Patricia N. E. Roberson
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Sexual communication links insecure adult attachment with sexual satisfaction among U.S. college students.
Sexual communication links insecure adult attachment with sexual satisfaction among U.S. college students. Open
View article: Family Relationship Quality Linked to Pain Phenotype Trajectories for Aging Black Adults: Second-Order Latent Class Analysis
Family Relationship Quality Linked to Pain Phenotype Trajectories for Aging Black Adults: Second-Order Latent Class Analysis Open
View article: Single-Arm Pilot Trial of a Novel Multilevel Family-Based Hypertension Self-Management Intervention for African Americans
Single-Arm Pilot Trial of a Novel Multilevel Family-Based Hypertension Self-Management Intervention for African Americans Open
View article: Effects of Physical Activity on Health Among Informal Caregivers of People With Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Effects of Physical Activity on Health Among Informal Caregivers of People With Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Background: Caregiving for people living with cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, can negatively affect informal caregivers’ health. Objective: Our review aimed to systematically evaluate the effects of …
View article: Association Between Marital/Partner Status and Patient-reported Outcomes in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review
Association Between Marital/Partner Status and Patient-reported Outcomes in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review Open
Background: The extent to which marital/partner status affects patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in stroke patients varies among reported studies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify this relationship. Met…
View article: Comparative Efficacy of the Relationship Checkup for Same-Gender Couples
Comparative Efficacy of the Relationship Checkup for Same-Gender Couples Open
Same-gender couples face unique sexual minority stressors that significantly impact individual and relationship health. This impact may be even greater among same-gender couples living in regions where there are pervasive social and legal …
View article: Relationship quality and educational attainment links to development of cardiometabolic morbidity and multimorbidity across middle adulthood
Relationship quality and educational attainment links to development of cardiometabolic morbidity and multimorbidity across middle adulthood Open
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 …
View article: Longitudinal Associations of Family Relationship Quality With Chronic Pain Incidence and Persistence Among Aging African Americans
Longitudinal Associations of Family Relationship Quality With Chronic Pain Incidence and Persistence Among Aging African Americans Open
Objectives This study examines how family relationships convey risk or resilience for pain outcomes for aging African Americans, and to replicate and extend analyses across 2 nationally representative studies of aging health. Methods Afric…
View article: Comparative efficacy of the relationship checkup for same-gendercouples.
Comparative efficacy of the relationship checkup for same-gendercouples. Open
Same-gender couples face unique sexual minority stressors that significantly impact individual and relationship health. This impact may be even greater among same-gender couples living in regions where there are pervasive social and legal …
View article: Assessing the Influence of Rural Residence and Economic Distress on Lower Extremity Risk Stratification among Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients: Utilization of the Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection (WIfI) Classification System
Assessing the Influence of Rural Residence and Economic Distress on Lower Extremity Risk Stratification among Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients: Utilization of the Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection (WIfI) Classification System Open
View article: U.S. Rural Hospital Care Quality and the Effects of Hospital Closures on the Health Status of Rural Vulnerable Populations: An Integrative Literature Review
U.S. Rural Hospital Care Quality and the Effects of Hospital Closures on the Health Status of Rural Vulnerable Populations: An Integrative Literature Review Open
Introduction. Hospital and emergency department closures are emblematic of America’s changing healthcare delivery system, which often places rural vulnerable communities at further risk for poor health outcomes. Employing the Vulnerable Po…
View article: Development of a family-based primary care intervention for hypertension in African Americans
Development of a family-based primary care intervention for hypertension in African Americans Open
CONTEXT: Hypertension accounts for the greatest portion of racial disparities in mortality between African Americans and Whites. In response, research has emphasized behavioral interventions to promote patient self-management though interv…
View article: Ambulatory Status before Diabetic Foot Ulcer Development as a Predictor of Amputation and 1-Year Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis
Ambulatory Status before Diabetic Foot Ulcer Development as a Predictor of Amputation and 1-Year Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis Open
Background: Up to 25% of people with diabetes develop a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) during their lifetime, which precedes approximately 85% of nontraumatic lower limb amputations. Diabetic limb salvage has been at the forefront of recent res…
View article: Family Emotional Climate: Risk or Resilience Factor for Pain Development Among Aging African Americans
Family Emotional Climate: Risk or Resilience Factor for Pain Development Among Aging African Americans Open
CONTEXT: Family relationships are largely ignored in pain research, despite the unique importance of family for African Americans, who identify family support as critical to pain management while family stress is made worse by the same str…
View article: Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention
Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention Open
In the United States, 21 million adults are diagnosed with depression. Couple therapy effectively treats depression, however, couples encounter access barriers. The Relationship Checkup is an assessment and feedback intervention delivered …
View article: “A cuff is not enough”: A <scp>community‐based</scp> participatory research approach to soliciting perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on <scp>self‐management</scp> intervention features
“A cuff is not enough”: A <span>community‐based</span> participatory research approach to soliciting perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on <span>self‐management</span> intervention features Open
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 inter…
View article: Family strain, but not family support, is linked to worse pain interference among midlife adults reporting new chronic pain.
