Mazy Gillis, Ph.D., 2002-2005 Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center.
Lynn Neely, Ph.D., 2005-2006 (Currently) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Jay Cohen, Ph.D., 2006-2007 (Currently) Staff Psychologist / Recovery Coordinator, John D. Dingle VA Health Center, Detroit, MI
Doctoral Dissertations
Margaret Jordan, Ph.D., 1993 The relationship of pain control beliefs, pain coping strategies, and pain severity to the psychological adjustment and functional status of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.
Kevin Roby, Ph.D., 1993 Alexithymia, attribution, and physiological arousal in pathological gambling.
Tracey Torosian, Ph.D., 1994 Psychological and physiological correlates of ischemic pain reporting during treadmill stress testing.
Susan MacNeill, Ph.D., 1994 Psychological factors associated with treatment seeking behavior for myocardial infarction.
Janice Tomakowsky, Ph.D., 1994 Optimism and coping in relation to health status in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus.
Larry Friedlander, Ph.D., 1995 Alexithymia and stress response: Exploring the issue of reactivity and decoupling.
Steven Ondersma, Ph.D., 1996 Beyond negative affect: The role of psychosocial factors in childhood illness.
Jane Kelley, Ph.D. 1996 The relationship between emotional inhibition and health status and the effects of disclosure in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Jocelyn McCrae, Ph.D. 1996 Negative affectivity, alexithymia, and coping: Relationships with sickle cell disease pain, disability, and health care use.
Jill Meade, Ph.D. 1996 Stress, emotional functioning, and parent behavior in childhood illness.
Theresa Ovies, Ph.D. 1997 An evaluation of two neuropsychological models of alexithymia.
Julie Smith, Ph.D. 1998 The relationship of cognitive and emotional coping to adjustment in chronic myofascial pain.
Brian Stogner, Ph.D. 1999 Prediction of the development of postconcussion syndrome from personality and health psychology variables.
Sally Norman, Ph.D. 2000 The effects of written expression in women with chronic pelvic pain.
Jennifer Huffman, Ph.D. 2000 Predictors of treatment adherence and the relationship between adherence and treatment outcome among migraine headache patients.
Mazy Gillis, Ph.D. 2002 The effects of written emotional disclosure on adjustment in fibromyalgia syndrome.
Dana Cohen, Ph.D. 2002 Child behavior problems and family functioning, adherence, and metabolic control in children with Type I diabetes: Prospective studies using two designs.
Pamela D'Souza, Ph.D. 2002 The effects of relaxation training and written emotional disclosure on people with migraine or tension headaches.
Tina (Tojek) Meyer, Ph.D. 2003 Life stress and emotional regulation strategies during a personal disclosure task: Health implications for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Lori (Johnson) Warner, Ph.D. 2003 (co-chair) Expressive writing and health in pediatric asthma.
Christina Kraft, Ph.D. 2006 Effects of written emotional disclosure on psychotherapy mediation: Therapeutic alliance, experiencing, mood, and attendance.
Debra Macklem, Ph.D. 2007 Exploration of emotion regulation styles as potential moderators of emotional disclosure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Testing a model of emotional expression.
Kristine Rebucal Ma, Ph.D., 2008 The effects of age and attachment on daily experiences and social interactions.
Shedeh Tavakoli-Moayed, Ph.D., 2008 (co-chair) Effects of expressive writing and assertiveness training on international student's acculturative stress, health, and affect.
Rebecca Stout, Ph.D., 2008 An analysis of writing content and headache outcomes in a web-based guided writing intervention for migraine headaches.
Alison Radcliffe, Ph.D., 2009 Predicting change: Does content matter in the outcomes of disclosure writing participants?
Master's Theses
Theresa Ovies, M.A., 1994 An evaluation of two models of the relationship between alexithymia and physical symptom reporting.
Mary Theisen, M.A., 1994 Alexithymia and health beliefs in symptomatic and asymptomatic heart attack patients.
Sally Norman, M.A., 1995 Alexithymia and treatment-seeking for health problems.
Michelle Corlis, M.A., 1996 The role of maternal illness, behavior, and alexithymia in inflammatory bowel disease.
Camey Mader, M.A., 1996 Alexithymia, family functioning, and chronic pain.
Jennifer Gramzow, M.A., 1996 Maternal modeling and reinforcement of pain in their children.
Jennifer Huffman, M.A., 1997 Psychological predictors of cardiac events.
Laurie Hipley, M.A., 1997 Job and personality characteristics as related to coronary risk factors.
Mazy Gillis, M.A., 1998 Correlates of treatment nonadherence in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: Depression, disease severity, social support, and memory.
Tina Tojek, M.A., 1998 Psychological correlates of psychogenic, nonepileptic seizures.
Kara Brooklier, M.A., 2001 (co-chair) Negative affect, life stress, and asthma symptom report
Christina Kraft, M.A., 2003 Alexithymia, self-efficacy, and catastrophizing as potential moderators of relaxation treatment and emotional disclosure for people with chronic headache conditions.
Deb Macklem, M.A., 2004 Emotional disclosure and changes in coping among rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Alison Radcliffe, M.A., 2005 Written emotional disclosure: Testing the implications of an audience and the neutrality of the control.
Britta Gustavson, M.A., 2007 Multiple measures of alexithymia and related emotional ability measures: Relationships with health measures.
Amanda Burger, M.A., 2007 The effects of guided, internet-based written emotional disclosure on migraine headaches.
Jonathon Beyer, M.A., 2008 Verbal emotional expression and alexithymia: Evaluating the criterion validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale - 20 in a community sample of adults.
Lindsay Sander, M.A., 2008 Methods of emotional disclosure: Process and immediate reactions in spoken disclosure.
Olga Slavin, M.A., 2008 The influence of the method of disclosure on physical and emotional health outcomes.
Alaa Hijazi, M.A. 2008 Moderators of the effects of written emotional disclosure and assertiveness training to improve adjustment of international students.
Dana Nevedal, M.A. 2009 Do implicit motives predict HIV disease progression?
