Ruth Baer

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Graduate Training: 
Ph.D. West Virginia Univ., 1985
Research: 

Mindfulness is a particular way of paying attention that originates in Buddhist meditation practices and has been adapted for use in Western mental health settings.  I conduct research on the assessment and conceptualization of mindfulness, mindfulness-based interventions, psychological effects of mindfulness meditation, mechanisms by which mindfulness training achieves its beneficial effects, and relationships between mindfulness and other aspects of psychological functioning. I am also interested in mindfulness and related aspects of emotional and cognitive functioning in people with borderline personality disorder and borderline traits.

I teach and supervise several mindfulness-based interventions, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). I am interested in relationships between mindfulness skills and more traditional cognitive-behavioral interventions. I also enjoy psychological assessment and supervising students in a variety of assessment procedures.

 

Selected Publications: 

  • Baer, R. A. (2003).  Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention:  A conceptual and empirical review.  Clinical Psychology:  Science and Practice, 10, 125-143.

  • Baer, R. A., Smith G. T., Allen, K. B. (2004).  Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills.  Assessment, 11, 191-206.

  • Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., Toney, L. (2006).  Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness.  Assessment, 13, 27-45.

  • Baer, R. A. (Ed.) (2006).  Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: Clinician’s guide to evidence base and applications.  San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

  • Baer, R. A. (Ed.) (2010). Assessing mindfulness and acceptance processes in clients: Illuminating the theory and practice of change. New Harbinger. 

  • Sauer, S. E. & Baer, R. A. (2010). Validation of measures of biosocial precursors to borderline personality disorder: Childhood emotional vulnerability and environmental invalidation. Assessment, 17, 454-466. 

  • Baer, R. A. (2011). Measuring mindfulness. Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 12, 241-261. 

  • Sauer, S. E. & Baer, R. A. (in press). Ruminative and mindful self-focused attention in borderline personality disorder. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. 

Pubmed Publications: 
  • Chew, R.;Thomas, S.;Mantha, M.L.;Killen, J.P.;Cho, Y.;Baer, R.A. "Large urate cystolith associated with Proteus urinary tract infection." Kidney international 81, 8 (2012): 802. Details. Full text
  • Greco, L.A.;Baer, R.A.;Smith, G.T. "Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)." Psychological assessment 23, 3 (2011): 606-14. Details. Full text
  • Sauer, S.E.;Baer, R.A. "Ruminative and mindful self-focused attention in borderline personality disorder." Personality disorders (2011): Details.
  • Baer, R.A.;Samuel, D.B.;Lykins, E.L. "Differential item functioning on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire is minimal in demographically matched meditators and nonmeditators." Assessment 18, 1 (2011): 3-10. Details. Full text
  • Bond, F.W.;Hayes, S.C.;Baer, R.A.;Carpenter, K.M.;Guenole, N.;Orcutt, H.K.;Waltz, T.;Zettle, R.D. "Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II: a revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance." Behavior therapy 42, 4 (2011): 676-88. Details. Full text
  • Baer, R.A.;Sauer, S.E. "Relationships between depressive rumination, anger rumination, and borderline personality features." Personality disorders 2, 2 (2011): 142-50. Details.
  • Sauer, S.E.;Baer, R.A. "Validation of measures of biosocial precursors to borderline personality disorder: childhood emotional vulnerability and environmental invalidation." Assessment 17, 4 (2010): 454-66. Details. Full text
  • Carmody, J.;Baer, R.A.;L B Lykins, E.;Olendzki, N. "An empirical study of the mechanisms of mindfulness in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program." Journal of clinical psychology 65, 6 (2009): 613-26. Details. Full text
  • Sauer, S.E.;Baer, R.A. "Relationships between thought suppression and symptoms of borderline personality disorder." Journal of personality disorders 23, 1 (2009): 48-61. Details. Full text
  • Baer, R.A. "Self-Focused Attention and Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Treatment." Cognitive behaviour therapy (2009): 1. Details. Full text
  • Carmody, J.;Baer, R.A. "How long does a mindfulness-based stress reduction program need to be? A review of class contact hours and effect sizes for psychological distress." Journal of clinical psychology 65, 6 (2009): 627-38. Details. Full text
  • Carmody, J.;Baer, R.A. "Relationships between mindfulness practice and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms and well-being in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program." Journal of behavioral medicine 31, 1 (2008): 23-33. Details. Full text
  • Baer, R.A.;Smith, G.T.;Lykins, E.;Button, D.;Krietemeyer, J.;Sauer, S.;Walsh, E.;Duggan, D.;Williams, J.M. "Construct validity of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in meditating and nonmeditating samples." Assessment 15, 3 (2008): 329-42. Details. Full text
  • Greco, L.A.;Lambert, W.;Baer, R.A. "Psychological inflexibility in childhood and adolescence: development and evaluation of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth." Psychological assessment 20, 2 (2008): 93-102. Details. Full text
  • Heaton, L.J.;Carlson, C.R.;Smith, T.A.;Baer, R.A.;Leeuw, R. "Predicting anxiety during dental treatment using patients'self-reports: less is more." Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 138, 2 (2007): 188-95; quiz 248-9. Details. Full text
  • Baer, R.A.;Smith, G.T.;Hopkins, J.;Krietemeyer, J.;Toney, L. "Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness." Assessment 13, 1 (2006): 27-45. Details. Full text
  • Toljanic, J.A.;Baer, R.A. "Same-day implant placement and provisionalization for single-tooth implants: a technique update and review of clinical experiences." Dentistry today 24, 7 (2005): 73-4, 76-7; quiz 77. Details.
  • Baer, R.A.;Smith, G.T.;Allen, K.B. "Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: the Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills." Assessment 11, 3 (2004): 191-206. Details. Full text
  • Baer, R.A.;Miller, J. "Underreporting of psychopathology on the MMPI-2: a meta-analytic review." Psychological assessment 14, 1 (2002): 16-26. Details.
  • Berry, D.T.;Bagby, R.M.;Smerz, J.;Rinaldo, J.C.;Caldwell-Andrews, A.;Baer, R.A. (1969): Details.
  • Rinaldo, J.C.;Baer, R.A. (1969): Details.
  • Toljanic, J.A.;Baer, R.A.;Ekstrand, K.;Thor, A. "Implant rehabilitation of the atrophic edentulous maxilla including immediate fixed provisional restoration without the use of bone grafting: a review of 1-year outcome data from a long-term prospective clinical trial." The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants 24, 3 (1969): 518-26. Details.
  • Toljanic, J.A.;Baer, R.A. (1969): Details.
  • Erkapers, M.;Ekstrand, K.;Baer, R.A.;Toljanic, J.A.;Thor, A. "Patient satisfaction following dental implant treatment with immediate loading in the edentulous atrophic maxilla." The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants 26, 2 (1969): 356-64. Details.
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