Susan Robinson-Whelen, Ph.D.
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Susan Robinson-Whelen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Physical Medicine and Rehab
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Senior Investigator
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)
Houston, TX
- Investigator
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TIRR-Memorial Hermann Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center (SCIDR)
Houston, TX
Education
- PhD from Washington University
- 08/1993 - St. Louis, Missouri United States
- MA from Washington University
- 01/1989 - St. Louis, MO United States
- BS from Louisiana State University
- 12/1984 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States
Certifications
- Provisionally Licensed Psychologist
- Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychology
Websites
Selected Publications
- Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S, Taylor HB, Petersen NJ, Nosek MA "Characteristics of depressed and nondepressed women with physical disabilities.." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 March ; 86 (3): 473-9. Pubmed PMID: 15759231
- Hughes RB, Nosek MA, Robinson-Whelen S "Correlates of depression in rural women with physical disabilities.." J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 36 (1): 105-14. Pubmed PMID: 17238955
- Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S, Pepper AC, Gabrielli J, Lund EM, Legerski J, Schwartz MS "Development of a safety awareness group intervention for women with diverse disabilities: A pilot study.." Rehabil Psychol. 2010 August ; 55 (3): 263-71. Pubmed PMID: 20804270
- Morgan RO, Byrne MM, Hughes RB, Petersen NJ, Taylor HB, Robinson-Whelen S, Hasche JC, Nosek MA "Do secondary conditions explain the relationship between depression and health care cost in women with physical disabilities?." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 October ; 89 (10): 1880-6. Pubmed PMID: 18929016
- Robinson-Whelen S, Hughes RB, Powers LE, Oschwald M, Renker P, Swank PR, Curry MA "Efficacy of a computerized abuse and safety assessment intervention for women with disabilities: A randomized controlled trial.." Rehabil Psychol. 2010 May ; 55 (2): 97-107. Pubmed PMID: 20496965
- Robinson-Whelen S, Hughes RB, Taylor HB, Colvard M, Mastel-Smith B, Nosek MA "Improving the health and health behaviors of women aging with physical disabilities: A peer-led health promotion program.." Womens Health Issues. 16 (6): 334-45. Pubmed PMID: 17188216
- Nosek MA, Robinson-Whelen S, Hughes RB, Petersen NJ, Taylor HB, Byrne MM, Morgan R "Overweight and obesity in women with physical disabilities: Associations with demographic and disability characteristics and secondary conditions.." Disabil Health J. 2008 April ; 1 (2): 89-98. Pubmed PMID: 21122716
- Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S, Taylor HB, Hall JW "Stress self-management: an intervention for women with physical disabilities.." Womens Health Issues. 16 (6): 389-99. Pubmed PMID: 17188222
- Hughes RB, Taylor HB, Robinson-Whelen S, Nosek MA "Stress and women with physical disabilities: identifying correlates.." Womens Health Issues. 15 (1): 14-20. Pubmed PMID: 15661583
- Nosek MA, Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S "The complex array of antecedents of depression in women with physical disabilities: implications for clinicians.." Disabil Rehabil. 2008 30 (3): 174-83. Pubmed PMID: 17852240
- Tan G, Jensen MP, Robinson-Whelen S, Thornby JI, Monga TN "Coping with chronic pain: a comparison of two measures.." Pain. 2001 February 1; 90 (41276): 127-33. Pubmed PMID: 11166978
- Cook KF, Teal CR, Engebretson JC, Hart KA, Mahoney JS, Robinson-Whelen S, Sherwood AM "Development and validation of Patient Reported Impact of Spasticity Measure (PRISM).." J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007 44 (3): 363-71. Pubmed PMID: 18247233
- Curry MA, Renker P, Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S, Oschwald M, Swank PR, Powers LE "Development of measures of abuse among women with disabilities and the characteristics of their perpetrators.." Violence Against Women. 2009 September ; 15 (9): 1001-25. Pubmed PMID: 19622789
