Redford B Williams, Professor

Redford B Williams

Professor
mailing address: 2212 Elder St Durham, NC 27705
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Research Summary:
 Psychosocial precursors of medical illness and death, with particular emphasis on the role of the hostility complex (cynicism, anger, and aggression) and social support in the etiology and course of coronary heart disease; biological and neurobiological mechanisms whereby psychosocial influences on health are mediated; more basic studies of the psychophysiology of the autonomic nervous system and neuroendocrine system; the role of genetic variation in behavioral, emotional, and biological responses to stress; psychiatric comorbidity in medical disorders; cross-cultural studies of psychosocial factors in illness, with collaborations currently with investigators in Japan and the USSR.

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  1. Barefoot, J.C., Gronbaek, M., Feaganes, J.R., McPherson, R.S., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C. (in press). Alcoholic beverage preference, diet, and health habits in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION..
  2. Williams, R.B. Neurobiology, cellular and molecular biology, and psychosomatic medicine. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 56: 308-315, 1994..
  3. Bosworth, H.B., Siegler, I.C., Brummett, B., Barefoot, J.C., Williams, R.B., Vitaliano, P.P., Clapp-Channing, N., Lytle, B.L., & Mark D.B. (in press). The relationship between self-rated health and health status among coronary artery patients. JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH..
  4. Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C., Califf, R.M., Haney, T.L., Saunders, W.B., Pryor, D.B., Hlatky, M.A., Siegler, I.C., & Mark, D.B. Prognostic importance of social and economic resources among medically treated patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 267: 520-524, 1992..
  5. Bosworth, H.B., Siegler, I.C., Brummett, B.H., Barefoot, J.C., Haney, T.L., Williams, R.B., Clapp-Channing, N.E., & Mark, D.B. The association of age, gender, coronary artery disease treatment, and perceived social support with health-related quality of life in the Mediators of Social Support (MOSS) study. JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: SOCIAL SCIENCES (under review)..
  6. Williams, R.B. Psychological factors in coronary artery disease: Epidemiologic evidence. CIRCULATION, 76: 117-123, 1987..
  7. Tanaka, Y., Williams, R.B., Kuhn, C.M., Surwit, R.S., Muranaka, M., & Tanaka, A. Central nervous system serotonin deficiency produces glucose intolerance in rats. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACY (submitted)..
  8. Williams, R.B., Lane, J.D., Kuhn, C.M., Melosh, W., White, A.D. & Schanberg, S.M. Type A behavior and elevated physiological and neuroendocrine responses to cognitive tasks. SCIENCE, 218: 483-485, 1982..
  9. Williams, R.B. (in press). Hostility (and other psychosocial risk factors): Effects on health and the potential for successful behavioral approaches to prevention and treatment. IN: Baum, A., Revenson, T.R., Singer, J.E. (Eds.), HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates..
  10. Williams, R.B., Haney, T.L., Blumenthal, J.A., & Kong, Y. Type A behavior, hostility, and coronary atherosclerosis. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 42(6): 539-549, 1980..
  11. Williams, R.B. (in press). Social Ties and Health. THE HARVARD MENTAL HEALTH LETTER..
  12. Williams, R.B. (submitted). Hostility and heart disease. IN: Stansfeld, S. & Marmot, M. (Eds.), STRESS AND HEART DISEASE, London: BMJ Books..
  13. Williams, R.B. Socioeconomic inequalities, health, and disease: An integrative theoretical review of potential experimental neurobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and cellular/molecular mediators. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY (revise and resubmit)..
  14. Williams, R.B. & Williams, V.P. (submitted). Managing hostile thoughts, feelings, and actions: The Lifeskills approach. IN: Snyder, C.R. (Ed.), COPING AND COPERS: ADAPTIVE PROCESSES & PEOPLE. Oxford University Press..
  15. Williams, R.B., Marchuk, D.A., Gadde, K.M., Barefoot, J.C., Grichnik, K., Helms, M.J., Kuhn, C.M., Lewis, J.G., Schanberg, S.M., Stafford-Smith, M., Suarez, E.C., Clary, G.L., Svenson, I.K., & Siegler, I.C. Central nervous system serotonin function and cardiovascular responses to stress. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 63, 300-305, 2001..
  16. 1. Williams, R.B. The role of psychosocial factors in human disease: Lessons from animal models. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA., 161: 100-102, 1997..
  17. 1. Williams, R.B. & Williams, V.P. Lifeskills training to ameliorate the impact of psychosocial factors on the development and course of medical illness. IN Cummings, N.A., Cummings, J.L., & Johnson, J. (Eds.), BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: A GUIDE FOR CLINICAL INTERGRATION. (Chapter 11), pp. 205-218. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press, 1997..
