Alexandra L Quittner

Biographic Data

ID4234720
NAMEAlexandra L Quittner
GIVEN NAMESAlexandra L
FAMILY NAMEQuittner
SIGNATUREQUITTNER A L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Miami
ORCID0000-0002-4139-6983
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Development and validation of a short form psychometric tool assessing the caregiving Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF-SF) in a child

    Open AccessGareth McCray, Holly Hope et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2025

    Objective Caring for a child with cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rigorous daily commitment for caregivers and treatment burden is a major concern. We aimed to develop and validate a short form version of a 46-item tool assessing the Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF) for clinical or research use.Design A novel genetic algorithm based on ‘evolving’ a subset of items from a pre-specified set of criteria, was applied to optimise the tool, us…

  • Development and preliminary validation of the challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF) questionnaire

    Open AccessClaire Glasscoe, Holly Hope et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2023

    OBJECTIVE: Treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) are complex, labour-intensive, and perceived as highly burdensome by caregivers of children with CF. An instrument assessing burden of care is needed. DESIGN: A stepwise, qualitative design was used to create the CLCF with caregiver focus groups, participant researchers, a multidisciplinary professional panel, and cognitive interviews. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ). RESULTS: = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: The CLC…

  • Use of the Daily Phone Diary to Study Religiosity and Mood

    Rhonda D Szczesniak, Yuanshu Zou et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2017

    Studies of religious/spiritual behavior frequently rely on self-reported questionnaire data, which is susceptible to bias. The Daily Phone Diary (DPD) was developed to minimize bias in reporting activities and behavior across a 24-hour period. A cross-sectional study of 126 parents of children with cystic fibrosis was used to establish the validity of the DPD to study religious/spiritual behaviors. Longitudinal models were used to determine the o…

  • Comparisons of Social Competence in Young Children With and Without Hearing Loss

    Michael F Hoffman, Alexandra L Quittner et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Deaf Studies and…2015

    This study compared levels of social competence and language development in 74 young children with hearing loss and 38 hearing peers aged 2.5-5.3 years. This study was the first to examine the relationship between oral language and social competence using a dynamic systems framework in children with and without hearing loss. We hypothesized that, due to deficits in oral language, children who were deaf would display lower levels of social compete…

  • “I Honestly Believe God Keeps me Healthy so I Can Take Care of My Child”

    Daniel H Grossoehme, Sian Cotton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2013

    A limited number of studies address parental faith and its relationship to their children's health. Using cystic fibrosis as a disease exemplar in which religion/spirituality have been shown to play a role and parental health behaviors (adherence to their child's daily recommended home treatments) are important, this study explored whether parents with different levels of adherence would describe use of faith differently. Twenty-five interviews w…

  • Validation of a Quality of Life Questionnaire for Bronchiectasis

    Open AccessCasilda Olveira, Gabriel Olveira et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013

  • Assessment of health-related quality of life 6 years after childhood cochlear implantation

    Open AccessRachel L Meserole, Christine M Carson et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013

  • Depression and anxiety symptoms in bronchiectasis

    Open AccessCasilda Olveira, Gabriel Olveira et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2012

  • Reliability and validity of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised for children and parents in Turkey

    Open AccessHasan Yüksel, Ozge Yilmaz et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2012

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised in a national sample

    Open AccessAlexandra L Quittner, Gregory S Sawicki et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2011

  • Parenting Stress Among Parents of Deaf and Hearing Children

    Alexandra L Quittner, David H Barker et al.ARTICLEParenting2010Cited by: 3References: 1

    OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates predictors of both general and context-specific parenting stress in a cross-sectional sample of hearing parents of young deaf and hearing children. DESIGN: Participants were 181 children who were deaf and 92 children with normal hearing. Perceived parenting stress was measured using both general and context-specific measures. Predictors of parenting stress included parent-reported and observed child behavior proble…

  • Audition and visual attention

    Linda B Smith, Alexandra L Quittner et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1998Cited by: 1References: 2

    This study examined the development of visual attention in 5- to 13-year-olds who differed in their access to sound. Hearing children, deaf children with cochlear implants, and deaf children without implants participated in a task in which they were to respond to some visual signals and not others. The results of Experiment I indicated that the timing of developmental changes in visual selective attention was similar for all 3 groups, occurring a…

  • Chronic parenting stress

    Alexandra L Quittner, Robert L Glueckauf et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1990Cited by: 23