Dr. David Rosen

McMillan Professor of Analytical Psychology
M.D., University of Missouri (1970)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 246 Psychology Building
email: drosen@psych.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2530
Fax: (979) 845-4727
Web: http://peopl...vid-Rosen/

• Jung's personality theory of psychological types


• The healing spirit of haiku poetry


• Other forms of art and healing


• Assessing hope, meaning, and humility and their relationships to mental health

The Positive and Analytical (Jungian) Psychology Research Team is currently involved in the following projects:

1. Meaning?s relationship with hope and depression.
2. Humility and its relationship to mental health.
3. Healing impact of art (drawing mandalas and writing haiku poetry) on mental health.
4. How positive personality attributes (such as hope, meaning, and empathy) protect medical students from developing anxiety, depression and antisocial behavior.

1. Vilaythong, A.P., Arnau, R.C., Rosen, D.H., & Mascaro, N. (2003). Humor and Hope: Can Humor Increase Hope?. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 16, 79- 89.



2. Bergeron, D.P., Rosen, D.H. Arnau, R.C. & Mascaro, N. (2003). Picture Interpretation and Jungian Typology. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 48, 83-99.



3. Arnau, R.C., Green, B.A., Rosen, D.H., Gleaves, D.H., & Melancon, J.G. (2003). Are Jungian preferences really categorical?: An empirical investigation using taxometric analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 233- 251.

- A Symbolic Meaning of Space Domain: Empirical Study of the Jungian Picture Interpretation Quadrant Method,? presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 29, 2004, with J. Yuanhong & T. Sakaki.
- Innovative Approach to Treating Suicidal Depression,? presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28, 2004.
- Assessing Meaning and Its Relationship with Mental Health,? presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 10, 2003 with N. Mascaro and L.C. Morey.
- The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Cornerstone of Medicine as a Human Experience,? a lecture presentation, Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, January 8, 2003.
- Are Jungian Preferences Categorical or Dimensional? A Critical Review,? a Lecture presentation at the First International Academic Conference of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, England, July 6, 2002 with R.C. Arnau.
- Construction, Validation, and Clinical Utility of a Measure of Perceived Life Meaning? a lecture presentation at the First International Academic Conference of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, England, July 6, 2002 with N. Mascaro.
- Jung in the Academy,? opening plenary address at the First International Academic Conference of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, England, July 5, 2002.
- Longitudinal Effects of Hope on Anxiety and Depression: A Latent Variable Analysis,? presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA, Ferbruary 4, 2002, with R.C. Arnau, J.F. Finch, & J.L. Rhudy.
- The Healing Spirit of Haiku,? the Annual Fallon-Marshall Lecture, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU, College Station, TX, October 10, 2001.
- Scholarly Activities in Analytical Psychology at Texas A&M University: The First Fifteen Years (1986 ?2001),? this presentation was part of a Panel entitled ?Jung in Academia,? XV International Congress for Analytical Psychology, St. John?s College (Cambridge University) Cambridge, England, August 24, 2001.

Recipient of the Psychiatric Excellence Award, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, 2004 (This award is for ?a sustained and unusual degree of excellence in psychiatric endeavors.?).

Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 2003.

Selected to be the First Visiting Professor on The Doctor-Patient Relationship, The Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 2003.

Named to Distinguished Fellowship in the American Psychiatric Association, 2003.

Selected to give a plenary address at The First International Academic Conference on Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex, Colchester, England, 2002.

Selected to give the Annual Fallon-Marshall Lecture, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2001.

Recipient of The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2001.

Recipient of Citation of Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement, The University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, 1999. (This award, one per year, is ?the highest honor given to distinguished alumni.?)

Psychology of Religion

Psychology of Self (PSYC 411), Undergraduate

Psychology of Religion (PSYC 405 & RELS 405), Undergraduate

Directed Studies (PSYC 485), Undergraduate

Analytical Psychology (PSYC 617), Graduate
Clinical Practicum (PSYC 614), Graduate
Research (PSYC 691), Graduate

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