Dr. Kevin S. Masters

Associate Professor of Psychology
Director of Clinical Training

Education

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Ph.D. Brigham Young University, 1989

Certification/ licensure

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Licensed for independent practice of psychology; State of Utah

Research Interest

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Spirituality and health; spiritual factors influencing cardiovascular responses to stress; pain; diabetes.

Representative Publications

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Masters, K.S., & Spielmans, G.I. (2007). Prayer and health: Review, meta-analysis, and research agenda. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 30, 329-338.

Masters, K.S., Stillman, A.M., & Spielmans, G.I. (2007). Specificity of social support for back pain patients: Do patients care who provides what? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 30, 11-20.

Masters, K.S. (2006). Recurrent abdominal pain, medical intervention, and biofeedback: What happened to the biopsychosocial model? Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 31, 155-165.

Masters, K.S., Spielmans, G.I., & Goodson, J.T. (2006). Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 21-26.

Steffen, P.R., & Masters, K.S. (2005). Does compassion mediate the intrinsic religion-health relationship? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 30, 217-223.

Masters, K.S., & Wallston, K.A. (2005). Canonical correlation reveals important relations between health locus of control, coping, affect, and values. Journal of Health Psychology,10, 719-731.

Masters, K.S., Hill, R.D., Kircher, J.C., Lensegrav-Benson, T.L., & Fallon, J.A. (2004). Religious orientation, aging, and blood pressure reactivity to interpersonal and cognitive stressors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 28, 171-178.