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Overview

Craig A. Smith is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on pediatric health and related subfields. Their research interests intersect various disciplines including clinical psychology, orthopedics and sports medicine, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

Smith's work often centers on pediatric pain management techniques, infant health and development, as well as sports performance and training. Other notable topics in their research portfolio include musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, health and wellbeing research, infant development and preterm care, and knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

The scientist has published multiple articles in prominent venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Clinical Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Emotion Review
  • International Journal of Psychology

Among their published papers are:

  • Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach, 2021, International Journal of Psychology
  • Using Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory to Explain Individual Differences in the Appraisal of Problem-Focused Coping Potential, 2023, Emotion Review
  • Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with functional abdominal pain: a randomized clinical trial testing differential efficacy by patient subgroup, 2021, Pain
  • Does Quantitative Sensory Testing Improve Prediction of Chronic Pain Trajectories? A Longitudinal Study of Youth With Functional Abdominal Pain Participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, 2021, Clinical Journal of Pain
  • Validation of the Health-Related Felt Stigma and Concealment Questionnaire, 2020, Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Lynn S. Walker, Amanda Stone, Judy Garber, Stephen Bruehl, and Tonya M. Palermo, reflecting a sustained engagement with peers in related research domains.

Smith has also published books through Harvard University Asia Center eBooks, with titles including Chinese Asianism, 1894-1945 released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Patterns of cognitive appraisal in emotion

    Craig A. Smith;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Appraisal components, core relational themes, and the emotions

    Craig A. Smith;Richard S. Lazarus

  • From appraisal to emotion: Differences among unpleasant feelings.

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Craig A. Smith

  • Knowledge and Appraisal in the Cognition-Emotion Relationship

    Richard S. Lazarus;Craig A. Smith

  • In search of the "hot" cognitions: attributions, appraisals, and their relation to emotion

    Craig A. Smith;Kelly N. Haynes;Richard S. Lazarus;Lois K. Pope

  • Form C of the MHLC Scales: A Condition-Specific Measure of Locus of Control

    Kenneth A. Wallston;Mitchell J. Stein;Craig A. Smith

  • Appraisal theory: Overview, assumptions, varieties, controversies.

    Ira J. Roseman;Craig A. Smith

  • Shades of Joy: Patterns of Appraisal Differentiating Pleasant Emotions

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Craig A. Smith

  • Patterns of appraisal and emotion related to taking an exam.

    Craig A. Smith;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • The development and validation of the Perceived Health Competence Scale

    M S Smith;K A Wallston;C A Smith

  • Development and validation of the pain response inventory for children.

    Lynn S. Walker;Craig A. Smith;Judy Garber;Deborah A. Van Slyke

  • Toward delivering on the promise of appraisal theory.

    Craig A. Smith;Leslie D. Kirby

  • Parent attention versus distraction: Impact on symptom complaints by children with and without chronic functional abdominal pain

    Lynn S. Walker;Sara E. Williams;Craig A. Smith;Judy Garber

  • Dimensions of appraisal and physiological response in emotion.

    Craig A. Smith

  • Does God Determine Your Health? The God Locus of Health Control Scale

    Kenneth A. Wallston;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Lise Flores;Ingunn Hansdottir

  • Putting appraisal in context: Toward a relational model of appraisal and emotion

    Craig A. Smith;Leslie D. Kirby

  • Social Intelligence and Decoding Skills in Nonverbal Communication

    Robert J. Sternberg;Craig Smith

  • A Componential Approach to the meaning of facial expressions.

    Craig A. Smith;Heather S. Scott

  • Adaptation in patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis: application of a general model.

    Craig A. Smith;Kenneth A. Wallston

  • Functional Abdominal Pain in Childhood and Long-term Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders

    Grace D. Shelby;Kezia C. Shirkey;Amanda L. Sherman;Joy E. Beck

  • Consequences require antecedents: Toward a process model of emotion elicitation.

    Craig A. Smith;Leslie D. Kirby

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn S. Walker
Lynn S. Walker Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Kenneth A. Wallston
Kenneth A. Wallston Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Phoebe C. Ellsworth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gregory J. McHugo
Gregory J. McHugo Dartmouth College
Grant R. Sutherland
Grant R. Sutherland University of Adelaide
Richard S. Lazarus
Richard S. Lazarus University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Baker
Elizabeth Baker Pathwest Laboratory Medicine
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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