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Clinical Psychologist
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Classification:
- Clinical Faculty
Education
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh
- MA, University of Richmond, 1981
Publications
Attarabeen O, Alkhateeb F, Larkin K, Sambamoorthi U, Newton M, Kelly K. Interest in Lung Screening among a Sample of Adult Muslims in the United States. Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2024;33(1):63-71. DOI: 10.31351/vol33iss1pp63-71
Vas SN, Yamin JB, Hatcher RL, Keilin WG, Callahan JL, Larkin KT, Baker J, D'Angelo EJ, Ponce AN. Virtual interviews for doctoral psychology internships: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Training and Education in Professional Psychology 2023;17(3):231-240. DOI: 10.1037/tep0000445
Larkin K, Tiani A, Brown L. Cardiac Vagal Tone and Stress. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 2021. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.268
Attarabeen, O., Alkhateeb, F., Sambamoorthi, U., Larkin, K., Newton, M., & Kelly, K. (2020). Impact of cognitive and social factors on smoking cessation attempts among US adult Muslim smokers. Innovations in Pharmacy, 11(3), Article 18. doi.org/10.24926/iip.v11i3.3382
Wright, C. D., Tiani, A. G., Billingsley, A. L., Steinman, S. A., Larkin, K. T., & McNeil, D. W. (2019). A framework for understanding the role of psychological processes in disease development, maintenance, and treatment: The 3P-Disease Model. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology for Clinical Settings, 10, 2498. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02498
Attarabeen, O., Alkhateeb, F., Larkin, K., Sambamoorthi, U., Newton, M., & Kelly, K. (2019). Tobacco use among adult Muslims in the United States. Substance Use and Misuse, 54(8), 1385-1399. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1581223
Cavanagh, C. E., & Larkin, K. T. (2018). A critical review of the “undoing hypothesis”: Do positive emotions undo the effects of stress? Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 43, 259-273. doi.org/10.1007/s10484-018-9412-6
Attarabeen, O. F., Sambamoorthi, U., Larkin, K. T., & Kelly, K. (2018). Colon cancer worry in rural Appalachia. Journal of Community Health, 43, 79-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-017-0390-z
Larkin, K. T., Bridges, A., Fields, S., & Vogel, M. (2016). Acquiring competencies in integrated behavioral health care in doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral programs. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 10(1), 14-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tep0000099
Larkin, K. T., & Morris, T. L. (2015). The process of competency acquisition during doctoral training. Training & Education in Professional Psychology, 9(4), 300-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tep0000091
McDaniel, S. H., Grus, C. L., Cubic, B. A., Hunter, C. L., Kearney, L. K., Schuman, C. C., Karel, M. J., Kessler, R. S., Larkin, K. T., McCutcheon, S., Miller, B. F., Nash, J., Qualls, S. H., Connolly, K. S., Stancin, T., Stanton, A. L., Sturm, L. A., & Bennett Johnson, S. (2014). Competencies for psychology practice in primary care. American Psychologist, 69, 409-429.
Whited, A., Larkin, K. T., & Whited, M. (2014). Effectiveness of emWave biofeedback in improving heart rate variability reactivity to and recovery from stress. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 39, 75-88.
Larkin, K.T., & Klonoff, E. (2014) Professional competencies in clinical health psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Goodie, J. L., Prentice, P., & Larkin, K. T. (2014). Cardiovascular disease. In C. M. Hunter, C. L. Hunter, & R. Kessler (Eds.). Handbook of clinical psychology in medical settings: Evidence-based assessment and intervention (pp. 495-525). New York: Springer.
About Kevin Larkin
Internship training in the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center in Morgantown. He joined the faculty at West Virginia University as an Assistant Professor in 1986, Associate Professor with tenure in 1992 and to the rank of Professor in 2002. He served the department for 13 years as Director of Clinical Training and was appointed Department Chair in 2013. Dr. Larkin completed a decade of service as department chair and has resumed his role as Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at WVU in 2023.
Research Interests Dr. Larkin’s research is in the area of applied psychophysiology and clinical health psychology, with a special interest in how behavioral and emotional factors influence health. He directs the Behavioral Physiology Laboratory in the Department of Psychology and his applied research has focused on patients with cardiovascular disease, essential hypertension, and hematologic malignancies.
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Medical Specialties
- Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
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Other Speciality Training, Internship
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