Melanie J. Bonner, PhD

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• Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences / Medical Psychology
• Pediatrics / Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Address:
DUMC 3527
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 416-2445

Office Telephone:
(919) 416-2443

Fax Telephone:
(919) 416-2420

• Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994

• Clinical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1995
• Pediatric Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1995-1996

Clinical Interests:
Clinical child/pediatric psychology, patient and family coping with chronic illness, psychological assessment of children and adolescents with medical, developmental, learning, and/or behavioral problems

Research Interests:
My current research efforts focus on psychological adjustment in children and families who deal with the stress and strain of chronic illness.  Current projects include:  1)  an NIH funded project aimed at assessment of biological substrates of learning impairments in pediatric cancer survivors and evaluation of a pharmacological intervention to ameliorate those impairments; 2) a project funded by the Duke Institute for Care at the End-of-Life which involves the development and validation of a new measure of coping and loss for parents of pediatric cancer patients; 3) Evaluation of social functioning in pediatric cancer patients including assessment of social cognition and peer relations; and 4) Evaluation of quality of life parameters in patients with sickle cell disease.

Representative Publications:
Finney, J.W. and Bonner, M.J. (1992). The influence of behavioral family intervention on children's health and health care use. Behavior Change, 9, 157-170. (1992)

Bonner, M.J. and Finney, J.W. (1996) A psychosocial model of children's health status. In T.H. Ollendick & R.J. Prinze (Eds.), Clinical Child Psychology, 18 (pp. 231-282). New York: Plenum. (1996)

Putnam, D.E., Finney, J.W., Barkley, P.L., & Bonner, M.J. (1994). Enhancing commitment improves adherence to medical regimen. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 191-194. (1994)

Edwards, M.C., Finney, J.W., and Bonner, M.J. (1991). Matching treatment with recurrent abdominal pain symptoms: An evaluation of dietary fiber and relaxation treatments. Behavior Therapy, 22, 257-267. (1991)

Bonner, M.J. , Gustafson, K.E., Schumacher, E., & Thompson, R.J.  (1999).  The impact of sickle cell disease on cognitive functioning.  School Psychology Review, 28, 182-193. (1999)