Rebecca A Shelby | Scholars@Duke

Rebecca A Shelby
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rebecca Shelby, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and the Director of Education and Training for the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program. Dr. Shelby is a member of the Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program and the Duke Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program. Dr. Shelby completed her graduate training in clinical psychology at the Ohio State University and her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating behavioral interventions for cancer patients, management of cancer pain and treatment side effects, and improving adherence to recommended care. Dr. Shelby serves on the Duke clinical psychology internship faculty and supervises clinical psychology fellows, interns, and clinical psychology graduate practicum students completing clinical rotations as part of the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

2200 W. Main St, Ste 340, Durham, NC 27705
Box 90399, Durham, NC 27710
shelb003@mc.duke.edu (919) 416-3410

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Ohio State University 2006
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2009 - 2013
Research
Selected Grants
- Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Improving Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- A Self-Management Intervention for Women with Breast Cancer and Diabetes awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2016 - 2020
- Behavioral Weight and Symptom Management for Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
- Coping Skills for Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Pain and Distress awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2015 - 2018
- Home-Based Tablet Computer Pain Coping Skills Following Stem Cell Transplant awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2015
- Improving Adherence to Recommended Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
- Mammography Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2009
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Shariff, AI, Syed, S, Shelby, RA, Force, J, Clarke, JM, D'Alessio, D, and Corsino, L. "Novel cancer therapies and their association with diabetes.(Accepted)" Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 62, no. 2 (February 2019): R187-R199. (Review) Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Dorfman, CS, Bosworth, HB, Keefe, F, Sutton, L, Owen, L, Corsino, L, Erkanli, A, Reed, SD, Arthur, SS, Somers, T, Barrett, N, Huettel, S, Gonzalez, JM, and Kimmick, G. "Testing a behavioral intervention to improve adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET)." Contemporary Clinical Trials 76 (January 2019): 120-131. Full Text
  - Whitney, CA, Dorfman, CS, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Gandhi, V, and Somers, TJ. "Reminders of cancer risk and pain catastrophizing: relationships with cancer worry and perceived risk in women with a first-degree relative with breast cancer." Familial Cancer 18, no. 1 (January 2019): 9-18. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Kimmick, G, Smith, V, Little, K, Bosworth, HB, Gonzales, S, Oakes, MM, Shelby, RA, Owen, L, and Altomare, IP. "Using a geriatric oncology assessment to link with services (GOAL)." Journal of Geriatric Oncology 10, no. 1 (January 2019): 164-168. Full Text
  - Dorfman, CS, Kelleher, SA, Winger, JG, Shelby, RA, Thorn, BE, Sutton, LM, Keefe, FJ, Gandhi, V, Manohar, P, and Somers, TJ. "Development and pilot testing of an mHealth behavioral cancer pain protocol for medically underserved communities." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology (December 26, 2018): 1-15. Full Text
