Paul M Kohn
Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar
Locations / Contact Info:
275 Behavioural Science - BSBKeele CampusPhone: (416)736-2100 Ext. 66157Fax: (416)736-5814
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Teaching Areas
Faculty & School/Dept.
Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology
Degrees
Psychology - BA (
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON (Canada)
Social Psychology - AM
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA (USA)
Social Psychology - PhD
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA (USA)
Selected Publications
Kohn, P. M., Kantor, L., DeCicco, T. L., & Beck, A. T. (2008). The beck anxiety inventory-trait (BAIT): A measure of dispositional anxiety not contaminated by dispositional depression. Journal of Personality Assessment, 90(5), 499. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/229496758?accountid=15182
Kohn, P. M., O'Brien-Wood, C., Pickering, D. I., & Decicco, T. L. (2003). The personal functioning inventory: A reliable and valid measure of adaptiveness in coping. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 35(2), 111-111-123. doi:10.1037/h0087193
Sturman, E. D., Mongrain, M., & Kohn, P. M. (2006). Attributional style as a predictor of hopelessness depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 20(4), 447-447-458. doi:10.1891/jcpiq-v20i4a008
Hennessy, D. A., Wiesenthal, D. L., & Kohn, P. M. (2000). The influence of traffic congestion, daily hassles, and trait stress susceptibility on state driver stress: An interactive perspective. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 5(2), 162-162-179. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2000.tb00072.x
Service/Community Activities
Markham Area Mood Disorders Association
Primary facilitator-- organize and run meetings, handle inquiries, disseminate useful information
Supervision
Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes
Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Not Indicated
Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes
Current Research
His current research focusses on the combined effects of hassles, adaptive coping and social support on stress, mental health, physical health and contextual adjustment (e.g. to university and serious illness).