Alex Zautra

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Brief Profile of Professor Alex J. Zautra Ph.D.

Alex Zautra is Arizona State University Foundation Professor of Clinical Psychology, and directs ASU’s Resilience Solutions Group with Professor John Hall. He has dedicated his career to the study of resilience among people in stressful circumstances. In his research, his clinical work, teaching, and his writing he explores fundamental questions in behavioral health such as the role of positive emotion in health and illness, and the sources of resilience within the person and in social relations that restore health and well-being following challenges from stressors at home, work and in community life. His current research focuses on the resilience across the life-span, funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Pfizer Corporation, The United States Army Resilience Program, and Arizona’s Saint Luke’s Health Initiatives. His most recent book with co-authors Reich and Hall, is entitled Handbook of Adult Resilience to be published by Guilford Press in December 2009. He is also the author of Emotions, Stress, and Health, published by Oxford University Press.

 

Recent Key Publications: 2008-present

  • Reich, J., Zautra, A., & Hall, J. (2009). Handbook of Adult Resilience. New York: Gilford.
  • Zautra, A.J. & Kruszewski, D. (2008)). Psychosocial factors in arthritis. In J.H. Klippel, J.H. Stone, L.J. Crofford, & P.H. White (Eds.) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases, 13th Edition (pp. 609-614). New York: Springer.
  • Davis, M.C., Zautra, A.J., Younger, J., Motivata, S., Attrep, J., & Irwin, M.R. (2008). Chronic stress and cellular markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis: Implications for fatigue. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 22, 24-32.
  • Younger, J., Finan, P., Zautra, A.J., Davis, M.C., & Reich, J.W. (2008). Personal mastery predicts pain, stress, fatigue, and blood pressure in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Psychology and Health. 23, 515-535.
  • Parrish, B.P., Zautra, A.J., & Davis, M. (2008). The Role of Positive and Negative Interpersonal Events on Daily Fatigue in Women with Fibromyalgia Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis. Health Psychology, 27, 694-702.
  • Zautra, A.J., Davis, M.C., Reich , J.W., Nicassio, P., Tennen, H., Finan, P., Kratz, A., Parish , B., & Irwin, M.R. ( 2008). Comparison of cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness meditation interventions on adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis for patients with and without history of recurrent depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 408-421.
  • Kasle, S., Wong, B., & Zautra, A. (2008). Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients' Perceptions of Mutuality in Conversations with Spouse/Partners are Linked with Psychological and
  • Physical Health. Arthritis Care and Research, 59, 921-928.
  • Smith, B. & Zautra, A.J. (2008). The Effects of Anxiety and Depression on Weekly Pain in Women with Arthritis. Pain, 138, 354-361.
  • Kratz, A. L., Davis, M. C., Zautra, A. J., & Tennen, H. (2008). Emotions. In S.J. Lopez (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology, Vol 1.(pp. 315-320). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Finan, P., Zautra, A.J., & Tennen, H. (2008). Daily Diaries Reveal Influence of Pessimism and Anxiety on Pain Prediction Patterns. Psychology and Health, 23, 551-568.
  • Furlong, L. V., Zautra, A.J., Puente, C.P., López, P., & Valero, P.B. (in press). Cognitive-affective assets and vulnerabilities: Two factors influencing adaptation to Fibromyalgia. Psychology and Health.
  • Smith, B. & Zautra, A.J. (2008). Vulnerability and Resilience in Women with Arthritis: Test of a Two Factor Model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 799-810.
  • Johnson-Wright, L., Zautra, A.J., & Going, S. (2008). Adaptation to early knee osteoarthritis: The role of risk, resilience, and disease severity on pain and physical functioning. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 70-80.
  • Zautra, A.J. (2008). Commentary on the recent article on Group exercise, education, and combination self-management in women with Fibromyalgia. Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology, 4,512-513.
  • Irwin, M., Davis, M., Zautra, A. (2008). Behavioral Comorbidities in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychoneuroimmunology Perspective. Psychiatric Times, 25.
  • Finan,P. H., Amazin, E., Zautra, A.J. (in press). Nonlinear Oscillations in Pain Prediction Accuracy among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences.
  • Finan, P.H., Zautra, A.J., & Wershba, R. (in press). The Dynamics of Emotion in Adaptation to Stress. Invited Chapter.
  • Finan, P.H., Zautra, A.J., & Davis, M.C. (in press). Daily Affect Relations in Fibromyalgia Patients Reveal Positive Affective Disturbance. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • Zautra, A.J., Hall, A.J., & Murray, K.E. (2008). Community development and community resilience : an integrative approach. Community Development, 39, 1-18.
