Mary Amanda Dew
Biographic Data
| ID | 298030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Amanda Dew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Dew |
| SIGNATURE | DEW M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4666-1870 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What hepatology clinicians and their patients with alcohol‐related liver disease think of wearable alcohol biosensors to aid abstinence from alcohol: A qualitative study
Donation-related decision-making among young adult Black and Hispanic members of a hematopoietic stem cell donor registry: A qualitative study
Scarcity of donors for diverse patients drives Black/Hispanic donor motivation. • Black and Hispanic participants report experiencing medical mistrust. • Donor registration often happens without discussions with parents/families. • Some donors and families harbor misconceptions about the donation process. • Balancing school, work, and family poses challenges to donor participation
Challenges and Solutions for Monitoring Alcohol Use in Patients With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Pilot Study of a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor
OBJECTIVES: Early alcohol use identification can prevent morbidity/mortality for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Innovative wearable alcohol biosensors (biosensors) that identify alcohol use through perspiration are an emerging technology with potential application for patients with ALD. Our primary aim was to determine biosensor acceptability and feasibility for patients with ALD. We describe participant acceptance and challenges using b…
The Predictive Value of Depression in the Years After Heart Transplantation for Mortality During Long-Term Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: Current understanding of the prognostic impact of depression on mortality after heart transplantation (HTx) is limited. We examined whether depression after HTx is a predictor of mortality during extended follow-up. Subsequently, we explored whether different symptom dimensions of depression could be identified and whether they were differentially associated with mortality. METHODS: Survival analyses were performed in a sample of 141 H…
In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most
Consent to any experimental procedure, even when offered as therapeutic, involves extensive discussion between patient-subjects and clinician-researchers. Decision making should be shared with a focus on potential risks and benefits of enrolling in a protocol. Just as patients who underwent nonexperimental interventions might experience regret or reconsider autonomously made choices, patient-subjects who are undergoing or who have undergone exper…
Social Media Use and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Cluster Analysis
SMU pattern characterization of a large population suggests 2 pat- terns are associated with risk for depression and anxiety. Developing educational interventions that address use patterns rather than single aspects of SMU (eg, quantity) would likely be useful
Existential challenges experienced by lymphoma survivors: Results From the 2010 Livestrong Survey
We sought to examine the existential challenges that cancer survivors may experience as they strive to make meaning, regain their self-identity, cope with fear of recurrence, and experience feelings of grief and guilt. Lymphoma survivors ( n = 429) completed the 2010 LIVESTRONG survey and provided responses about meaning, cancer worry, security, identity, grief, guilt, and perceived functional impairment due to these concerns. Most survivors (73%…
Reliability and construct validity of PROMIS® measures for patients with heart failure who undergo heart transplant
Protecting Sleep, Promoting Health in Later Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial
OBJECTIVES: To determine in healthy people aged > or = 75 years 1) if restricting time in bed and education in health sleep practices are superior to an attention-only control condition (i.e., education in healthy dietary practices) for maintaining or enhancing sleep continuity and depth over 2.5 years; and 2) if maintenance or enhancement of sleep continuity and depth promotes the maintenance or enhancement of health-related quality of life. MET…
Building PROMIS item banks: Librarians as co-investigators
Effects of Gender Diversity on Performance and Interpersonal Behavior in Small Work Groups
Quality of life and coping strategies among lung transplant candidates and their family caregivers
Healthy Older Adults’ Sleep Predicts All-Cause Mortality at 4 to 19 Years of Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: Evidence concerning whether sleep disturbances in older adults predict mortality is mixed. However, data are limited to self-reported sleep problems and may be confounded with other comorbidities. We examined whether electroencephalographic (EEG) sleep parameters predicted survival time independently of known predictors of all-cause mortality. METHODS: A total of 185 healthy older adults, primarily in their 60s through 80s, with no his…
Protecting Sleep Quality in Later Life: A Pilot Study of Bed Restriction and Sleep Hygiene
We tested two interventions for improving sleep consolidation and depth in normal elderly participants: a modification of sleep-restriction therapy and sleep-hygiene education. Twenty-one elderly participants without sleep disorders were randomized to sleep hygiene plus bed restriction (i.e., restricting time in bed by 30 minutes nightly for one year) or to sleep hygiene alone. Participants in the bed-restriction group showed a median increase in…
