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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Vanessa L. Malcarne is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with notable contributions in subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, clinical psychology, genetics, dermatology, and epidemiology.

Their main areas of study include systemic sclerosis and related diseases, body image and dysmorphia studies, eating disorders and behaviors, inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyositis, dermatologic treatments and research, interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, as well as dental health and care utilization.

Vanessa L. Malcarne has published extensively in various academic venues. The frequent publication outlets include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Body Image
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Trials
  • Arthritis Care & Research

Their recent papers encompass research on body image satisfaction and related sociocultural constructs, as well as mental health symptoms in systemic sclerosis participants, including:

  • Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I (2022, Body Image)
  • Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among women: The U.S. Body Project I (2022, Body Image)
  • Demographic predictors of objectification theory and tripartite influence model constructs: The U.S. Body Project I (2021, Body Image)
  • Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among men: The U.S. Body Project I (2022, Body Image)
  • Changes in mental health symptoms from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 among participants with systemic sclerosis from four countries: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort study (2020, Journal of Psychosomatic Research)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Vanessa L. Malcarne include:

  • Brett D. Thombs
  • Linda Kwakkenbos
  • Marie-Eve Carrier
  • Susan J. Bartlett
  • Karen Gottesman

Among the recognitions received, Vanessa L. Malcarne was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Coping with stressful events in older children and young adolescents.

    Bruce E. Compas;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Karen M. Fondacaro

  • Perceived control and coping with stress: A developmental perspective.

    Bruce E. Compas;Gerard A. Banez;Vanessa Malcarne;Nancy Worsham

  • When Mom or Dad Has Cancer: Markers of Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients, Spouses, and Children

    Bruce E. Compas;Nancy L. Worsham;JoAnne E. Epping-Jordan;Kathryn E. Grant

  • Math Anxiety in Second and Third Graders and Its Relation to Mathematics Achievement

    Sarah S. Wu;Maria Barth;Hitha Amin;Vanessa Malcarne

  • The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy Module

    James W Varni;Tasha M Burwinkle;Susan J Berrin;Sandra A Sherman

  • Post-occupancy evaluation of healing gardens in a pediatric cancer center

    Sandra A. Sherman;James W. Varni;Roger S. Ulrich;Vanessa L. Malcarne

  • Does God Determine Your Health? The God Locus of Health Control Scale

    Kenneth A. Wallston;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Lise Flores;Ingunn Hansdottir

  • Health‐related quality of life of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: hearing the voices of the children

    James W Varni;Tasha M Burwinkle;Sandra A Sherman;Kanela Hanna

  • Reliability and validity of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference.

    Sharon H Baik;Rina S Fox;Sarah D Mills;Scott C Roesch;Scott C Roesch

  • Validation of interpersonal support evaluation list-12 (ISEL-12) scores among English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study.

    Erin L. Merz;Scott C. Roesch;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Frank J. Penedo

  • Psychometric properties of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) original and short forms in an African American community sample

    Erin L. Merz;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Scott C. Roesch;Celine M. Ko

  • A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among English- and Spanish-speaking Latinas.

    Erin L. Merz;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Scott C. Roesch;Natasha Riley

  • The effects of dyadic strength and coping styles on psychological distress in couples faced with prostate cancer.

    Rajni Banthia;Vanessa L Malcarne;James W Varni;James W Varni;Celine M Ko

  • The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy Module

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  • Scrutinizing the relationship between shyness and social phobia.

    Denise A Chavira;Murray B Stein;Vanessa L Malcarne

  • The psychometric properties of the generalized anxiety disorder-7 scale in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference.

    Sarah D. Mills;Rina S. Fox;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Scott C. Roesch

  • Depressive symptoms among young breast cancer survivors: the importance of reproductive concerns

    Jessica R. Gorman;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Scott C. Roesch;Lisa Madlensky

  • Experiencing reproductive concerns as a female cancer survivor is associated with depression

    Jessica R. Gorman;H. Irene Su;Samantha C. Roberts;Sally A. Dominick

  • The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort : protocol for a cohort multiple randomised controlled trial (cmRCT) design to support trials of psychosocial and rehabilitation interventions in a rare disease context

    Linda Kwakkenbos;Lisa R. Jewett;Murray Baron;Susan J. Bartlett

  • Reliability and Validity of the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories in Caucasian Americans and Latinos

    Sandra Contreras;Senaida Fernandez;Vanessa L. Malcarne;Rick E. Ingram

  • Attaining negative margins in breast-conservation operations: is there a consensus among breast surgeons?

    Sarah L. Blair;Kari Thompson;Joseph Rococco;Vanessa Malcarne

  • Sleep disturbance and cancer-related fatigue symptom cluster in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

    Rina S. Fox;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Scott C. Roesch;Scott C. Roesch;Erin L. Merz

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
James W. Varni
James W. Varni Texas A&M University
Elizabeth A. Klonoff
Elizabeth A. Klonoff University of Central Florida
Frank J. Penedo
Frank J. Penedo University of Miami
Kenneth A. Wallston
Kenneth A. Wallston Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rick E. Ingram
Rick E. Ingram University of Kansas
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Aaron J. Blashill
Aaron J. Blashill San Diego State University
Krista M. Perreira
Krista M. Perreira University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John R. McQuaid
John R. McQuaid University of California, San Francisco

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