Glenn Affleck, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
1970 B.A, Social Relations, Colgate University
1975 Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
In 1975, Glenn Affleck, Ph.D. joined the University of Connecticut School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry faculty and in 1998 transferred his primary appointment to the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care. His research emphasizes the role of psychological factors in the course and outcomes of major health problems.
Dr. Affleck teaches developmental and health psychology in the basic sciences curriculum of the Medical School and Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health in the Master of Public Health Program.
Dr. Affleck's studies have included patients with chronic pain disorders and asthma; parents of acutely ill newborns, developmentally disabled children, chronically ill children; and victims of heart attacks and infertility. In addition to documenting the ways in which patients and family members cope with these problems, these studies have applied theories of stress and adaptation. They have demonstrated how people's psychological responses to medical problems influence health and well-being. They also reveal how appraisals of the illness, attempts to cope with the problem, and the use of social support affect the outcomes of major medical problems. More recently, Dr. Affleck has been studying the day to day stresses and burdens of chronic illness, daily coping efforts, and short-term changes in physical symptoms. The methods allow study of a single individual over time and the full exploration of individual differences in the temporal sequencing of stressful experiences, coping strategies, and illness symptoms.
Affleck, G., Tennen, H., & Zautra, A. (in press). Depression history and coping with chronic pain: A daily process analysis. Health Psychology.
Tennen, H., Affleck, G., & Armeli, S. (2005). Personality and daily experience revisited. Journal of Personality, 73, 1465-1483.
Tennen, H., & Affleck, G. (2002). The challenge of capturing daily processes at the interface of social and clinical psychology. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 610-627.
Affleck, G., Tennen, H., Zautra, A., Urrows, S., Abeles, M., & Karoly. (2001). Women’s pursuit of personal goals in daily life with fibromyalgia: A value-expectancy analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 587-596.
Affleck, G., Tennen, H., Urrows, S., Higgins, P., & Abeles, M. (2000). Downward comparisons in daily life with chronic pain: Dynamic relations with pain intensity and mood. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, 499-518.
Affleck, G., Tennen, H., Keefe, F., Lefebvre, J., Kashikar-Zuck, S., Wright, K., Starr, K., & Caldwell, D. (1999). Everyday life with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis: Independent effects of disease and gender on daily pain, mood, and coping. Pain, 83, 601-609.
Affleck, G., Zautra, A., Tennen, H., & Armeli, S. (1999). Multilevel daily process designs for consulting and clinical psychology: A preface for the perplexed. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 746-754.
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 6325
Farmington, CT 06030-6325
Phone: (860) 679-5465
Fax: (860) 679-5464
Email: affleck@nso1.uchc.edu
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