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Bruce Compas

Bruce Compas
Primary Position
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Pediatrics
Job Responsibilities
Research
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
My colleagues and I at Vanderbilt University and the Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are involved in research and patient care for children with cancer and their parents.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Dept of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody 552
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203
eMAIL
bruce.compas@vanderbilt.edu
Phone(s)
615-322-8306
Keywords
Stress
coping
neurocognitive development
parent-child communication
Publications of Interest

Compas, B.E., Jaser, S., Dunn, M.J., & Rodriguez, E.M. (2012). Coping with chronic illness in childhood and adolescence. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, in press.

Dunn, M.J., Rodriguez, E.M., Barnwell, A.S., Grossenbacher, J.C., Vannatta, K., Gerhardt, C.A., & Compas, B.E. (2012). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in parents of children with cancer within six months of diagnosis. Health Psychology, in press.

A., Vannatta, K., Saylor, M., Scheule, M., & Compas, B.E. (2011). Direct observation of mother-child communication in pediatric cancer: Assessment of verbal and non-verbal behavior and emotion. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36, 565-575.

Robinson, K.E., Kuttesch, J., Champion, J., Andreotti, C., Hipp, D., Bettis, A., Barnwell, A., & Compas, B.E. (2010). A quantitative meta-analysis of neurocognitive sequelae of pediatric brain tumors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 55, 525-531.

Robinson, K.E., Livesay, K.L., Campbell, L.K., Scaduto, M., Cannistraci, C.J., Anderson, A.W., Whitlock, J.A., & Compas, B.E. (2010). Working memory in survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia: Functional neuorimaging analyses. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 54, 585-590.