  • Zautra, A.J., Hall, A.J., & Murray, K.E. (2008). Resilience: A new integrative approach to health and mental health research. Health Psychology Review, 2, 41-64.
  • Zautra, A.J. (2009). Resilience: One Part Recovery, Two Parts Sustainability. Journal of Personality, 1935-1943.
  • Johnson-Wright, L., Afari, N., & Zautra, A.J. (2009). The illness uncertainty concept: A review. Current Pain & Headache Reports, 13, in press.
  • Younger, J., Finan, P., Zautra, A.J., & Cummins, E. T. (in press). Effects of Naltrexone on Pain Sensitivity and Mood in Fibromyalgia: No Evidence for Endogenous Opioid Pathophysiology. PLoS ONE.
  • Finan, P., Tennen, H., & Zautra, A. J. (2009). Depression. In M. R. Leary & R.H. Hoyle (Eds.) Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior (pp. 161-175). New York: Gilford.
  • Kasle, S., Wilhelm, M.S., McKnight, P.E., Sheikh, S.Z., & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Mutuality’s Prospective beneficial effects on Inflammation in Female Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Arthritis Care and Research.
  • McKnight, P.E., Kasle, S., Going, S., Villaneuva,I., Cornett, M., Farr, J., Wright, J., Streeter,C., & Zautra, A..J. (in press). A comparison of strength-training, self-management and the combination for early osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Care and Research..
  • Zautra, A.J. & Reich, J.W. (in press). The Resilience paradigm. In S. Folkman (Ed.) Oxford Handbook on Stress, Health and Coping: New York, Oxford University Press.
  • Dowd, H., Zautra, A., & Hogan, M. (in press). Emotion, stress, and cardiovascular response: An experimental test of models of positive and negative affect. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
  • McKnight, P.E., Afram, A., Kashdan, T.B., Kasle, S., & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Coping self-efficacy as a mediator between catastrophizing and physical functioning: Treatment target selection in an osteoarthritis sample. J.of Behavioral Medicine.
  • Zautra, A. J., Fasman, R., Davis, M.E., & Craig, A.D. (2010). The effects of slow breathing on affective responses to pain stimuli: An experimental study. Pain, 149, 12-18.
  • Finan, P. , Zautra, A.J., Davis, M.E., Lemery, K., Covault, J., & Tennen, H. (2010). Genetic Influences on the Dynamics of Pain and Affect in Fibromyalgia . Health Psychology, 29, 134-142.
  • Ong, A.D., Zautra, A.J, & Reid, M. Carrington (in press). Psychological Resilience Predicts Decreases in Pain Catastrophizing through Positive Emotions. Psychology and Aging.
  • Finan, P. & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Fibromyalgia and Fatigue: Central Processing, Widespread Dysfunction. PM&R.
  • Okvat, H. A., & Zautra, A. J. (In press). Community gardening: A parsimonious path to individual, community, and environmental resilience. American Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Okvat, H. A., & Zautra, A. J. (In press). Potential Consequences of Community Gardening on Emotional Well-Being in a Post-Disaster Context. In K. Tidball & M. Krasny (Eds.), Greening in the Red Zone. New York: Springer.
  • Nicolson, N.A. Davis, M.C., Kruszewski, D., & Zautra, A.J. (in press) Childhood Maltreatment and Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Women with Chronic Pain. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • Hall, J. & Zautra, A. (2010). Indicators of Community Resilience: What are they, why bother? In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra & J. S. Hall (Eds.) Handbook of Adult Resilience, Guilford Press, Forthcoming
  • Zautra, A.J., Hall, J.S., & Murray, K.E. (2010). Resilience: A New Definition of Health for People and Communities. In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra & J. S. Hall (Eds.) Handbook of Adult Resilience, Guilford Press.
  • Sturgeon, J. & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Resilience: A New Paradigm for Adaptation to Chronic Pain. Current Pain & Headache Reports, 14, 105-114.
  • Cacioppo, J.T., Reis, H.T., & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Social Resilience: The Value of Social Fitness with an Application to the Military. American Psychologist.
  • Davis, M.C., Okun, M.A., Kruszewski, D., Zautra, A.J., & Tennen, H. (in press), Sex Differences in the Relations of Positive and Negative Daily Events and Fatigue in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Journal of Pain.
  • Finan, P., Okun, M., Zautra, A.J., Davis, M.E., Tennen, H., &. Kruszewski, D. (in press). The Interplay of Concurrent Positive and Negative Interpersonal Events in the Prediction of Daily Negative Affect and Fatigue for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Health Psychology.
  • Rios, R. & Zautra, A.J. (in press). Socioeconomic Disparities in Pain: The Role of Economic Hardship and Daily Financial Worry. Health Psychology.