Clinical Faculty

Dr. Terri L. Messman-Moore Associate Professor of Psychology

	Office Information
	Department of Psychology
	312 PSYC
	Miami University
	Oxford, Ohio 45056
	(513) 529-2403 Voice
	(513) 529-2420 Fax
	messmat@muohio.edu

Education:	Ph.D. 1999 Oklahoma State University
Theoretical Orientation:	My theoretical approach to clinical intervention is cognitive-behavioral. In addition to traditional CBT interventions such as cognitive restructuring, I also include in psychotherapy aspects of Linehan’s dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Young’s schema therapy. For trauma-focused therapy, I integrate CBT with trauma theory (a perspective represented by the viewpoints of Briere, Courtois, Herman and van der Kolk).
Recently Taught Graduate Courses:	I teach psychopathology, assessment and intervention modules in CBT, adult-oriented clinical practicum in CBT, and clinical seminars on substance use disorders and violence against women and children.
Research Interests:	I am interested in the impact of interpersonal trauma on health-risk behavior. My research interests focus on sexual victimization of women and revictimization among adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) and other forms of child abuse. I am interested in identifying risk and outcome factors associated with sexual victimization including substance abuse, PTSD, and sexual behavior. In addition, my interests also include sexual assertiveness, communication and verbal coercion; risk perception and sexual assault; self-blame among victims of sexual violence; and the cumulative impact of multiple forms of trauma. Although not a major area of focus, I am also interested in disordered eating, particularly bulimic behavior, and its relationship to childhood maltreatment and affect regulation. Recent projects include a focus on the following: 1) revictimization and interpersonal functioning; 2) development of a measure of sexual assertiveness; 3) victim substance use and sexual assault.
Opportunities for Graduate Students:	There are numerous opportunities for students to collaborate with me using pre-existing data sets or to design their own studies. The research team consists of seven graduate students and five undergraduate research assistants. Recent master’s thesis topics have included a focus on sexual behavior of CSA survivors, and an examination of sexual assertiveness and sexual behavior as risk factors for coercion. I typically have undergraduate students working on a departmental senior honors thesis or participating in undergraduate research programs, including the Undergraduate Summer Scholars program and the Dean's Scholars Program. Titles of recent projects include: Identity as an Explanatory Factor of the Relation Between Maladaptive Childhood Experiences and Bulimic Behaviors in College Women and The Differential Impact of Characterological and Behavioral Self-Blame in the Long-Term Adjustment of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors .

Recent Publications

(* denotes graduate student contributor; ** denotes undergraduate student contributor) Messman-Moore, T. L., & Garrigus, A. S. ** (2007). The association of child abuse and eating disorder symptomatology: The importance of multiple forms of abuse and revictimization. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 2007. Messman-Moore, T.L. & Coates, A.A.* (2007). The impact of childhood psychological abuse on adult interpersonal conflict: The role of early maladaptive schemas and patterns of interpersonal behavior. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 7(2). DiLillo, D., Fortier, M. A., Hayes, S. A., Trask, E., Perry, A. R., Messman-Moore, T. L., Fauchier, A., & Nash, C.  (2006).  Retrospective assessment of childhood sexual and physical abuse: A comparison of scaled and behaviorally specific approaches.  Assessment, 13(3), 1-16.  Messman-Moore, T. L. & Brown, A. L. * (2006). Risk perception, rape and sexual revictimization: A prospective study of college women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 159-172. Messman-Moore, T. L., Brown, A. L. * & Koelsch, L. E., * (2005). Posttraumatic symptoms and self-dysfunction as consequences and predictors of sexual revictimization. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 253-261. Brown, A. L., * Messman-Moore, T. L., Miller, A. G., & Stasser, G. L. (2005). Sexual victimization in relation to perceptions of risk: Mediation, generalization, and temporal stability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 963-976. Messman-Moore, T. L., & Brown, A. L. * (2004). Child maltreatment and perceived family environment as risk factors for adult rape: Is child sexual abuse the most salient experience? Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(10), 1019-1034. Messman-Moore, T. L. & Long, P. J. (2003). The role of childhood sexual abuse sequelae in sexual revictimization: An empirical review and theoretical reformulation. Clinical Psychology Review, 23(4), 537-571. Messman-Moore, T. L. & Resick, P. A. (2002). Brief treatment of complicated PTSD and peritraumatic responses in a client with repeated sexual victimization. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9(2), 89-99. Messman-Moore, T. L. & Long, P. J. (2002). Alcohol and substance use disorders as predictors of child to adult sexual revictimization in a sample of community women. Violence & Victims, 17(3), 319-340. Messman-Moore, T.L. & Long, P.J. (2000). Child sexual abuse and revictimization in the form of adult sexual abuse, adult physical abuse and adult psychological maltreatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15(5), 489-502. Messman-Moore, T. L., Long, P. J. & Siegfried, N. J. (2000). The revictimization of child sexual abuse survivors: An examination of the adjustment of college women with child sexual abuse, adult sexual assault and adult physical abuse. Child Maltreatment, 5(1), 18-27.