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Dr. Kevin S. Masters

Professor of Psychology
Director of Clinical Training

507 Huntington Hall

Email  : kemaster@syr.edu
Phone : 315-443-3666
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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. (In press). Milgram, stress research, and the institutional review board. American Psychologist.

Gillum R.F, & Masters, K.S. (In press). Religiousness and blood donation: Findings from a National Survey. Journal of Health Psychology.

Masters, K.S., France, C.R., & Thorn, B.E. (In press). Enhancing preparation among entry level    clinical health psychologists: Recommendations for “best  practices” from the First Meeting of the Council of Clinical Health Psychology Training Programs (CCHPTP).    Training & Education in Professional Psychology.

Masters, K.S., Carey, K.B., Maisto, S.A., Caldwell, P.E., Wolfe, T.V., Hackney, H.L., France,     C.R. & Himawan, L. (2009). Psychometric examination of the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality: A measure for use in health studies. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 19, 106-120.

France, C.R., Masters, K.S., Belar, C.D., Kerns, R.D., Klonoff, E.A., Larkin, K.T., Smith, T.W., Suchday, S., & Thorn, B.E. (2008). Application of the competency model to clinical health psychology. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 39, 573-580.

Masters, K.S. (2008). Mechanisms in the relation between religion and health with emphasis on cardiovascular reactivity to stress. Research in the Scientific Study of       Religion, 19, 91-115.

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.

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