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Brian Baucom, PhD

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Pediatrics , Adjunct - Psychiatry

Divisions: General Pediatrics , Adult Psychiatry

Academic Office Information

brian.baucom@utah.edu

Research Statement



My research is in clinical and quantitative psychology where I conduct basic and applied research on couples and families coping with psychological distress, psychopathology, and chronic health conditions. I have extensive expertise in the measurement and modeling of emotional and behavioral processes during dyadic interaction as well as the evaluation of how these processes change over time as a result of intervention. My work integrates multiple modalities of assessment including self-report, daily diary, cognitive performance tasks, observational coding methods, speech signal processing methods and natural language processing.



Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Weber DM, Fischer MS, Baucom DH, Baucom BR (2021). For better or worse: Associations among psychopathology symptoms, interpersonal emotion dynamics, and gender in couples. 36, 246-257.
  2. Bybee (2021). Bots and nots: safeguarding online survey research with underrepresented and diverse populations.
  3. Han, S (2021). A Systematic Review of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Romantic Relationships. Family process,
  4. Crenshaw AO, Leo K, Christensen (2021). Relative importance of conflict topics for within-couple tests: The case of demand/withdraw interaction. 35, 377-387.
  5. Perry NS, Sullivan TJ, Leo (2021). Using web-based technologies to increase reach, inclusion, and generalizability in behavioral observation research. 35, 983-993.
  6. Ketcher D, Thompson C, Otto AK, Reblin M, Cloyes KG, Clayton MF, Baucom BRW, Ellington (2021). The Me in We dyadic communication intervention is feasible and acceptable among advanced cancer patients and their family caregivers. Palliative medicine, 35, 389-396.
  7. Johnson, K.T (2021). Individual differences in aesthetic engagement and proneness to aesthetic chill: Associations with stress-related growth orientation.
  8. Adamo, (2021). Visualizing dynamic patterns of binge and purge episodes using passive sensor data.
  9. Weber DM, Fischer MS, Baucom DH, Baucom BR (2021). Escalation and Regulation of Emotional Arousal in Couples Predicts Relationship Satisfaction Concurrently and 25 Years Later. Family process, 60, 251-269.
  10. Li, (2021). Li, H., Baucom, B., Narayanan, S., & Georgiou, P. (2021). Unsupervised speech representation learning for behavior modeling using triplet enhanced contextualized networks.
  11. Soma CS (07/01/2020). Coregulation of therapist and client emotion during psychotherapy. 30, 591-603.
  12. Deits-Lebehn (2020). Incorporating physiology into the study of psychotherapy process. Journal of counseling psychology, 67, 488-499.
  13. Ketcher (2020). "In Eight Minutes We Talked More About Our Goals, Relationship, Than We Have in Years": A Pilot of Patient-Caregiver Discussions in a Neuro-Oncology Clinic. Journal of family nursing, 26, 126-137.
  14. Li, H (2020). Linking emotions to behaviors through deep transfer learning.
  15. Baker JK, Fenning RM, Erath SA, Baucom BR, Messinger DS, Moffitt J, Kaeppler A, Bailey (2020). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, parenting, and externalizing behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24, 109-120.
  16. Rugo KF, Tabares JV, Crowell SE, Baucom BR, Rudd MD, Bryan C (2020). The role of depression and suicidal cognitions as contributors to suicide risk among active duty soldiers reporting symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of affective disorders, 265, 333-341.
  17. Cribbet MR, Smith TW, Uchino BN, Baucom BRW, Nealey-Moore J (2020). Autonomic influences on heart rate during marital conflict: Associations with high frequency heart rate variability and cardiac pre-ejection period. Biological psychology, 151, 107847.
