Faculty
Thomas V. Merluzzi
Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Profile
Merluzzi studies coping processes in people with chronic and life-threatening diseases. His recent work includes: the development and refinement of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (Merluzzi & Martinez Sanchez, 1997; Merluzzi et al., 2001), a widely used measure of self-efficacy for coping with cancer; the study of religious/spiritual coping in persons with cancer (Nairn & Merluzzi, 2003); and the impact of brief counseling on adjustment to cancer (Nairn & Merluzzi, in preparation).
A recent volume ( Life-Span Perspectives on Health and Illness; Whitman, Merluzzi, & White, 1999) covers issues related to risk and resilience during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Merluzzi's contribution to that volume (Merluzzi & Nairn, 1999) focuses on midlife transitions in health. Finally, his contribution to a volume on multicultural psychology explores cultural comptency in health professionals (Merluzzi & Hegde, 2003). The latest grant-supported project focuses on methods for determining cultural bias in assessment in health psychology research. Merluzzi has received funding for his research from the National Cancer Institute.
Recent Papers
Nairn, R. C., & Merluzzi, T. V. (in preparation). Improving coping with cancer utilizing Mastery Enhancement Therapy.
Ladd, K. L., Merluzzi, T. V., Cooper, D. (in press). Retirement issues for Catholic priests: A theoretical and qualitative investigation. Review of Religious Research.
Merluzzi, T. V. Heitzmann, C. A., & Claussen, R. (in press). HIV/AIDS. In F. Leong (Ed.) The encyclopedia of Counseling Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Merluzzi, T. V. & Ong, A. D. (in press). Psychological well-being. In F. Leong (Ed.) The encyclopedia of Counseling Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nairn, R. C., & Merluzzi, T. V. (2003). The role of religious coping in adjustment to cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 12, 428-441.
Merluzzi, T. V., & Hegde, K. (2003). Implications of social and cultural Influences for multicultural competencies in health psychology. In D. B. Pope-Davis, H. L. K. Coleman, W. M. Liu, & R. L. Toporek, (Eds.). The handbook of multicultural competencies (pp. 420-438. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Merluzzi, T. V., Nairn, R. C., Hegde, K. Martinez Sanchez, M. A., & Dunn, L. (2001). Self-efficacy for coping with cancer: Revision of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (Version 2.0). Psycho-Oncology, 10, 206-217.
Glass, C.R., & Merluzzi, T. V. (2000). Cognitive and behavioral assessment. In C. E. Watkins & V. L. Campbell (Eds.), Testing in counseling practice (2nd ed., pp.175-224). Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Whitman, T.L., Merluzzi, T.V., & White, R. D. (Eds.). (1999). Life-span perspectives on health and illness. Erlbaum: Hillsdale, NJ.
Merluzzi, T.V., & Nairn, R. C. (1999). Adulthood and aging: Transitions in health and health cognitions. In T.L. Whitman, T.V. Merluzzi , & R. D. White (Eds.), Life-span perspectives on health and illness (pp. 189-206). Erlbaum: Hillsdale, NJ.
Merluzzi, T.V., & Martinez Sanchez, M. (1998). Psychological perspectives on life threatening illness: Cancer and AIDS. In S. Roth-Roemer, S.E. Robinson-Kurpius, & C. Carmin (Eds.), The emerging role of Counseling Psychology in health care (pp. 157-190). New York: W.W. Norton.
Contact Information
Office: 121 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-5623
Email: tmerluzz@nd.edu
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~tmerluzz