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Overview

Kevin D. McCaul is affiliated with North Dakota State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Psychology and Health Professions, with specific attention to Applied Psychology and General Health Professions as subfields.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Health, psychology, and well-being

Kevin D. McCaul has contributed to academic literature through published works in recognized venues. Their recent publication is:

  • Disease-Specific Worry, 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin D. McCaul include:

  • Renee E. Magnan
  • Michael P. Mead

The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology is noted as a publication venue associated with their work.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination.

    Noel T. Brewer;Gretchen B. Chapman;Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard

  • Distraction and coping with pain.

    Kevin D. McCaul;James M. Malott

  • Risk perceptions: assessment and relationship to influenza vaccination.

    Neil D. Weinstein;Abbie Kwitel;Kevin D. McCaul;Renee E. Magnan

  • Supportive and Nonsupportive Family Behaviors: Relationships to Adherence and Metabolic Control in Persons with Type I Diabetes

    Lorraine C Schafer;Kevin D McCaul;Russell E Glasgow

  • WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BREAST CANCER RISK AND MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING? A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW

    Kevin D. McCaul;Ann Dyche Branstetter;Dawn M. Schroeder;Russell E. Glasgow

  • Does worry about breast cancer predict screening behaviors? A meta-analysis of the prospective evidence.

    Jennifer L. Hay;Kevin D. McCaul;Renee E. Magnan

  • Diabetes regimen behaviors. Predicting adherence.

    Kevin D. McCaul;Russell E. Glasgow;Lorraine C. Schafer

  • Self-care behaviors and glycemic control in type I diabetes.

    Russell E. Glasgow;Kevin D. McCaul;Lorraine C. Schafer

  • Adherence to IDDM Regimens: Relationship to Psychosocial Variables and Metabolic Control

    Lorraine C Schafer;Russell E Glasgow;Kevin D McCaul;Mark Dreher

  • Participation in Worksite Health Promotion: A Critique of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Practice

    R E Glasgow;K D McCaul;K J Fisher

  • Barriers to regimen adherence among persons with insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Russell E. Glasgow;Kevin D. McCaul;Lorraine C. Schafer

  • Motivation to quit using cigarettes: a review.

    Kevin D. McCaul;Jill R. Hockemeyer;Rebecca J. Johnson;Kimberlee Zetocha

  • Unrealistic optimism in smokers: implications for smoking myth endorsement and self-protective motivation.

    Amanda J. Dillard;Kevin D. McCaul;William M. P. Klein

  • Breast cancer worry and screening: some prospective data.

    Kevin D. McCaul;Dawn M. Schroeder;Patricia A. Reid

  • Hormonal response to competition in human males

    Brian A. Gladue;Michael Boechler;Kevin D. McCaul

  • The Value of the Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Control, and Self-Efficacy Expectations for Predicting Health-Protective Behaviors

    Kevin D. McCaul;Ann K. Sandgren;H. Katherine O'Neill;Verlin B. Hinsz

  • Coping and adjustment to breast cancer

    Kevin D. McCaul;Ann K. Sandgren;Brenda King;Susan O'Donnell

  • Winning, losing, mood, and testosterone.

    Kevin D. McCaul;Brian A. Gladue;Margaret Joppa

  • Coping after cancer: Risk perceptions, worry, and health behaviors among colorectal cancer survivors

    Amy B. Mullens;Kevin D. McCaul;Shannon C. Erickson;Ann K. Sandgren

  • Attention, distraction, and cold-pressor pain.

    Kevin D. McCaul;Curt Haugtvedt

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Alexander J. Rothman
Alexander J. Rothman University of Minnesota
Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon Skidmore College
Neil D. Weinstein
Neil D. Weinstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Frederick X. Gibbons
Frederick X. Gibbons University of Connecticut
Meg Gerrard
Meg Gerrard University of Connecticut
Linda D. Cameron
Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced
Michael D. Robinson
Michael D. Robinson North Dakota State University
Brian P. Meier
Brian P. Meier Gettysburg College

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