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Departmental Role I recently joined the Department of Family Medicine with an appointment in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health. As a social and health psychologist, I conduct research on the relationships between psychosocial perception, stress, and health. Some of my past and ongoing research has explored relationships between perceived fairness and well being. I also collaborate with other members of the department on applied research topics that have ranged from resettlement of Iraqi refugees in Metro Detroit to identifying and reducing occupational stress in police officers. Finally, I play an active role in the educational mission of the department both through formal instruction of medical and MPH students, and also through my participation in various student research collaborations.
Education
Recent Training and Experience
Psychosocial determinants of stress, health behavior, and well-being; social influence processes in health communication; cross-cultural analysis of social perception cognition, and behavior. Selected Publications: Lucas, T., Lakey, B., Alexander,S., & Arnetz B.B.(in press). Individuals and illnesses as sources of perceived preventability. Psychology, Health & Medicine. Lucas, T. & Parkhill, M.R. (in press). Strategic impression management: Audience sex and response anonymity affect sex differences in perceived prevalence of extra-pair paternity. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology. Weisfeld, G.E.., Nowak, N.T., Lucas, T., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoğlu, E.O, Butovskaya, M., Shen, J., & Parkhill, M.R. (in press). Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test. Humor. Lucas, T., Alexander, S., Firestone, I.J., & LeBreton, J.M., (2009). Belief in a Just World, Social Influence, and Responsibility for Illness: Evidence of a Just World Boomerang Effect. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 258-266. Lucas, T., Alexander S., Firestone, I.J., LeBreton, J.M. & (2008). Just World Beliefs, Perceived Stress, and Health Behavior: The Impact of a Procedurally Just World. Psychology & Health, 23, 849-865. Lucas, T., Parkhill, M.R., Wendorf, C.A., Imamoglu, E.O., Weisfeld, C.C, Weisfeld, G.E., & Shen, J. (2008). Cultural and Evolutionary Components of Marital Satisfaction: A Multidimensional Assessment of Measurement Invariance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 109-123. Lucas, T., Michalopoulou, G., Falzerano, P., Menon, S., & Cunningham, W. (2008). Healthcare Provider Cultural Competency: Initial Validation of a Patient Report Measure. Health Psychology, 27, 185-193. Lucas, T., & Goold, S. (2008). Exploring the Malleability of Belief in a Just Word: Evidence from a Health Resource Allocation Exercise. Psychology Journal, 5, 92-104. Hawley, S.T., Zikmund-Fisher, B., Ubel, P., Jancovic, A., Lucas, T. & Fagerlin, A., (2008). The impact of the format of graphical presentation on health-related knowledge and treatment choices. Patient Education and Counseling, 73, 448-455. Haber, M.G., Cohen, J.L., Lucas, T. & Baltes, B.B. (2007). The Relationship Between Self-Reported Received and Perceived Social Support: A Meta-Analytic Review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 133-144. Lucas, T., Alexander, S., Firestone, I.J., & LeBreton, J.M., (2007). Development and Initial Validation of a Procedural and Distributive Just World Measure. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 71-82. Lucas, T., Alexander, S., Firestone, I.J., & Baltes, B.B., (2006). Self Efficacy and Independence to Social Influence: Discovery of an Efficacy-Difficulty Effect. Social Influence, 1, 58-80.
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