  - Sitlinger, A, Shelby, RA, Van Denburg, AN, White, H, Edmond, SN, Marcom, PK, Bosworth, HB, Keefe, FJ, and Kimmick, GG. "Higher symptom burden is associated with lower function in women taking adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer." Journal of Geriatric Oncology (December 12, 2018). Full Text
  - Van Denburg, AN, Shelby, RA, Caldwell, DS, O'Sullivan, ML, and Keefe, FJ. "Self-Efficacy for Pain Communication Moderates the Relation Between Ambivalence Over Emotional Expression and Pain Catastrophizing Among Patients With Osteoarthritis." The Journal of Pain : Official Journal of the American Pain Society 19, no. 9 (September 2018): 1006-1014. Full Text
  - O'Sullivan, ML, Shelby, RA, Dorfman, CS, Kelleher, SA, Fisher, HM, Rowe Nichols, KA, Keefe, FJ, Sung, AD, and Somers, TJ. "The effect of pre-transplant pain and chronic disease self-efficacy on quality of life domains in the year following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation." Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 26, no. 4 (April 2018): 1243-1252. Full Text
  - Grimm, LJ, Shelby, RA, Knippa, EE, Langman, EL, Miller, LS, Whiteside, BE, and Soo, MSC. "Patient Perceptions of Breast Cancer Risk in Imaging-Detected Low-Risk Scenarios and Thresholds for Desired Intervention: A Multi-Institution Survey." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR (March 29, 2018). Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Kelleher, SA, Dorfman, CS, Shelby, RA, Fisher, HM, Rowe Nichols, K, Sullivan, KM, Chao, NJ, Samsa, GP, Abernethy, AP, and Keefe, FJ. "An mHealth Pain Coping Skills Training Intervention for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients: Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 6, no. 3 (March 19, 2018): e66-. Full Text
  - Dorfman, CS, Lamb, E, Van Denburg, A, Wren, AA, Soo, MS, Faircloth, K, Gandhi, V, and Shelby, RA. "The relationship between holding back from communicating about breast concerns and anxiety in the year following breast biopsy." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 36, no. 2 (March 2018): 222-237. Full Text
  - Perlman, KL, Shelby, RA, Wren, AA, Kelleher, SA, Dorfman, CS, O'Connor, E, Kim, C, Johnson, KS, and Soo, MS. "Positive and negative mood following imaging-guided core needle breast biopsy and receipt of biopsy results." Psychology, health & medicine 22, no. 10 (December 2017): 1149-1162. Full Text
  - Van Denburg, AN, Vilardaga, JP, Shelby, RA, and Keefe, FJ. "Opioid therapy and persistent pain: can cognitive behavioral therapy help?." Pain (October 26, 2017). Full Text
  - Vasan, A, Baker, JA, Shelby, RA, and Soo, MSC. "Impact of Sodium Bicarbonate-Buffered Lidocaine on Patient Pain During Image-Guided Breast Biopsy." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 14, no. 9 (September 2017): 1194-1201. Full Text
  - Kelleher, SA, Dorfman, CS, Plumb Vilardaga, JC, Majestic, C, Winger, J, Gandhi, V, Nunez, C, Van Denburg, A, Shelby, RA, Reed, SD, Murphy, S, Davidian, M, Laber, EB, Kimmick, GG, Westbrook, KW, Abernethy, AP, and Somers, TJ. "Optimizing delivery of a behavioral pain intervention in cancer patients using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial SMART." Contemporary Clinical Trials 57 (June 2017): 51-57. Full Text
  - Hayes Balmadrid, MA, Shelby, RA, Wren, AA, Miller, LS, Yoon, SC, Baker, JA, Wildermann, LA, and Soo, MS. "Anxiety prior to breast biopsy: Relationships with length of time from breast biopsy recommendation to biopsy procedure and psychosocial factors." Journal of health psychology 22, no. 5 (April 2017): 561-571. Full Text
  - Ghazikhanian, SE, Dorfman, CS, Somers, TJ, O'Sullivan, ML, Fisher, HM, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Kelleher, SA, Rowe Nichols, KA, Chao, N, and Shelby, RA. "Cognitive problems following hematopoietic stem cell transplant: relationships with sleep, depression and fatigue." Bone Marrow Transplantation 52, no. 2 (February 2017): 279-284. Full Text
