Larry Mullins

Primary Position
Regents Professor and Vaughn Vennerberg Chair of Psychology Director, Center for Pediatric Psychology Director of Online Studies, Oklahoma State University
Job Responsibilities
Research
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Teaching
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
I am interested in identifying risk factors for poor adjustment outcomes in children with cancer (and other chronic health conditions) and their parents
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
201 Life Sciences East College of Arts and Sciences Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK. 74078
Phone(s)
(405) 744-5663
Keywords
Pediatric cancer
adjustment outcomes
uncertainty
interventions
Publications of Interest

Sharkey, C. M., Schepers, S. A., Drake, S, Pai, A. L. H., Mullins, L. L., & Grootenhuis, M. A. (In press). Screening for psychosocial risk across cultures: Risk profiles among  American and Dutch families of a child with cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Perez, M. N., Traino, K. A., Bakula, D. M., Sharkey, C. M., Espeleta, H. C., Delozier, A. M., Mayes, S., McNall, R., Chaney, J. M., & Mullins, L. L. (2019,Oct). Barriers to care in pediatric cancer: The role of illness uncertainty in relation to parent psychological distress. Psycho-Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5248

Bakula, D. M., Sharkey, C., Perez, M. N., Espeleta, H. C., Gamwell, K. L., Baudino, M., Delozier, A.M., Chaney, J. M., Alderson, R. M., & Mullins, L. L. (2020, Jan). The relationship between parent distress and child quality of life in pediatric cancer: A meta analysis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 50.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.09.024

Bakula, D. M., Sharkey, C., Perez, M. N., Espeleta, H. C., Gamwell, K. L., Baudino, M., Delozier, A.M., Chaney, J. M., Alderson, R. M., & Mullins, L. L. (2019). The relationship between parent and child distress in pediatric cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44, 1121-1136. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsz051

Sharkey, C. M., Clawson, A. H., Mullins L. L., Brinkman, T. M., Pui, C., Hudson, M. M., & Krull, K. R. (2019). The relationship of child executive functions to parenting capacities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27761