Stressful life events, coping, and illness course among middle-aged and elderly diabetics: a prospective study.
Academic work
Institutions
Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center
Tracey A. Revenson is a health psychologist known for her research on how people cope with chronic illness and how people's lifestyles can affect their health and influence their coping mechanisms.[1] She holds the position of Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,[2] and directs the Coping and health in context (CHiC) lab.[3]
Revenson was awarded the Nathan Perry Career Service Award in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 38 in 2013,[4][5] the Society for Health Psychology Excellence in Health Psychology Mentoring Award in 2019,[6][7] and the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 2020 Distinguished Mentor Award.[8] In 2020 she was named a Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society.[9]
Revenson was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy.[14] She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine[14] and on the editorial board of the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.[15] Revenson served as President of the Society for Health Psychology (APA Division 38) from 2004 to 2005.[16]
Research
Revenson's research program focuses on coping mechanisms of individuals dealing with chronic illnesses,[17] such as asthma or cancer, and the social support provided by their loved ones,[18] including how spouses can affect their partner's health.[19] Other research has examined loneliness in elderly individuals, and its prevalence across different demographic groups.[20] As examples of her varied research contributions, Revenson has studied how participating in self-help groups may help people who have scoliosis to adjust,[21] how economic stress and mental health coincide,[22] how age can play a role in determining which coping strategies individuals use and their effectiveness,[23] and how coping strategies affect people's psychological symptoms.[12] Revenson has also looked into expressive writing and how it can help people deal with trauma.[24]
Baum, A., Revenson, T. A., & Singer, J. (2012). Handbook of health psychology. Psychology Press.
Revenson, T. A., D'Augelli, A. R., French, S. E., Hughes, D., Livert, D. E., Seidman, E., ... & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.). (2002). Ecological research to promote social change: Methodological advances from community psychology. Springer Science & Business Media.
Revenson, T. A., Kayser, K. E., & Bodenmann, G. E. (Eds.) (2005). Couples coping with stress: Emerging perspectives on dyadic coping. American Psychological Association.
Revenson, T. A., Saab, P. G., Zoccola, P. M., & Traeger, L. N. (2019). Becoming a health psychologist. Routledge.
Singer, D. G., & Revenson, T. A. (1997). A Piaget primer: How a child thinks. International Universities Press, Inc.
Representative publications
Felton, B. J., & Revenson, T. A. (1984). Coping with chronic illness: a study of illness controllability and the influence of coping strategies on psychological adjustment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52(3), 343–353.
Felton, B. J., Revenson, T. A., & Hinrichsen, G. A. (1984). Stress and coping in the explanation of psychological adjustment among chronically ill adults. Social Science & Medicine, 18(10), 889–898.
Revenson, T. A. (1994). Social support and marital coping with chronic illness. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 16(2), 122–130.
Revenson, T. A., Schiaffino, K. M., Majerovitz, S. D., & Gibofsky, A. (1991). Social support as a double-edged sword: The relation of positive and problematic support to depression among rheumatoid arthritis patients. Social Science & Medicine, 33(7), 807–813.
Stanton, A. L., Revenson, T. A., & Tennen, H. (2007). Health psychology: psychological adjustment to chronic disease. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 565–592.
^Revenson, Tracey A. (1982). Stressful life events, coping, and illness course among middle-aged and elderly diabetics : a prospective study (Thesis). OCLC80313979.
^ abAldwin, Carolyn M.; Revenson, Tracey A. (1987). "Does coping help? A reexamination of the relation between coping and mental health". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53 (2): 337–348. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.53.2.337. PMID3625471.
^Felton, Barbara J.; Revenson, Tracey A. (1984). "Coping with chronic illness: A study of illness controllability and the influence of coping strategies on psychological adjustment". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 52 (3): 343–353. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.52.3.343. PMID6747054.
^Revenson, Tracey A. (1994). "Social support and marital coping with chronic illness". Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 16 (2): 122–130.
^Revenson, Tracey A.; Johnson, Jeffrey L. (1984). "Social and demographic correlates of loneliness in late life". American Journal of Community Psychology. 12 (1): 71–85. doi:10.1007/BF00896929. PMID6711494. S2CID41648186.
^Hinrichsen, Gregory A.; Revenson, Tracey A.; Shinn, Marybeth (1985). "Does Self-Help Help?". Journal of Social Issues. 41 (1): 65–87. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1985.tb01117.x.
^Aldwin, Carolyn M.; Revenson, Tracey A. (1986). "Vulnerability to economic stress". American Journal of Community Psychology. 14 (2): 161–175. doi:10.1007/BF00911819. PMID3717087. S2CID23847884.
^Felton, Barbara J.; Revenson, Tracey A. (1987). "Age differences in coping with chronic illness". Psychology and Aging. 2 (2): 164–170. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.2.2.164. PMID3268205.
^Facchin, Federica; Margola, Davide; Molgora, Sara; Revenson, Tracey A. (2014). "Effects of Benefit-Focused Versus Standard Expressive Writing on Adolescents' Self-Concept During the High School Transition". Journal of Research on Adolescence. 24 (1): 131–144. doi:10.1111/jora.12040.