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Rachael L. Spalding, PhD

Rachael L. Spalding, PhD

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Development and Initial Validation of the Attitudes Towards Older Adult Sexuality in Long-term Care Scale (AOASLC).

(Spalding RL, Katz E, Byers ES, Edelstein B.) J Sex Res. 2023 Jan;60(1):137-145 PMID: 34520304 09/15/2021
Exploring variables related to medical surrogate decision-making accuracy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Spalding RL, Edelstein B.) Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Feb;105(2):311-321 PMID: 34144854 PMCID: PMC8805830 06/20/2021
Risk and protective factors for college students' psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Haliwa I, Spalding R, Smith K, Chappell A, Strough J.) J Am Coll Health. 2022;70(8):2257-2261 PMID: 33522442 02/02/2021
The Geriatric Feelings of Burdensomeness Scale (GFBS).

(Lutz J, Katz E, Gallegos J, Spalding R, Edelstein B.) Clin Gerontol. 2022;45(3):696-707 PMID: 33245252 PMCID: PMC8155102 11/28/2020
Accuracy in Surrogate End-of-Life Medical Decision-Making: A Critical Review.

(Spalding R.) Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2021 Feb;13(1):3-33 PMID: 32829505 08/24/2020
What would people think? Perceived social norms, willingness to serve as a surrogate, and end-of-life treatment decisions.

(Spalding R, Strough J, Edelstein B.) Palliat Support Care. 2021 Feb;19(1):46-54 PMID: 32665048 07/16/2020
Factors predicting collaborative willingness of surrogates making medical decisions on the Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (POST).

(Spalding R, Edelstein B.) Aging Ment Health. 2020 Sep;24(9):1543-1552 PMID: 31496268 09/10/2019
Examining the Intergenerational Stake Hypothesis in Grandparent-Grandchild Dyads.

(Spalding R, Carpenter B.) Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2019 Sep;89(2):172-186 PMID: 29862833 06/05/2018
Words Matter.

(Spalding R, Kozlov E, Carpenter BD.) Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2017 Jun;85(1):123-130 PMID: 28466684 05/04/2017

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