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Stephanie Schuette

Stephanie Schuette

Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
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Selected Publications

Identifying modifiable factors associated with psychological health in women experiencing infertility.

Journal Article J Health Psychol · October 2023 This study assessed the relationship between modifiable psychological variables and depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic growth in women experiencing infertility. U.S. women (N = 457) who identified as experiencing infertility completed standardized self ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preferences Toward Psychological Interventions Among Women Experiencing Infertility

Journal Article Integrative Medicine Reports · March 1, 2022 Full text Cite

Facilitator Contact, Discussion Boards, and Virtual Badges as Adherence Enhancements to a Web-Based, Self-guided, Positive Psychological Intervention for Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · September 22, 2021 BACKGROUND: Adherence to self-guided interventions tends to be very low, especially in people with depression. Prior studies have demonstrated that enhancements may increase adherence, but little is known about the efficacy of various enhancements in compa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Do interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility predict emotion regulation?

Journal Article Psychol Res · July 2021 INTRODUCTION: Interoception refers to awareness, interpretation, and integration of sensations in the body. While interoceptive accuracy has long been regarded as a core component of emotional experience, less is known about the relationship of interocepti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Facilitator Contact, Discussion Boards, and Virtual Badges as Adherence Enhancements to a Web-Based, Self-guided, Positive Psychological Intervention for Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Journal Article · November 20, 2020 BACKGROUNDAdherence to self-guided interventions tends to be very low, especially in people with depression. Prior studies have demonstrated that enhancements may increase adherence, but ... Full text Cite

Positive affect and medication adherence in chronic conditions: A systematic review.

Journal Article Health Psychol · November 2019 OBJECTIVE: This review aims to inform research and clinical care on the current state of knowledge on the relationship between positive affect and medication adherence. METHOD: Searches were carried out in PsycINFO, PubMed MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Registe ... Full text Link to item Cite

The MARIGOLD study: Feasibility and enhancement of an online intervention to improve emotion regulation in people with elevated depressive symptoms.

Journal Article J Affect Disord · October 1, 2019 BACKGROUND: This manuscript describes the first two phases of pilot testing MARIGOLD, an online self-guided positive emotion skills intervention for adults with elevated depressive symptoms, along with enhancements to overcome retention and adherence probl ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Scoping Review of Positive Lifestyle and Wellness Interventions to Inform the Development of a Comprehensive Health Promotion Program: “HealthPro”

Journal Article American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · July 1, 2019 Background. Lifestyle medicine has emerged as a transformational force in mainstream health care. Numerous health promotion and wellness programs have been created to facilitate the adoption of increased positive, modifiable health behaviors to prevent and ... Full text Open Access Cite

A Self-Paced, Web-Based, Positive Emotion Skills Intervention for Reducing Symptoms of Depression: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of MARIGOLD.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · June 5, 2018 BACKGROUND: Living with elevated symptoms of depression can have debilitating consequences for an individual's psychosocial and physical functioning, quality of life, and health care utilization. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that skills for incr ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A Self-Paced, Web-Based, Positive Emotion Skills Intervention for Reducing Symptoms of Depression: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of MARIGOLD (Preprint)

Journal Article · March 23, 2018 BACKGROUNDLiving with elevated symptoms of depression can have debilitating consequences for an individual’s psychosocial and physical functioning, quality of life, and health care utiliz ... Full text Cite

Psychological Well-Being and Physical Health: Associations, Mechanisms, and Future Directions

Journal Article Emotion Review · January 1, 2018 A paradigm shift in public health and medicine has broadened the field from a singular focus on the ill effects of negative states and psychopathology to an expanded view that examines protective psychological assets that may promote improved physical heal ... Full text Cite

Author Reply: Illuminating the Health Benefits of Psychological Assets

Journal Article Emotion Review · January 1, 2018 This reply addresses observations of Drs. Larsen, Kruse, and Sweeny, and Scherer in their reviews of our published work on the link between positive psychological assets and outcomes of physical health. Inspired by Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative we ... Full text Cite

Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation training in a sample of men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance: results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Journal Article Psychooncology · August 2017 OBJECTIVE: In a pilot randomized controlled trial, examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week, mindfulness training program (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) in a sample of men on active surveillance on important psychological outcome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perspectives from Patients and Healthcare Providers on the Practice of Maternal Placentophagy.

Journal Article J Altern Complement Med · January 2017 PURPOSE: Placentophagy (maternal consumption of the placenta) has become increasingly prevalent in the past decade among women seeking to promote health and healing during the postpartum period. The purpose of this study was to assess patient and provider ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Factors Affecting Quality of Life at Different Intervals After Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: Unique Influence of Treatment Decision Making Satisfaction, Personality and Sexual Functioning.

Journal Article J Urol · November 2016 PURPOSE: Using patient reported outcomes measures we identified the most informative set of factors associated with quality of life in a large sample of men treated for localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined relationships with qualit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acupuncture-Related Quality of Life Changes Using PROMIS Computer Adaptive Tests in a Pragmatic Trial with Oncology and General Integrative Medicine Patients: The Role of Baseline Acupuncture Expectations.

Journal Article J Altern Complement Med · October 2016 INTRODUCTION: Acupuncture has been shown to alleviate symptoms and increase general well-being in different medical patient samples. A major challenge in acupuncture clinical research is the availability of comparable and standardized patient-reported outc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interaction of oxytocin level and past depression may predict postpartum depressive symptom severity.

Journal Article Arch Womens Ment Health · October 2016 We examined plasma oxytocin concentration and postpartum depression (PPD) symptom severity in women who were not depressed during pregnancy and whether this differed by major depressive disorder (MDD) history. We assessed psychiatric history and plasma oxy ... Full text Link to item Cite

PLASMA OXYTOCIN CONCENTRATION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT EVIDENCE AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.

Journal Article Depress Anxiety · April 2016 There is substantial recent interest in the role of oxytocin in social and affiliative behaviors-animal models of depression have suggested a link between oxytocin and mood. We reviewed literature to date for evidence of a potential relationship between pe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mind-Body Approaches to Treating Mental Health Symptoms Among Disadvantaged Populations: A Comprehensive Review.

Journal Article J Altern Complement Med · February 2016 Mind-body approaches are commonly used to treat a variety of chronic health conditions, including depression and anxiety. A substantial proportion of individuals with depression and anxiety disorders do not receive conventional treatment; disadvantaged ind ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite