Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Office:3010 BSB
Phone: (312)-413-2636
Email: ruderman@uic.edu
Mailing Address:
1007 W. Harrison St. (MC 285)
Chicago, IL 60607-7137

Education:
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Ph.D. Rutgers – The State University, 1981
Ed.M. Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 1975
B.A. Cornell University, 1974

Teaching Interests:
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Psychological Assessment, Clinical Training

Research Interests:
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Eating disorders, weight management

Selected Publications:
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Ruderman, A.J., and Wilson, G.T. (1979). Weight, restraint, cognitions, and counterregulation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 17, 581-590.

Ruderman, A.J., and Christensen, H. (1983). Restraint theory and its applicability to the obese. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 92, 210-215.

Ruderman, A.J. (1983). The restraint scale: A psychometric investigation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 21, 253-258.

Ruderman, A.J. (1983). Obesity, anxiety, and food consumption. Addictive Behaviors, 8, 235-242.

Ruderman, A.J. (1984). A test of the abstinence violation effect. ERIC Reports, ED 239 164.

Ruderman, A.J., and McKirnan, D.J. (1984). The development of a restrained drinking scale: A test of the abstinence violation effect among alcohol users. Addictive Behaviors, 9, 365-371.

Ruderman, A.J. (1985). Dysphoric mood and overeating: A test of restraint theory's disinhibition hypothesis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 78-85.

Ruderman, A.J. (1985). Restraint, obesity, and bulimia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 23, 151-156.

Ruderman, A.J., Belzer, L., and Halperin, A. (1985). Restraint, anticipated consumption, and overeating. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 547-555.

Ruderman, A.J. (1985). Restraint and irrational cognitions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 23, 557-561.

Ruderman, A.J. (1986). Dietary restraint: A theoretical and empirical review. Psychological Bulletin, 99, 247-262.

Glynn, S., and Ruderman, A.J. (1986). The development and validation of the eating self-efficacy scale. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 10, 403-420.

Ruderman, A.J. (1986). Bulimia and irrational beliefs. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 24, 193-198.

Ruderman, A.J., and Grace, P.S. (1987). Restraint, bulimia, and psychopathology. Addictive Behaviors, 12, 249-255.

Ruderman, A.J., and Grace, P.S. (1988). Bulimics and restrained eaters: A personality comparison. Addictive Behaviors, 13, 359-368.

Ruderman, A.J. (1990). Eating disorders. In 1990 Yearbook of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Ruderman, A.J., and Besbeas, M. (1992). Psychological characteristics of dieters and bulimics. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 383-390.

Henry, A., and Ruderman, A.J. (1994). Eating attitudes among college dancers, varsity athletes and nonathletes. Higher Education Abstracts, 29 (abstract).

Ruderman, A.J. and McKirnan, D. (1995). Restrained drinking scale. In NIAAA (Eds) National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Handbook of Treatment Assessment Instruments. (Scale reprint).

Ruderman, A.J., and Henry, A. (1997). Eating disorders. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Tassava, S. and Ruderman, A. (1999). Tests of escape theory applied to binge eaters and suicidal individuals. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 450-466.

Rieder, S., & Ruderman, A. (2001). Cognitive factors associated with binge and purge eating behaviors: The interaction of body dissatisfaction and body image importance. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 25, 801-812.

Rieder, S. & Ruderman, A. (2007). The Development and Validation of the Weight Management Support Inventory. Eating Behaviors,8, 39-42.