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Welcome to the Stress and Health Research Laboratory
Department of Psychology,
Wayne
State
University
Detroit, Michigan
Research Goals:
Our primary research focus is the interface of stress, emotional regulation, and physical health. In particular, we have several studies that test the health benefits of writing or talking about stressful personal experiences ("emotional disclosure"), and that examine methods to integrate emotional disclosure into cognitive-behavioral therapies, including coping skills training, assertiveness training, and trauma resolution therapies. Another focus of our research is to determine for whom different types of interventions are best suited. Thus, we also study individual differences in emotional awareness and expression and other personality and situational variables as predictors of the success of our therapies.
Most of the health problems that we study involve chronic pain. In particular, we are studying people who have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, or migraine headaches. Some of our studies, however, address other health problems (e.g., asthma, diabetes, general physical symptoms), and some examine people with unresolved stressful experiences.
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