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Mary-Frances O'Connor | KMap Profile - Institutional Knowledge Map (KMap)

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Mary-Frances O'Connor

Professor, Psychology | Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, Psychiatry

Research Area

grief, psychology, mental health, bereavement, neuroscience, complicated grief, multiple sclerosis, depression, emotion regulation, older adults, social support

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Recent

Grieving as a form of learning: Insights from neuroscience applied to grief and loss.

2022

neuroscience, grief, learning, loss, emotion

From Grief to Grievance: Combined Axes of Personal and Collective Grief Among Black Americans

2022

grief, collective grief, black americans, personal grief, social justice

A controlled trial of two mind-body interventions for grief in widows and widowers.

2021

mind-body interventions, grief, widows, widowers, controlled trial

Adapting Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feasibility Study of the HCW HOSTED ICARE Telehealth Model.

2021

psychological first aid, healthcare workers, covid-19 pandemic, telehealth model

The longitudinal association of actigraphy-estimated sleewith grief in middle-aged and elderly persons.

2021

actigraphy, sleep, grief, elderly, longitudinal

Can Less Ever Be More? A Model of Emotion Regulation Repertoire of Social Support ERROSS)

2021

emotion regulation, social support, emotional repertoire, modeling, psychology

Lawrence, A. V. Alkozei, A. Irgens, M. S. Acevedo-Molina, M. C. Brener, S. A. Chandler, A. B. Chau, R. F. Doyle, C. Y. McKinney, A. L. Price, S. N. Shanholtz, C. E. Van Etten, E. J. Ver Hoeve, E. S. Sbarra, D. A. O’Connor, M.F. 2020) Think Again: Adaptive Repetitive Thought as a Transdiagnostic Treatment for Individuals Predisposed to Repetitive Thinking Styles

2020

psychology, cognitive science, mental health, therapy, mindfulness

Recruitment and retention in clinical and experimental bereavement research: Lessons learned from creating a research registry

2020

recruitment, retention, bereavement, clinical research, experimental research

Think Again: Adaptive Repetitive Thought as a Transdiagnostic Treatment for Individuals Predisposed to Repetitive Thinking Styles

2020

repetitive thinking, transdiagnostic treatment, adaptive thought, individual predisposition, cognitive flexibility

The role of personal and communal religiosity in the context of bereavement.

2020

religiosity, bereavement, psychology, coping, sociology

Thaddeus Pace
Jessica Rainbow
Lee Ryan
Francisco Moreno
John Allen

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How the brain handles grief: A Q&A with Mary-Frances O'Connor
2023
Understanding Black grief
2022
The Tucson Festival of Books is back! Here's what to expect
2022
Grieving Spouses Should Focus on the Body, Study Suggests
2021
Sleep Troubles May Complicate the Grieving Process
2021

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Psychoneuroimmunology
Foundations in Clinical Psychological Science II: Psychopathology and Its Treatments
Health Psychology
Advanced Psychopathology
Current Issues in Psychological Theory and Research

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20+ Collaborators

$420.8K / $524.4K Funding

60+ Publications