Adult outpatients with depression: Worse quality of life than in other chronic medical diseases in Argentina
Understanding donors' motivations: A study of unrelated bone marrow donors
A “Faddish Preoccupation” Comes into its Own
Psychological distress among caregivers to heart transplant recipients
The role of religion in heart-transplant recipients' long-term health and well-being
The Effect of a School-Based Helper Program on Adolescent Self-Image, Attitudes, and Behavior
This study examined the effects of participation in a school-based helper program on adolescents' self-image, attitudes, and behaviors. Seventh-grade students at the junior high where the program was implemented were divided into 2 functional groups, one of which was required to engage in volunteer helping activities for the remainder of the school year, whereas the other group engaged in no such service. It was hypothesized that Helper Program p…
Interpersonal Expectations: Theory, Research and Applications
This 1993 volume brings together critical analysis of the phenomenon called interpersonal expectation - a sub-area of social psychology that studies how the expectations of one person affects the behavior of another in an interactive setting. The book is divided into three major sections: the first examines real-world applications of research on interpersonal expectations, such as in the courtroom, classroom, and operating room; the second consid…
The Work Environments of Male and Female Professionals: Objective and Subjective Characteristics
Structured interviews were conducted with 1,115 male and 271 female professional employees of a major American corporation. Statistically significant gender differences were found in each of three objective job characteristics (job title, salary grade, and number of employees supervised), whereas few significant gender differences were found in subjective job characteristics (intrinsic and importance rewards, peer cohesion, staff support, role co…
Effects of occupational stress on the physical and psychological health of women in a microelectronics plant
Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: The Multicenter Aids Cohort Study
We examined whether 644 homosexual men who engaged in receptive anal intercourse were at particularly elevated risk for seroconversion if they also possessed specific behavioral, health or psychosocial vulnerability characteristics. Of 11 potential factors examined, heavy drinking, moderate to heavy drug use, and younger age were significantly related to seroconversion. These variables were also associated with an increased number of sexual partn…
Predictive effects of occupational and marital stress on the mental health of a male workforce
This study examined the predictive contribution of occupational and marital stress to the development of symptomatolgoy, affective disorder, and alcohol‐related problems in a sample of 325 male power plant employees interviewed at baseline and one‐year follow up. After controlling for known clinical and social risk factors, we found statistically significant predictive effects of job demands on affective disorder and job decision latitude on alco…
Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: The Multicenter Aids Cohort Study
We examined whether 644 homosexual men who engaged in receptive anal intercourse were at particularly elevated risk for seroconversion if they also possessed specific behavioral, health or psychosocial vulnerability characteristics. Of 11 potential factors examined, heavy drinking, moderate to heavy drug use, and younger age were significantly related to seroconversion. These variables were also associated with an increased number of sexual partn…
A comparative analysis of two community stressors' long‐term mental health effects
The investigation directly compared the long-term mental health consequences of two community-wide stressors, the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear accident and widespread unemployment due to layoff, in demographically comparable samples of women. Results showed a marked degree of similarity in the stressors' effects: Levels of subclinical symptomatology were elevated to similar degrees in each sample during the year following stressor onset, and s…
Effects of Gender Diversity on Performance and Interpersonal Behavior in Small Work Groups
Predictive effects of occupational and marital stress on the mental health of a male workforce
This study examined the predictive contribution of occupational and marital stress to the development of symptomatolgoy, affective disorder, and alcohol‐related problems in a sample of 325 male power plant employees interviewed at baseline and one‐year follow up. After controlling for known clinical and social risk factors, we found statistically significant predictive effects of job demands on affective disorder and job decision latitude on alco…
The effect of attitudes on inferences of homosexuality and perceived physical attractiveness in women
Effects of occupational stress on the physical and psychological health of women in a microelectronics plant
Adult outpatients with depression: Worse quality of life than in other chronic medical diseases in Argentina
