Department of Psychology

Faculty

Dr. Amanda Brouwer
Dr. Robert Casselman
Dr. Richard Deyo
Dr. Rebecca Foster
Dr. Carrie Fried
Dr. John Holden
Dr. John Johanson (chair)
Dr. Gloria Marmolejo
Dr. Peter Miene
Dr. Anthony Risser
Dr. Charles Schreiber
Dr. Jessica Siebenbruner
Dr. Janette Williams

Faculty office hours

Education

Ph.D. Health and Social Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

M.S. Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Graduate Certificate in Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

B.A. Psychology
Northwestern College, Orange City, IA


WSU Courses Taught

PSY 210 Intro to Psychological Science
PSY 298 Health Psychology


Scholarly Interests

I have broad interests in the social psychological factors that influence health and health behaviors, particularly for people living with or at risk for chronic disease. Specifically, I am interested in how factors such as social identity, the self, social support, and self-efficacy affect goals and motivation to perform self-care behaviors among persons with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and HIV. I am currently exploring how an identity as the "doer" of one's behavior (i.e., "self-as-doer") provides motivation to enact health behaviors such as eating a healthy diet.

— Psychosocial factors that influence health behavior change
— The social context of participation in health behaviors
— Mixed methodology research designs (i.e., quantitative and qualitative)
— Self-as-doer identity
— Self-care behavior management for chronic illnesses (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, HIV)



Student Research Opportunities Offered

There will be opportunities to assist with Dr. Brouwer's research examining the effects of different educational and motivational interventions on eating behaviors in women. The purpose of the study is to develop basic research to be used to help develop ways to improve healthy eating behaviors. It is also anticipated that there will be other opportunities for students to assist with Dr. Brouwer's research in one or more of the above areas. Students with an idea for independent research are also welcome to propose a new project.


Selected Publications

Brouwer, A. M., & Mosack, K. E. (in press). Self-As-Doer for diabetes: Development and validation of a diabetes-specific measure of doer identification. Journal of Nursing Measurement.

Brouwer, A. M., Salamon, K. S., Olson, K., Yelich-Koth, S., Fox, M., Fleischman, K., Hains, A., Davies, H., & Kichler, J. (in press). Adolescents and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A qualitative analysis of the experience of social support. Clinical Pediatrics.

Wendorf, A. R., Brouwer, A. M., & Mosack, K. E. (in press). Stress and culture. In R. A. R. Gurung (Ed.). Multicultural approaches to health and wellness in America. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Salamon, K. S., Brouwer, A. M., Fox, M., Olson, K., Yelich-Koth, S. L., Fleischman, K., . . . Hains, A. (2012). Experiencing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): Qualitative analysis of adolescents' concept of illness, adjustment, and motivation to engage in self-care behaviors. Diabetes Educator, Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1177/0145721712445214

Mosack, K. E., Wendorf, A. R., Brouwer, A. M., Patterson, L., Ertl, K., Whittle, J,...Fletcher, K. F. (i2012. Veterans service organization engagement in POWER: A peer-led hypertension intervention. Chronic Illness. doi: 10.1177/1742395312437978

Brouwer, A. M., & Mosack, K. E. (2011). "I am a blood sugar checker": Intervening effects of the self-as-doer identity on the relationship between self-efficacy and diabetes self-care behaviors. Self and Identity. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2011.603901.




Joined WSU Psychology Department

2012