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Overview

Cynthia A. Berg is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and has focused their research extensively on diabetes management and related psychological and social factors. Their work spans areas such as endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, clinical psychology, and social psychology, addressing key issues in chronic disease care and interpersonal dynamics.

Their recent research contributions include studies published between 2020 and 2022. Notable papers include:

  • "Mixed-Methods Randomized Evaluation of FAMS: A Mobile Phone-Delivered Intervention to Improve Family/Friend Involvement in Adults' Type 2 Diabetes Self-Care" (2020) in Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • "Daily illness appraisal and collaboration in couples with type 1 diabetes." (2020) in Health Psychology
  • "Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Sharing in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Pilot Intervention Study" (2022) in JMIR Diabetes
  • "Development of a Typology of Diabetes-Specific Family Functioning Among Adults With Type 2" (2021) in Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • "Qualitative analysis of helpful and unhelpful aspects of social relationships among young adults with type 1 diabetes" (2020) in Diabetic Medicine

Berg's frequent co-authors are Jonathan Butner, Vicki S. Helgeson, Nancy A. Allen, Deborah J. Wiebe, and Eunjin Lee Tracy.

Their work is often published in journals specializing in behavioral medicine, pediatric psychology, and diabetes-related research. The most common publication venues include:

  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine (7 publications)
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology (5 publications)
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine (4 publications)
  • Diabetes Spectrum (4 publications)
  • Diabetic Medicine (3 publications)

The primary fields of study for Berg consist of Medicine (94 publications) and Psychology (32 publications), with significant focus on the subfields of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (68 publications), Clinical Psychology (14 publications), General Health Professions (12 publications), Speech and Hearing (12 publications), and Social Psychology (10 publications).

The main topical areas they have explored through their research include:

  • Diabetes Management and Research (66 publications)
  • Diabetes Management and Education (56 publications)
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (24 publications)
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (20 publications)
  • Diabetes and associated disorders (16 publications)
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management (14 publications)
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies (14 publications)

Best Publications

  • A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness across the adult life span.

    Cynthia A. Berg;Renn Upchurch

  • Children’s Appraisals of Maternal Involvement in Coping With Diabetes: Enhancing Our Understanding of Adherence, Metabolic Control, and Quality of Life Across Adolescence

    Deborah J. Wiebe;Cynthia A. Berg;Carolyn Korbel;Debra L. Palmer

  • Subjective Social Status: Construct Validity and Associations with Psychosocial Vulnerability and Self-Rated Health

    Jenny M. Cundiff;Timothy W. Smith;Bert N. Uchino;Cynthia A. Berg

  • A Social-contextual Model of Coping with Everyday Problems across the Lifespan

    Cynthia A. Berg;Sean P. Meegan;Frances P. Deviney

  • Collaborative coping and daily mood in couples dealing with prostate cancer.

    Cynthia A. Berg;Deborah J. Wiebe;Jonathan Butner;Lindsey Bloor

  • The Role of Autonomy and Pubertal Status in Understanding Age Differences in Maternal Involvement in Diabetes Responsibility across Adolescence

    Debra L. Palmer;Cynthia A. Berg;Deborah J. Wiebe;Ryan M. Beveridge

  • AGE DIFFERENCES IN THE SPEED OF MENTAL ROTATION

    Cynthia Berg;Christopher Hertzog;Earl Hunt

  • Age-related differences in ambulatory blood pressure during daily stress: Evidence for greater blood pressure reactivity with age.

    Bert N. Uchino;Cynthia A. Berg;Timothy W. Smith;Gale Pearce

  • A triarchic theory of intellectual development during adulthood

    Cynthia A Berg;Robert J Sternberg

  • Longitudinal trajectories of parental involvement in Type 1 diabetes and adolescents' adherence.

    Pamela S. King;Cynthia A. Berg;Jonathan Butner;Jorie M. Butler

  • Are Older Adults Less or More Physiologically Reactive? A Meta-Analysis of Age-Related Differences in Cardiovascular Reactivity to Laboratory Tasks

    Bert N. Uchino;Wendy Birmingham;Cynthia A. Berg

  • Positive and negative characteristics of marital interaction and their association with marital satisfaction in middle-aged and older couples.

    Nancy J M Henry;Cynthia A Berg;Timothy W Smith;Paul Florsheim

  • Goals for Solving Everyday Problems across the Life Span: Age and Gender Differences in the Salience of Interpersonal Concerns.

    JoNell Strough;Cynthia A. Berg;Carol Sansone

  • Response to novelty: continuity versus discontinuity in the developmental course of intelligence.

    Cynthia A. Berg;Robert J. Sternberg

  • Parental Involvement and Adolescents’ Diabetes Management: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors

    Cynthia A. Berg;Pamela S. King;Jorie M. Butler;Phung Pham

  • Role of Parental Monitoring in Understanding the Benefits of Parental Acceptance on Adolescent Adherence and Metabolic Control of Type 1 Diabetes

    Cynthia A. Berg;Jorie M. Butler;Peter Osborn;Gary King

  • Illness Identity in Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Introducing the Illness Identity Questionnaire

    Leen Oris;Jessica Rassart;Sofie Prikken;Margaux Verschueren

  • The social context of managing diabetes across the life span.

    Deborah J. Wiebe;Vicki Helgeson;Cynthia A. Berg

  • Contexts, functions, forms, and processes of collaborative everyday problem solving in older adulthood

    Sean P. Meegan;Cynthia A. Berg

  • Developmental Processes Associated With Longitudinal Declines in Parental Responsibility and Adherence to Type 1 Diabetes Management Across Adolescence

    Deborah J. Wiebe;Chong Man Chow;Debra L. Palmer;Jonathan Butner

  • Age, marital satisfaction, and optimism as predictors of positive sentiment override in middle-aged and older married couples.

    T. Nathan Story;Cynthia A. Berg;Timothy W. Smith;Ryan Beveridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah J. Wiebe
Deborah J. Wiebe University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Butner
Jonathan Butner University of Utah
Vicki S. Helgeson
Vicki S. Helgeson Carnegie Mellon University
Timothy W. Smith
Timothy W. Smith University of Utah
Bert N. Uchino
Bert N. Uchino University of Utah
Koen Luyckx
Koen Luyckx KU Leuven
Yana Suchy
Yana Suchy University of Utah
JoNell Strough
JoNell Strough West Virginia University
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
Carol Sansone
Carol Sansone University of Utah

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