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Faculty research focuses on understanding the psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence the onset or progression of illness and disease and on the effectiveness of health promotion programs and medical treatments. Health Psychology training involves a strong commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship and an emphasis on knowledge and theory, research competencies, and professional skills.

Faculty

Charles, Susan T., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Adult life-span development; age-related changes in emotional experience and cognitive appraisal of affective events; how emotional experience relates to physical health and behavior; and how this relation varies as a function of age.

Dickerson, Sally S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Stress physiology. Psychoneuroimmunology. Effects of social evaluation or rejection on emotional and physiological outcomes. Self-conscious emotions. Health psychology.

Ditto, Peter H., Ph.D., Princeton University
Judgment and decision-making in emotionally-charged or motivationally-involving situations. Current interests include biases in how people respond to threatening medical information and information that challenges firmly-held attitudes and prejudices, and psychological issues involved in end-of-life medical decision-making.

Heckhausen, Jutta, Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Motivation and control behavior when managing chronic illness and disability; goal engagement and disengagement with health goals, medical treatments, and health-related behaviors.

Jamner, Larry D., Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Clinical human psychophysiology, especially focused on individual differences in coping styles and their effects on the relationship between emotional experiences and concomitant cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune-related activity.

Maddi, Salvatore, Ph.D., Harvard University
Stress management, health, and personality, especially personal "hardiness;" naturalistic research designs involving adult participants.

Rook, Karen, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Effects of family relationships and friendships on psychological and physical health, particularly in later life; the processes of substitution and compensation following the loss of a major close relationship; the role of close relationships in fostering or hindering older adults' self-care practices and health behaviors; the antecedents and consequences of loneliness in young adults and older adults.

Silver, Roxane Cohen, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Coping with stressful life experiences, emotionally traumatic events, and changes in coping over time; predictors of effective coping; long-term sequelae of acute and chronic stress; how beliefs and expectations of the social network impact on the coping process.

Vaughan, Elaine, Ph.D., Stanford University
How individuals with specific cognitive and affective characteristics, and larger communities, adapt and respond to health, environmental and technological risks; interpretation of and response to scientific risk information by diverse social and cultural groups; the role of science and values in shaping public health and environmental policies; the measurement and statistical issues that arise when studying psychosocial phenomena across diverse populations and communities.

Whalen, Carol K., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Stress and health in children and adolescents, including the development of health-promoting versus health-risking behavior patterns; parent-child health communications; and how young people think, worry, and make decisions about their own health; contextual, dispositional, and behavioral contributions to tobacco use and dependence in adolescents and young adults; psychopathology and pharmacotherapies, with a focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults.

Yim, Ilona S., Ph.D., University of Trier, Germany
Psychobiology of stress, stress in pregnancy, women's health, developmental psychobiology, behavioral genetics, assessment of stress.

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Psychology and Social Behavior PSB Home About our Department Colloquium Series Contact Us Current and Former Students Excellence in Research Program Faculty and Research Graduate Program Psychology at UCI	PSB Home Health Psychology Psychology and Social Behavior Faculty research focuses on understanding the psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence the onset or progression of illness and disease and on the effectiveness of health promotion programs and medical treatments. Health Psychology training involves a strong commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship and an emphasis on knowledge and theory, research competencies, and professional skills. Faculty Charles, Susan T., Ph.D., University of Southern California Adult life-span development; age-related changes in emotional experience and cognitive appraisal of affective events; how emotional experience relates to physical health and behavior; and how this relation varies as a function of age. Dickerson, Sally S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Stress physiology. Psychoneuroimmunology. Effects of social evaluation or rejection on emotional and physiological outcomes. Self-conscious emotions. Health psychology. Ditto, Peter H., Ph.D., Princeton University Judgment and decision-making in emotionally-charged or motivationally-involving situations. Current interests include biases in how people respond to threatening medical information and information that challenges firmly-held attitudes and prejudices, and psychological issues involved in end-of-life medical decision-making. Heckhausen, Jutta, Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Motivation and control behavior when managing chronic illness and disability; goal engagement and disengagement with health goals, medical treatments, and health-related behaviors. Jamner, Larry D., Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook Clinical human psychophysiology, especially focused on individual differences in coping styles and their effects on the relationship between emotional experiences and concomitant cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune-related activity. Maddi, Salvatore, Ph.D., Harvard University Stress management, health, and personality, especially personal "hardiness;" naturalistic research designs involving adult participants. Rook, Karen, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Effects of family relationships and friendships on psychological and physical health, particularly in later life; the processes of substitution and compensation following the loss of a major close relationship; the role of close relationships in fostering or hindering older adults' self-care practices and health behaviors; the antecedents and consequences of loneliness in young adults and older adults. Silver, Roxane Cohen, Ph.D., Northwestern University Coping with stressful life experiences, emotionally traumatic events, and changes in coping over time; predictors of effective coping; long-term sequelae of acute and chronic stress; how beliefs and expectations of the social network impact on the coping process. Vaughan, Elaine, Ph.D., Stanford University How individuals with specific cognitive and affective characteristics, and larger communities, adapt and respond to health, environmental and technological risks; interpretation of and response to scientific risk information by diverse social and cultural groups; the role of science and values in shaping public health and environmental policies; the measurement and statistical issues that arise when studying psychosocial phenomena across diverse populations and communities. Whalen, Carol K., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Stress and health in children and adolescents, including the development of health-promoting versus health-risking behavior patterns; parent-child health communications; and how young people think, worry, and make decisions about their own health; contextual, dispositional, and behavioral contributions to tobacco use and dependence in adolescents and young adults; psychopathology and pharmacotherapies, with a focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults. Yim, Ilona S., Ph.D., University of Trier, Germany Psychobiology of stress, stress in pregnancy, women's health, developmental psychobiology, behavioral genetics, assessment of stress.
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Psychology and Social Behavior

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