  - Edmond, SN, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Fisher, HM, Schmidt, JE, Soo, MS, Skinner, CS, Ahrendt, GM, Manculich, J, Sumkin, JH, Zuley, ML, and Bovbjerg, DH. "Persistent Breast Pain Among Women With Histories of Breast-conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer Compared With Women Without Histories of Breast Surgery or Cancer." The Clinical Journal of Pain 33, no. 1 (January 2017): 51-56. Full Text
  - Flynn, KE, Lin, L, Bruner, DW, Cyranowski, JM, Hahn, EA, Jeffery, DD, Reese, JB, Reeve, BB, Shelby, RA, and Weinfurt, KP. "Sexual Satisfaction and the Importance of Sexual Health to Quality of Life Throughout the Life Course of U.S. Adults." The Journal of Sexual Medicine 13, no. 11 (November 2016): 1642-1650. Full Text
  - Miller, LS, Shelby, RA, Balmadrid, MH, Yoon, S, Baker, JA, Wildermann, L, and Soo, MS. "Patient Anxiety Before and Immediately After Imaging-Guided Breast Biopsy Procedures: Impact of Radiologist-Patient Communication." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 13, no. 11S (November 2016): e62-e71. Full Text
  - Waters, SJ, Strauman, TJ, McKee, DC, Campbell, LC, Shelby, RA, Dixon, KE, Fras, AM, and Keefe, FJ. "Self-system therapy for distress associated with persistent low back pain: A randomized clinical trial." Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research 26, no. 4 (July 2016): 472-483. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Soo, MS, Jarosz, JA, Wren, AA, Soo, AE, Mowery, YM, Johnson, KS, Yoon, SC, Kim, C, Hwang, ES, Keefe, FJ, and Shelby, RA. "Imaging-Guided Core-Needle Breast Biopsy: Impact of Meditation and Music Interventions on Patient Anxiety, Pain, and Fatigue." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 13, no. 5 (May 2016): 526-534. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Kelleher, SA, Westbrook, KW, Kimmick, GG, Shelby, RA, Abernethy, AP, and Keefe, FJ. "A Small Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Mobile and Traditional Pain Coping Skills Training Protocols for Cancer Patients with Pain." Pain research and treatment 2016 (January 2016): 2473629-. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, Edmond, SN, Bosworth, HB, Peppercorn, J, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, K, Keefe, FJ, and Shelby, RA. "Medication taking behaviors among breast cancer patients on adjuvant endocrine therapy." Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 24, no. 5 (October 2015): 630-636. Full Text
  - Weinfurt, KP, Lin, L, Bruner, DW, Cyranowski, JM, Dombeck, CB, Hahn, EA, Jeffery, DD, Luecht, RM, Magasi, S, Porter, LS, Reese, JB, Reeve, BB, Shelby, RA, Smith, AW, Willse, JT, and Flynn, KE. "Development and Initial Validation of the PROMIS(®) Sexual Function and Satisfaction Measures Version 2.0." The journal of sexual medicine 12, no. 9 (September 7, 2015): 1961-1974. Full Text
  - Ursem, CJ, Bosworth, HB, Shelby, RA, Hwang, W, Anderson, RT, and Kimmick, GG. "Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income." Journal of Women'S Health 24, no. 5 (May 2015): 403-408. (Review) Full Text
  - Edmond, SN, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Soo, MS, Skinner, CS, Ahrendt, G, Manculich, J, Sumkin, JH, Zuley, M, and Bovbjerg, DH. "ANXIETY AND NEGATIVE MOOD FOLLOWING MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 49 (April 2015): S6-S6. Link to Item
  - Kelleher, SA, Fisher, HM, Shelby, RA, Sullivan, KM, Abernethy, AP, Keefe, FJ, and Somers, TJ. "A HYBRID IN-PERSON AND MHEALTH PAIN COPING SKILLS INTERVENTION FOR STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 49 (April 2015): S216-S216. Link to Item
  - Brothers, BM, Carpenter, KM, Shelby, RA, Thornton, LM, Frierson, GM, Patterson, KL, and Andersen, BL. "Dissemination of an evidence-based treatment for cancer patients: training is the necessary first step." Translational behavioral medicine 5, no. 1 (March 2015): 103-112. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Keefe, FJ, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, KL, and Kimmick, GG. "Self-efficacy for coping with symptoms moderates the relationship between physical symptoms and well-being in breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 22, no. 10 (October 2014): 2851-2859. Full Text
