A. M. Yali's General Info Degree/Date: B.S. 1992 Institution: Eckerd College Specialization: Psychology, Religious Studies, Human Development
Degree/Date: Ph.D. 1998 Institution: State University of New York at Stony Brook Specialization: Social Psychology and Health Psychology
Postdoctoral Training: 2000 Institution: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Specialization: Stress and Cancer, Psychoneuroimmunology
Research Interests/Activities: The role of religion/spirituality in illness prevention, health promotion, and adjustment to stressful life events; women’s health issues; ethnic disparities in health.
Professional Activities: Member of APA Divisions 36, 38, and 45; Member APS.
Current Projects: Validating a religious strain measure; developing pilot research to study cancer populations, particularly interested in Latina health.
Publications:
Milstein, G.,
Manierre, A., & Yali, A.M.
(under review).Psychologists as
psychologists: Religion, the parameters of professional psychology practice and
recommendations for a continuum of care.
Varkey, B.,
& Yali, A.M. (under review). Religious activities moderate the
impact of acculturation stress on depression for Asian-Americans.
Blocker, D.E., Royak-Schaler,
R., Briant, K.J., Yali, A.M.,
& Bynoe, M. (under review). Things We CanChange:Building Capacity to Modify Cancer Risk
Through Academic-Community Health CenterPartnerships.
Wood, B.T.,
Worthingon, E.L., Exline, J.J., Yali,
A.M., Aten, J.D., & McMinn, M.R. (in press). Development, refinement, and psychometric
properties of the Attitudes toward God Scale (ATGS-9). Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
Exline, J.,
& Yali, A.M. (2006). Heaven’s
gates and hell’s flames: Afterlife beliefs of Catholic and Protestant
undergraduates. Research in the Social
Scientific Study of Religion, 17, 235-260.
Yali, A.M. (2006, March). Religious comforts and strains in cancer survivors. Communique, 44-45.
Rosario, M., Yali, A.M., Hunter, J., & Gwadz, M. (2006). Religion's
influence on the health and protective factors of gay, lesbian, and bisexual
individuals: A theory and an empirical investigation. In A.M. Omoto & H.S.
Kurtzman (Eds.), Sexual orientation and
mental health: Examining identity and development in lesbian, gay, and bisexual
people (pp.117-140).Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Yali, A.M., & Revenson, T.A.
(2004). How changes in population demographics will impact health psychology: Incorporating a broader notion of cultural competence into the
field. Health Psychology, 23, 147-155.
Royak-Schaler,
R., Blocker, D., Yali, A.M., Bynoe,
M., Josa, K, & Smith, S. (2004). Developing effective approaches in breast
and colorectal cancer risk communication for African-American and Hispanic
women. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96, 598-608.
Blocker, D.E., Royak-Schaler, R., Yali, A.M., Bynoe, M., & Chen,
S.(2003).Targeting Breast and
Colorectal
Cancer Risk
Communication for African American (AA) Women. [abstract]. American Society of Preventive Oncology.
Holguin-Veras,
J., Paaswell, R.E., Yali, A.M.
(2003).Impacts of extreme events on intercity
passenger travel behavior:The September
11th experience. Beyond
September 11th:An Account of
post-disaster research. Program on
Environment and Behavior: Special Publication #39, pp 373-404. Boulder
CO: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of
Colorado.
Yali, A.M., & Lobel, M.
(2002).Stress-resistance resources and
coping in pregnancy. Anxiety, Stress, and
Coping,15, 289-309.
Lobel, M., Yali, A.
M., Zhu, W., DeVincent, C. J., & Meyer, B. A. (2002). Beneficial
associations between optimistic disposition and emotional distress in high-risk
pregnancy. Psychology and Health,17, 77-95.
Exline, J.J., Yali, A.M., & Sanderson, W.C.(2000).Guilt, discord, and alienation:The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality.Journal
of Clinical Psychology, 56(12),
1481-1496.
Baum,
A., Garofalo, J.P., & Yali, A.M.
(1999). Socioeconomic status and chronic stress: Does stress account for SES
effects on health?Annals of the New YorkAcademy of Sciences,896, 131-144.
Exline, J.J., Yali, A.M., & Lobel, M.
(1999).When God disappoints:Difficulty forgiving God and its role in
negative emotion. Journal of Health
Psychology,4, 365-379.
Yali, A.M., & Lobel, M.(1999).Coping and distress in pregnancy:An investigation of medically high-risk women.Journal
of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology,20, 39-52.
Lobel, M., Yali, A.M., & Zhu, W.(1998).Emotional reactions to the stress of high-risk pregnancy:The role of optimism and coping [abstract].Annals
of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 29.
Yali, A.M., & Lobel, M.(1998).Effects of psychosocial resources on avoidant coping and distress in
pregnancy [abstract].Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 112-113.
