Melissa Curran
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Curran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Curran |
| SIGNATURE | CURRAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mika Niemelä is with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. Catherine A. Marshall is with the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson. Thilo Kroll is with the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, Universities of Dundee and St Andrews, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Melissa Curran is with the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. Susan Silverberg Koerner is... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Before their very eyes
The challenge of supporting literacy among deaf children is as much linguistic as educational, since a major stumbling block can be the lack of a firm first language foundation. It is critical to meet this challenge, given the range of serious negative correlates to illiteracy. Students on the campuses of Gallaudet University and Swarthmore College collaborate to address this issue in an inter-institutional course in which we make bimodal-bilingu…
Before their very eyes
the university for the deaf.Swarthmore College has approximately 1700 students.They self-identify as 32% white, 18% Asian, 14% Latinx, 10% mixed race, 9% African American or Black, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander (including Hawaii).16% are International students, 33% come from the Middle Atlantic states of the USA, and the rest come from all around the USA.95% of the students live on campus.51% of the students rec…
Awareness and equity of behavioral sacrifice and same‐sex relationship quality
In memoriam of Emily Butler, 1963–2023
Emily Butler, a psychologist and Professor of Family Studies and Human Development (FSHD) at the University of Arizona, passed away on January 31, 2023. Dr. Butler was born on October 3, 1963 in Wi
Family-Focused Preventive Interventions With Cancer Cosurvivors
Health promotion and preventive action in the context of public health interventions for highly prevalent, long-term conditions such as cancer are rarely geared toward the family as a whole. Yet family members, as cancer cosurvivors, must manage their own substantial stress and multiple caregiving responsibilities and often constitute a critical nexus between individual patients and clinicians. We drew on 2 examples of cancer cosurvivorship from …
A daily diary study
We collected daily diary data from 165 couples ( N = 330) in romantic relationships to examine how working to change the relationship and relational uncertainty influence positive relationship quality (i.e., closeness, satisfaction, and commitment). We used concepts from the investment model and literature on relationship maintenance and relational uncertainty. As hypothesized, we found a positive association between working to change the relatio…
A daily diary study
We collected daily diary data from 165 couples ( N = 330) in romantic relationships to examine how working to change the relationship and relational uncertainty influence positive relationship quality (i.e., closeness, satisfaction, and commitment). We used concepts from the investment model and literature on relationship maintenance and relational uncertainty. As hypothesized, we found a positive association between working to change the relatio…
Family-Focused Preventive Interventions With Cancer Cosurvivors
Health promotion and preventive action in the context of public health interventions for highly prevalent, long-term conditions such as cancer are rarely geared toward the family as a whole. Yet family members, as cancer cosurvivors, must manage their own substantial stress and multiple caregiving responsibilities and often constitute a critical nexus between individual patients and clinicians. We drew on 2 examples of cancer cosurvivorship from …
A daily diary study
We collected daily diary data from 165 couples ( N = 330) in romantic relationships to examine how working to change the relationship and relational uncertainty influence positive relationship quality (i.e., closeness, satisfaction, and commitment). We used concepts from the investment model and literature on relationship maintenance and relational uncertainty. As hypothesized, we found a positive association between working to change the relatio…
Family-Focused Preventive Interventions With Cancer Cosurvivors
Health promotion and preventive action in the context of public health interventions for highly prevalent, long-term conditions such as cancer are rarely geared toward the family as a whole. Yet family members, as cancer cosurvivors, must manage their own substantial stress and multiple caregiving responsibilities and often constitute a critical nexus between individual patients and clinicians. We drew on 2 examples of cancer cosurvivorship from …
In memoriam of Emily Butler, 1963–2023
Emily Butler, a psychologist and Professor of Family Studies and Human Development (FSHD) at the University of Arizona, passed away on January 31, 2023. Dr. Butler was born on October 3, 1963 in Wi
Awareness and equity of behavioral sacrifice and same‐sex relationship quality
Before their very eyes
The challenge of supporting literacy among deaf children is as much linguistic as educational, since a major stumbling block can be the lack of a firm first language foundation. It is critical to meet this challenge, given the range of serious negative correlates to illiteracy. Students on the campuses of Gallaudet University and Swarthmore College collaborate to address this issue in an inter-institutional course in which we make bimodal-bilingu…
Before their very eyes
the university for the deaf.Swarthmore College has approximately 1700 students.They self-identify as 32% white, 18% Asian, 14% Latinx, 10% mixed race, 9% African American or Black, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander (including Hawaii).16% are International students, 33% come from the Middle Atlantic states of the USA, and the rest come from all around the USA.95% of the students live on campus.51% of the students rec…
Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work)