Journal Articles We're Reading
Agodoa, L., & Eggers, P. (2007). Racial and ethnic disparities in end-stage kidney failure survival paradoxes in African-Americans.
Seminars in Dialysis, 20(6), 577-585.
Brown, K.W. & Ryan R.M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822-848.
Bruce, M. A., Beech, B. M., Sims, M., Brown, T. N., Wyatt, S. B., Taylor, H. A., et al. (2009). Social environmental stressors, psychological factors, and kidney disease. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 75(4), 583-589.
Carmody, J, Reed, G, Kristeller, J, & Merriam. (2008). Mindfulness, spirituality, and health-related symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 393-403.
Carlson, L.E., Speca, M., Patel, K., & Goodey, E. (2003). Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of lilfe, mood, symptoms of stress and immune parameters in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 571-581.
Christensen, A. J., & Ehlers, S. L. (2002). Psychological factors in end-stage renal disease: An emerging context for behavioral medicine research Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 70(3), 712.
Cossrow, N. & Falkner, B. (2004). Race/ethnic issues in obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89 (6), 2590-2594.
Cukor, D., Cohen, S. D., Peterson, R. A., & Kimmel, P. L. (2007). Psychosocial aspects of chronic disease: ESRD as a paradigmatic illness. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 18(12), 3042-3055.
Cukor, D., Coplan, J., Brown, C., Friedman, S., Cromwell-Smith, A., Peterson, R. A., et al. (2007). Depression and anxiety in urban hemodialysis patients. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2(3), 484-490.
Davis, N.L., Clance, P.R., & Gailis, A.T. (1999). Treatment approaches for obese and overweight African American women: A consideration of cultural dimensions. Psychotherapy, 36 (1), 27-35.
Lopes, A. A. (2009). End-stage renal disease due to diabetes in racial/ethnic minorities and disadvantaged populations. Ethnicity & Disease, 19(1), 48-51.
Ma, S.H. & Teasdale, J.D. (2004). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: Replication and exploration of differential relapse prevention effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 31-40.
Martins, D., Tareen, N., & Norris, K. C. (2002). The epidemiology of end-stage renal disease among African Americans. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 323(2), 65-71.
Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Barnes, N. W. (2007). Race, Race-Based Discrimination, and Health Outcomes Among African Americans. Annual Review of Psychology, 58(1), 201-225.
McIntosh, D. N. (1995). Religion-as-schema, with implications for the relations between religion and coping. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 5, 1-16.
Roberts, C. B., Vines, A. I., Kaufman, J. S., & James, S. A. (2008). Cross-sectional association between perceived discrimination and hypertension in African-American men and women: The Pitt County Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(5), 624-632.
Segerstrom, S.C. & Miller, G.E. (2004). Psychological stress and the human immune system: A meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 601-630.
Smith, T.W., & Williams P.G. (1992). Personality and health: Advantages and limitations of the five-factor model. Journal of Personality, 60, 395-415.
Speca, M., Carlson, L.E., Goodey, E., & Angen, M. (2000). A randomized, wait-list controlled clinical trial: The effect of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 613-622.
Suarez, E.C. (2004). C-reactive protein is associated with psychological risk factors of cardiovascular disease in apparently healthy adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 684-691.
Tacon, A.M., Caldera, Y.M., & Ronaghen, C. (2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction in women with breast cancer. Families, Systems, & Health, 22, 193-203.
Weibe, J.S. & Christensen. (1996). Patient adherence in chronic illness: Personality and coping in context. Journal of Personality, 64, 82-15-835.
Whitfield, K.E., Weidner, G., Clark, R., & Anderson, N. (2002). Sociodemographic diversity and behavioral medicine. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psycholgy, 70 (3), 463-481.