  18. Nasir, M (2020). Modeling vocal entrainment in conversational speech using deep unsupervised learning.
  19. Tseng, S- (2019). Unsupervised online multitask learning of behavioral sentence embeddings. 5, e200.
  20. Reblin M, Baucom BRW, Clayton MF, Utz R, Caserta M, Lund D, Mooney K, Ellington (2019). Communication of emotion in home hospice cancer care: Implications for spouse caregiver depression into bereavement. Psycho-oncology, 28(5), 1102-1109.
  21. May AM, Crenshaw AO, Leifker F, Bryan CJ, Baucom BR (2019). Knowledge of suicide history, current depressive symptoms, and future suicide risk within couples. Behaviour research and therapy, 120, 103394.
  22. Weber DM, Fischer MS, Baucom DH, Baucom BRW, Kirby JS, Runfola CD, Matherne CE, Bulik C (2019). The Association between Symptom Accommodation and Emotional Coregulation in Couples with Binge Eating Disorder. Family process, 58, 920-935.
  23. Baron CE, Smith TW, Baucom BR, Uchino BN, Williams PG, Sundar KM, Czajkowski (2019). Relationship partner social behavior and continuous positive airway pressure adherence: The role of autonomy support. 39, 325-334.
  24. Cambron C, Haslam AK, Baucom BRW, Lam C, Vinci C, Cinciripini P, Li L, Wetter D (2019). Momentary precipitants connecting stress and smoking lapse during a quit attempt. 38(12), 1049-1058.
  25. Fenning RM, Erath SA, Baker JK, Messinger DS, Moffitt J, Baucom BR, Kaeppler A (2019). Sympathetic-Parasympathetic Interaction and Externalizing Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 12, 1805-1816.
  26. Crenshaw AO, Leo K, Baucom BR (2019). The effect of stress on empathic accuracy in romantic couples. 33, 327-337.
  27. Bunter, J.E (2019). Ghost hunting in the nonlinear dynamic machine. PloS one,
  28. Uchino BN, Trettevik R, Kent de Grey RG, Cronan S, Hogan J, Baucom BR (2018). Social support, social integration, and inflammatory cytokines: A meta-analysis. 37, 462-471.
  29. Bryan CJ, Baucom BR, Crenshaw AO, Imel Z, Atkins DC, Clemans TA, Leeson B, Burch TS, Mintz J, Rudd M (2018). Associations of patient-rated emotional bond and vocally encoded emotional arousal among clinicians and acutely suicidal military personnel. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 86, 372-383.
  30. Baucom BRW, Leo K, Adamo C, Georgiou P, Baucom KJ (2018). Conceptual and statistical issues in couples observational research: Rationale and methods for design decisions. 31, 972-982.
  31. Kent de Grey RG, Uchino BN, Smith TW, Baucom BR (2018). (Too) Anxious to help? Social support provider anxiety and cardiovascular function. 123, 171-178.
  32. Baucom DH, Kirby JS, Fischer MS, Baucom BR, Hamer R, Bulik CM (08/01/2017). Findings from a couple-based open trial for adult anorexia nervosa. 31, 584-591.
  33. Moore SM, Uchino BN, Baucom BR, Behrends AA, Sanbonmatsu (2017). Attitude similarity and familiarity and their links to mental health: An examination of potential interpersonal mediators. 157, 77-85.
  34. Perry NS, Baucom KJW, Bourne S, Butner J, Crenshaw AO, Hogan JN, Imel ZE, Wiltshire TJ, Baucom BR (2017). Graphic methods for interpreting longitudinal dyadic patterns from repeated-measures actor-partner interdependence models. 31, 592-603.
  35. Fenning RM, Baker JK, Baucom BR, Erath SA, Howland MA, Moffitt (2017). Electrodermal Variability and Symptom Severity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 47, 1062-1072.
  36. Smith TW, Baucom BR (2017). Intimate relationships, individual adjustment, and coronary heart disease: Implications of overlapping associations in psychosocial risk. 72, 578-589.
  37. Fischer MS, Baucom DH, Baucom BR, Abramowitz JS, Kirby JS, Bulik C (2017). Disorder-specific patterns of emotion coregulation in couples: Comparing obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia nervosa. 31, 304-315.