  18. 1. Williams, V.P. & Williams, R.B. LIFESKILLS: 8 SIMPLE WAYS TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATE MORE CLEARLY, IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, AND EVEN THE HEALTH OF THOSE AROUND YOU. New York: Times Books/Random House, Spring, 1998..
  19. 1/13/99.
  20. 10. Williams, R.B. (in press). Social Ties and Health. THE HARVARD MENTAL HEALTH LETTER..
  21. 11. Williams, R.B. Socioeconomic inequalities, health, and disease: An integrative theoretical review of potential experimental neurobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and cellular/molecular mediators. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY (revise and resubmit)..
  22. 12. Tanaka, Y., Williams, R.B., Kuhn, C.M., Surwit, R.S., Muranaka, M., & Tanaka, A. Central nervous system serotonin deficiency produces glucose intolerance in rats. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACY (submitted)..
  23. 2. Blumenthal, J.A., O'Connor, C., Hinderliter, A., Fath, K., Hegde, S.B., Miller, G., Puma, J., Sessions, W., Sheps, D., Zakhary, B., & Williams, R.B. Psychosocial factors and coronary disease. A National Multicenter Clinical Trial (ENRICHD) with a North Carolina focus. NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 58: 802-808, 1997..
  24. 3. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: The role of interpersonal challenge. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 60: 78-88, 1998..
  25. 4. Suarez, E.C., Bartolome, J.V., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The influence of dietary cholesterol on beta-adrenergic receptors in Egyptian Sand Rats. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 4(2): 179-188, 1998..
  26. 5. Williams, R.B., Sasaki, M., Lewis, J.G., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Suarez, E.C., Feaganes, J.R., & Adams, D.O. Differential responsivity of monocyte cytokine and adhesion proteins in high and low hostile human: A pilot study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 4(3): 264-272, 1998..
  27. 6. Williams, R.B. The mind, the body, health, and disease. What do we know, what should we do? NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 59(3): 2-4, 1998.
  28. 7. Williams, R.B. Lower socioeconomic status and increased mortality. Early childhood roots and the potential for successful interventions. JAMA, 279: 1745-1746, 1998..
  29. 8. Barefoot, J.C., Heitmann, B.L., Helms, M.J., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C. Symptoms of depression and changes in body weight from adolescence to mid-life. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 22: 688-694, 1998..
  30. 9. Brummett, B.H., Babyak, M.A., Barefoot, J.C., Bosworth, H.B., Clapp-Channing, N.E., Siegler, I.C., Williams, Jr., R.B., & Mark, D.B. (in press). Social support, hostility and depressive symptoms in cardiac patients one month following hospitalization: A Prospective study. Psychosomatic Medicine..
  31. Chapters.
  32. 1. Williams, R.B. The role of psychosocial factors in human disease: Lessons from animal models. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA Supplement (in press)..
  33. 2. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: The role of interpersonal challenge. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE (in press)..
  34. 3. Suarez, E.C., Bartolome, J.V., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The effect of dietary cholesterol on beta adrenergic receptor functioning in cardiac and hepatic tissues. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (in press)..
  35. 4. Williams, R.B., Sasaki, M., Lewis, J.G., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Suarez, E.C., Feaganes, J.R., & Adams, D.O. Differential responsivity of monocyte cytokine and adhesion proteins in high and low hostile human: A pilot study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (in press)..
  36. 5. Williams, R.B. Socioeconomic inequalities, health, and disease: An integrative theoretical review of potential experimental neurobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and cellular/molecular mediators. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY (revise and resubmit)..
  37. 6. Kussin, P.S., Brown, T.M., Oxley, S.L., & Williams, R. A prospective study of premorbid personality and mental status in critically ill patients. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (submitted)..
  38. 7. Barefoot, J.C., Heitmann, B.L., Helms, M.J., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C. Symptoms of depression and changes in body weight from adolescence to mid-life. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY (submitted)..
  39. 8. Tanaka, Y., Williams, R.B., Kuhn, C.M., Surwit, R.S., Muranaka, M., & Tanaka, A. Central nervous system serotonin deficiency produces glucose intolerance in rats. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACY (submitted)..
  40. Chapters.
  41. Luecken, L.J., Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Siegler, I.C., & Williams, R.B. Stress and employed women. I. Impact of marital status and children at home on neurohormone output and home strain. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 59: 352-359, 1997..
  42. Shiller, A.M., Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, Jr., R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The relationship between hostility and beta-adrenergic receptor physiology in healthy young males. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 59: 481-487, 1997..
