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Paul Devereux, Ph.D., MPH

Professor and Department Chair of Health Behavior, Policy and Administration Sciences
Devereux, Paul

Summary

Paul Devereux' scholarship explores social and behavioral determinants on health and well-being. Specific research topics include community-based approaches to cancer screening interventions, social support in diverse populations such as people with disabilities and parenting adolescents and emotional health in older adults.

Ph.D. students

Selected grants

  • Co-principal investigator (with James Kenyon), Colon Cancer Screening Patient Navigator Program Evaluation, $680,000.
    • Funded by the IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence Grant through the NIH/National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Supplement Award, 2009 to 2011.
  • Principal investigator, A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Latino Populations, $70,500.
    • Community engagement project as part of the NIH National Center for Research Resources IDeA Network for Biomedical Excellence Award, 2010 to 2011.
  • Principal investigator (with Kristen Clements-Nolle), Health Status of Inmates, $60,000.
    • Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration Grant through the Nevada State Health Division, 2004.
  • Co-principal investigator (with Charles Bullock), Examining Social Support Among Persons Experiencing Paralysis, $199,752.
    • Funded by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001 to 2004.
  • Principal investigator (with Kathi Heffner and Gerald Ginsburg), Social Support, Disclosure and Cardiovascular Response to Stress in Older Adults, $72,150.
    • Funded by the National Institute on Aging through an R03 grant, 2001 to 2003.
  • Principal investigator, Evaluation of Discharge Planning of Inmates with HIV, $44,384.
    • Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the State of Nevada Health Division, 2001 to 2002.

