University of kansas school of medicine faculty curriculum vitae I. Personal data n

Master’s Theses

Year	Student Name	Thesis title	Degree (completed)	Role
1989	Pieper, K.B. Summers, J.D.	"Improving compliance with drug regimens in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis" "Psychosocial factors in chronic spinal cord injury pain"	MA (CP) MA (CP)	Committee Chair Committee Chair
1990	Yoshinobu, L.R.	"Construct validation of the hope scale: Agency and pathways components"	MA (CP)	Committee Member
1991	Gragg, R.A. Padur, J.S. Applegate, J.K.	"AIDS risk reduction among heterosexual college students: The roles of perceived vulnerability and personal efficacy" "Psychosocial adjustment in chronic childhood disease" "Leukocyte parameters in depressed outpatients"	MA (CP) MA (CP) MA (CP)	Committee Member Committee CoChair Committee Member
1992	Danovsky, M.B.	"Psychosocial adjustment and coping among siblings of children with insulindependent diabetes mellitus"	MA (CP)	Committee CoChair
1993	Ashworth, J.K. Barnum, D.D.	"Compliance with initial followup newborn wellchild care appointments” "Longterm psychosocial adjustment of adolescents with childhood burns"	MA (CP) MA (CP)	Committee Chair Committee Chair
1995	Seaton, K.A. Da Costa, I.G.	"Effects of educational and behavioral strategies on adherence in adolescents with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus" "Improving adherence to medication regimens for children with asthma and its effect on clinical outcome"	MA (CP) MA (CP)	Committee Chair Committee Chair
1998	Kamps, J.L. von Weiss, R.T.	“A multicomponent adherence intervention for asthma” “Daily hassles and perceived social support as predictors of adjustment in children with pediatric rheumatic disease”	MA (CCP) MA (CP)	Committee Co-Chair Committee Co-Chair
2000	Taylor, J.D.	“HIV prevention behaviors of adolescent women: Assessing the role of hope and coping strategies”	MA (CP)	Committee Member
2007	Karlson, C.	“Effects of parental massage in children with JRA”	MA (CP)	Co-Chair
2009	Lootens, C.	“Evaluating three methods of assessing adherence to an inhaled corticosteroid regimen for pediatric asthma”	MA (CP)	Chair
2013	Tsai, M. Williams, Alex	“Development and Validation of the Barriers Questionnaire-Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Patient- and Parent-report Measures” “The effect of cognitive anchoring on exposure to blood-injection-injury stimuli”	MA (CP) MA (CP)	Chair Co-Chair
2014	Mustapha, Adkijat Calkins, Alison	“Women’s and Men’s Reactions to Being Sexually Coerced: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis” “The role of adherence on health outcomes in pediatric chronic conditions: A meta-analysis”	MA (CP) MA (CP)	Committee Member Chair
2015	Nora Sporn	“Pediatric obesity treatment in rural settings: Association between psychological functioning and health outcomes”	MA (CP)	Committee Member

Ph.D. Dissertations

Year	Student Name	Dissertation title	Degree (completed)	Role
1987	Purviance, M.R. Buckmaster, L.P.	"Improving compliance with medication regimens for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Applied and methodological perspectives" "Compensation of caloric intake of obese and non-obese children"	Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CP)	Committee Co-Chair Committee CoChair
1989	Engel, J.M.	"A component analysis of relaxation training with biofeedback for children with vascular, muscle contraction, and mixed headache disorders"	Ph.D. (DCP)	Committee CoChair
1991	Pieper, K.B. Ware, L.L.	"Psychosocial correlates of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis" "The relationships of parent and physician behaviors to children's distress during invasive medical procedures"	Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CP)	Committee CoChair Committee CoChair
1993	Laird, S.P Gragg, R.A. Summers, J.D.	"A preliminary investigation into the role of prayer as a coping technique for adult patients with arthritis" "Pain coping strategies of children with rheumatic disease" "Anger and depression in chronic spinal cord injury pain as explained by the cognitive construct of hope"	Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CP)	Committee CoChair Committee CoChair Committee Co-Chair
1994	Dujovne, V.F. Danovksy, M.B.	"Comparison of cognitivebehavioral to pharmacological treatment of depression in prepubertal children" “Development of a coping measure for children: The Kansas Coping Inventory (KANCOPE)"	Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CP)	Committee CoChair Committee CoChair
1998	Schmidt, S.J.	“The relationship between anger constructs and pain in children with rheumatic diseases”	Ph.D. (CP)	Committee Co-Chair
1999	Barnum, D.D.	“Patterns and predictors of emotional responses during cardiac rehabilitation”	Ph.D. (CP)	Committee Member
2001	Branstetter, A.D. Hood, C.A.	“Predictors of adherence in children with asthma using the Health Belief Model and Social Learning Theory” “Parents’ educational and occupational aspirations for children with chronic illness”	Ph.D. (CP) Ph.D. (CCP)	Committee Co-Chair Committee Member
2002	Kamps, J.L. Sobel, A.B.	“Improving adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma” “Pediatricians and family practice physicians’ identification and management of psychosocial problems in pediatric primary care populations”	Ph.D. (CCP) Ph.D. (CCP)	Committee Co-Chair Committee Member
2003	Connelly, M.A.	“Headstrong: A computer-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for recurrent pediatric headache”	Ph.D. (CP)	Committee Co-Chair
2004	Kleinsorge, C.A. Ohm, R.C.	“The program evaluation of services in a university primary care clinic: Satisfaction and quality of care” “Is poor symptom perception a predictor of poor adherence to controller medication among adults with asthma”	Ph.D. (CCP) Ph.D. (SON)	Committee Member Committee Member
2006	Mayes, Sunnye Steele, Michael	“Protection motivation theory and knowledge of household safety hazards as predictors of parental home safety behaviors” “Reliability and validity of the oral health scale of the PEDSQL: Measuring the relationship between child oral health and health related quality of life”	Ph.D. (CCP) Ph.D. (CCP)	Committee Member Committee Member
2007	Diamond, Kalyn	“Psychologists’ attitudes and knowledge regarding pain management”	Ph.D. (PRE)	Committee Member
2008	Montserrat Graves	“The Efficacy of Adherence Interventions for Chronically Ill Children: A Meta-analytic Review”	Ph.D. (CCP)	Co-Chair
2008	Matthew Wassom	“A minimal contact cognitive-behavioral intervention for abdominal pain related to functional GI disorders: Pilot study of Gutstrong”	Ph.D. (CP)	Chair
2010	Cynthia Karlson	“Massage and the gate control model”	Ph.D. (CP)	Co-Chair
2012	Tresza Hutchinson	“Using mobile technology to impact fruit and vegetable consumption in low-income youth”	Ph.D. (CP)	Chair
2014	Cathleen Stough Catrina Litzenburg	“Mealtime behaviors association with consumption of unfamiliar foods by young children with autism spectrum disorder” “Adhering to medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children”	Ph.D. (CCP) Ph.D. (CP)	Committee Member Chair
2016	Michele Tsai Owens	Evaluation of healthcare transition outcome predictors for adolescents/ young adults living with chronic medical conditions	Ph.D. (CP)	Chair

Supervision of Postdoctoral fellows:
Year	Fellow Name	Area of Study
2002-2003	Caroline Danda, Ph.D.	Pediatric Psychology
2004-2005	Maura Wendland, Ph.D.	Pediatric Psychology

Advising (Thesis committee/student academic group/individual)

See above list of master’s and doctoral students supervised and on whom committees Dr. Rapoff

served.