  43. Siegler, I.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Barefoot, J.C., Saunders, W.B., Peterson, B.L., Dahlstrom, W.G., Costa Jr., P.T., Suarez, E.C., Helms, M.J., Maynard, K.E., & Williams, Redford B. Personality factors differentially predict exercise behavior in men and women. WOMEN'S HEALTH: RESEARCH ON GENDER, BEHAVIOR, AND POLICY, 3(1): 61-70, 1997..
  44. Szczepanski, R., Napolitano, M., Feaganes, J.R., Barefoot, J.C., Luecken, L., Swoap, R., Kuhn, C., Suarez, E., Siegler, I., Williams, R.B., Blumenthal, J.A. Relation of mood ratings and neurohormonal responses during daily life in employed women. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 4: 1-16, 1997..
  45. Von Dras, D.D., Siegler, I.C., Williams, Jr., R.B., Clapp-Channing, N., Haney, T., & Mark, D.B. Surrogate assessment of coronary artery disease patients' functional capacity. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 44(10): 1491-1502, 1997..
  46. Williams, R.B. & Williams, V.P. Lifeskills training to ameliorate the impact of psychosocial factors on the development and course of medical illness. IN Cummings, N.A., Cummings, J.L., & Johnson, J. (Eds). BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: A GUIDE FOR CLINICAL INTERGRATION. (Chapter 13). Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press, in press, 1997..
  47. Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Helms, M.J., Luecken, L., Pieper, C.F., Sieler, I.C., & Suarez, E.C. Psychosocial correlates of job strain in a sample of working women. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY, 54: 543-548. 1997..
  48. Williams, V.P. & Williams, R.B. LIFESKILLS. Times Books/Random House, in press, Spring 1998..
  49. Barefoot, J.C., Heitmann, B.L., Helms, M.J., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C. Symptoms of depression and changes in body weight from adolescence to mid-life. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, submitted..
  50. Barefoot, J.C., Helms, M.J., Mark, D.M., Blumenthal, J.A., Califf, R.M., Haney, T.L., O'Connor, C.M., Siegler, I.C., Williams, R.B. Depression and long term mortality risk in patients with coronary artery disease. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 78, 613-617, 1996..
  51. Chapters:.
  52. Haney, T.L., Maynard, K.E., Houseworth, S.J., Scherwitz, L.W., Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C. The Interpersonal Hostility Assessment Technique: Description and validation against the criterion of coronary artery disease. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, 66(2): 386-401, 1996..
  53. In press.
  54. Kussin, P.S., Brown, T.M., Oxley, S.L., & Williams, R. A prospective study of premorbid personality and mental status in critically ill patients. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (submitted)..
  55. Luecken, L.J., Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Siegler, I.C., & Williams, R.B. Stress and employed women. I. Impact of marriage and children on perceived stress and neuroendocrine output. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, in press..
  56. Mark, D.B., Clapp-Channing, N., Lam, L.C., Barefoot, J.C., Siegler, I.C., & Williams, R.B. (1995). Medical Care: Access, Utilization and Cost (pp. 133-144). In Report of the Conference on Socio-economic Status and Cardiovascular Health and Disease. Bethesda, MD. November 5-6..
  57. Shiller, A.M., Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, Jr., R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The relationship between hostility and beta-adrenergic receptor physiology in healthy young males. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE (submitted)..
  58. Siegler, I.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Barefoot, J.C., Saunders, W.B., Peterson, B.L., Dahlstrom, W.G., Costa Jr., P.T., Suarez, E.C., Helms, M.J., Maynard, K.E., & Williams, Redford B. Personality factors differentially predict exercise behavior in men and women. WOMEN'S HEALTH: RESEARCH ON GENDER, BEHAVIOR, AND POLICY, in press..
  59. Suarez, E.C., Bartolome, J.V., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The effect of dietary cholesterol on beta adrenergic receptor functioning in cardiac and hepatic tissues. (To be submitted)..
  60. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, Jr., R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. Neuroendocrine, cardiovasuclar, and emotional responses of hostile men: The role of interpersonal challenge. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, submitted..
  61. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: The role of interpersonal challenge. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE (submitted)..
  62. Submitted.
  63. Szczepanski, R., Napolitano, M., Feaganes, J.R., Kuhn, C., Swoap, R., Suarez, E.C., Barefoot, J.C., Siegler, I.C., Williams, R.B., & Blumenthal, J.A. Relationship of mood ratings and neurohormonal responses during daily life in employed females, in press..
