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6927
National Ranking
3752

Overview

Eddie M. Clark is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on social psychology, clinical psychology, health, and the intersections of sociology and political science.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas including:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Religion and Society Interactions

Clark has published in several academic venues, often contributing to:

  • Sexual & Relationship Therapy
  • Journal of Black Psychology
  • Contemporary Family Therapy
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Current Psychology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Clark include:

  • "Meaning in Life Predicts Decreased Depressive Symptoms and Increased Positive Affect over Time but Does not Buffer Stress Effects in a National Sample of African-Americans," 2020, Journal of Happiness Studies
  • "The relationships between perceived mental illness prevalence, mental illness stigma, and attitudes toward help-seeking," 2023, Current Psychology
  • "Marital Status and Depressive Symptoms in African Americans: The Moderating Role of Social and Religious Resources," 2020, Journal of Family Issues
  • "The relation between perceived partner responsiveness and sexual communication in romantic relationships," 2024, Sexual & Relationship Therapy
  • "I hope my partner can make me change: expected relational self-changes and relational outcomes," 2021, The Journal of Social Psychology

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Clark are:

  • Lijing Ma
  • Crystal L. Park
  • Cheryl L. Knott
  • Beverly Rosa Williams
  • Debarchana Ghosh

Best Publications

  • Achieving Cultural Appropriateness in Health Promotion Programs: Targeted and Tailored Approaches

    Matthew W Kreuter;Susan N Lukwago;R D Dawn C Bucholtz;Eddie M Clark

  • Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: A framework to guide research and application

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Melanie C. Green;Joseph N. Cappella;Michael D. Slater

  • Understanding how people process health information: a comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials.

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Fiona C. Bull;Eddie M. Clark;Debra L. Oswald

  • Individual, social environmental, and physical environmental influences on physical activity among black and white Adults: A Structural Equation Analysis

    Lorna Haughton McNeill;Kathleen W. Wyrwich;Ross C. Brownson;Eddie M. Clark

  • Are tailored health education materials always more effective than non-tailored materials?

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Debra L. Oswald;Fiona C. Bull;Eddie M. Clark

  • Comparing narrative and informational videos to increase mammography in low-income African American women

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Kathleen Holmes;Kassandra Alcaraz;Bindu Kalesan

  • Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centers

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Celette Sugg-Skinner;Cheryl L. Holt;Eddie M. Clark

  • Best friends forever?: High school best friendships and the transition to college

    Debra L. Oswald;Eddie M. Clark

  • Friendship Maintenance: An Analysis of Individual and Dyad Behaviors

    Debra L. Oswald;Eddie M. Clark;Cheryl M. Kelly

  • Development and validation of brief scales to measure collectivism, religiosity, racial pride, and time orientation in urban African American women.

    Susan N. Lukwago;Matthew W. Kreuter;Dawn C. Bucholtz;Cheryl L. Holt

  • Spiritual health locus of control and breast cancer beliefs among urban African American women.

    Cheryl L. Holt;Eddie M. Clark;Matthew W. Kreuter;Doris M. Rubio

  • Relationship between religious social support and general social support with health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans.

    Katrina Debnam;Cheryl L. Holt;Eddie M. Clark;David L. Roth

  • Understanding the effects of printed health education materials: which features lead to which outcomes?

    Fiona Bull;C.L. Holt;M.W. Kreuter;E.M. Clark

  • The gray area: exploring attitudes toward infidelity and the development of the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale.

    Karen Wilson;Brent A. Mattingly;Eddie M. Clark;Daniel J. Weidler

  • Religion and health in African Americans: the role of religious coping.

    Cheryl L. Holt;Eddie M. Clark;Katrina J. Debnam;David L. Roth

  • What makes cancer survivor stories work? An empirical study among African American women

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Trent D. Buskirk;Kathleen Holmes;Eddie M. Clark

  • Spiritual health locus of control and health behaviors in African Americans.

    Katrina J. Debnam;Cheryl L. Holt;Eddie M. Clark;David L. Roth

  • The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women’s Physical Health Findings From the Missouri Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

    Jeane Bosch;Terri L. Weaver;Lauren D. Arnold;Eddie M. Clark

  • Foggy Faithfulness: Relationship Quality, Religiosity, and the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale in an Adult Sample

    Brent A. Mattingly;Karen Wilson;Eddie M. Clark;Amanda W. Bequette

  • IN AND OUT OF THE BEDROOM: SEXUAL SATISFACTION IN THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP

    Brien K. Ashdown;Jana Hackathorn;Eddie M. Clark

  • Responses to behaviorally vs culturally tailored cancer communication among African American women.

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Celette Sugg Skinner;Karen Steger-May;Cheryl L. Holt

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheryl L. Holt
Cheryl L. Holt University of Maryland, College Park
Crystal L. Park
Crystal L. Park University of Connecticut
Daniel J. O'Keefe
Daniel J. O'Keefe Northwestern University
Celette Sugg Skinner
Celette Sugg Skinner The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Melanie C. Green
Melanie C. Green University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Joseph N. Cappella
Joseph N. Cappella University of Pennsylvania

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