  - Bartley, EJ, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Somers, TJ, Teo, I, Zhou, S, Rowe, KA, Abernethy, AP, Keefe, FJ, and Shelby, RA. "Holding back moderates the association between health symptoms and social well-being in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation." Journal of pain and symptom management 48, no. 3 (September 2014): 374-384. Full Text
  - Alexander, AM, Flynn, KE, Hahn, EA, Jeffery, DD, Keefe, FJ, Reeve, BB, Schultz, W, Reese, JB, Shelby, RA, and Weinfurt, KP. "Improving patients' understanding of terms and phrases commonly used in self-reported measures of sexual function." The journal of sexual medicine 11, no. 8 (August 2014): 1991-1998. Full Text
  - Soo, AE, Shelby, RA, Miller, LS, Balmadrid, MH, Johnson, KS, Wren, AA, Yoon, SC, Keefe, FJ, and Soo, MS. "Predictors of pain experienced by women during percutaneous imaging-guided breast biopsies." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 11, no. 7 (July 2014): 709-716. Full Text
  - Dorfman, CS, Brothers, BM, Carpenter, KM, Frierson, GM, Shelby, RA, Thornton, LM, and Andersen, BL. "DISSEMINATION OF THE BIOBEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION: FROM CANCER TO HEALTH." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 47 (April 2014): S166-S166. Link to Item
  - Edmond, SN, O'Sullivan, ML, Somers, TJ, Rowe, K, and Shelby, RA. "COGNITIVE PROBLEMS IN SCT PATIENTS THREE MONTHS POST-TRANSPLANT: ASSOCIATED PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 47 (April 2014): S102-S102. Link to Item
  - Huysmans, ZZ, Wren, AA, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, and Soo, MS. "IMPACT OF EXPERIENCES AT THE TIME OF BREAST BIOPSY ON KNOWLEDGE OF RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP, PERCEIVED CANCER RISK, BELIEFS ABOUT MAMMOGRAPHY, AND PREFERENCES FOR SUPPORT." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 47 (April 2014): S190-S190. Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, Edmond, SN, Soo, MS, Keefe, FJ, Ahrendt, GM, Sumkin, J, Zuley, M, and Bovbjerg, DH. "PERSISTENT POST-SURGICAL PAIN FOLLOWING BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY: LEVELS OF PAIN AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 47 (April 2014): S189-S189. Link to Item
  - "Improving patients' understanding of terms and phrases commonly used in self-reported measures of sexual function." Journal of Sexual Medicine 11, no. 8 (January 1, 2014): 1991-1998. Full Text
  - "Holding back moderates the association between health symptoms and social well-being in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 48, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 374-384. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Keefe, FJ, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, KL, and Kimmick, GG. "Self-efficacy for coping with symptoms moderates the relationship between physical symptoms and well-being in breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy." Supportive Care in Cancer 22, no. 10 (2014): 2851-2859. Full Text
  - Abernethy, AP, Bull, J, Whitten, E, Shelby, R, Wheeler, JL, and Taylor, DH. "Targeted investment improves access to hospice and palliative care." J Pain Symptom Manage 46, no. 5 (November 2013): 629-639. Full Text Link to Item
  - Taylor, DH. "Targeted investment improves access to hospice and palliative care." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 46, no. 5 (November 1, 2013): 629-639. Full Text
  - Keefe, FJ, Porter, L, Somers, T, Shelby, R, and Wren, AV. "Psychosocial interventions for managing pain in older adults: outcomes and clinical implications." British Journal of Anaesthesia 111, no. 1 (July 2013): 89-94. (Review) Full Text
