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Recurrent abdominal pain, medical intervention, and biofeedback: what happened to the biopsychosocial model?Kevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 31:155-65. 2006..This case vividly illustrates the need for multidisciplinary collaboration and full implementation and integration of the biopsychosocial model of health and illness...- Canonical correlation reveals important relations between health locus of control, coping, affect and valuesKevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
J Health Psychol 10:719-31. 2005..Canonical correlation promotes greater understanding of relations between health loci of control and other multidimensional variables than can be obtained through simpler analytic strategies... - Religiosity/spirituality and behavioral medicine: investigations concerning the integration of spirit with bodyKevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY, 13244 2340, USA
J Behav Med 30:287-9. 2007..After brief comments on the increase in interest in this topic and related definition concerns, each of the five articles that comprise the special section is presented... - Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic reviewKevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, NY 13244 2340, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:21-6. 2006..Consequently, distant intercessory prayer (IP) for healing is one of the most commonly practiced alternative interventions and has recently become the topic of scientific scrutiny... - Prayer and health: review, meta-analysis, and research agendaKevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
J Behav Med 30:329-38. 2007.... - Specificity of social support for back pain patients: do patients care who provides what?Kevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
J Behav Med 30:11-20. 2007.... - Obesity and litigation predict workers' compensation costs associated with interbody cage lumbar fusionRick A Lacaille
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1207 Ordean Court, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Spine J 7:266-72. 2007..Interbody cage lumbar fusion (ICLF) has been advanced to improve arthrodesis and clinical outcomes; however, little attention has been given to ICLF costs or potential predictors of these expenses... - Religious orientation, aging, and blood pressure reactivity to interpersonal and cognitive stressorsKevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ann Behav Med 28:171-8. 2004..Research on religion and health suggests general health benefits for those who are more religiously involved. Particular aspects of religiosity that may influence this finding, however, have not been sufficiently investigated... 
Religious motivation and cardiovascular reactivity among middle aged adults: is being pro-religious really that good for you?Kevin S Masters
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217, USA
J Behav Med 34:449-61. 2011....- Does type-D personality predict outcomes among patients with cardiovascular disease? A meta-analytic reviewKelsey R O'Dell
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
J Psychosom Res 71:199-206. 2011.... - Does compassion mediate the intrinsic religion-health relationship?Patrick R Steffen
Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:217-24. 2005..One principle that is taught by all of the world's major religions is compassion... - Presurgical biopsychosocial factors predict multidimensional patient: outcomes of interbody cage lumbar fusionRick A Lacaille
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 487 Education Bldg, 2810 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 2810, USA
Spine J 5:71-8. 2005..Studies suggest that psychosocial factors may be important modifiers of low back surgical outcomes... - Presurgical biopsychosocial variables predict medical and compensation costs of lumbar fusion in Utah workers' compensation patientsM Scott DeBerard
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 2810, USA
Spine J 3:420-9. 2003..Elective lumbar fusion surgery is a prevalent and costly procedure that requires a lengthy rehabilitation. It is important to identify presurgical biopsychosocial predictors of medical and compensation costs in such patients...