Family strain, but not family support, is linked to worse pain interference among midlife adults reporting new chronic pain. Open
Findings build on prior studies to suggest that not only are stressful family relationships likely associated with the odds of developing chronic pain, but they are also linked to the interference of that chronic pain when it develops. We …
View article: Breast Cancer Patients and Caregiver Inter- and Intrapersonal Effects on Anxiety, Depression, Pain, and Fatigue during the first year of Treatment.
Breast Cancer Patients and Caregiver Inter- and Intrapersonal Effects on Anxiety, Depression, Pain, and Fatigue during the first year of Treatment. Open
Purpose Breast cancer patients and caregivers experience anxiety, depression, fatigue, and pain symptoms during treatment which can have both interpersonal and intrapersonal effects. The present study sought to determine which times during…
View article: Differences in Distress Between Rural and Non-rural Appalachian Breast Cancer Patient / Caregiver Dyads During the First Year of Treatment
Differences in Distress Between Rural and Non-rural Appalachian Breast Cancer Patient / Caregiver Dyads During the First Year of Treatment Open
Introduction: Breast cancer patients and their caregivers living in rural Appalachia face substantial health disparities compared to their non-rural Appalachian counterparts. However, there is limited research on how these specific health …
View article: The Impact of Social Support on Prior Mammography Screening Adherence Among Rural Appalachian Breast Cancer Patients
The Impact of Social Support on Prior Mammography Screening Adherence Among Rural Appalachian Breast Cancer Patients Open
View article: In Their Own Words
In Their Own Words Open
Introduction: The opioid epidemic is ravaging people, families, and communities in Appalachia. However, limited research has examined how “everyday” people (e.g., not chronic pain patients, not medical professionals) living in these commun…
View article: A Stress Model for Couples Parenting Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Introduction of a Mindfulness Intervention: A Stress Model for Couples Parenting ASD
A Stress Model for Couples Parenting Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Introduction of a Mindfulness Intervention: A Stress Model for Couples Parenting ASD Open
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 plausi…
View article: Attitudes toward relationship treatment among underserved couples.
Attitudes toward relationship treatment among underserved couples. Open
Attitudinal and instrumental barriers exist for couples broadly that prevent couples from accessing professional relationship help. These barriers may be even more pronounced among couples from low-income, and other underserved, background…
View article: Does Self-Compassion Protect Adolescents from Stress?
Does Self-Compassion Protect Adolescents from Stress? Open
The aim of this study was to determine whether adolescents who were high in self-compassion self-reported different levels of emotional wellbeing than adolescents who were low in self-compassion, and to determine whether those high in self…
View article: Your place or mine?: Examining the accessibility and efficacy of a brief, home-based, couple intervention.
Your place or mine?: Examining the accessibility and efficacy of a brief, home-based, couple intervention. Open
Interventions for couples that can be flexibly delivered (e.g., home) are gaining traction in the field of couple therapy, particularly for underserved couples who experience barriers to accessing traditional methods of care. However, ques…
View article: Family versus intimate partners: Estimating who matters more for health in a 20-year longitudinal study.
Family versus intimate partners: Estimating who matters more for health in a 20-year longitudinal study. Open
This study tested the extent to which the emotional climate (positive and negative relationship quality) in family relationships and intimate partnerships are each uniquely linked to specific domains of aging health outcomes, over and abov…
View article: Consensus and relationship distress before and after a brief couples’ intervention.
Consensus and relationship distress before and after a brief couples’ intervention. Open
Understanding how partners' perceptions of their relationships predict couple distress and treatment outcomes can inform relationship interventions, because consensus on pretreatment relationship concerns has previously been related to bet…
View article: The Effects of a Couples‐Based Health Behavior Intervention During Pregnancy on Latino Couples’ Dyadic Satisfaction Postpartum
The Effects of a Couples‐Based Health Behavior Intervention During Pregnancy on Latino Couples’ Dyadic Satisfaction Postpartum Open
Many couples tend to report steadily decreasing relationship quality following the birth of a child. However, little is known about the postpartum period for Latino couples, a rapidly growing ethnic group who are notably underserved by men…
View article: Adolescent Sex Differences in Response to a Mindfulness Intervention: A Call for Research
Adolescent Sex Differences in Response to a Mindfulness Intervention: A Call for Research Open
View article: Unintended Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on Latino Fathers’ Binge Drinking In Early Postpartum
Unintended Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on Latino Fathers’ Binge Drinking In Early Postpartum Open
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that when smokers reduce their smoking, they also reduce their alcohol consumption. PURPOSE: To examine the effects of a smoking cessation intervention and actual quitting smoking on binge drinking behavior am…