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Barbara H. Fiese

Barbara H. Fiese, Ph.D.

Dr. Fiese's research focuses on family level factors that promote health and well being in children at risk due to physical illness and/or poor childraising conditions. Her current research focuses on how family rituals may promote medical adherence and reduce anxiety with chronic illnesses. As part of her longitudinal study, she tracks how changes in child and parent stories about family events are related to child and family adjustment.

Positions

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1987, University of Illinois-Chicago, Clinical and Developmental Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Fiese, B. H., & Spagnola, M. (2005). Narratives in and about families: A critical look at definitions, methods, and application to family psychology. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 51-61.
  • Fiese, B. H., Wamboldt, F. S., & Anbar, R. D. (2005). Family asthma management routines: Connections to medical adherence and quality of life. Journal of Pediatrics, 146, 171-176.
  • Fiese, B. H., & Pratt, M. W. (2004). Metaphors and meanings of family stories: Integrating life course and systems perspectives on narrative. (2004). In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations (pp. 401-418). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Fiese, B. H., & Wamboldt, F. S. (2003). Coherent accounts of coping with a chronic illness: Convergences and divergences in family measurement using a narrative analysis. Family Process, 42, 3-15.
  • Fiese, B. H., Tomcho, T., Douglas, M., Josephs, K., Poltrock, S., & Baker, T. (2002). Fifty years of research on family rituals: Cause for celebration? Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 381-390.

 

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