Selected publications

  • Devereux, P.G. (In press). Selecting personality and individual difference theories to predict COVID-19 sentiment and behaviors. To appear in M. K. Miller (Ed.). The social science of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for researchers. Oxford University Press.
  • Devereux, P. G., Hartzell, S.* & Hagen, M.* (In press). Crafting effective messages to encourage COVID-19 vaccination. To appear in M.K. Miller (Ed).
  • The social science of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for researchers. Oxford University Press. 
  • Hartzell, S.*, LaMotte, M.*, Hagen, M.* & Devereux, P. G. (2022). A mixed methods approach to understanding college student’s experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Higher Education Management, 37(2), 103-127.
  • Johnson, L. M.*, Devereux, P. G. & Wagner, K. D. (2022).  Harm Reduction Journal, 19(60), 1-13.
  • Ajumobi, A.*, Jami, W.*, Kemmelmeier, M. & Devereux, P. G. (2022). . Substance Use and Misuse, 57(9), 1434-1441.
  • Devereux, P. G., Miller, M. & Kirshenbaum, J.* (2021). Moral disengagement, locus of control and belief in a just world: Individual differences relate to adherence to COVID-19 guidelines. Personality and Individual Differences. 
  • Snider, K.,* Devereux, P. G. & Miller, M. (2021). Judges’ emotion: An application of the Emotion Regulation Process Model. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
  • Hartzell, S.*, Hagen, M.* & Devereux, P. G. (2021). Disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on university students in underrepresented groups: A quantitative and qualitative descriptive study to assess needs and hear student voices. Journal of Higher Education Management.
  • Hagen, M.*, Hartzell, S.* & Devereux, P. G. (2021). Social media use and COVID-19: A cross-sectional study examining health behaviors, knowledge and mental health among 91·çÃùÄñ³ª students. Health Behavior Research.
  • Wright, K.,* Lucero, J., Ferguson, J., Granner, M., Devereux, P. G., Pearson, J. & Crosbie, E. (2021). . Ecology of Food and Nutrition.
  • Wright, K.,* Lucero, J., Ferguson, J., Granner, M., Devereux, P. G., Pearson, J. & Crosbie, E. (2021). . Food Security.
  • Travers, C. S.*, Devereux, P. G. & Yang, W. (2020).  . Journal of Family Violence.
  • Daftary, A. M., Devereux, P. G. & Elliott, M.  (2020) . Journal of Gender Studies.
  • Devereux, P. G., Johnson, L. & Kerwin, H. (2019). Colorectal cancer screening barriers and recommendations for successful interventions: Insights from a local Hispanic community. Nevada Journal of Public Health, 1, 1-14.
  • Devereux, P. G., Gray, J., Robinson, S., Galvin, J. & Gutierrez, J. (2019). Using community engagement methods and navigators to increase colon cancer screening uptake and patient outcomes. Health Promotion Practice, 20(1), 85-93.
  • Etopio, A.,* Devereux, P. G. & Crowder, M. (2018). Perceived campus safety as a mediator of the link between gender and mental health in a national U.S. college sample. Women & Health 59(7), 703-717.
  • Gibb, Z. G. & Devereux, P. G. (2016). . Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2(3), 313-322.
  • Devereux, P. G., Heffner, K., Doane, M., Gosser, B. & Nolan, M. (2016). Identifying attentional deployment tactics in older adults’ written narratives about emotionally upsetting events. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(10), 2247-2258.
  • Devereux, P. G., Bullock, C. C., Gibb, Z. G. & Himler, H. (2015). Social-ecological influences on interpersonal support in people with physical disability. Disability and Health Journal 8, 564-572.
  • Gibb, Z. G. & Devereux, P. G. (2014). Who does that anyway? Predictors and personality correlates of cyberbullying in college. Computers in Human Behavior, 38, 8-16.
  • Heffner, K., Devereux, P. G., Ng, H. M. & Borchardt, A. R. (2013). Older adults’ hemodynamic responses to an acute emotional stressor: Short report. Experimental Aging Research, 39(2), 162-178.
  • Devereux, P. G. & Bullock, C. C. (2011). Disability content in social and behavioral dimensions of health. In D. J. Lollar & E. M. Anderson (Ed.), Public Health Perspectives on Disability: Epidemiology to ethics and beyond (pp. 55-79). Springer.
  • Devereux, P. G., Weigel, D., Ballard-Reisch, D., Leigh, G. & Cahoon, K. L*. (2009). Immediate and longer-term connections between support and stress in pregnant/parenting and non-pregnant/non-parenting adolescents. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 26, 431-446.
  • Devereux, P. G., Clements-Nolle, K. D., Clodfelter, S., Bargmann-Losche, J.*, Feroro, M.^ & Yang, W.^ (2007). HIV-positive inmates released from Nevada's prisons in 2001: Results from matching Health Division and Corrections Databases. Journal of the Nevada Public Health Association, 4, 1-16.
  • Devereux, P. G. & Heffner, K. (2007). Psychophysiological approaches to the study of laughter: Towards an integration with positive psychology. In A. D. Ong & M. Van Dulmen (Eds.). Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology (pp. 223-249). Oxford University Press.
  • Devereux, P. G., Bullock, C. C., Bargmann-Losche, J.* & Kyriakou, M.* (2005). Maintaining support in people with disability: What works? Qualitative Health Research, 15(10), 1360-1376.
  • Devereux, P. G., Whitley, R.^ & Ragavan, A.* (2002). Discharge planning for male inmates with HIV: Can it help increase adherence to medical treatment and lower recidivism? Corrections Today, 64(6), 127-129.
  • Spoon, M., Devereux P. G., Benedict J., Leontos, C., Constantino, N., Christy, D. & Snow, G. (2002). Usefulness of the Food Habits Questionnaire in a worksite setting. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 34, 268-272.
  • Devereux, P. G. & Ginsburg, G. P. (2001). Sociality effects on the production of laughter. Journal of General Psychology, 128(2), 227-240.
  • Weigel, D., Devereux, P. G., Leigh, G. K. & Ballard-Reisch, D. (1998). A longitudinal study of adolescents’ perceptions of support and stress: Stability and change. Journal of Adolescent Research, 13(2), 158-177.

*Student

^Community co-author

Education

  • Ph.D. in Social Psychology, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª, 1998
  • B.S. in Psychology and Biology, Northern Arizona University, 1988
  • MPH in Community Health Education, San Jose State University, 2010