).  McGill Pain Questionnaire: Pros and Cons.  In R. J. Gatchel (Ed.), Compendium of Outcomes Instruments For Assessment and Research of Spinal Disorders, 2nd edition (pp. 47-48).  LaGrange, Illinois: North American Spine Society.

Fernandez, E. (2006).  Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey: Pros and Cons.  In R. J. Gatchel (Ed.), Compendium of Outcomes Instruments For Assessment and Research of Spinal Disorders, 2nd edition (pp. 52-54).  LaGrange, Illinois: North American Spine Society.

Fernandez, E. (2003).  Review of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3.  In B.S. Plake & R. A. Spies (Eds.), The 15th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp. 914-915).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Fernandez, E. (2001).  Review of the McGill Pain Questionnaire.  In B.S. Plake & J.C. Impara (Eds.), The 14th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.735-737).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. 

Fernandez, E. (2001).  Review of the Trauma Symptom Inventory.  In B.S. Plake & J.C. Impara (Eds.), The 14th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.1289-1290).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Fernandez, E. (2001).  Review of the Battery for Health Improvement.  In B.S. Plake & J.C. Impara (Eds.), The 14th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.119-121).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Fernandez, E. (1998).  Review of the Hamilton Depression Inventory.  In J.C. Impara & B.S. Plake (Eds.), The 13th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.476-477).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Fernandez, E. (1998). Review of the Beck Hopelessness Scale [Revised].  In J.C. Impara & B.S. Plake (Eds.), The 13th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.123-125).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

 

Last update: March 1, 2012

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