  64. Tabrizi, K., Littman, A., & Williams, R.B. Psycopharmacology and cardiac disease. IN Allen, R., Scheidt, S. HEART & MIND. THE PRACTICE OF CARDIAC PSYCHOLOGY. (pp. 397-419). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association..
  65. Von Dras DD, Williams RB, Kaplan BH, Siegler IC: Correlates of perceived social support and equality of interpersonal relationships at midlife. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 43 (3): 199-127, 1996..
  66. Von Dras, D.D., Siegler, I.C., Williams, Jr., R.B., Clapp-Channing, N., Haney, T., & Mark, D.B. Surrogate assessment of coronary artery disease patients' functional capacity. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, in press..
  67. Von Dras, D.D., Williams, R.B., Kaplan, B.H., & Siegler, I.C. Correlates of perceived social support and equality of interpersonal relationships at midlife. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 43(3), in press..
  68. Williams, R.B. Socioeconomic inequalities, health, and disease: An integrative theoretical review of potential experimental neurobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and cellular/molecular mediators. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY (submitted)..
  69. Williams, R.B., & Littman, A.B. Psychosocial factors: Role in cardiac risk and treatment strategies. IN Abrams, J., Pasternak, R.C. (Eds). CARDIOLOGY CLINICS. (pp. 97-104). Philadepha: W.B. Saunders Company, 1996..
  70. Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Helms, M.J., Luecken, L., Pieper, C.F., Sieler, I.C., & Suarez, E.C. Psychosocial correlates of job strain in a sample of working women. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY, in press..
  71. Williams, R.B., Williams, V.P., Suarez, E.C., & Lincoln, J.E. Personality and public opinion: Hostility-scores and the choice of military active vs. Economic sanction against Iraq prior to the Gulf War in January, 1991. JASP (submitted)..
  72. Hlatky, M.A., Lam L.C., Lee K.L., Clapp-Channing, N.E., Williams, R.B., Pryor, D.B., Califf, R.M., & Mark, D.B. Job strain and the prevalence and outcome of coronary artery disease. CIRCULATION, 92: 327-333, 1995..
  73. Kussin, P.S., Brown, T.M., Oxley, S.L., & Williams, R. A Prospective study of premorbid personality and mental status in critically ill patients. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, (submitted)..
  74. Luecken, L.J. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Siegler, I.C., & Williams, R.B. Stress and employed women. I. Impact of marriage and children on perceived stress and neuroendocrine output. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. (Submitted)..
  75. Schiller, A.M., Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, J. R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The relationship between hostility and beta-adrenergic receptor physiology in healthy young males. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. (Submitted)..
  76. Suarez, E.C., Bartholome, J.A., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. The effect of dietary cholesterol on beta adrenergic receptor functiong in cardiac and hepatic tissue. (To be submitted)..
  77. Suarez, E.C., Kuhn, C.M., Schanberg, S.M., Williams, R.B., & Zimmermann, E.A. Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: The role of interpersonal challenge. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. (Submitted)..
  78. Suarez, E.C., Sasaki, M., Williams, R.B., & Adams, D.O. (1995). Stress- induced increase in interleukin-lb expression on monocytes is associated with depression in women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, San Diego, CA..
  79. Submitted.
  80. Thai, S.F., Lewis, J.G., Williams, R.B., Johnson, S.P., & Adams, D.O. Effects of oxidized LDL on mononuclear phagocytes: inhibition of induction of four inflammatory cytokine gene RNAs, release of NO, and cytolysis of tumor cells. JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY, 57, 427-433, 1995..
  81. Von Dras, D.D., Williams, R.B., Kaplan, B.H., & Siegler, I.C. (in press). Correlates of perceived social support and equality of interpersonal relationships at midlife. International Journal of Aging and Human Development..
  82. Williams, R. B. A commentary on Pincus and Callahan (1995). ADVANCES..
  83. Williams, R.B. Coronary-Prone Behaviors, Hostility, and Cardiovascular Health: Implications for Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions. BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE APPROACHES TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION. Schneiderman, N., Orth-Gomer, K. (eds). Chapter 11. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1995..
  84. Williams, R.B. Socioeconomic inequalities, health, and disease: An integrative theoretical review of potential neurobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and cellular/molecular mediators. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRIARY, submitted..
  85. Williams, R.B. Somatic Consequences of Stress. NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF STRESS: FROM NORMAL ADAPTATION TO PTSD. Friedman, M.J., Charney, D.S., Deutch, A., (eds.). New York: Raven Press, 1995..
  86. Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C., Blumenthal, J.A., Helms, M.J., Luecken, L., Pieper, C.F., Siegler, I.C., & Suarez, E.C. Psychosocial correlates of job strain in a sample of working women. ARCHIVES GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. Submitted..
