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 Publications by Research Area


Sample Publications
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Publications with Masters and Doctoral Students (Names in Bold Represent Students)


CANCER PREVENTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE:

Sadler, G. R., Ko, C. M., Malcarne, V. L., Banthia, R., Gutierrez, I., & Varni, J.W. (2007). Costs of recruiting couples to a clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 28, 423-432.

Yoshimoto, S. M., Ghorbani, S., Baer, J. M., Cheng, K. W., Banthia, R., Malcarne, V. L., Sadler, G. R., Ko, C. M., Greenbergs, H. L., & Varni, J. W. (2006). The role of religious activity in problem-solving by couples faced with prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 15, 481-488.

Hawes, S. M., Malcarne, V. L., Ko, C. M., Sadler, G. R., Banthia, R., Sherman, S. A., Varni, J. W., & Schmidt, J. (2006). Problems faced by spouses/partners of prostate cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33, 807-814.

Banthia, R., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S., Ko, C. M., Greenbergs, H. L., Varni, J. W., & Sadler, G. R. (2006). Correspondence between daily and weekly reports of fatigue in cancer survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 269-279. [Digested June 2006 in the BreastCancer.Net News, http:www.breastcancer.net]

Banthia, R., Malcarne, V. L., Roesch, S., Ko, C. M., Greenbergs, H. L., Varni, J. W., & Sadler, G. R. (2006). Correspondence between daily and weekly reports of fatigue in cancer survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 269-279. [Digested June 2006 in the BreastCancer.Net News, http:www.breastcancer.net]

Ko, C. M., Malcarne, V. L., Varni, J., Banthia, R., Greenbergs, H. L., & Sadler, G. R. (2005). Problem solving and distress in prostate cancer patients and their spousal caregivers: A path analysis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 13, 367-374.

Banthia, R., Malcarne, V. L., Varni, J.W., Ko, C. M., Sadler, G. R., & Greenbergs, H. L. (2003). The effects of dyadic strength and coping styles on psychological distress in couples faced with prostate cancer. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 31-52.

Malcarne, V. L., Banthia, R., Varni, J. W., Sadler, G. R., Greenbergs, H. L., & Ko, C. M. (2002). Problem-solving skills and emotional distress in spouses of men with prostate cancer. Journal of Cancer Education, 17, 148-152.




QUALITY OF LIFE IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SCLERODERMA):

Malcarne, V. L., Hansdottir, I., McKinney, A., Upchurch, R., Greenbergs, H. L., Agee, G. H., Furst, D. E., Clements, P. J., & Weisman, M. H. (2007). Medical signs and symptoms associated with disability, pain, and psychosocial adjustment in systemic sclerosis. Journal of Rheumatology, 34, 359-367.

Hansdottir, I., Malcarne, V. L., Furst, D. E., Weisman, M. H., & Clements, P. J. (2004). Relationships of positive and negative affect to coping and functional outcomes in systemic sclerosis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28, 593-610.

Malcarne, V. L. (2003). Psychosocial adjustment in systemic sclerosis. In P. J. Clements & D. E. Furst (Eds.), Systemic Sclerosis. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Malcarne, V. L., Hansdottir, I., Greenbergs, H. L., Clements, P. J., & Weisman, M. H. (1999). Appearance self-esteem in systemic sclerosis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 197-208.

Wallston, K A., Malcarne, V. L., Flores, L., Hansdottir, I., Smith, C. A., Stein, M. J., Weisman, M. H., & Clements, P. J. (1999). Does God determine your health? The God Locus of Health Control Scale. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 131-142.



CHILDREN AND ILLNESS:

Drahota, A., & Malcarne, V. L. (in press). Concepts of illness in children: A comparison between children with and without intellectual disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Berrin, S. J., Malcarne, V. L., Varni, J. W., Burwinkle, T. M., Sherman, S. A., Artavia, K., & Chambers, H. G. (2007). Pain, fatigue, and school functioning in children with cerebral palsy: A path-analytic model. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 330-337.

