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  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Leona S. Aiken is an academic affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine, Psychology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields of study include Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Applied Psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple topics, with a focus on:

  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Leona S. Aiken has published research in various venues including Hematological Oncology, Multivariate Behavioral Research, and The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Aiken include:

  • REAL WORLD OUTCOMES AND RESPONSES TO SECOND-LINE THERAPY IN RELAPSED/REFRACTORY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA: A MULTICENTRE UK STUDY, 2021, Hematological Oncology
  • A Tribute to the Mind, Methodology and Mentoring of Wayne Velicer, 2020, Multivariate Behavioral Research
  • Screening Behavior, 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology

Frequent collaborators in their work include Rohan Shotton, Amy A. Kirkwood, Michael Northend, D. Fathoala, and Kieran Burton.

Leona S. Aiken was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences

    Jacob Cohen;Patricia Cohen;Stephen G. West;Leona S. Aiken

  • Multiple regression : testing and interpreting interactions

    Leona S Aiken;Stephen G West;Raymond R Reno

  • Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions

    Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West

  • The Analysis of Count Data : A Gentle Introduction to Poisson Regression and Its Alternatives

    Stefany Coxe;Stephen G. West;Leona S. Aiken

  • The Effect of Different Forms of Centering in Hierarchical Linear Models

    Ita G.G. Kreft;Jan de Leeuw;Leona S. Aiken

  • The problem of units and the circumstance for POMP

    Patricia Cohen;Jacob Cohen;Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West

  • Experimental personality designs: Analyzing categorical by continuous variable interactions.

    Stephen G. West;Leona S. Aiken;Jennifer L. Krull

  • Family conflict and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior: Protective factors.

    Diana Formoso;Nancy A. Gonzales;Leona S. Aiken

  • Graduate Training in Statistics, Methodology, and Measurement in Psychology: A Survey of PhD Programs in North America

    Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West;Lee Sechrest;Raymond R. Reno

  • Health beliefs and compliance with mammography-screening recommendations in asymptomatic women.

    Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West;Claudia K. Woodward;Raymond R. Reno

  • A psychosocial model of sun protection and sunbathing in young women: the impact of health beliefs, attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy for sun protection.

    Kristina M. Jackson;Leona S. Aiken

  • The health belief model and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Gayle G. Bond;Leona S. Aiken;Susan C. Somerville

  • Structural equation analyses of clinical subpopulation differences and comparative treatment outcomes: characterizing the daily lives of drug addicts.

    Leona S. Aiken;Judith A. Stein;Peter M. Bentler

  • Multiple Linear Regression

    Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West;Steven C. Pitts;Amanda N. Baraldi

  • Increasing condom use: Evaluation of a theory-based intervention to prevent sexually transmitted diseases in young women

    Angela D. Bryan;Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West

  • Neighborhood contexts and the mediating role of neighborhood social cohesion on health and psychological distress among Hispanic and non-Hispanic residents.

    Rebeca Rios;Rebeca Rios;Leona S. Aiken;Alex J. Zautra

  • Outcome Evaluation of a Randomized Trial of the PhoenixCare Intervention: Program of Case Management and Coordinated Care for the Seriously Chronically Ill

    Leona S. Aiken;Jonathan Butner;Carol A. Lockhart;Barbara E. Volk-Craft

  • Young women's condom use: the influence of acceptance of sexuality, control over the sexual encounter, and perceived susceptibility to common STDs.

    Angela D. Bryan;Leona S. Aiken;Stephen G. West

  • Advanced Nonlinear Latent Variable Modeling: Distribution Analytic LMS and QML Estimators of Interaction and Quadratic Effects

    Augustin Kelava;Christina S. Werner;Karin Schermelleh-Engel;Helfried Moosbrugger

  • Transition to motherhood: A longitudinal study

    Tannis Macbeth Williams;Lesley A. Joy;Lisa Travis;Andrew Gotowiec

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. West
Stephen G. West Arizona State University
Jacob Cohen
Jacob Cohen New York University
Mary A. Gerend
Mary A. Gerend Florida State University
Kristina M. Jackson
Kristina M. Jackson Brown University
Angela D. Bryan
Angela D. Bryan University of Colorado Boulder
David P. MacKinnon
David P. MacKinnon Arizona State University
Mary C. Davis
Mary C. Davis Arizona State University
Mindy J. Erchull
Mindy J. Erchull University of Mary Washington
Paul Karoly
Paul Karoly Arizona State University
John C. Norcross
John C. Norcross University of Scranton

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