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should be sent to Ms. LaFarrah Smith, gradpsyc@uga.edu. Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
Research Interests I am a Social/Health Psychologist. My interests are in identifying psychosocial factors that predict adjustment of patients and their families to chronic and/or serious illness, with particular focus on helping and caregiving, emotions, interpersonal relationships, and physical health. I have studied adjustment in diverse subpopulations with various illness conditions, ranging from children with chronically painful conditions to medically compromised elderly patients. An ongoing program of research investigates processes underlying the effects that providing help/care to frail elderly persons has on providers’ well-being and the quality of care they actually provide. Grants Williamson, G.M. (Principal Investigator), Miller, L.S., Lance, C.E., Schulz, R., & Weiner, M. Caregiver mental health impairment: Impact on elder care. National Institute on Aging. (Total costs = $1,616,300), funded for September 30, 1997 to July 31, 2002. Williamson, G. M. (Principal Investigator), Dooley, W. K., Kosberg, J., Lance, C. E., Nelson-Gardell, D. M., Miller, L. S., Schulz, R., Scoggin, F., & Shaffer, D. R. Quality of informal care and caregiving transitions. National Institute on Aging. (Total costs = $2,695,421), funded for August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2008. Selected Publications Dooley, W. K., Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (in press). Informal care can be better than adequate: Development and evaluation of the Exemplary Care Scale. Rehabilitation Psychology. Chisholm, M. A., Williamson, G. M., Lance, C. E., & Mulloy, L. L. (2007). Predicting adherence to immunosuppressant therapy: A prospective analysis of the theory of planned behaviour. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 22, 2339-2348. Shaffer, D. R., Dooley, W. K., & Williamson, G. M. (2007). Endorsement of proactively aggressive caregiving strategies moderates the relation between caregiver mental health and potentially harmful caregiving behavior. Psychology and Aging, 22, 494-504. Loucks-Atkinson, A., Kleiber, D. A., & Williamson, G. M. (2006). Activity restriction and well-being in middle-aged and older caregivers. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 22, 269-282. Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2006). Shall we select selective investment theory? A viewpoint from the informal care arena. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 51-55. Miller, L. S., Lewis, M. S., Williamson, G. M., Lance, C. E., Dooley, W. K., Schulz, R., & Weiner, M. F. (2006). Caregiver cognitive status and potentially harmful caregiver behavior. Aging and Mental Health, 10, 125-133. Chisholm, M. A., Lance, C. E., & Williamson, G. M. (2005). Development and validation of an immunosuppressant therapy adherence instrument. Patient Education and Counseling, 59, 13-20. Williamson, G. M., Martin-Cook, K., Weiner, M. F., Svetlik, D. A., Saine, K., Hynan, L. S., Dooley, W. K., & Schulz, R. (2005). Caregiver resentment: Explaining why care recipients exhibit problem behavior. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50, 215-223. ** Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence (most highly rated paper published in Rehabilitation Psychology in 2005-2006)** Svetlik, D., Dooley, W. K., Weiner, M. F., Williamson, G. M., & Walters, A. S. (2005). Declines in satisfaction with physical intimacy predict caregiver perceptions of overall relationship loss: A study of elderly caregiving spousal dyads. Journal of Sexuality and Disability, 23, 65-79. Beach, S. R., Schulz, R., Williamson, G. M., Miller, L. S., Weiner, M. F., & Lance, C. E. (2005). Risk factors for potentially harmful informal caregiver behavior. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 255-261. Peck, S. R., Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2004). Sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in dating couples: The contributions of relationship communality and favorability of sexual exchanges. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 16, 17-37. Past doctoral students: Andrew S. Walters (Ph.D., 1992) "The Effect of Appraisal, Coping, and Family Variables on Stress Outcomes of Pediatric Chronic Pain Patients" andy.walters@nau.edu Linda J. Pegalis (Ph.D., 1994) "Frequency and Duration of Positive Affect: The Dispositionality of Happiness" linda@telecnnct.com Shirley A. Cumbest (Ph.D., 1996) "Depressed Affect and Coping Among Women: Stability Across the Life Span" scumbest@aol.com Barbara Bjorklund (Ph.D., 1996) "Developmental Changes in Mother-Daughter Relationships During Adulthood: The Effects of Daughters' First Pregnancy" bbjorklu@fau.edu Lori A. Ingram (Ph.D., 1996) "Congruence and Contagion of Affect in Elderly Caregiver-Care Recipient Spousal Pairs" lorif@mindspring.com Won-Kyung Kim (Ph.D., 1998) "Social Withdrawal and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults" wkkim99@hanmail.net Kaye L. Baron (Ph.D., 1998) "Examination of Sociodemographic, Cognitive, and Personality Variables as Predictors of Psychiatric Hospital Readmissions" kayebaron@aol.com Jay G. Silverman (Ph.D., 1998) "An Outcome Evaluation of a School-Based Curriculum for the Primary Prevention of Dating Violence among Adolescents" jsilverm@hsph.harvard.edu Robert J. F. Elsner (Ph.D., 2001) "The Effects of Age, Mood, Environment, Pharmacology, and Cognitive Status on Life-Span Olfactory Memory" relsner@fubmc.edu Diane T. Byrd (Ph.D., 2006) "African American Research Participation: A Developmental Perspective" dtbyrd@uga.edu William Keith Dooley (Ph.D, 2006) "Caregiver Adjustment to Care Recipient Nursing Home Placement and Death: Depressive Symptoms, Grief, and Relief in Context” keith.dooley@murraystate.edu Current Graduate Students: Julie Christie julie.jchristie@gmail.com Tamar Shovali tamarshovali@yahoo.com G. Rush Smith rgs12@uga.edu Michelle Johnson mjohns13@uga.edu Courses Regularly Taught
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