The Effect of a School-Based Helper Program on Adolescent Self-Image, Attitudes, and Behavior
This study examined the effects of participation in a school-based helper program on adolescents' self-image, attitudes, and behaviors. Seventh-grade students at the junior high where the program was implemented were divided into 2 functional groups, one of which was required to engage in volunteer helping activities for the remainder of the school year, whereas the other group engaged in no such service. It was hypothesized that Helper Program p…
Psychological distress among caregivers to heart transplant recipients
The Work Environments of Male and Female Professionals: Objective and Subjective Characteristics
Structured interviews were conducted with 1,115 male and 271 female professional employees of a major American corporation. Statistically significant gender differences were found in each of three objective job characteristics (job title, salary grade, and number of employees supervised), whereas few significant gender differences were found in subjective job characteristics (intrinsic and importance rewards, peer cohesion, staff support, role co…
Quality of life and coping strategies among lung transplant candidates and their family caregivers
Understanding donors' motivations: A study of unrelated bone marrow donors
Existential challenges experienced by lymphoma survivors: Results From the 2010 Livestrong Survey
We sought to examine the existential challenges that cancer survivors may experience as they strive to make meaning, regain their self-identity, cope with fear of recurrence, and experience feelings of grief and guilt. Lymphoma survivors ( n = 429) completed the 2010 LIVESTRONG survey and provided responses about meaning, cancer worry, security, identity, grief, guilt, and perceived functional impairment due to these concerns. Most survivors (73%…
Protecting Sleep Quality in Later Life: A Pilot Study of Bed Restriction and Sleep Hygiene
We tested two interventions for improving sleep consolidation and depth in normal elderly participants: a modification of sleep-restriction therapy and sleep-hygiene education. Twenty-one elderly participants without sleep disorders were randomized to sleep hygiene plus bed restriction (i.e., restricting time in bed by 30 minutes nightly for one year) or to sleep hygiene alone. Participants in the bed-restriction group showed a median increase in…
The effect of attitudes on inferences of homosexuality and perceived physical attractiveness in women
A comparative analysis of two community stressors' long‐term mental health effects
The investigation directly compared the long-term mental health consequences of two community-wide stressors, the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear accident and widespread unemployment due to layoff, in demographically comparable samples of women. Results showed a marked degree of similarity in the stressors' effects: Levels of subclinical symptomatology were elevated to similar degrees in each sample during the year following stressor onset, and s…
Predictive effects of occupational and marital stress on the mental health of a male workforce
This study examined the predictive contribution of occupational and marital stress to the development of symptomatolgoy, affective disorder, and alcohol‐related problems in a sample of 325 male power plant employees interviewed at baseline and one‐year follow up. After controlling for known clinical and social risk factors, we found statistically significant predictive effects of job demands on affective disorder and job decision latitude on alco…
Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: The Multicenter Aids Cohort Study
We examined whether 644 homosexual men who engaged in receptive anal intercourse were at particularly elevated risk for seroconversion if they also possessed specific behavioral, health or psychosocial vulnerability characteristics. Of 11 potential factors examined, heavy drinking, moderate to heavy drug use, and younger age were significantly related to seroconversion. These variables were also associated with an increased number of sexual partn…
Effects of occupational stress on the physical and psychological health of women in a microelectronics plant
Interpersonal Expectations: Theory, Research and Applications
This 1993 volume brings together critical analysis of the phenomenon called interpersonal expectation - a sub-area of social psychology that studies how the expectations of one person affects the behavior of another in an interactive setting. The book is divided into three major sections: the first examines real-world applications of research on interpersonal expectations, such as in the courtroom, classroom, and operating room; the second consid…
The Work Environments of Male and Female Professionals: Objective and Subjective Characteristics
Structured interviews were conducted with 1,115 male and 271 female professional employees of a major American corporation. Statistically significant gender differences were found in each of three objective job characteristics (job title, salary grade, and number of employees supervised), whereas few significant gender differences were found in subjective job characteristics (intrinsic and importance rewards, peer cohesion, staff support, role co…
The role of religion in heart-transplant recipients' long-term health and well-being
The Effect of a School-Based Helper Program on Adolescent Self-Image, Attitudes, and Behavior