Sherman, S. A., Varni, J. W., Ulrich, R. S., & Malcarne, V. L. (2005). A post-occupancy evaluation of three healing gardens surrounding a children’s hospital cancer center. Landscape and Urban Planning, 73, 167-183.

Varni, J. W., Burwinkle, T. M., Berrin, S. J., Sherman, S. A., Artavia, K., Malcarne, V. L., & Chambers, H. G. (2006). The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy Module. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48, 442-449.

Varni, J. W., Burwinkle, T. M., Sherman, S. A., Hanna, K., Berrin, S. J., Malcarne, V. L., & Chambers, H. G. (2005). Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: Hearing the voices of the children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47, 592-597.

Malcarne, V. L., Drahota, A., & Hamilton, N. A. (2005). Children's health-related locus of control beliefs: Ethnicity, gender, and family income. Children’s Health Care, 34, 47-59.
[Digested July 2005 in the American Psychological Association’s Clinician’s Research Digest, 23(7), 2.]

Hansdottir, I., & Malcarne, V. L. (1998). Icelandic children’s concepts of physical illness. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 3, 189-196.

Oprendek, T. S., & Malcarne, V. L. (1997). College student reasoning about illness and psychological concepts. American Journal of College Health, 46, 10-19.



MEASURE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION / ETHNICITY & ACCULTURATION:

Asvat, Y., & Malcarne, V. L. (in press). Acculturation and depressive symptoms in Muslim university students. International Journal of Psychology.

Goggin, K., J., Malcarne, V. L., Murray, T., S., Metcalf, K. A., & Wallston, K. A. (2007). Do religious and control cognitions predict risky behavior? I. Development and validation of the Sexual Risk Behavior-related God Locus of Control Scale for Adolescents. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 123-139.

Goggin, K. J., Murray, T. S., Malcarne, V. L., Brown, S. A., & Wallston, K. A. (2007). Do religious and control cognitions predict risky behavior? II. Development and validation of the Alcohol-related God Locus of Control Scale for Adolescents. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 111-122.

Fernandez, S., Malcarne, V. L., Wilfley, D. E., & McQuaid, J. (2006). Factor structure of the Bulimia Test-Revised in college women from four ethnic groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 403-419.

Hokoda, A., Ramos-Lira, L., Celaya, P., Vilhauer, K., Angeles, M., Ruiz, S., Malcarne, V. L., & Mora, M. D. (2006). Reliability of translated measures assessing dating violence among Mexican Americans. Violence and Victims, 21, 117-127.

Malcarne, V.L., Chavira, D. A., Fernandez, S., & Liu, P-J. (2006). The Scale of Ethnic Experience: A measure for use across ethnic groups. Journal of PersonalityAssessment, 86, 150-161.

Murray, T. S., Goggin, K., & Malcarne, V. L. (2006). Development and validation of the Alcohol-related God Locus of Control scale. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 553-558.

Thomas, K. S., Nelesen, R. A., Malcarne, V. L., Ziegler, M. G., & Dimsdale, J. E. (2006). Ethnicity, perceived discrimination, and vascular reactivity to phenylephrine. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 692-697.

Thomas, K. S., Bardwell, W. A., Malcarne, V. L., & Dimsdale, J. E. (2005). The effect of demographic variables on ethnic experience. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9 (2), 65-79.

Malcarne, V. L., Fernandez, S., & Flores, L. (2005). Factorial validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales for three American ethnic groups. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 657-667.

Verney, S. P., Granholm, E., Marshall, S. P., Malcarne, V. L., & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2005). Culture-fair cognitive ability assessment: Information processing and psychophysiological approaches. Assessment, 12, 303-319.

Contreras, S., Fernandez, S., Malcarne, V. L., Ingram, R., & Vaccarino-Ruiz, V. (2004). Reliability and validity of the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories in Caucasian and Latino Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 26, 446-462.


 

 

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