Patricia N E Roberson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 766804 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Patricia N E Roberson |
| NOMBRES | Patricia N E |
| APELLIDO | Roberson |
| FIRMA | ROBERSON P N E |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7746-0548 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Behaviors Associated With Improved Relationship Satisfaction
Relationship distress and dissolution are reported by about one‐third of couples in the United States. Despite evidence that couple therapy is an effective treatment for relationship distress, many couples encounter barriers (e.g., cost, time, transportation, childcare) to accessing this kind of relationship help. The Relationship Checkup is a two‐session, individualized intervention where each couple receives evidence‐based suggestions to addres…
Relationship quality and educational attainment links to development of cardiometabolic morbidity and multimorbidity across middle adulthood
The prevalence of cardiometabolic morbidity (e.g., high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes) and multimorbidity development (2 or more cardiometabolic morbidities) are rapidly growing in the US. Cardiometabolic morbidity and multimorbidity are linked to poor well‐being outcomes, high healthcare costs, and mortality. There is little known about cardiometabolic multimorbidity health disparities, particularly regarding mutable fact…
A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Evaluating and Adapting an Innovative Family-Based Hypertension Self-Management Intervention for African American Primary Care Patients
“A cuff is not enough”
We aimed to solicit the perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on the desired features of a behavioral hypertension self‐management intervention. Using a community‐based participatory approach to intervention design, we conducted four dyadic focus groups, including African American community members with hypertension ( n = 23) and their family members ( n = 23), recruited from African American‐serving Christi…
The impact of rural structural and community health factors on postmastectomy complications among south central Appalachian breast cancer patients
PURPOSE: The study examined how structural and community health factors, including primary care physicians (PCP), food insecurity, diabetes, and mortality rate per county, are linked to the number and severity of postmastectomy complications among south central Appalachian breast cancer patients depending on rural status. METHODS: Data was obtained through a retrospective review of 473 breast cancer patients that underwent a mastectomy from 2017 …
I just need a little support
Marital quality factors (i.e., support and strain) are associated with hemoglobin A1C (A1C) for people with diabetes. However, how these marital factors might be linked to A1C, in combination, is unclear. This study uses Midlife in the United States Biomarker Project data to examine independent and moderated associations between marital strain and marital support and A1C for individuals with diabetes mellitus ( N = 136). Marital strain and suppor…
Longitudinal Associations of Family Relationship Quality With Chronic Pain Incidence and Persistence Among Aging African Americans
Chronic pain outcomes are worse for African Americans for a number of reasons, but parent-child strain may contribute to the risk of new pain developing over time for older adults. Conversely, family support may offer a protective benefit for pain incidence and persistence among aging African Americans. Findings implicate family relationships as a potential target of pain management interventions
Examining Contextual Influences Affecting health-related Quality of life Among under-resourced Appalachian Patients Attending pop-up Medical Clinics
Depressed mood and environmental mastery as potential pathways linking family relationship quality and disease self‐management for African Americans with hypertension
African Americans are at significantly greater risk of hypertension and worse cardiovascular outcomes than other racialized groups, yet hypertension intervention effects remain limited. Thus, it is necessary to understand the potential mechanisms whereby interventions may be more effectively targeted to improve health. Supported by prior research evidence and guided by the Biobehavioral Family Model, this study examined associations between famil…
A Brief Relationship Education Pilot Intervention for Men Post Release
Romantic relationships are often fraught with challenges for individuals post-release. Yet, few relationships-focused services are offered during this important and complex transitional period. Using pre- and post-test survey data, this pilot study of 63 men living in a residential substance treatment facility post release evaluated the impact of a 20-h individual-oriented relationship education (RE) program (Within My Reach) on attitudes toward …
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research
Therapy is an effective form of treatment for couple distress; yet, research shows that 20%–60% of couples terminate treatment prematurely. Predictors of couple retention in therapy and research are unclear, particularly for couples from marginalized populations, which has important implications for the quality and generalizability of research results, and the benefits derived from therapy are limited when participants are not retained. The purpo…
