Ann M Steffen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann M Steffen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann M |
| FAMILY NAME | Steffen |
| SIGNATURE | STEFFEN A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4530-8204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hands-on practice
Self-reflection on educational skills is crucial for student teachers’ professional development. This research series validated the Teacher Training Competence (TeTraCom+) self-assessment tool, based on established teacher competence standards (e.g., Baumert & Kunter, 2011; KMK, 2022). Across three studies (total N = 1042), we explored whether student teachers can recognize and assess various teaching competences. An initial exploratory factor an…
Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults
This article provides an executive summary of the American Psychological Association's (2024) approved Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults . As many more Americans are living longer, the demand for mental health services for older adults across many settings is increasing, as is the need for guidance for psychologists with limited training in working with older adults. Newly organized to be consistent with the Pikes Peak gerop…
Self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts and positive appraisals of stressors relate to caregiving competence in female family carers
Family carers have high rates of stress, anxiety and depression, but there are also positive aspects of caregiving. The aim of this study is to explore correlates of caregiving competence, a positive aspect of caregiving, in 146 female family carers. Regression analyses identify that self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts, caregiver preparedness and self-reassurance were significantly related to caregiving competence, after controlling …
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships
This study examined an ecological model of sexual satisfaction in midlife women. Participants were 1,411 midlife women who participated in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Regression analyses were used to test the hypothesis that an ecological model - including the macrosystem level variable of religiosity, the exosystem level variables of SES, social support, and parenthood, the mesosystem level variables of affectual solidarity, …
Dementia spousal caregivers and past transgressions
The transition from "wife" to "caregiver" for a cognitively impaired husband can be an overwhelming experience. Communication patterns change and small conflicts can grow, at times bringing angry feelings and new burdens. Engagement with forgiveness processes may benefit wives by lowering resentment over past tensions, restoring trust, and enhancing the overall caregiving experience. This study examined the utility of the Enright Forgiveness Inve…
Physical and Mental Health Correlates of Self-Efficacy in Dementia Family Caregivers
This study examined whether self-efficacy for controlling upsetting caregiving thoughts would longitudinally predict mental and physical health as well as utilization of psychotropic medications in help-seeking dementia family caregivers (N = 53). Positive associations were found between self-efficacy and self-reported mental health and physical health subscales of the Short Form Health Questionnaire-12, and negative correlations were found betwe…
Extension of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory to Middle‐Aged and Older Wives
Limited research has explored the measurement of forgiveness among middle-aged and older wives. Recall of past trangressions can lead to “damaging ruminations” that jeopardize one's spiritual peace (Callaby, Coleman, & Mills, 2012 Callaby, P., Coleman, P. G. and Mills, M. A. 2012. Caregiving in dementia: From resentment to forgiveness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, & Aging, 24(1-2): 93–104. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) and e…
Respite Utilization and Responses to Loss Among Family Caregivers
Family caregivers of physically and cognitively impaired older adults face multiple challenges when providing care, including responses to tangible and anticipated losses. However, little is known about the grief experiences of family caregivers and how these might differentially influence the care-related behaviors of spouses and adult children. The present study examined the longitudinal relationship between grief reactions in current spousal a…
The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy
Two samples of family caregivers (Study 1: N = 169; Study 2: N = 145) of cognitively impaired older adults were used to revise, extend, and evaluate a measure of perceived self-efficacy for caregiving tasks. The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy measures 3 domains of caregiving self-efficacy: Obtaining Respite, Responding to Disruptive Patient Behaviors, and Controlling Upsetting Thoughts. The 3 subscales show strong internal consistency…
Physical and Psychosocial Correlates of Hormone Replacement Therapy with Chronically Stressed Postmenopausal Women
HRT for postmenopausal women may promote positive outcomes for some, but not for all, affective states and cardiovascular variables vulnerable to chronic life stressors
Support interventions for older adults
The rationale and problems encountered in implementing a peer-support telephone intervention are described. The research conducted by Heller, Thompson, Trueba, Hogg, and Vlachos-Weber (1991) was based on epidemiological literature documenting the moral enhancing value of confidante relationships. However, that literature may be insufficiently precise to form the basis for an intervention without prior ethnographic study of the local target popula…
The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy
Two samples of family caregivers (Study 1: N = 169; Study 2: N = 145) of cognitively impaired older adults were used to revise, extend, and evaluate a measure of perceived self-efficacy for caregiving tasks. The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy measures 3 domains of caregiving self-efficacy: Obtaining Respite, Responding to Disruptive Patient Behaviors, and Controlling Upsetting Thoughts. The 3 subscales show strong internal consistency…