  38. Butner JE, Deits-Lebehn C, Crenshaw AO, Wiltshire TJ, Perry NS, Kent de Grey RG, Hogan JN, Smith TW, Baucom KJW, Baucom BR (2017). A multivariate dynamic systems model for psychotherapy with more than one client. Journal of counseling psychology, 64, 616-625.
  39. Thorgusen SR, Suchy Y, Chelune GJ, Baucom B (2016). Neuropsychological Practice Effects in the Context of Cognitive Decline: Contributions from Learning and Task Novelty. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22, 453-66.
  40. Crenshaw AO, Christensen A, Baucom DH, Epstein NB, Baucom B (2016). Revised Scoring and Improved Reliability for the Communication Patterns Questionnaire. Psychological assessment,
  41. Morgan Hal (2016).
  42. Uchino, B.N (2016).
  43. Baron CE, Smith TW, Uchino BN, Baucom BR, Birmingham W (2016). Getting along and getting ahead: Affiliation and dominance predict ambulatory blood pressure. 35, 253-61.
  44. Moore SM, Uchino BN, Baucom BR, Behrends AA, Sanbonmatsu (2016). Attitude similarity and familiarity and their links to mental health: An examination of potential interpersonal mediators. 157, 77-85.
  45. Perry NS, Huebner DM, Baucom BR, Hoff C (2016). Relationship Power, Sociodemographics, and Their Relative Influence on Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples. AIDS and behavior, 20, 1302-14.
  46. Perry NS, Huebner DM, Baucom BR, Hoff C (2016). The complex contribution of sociodemographics to decision-making power in gay male couples. 30, 977-986.
  47. Butner JE, Berg CA, Baucom BR, Wiebe D (2016). Modeling Coordination in Multiple Simultaneous Latent Change Scores. Multivariate behavioral research, 49, 554-70.
  48. Baucom KJ, Baucom BR, Christensen (2015). Changes in dyadic communication during and after integrative and traditional behavioral couple therapy. Behaviour research and therapy, 65, 18-28.
  49. Baker JK, Fenning RM, Howland MA, Baucom BR, Moffitt J, Erath S (2015). Brief Report: A Pilot Study of Parent-Child Biobehavioral Synchrony in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 45, 4140-6.
  50. Baucom BR, Atkins DC, Rowe LS, Doss BD, Christensen (2015). Prediction of treatment response at 5-year follow-up in a randomized clinical trial of behaviorally based couple therapies. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 83, 103-14.
  51. Kliem S, Weusthoff S, Hahlweg K, Baucom KJ, Baucom B (2015). Predicting long-term risk for relationship dissolution using nonparametric conditional survival trees. 29, 807-17.
  52. Baucom BR, Dickenson JA, Atkins DC, Baucom DH, Fischer MS, Weusthoff S, Hahlweg K, Zimmermann (2015). The interpersonal process model of demand/withdraw behavior. 29, 80-90.
  53. Fischer MS, Baucom DH, Baucom BR, Weusthoff S, Hahlweg K, Atkins DC, Porter LS, Zimmermann (2015). Emotional arousal predicts observed social support in German and American couples talking about breast cancer. 29, 744-54.
  54. Baucom BR, Sheng E, Christensen A, Georgiou PG, Narayanan SS, Atkins D (2015). Behaviorally-based couple therapies reduce emotional arousal during couple conflict. Behaviour research and therapy, 72, 49-55.
  55. Yaptangco M, Crowell SE, Baucom BR, Bride DL, Hansen E (2015). Examining the relation between respiratory sinus arrhythmia and depressive symptoms in emerging adults: A longitudinal study. Biological psychology, 110, 34-41.
  56. Gagnon KT, Geuss MN, Stefanucci JK, Baucom BR, Creem-Regehr S (2015). The influence of social context and body size on action judgments for self and others. Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, 41, 1385-95.
  57. Jonathan Butne (2014).
  58. Shannon Moor (2014).
  59. Bennett, D.C (2014).
  60. Gayla Margoli (2014).
  61. Lee, C (2014).
  62. Daniel Brid (2014).
  63. Crowell, S.E (2014).
  64. Brian Bauco (2014).
  65. Imel, Z.E (2014).
  66. Borofsky, L.A (2013).
  67. Weusthoff, S (2013).
  68. Weusthoff, S (2013).
  69. Margolin, G (2013).
  70. Crowell, S.E (2013).
  71. Kellerman, I (2013).
  72. Black, M (2013).
  73. Black, M (2013).
  74. Baucom, B.R (2013).
  75. Atkins, D.C. (01/2012).