The Sexual Experiences of Heterosexual Men at Post-Incarceration
Relational Factors and Sexual Health for Female College Students in Exclusive Heterosexual Relationships
Examining the Role of Therapeutic Alliance and Split Alliance on Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction Following a Brief Couple Intervention
Get healthy to marry or marry to get healthy
This study tested selection and causal effects on the marriage‐health link by analyzing predictors of mortality through body mass index (BMI) and chronic illnesses (CI) on emerging adults (EA; N = 302) who were followed biannually for 8 years from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Results showed EA with unhealthy BMI's are more likely to marry and improve their BMI after marrying, substantiating selection and causal effects. Only the selection …
Family emotional climate and health
Using the Biobehavioral Family Model and data from five Midlife in the United States projects ( N = 793), this study tests whether allostatic load and negative affect reactivity convey the effects of categorizations of family emotional climate on health appraisal and morbidity (chronic conditions) across 20 years. Results indicated that negative family emotional climate (high strain, low support/parental affection) was indirectly associated with …
My family is making me sick’ – but, for both him and her
Using a biopsychosocial health approach, we examine the role of close relationships on health for men and women. With a cross-sectional US sample (N = 872), we examine a structural model to determine how close relationships (family and romantic) influence number of chronic disease and number of prescription medication through physiological (allostatic load) and psychological (depression/anxiety symptoms) biobehavioural reactivity differently by g…
How health behaviors link romantic relationship dysfunction and physical health across 20 years for middle-aged and older adults
Does Role Balance Influence the Effect of Personality on College Success? A Mediation Model
While the relationship between individual factors, including personality dimensions, and tertiary academic outcomes is well established, the mechanisms by which these factors influence academic success have been less fully explored. This study tested one potential mechanism, the developmental task of role balance, by which personality may influence college success. During emerging adulthood, young people simultaneously explore and establish both …
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
Developmental Trajectories and Health Outcomes Among Emerging Adult Women and Men
With a recent sample of emerging adults, the present longitudinal study examines multiple role trajectories that emerging adult women and men in the United States tend to traverse between the ages of 18 and 25, thereby partially replicating and furthering the work of Amato et al. Furthermore, the present study examines the physical and mental health of emerging adults in various trajectories. Findings revealed three trajectories for emerging adul…
College Adjustment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Conflict Management
Emerging adulthood is a period in the life course that consists of several developmental tasks, including occupational and relationship exploration. Consistent with the developmental tasks of this period, we tested a model of individual development. Using a sample of emerging adults in romantic relationships ( N = 267), we examined the longitudinal association between conflict management and relationship satisfaction and subsequent college adjust…
Hooking up during the college years
Hook ups are sexual encounters that can include a variety of behaviours (e.g., kissing to intercourse) with no expectation of future contact or a committed relationship. Although hooking up is reported to be common on college campuses across the USA, little is known about whether the frequency of hooking up changes over the course of the college experience. Using cross-sectional data and the covariates alcohol use, gender and relationship status,…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
Hooking Up and Risk Behaviors Among First Semester College Men
Some scholars assert that a hookup culture exists on college campuses and that individuals who attend college are socialized into a hookup script. This study examines hooking up among first-semester college men (N = 158), with specific attention to precollege heavy episodic drinking (i.e., binge drinking) and precollege hookup experience. We found that freshman men begin a pattern of hooking up well before attending college. After controlling for…
How health behaviors link romantic relationship dysfunction and physical health across 20 years for middle-aged and older adults
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Longitudinal Associations of Family Relationship Quality With Chronic Pain Incidence and Persistence Among Aging African Americans
Chronic pain outcomes are worse for African Americans for a number of reasons, but parent-child strain may contribute to the risk of new pain developing over time for older adults. Conversely, family support may offer a protective benefit for pain incidence and persistence among aging African Americans. Findings implicate family relationships as a potential target of pain management interventions
The Sexual Experiences of Heterosexual Men at Post-Incarceration
