Cynthia Karlson

Biographic Data

ID205392
NAMECynthia Karlson
GIVEN NAMESCynthia
FAMILY NAMEKarlson
SIGNATUREKARLSON C
AFFILIATIONSJackson College
ORCID0000-0002-7597-6505
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Pathways Linking Adversity and Discrimination to Daily Pain in African-American Adults

    Open AccessHarrison Dickens, Stephen Bruehl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2023

  • Racial, Gender, and Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care

    Open AccessHarrison Dickens, Uma Rao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2022

  • Physical Activity and Pain in Youth With Sickle Cell Disease

    Cynthia Karlson, Cynthia W Karlson et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2019

    Study objectives were to examine the relationships between physical activity, pain, and psychological distress in youth 8 to 17 years of age with sickle cell disease. Participants were 206 youth with sickle cell disease (M = 11.73 years, 54.9% female, 99.5% African American). Caregivers and youth completed a clinical psychosocial screening battery. Results revealed frequent pain (37.6%), moderate median pain intensity, and elevated median pain in…

  • Massage on experimental pain in healthy females

    Open AccessCynthia Karlson, Cynthia W Karlson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2014Cited by: 1References: 52

    This randomized controlled study evaluated the effect of massage on affect, relaxation, and experimental pain induced by electrical stimulation. Participants were 96 healthy women ( M age = 20.13 ± 5.93 years; 84.4% White) randomly assigned to a 15-minute no-treatment control, guided imagery, massage or massage plus guided imagery condition. Multilevel piecewise modeling revealed no group differences in pain intensity, threshold, or tolerance. Th…