erin-merz

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Psychology

Associate Professor

310-243-3512

Ph.D.	San Diego State University University of California, San Diego Clinical Psychology	2014
M.P.H.	San Diego State University Epidemiology	2013
M.A.	San Diego State University Psychology	2008
B.A.	Miami University (Ohio) Psychology	2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Psychological adjustment, coping, and quality of life in the context of health-related adversity and chronic illness. Social and cultural determinants of health. The operationalization and measurement of psychosocial constructs related to health across language and culture.

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REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:

Merz, E. L., Malcarne, V. L., Assassi, S., Nair, D. K., Graham, T. A., Yellman, B. P., Estrada-Y-Martin, R. M., & Mayes M. D. (2014). Biopsychosocial typologies of pain in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Care and Research, 66, 567-574

Merz, E. L., Fox, R. S., & Malcarne, V. L. (2014). Expressive writing interventions in cancer patients: A systematic review. Health Psychology Review, 8, 339-361

Merz, E. L., Roesch, S. C., Malcarne, V. L., Penedo, F. J., Llabre, M. M. Birnbaum-Weitzman, O. B., Navas-Nacher, E. L., Perreira, K. M., Gonzalez, F., Ponguta, L. A., Johnson, T. P., & Gallo, L. C. (2014). Validation of Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 (ISEL-12) scores among English and Spanish-Speaking Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Psychological Assessment, 26, 384-394

TEACHING:

PSY 230: Elementary Statistics

PSY 330: Intermediate Statistics and Research Design
PSY 370: Health Psychology
PSY 530: Advanced Analysis of Variance and Multivariate Techniques

PSY 576: Seminar in Health Psychology Research