Research Interests for Laura S. Richman

Research interests include the influence of psychosocial factors on health outcomes and health behaviors, with particular attention to identity, emotion, and perceived discrimination. Particular interest in how the psychological and physical consequences of perceived discrimination may be moderated by how strongly one identifies with the group that is the target of discrimination. Other interests include the biological mechanisms by which emotion and emotion regulation influence health.

Keywords:

Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adolescent Psychology, Adult, African Americans, Aged, Alcohol, Alleles, Anemia, Sickle Cell, Anger, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Child, Data Collection, Diabetes Mellitus, Emergency Service, Hospital, Emotions, Ethnic Groups, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Gene-Environment Interaction, Genotype, Health Behavior, Health Status Indicators, Heart Rate, Hospitalization, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypertension, Inhibition (Psychology), Internalization, Length of Stay, Likelihood Functions, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Negativism, Personality, Polymorphism, Genetic, Power (Psychology), Prejudice, Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Racquet Sports, Reference Values, Regression Analysis, Rejection (Psychology), Respiratory Tract Infections, Risk-Taking, Saliva, Self Concept, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Sex Factors, Social Control, Informal, Social Environment, Social Identification, Social status, Stress, Psychological, Substance-Related Disorders, United States, Well-being, Young Adult

Representative Publications   (search)

1. Smart Richman, L; Leary, MR, Reactions to discrimination, stigmatization, ostracism, and other forms of interpersonal rejection: a multimotive model., Psychological Review, vol. 116 no. 2 (April, 2009), pp. 365-383 [19348546], [doi] [abs].
2. Pascoe, EA; Smart Richman, L, Perceived discrimination and health: a meta-analytic review., Psychological Bulletin, vol. 135 no. 4 (July, 2009), pp. 531-554 [repository], [doi] [abs].
3. Richman, LS; Bennett, GG; Pek, J; Siegler, I; Williams, RB, Discrimination, dispositions, and cardiovascular responses to stress., Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 26 no. 6 (November, 2007), pp. 675-683 [18020838], [doi] [abs].
4. Richman, LS; Kubzansky, L; Maselko, J; Kawachi, I; Choo, P; Bauer, M, Positive emotion and health: going beyond the negative., Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 24 no. 4 (July, 2005), pp. 422-429 [16045378], [doi] [abs].