John E Pérez
Biographic Data
| ID | 123976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John E Pérez |
| GIVEN NAMES | John E |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez |
| SIGNATURE | PEREZ J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Dimensions of Religiousness and Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Church-Going Latinas
Churches are a promising setting through which to reach Latinas with cancer control efforts. A better understanding of the dimensions of religiousness that impact health behaviors could inform efforts to tailor cancer control programs for this setting. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between dimensions of religiousness with adherence to cancer screening recommendations among church-going Latinas. Female Spanish-speaking mem…
A Prospective Study of Religiousness and Psychological Distress Among Female Survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
This prospective study examined the pathways by which religious involvement affected the post‐disaster psychological functioning of women who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The participants were 386 low‐income, predominantly Black, single mothers. The women were enrolled in the study before the hurricane, providing a rare opportunity to document changes in mental health from before to after the storm, and to assess the protective role of r…
Spiritual Striving, Acceptance Coping, and Depressive Symptoms among Adults Living with HIV/Aids
We prospectively examined the effects of spiritual striving, social support, and acceptance coping on changes in depressive symptoms among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Participants were 180 culturally diverse adults with HIV/AIDS. Participants completed measures of spiritual striving, social support, coping styles, and depressive symptoms at baseline, three-month follow-up, and six-month follow-up. A path model showed that spiritual striving had …
Socio-Economic Change and Emotional Illness among the Highland Maya of Chiapas Mexico
This paper analyses the relation of processes of socio- economic differentiation and change to the well-being and health of families within highland Maya communities and to the lived experience of emotional suffering, as defined by local categories of mental illness. We specifically analyze how highland Maya Indians of central Chiapas, Mexico, experience the contradictions of a rapidly changing economy, social relations, politics, and culture in …
Clients deserve empirically supported treatments, not romanticism
Clients deserve empirically supported treatments, not romanticism
Spiritual Striving, Acceptance Coping, and Depressive Symptoms among Adults Living with HIV/Aids
We prospectively examined the effects of spiritual striving, social support, and acceptance coping on changes in depressive symptoms among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Participants were 180 culturally diverse adults with HIV/AIDS. Participants completed measures of spiritual striving, social support, coping styles, and depressive symptoms at baseline, three-month follow-up, and six-month follow-up. A path model showed that spiritual striving had …
A Prospective Study of Religiousness and Psychological Distress Among Female Survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
This prospective study examined the pathways by which religious involvement affected the post‐disaster psychological functioning of women who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The participants were 386 low‐income, predominantly Black, single mothers. The women were enrolled in the study before the hurricane, providing a rare opportunity to document changes in mental health from before to after the storm, and to assess the protective role of r…
Socio-Economic Change and Emotional Illness among the Highland Maya of Chiapas Mexico
This paper analyses the relation of processes of socio- economic differentiation and change to the well-being and health of families within highland Maya communities and to the lived experience of emotional suffering, as defined by local categories of mental illness. We specifically analyze how highland Maya Indians of central Chiapas, Mexico, experience the contradictions of a rapidly changing economy, social relations, politics, and culture in …
Clients deserve empirically supported treatments, not romanticism
Clients deserve empirically supported treatments, not romanticism
Socio-Economic Change and Emotional Illness among the Highland Maya of Chiapas Mexico
This paper analyses the relation of processes of socio- economic differentiation and change to the well-being and health of families within highland Maya communities and to the lived experience of emotional suffering, as defined by local categories of mental illness. We specifically analyze how highland Maya Indians of central Chiapas, Mexico, experience the contradictions of a rapidly changing economy, social relations, politics, and culture in …
Spiritual Striving, Acceptance Coping, and Depressive Symptoms among Adults Living with HIV/Aids
We prospectively examined the effects of spiritual striving, social support, and acceptance coping on changes in depressive symptoms among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Participants were 180 culturally diverse adults with HIV/AIDS. Participants completed measures of spiritual striving, social support, coping styles, and depressive symptoms at baseline, three-month follow-up, and six-month follow-up. A path model showed that spiritual striving had …
A Prospective Study of Religiousness and Psychological Distress Among Female Survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
This prospective study examined the pathways by which religious involvement affected the post‐disaster psychological functioning of women who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The participants were 386 low‐income, predominantly Black, single mothers. The women were enrolled in the study before the hurricane, providing a rare opportunity to document changes in mental health from before to after the storm, and to assess the protective role of r…
Dimensions of Religiousness and Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Church-Going Latinas
Churches are a promising setting through which to reach Latinas with cancer control efforts. A better understanding of the dimensions of religiousness that impact health behaviors could inform efforts to tailor cancer control programs for this setting. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between dimensions of religiousness with adherence to cancer screening recommendations among church-going Latinas. Female Spanish-speaking mem…
Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 works) · Public health (2 works)