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David Dunkley, PhD

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Anxiety, Coping, Depression, Emotion regulation, Perfectionism, Self-criticism, Stress

Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Associate Member, Department of Psychology, McGill University

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(514) 340-8222 ext. 25176

david.dunkley@mcgill.ca

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David Dunkley is an internationally recognized scientist in the field of cognitive-personality vulnerability to psychopathology. His research examines stress, coping, and emotion regulation processes that might explain why personal standards (PS) and self-criticism (SC) dimensions of perfectionism are instigating and/or maintaining factors of depressive symptoms in nonclinical community adults and depressed patients. His recent research has tested a single-session explanatory feedback intervention, derived from the Perfectionism Coping Processes Model.

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The primary goal of David Dunkley’s research has been to examine the mechanisms through which perfectionism is a cognitive-personality vulnerability factor to depression. His research examines stress, coping, and emotion regulation processes that might explain why personal standards (PS) and self-criticism (SC) dimensions of perfectionism are instigating and/or maintaining factors of depressive symptoms in nonclinical community adults and depressed patients. His recent research has tested a single-session explanatory feedback intervention, derived from the Perfectionism Coping Processes Model. The findings of his research have highlighted influential instigating and maintaining processes and contribute to identifying specific targets for prevention efforts and improvement of existing clinical interventions for depressed patients.

Recent Publications and References

Empowering self-critical perfectionistic students: A waitlist controlled feasibility trial of an explanatory feedback intervention on daily coping processes.
Dunkley, D. M., Richard, A., Tobin, R., Saucier, A., Gossack, A., Zuroff, D. C., Moskowitz, D. S., Foley, J. E., Russell, J. J. (in press). Journal of Counseling Psychology. doi:10.1037/cou0000691.
Self-critical perfectionism and lower daily perceived control predict depressive and anxious symptoms over four years.
Dunkley, D. M., Starrs, C. J., Gouveia, L., & Moroz, M. (2020). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67, 736-746. doi:10.1037/cou0000425.
Daily stress, coping, and negative and positive affect in depression: Complex trigger and maintenance patterns.
Dunkley, D. M., Lewkowski, M. D., Lee, I. A., Preacher, K. J., Zuroff, D. C., Berg, J., Foley, J. E., Myhr, G., & Westreich, R. (2017). Behavior Therapy, 48, 349-365. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.06.001.
Perfectionism, neuroticism, and daily stress reactivity and coping effectiveness 6 months and 3 years later.
Dunkley, D. M., Mandel, T., & Ma, D. (2014). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 616-633. doi:10.1037/cou0000036.
Advancing complex explanatory conceptualizations of daily negative and positive affect: Trigger and maintenance coping action patterns.
Dunkley, D. M., Ma, D., Lee, I. A., Preacher, K. J., & Zuroff, D. C. (2014). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 93-109. doi:10.1037/a0034673.

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