  - Edmond, SN, Shelby, RA, Kimmick, GG, Marcom, PK, Peppercorn, JM, and Keefe, FJ. "Symptom communication in breast cancer: relationships of holding back and self-efficacy for communication to symptoms and adjustment." J Psychosoc Oncol 31, no. 6 (2013): 698-711. Full Text Link to Item
  - Miller, LS, Shelby, RA, Balmadrid, MH, Yoon, S, Baker, JA, Wildermann, L, and Soo, MS. "Patient Anxiety Before and Immediately After Imaging-Guided Breast Biopsy Procedures: Impact of Radiologist-Patient Communication." JACR Journal of the American College of Radiology (2013). Full Text
  - Miller, LS, Shelby, RA, Balmadrid, MH, Yoon, S, Baker, JA, Wildermann, L, and Soo, MS. "Patient anxiety before and immediately after imaging-guided breast biopsy procedures: Impact of radiologist-patient communication." Journal of the American College of Radiology 10, no. 6 (2013): 423-431. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Wren, AA, and Shelby, RA. "The context of pain in arthritis: self-efficacy for managing pain and other symptoms." Current Pain and Headache Reports 16, no. 6 (December 2012): 502-508. (Review) Full Text
  - Uronis, HE, Shelby, RA, Currow, DC, Ahmedzai, SH, Bosworth, HB, Coan, A, and Abernethy, AP. "Assessment of the psychometric properties of an English version of the cancer dyspnea scale in people with advanced lung cancer." J Pain Symptom Manage 44, no. 5 (November 2012): 741-749. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flynn, KE, Reese, JB, Jeffery, DD, Abernethy, AP, Lin, L, Shelby, RA, Porter, LS, Dombeck, CB, and Weinfurt, KP. "Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancer." Psycho Oncology 21, no. 6 (June 2012): 594-601. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, DeVellis, BM, Patterson, C, Renner, JB, and Jordan, JM. "Brief Fear of Movement Scale for osteoarthritis." Arthritis Care & Research 64, no. 6 (June 2012): 862-871. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Blumenthal, JA, Guilak, F, Kraus, VB, Schmitt, DO, Babyak, MA, Craighead, LW, Caldwell, DS, Rice, JR, McKee, DC, Shelby, RA, Campbell, LC, Pells, JJ, Sims, EL, Queen, R, Carson, JW, Connelly, M, Dixon, KE, Lacaille, LJ, Huebner, JL, Rejeski, WJ, and Keefe, FJ. "Pain coping skills training and lifestyle behavioral weight management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled study." Pain 153, no. 6 (June 2012): 1199-1209. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, Scipio, CD, Somers, TJ, Soo, MS, Weinfurt, KP, and Keefe, FJ. "Prospective study of factors predicting adherence to surveillance mammography in women treated for breast cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 8 (March 2012): 813-819. Full Text
  - Reese, JB, Shelby, RA, and Taylor, KL. "Sexual quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Psychology and Health 27, no. 6 (2012): 721-736. Full Text
  - Suh, S-Y, Leblanc, TW, Shelby, RA, Samsa, GP, and Abernethy, AP. "Longitudinal patient-reported performance status assessment in the cancer clinic is feasible and prognostic." Journal of Oncology Practice 7, no. 6 (November 2011): 374-381. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Red, SN, Blackwell, KL, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, and Kimmick, GG. "Symptom experiences and nonadherent medication-taking behaviors of breast cancer patients taking adjuvant hormone therapy." Journal of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2011): 524-524. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Red, SN, Blackwell, KL, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, and Kimmick, GG. "Symptom experiences and nonadherent medication-taking behaviors of breast cancer patients taking adjuvant hormone therapy." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 15_suppl (May 2011): 524-.