  87. Williams, R.B., Williams, V.P., Suarez, E.C., & Lincoln, J.E. Personality and Public Opinion: Hostility scores and the choice of military active vs. economic sanctions against Iraq prior to the Gulf War in January, 1991. JASP (submitted)..
  88. Barefoot, J.C., Patterson, J.C., Haney, T.L., Cayton, T.G., Hickman, Jr., J. R., & Williams, R.B. Hostility in asymptomatic men with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 74: 439-442, 1994..
  89. Beckham, J.C., Barefoot, J.C., Haney, T.L., Williams, R.B., & Mark, D.B.: Pain coping strategies in patients referred for evaluation of angina pectoris. JOURNAL OF CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION, 14: 1-8, 1994..
  90. Lane, J.D., Pieper, C.F., Barefoot, J.C., Williams, Jr., R.B., & Siegler, I.C. Caffeine and cholesterol: Interactions with hostility. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 56, 260-266, 1994..
  91. Lipkus, I.M., Barefoot, J.C., Feaganes, J., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C. A short MMPI scale to identify people likely to begin smoking. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, 62(2): 213-222, 1994..
  92. Lipkus, I.M., Barefoot, J.C., Williams, R.B., & Siegler, I.C.: Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 13(2): 149-155, 1994..
  93. Mark D.B., Lam, L.C., Lee, K.L., Jones, R.H., Pryor D.B., Stack, R.S., Williams, R.B., Clapp-Channing, N.E., Califf, R.M., & Hlatky, M.A. Effects of coronary angioplasty, coronary bypass surgery, and medical therapy on employment in patients with coronary artery disease: A prospective comparison study. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 120: 111-117, 1994..
  94. Williams, R.B. Neurobiology, cellular and molecular biology, and psychosomatic medicine. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 56: 308-315, 1994..
  95. Williams, R.B. Psychosocial Factors in Health and Disease: What do we know, what can we do? Proceedings of the Danish National Symposium on Social Networks and Health. Copenhagen, November 24-25, 1994..
  96. Williams, R.B., & William, V.P. ANGER KILLS: SEVENTEEN STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING THE HOSTILITY THAT CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH. Paperback edition published by Harper-Perennial, Spring, 1994..
  97. Williams, R.B., & William, V.P. ANGER KILLS: SEVENTEEN STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING THE HOSTILITY THAT CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH. Trade paperback edition published by Harper-Perennial, Spring, 1994..
  98. Williams, R.B., Chesney, M., Cohen, S., Frasure-Smith, N., Kaplan, G., Krantz, D., Manuck, S., Muller, J., Powell, L., Schnall, P., & Wortman, C. Behavior change and compliance: Keys to improving cardiovascular health: Workshop VI: Stress. CIRCULATION, 90: 1406-1407, 1994..
  99. Williams, R.B., Jr. Basic biological mechanisms. ANGER, HOSTILITY, AND THE HEART. Siegman, L., & Smith, T (eds). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994..
  100. Suarez, E.C., & Williams, R.B. Interactive models of reactivity: The relationship between hostility and potentially pathogenic physiological responses to social stressors. In N. Schneiderman, P. McCabe, & A. Baum (Eds.). STRESS AND DISEASE PROCESSES: PERSPECTIVE IN BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, Hillsdale, NJ: Larence Erlbaum Associates, 1993..
  101. Suarez, E.C., Harlan, E.S., Peoples, M.C., & Williams, R.B. Cardiovascular and Emotional Responses in Women: The Role of Hostility and Harassment. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 12: 459-468, 1993..
  102. Williams, R.B & Chesney, M.A. Psychosocial factors and prognosis in established coronary artery disease. The need for research on interventions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 270: 1860-1861, (Editorial) 1993..
  103. Williams, R.B., & William, V.p. ANGER KILLS: SEVENTEEN STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING THE HOSTILITY THAT CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH. New York: Times Books, 1993..
  104. Williams, R.B., Barefoot, J.C., Califf, R.M., Haney, T.L., Saunders, W.B., Pryor, D.B., Hlatky, M.A., Siegler, I.C., & Mark, D.B. Importancia pronostica de los recursos economicos y sociales entre los pacientes con enfermedad coronaria documentada angiograficamente tratadoes medicamente. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (ED. ESP., 1: 103-110, 1993..
  105. Zonderman, A., Siegler, I.C., Barefoot, J.C., Williams, R.B., & Costa, P.T.: Age and gender differences in MMPI content scales. EXPERIMENTAL AGING RESEARCH, 19: 241-257, 1993..