This study examined the effects of participation in a school-based helper program on adolescents' self-image, attitudes, and behaviors. Seventh-grade students at the junior high where the program was implemented were divided into 2 functional groups, one of which was required to engage in volunteer helping activities for the remainder of the school year, whereas the other group engaged in no such service. It was hypothesized that Helper Program p…
A “Faddish Preoccupation” Comes into its Own
Psychological distress among caregivers to heart transplant recipients
Understanding donors' motivations: A study of unrelated bone marrow donors
Protecting Sleep Quality in Later Life: A Pilot Study of Bed Restriction and Sleep Hygiene
We tested two interventions for improving sleep consolidation and depth in normal elderly participants: a modification of sleep-restriction therapy and sleep-hygiene education. Twenty-one elderly participants without sleep disorders were randomized to sleep hygiene plus bed restriction (i.e., restricting time in bed by 30 minutes nightly for one year) or to sleep hygiene alone. Participants in the bed-restriction group showed a median increase in…
Adult outpatients with depression: Worse quality of life than in other chronic medical diseases in Argentina
Healthy Older Adults’ Sleep Predicts All-Cause Mortality at 4 to 19 Years of Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: Evidence concerning whether sleep disturbances in older adults predict mortality is mixed. However, data are limited to self-reported sleep problems and may be confounded with other comorbidities. We examined whether electroencephalographic (EEG) sleep parameters predicted survival time independently of known predictors of all-cause mortality. METHODS: A total of 185 healthy older adults, primarily in their 60s through 80s, with no his…
Effects of Gender Diversity on Performance and Interpersonal Behavior in Small Work Groups
Quality of life and coping strategies among lung transplant candidates and their family caregivers
Building PROMIS item banks: Librarians as co-investigators
Protecting Sleep, Promoting Health in Later Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial
OBJECTIVES: To determine in healthy people aged > or = 75 years 1) if restricting time in bed and education in health sleep practices are superior to an attention-only control condition (i.e., education in healthy dietary practices) for maintaining or enhancing sleep continuity and depth over 2.5 years; and 2) if maintenance or enhancement of sleep continuity and depth promotes the maintenance or enhancement of health-related quality of life. MET…
Reliability and construct validity of PROMIS® measures for patients with heart failure who undergo heart transplant
Existential challenges experienced by lymphoma survivors: Results From the 2010 Livestrong Survey
We sought to examine the existential challenges that cancer survivors may experience as they strive to make meaning, regain their self-identity, cope with fear of recurrence, and experience feelings of grief and guilt. Lymphoma survivors ( n = 429) completed the 2010 LIVESTRONG survey and provided responses about meaning, cancer worry, security, identity, grief, guilt, and perceived functional impairment due to these concerns. Most survivors (73%…
Social Media Use and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Cluster Analysis
SMU pattern characterization of a large population suggests 2 pat- terns are associated with risk for depression and anxiety. Developing educational interventions that address use patterns rather than single aspects of SMU (eg, quantity) would likely be useful
The Predictive Value of Depression in the Years After Heart Transplantation for Mortality During Long-Term Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: Current understanding of the prognostic impact of depression on mortality after heart transplantation (HTx) is limited. We examined whether depression after HTx is a predictor of mortality during extended follow-up. Subsequently, we explored whether different symptom dimensions of depression could be identified and whether they were differentially associated with mortality. METHODS: Survival analyses were performed in a sample of 141 H…
In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most
Consent to any experimental procedure, even when offered as therapeutic, involves extensive discussion between patient-subjects and clinician-researchers. Decision making should be shared with a focus on potential risks and benefits of enrolling in a protocol. Just as patients who underwent nonexperimental interventions might experience regret or reconsider autonomously made choices, patient-subjects who are undergoing or who have undergone exper…
Challenges and Solutions for Monitoring Alcohol Use in Patients With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Pilot Study of a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor
OBJECTIVES: Early alcohol use identification can prevent morbidity/mortality for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Innovative wearable alcohol biosensors (biosensors) that identify alcohol use through perspiration are an emerging technology with potential application for patients with ALD. Our primary aim was to determine biosensor acceptability and feasibility for patients with ALD. We describe participant acceptance and challenges using b…
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