Karen L Weihs MD

PubMed

• A randomized controlled trial: Evaluating whether a cognitive behavioral internet-delivered intervention targeting emotion regulation improves health-related quality o...
  Rebecca Wallace, Isabelle Smith, Daphne Day, Marliese Alexander, Karen L Weihs
  Health Psychology. 2025-04-10
• Coping, Emotional Processing, and Cancer-Related Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors: Cross-Sectional Secondary Analysis of the REPAT Study.
  Keren Harel, Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, Miri Cohen, Opher Caspi, Karen L Weihs
  Psycho-Oncology. 2025-02-01
• Using Drawings to Measure Emotional Processing in Breast Cancer Survivors and Its Association With Depression, Pain, and Fatigue.
  Asnat Weinfeld-Yehoudayan, Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, Karen L Weihs, Miri Cohen
  Psycho-Oncology. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

• T1-REDEEM: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Diabetes Distress Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes  
  Sarah Kim, Umesh Masharani, Andrew Ahmann, William H Polonsky, Karen Weihs, Martha Shumway, Diabetes Care
• Combining stress exposure and stress generation: Does neuroticism alter the dynamic interplay of stress, depression and anxiety following job loss?  
  Howe GW, Cimporescu M, Seltzer, R, Neiderhiser, J, Moreno, F, Weihs, KL, Journal of Personality, 1/1/2016
• Implicit loneliness, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms in breast cancer survivors  
  Marroquín, B., Czamanski-Cohen, J., Weihs, K.L., & Stanton, A.L., Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2016
• Emotional acceptance, inflammation, and sickness symptoms across the first two years following breast cancer diagnosis  
  Reed RG, Weihs, KL, Sbarra DS, Breen EC, Irwin MR, & Butler EA, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 1/1/2016
• The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy  
  Czamanski-Cohen J, Weihs KL, Arts in Psychotherapy, 1/1/2016
• Feasibility of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) on Psychological Well-Being in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized, Wait List Controlled Pilot Study  
  Dodds SE, Pace TWW, Bell ML, Fiero, M, Negi LT, Raison CL, Weihs KL, Supportive Care in Cancer, 1/1/2015
• A Longitudinal Examination of Re-employment Quality on Internalizing Symptoms and Job-Search Intentions  
  Monfort S, Nettles C, Weihs K, Howe GH, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1/1/2015
• Depressive episodes, symptoms and trajectories in women recently diagnosed with breast cancer  
  Stanton AL, Wiley JF, Krull JL, Crespi CM, Hammen C, Allen JJB, Barron ML, Jorge A, Weihs, KL, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 1/1/2015
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Qigong/Tai Chi Easy on Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors  
  Larkey LK, Roe D, Weihs K, Jahnke RA, Lopez AM, Guillen J., Rogers C, Oh B, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Parental Depression, Family Environments, and Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in a Clinical Sample  
  Yuh J, Reiss D, Weihs KL, Korean Journal of Youth Studies, 1/1/2014
• The Interplay of Stress and Attachment in Individuals Weathering Loss of Employment  
  Varga CM, Nettles CD, Whitesel AM, Howe GW, Weihs KL, Journal of Research in Personality, 1/1/2014
• Cancer conversations in context: Naturalistic observation of couples coping with breast cancer  
  Robbins ML, Lopez AM, Weihs KL, Mehl MR, Journal of Family Psychology, 1/1/2014
• Parent-adolescent Discrepancies Regarding Adolescent Psychopathology and its Relation to Parental Characteristics in a Clinical Sample  
  Yuh J, Weihs KL, Reiss D, International Journal of Human Ecology, 1/1/2013
• Un Abrazo Para la Familia: Providing low-income Hispanics with education and skills in coping with cancer and caregiving  
  Marshall, C.A., Badger, T.A., Curran, M.A., Koerner, S.S., Larkey, L.K., Weihs, K.L., Verdugo, L., & García, F., Psycho-Oncology, 1/1/2013
• Linguistic Indicators of Patient, Couple, and Family Adjustment to Breast Cancer  
  Robbins ML, Mehl MR, Smith HL, Weihs KL, PsychoOncology, 1/1/2013
• Information and support for co-survivors during or after cancer treatment: Consideration of Un Abrazo Para la Familia as a model for family-focused intervention in can...  
  Marshall CA, Curran MA, Koerner SS, Weihs,KL, Hickman A, & García F, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, 1/1/2013
• Higher-order structure in the trajectories of depression and anxiety following sudden involuntary unemployment  
  Howe GW, Hornberger AP, Weihs KL, Moreno F, Neiderhiser JM, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1/1/2012
• Cardiac Vagal Control as a Prospective Predictor of Anxiety in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer  
  Kogan, A.V., Allen, J.J.B., Weihs, K.L., Biological Psychology, 1/1/2012
• Like a Mexican wedding: The psychosocial intervention needs of predominately Hispanic low-income female co-survivors of cancer  
  Marshall, C.A., Weihs, K.L., Larkey, L.K., Badger, T.A. Koerner, S.S., Curran, M.A., Pedroza, R., & García, F., Journal of Family Nursing, 1/1/2011
• Brief Report: Naturalistically Observed Swearing, Emotional Support and Depressive Symptoms in Women Coping with Illness  
  Robbins ML, Focella ES, Kasle S, Lopez AM, Weihs KL, Mehl MR, Health Psychology, 1/1/2011
• Considerations of culture and social class for families facing cancer: The need for a new model for health promotion and psychosocial intervention  
  Marshall, C.A., Larkey, L.K., Curran, M.A., Weihs, K.L., Badger, T.A., Armin, J., & García, F., Families, Systems, & Health, 1/1/2011
• A Primary Care Focus on the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder  
  Weihs KL, Wert JM, American Journal of Medical Sciences, 1/1/2011
• Re: Invited Commentary: Personality as a Causal Factor in Cancer Risk and Mortality: Time to Retire a Hypothesis?  
  Michael YL, Carlson NE, Bowen DJ, Ritenbaugh C, Chlebowski RT, Weihs KL, Ockene JK, American Journal of Epidemiology, 1/1/2011
• Freud's Antiquities  
  Lane RD, Weihs KL, Psychodynamic Practice, 1/1/2010
• Influence of stressors on breast cancer incidence in the Women's Health Initiative  
  Michael YL, Carlson NE, Chlebowski RT, Aickin M, Weihs KL, Ockene JK, Bowen DJ, Ritenbaugh C, Health Psychology, 1/1/2009
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Books/Book Chapters

