Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests
My research focuses on psychological factors and mechanisms that affect health behaviors and outcomes. Currently, I am investigating the following:

• mechanisms that affect tobacco cessation success among individuals with psychological vulnerabilities (e.g., anxiety disorders) and chronic illnesses (e.g., HIV)
• interventions to increase tobacco cessation success among vulnerable populations
• how people cope with chronic illness and illness-related stigma
• psychological and physical symptoms of breast cancer survivors
• a rehabilitation model for breast cancer survivors
• social and psychological factors that contribute to obesity and obesity-related stigma

Representative Publications

• Grover, K. W., Pinel, E. C., Bosson, J. K., & Smith-LeBeau, L. (in press). The boundaries of minimization as a technique for improving affect: Good for the goose but not for the gander? Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
• Miller, C. T., Bunn, J. Y., Grover, K. W., & Solomon, S. E. (in press). Perceptions of behavioral norms related to HIV transmission by people with HIV and by residents of their communities. Social Influence.
• Gonzalez, A., Zvolensky, M. J., Grover, K. W., & Parent, J. (2012). The Role of anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention in anxiety and worry about bodily sensations among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Behavior Therapy, 43, 768-778.
• Grover, K. W., & Miller, C. T. (2012). Does expressed acceptance reflect genuine attitudes?: A bogus pipeline study of the effects of mortality salience on acceptance of a person with AIDS. The Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 1-5.
• Grover, K. W., Zvolensky, M. J., Lemeshow, A. R., Galea, S., & Goodwin, R. D. (2012). Does quitting smoking during pregnancy have a long-term impact on smoking status? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123, 110-114.
• Miller, C. T., Grover, K. W., Bunn, J. Y., & Solomon, S. E. (2011). Community norms about suppression of AIDS-related prejudice and perceptions of stigma by people with HIV or AIDS. Psychological Science, 22, 579-583.
• Grover, K. W., Miller, C. T., Solomon, S., Webster, R. J., & Saucier, D. A. (2010). Mortality salience and perceptions of people with AIDS: Understanding the role of prejudice. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 32, 315-327.

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