Linda Doss Chrosniak

Linda Doss Chrosniak

Associate Professor
George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Investigating the influence of cognitive processes on physical and psychological health: Intervention and Application

Abstract

Research in more applied settings may inform clinicians and researches on ways to assist individuals with health decision making. Stress and cognitive processes have been shown to have an influence thinking patterns that relate to decisions about health behavior and overall well-being. Studies with military nurses and homeless individuals will be discussed in this context.

Author

Dr. Linda Chrosniak has been the Director of the Honors Program in Psychology at GMU since 2003. She received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas and her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from The George Washington University. Her research interest include implicit and explicit memory processes, cognitive aging and, stress. More recently her interests have included the interactive effects of stress and cognitive processes as an influence on both physical and psychological health and on health behaviors.

Her published work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, Psychology and Aging, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Military Medicine and the Journal of Community Psychology.

She was the recipient of a University Teaching Excellence Award from George Mason University in 2000. She also received the Teacher of the Year Award from the GMU chapter of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology in 2003 and 2005. She was also the recipient of the BIS Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2010.