- Robinson-Whelen S, Kim C, MacCallum RC, Kiecolt-Glaser JK "Distinguishing optimism from pessimism in older adults: is it more important to be optimistic or not to be pessimistic?." J Pers Soc Psychol. 1997 December ; 73 (6): 1345-53. Pubmed PMID: 9418282
- Curry MA, Renker P, Robinson-Whelen S, Hughes RB, Swank P, Oschwald M, Powers LE "Facilitators and barriers to disclosing abuse among women with disabilities.." Violence Vict. 2011 26 (4): 430-44. Pubmed PMID: 21882667
- Robinson-Whelen S, Bodenheimer C "Health practices of veterans with unilateral lower-limb loss: Identifying correlates.." J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004 May ; 41 (3): 453-60. Pubmed PMID: 15543463
- Robinson-Whelen S, Rintala DH "Informal care providers for veterans with SCI: who are they and how are they doing?." J Rehabil Res Dev. 40 (6): 511-6. Pubmed PMID: 15077663
- Powers LE, Renker P, Robinson-Whelen S, Oschwald M, Hughes R, Swank P, Curry MA "Interpersonal violence and women with disabilities: analysis of safety promoting behaviors.." Violence Against Women. 2009 September ; 15 (9): 1040-69. Pubmed PMID: 19608856
- Robinson-Whelen S, Tada Y, MacCallum RC, McGuire L, Kiecolt-Glaser JK "Long-term caregiving: what happens when it ends?." J Abnorm Psychol. 2001 November ; 110 (4): 573-84. Pubmed PMID: 11727947
- Tan G, Jensen MP, Robinson-Whelen S, Thornby JI, Monga T "Measuring control appraisals in chronic pain.." J Pain. 2002 October ; 3 (5): 385-93. Pubmed PMID: 14622742
- Nosek MA, Hughes RB, Robinson-Whelen S, Taylor HB, Howland CA "Physical activity and nutritional behaviors of women with physical disabilities: physical, psychological, social, and environmental influences.." Womens Health Issues. 16 (6): 323-33. Pubmed PMID: 17188215
- Nosek MA, Hughes RB, Petersen NJ, Taylor HB, Robinson-Whelen S, Byrne M, Morgan R "Secondary conditions in a community-based sample of women with physical disabilities over a 1-year period.." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 March ; 87 (3): 320-7. Pubmed PMID: 16500164
- Mahoney JS, Engebretson JC, Cook KF, Hart KA, Robinson-Whelen S, Sherwood AM "Spasticity experience domains in persons with spinal cord injury.." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 March ; 88 (3): 287-94. Pubmed PMID: 17321818
- Rintala DH, Robinson-Whelen S, Matamoros R "Subjective stress in male veterans with spinal cord injury.." J Rehabil Res Dev. 42 (3): 291-304. Pubmed PMID: 16187242
- Robinson-Whelen, S., Hughes, R. B., Gabrielli, J., Lund, E. M., Abramson, W., and Swank, P. R. "A Safety Awareness Program for Women with Diverse Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial." 2014 20 (7): 846-868.
- Robinson-Whelen, S., Taylor, H. B., Hughes, R. B., Wenzel, L., and Nosek, M. A. "Depression and depression treatment in women with spinal cord injury." 2014 20 (1): 23-31.
- Robinson-Whelen, S., Taylor, H. B., Hughes, R. B., and Nosek, M. A. "Depressive symptoms in women with physical disabilities: Identifying correlates to inform practice." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitat. 2013 94 (12): 2410 - 2416.
- Oschwald, M., Leotti, S., Raymaker, D., Katz, M., Goe, R., Harviston, M. Wallington, A., Howard, L., Beers, L., Nicolaidis, C., Robinson-Whelen, S., Hughes, R. B., Lund, E. M., Pwers, L. E., and the Partnering... Consortium "Development of an audio-computer assisted self-interview to investigate violence and health in the lives of people with developmental disabilities." Disability and Health Journal. 2014 7 (3): 292-301.
- Nosek, M. A., Robinson-Whelen, S., Hughes, R. B., Porcher, E., Davidson, G., and Nosek, T. M. "Self-esteem in Second Life: An inworld group intervention for women with disabilities." Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 2011 4 (1): 4-9.
- Robinson-Whelen, S., Hughes, R. B., Taylor, H. B., Hall, J. W., and Rehm, L. P. "Depression self-management program for rural women with physical disabilities." Rehabilitation Psychology. 2007 52 : 254-262.
- Hughes, R. B., Robinson-Whelen, S., Taylor, H. B., Swedlund, N., and Nosek, M. A. "Enhancing self-esteem in women with physical disabilities." 2004 49 : 295-302.
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