Research Interests
Breast Cancer
Health Behavior
Psychosocial Intervention Research
Couple-based Interventions for Health and Psychological Distress

Development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions to assist couples in making health behavior changes and support each other during crises; focus on couple-based psychosocial interventions for breast cancer and similar interventions for smoking cessation, heart attacks, and osteoarthritis; interventions for marital distress, prevention of marital discord

Publications
Baucom DH, Sayers SL, Sher TG. Supplementing behavioral marital therapy with cognitive restructuring and emotional expressiveness training: An outcome investigation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1990;58(5):636-645.

Baucom DH, Epstein N. Cognitive-behavioral marital therapy. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel; 1990.

Baucom DH, Shoham V, Mueser KT, Daiuto AD, Stickle TR. Empirically supported couples and family therapies for adult problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1998;66:53-88.
Baucom DH, Hahlweg K, Kuschel A. Are waiting list control groups needed in future marital therapy outcome research? Behavior Therapy In Press.
Palmer CA, Baucom DH, McBride CM. A couple approach to smoking cessation. In: Schmaling KB, Sher TG, editors. The psychology of couples and illness. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 2000.

Schilling EA, Baucom DH, Burnett CK, Allen EA, Ragland L. Altering the course of marriage: The effect of PREP communication skills acquisition on couples' risk of becoming maritally distressed. Journal of Family Psychology 2003;17(1):41-53.

Pollack K, McBride CM, Baucom DH, Curry SJ, Lando H, Pirie PL, et al. Women's perceived and partners' reported support for smoking cessation during pregnancy. Annuls of Behavioral Medicine 2001;23:208-214.

Epstein N, Baucom DH. Enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy for couples: A contextual approach. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 2002.

E-mail: don_baucom@unc.edu
Telephone: 919-962-5082
Address: 258 Davie Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

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