Charles F. Emery, Ph.D
Professor
Professor Emery received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Columbia University in 1980 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California in 1985. At USC, Emery specialized in Aging and Adult Development. After internship training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver (1985-86), Emery was a post-doctoral fellow at Duke University's Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development for 2 years. In 1988, he joined the faculty in the Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center. Emery remained at Duke until December 1994, when he moved to Columbus and the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University. At OSU, Emery has continued his research program in behavioral medicine and the psychology of aging, specifically addressing psychological adjustment to chronic illness and psychological outcomes of physical exercise. He is Director of the Cardiopulmonary Behavioral Medicine Program, providing practicum training experience in health psychology for graduate students at OSU. Emery is currently on the editorial boards of Health Psychology and Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation.
Research Areas
Psychological and cognitive effects of physical exercise
Psychological adjustment to chronic illness
Emotional regulation and health
Selected recent publications
*Lunsky, Y., Emery, C.F., & Benson, B. (2002). Staff and self-reports of health risk behaviours, somatic complaints, and medications among adults with mild intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability,27, 125-135.
*O'Neil, J.N., & Emery, C.F. (2002). Family history of coronary heart disease, sex, psychosocial vulnerability, and hostility among college students. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine,9,17-36.
Emery, C.F., *Hsiao, E.T., Hill, S., & Frid, D.J. (2003). Short-term effects of exercise and music on cognitive performance among participants in a cardiac rehabilitation program, Heart & Lung, 32, 368-373.
Emery, C.F., Shermer, R.L., Hauck, E.R., *Hsiao, E.T., & MacIntyre, N.R. (2003). Cognitive and psychological outcomes of exercise in a one-year follow up study of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Health Psychology, 22, 598-604.
Andersen, B.L., Carson, W.E., Golden-Kreutz, D.M., Glaser, R., Emery, C.F., Crespin, T.R., Shapiro, C.M., & Farrar, W.B. (2004). Psychological, behavioral, compliance, and immune changes following a psychological intervention: A clinical trial, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 22, 3570-3580.
Emery, C.F., Frid, D.J., Engebretson, T.O., Alonzo, A.A., Fish, A., Ferketich, A.K., Reynolds, N.R., Dujardin, J.-P.L., Homan, J.E., Stern, S.L. (2004). Gender differences in quality of life among cardiac patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 190-197.
France, C.R., Keefe, F.J., Emery, C.F., Affleck, G., France, J.L., Waters, S., Caldwell, D.S., Stainbrook, D., Hackshaw, K.V., Edwards, C. (2004). Laboratory pain perception and clinical pain in post-menopausal women and age-matched men with osteoarthritis: relationship to pain coping and hormonal status. Pain, 112, 274-281.
Keefe, F., Affleck, G., France, C., Emery, C., Waters, S., Caldwell, D., Stainbrook, D., Hackshaw, K., Fox, L. (2004). Gender differences in pain, coping, and mood in individuals having osteoarthritic knee pain: A within-day analysis, Pain, 110, 571-577.
*Ashmore, J.A., Emery, C.F, Hauck, E.R., & MacIntyre, N.R. (2005). The influence of marital adjustment among patients with COPD participating in pulmonary rehabilitation, Heart & Lung, 34, 270-278.
Emery, C.F., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Glaser, R., Malarkey, W.B., & Frid, D.J. (2005). Exercise accelerates wound healing among healthy older adults, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 60A, 1432-1436.
*Student author