Relational Factors and Sexual Health for Female College Students in Exclusive Heterosexual Relationships
Examining the Role of Therapeutic Alliance and Split Alliance on Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction Following a Brief Couple Intervention
My family is making me sick’ – but, for both him and her
Using a biopsychosocial health approach, we examine the role of close relationships on health for men and women. With a cross-sectional US sample (N = 872), we examine a structural model to determine how close relationships (family and romantic) influence number of chronic disease and number of prescription medication through physiological (allostatic load) and psychological (depression/anxiety symptoms) biobehavioural reactivity differently by g…
A Stress Model for Couples Parenting Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Introduction of a Mindfulness Intervention
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at an increased risk for acute and chronic stress compared to parents of children with other developmental disabilities and parents of children without disabilities. It is plausible that the stressors of having a child with ASD affect the couple relationship; however, few researchers have focused on this dynamic within these families. In this article, we seek to develop a model for how …
Adult Attachment Style as a Predictor of Coparent Relationships Postdivorce
This study examined how individual adult attachments can be influential in the development of postdivorce coparental relationships by using two dimensions of attachment (avoidance and anxiety) and three attachment styles (secure, avoidant, and anxious-ambivalent) as predictors of coparenting relationships postdivorce. The results did not confirm all the hypotheses, but we did find results suggesting there are previously unknown manifestations of …
Internal Working Models of Attachment and Postdivorce Coparent Relationships
Stable coparenting relationships postdivorce have been shown to combat the negative effects on child development. There are three types of coparental relationships postdivorce: stable, conflicted and cut off. Each type of interaction has different effects on the children and other family members, with the stable coparent relationship being the most functional. Attachment theory explains the differences between the coparenting styles. Individuals …
A Stress Model for Couples Parenting Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Introduction of a Mindfulness Intervention
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at an increased risk for acute and chronic stress compared to parents of children with other developmental disabilities and parents of children without disabilities. It is plausible that the stressors of having a child with ASD affect the couple relationship; however, few researchers have focused on this dynamic within these families. In this article, we seek to develop a model for how …
Hooking Up and Risk Behaviors Among First Semester College Men
Some scholars assert that a hookup culture exists on college campuses and that individuals who attend college are socialized into a hookup script. This study examines hooking up among first-semester college men (N = 158), with specific attention to precollege heavy episodic drinking (i.e., binge drinking) and precollege hookup experience. We found that freshman men begin a pattern of hooking up well before attending college. After controlling for…
College Adjustment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Conflict Management
Emerging adulthood is a period in the life course that consists of several developmental tasks, including occupational and relationship exploration. Consistent with the developmental tasks of this period, we tested a model of individual development. Using a sample of emerging adults in romantic relationships ( N = 267), we examined the longitudinal association between conflict management and relationship satisfaction and subsequent college adjust…
Hooking up during the college years
Hook ups are sexual encounters that can include a variety of behaviours (e.g., kissing to intercourse) with no expectation of future contact or a committed relationship. Although hooking up is reported to be common on college campuses across the USA, little is known about whether the frequency of hooking up changes over the course of the college experience. Using cross-sectional data and the covariates alcohol use, gender and relationship status,…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
Developmental Trajectories and Health Outcomes Among Emerging Adult Women and Men
With a recent sample of emerging adults, the present longitudinal study examines multiple role trajectories that emerging adult women and men in the United States tend to traverse between the ages of 18 and 25, thereby partially replicating and furthering the work of Amato et al. Furthermore, the present study examines the physical and mental health of emerging adults in various trajectories. Findings revealed three trajectories for emerging adul…
Does Role Balance Influence the Effect of Personality on College Success? A Mediation Model
While the relationship between individual factors, including personality dimensions, and tertiary academic outcomes is well established, the mechanisms by which these factors influence academic success have been less fully explored. This study tested one potential mechanism, the developmental task of role balance, by which personality may influence college success. During emerging adulthood, young people simultaneously explore and establish both …
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
My family is making me sick’ – but, for both him and her
Using a biopsychosocial health approach, we examine the role of close relationships on health for men and women. With a cross-sectional US sample (N = 872), we examine a structural model to determine how close relationships (family and romantic) influence number of chronic disease and number of prescription medication through physiological (allostatic load) and psychological (depression/anxiety symptoms) biobehavioural reactivity differently by g…
How health behaviors link romantic relationship dysfunction and physical health across 20 years for middle-aged and older adults
Get healthy to marry or marry to get healthy
This study tested selection and causal effects on the marriage‐health link by analyzing predictors of mortality through body mass index (BMI) and chronic illnesses (CI) on emerging adults (EA; N = 302) who were followed biannually for 8 years from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Results showed EA with unhealthy BMI's are more likely to marry and improve their BMI after marrying, substantiating selection and causal effects. Only the selection …
Family emotional climate and health
Using the Biobehavioral Family Model and data from five Midlife in the United States projects ( N = 793), this study tests whether allostatic load and negative affect reactivity convey the effects of categorizations of family emotional climate on health appraisal and morbidity (chronic conditions) across 20 years. Results indicated that negative family emotional climate (high strain, low support/parental affection) was indirectly associated with …
The Sexual Experiences of Heterosexual Men at Post-Incarceration
Relational Factors and Sexual Health for Female College Students in Exclusive Heterosexual Relationships
Examining the Role of Therapeutic Alliance and Split Alliance on Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction Following a Brief Couple Intervention
A Brief Relationship Education Pilot Intervention for Men Post Release
Romantic relationships are often fraught with challenges for individuals post-release. Yet, few relationships-focused services are offered during this important and complex transitional period. Using pre- and post-test survey data, this pilot study of 63 men living in a residential substance treatment facility post release evaluated the impact of a 20-h individual-oriented relationship education (RE) program (Within My Reach) on attitudes toward …
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research
Therapy is an effective form of treatment for couple distress; yet, research shows that 20%–60% of couples terminate treatment prematurely. Predictors of couple retention in therapy and research are unclear, particularly for couples from marginalized populations, which has important implications for the quality and generalizability of research results, and the benefits derived from therapy are limited when participants are not retained. The purpo…
Examining Contextual Influences Affecting health-related Quality of life Among under-resourced Appalachian Patients Attending pop-up Medical Clinics
Depressed mood and environmental mastery as potential pathways linking family relationship quality and disease self‐management for African Americans with hypertension
African Americans are at significantly greater risk of hypertension and worse cardiovascular outcomes than other racialized groups, yet hypertension intervention effects remain limited. Thus, it is necessary to understand the potential mechanisms whereby interventions may be more effectively targeted to improve health. Supported by prior research evidence and guided by the Biobehavioral Family Model, this study examined associations between famil…
“A cuff is not enough”
We aimed to solicit the perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on the desired features of a behavioral hypertension self‐management intervention. Using a community‐based participatory approach to intervention design, we conducted four dyadic focus groups, including African American community members with hypertension ( n = 23) and their family members ( n = 23), recruited from African American‐serving Christi…
The impact of rural structural and community health factors on postmastectomy complications among south central Appalachian breast cancer patients
PURPOSE: The study examined how structural and community health factors, including primary care physicians (PCP), food insecurity, diabetes, and mortality rate per county, are linked to the number and severity of postmastectomy complications among south central Appalachian breast cancer patients depending on rural status. METHODS: Data was obtained through a retrospective review of 473 breast cancer patients that underwent a mastectomy from 2017 …
I just need a little support
Marital quality factors (i.e., support and strain) are associated with hemoglobin A1C (A1C) for people with diabetes. However, how these marital factors might be linked to A1C, in combination, is unclear. This study uses Midlife in the United States Biomarker Project data to examine independent and moderated associations between marital strain and marital support and A1C for individuals with diabetes mellitus ( N = 136). Marital strain and suppor…
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