Douglas Nangle

Professor
301 Williams Hall
Tel: 207.581.2045
dnangle@maine.edu

Research Interests

The focus of my research is on social interactions, adjustment, and associated interventions. As a scientist-practitioner, I have published extensively on social skills assessment and treatment and maintain interests in ADHD, cognitive behavioral therapies, and evidence-based approaches to assessment and treatment more generally.

My current emphasis is social problem solving (SPS) and internalizing distress, such as depression and social anxiety. Recent studies include investigations of common and distinct pathways connecting SPS, self-regulation, emotion regulation, and depression; the incremental utility of SPS self-monitoring in the prediction of depression and anxiety; and the short-term longitudinal interrelations of stress, SPS, and gastrointestinal distress.

Selected Publications

Buffie, M. L., & Nangle, D. W. (2021). The interaction between self-regulation deficits and negative problem orientation exacerbates depressive, but not ADHD symptoms. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-021-00432-0

Holbrook, N. M., Schwartz-Mette R., & Nangle, D. W. (2020). Interconnections among perceived stress, social problem-solving ability, and gastrointestinal distress. Journal of Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 38, 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-019-00331-5

Nangle, D.W., Erdley, C.A., & Schwartz-Mette, R.A. (2020). Social skills across the lifespan: Theory, assessment, and intervention. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press/Elsevier.

Andrews, L.A., Brothers, S., Sauve, J.S., Nangle, D.W., Erdley, C.A., & Hord, M. (2019). Fight and flight: Examining putative links between social anxiety and youth aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 48, 94-105.