• Supportive Cancer Care 
  Weihs KLEditors: Alberts D, Lluria-Prevatt M & Weihs KL.Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland2016
• Supportive Cancer Care 
  Chapter: Psychosocial Oncology 
  Weihs KLEditors: Alberts D, Lluria-Prevatt M & Weihs KL.Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland2015
• Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 
  Chapter: Family Development in the Face of Cancer 
  Page 3 - 18Weihs KL, Politi MEditors: Crane DR & Marshall ES.Thousand Oaks, CA2005
• Breast Cancer 
  Chapter: The needs of the patient and family, in relating to breast cancer: A biopsychosocial model of adaptation 
  Page 761 - 776Weihs KL, Politi M, Menehan KD, Lincoln JMEditors: Roses, DF.Churchill Livingstone, A Division of Harcourt Brace & CompanyEdition 2nd,2005
• Contextual assessment of stressful events in childhood – Basic Principles. 
  Howe GW, Mattey M, Weihs KL2005
• Contextual assessment of stressful events in childhood - Interview Guide and Training Materials. 
  Howe GW, Mattey M, Weihs, KL2005
• Contextual assessment of stressful events in childhood - Scoring Manual and Dictionary. 
  Howe GW, Mattey M, Weihs, KL2005
• Breast Cancer 
  Chapter: The needs of the patient and family in relating to breast cancer: A biopsychosocial model of adaptation 
  Page 637 - 651Weihs KL, Menehan KD, Lincoln JMEditors: Roses, DF.Churchill, London1999
• The Shared Experience of Illness 
  Chapter: A woman with beast cancer 
  Page 195 - 204Weihs KLEditors: Mc Daniel, SH; Hepworth, J; Doherty, W.Guilford Press, New York, NY1997
• Cancer and the Family 
  Chapter: Family reorganization in response to cancer: A developmental perspective 
  Page 3 - 30Weihs K, Reiss DEditors: Cooper, C.; Baider, L; Kaplan-DeNour, A..John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England1996
• The Family In Medical Practice: A Family Systems Primer 
  Chapter: Systems-oriented counseling 
  Page 140 - 174Weihs K, Kingsolver KEditors: Crouch M., Roberts L.Springer-Verlag, New York, NY1986
• Family Centered Medical Care: A Clinical Casebook 
  Chapter: Family interventions in failure to thrive 
  Page 223 - 227Weihs KLEditors: Doherty, W., Baird, M..Guilford Press, New York, NY1986
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Abstracts/Posters