  - Flynn, KE, Jeffery, DD, Keefe, FJ, Porter, LS, Shelby, RA, Fawzy, MR, Gosselin, TK, Reeve, BB, and Weinfurt, KP. "Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)." Psycho Oncology 20, no. 4 (April 2011): 378-386. Full Text
  - Keefe, FJ, Shelby, RA, Somers, TJ, Varia, I, Blazing, M, Waters, SJ, McKee, D, Silva, S, She, L, Blumenthal, JA, O'Connor, J, Knowles, V, Johnson, P, and Bradley, L. "Effects of coping skills training and sertraline in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: a randomized controlled study." Pain 152, no. 4 (April 2011): 730-741. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Soo, MS, Skinner, CS, Stinnett, S, Luce, MF, Zuley, ML, Sumkin, JH, and Bovbjerg, DH. "PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-REPORTED BREAST PAIN PRIOR TO ROUTINE MAMMOGRAPHY IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND WOMEN WITHOUT A HISTORY OF CANCER." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 41 (April 2011): S160-S160. Link to Item
  - Reese, JB, Shelby, RA, and Abernethy, AP. "Sexual concerns in lung cancer patients: an examination of predictors and moderating effects of age and gender." Support Care Cancer 19, no. 1 (January 2011): 161-165. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abernethy, AP, Zafar, SY, Uronis, H, Wheeler, JL, Coan, A, Rowe, K, Shelby, RA, Fowler, R, and Herndon, JE. "Validation of the Patient Care Monitor (Version 2.0): a review of system assessment instrument for cancer patients." J Pain Symptom Manage 40, no. 4 (October 2010): 545-558. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flynn, KE, Shelby, RA, Mitchell, SA, Fawzy, MR, Hardy, NC, Husain, AM, Keefe, FJ, Krystal, AD, Porter, LS, Reeve, BB, and Weinfurt, KP. "Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®))." Psychooncology 19, no. 10 (October 2010): 1086-1093. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reese, JB, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Porter, LS, and Abernethy, AP. "Sexual concerns in cancer patients: a comparison of GI and breast cancer patients." Support Care Cancer 18, no. 9 (September 2010): 1179-1189. Full Text Link to Item
  - Red, SN, Shelby, RA, Kimmick, GG, and Keefe, FJ. "SYMPTOM COMMUNICATION IN BREAST CANCER: RELATIONSHIPS OF HOLDING BACK AND SELF EFFICACY FOR COMMUNICATION TO SYMPTOMS AND ADJUSTMENT." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 17 (August 2010): 27-27. Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Bovbjerg, DH, Skinner, CS, Somers, TJ, Soo, MS, Red, S, Stinnett, S, Luce, MF, and Sumkin, J. "PERCEIVED RISK OF BREAST CANCER, BELIEFS ABOUT MAMMOGRAPHY, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND HEALTHY WOMEN AT THE TIME OF MAMMOGRAPHY." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 17 (August 2010): 278-278. Link to Item
  - Somers, TJ, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Godiwala, N, Lumley, MA, Mosley-Williams, A, Rice, JR, and Caldwell, D. "Disease severity and domain-specific arthritis self-efficacy: relationships to pain and functioning in patients with rheumatoid arthritis." Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62, no. 6 (June 2010): 848-856. Full Text Link to Item
  - Keefe, FJ, Shelby, RA, and Somers, TJ. "Catastrophizing and pain coping: moving forward." Pain 149, no. 2 (May 2010): 165-166. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, and Keefe, FJ. "Chronic Pain and Adherence." (2010): 179-214. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, Silva, SG, McKee, DC, She, L, Waters, SJ, Varia, I, Riordan, YB, Knowles, VM, Blazing, M, Blumenthal, JA, and Johnson, P. "Pain catastrophizing in patients with noncardiac chest pain: relationships with pain, anxiety, and disability." Psychosomatic Medicine 71, no. 8 (October 2009): 861-868. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, Pells, JJ, Dixon, KE, Waters, SJ, Riordan, PA, Blumenthal, JA, McKee, DC, LaCaille, L, Tucker, JM, Schmitt, D, Caldwell, DS, Kraus, VB, Sims, EL, Shelby, RA, and Rice, JR. "Pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear in osteoarthritis patients: relationships to pain and disability." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 37, no. 5 (May 2009): 863-872. Full Text
  - O’Connell-Edwards, CF, Edwards, CL, Pearce, M, Wachholtz, AB, Wood, M, Muhammad, M, Leach-Beale, B, Shelby, R, McDougald, CS, Harrison, MO, Feliu, M, Edwards, LY, Whitfield, KE, Merritt, M, Wellington, C, Byrd, G, McNeil, JC, Edmonds, H, and Robinson, E. "Religious Coping and Pain Associated With Sickle Cell Disease: Exploration of a Non-linear Model." Journal of African American Studies 13, no. 1 (March 2009): 1-13. Full Text
