Recent Presentations
Galano, J., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1995, June). Impact of Project LINK on interagency collaboration for perinatal substance abuse. Conference on Community Research and Action, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Urry, H., Stickle, T.R., Racioppo, M., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1995, April). Measuring demand-withdraw interaction : Reliability and validity. Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA (won student award).
Racioppo, M.W., Urry, H.L., Shoham, V., and Rohrbaugh, M.J. (1995, April). Inferring power structure from the marital interaction coding system. Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Grencavage, L.M., Shoham, V., and Rohrbaugh, M.J. (1995, April). Disease-model beliefs and readiness to change in male alcoholics. Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Kasle, S., Limperis, P.T., Rohrbaugh, M.J., and Shoham, V. (1995, April). Breached generation boundaries in families of Mexican- and Anglo-American college students. Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA (won student award).
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1995, May). Relational moderators, parsimonious treatments. Invited presentation to conference on Marital and Family Therapy Outcome and Process Research: State of the Science, Temple University, Philadelphia. PA.
Rohrbaugh, M., & Rogers, J.C. (1995, November). Idealists, pragmatists, and skeptics: Three views of "family" in family practice. North American Primary Care Research Group. Houston, TX.
Rohrbaugh, M., Shoham, V., Spungen, C., & Stickle (1996, April). A sobering look at an integrative systemic therapy for problem drinking. Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Berkeley, CA.
Rohrbaugh, M., Shoham, V., Racioppo, M., & Stickle, T. (1996, June). Relational moderators of engagement in systemic versus cognitive-behavioral therapy for problem drinking. Society for Psychotherapy Research, Amelia Island, FL.
Rohrbaugh, M., Shoham, V., Kasle, S., & Natera, L. (1996, November). Clinicians' perceptions of culturally sensitive family therapy. Conference on Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Fordham University.
Kasle, S., Rohrbaugh, M., & Shoham, V. (1996, November). Is adaptive family structure culturally relative? Breached generation boundaries as predictors of adjustment for Mexican- and Anglo-American college students. National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO.
Judd, C., Rohrbaugh, M., & Shoham, V. (1996, November).Why do women pursue and men distance? Contextual predictors of demand-withdraw interaction in alcohol-involved couples. National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO.
Karno, M., Beutler, L., Rohrbaugh, M., & Shoham, V. (1997, June). Identifying patient attributes and elements of psychotherapy that impact the effectiveness of alcoholism treatment: A longitudinal, multilevel analysis. Society for Psychotherapy Research, Geilo, Norway.
Rohrbaugh, M. (1997, July). How crucial is Q-sorting to Q-methodology? A comparison of forced-sort, free-sort, and no-sort formats. International Society for Political Psychology, Krakow, Poland.
Kasle, S., Rohrbaugh, M., Shoham, V., & Natera, L. (1997, December). Culturally sensitive and culturally specific family therapy interventions. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Stickle, T., Rohrbaugh, M., & Shoham, V. (1997, December). Does "what predicts divorce" predict dropout? The role of couple affect in attrition from conjoint alcohol treatment. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Trost, S., Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M. (1997, December). Interactional synchrony between partners moderates response to couple therapies. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Urry, H., Shoham, V., Rohrbaugh, M. & Bootzin, R. (1997, December). Nonverbal synchrony and reported alliance as predictors of outcome in the brief, behavioral treatment of insomnia. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Rohrbaugh, M. (moderator), Ablon, S., Westen, D., & Jones, E.E. (1997, December). Correlating people over items: Applications of Q-methodology in psychotherapy research. Panel presentation, North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Rohrbaugh, M. (1997, December). Across the great divide: Q vs. R in psychotherapy research. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Tucson, AZ.
Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Cranford, J.A. (1998, August). Family support and mortality among congestive heart failure patients. American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Cranford, J.A. (1998, September). Prediction of 3-year mortality among congestive heart failure patients from spouse perception of marital adjustment. European Health Psychology Society, Vienna, Austria.
Rohrbaugh, M. (1998, September). A systemic couples therapy for alcohol abuse. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.
Nicklas, J.M., Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Cranford, J.A., & Sonnega, J. (1998, October). Extreme levels of psychological distress among male and female congestive-heart-failure patients but not male spouses. American Heart Association, Dallas, TX.
Racioppo, M., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., & Coyne, J.C. (1999, March). Fighting spirit and congestive heart failure: Variations by patient sex. Society for Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (1999, May). Ironic processes in problem maintenance and change. Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indiana, PA.
Racioppo, M., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., & Coyne, J.C. (1999, June).The marital context of fighting spirit and heart disease. American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.
Trost, S., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Hunt, J., & Coyne, J.C. (1999, June). Observational vs. report measures of protective buffering by couples coping with heart disease. American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.
O'Connor, M.F., Bissell, K., Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V. (1999, June). A state-relationship questionnaire measuring situational variation in couples’ satisfaction and distress. American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.
Rohrbaugh, M. (1999, June). Demand-withdraw interaction and the ironic maintenance of alcoholism. American Psychological Society, Denver, CO (Invited presentation).
Rohrbaugh, M.J, & Shoham, V. (1999, September). Interrupting ironic processes: A family consultation model.. Colloquium for Counseling Psychology Program, State University of New York, Albany, NY.
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J, (1999, September). Ironic processes in problem maintenance and change. Colloquium for Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.
Coyne, J.C., Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (1999, October). Interpersonal behavior in congestive heart failure: Updated overview and results of the Michigan Heart Project.. European Health Psychology Society, Florence, Italy.
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J, (2000, July). Ironic processes in problem maintenance and change. Workshop presentation, Universidad de la Coruna, Spain.
Rohrbaugh, M.J, & Shoham, V. (2000, July). A family consultation (FAMCON) framework for brief strategic intervention. Workshop presentation, Unversidad de A Coruna, Spain.
Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2000, August). Broken hearts: The prognostic significance of marital quality for adaptation to congestive heart failure. Research seminar for Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ.
Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2000, October). Marital quality predicts survival following heart failure. Colloquium for Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2001, April). Who benefits and how? Towards parsimonious process research. National Institute on Drug Abuse workshop, Gaithersburg, MD.
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2001, June). Ironic processes, prickly pairs, and the maintenance of health-compromising behavior. American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada (invited).
Shoham, V., & Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2001, August). Family consultation for change-resistant smokers. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA (invited).
Trost, S, Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., Wenner, C., & Brown, M. (2001, August). Couples coping with heart failure: Protection, intention, and psychological distress. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. [co-winner of Division 12 SSCP best-poster award]
Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2001, September). Couples coping with heart disease: Contributions of marital functioning to health. Colloquium for Division of Family Studies and Human Development, School of Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona.
Rohrbaugh, M.J., Shoham, V., & Trost, S. (2001, November). Outcome mediators in couple therapy for change-resistant smokers. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (invited).
Rohrbaugh, M.J. (2002, January). Brief therapy based on interrupting ironic processes. Back-to-School continuing education workshop, University of Arizona.
Rohrbaugh, M.J., & Shoham, V. (2002, March). Couples coping with health problems. Workshop presentation, Universidad de la Salamanca, Spain.