Past Academic Activities

Publications & Talks:

Haynes, R.B., Mattson, M.E., & Engebretson, Jr., T.O. (Eds.).  (1980). Patient compliance to prescribed antihypertensive medication regimens: A report to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH Publication No. 81-2102). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Mattson, M.E., & Engebretson, Jr., T.O.  (1980).  Trends in the utilization of strategies to improve compliance in hypertensives.  In R.B. Haynes, M.E. Mattson, & T.O. Engebretson, Jr. (Eds.), Patient compliance to prescribed antihypertensive medication regimens: A report to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH Publication No. 81-2102).  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Haynes, R.B., Mattson, M.E., Chobanian, A.V., Dunbar, J.M., Engebretson, Jr., T.O., Garrity, T.F., Leventhal, H., Levine, R.J., & Levy, R.L.  (1982). Management of patient compliance in the treatment of hypertension:  Report of the NHLBI Working Group.  Hypertension, 4, 415-423.

Matthews, K.A., Manuck, S.B., Stoney, C.M., Rakaczky, C.J., McCann, B.S., Saab, P.G., Woodall, K.L., Block, D.R., Visintainer, P., & Engebretson, T.O. (1988).  Familial aggregation of blood pressure and heart rate responses during behavioral stress.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 50, 341-352.

Engebretson, T.O., Matthews, K.A., & Scheier, M.F. (1989).  Relationships between anger expression and cardiovascular reactivity:  Reconciling inconsistent findings through a matching hypothesis.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(3), 513-521.

Engebretson, T.O. & Matthews, K.A. (1992).  Dimensions of hostility in men, women and adolescent boys:  Relationships to personality and cardiovascular responses to stress.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 54, 311-323.

Matthews, K.A., Woodall, K.L., Engebretson, T.O., McCann, B.S., Stoney, C.M., Manuck, S.M., Saab, P.G. (1992).  Influence of age, sex, and family on Type A, and hostile attitudes and behaviors.  Health Psychology, 11, 317-323.

Engebretson, T.O. & Stoney, C.M  (1993).  Cynical hostility and anger expression: Relationships to plasma lipid concentrations. Psychosomatic Medicine, 55, 121-122.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (1994).  Anger and hostility:  Potential mediators of the sex difference in coronary heart disease.  In A.W. Siegman & T.W. Smith (Eds.), Anger, Hostility, and the Heart (pp. 215-237).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Brown, W.A., Sirota, A., Niaura, R, & Engebretson, T.O. (1993).  Endocrine correlates of sadness and elation.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 55, 458-467.

Brown, W.A., Sirota, A., Niaura, R, & Engebretson, T.O. (1993).  Endocrine correlates of sadness and elation.  Degrés:  Revue de Synthèse À Orientation Sémiologique, 75-76, d-d28.

Engebretson, T.O. & Stoney, C.M.  (1995).  Anger expression and lipid concentrations.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2(4), 281-298.

Engebretson, T. O., Tilkemeier, P., Niaura, R., Stoney, C. M., Matacin, M., & Dev, S. (March, 1996).  Hostility and Thallium 201-determined heart disease.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 58, 60.

Stern, S.L., Engebretson, T.O., Fish, A, Alonzo, A.A., Emery, C.F., Reynolds, N.R., Dujardin, J-P, Larry, J.A., Homan, J., Frid, D.J. (1997).  Depressive symptoms in women and men with heart disease.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 59, 87.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (1997).  Anger Expression Style and risk for cardiovascular disease.  Psychophysiology, 34(Supp 1), S87.

Engebretson, T.O. (October, 1997).  Anger Expression Style:  Construct validity and exercise-induced ischemia.  Psychophysiology, 34(Supp 1), S32.

Pinto, B., Maruyama, N., Engebretson, T.O., Thebarge, R. (1998).  Participation in exercise, mood and coping in survivors of early stage breast cancer patients.  Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 16(2), 45-58.

Liu, L., Meers, K., Capurso, A., Engebretson, T.O., Glicksman, A.S. (1998).  The impact of radiation therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer.  Cancer Practice, 6(4), 237-242.

Engebretson, T.O., Clark, M.M., Niaura, R.S., Phillips, T., Albrecht, A., & Tilkemeier, P. (1999).  Quality of life and negative affect in a phase II cardiac rehabilitation program.  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 31(2), 216-223.

Engebretson, T.O., Sirota, A.D., Niaura, R.S., Edwards, K., & Brown, W.A. (1999).  A simple laboratory method for inducing anger.  Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 47(1), 13-26.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (2000).  Plasma homocysteine concentrations are positively associated with hostility and anger.  Life Sciences, 66(23), 2267-2275.