  - Schwartz, MD, Valdimarsdottir, HB, DeMarco, TA, Peshkin, BN, Lawrence, W, Rispoli, J, Brown, K, Isaacs, C, O'Neill, S, Shelby, R, Grumet, SC, McGovern, MM, Garnett, S, Bremer, H, Leaman, S, O'Mara, K, Kelleher, S, and Komaridis, K. "Randomized trial of a decision aid for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers: impact on measures of decision making and satisfaction." Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 28, no. 1 (January 2009): 11-19. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Crespin, TR, Wells-Di Gregorio, SM, Lamdan, RM, Siegel, JE, and Taylor, KL. "Optimism, social support, and adjustment in African American women with breast cancer." J Behav Med 31, no. 5 (October 2008): 433-444. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, Pells, JJ, Dixon, KE, and Blumenthal, JA. "Domain specific self-efficacy mediates the impact of pain catastrophizing on pain and disability in overweight and obese osteoarthritis patients." The Journal of Pain : Official Journal of the American Pain Society 9, no. 10 (October 2008): 912-919. Full Text
  - Pells, JJ, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Dixon, KE, Blumenthal, JA, Lacaille, L, Tucker, JM, Schmitt, D, Caldwell, DS, and Kraus, VB. "Arthritis self-efficacy and self-efficacy for resisting eating: relationships to pain, disability, and eating behavior in overweight and obese individuals with osteoarthritic knee pain." Pain 136, no. 3 (June 2008): 340-347. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Golden-Kreutz, DM, and Andersen, BL. "PTSD diagnoses, subsyndromal symptoms, and comorbidities contribute to impairments for breast cancer survivors." Journal of Traumatic Stress 21, no. 2 (April 2008): 165-172. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Lamdan, RM, Siegel, JE, and Taylor, KL. "Psychoeducational group intervention improves the impact of coping efforts on quality of life in African American women with breast cancer." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S149-S149. Link to Item
  - O'Neill, SC, Kaufman, E, Demarco, T, Peshkin, BN, McKenna, K, Shelby, R, Valdimarsdottir, H, Rispoli, J, and Schwartz, MD. "Changes in diet and physical activity following BRCA1/2 testing." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 26, no. 3 (2008): 63-80. Full Text
  - Andersen, BL, Shelby, RA, and Golden-Kreutz, DM. "RCT of a Psychological Intervention for Patients With Cancer: I. Mechanisms of Change." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 75, no. 6 (2007): 927-938. Full Text
  - Edwards, C, Whitfield, K, Sudhakar, S, Pearce, M, Byrd, G, Wood, M, Feliu, M, Leach-Beale, B, DeCastro, L, Whitworth, E, Abrams, M, Jonassaint, J, Harrison, MO, Mathis, M, Scott, L, Johnson, S, Durant, L, Holmes, A, Presnell, K, Bennett, G, Shelby, R, and Robinson, E. "Parental substance abuse, reports of chronic pain and coping in adult patients with sickle cell disease." J Natl Med Assoc 98, no. 3 (March 2006): 420-428. Link to Item
  - Shelby, RA, Lamdan, RM, Siegel, JE, Hrywna, M, and Taylor, KL. "Standardized versus open-ended assessment of psychosocial and medical concerns among African American breast cancer patients." Psycho-Oncology 15, no. 5 (2006): 382-397. Full Text
  - Golden-Kreutz, DM, Thornton, LM, Wells-Di Gregorio, S, Frierson, GM, Jim, HS, Carpenter, KM, Shelby, RA, and Andersen, BL. "Traumatic stress, perceived global stress, and life events: prospectively predicting quality of life in breast cancer patients." Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 24, no. 3 (May 2005): 288-296. Full Text
  - Marucha, PT, Crespin, TR, Shelby, RA, and Andersen, BL. "TNF-α levels in cancer patients relate to social variables." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 19, no. 6 (2005): 521-525. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Golden-Kreutz, DM, and Andersen, BL. "Mismatch of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and DSM-IV symptom clusters in a cancer sample: Exploratory factor analysis of the PTSD checklist-civilian version." Journal of Traumatic Stress 18, no. 4 (2005): 347-357. Full Text
  - Taylor, KL, Shelby, R, Gelmann, E, and McGuire, C. "Quality of life and trial adherence among participants in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 96, no. 14 (2004): 1083-1094.
  - Kaufman, EM, Peshkin, BN, Lawrence, WF, Shelby, R, Isaacs, C, Brown, K, Rispoli, J, O'Neill, S, Hurley, K, DeMarco, T, Brogan, B, Grumet, S, Jandorf, L, McKenna, K, Valdimarsdottir, H, and Schwartz, MD. "Development of an interactive decision aid for female BRCA1/BRCA2 carriers." Journal of Genetic Counseling 12, no. 2 (2003): 109-129.
  - Taylor, KL, Lamdan, RM, Siegel, JE, Shelby, R, Moran-Klimi, K, and Hrywna, M. "Psychological adjustment among African American breast cancer patients: One-year follow-up results of a randomized psychoeducational group intervention." Health Psychology 22, no. 3 (2003): 316-323. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Taylor, KL, Kerner, JF, Coleman, E, and Blum, D. "The role of community-based and philanthropic organizations in meeting cancer patient and caregiver needs." Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 52, no. 4 (2002): 229-246.
  - Taylor, KL, Lamdan, RM, Siegel, JE, Shelby, R, Hrywna, M, and Moran-Klimi, K. "Treatment regimen, sexual attractiveness concerns and psychological adjustment among African American breast cancer patients." Psycho-Oncology 11, no. 6 (2002): 505-517. Full Text
  - Taylor, KL, Shelby, R, Kerner, J, Redd, W, and Lynch, J. "Impact of undergoing prostate carcinoma screening on prostate carcinoma-related knowledge and distress." Cancer 95, no. 5 (2002): 1037-1044. Full Text
  - Taylor, KL, Shelby, RA, Schwartz, MD, Ackerman, J, LaSalle, VH, Gelmann, EP, and McGuire, C. "The impact of item order on ratings of cancer risk perception." Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 11, no. 7 (2002): 654-659.
  - "Factors contributing to levels of burnout among sex offender treatment providers." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 16, no. 11 (November 1, 2001): 1205-1216.
- Conference Papers
  - Zullig, LL, Kimmick, GG, Smith, V, Little, K, Bosworth, HB, Gonzales, S, Oakes, M, Shelby, RA, Owen, L, Sutton, L, and Altomare, I. "Using a geriatric oncology assessment to link with services in an underserved, community oncology population." : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), May 20, 2018. Full Text
  - Dorfman, CS, Kelleher, SA, Winger, JG, Shelby, RA, Thorn, BE, Sutton, LM, Keefe, FJ, Gandhi, V, Manohar, P, and Somers, TJ. "Development and pilot testing of an mHealth behavioral cancer pain protocol for medically underserved communities(Accepted)." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Kimmick, GG, Bosworth, HB, Keefe, FJ, Sutton, L, Owen, L, Erkanli, A, Reed, SD, Staley, SA, Pak, S, Barrett, N, Huettel, S, and Shelby, RA. "Testing a behavioral intervention to improve adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET)." May 20, 2017. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sitlinger, AP, Shelby, RA, White, HK, Edmond, SN, Bosworth, HB, Keefe, FJ, and Kimmick, GG. "Grip strength and timed get-up-and-go: Associations with symptoms among women taking adjuvant endocrine therapy." May 20, 2015. Link to Item
  - Edmond, SN, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Soo, MS, Skinner, CS, Stinnett, S, Ahrendt, GM, Manculich, J, Sumkin, JH, Zuley, ML, and Bovbjerg, DH. "Persistent pain following breast cancer surgery: A case-control study." May 20, 2014. Link to Item
  - Edmond, SN, Farquhar, JM, Shelby, RA, Kimmick, GG, Marcom, PK, Peppercorn, JM, Blackwell, KL, and Keefe, FJ. "RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY FOR COMMUNICATION WITH ONE'S PHYSICIAN AND MEASURES OF WELL-BEING, CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING MEDICATIONS, AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY." March 2013. Link to Item
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