{"id":5491,"date":"2019-08-16T14:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/psychology\/person\/jeffrey-s-bedwell\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:03:25","slug":"jeffrey-s-bedwell","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/person\/jeffrey-s-bedwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey S. Bedwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor, Department of Psychology<\/p>\n<p>Program Director and Director of Clinical Training,<br \/>\nClinical Psychology Ph.D. Program<\/p>\n<p>Secondary Joint Appointment: Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine<\/p>\n<div>Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Florida \u2013 PY 7264)<br \/>\nMember, American Psychological Association<br \/>\nMember, Society for Research in Psychopathology<\/div>\n<div>Member, Council of University Directors of Clinical Training<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jeffrey Bedwell joined UCF in 2004 after completing his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Georgia, with a predoctoral clinical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina\/Dept. of Veterans Affairs Consortium in Charleston, SC. Prior to graduate studies, Dr. Bedwell received a B.S. in Psychology from James Madison University and worked for several years as a full-time research assistant at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, MD (1996 \u2013 1999). Dr. Bedwell\u2019s research lab, the Mood, Personality, and CogniTion (MPACT) Lab, uses a transdiagnostic NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach to examine the underlying causes of reduced motivation (i.e., avolition\/apathy), reduced pleasure (anhedonia), and reduced emotional expression (i.e., constricted\/blunted affect). Dr. Bedwell has a particular interest in how these symptoms manifest in mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. Other current and upcoming research examines relationships of these constructs with psychopathy, social anxiety severity, and suicidal thoughts\/attempts. Most of Dr. Bedwell\u2019s research uses a cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychopathology approach (e.g., event-related potentials, pupillometry, inflammatory markers). The long-term goal of this research is to improve treatment and prevention efforts targeted toward these specific symptoms. For more information on Dr. Bedwell\u2019s research, please see: <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/mpact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mood, Personality, and CogniTion (MPACT) Lab.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-editor-squiggler\" style=\"color: initial; font: initial; background: initial; background-blend-mode: initial; border: initial; border-radius: initial; border-collapse: initial; caption-side: initial; clear: initial; columns: initial; column-fill: initial; column-rule: initial; column-span: initial; cursor: initial; flex: initial; flex-flow: initial; float: initial; height: 0px; letter-spacing: initial; margin: initial; max-height: initial; max-width: initial; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; overflow: initial; padding: initial; text-align: initial; text-decoration: initial; text-indent: initial; text-transform: initial; vertical-align: initial; border-spacing: initial; width: initial;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ms-editor-squiggler\" style=\"color: initial; font: initial; background: initial; background-blend-mode: initial; border: initial; border-radius: initial; border-collapse: initial; caption-side: initial; clear: initial; columns: initial; column-fill: initial; column-rule: initial; column-span: initial; cursor: initial; flex: initial; flex-flow: initial; float: initial; height: 0px; letter-spacing: initial; margin: initial; max-height: initial; max-width: initial; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; overflow: initial; padding: initial; text-align: initial; text-decoration: initial; text-indent: initial; text-transform: initial; vertical-align: initial; border-spacing: initial; width: initial;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professor, Department of Psychology Program Director and Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program Secondary Joint Appointment: Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Florida \u2013 PY 7264) Member, American Psychological Association Member, Society for Research in Psychopathology Member, Council of University Directors of Clinical Training &nbsp; Dr. [&hellip;]","protected":false},"featured_media":9306,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"people_group":[35,47],"class_list":["post-5491","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","people_group-faculty","people_group-clinical-ph-d-program-faculty"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeffrey S. 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