Support interventions for older adults
The rationale and problems encountered in implementing a peer-support telephone intervention are described. The research conducted by Heller, Thompson, Trueba, Hogg, and Vlachos-Weber (1991) was based on epidemiological literature documenting the moral enhancing value of confidante relationships. However, that literature may be insufficiently precise to form the basis for an intervention without prior ethnographic study of the local target popula…
Support interventions for older adults
The rationale and problems encountered in implementing a peer-support telephone intervention are described. The research conducted by Heller, Thompson, Trueba, Hogg, and Vlachos-Weber (1991) was based on epidemiological literature documenting the moral enhancing value of confidante relationships. However, that literature may be insufficiently precise to form the basis for an intervention without prior ethnographic study of the local target popula…
Physical and Psychosocial Correlates of Hormone Replacement Therapy with Chronically Stressed Postmenopausal Women
HRT for postmenopausal women may promote positive outcomes for some, but not for all, affective states and cardiovascular variables vulnerable to chronic life stressors
The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy
Two samples of family caregivers (Study 1: N = 169; Study 2: N = 145) of cognitively impaired older adults were used to revise, extend, and evaluate a measure of perceived self-efficacy for caregiving tasks. The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy measures 3 domains of caregiving self-efficacy: Obtaining Respite, Responding to Disruptive Patient Behaviors, and Controlling Upsetting Thoughts. The 3 subscales show strong internal consistency…
Extension of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory to Middle‐Aged and Older Wives
Limited research has explored the measurement of forgiveness among middle-aged and older wives. Recall of past trangressions can lead to “damaging ruminations” that jeopardize one's spiritual peace (Callaby, Coleman, & Mills, 2012 Callaby, P., Coleman, P. G. and Mills, M. A. 2012. Caregiving in dementia: From resentment to forgiveness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, & Aging, 24(1-2): 93–104. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) and e…
Respite Utilization and Responses to Loss Among Family Caregivers
Family caregivers of physically and cognitively impaired older adults face multiple challenges when providing care, including responses to tangible and anticipated losses. However, little is known about the grief experiences of family caregivers and how these might differentially influence the care-related behaviors of spouses and adult children. The present study examined the longitudinal relationship between grief reactions in current spousal a…
Physical and Mental Health Correlates of Self-Efficacy in Dementia Family Caregivers
This study examined whether self-efficacy for controlling upsetting caregiving thoughts would longitudinally predict mental and physical health as well as utilization of psychotropic medications in help-seeking dementia family caregivers (N = 53). Positive associations were found between self-efficacy and self-reported mental health and physical health subscales of the Short Form Health Questionnaire-12, and negative correlations were found betwe…
Dementia spousal caregivers and past transgressions
The transition from "wife" to "caregiver" for a cognitively impaired husband can be an overwhelming experience. Communication patterns change and small conflicts can grow, at times bringing angry feelings and new burdens. Engagement with forgiveness processes may benefit wives by lowering resentment over past tensions, restoring trust, and enhancing the overall caregiving experience. This study examined the utility of the Enright Forgiveness Inve…
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships
This study examined an ecological model of sexual satisfaction in midlife women. Participants were 1,411 midlife women who participated in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Regression analyses were used to test the hypothesis that an ecological model - including the macrosystem level variable of religiosity, the exosystem level variables of SES, social support, and parenthood, the mesosystem level variables of affectual solidarity, …
Self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts and positive appraisals of stressors relate to caregiving competence in female family carers
Family carers have high rates of stress, anxiety and depression, but there are also positive aspects of caregiving. The aim of this study is to explore correlates of caregiving competence, a positive aspect of caregiving, in 146 female family carers. Regression analyses identify that self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts, caregiver preparedness and self-reassurance were significantly related to caregiving competence, after controlling …
Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults
This article provides an executive summary of the American Psychological Association's (2024) approved Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults . As many more Americans are living longer, the demand for mental health services for older adults across many settings is increasing, as is the need for guidance for psychologists with limited training in working with older adults. Newly organized to be consistent with the Pikes Peak gerop…
Hands-on practice
Self-reflection on educational skills is crucial for student teachers’ professional development. This research series validated the Teacher Training Competence (TeTraCom+) self-assessment tool, based on established teacher competence standards (e.g., Baumert & Kunter, 2011; KMK, 2022). Across three studies (total N = 1042), we explored whether student teachers can recognize and assess various teaching competences. An initial exploratory factor an…
Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Dementia (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Mental health (3 works)