    Atkins, D.C., Rubin, T., Steyvers, M., Doeden, M., Baucom, B.R., & Christensen, A. (2012). Novel methods for modeling couple and family text data: An introduction to topic models. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 816-827.

  76. Saxbe, D (2012).
  77. Baucom, B.R (2012).
  78. Baucom, K.J.W (2012).
  79. Baucom, b.R (2012).
  80. Baucom, B.R (2011).
  81. Christensen, A (2010).
  82. Baucom, B.R (2010).
  83. Baucom, B.R (2009).
  84. Whitton, S.W (2008).
  85. Baucom, B.R (2007).
  86. Laurenceau, J.P (2004).
  87. Tomarken, A (2002).

Book Chapter

  1. Baucom, B.R.W (2021). Marital Communication: A Functionalist Perspective.
  2. Wittenbor (2018). Couple therapy for depression.
  3. Johnso (2018). Process Research.
  4. Le (2018). Conflict management and problem solving as relationship maintenance.
  5. Butner, J.E (2017). Simplifying the complexity of interpersonal emotion dynamics with regression graphics. Interpersonal Emotion Dynamics,
  6. Timothy Smit (2016). Aggregation of Psychosocial Risk Factors: Models and Methods.
  7. Hoga (2016). Behavioral, Affective, and Physiological Monitoring.
  8. Zacharia Levin (2015). Multilevel modeling.
  9. Baucom, B.R (2013).
  10. Baucom, B.R (2012).
  11. Eldridge, K (2012).
  12. Baucom, B.R (2011).
  13. Baucom, B.R (2010).
  14. Baucom, B.R (2006).
  15. Baucom, B.R (2005).
  16. Kline, G.H (2004).

Other

  1. Chakravarthula, S.N (2019). Automatic prediction of suicidal risk in military couples using multimodal interaction cues from couples conversations.
  2. Jat (2018). Towards predicting physiology from speech during stress conversations: Heart rate and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia.
  3. Le (2018). "Honey, I Learned to Talk": Multimodal Fusion for Behavior Analysis.
  4. Chakravarthul (2018). Modeling interpersonal influence of verbal behavior in couples therapy dyadic interactions.
  5. Nasi (2018). Towards an unsupervised entrainment distance in conversational speech using deep neural networks.
  6. Sandeep Chakravarthul (2015).
  7. M.D. Nasi (2015).
  8. Theodora Chaspar (2015).
  9. Bo Xia (2014).
  10. Xiao, B (2013).
  11. Xiao, B (2013).
  12. Baucom, B.R (2012).
  13. Xiao, B (2012).
  14. Lee, C (2012).
  15. Xiao, B. (01/2011).

    Xiao, B., Rozgic, V., Katsamanis, A., Baucom, B.R., Georgiou, P., & Narayanan, S. (2011). Acoustic and Visual Cues of Turn-Taking Dynamics in Dyadic Interactions. Proceedings of Interspeech

  16. Lee, C.C (2011).
  17. Black, M (2011).
  18. Rozgic, V (2011).
  19. Georgiou, P (2011).
  20. Lee, C.C (2011).
  21. Black, M (2010).
  22. Lee, C (2010).
  23. Rozgic, V (2010).
  24. Baucom, B.R (2010).
  25. Baucom, B.R (2009).