• Intraindividual variability in cancer-related avoidance coping predicts depressive symptoms.
  Wiley JF, Weihs KL, Crespi CM, Krull JL, Allen JJB, Stanton AL, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2016
• A bio-behavioral model for the conduct of the mechanistic study of Art Therapy.
  Czamanski J, Weihs K, PsychoOncology, 1/1/2016
• Associations between pro-inflammatory cytokines and physical symptoms are moderated by emotional acceptance in women with breast cancer.
  Reed, R G, Butler, EA, Sbarra, DA, Breen, EC, Irwin, MR, & Weihs, K.L, American Psychosomatic Society 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Savannah, GA, 1/18/2015
• Cardiac Vagal Control and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Depression in Breast Cancer.
  Weihs KL, Kogan AV, Wiley JF, Stanton AL, & Allen JJB, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Associations between Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Physical Symptoms are Moderated by Emotional Acceptance in Women with Breast Cancer.
  Reed RG, Butler EA, Sbarra DA, Breen EC, Irwin MR, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) is Feasible and Effective for Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
  Dodds, S, Pace, TWW, Bell, M, Eparvier, L, Fiero, M, Raison, C, & Weihs, K, Stanford University Science of Compassion Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1/10/2014
• Acceptance of Emotions Buffers Chronic Stress and Predicts Decline in Depressive Symptoms after Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
  Weihs KL, Wiley JF, Stanton A, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2014
• Examination of instability in perceived stress over time as predictive of physical well-being in women with breast cancer.
  Reed, R. G., Butler, E. A, & Weihs, K. L., Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2014
• Higher emotional awareness associated with better physical health in undergraduates.
  Groysman MJ, Ogwaro K, Fort CL, Weihs KL, Lane RD, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2014
• Situational and Dispositional Avoidance Coping in Adjustment to Breast Cancer.
  Bauer, M. R., Wiley, J. F., Weihs, K. L., & Stanton, A. L., 26th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Breast Cancer Patients Who Report Greater Security and Support in Close Relationships have Higher Emotional Awareness
  Weihs KL, Lane RD, Stanton AS, 70th Annual Scientific Meeting, Am Psychosomatic Society, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2012
• Breast Cancer Patients Who Report Greater Security and Support in Close Relationships have Higher Emotional Awareness.
  Weihs KL, Lane RD, Stanton AS, Lin JC, Pichler ER, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2012
• The daily conversations of couples coping with breast cancer: Content and links to adjustment.
  Robbins ML, Mehl MR, Smith HL, Weihs KL, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Computerized Scoring of Emotional Awareness Content in Writing Samples by Patients with Breast Cancer.
  Lane RD, Weihs KL, Stanton AL, Hartz VL, Fort CL, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Linguistic Indicators of Patient, Couple, and Family Adjustment to Breast Cancer.
  Robbins, M. L., Mehl, Matthias, M. R., Smith, H. L., & Weihs, K. L., 6th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference, Arlington, VA, 1/1/2012
• Naturalistic observation of emotional expression in the daily conversations of couples coping with breast cancer.
  Robbins, M. L., Mehl M. R., Weihs K. L., & Lopez, A. M., Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Cardiac vagal control as a prospective predictor of anxiety in women diagnosed with breast cancer.
  Kogan AV, Allen JJB, O'Donnell R, Brody AE, Weihs KL, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2011
• Marital biography and affection predict trajectories of physical well-being after breast cancer.
  Weihs KL, Curran MA, Young VJ, Simmens SJ, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2011
• A longitudinal study of physical symptoms by relationship status among breast cancer patients.
  Young VJ, Curran MA, Weihs KL, APOS 7th Annual Meeting 'Integrating Psychosocial Research and Practice in Quality Cancer Care: Confronting Challenges Together', New Orleans, LA, 1/18/2010
• Resting cardiac vagal control and quality of partner relationship in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.
  Pozner A, Allen JB, O’Donnel R, Brody AE, Weihs KL, APS Meeting Abstracts- Proceeding, 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2010
• Vulnerability to stress induced depression after job loss: testing variation by 5-HTTLPR gene.
  Nettles CD, Howe GW, Weihs KL, Moreno FA, APS Meeting Abstracts-Proceeding, 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2010
• Resting cardiac vagal control and quality of partner relationship in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
  Povzner A, Allen JJB, O'Donnell R, Brody AE, Weihs KL, Society for Psychophysiological Research 49th Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 1/21/2009
• Oxytocin administration reduces growth rate of human breast cancer xenografts (MCF7) in SCID mice.
  Weihs KL, Frank DH, Roe DS, Nassarloo H, Carter CS, APS 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/4/2009
• Oxytocin administration, but not social housing condition, reduces growth rate of human breast cancer xenografts (MCF7) in SCID mice.
  Weihs KL, Frank DH, Roe DS, Nassarloo H, Carter CS, Cancer Res, 1/1/2009
• Differences in risk-taking propensity among women diagnosed with advance ovarian cancer.
  Hess LM, Malone DC, Skrepnek GH, Armstrong E, Reed P, Weihs KL, APOS 5th Annual Conference, Irvine, CA, 1/28/2008
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Lectures

