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Kathryn Greene is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including social sciences, medicine, and health professions, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to health communication and behavioral studies.

The primary fields of study for Kathryn Greene include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these broader fields, their work focuses on several subfields such as sociology and political science, general health professions, applied psychology, oncology, and physiology.

Key topics covered in their research consist of:

  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Cancer Survivorship and Care
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Kathryn Greene has contributed extensively to academic journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Health Communication
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kathryn Greene include:

  • "Facilitating psychological adjustment for breast cancer patients through empathic communication and uncertainty reduction," 2023, Patient Education and Counseling
  • "Smokers' and Young Adult Non-Smokers' Perceptions and Perceived Impact of Snus and E-Cigarette Modified Risk Messages," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Short term effects of the REAL media e-learning media literacy substance prevention curriculum: An RCT of adolescents disseminated through a community organization," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Exploring indicators of engagement in online learning as applied to adolescent health prevention: a pilot study of REAL media," 2020, Educational Technology Research and Development
  • "The Role of Engagement in Effective, Digital Prevention Interventions: the Function of Engagement in the REAL Media Substance Use Prevention Curriculum," 2020, Prevention Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with multiple joint publications alongside:

  • Maria K. Venetis
  • Katie A. Devine
  • Lauren Lee
  • Michael L. Hecht
  • Danielle Catona

Best Publications

  • The Theory of Reasoned Action

    Jerold L. Hale;Brian J. Householder;Kathryn L. Greene

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships: Self-Disclosure in Personal Relationships

    Kathryn Greene;Valerian J. Derlega;Alicia Mathews

  • Targeting adolescent risk-taking behaviors: the contributions of egocentrism and sensation-seeking.

    Kathryn Greene;Marina Krcmar;Lynda Henley Walters;Donald L. Rubin

  • Gender, Belief in the Sexual Double Standard, and Sexual Talk in Heterosexual Dating Relationships

    Kathryn Greene;Sandra L. Faulkner

  • Messages Influencing College Women's Tanning Bed Use: Statistical versus Narrative Evidence Format and a Self-Assessment to Increase Perceived Susceptibility

    Kathryn Greene;Laura S. Brinn

  • Privacy and disclosure of HIV in interpersonal relationships : a sourcebook for researchers and practitioners

    Kathryn Greene;Valerian J. Derlega;Gust A. Yep;Sandra Petronio

  • Reasons for HIV Disclosure/Nondisclosure in Close Relationships: Testing a Model of HIV-Disclosure Decision Making.

    Valerian J. Derlega;Barbara A. Winstead;Kathryn Greene;Julianne Serovich

  • Perceived HIV-related Stigma and HIV Disclosure to Relationship Partners after Finding Out about the Seropositive Diagnosis.

    Valerian J. Derlega;Barbara A. Winstead;Kathryn Greene;Julianne Serovich

  • Predicting exposure to and uses of television violence

    Marina Krcmar;Kathryn Greene

  • Gender-Typical Style in Written Language.

    Donald L. Rubin;Kathryn Greene

  • Role of Transportation in the Persuasion Process: Cognitive and Affective Responses to Antidrug Narratives

    Smita C Banerjee;Kathryn Greene

  • Assessing health diagnosis disclosure decisions in relationships: testing the disclosure decision-making model.

    Kathryn Greene;Kate Magsamen-Conrad;Maria K Venetis;Maria G Checton

  • Predicting Exposure to and Liking of Media Violence: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

    Kathryn Greene;Marina Krcmar

  • An integrated model of health disclosure decision-making.

    Kathryn Greene

  • Gentlemen don't speak: communication norms and condom use in bathhouses

    William N. Elwood;Kathryn Greene;Karen K. Carter

  • Social Penetration Theory

    Amanda Carpenter;Kathryn Greene

  • Analysis Versus Production: Adolescent Cognitive and Attitudinal Responses to Antismoking Interventions

    Smita C. Banerjee;Kathryn Greene

  • A test of the theory of reasoned action in the context of condom use and AIDS

    Kathryn Greene;Jerold L. Hale;Donald L. Rubin

  • Patients' and partners' perspectives of chronic illness and its management.

    Maria G. Checton;Kathryn Greene;Kate Magsamen-Conrad;Maria K. Venetis

  • Antismoking initiatives: effects of analysis versus production media literacy interventions on smoking-related attitude, norm, and behavioral intention.

    Smita C. Banerjee;Kathryn Greene

  • Expected versus actual responses to disclosure in relationships of HIV‐positive African American adolescent females

    Kathryn Greene;Sandra L. Faulkner

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Krcmar
Marina Krcmar Wake Forest University
Michael L. Hecht
Michael L. Hecht Pennsylvania State University
Julianne M. Serovich
Julianne M. Serovich The Ohio State University
Valerian J. Derlega
Valerian J. Derlega Old Dominion University
Barbara A. Winstead
Barbara A. Winstead Old Dominion University
Jamie S. Ostroff
Jamie S. Ostroff Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robin J. Lewis
Robin J. Lewis Old Dominion University
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Matthew R. Pearson
Matthew R. Pearson University of New Mexico

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