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Education

• Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State UniversityÌý
• M.S. – The Pennsylvania State UniversityÌý
• B.A.Ìý– Cornell University
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Biography

Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Ph.D., is theÌýUnidel A. Gilchrist Sparks III Chair in the Social SciencesÌýand professor of Psychological &ÌýBrain Sciences at the 91Ô­´´. He also is a senior research scientist at Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute. He completed his B.A.Ìýcum laudeÌýat Cornell University and received his master's and doctorate degrees from The Pennsylvania State University.

Prof. Laurenceau's interests focus on understanding the processes by which partners in marital and romantic relationships develop and maintain intimacy within the context of everyday life. His methodological interests include intensive longitudinal methods and applications of modern methods for the analysis of change in individuals and dyads. More recently, Prof. Laurenceau has been studying how couples cope with and maintain connection amidst health-related adversity, including breast cancer and diabetes.

Prof. Laurenceau has been an appointed member of the Social, Personality, and Interpersonal Processes grant review panel of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has served on the editorial boards ofÌýJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,ÌýJournal of Family Psychology, andÌýJournal of Personality and Social Psychology. In addition to having beenÌýthe recipient of an NIH K01 Research Scientist Development Award, Prof. Laurenceau has been principal investigator or co-investigator on NIH-funded research projects granted by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Cancer Institute.

Prof. Laurenceau regularly teaches methodological workshops at theÌýUniversity of Michigan's Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social ResearchÌýand atÌýPenn State's Summer Institute for Longitudinal Methods. He is the co-author of the Guilford Press 2013 bookÌý.

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Courses Regularly Taught

• PSYC861: Psychological Statistics II (Regression Analysis)
• PSYC878: Hierarchical Linear Modeling
• PSYC867: Structural Equation Modeling
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Publications

• Fenech, A. L., Soriano, E. C., Asok, A. Siegel, S. D., Morreale, M., Brownlee, H. A., Laurenceau, J.-P. (2024). Fear of cancer recurrence and change in cortisol levels in partners of breast cancer survivors.ÌýJournal of Cancer Survivorship.
• Brownlee, H. A., Soriano, E. C., Lenhard, M. J., Fenech, A. L., Morreale, M., Siegel, S. D., Bolger, N., & Laurenceau, J.-P. (2024). Romantic relationships and type 2 diabetes: The role of invisible social control. Health Psychology, 43, 739–746.
• Fenech, A.L., Humphris, G.M., Laurenceau, J.-P., Siegel, S.D., Rogers. S.N., Ozakinci, G., Crawford, J., Pring, M. (2024). Anxiety, depression, and fear of cancer recurrence in head and neck cancer. Health Psychology, 43, 803–812.
• Tsai, T. C., Mitchell, H. R., Zeitzer, J., Ting, A., Laurenceau, J.-P., Spiegel, D., & Kim, Y. (2024). Dyadic investigation of post-traumatic stress symptoms and daily sleep health in patients with cancer and their caregivers.ÌýPsychosomatic Medicine, 86, 234-243.
• Iida, M., Shrout, P. E., Laurenceau, J.-P., & Bolger, N. (2023). Using intensive longitudinal methods in psychological research. In H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher (Eds.), APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology (2nd Edition): Vol. 1. Foundations, Planning, Measures, and Psychometrics (pp. 327-360). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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Published Book

• Bolger, N., & Laurenceau, J.-P. (2013). New York: Guilford Press.

Federally-Funded Projects (selected)

• Fenech, A. L. (2024-2026).ÌýPsychosocial Predictors of Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Patients with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Positive Head and Neck CancerÌý(F31DE034754). National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR/NIH). (Role: Mentor)
• Lipton, R. (2022-2027).ÌýGlucose Regulation and Cognitive Function in Type 2 DiabetesÌý(P01AG003949). National Institute of Aging (NIA/NIMH). (Role: Co-Investigator)
• Laurenceau, J.-P. (2020-2025).ÌýHealth Consequences of Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Breast Cancer Survivors and PartnersÌý(R01CA240727).ÌýNational Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)
• Soriano, E. C. (2018-2020).ÌýSpouse Involvement in Everyday Type 2 Diabetes Care: Effects of Social Control on Continuously Measured GlucoseÌý(F31DK120201). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH). (Role: Mentor)
• Laurenceau, J.-P. (2014-2017).ÌýUsing Mobile Devices to Study Daily Diabetes Management in Marital ContextÌý(R21DK098679).ÌýNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)
• Laurenceau, J.-P. (2013-2017).ÌýIntensive Longitudinal Study of Fear of Recurrence in Cancer Patients and SpousesÌý(R21CA171921). National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)
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Research Projects

Areas: Clinical science, social psychology, health