• Palliative and Supportive Care for Cancer Patients. 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/31/2016
• The Role of Confidant Status, Rate-Of-Contact and Intimacy in Predicting Changes in Social Anxiety Following Unemployment. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/26/2016
• Feasibility and Effects of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) on Psychological Well-Being in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized, Wait List Controlled Pilo... 
  Washington, DC - 1/28/2015
• Cardiac Vagal Control and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Depression in Breast Cancer. 
  1/24/2015
• Psychosomatic Research Meets the Breast Cancer Clinic. 
  Savannah, GA - 1/21/2015
• Cardiac Vagal Control and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Depression in Breast Cancer 
  Savannah, GA - 1/18/2015
• Palliative Care and Psychiatry: Providing Supportive Care to the Palliative Patient. 
  Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - 1/13/2015
• Close Relationships: The Crucible for Cancer Disease Process and the Illness Experience. 
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY - 1/11/2015
• Mind-Body Influence of Compassion Training for Breast Cancer Survivors Treated with Chemotherapy. 
  University of Arizona - 1/5/2015
• Cognitive Based Compassion Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors. 
  University of Arizona - 1/2/2015
• Symptom Formation and Mechanisms of Change in Somatoform Disorders: Research findings and implications for treatment. 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2015
• PsychoOncology: Identifying and Targeting the At-risk Patient. 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2014
• Palliative Psychiatry. 
  Chandler, AZ - 1/1/2014
• Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Emotion Acceptance and Stress Effects on Depression after Breast Cancer. 
  Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/29/2013
• Cardiac Vagal Control, Social Functioning and Emotional Adjustment in Breast Cancer 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/20/2013
• Personalized risk assessment for prevention of depression after cancer diagnosis. 
  UA Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/16/2013
• Survivorship Issues in the Cancer Patient 
  Los Abrigados Resort, Sedona, AZ - 1/10/2013
• Survivorship Issues for the Cancer Patient. 
  Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff, AZ - 1/10/2013
• Close Relationships: The Crucible for Cancer Disease Process and the Illness Experience. 
  George Washington University, Washington, DC - 1/26/2012
• Telephone-Delivered Health Education and Interpersonal Counseling Improve Quality of Life for Latinas With Breast Cancer and Their Supportive Partners 
  1/24/2012
• Close Relationships: The Crucible for Cancer Disease Process and the Illness Experience 
  Tucson, AZ - 1/11/2012
• Emotional Expression in the Daily Conversations of Couples Coping with Breast Cancer. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2012
• Computerized Scoring of Emotional Awareness Content in Writing Samples by Patients with Breast Cancer. 
  Athens, Greece - 1/1/2012
• Healthcare Delivery System Change Improves Depression Outcomes at the University of Arizona, Comprehensive Cancer Center. 
  High Country Conference Center, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ - 1/1/2012
• Biology of social and emotional processes in cancer patients. 
  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - 1/18/2011
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Other

• Risk and resilience in children of depressed parents: Exploring the potential for implementing and financing screening and preventive services in multiple settings 
  Maloy K, Reiss D, Weihs K, SAMHSA Task Order 23: Year One Draft Interim Report
  1/1/2003
• Families and the management of chronic disease 
  Weihs K, Fisher L, Baird M, Report for the Committee on Health and Behavior: Research Practice and Policy; Institute of Medicine
  1/1/2001