Finney, M.L., Stoney, C.M., Engebretson, T.O. (2002).  Hostility and anger expression in African American & European American men is associated with cardiovascular and lipid reactivity.  Psychophysiology, 39, 340-349.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Engebretson, T.O & Matthews, K.A. (March 1991).  Sex differences in cardiovascular, affective, and behavioral responses to interpersonal harassment.  Paper presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the 12th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington D.C.

Engebretson, T.O., Brown, W.A., Sirota, A.D., Niaura, R., & Edwards, K.  (April, 1994).  A simple laboratory method for inducing anger.  Paper presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the 15th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA.

Maruyama, N.C., Pinto, B., Thebarge, R.W., Engebretson, T.O. (October, 1996).  Psychological distress in women with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.  Paper presented by N. Maruyama, M.D. at the World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, New York, NY.

Alonzo, A.A., Reynolds, N.R., Engebretson, T., Frid, D., Stern, S., Emery, C., Fish, A., Dujardin, J.P., Homan, J., & Larry, J. (April, 1997).  Post-Ischemic event depression.  Paper presented by A. Alonzo, Ph.D. at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.

Emery, C., Frid, D., Engebretson, T., Alonzo, A.A., Fish, A., Ferketich, A.K., Reynolds, N.R., Dujardin, J.P., Homan, J., & Stern, S.L. (August, 2002).  Gender differences in quality of life among cardiac patients.  Paper presented by C. Emery, Ph.D. at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Engebretson, T.O., Matthews, K.A. & Scheier, M.F. (April, 1988).  “Harassment, preferred style of anger expression and cardiovascular reactivity.”  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, M.A. at the 9th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA.

Engebretson, T.O. (March, 1989)  Heart rate and blood pressure associations with subjective anxiety:  A meta-analytic review of the empirical literature.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, M.A. at the 10th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.

Engebretson, T.O., Brown, W.A., Sirota, A. & Niaura, R.  (March, 1993).  Effects of sadness and elation on cortisol and growth hormone.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Charleston, SC.

Engebretson, T.O. & Stoney, C.M  (March, 1993).  Cynical hostility and anger expression:  Relationships to plasma lipid concentrations.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Charleston, SC.

Engebretson, T.O., Clark, M., Phillips, T., Albrecht, A., Naiura, R., Tilkemeier, P.  (April, 1994).  Trait anxiety, level of distress, and quality of life when entering a cardiac rehab program.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Boston, MA.

Engebretson, T.O., Niaura, R., Brown, W.A., & Sirota, A.  (April, 1994).  Growth hormone elevation with venipuncture occurs selectively in people with simultaneous anxiety and cortisol stress responses.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Boston, MA.

Stoney, C.M & Engebretson, T.O.  (April, 1994).  Hostility and anger expression style is associated with lipid concentrations.  Poster presented by C.M. Stoney, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA.

Engebretson, T.O., Brown, W.A., Sirota, A.D., Niaura, R.S.,& Edwards, K. (December 1995).  A simple laboratory method for inducing anger.  Poster presented by W.A. Brown, M.D. at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Peurto Rico.

Engebretson, T. O., Tilkemeier, P., Stoney, C. M., Niaura, R., Matacin, M., & Dev, S. (March, 1996).  Hostility and Thallium 201-determined exercise induced ischemia.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the Fourth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. Washington DC

Engebretson, T. O., Tilkemeier, P., Niaura, R., Stoney, C. M., Matacin, M., & Dev, S. (March, 1996).  Hostility and Thallium 201-determined heart disease.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the annual American Psychosomatic Society meetings.

Fish, A., Frid, D.J., Engebretson, T.O., Emery, C.F., Alonzo, A.A., Reynolds, N.R., Homan, J.A., Stern, S.L., Dujardin, J.P., Larry, J.A. (April, 1997).  Gender and depression as significant predictors of regular physical activity in patients with ischemic heart disease.  Poster presented by A. Fish, Ph.D., R.N. at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.

Stern, S. L., Frid, D.J., Fish, A., Engebretson, T.O., Emery, C.F., Homan, J. A. (May, 1997).  Middle Aged Women with Heart Disease.  Poster presented by S.L. Stern, MD at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Diego, CA.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (October, 1997).  Anger Expression Style and risk for cardiovascular disease.  Poster presented by C.M. Stoney, Ph.D. at the 37th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA.

Engebretson, T.O. (October, 1997).  Anger Expression Style:  Construct validity and exercise-induced ischemia.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the 37th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (August, 1998).  Hostility and cardiovascular risk.  Poster presented by C.M. Stoney, Ph.D. at the Fifth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Stoney, C.M. & Engebretson, T.O. (August, 1998).  Anger expression style and CHD risk factors.  Poster presented by C.M. Stoney, Ph.D. at the Fifth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Engebretson, T.O. (August, 1998).  A laboratory-based anger induction.  Poster presented by T.O. Engebretson, Ph.D. at the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark.