Alan J. Christensen, PhD
Medical regimen adherence and behavioral self-management in chronic disease.
119 Rawl Building
christensenal19@ecu.edu
104 Rawl Building
Department of Psychology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
Willing to consider taking a doctoral student in 2022-23
- Not this year
Education
- PhD, The University of Utah
- MS, The University of Utah
- BS, The University of Utah
Research Interests
Dr. Christensen is a clinical health psychologist and clinical researcher. His research program has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs and involves the study of medical regimen adherence and behavioral self-management among patients with chronic and complex medical problems. A longstanding, underlying feature of his research has been a conceptual and methodological focus on the interactive relations among individuals and the social, environmental, and clinical contexts within which they manage their own health and healthcare.
Selected publications and books
Vélez-Bermúdez, M., Christensen, AJ, Kinner EK, Roche A, Fraer, M (2019). Patient Activation Mediates Treatment Satisfaction and Decisional Conflict in Patients approaching End Stage Renal Disease. In press, Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Wilson, DK, Christensen, AJ, Jacobsen, P, & Kaplan, RM (2019). Special issue on standards for economic analyses for the field of health psychology and behavioral medicine. In press, Health Psychology.
Howren, M.B., Kellerman, Q.D., Hillis, S.L., Cvengros, J., Lawton, W.J., and Christensen, A.J. (2016). Behavioral Self-Regulation Intervention on Patient Adherence in Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(2), 167-176. doi:10.1007/s12160-015-9741-0
Van Liew J.R., Christensen A.J., and de Moor J.S. (2014) Psychosocial factors in adjuvant hormone therapy for breast cancer: An emerging context for adherence research. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 8(3), 521–531. doi: 10.1007/s11764-014-0374-2
Van Liew, J.R., Christensen, A.J., Howren, M.B., Karnell, L.H., Funk, G.F. (2014). Fear of Recurrence Impacts Health Related Quality of Life and Continued Tobacco Use in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors. Health Psychology, 33(4), 373-381. doi: 10.1037/a0032680.