Susan Persky

AMXRA Guidelines on Extended Reality and Children: Considerations and Recommendations for Application Development and Use

What Is Medical Extended Reality? A Taxonomy Defining the Current Breadth and Depth of an Evolving Field

Persky S, Costable KA, Telaak S. Diabetes causal attributions: Pathways to stigma and health. Stigma and Health , 2021. [ Full Text ]

Persky S, Yaremych HE. Parents’ genetic attributions for children’s eating behaviors: Relationships with beliefs, emotions, and food choice behavior. Appetite , 2020, 155, 104824. [ PubMed ]

Hagerman CJ, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP, Persky S. Association of parental guilt with harmful versus healthful eating and feeding from a virtual reality buffet. Health Psychology , 2020, 39, 199-208. [ PubMed ]

Hollister BM, Yaremych HE, Goldring MR, Persky S. Mothers’ and fathers’ cognitive and affective responses to epigenetics concepts. Environmental Epigenetics , 2019, 5, dvz021. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Kistler WD, Klein WMP, Ferrer RA. Internet versus virtual reality settings for genomics information provision. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22, 7-14. 2019. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Goldring MR, Turner SA, Cohen RW, Kistler WD. Validity of assessing child feeding with virtual reality. Appetite, 123, 201-207. 2018. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Goldring MR, Cohen RW. Genomics-informed weight management in primary care: anticipated public interest. Personalized Medicine, 15, 271-278. 2018. [ PubMed ]

Beliefs about genetic influences on eating behaviors: Characteristics and associations with weight management confidence

Bouhlal S, McBride CM, Trivedi NS, Agurs-Collins T, Persky S. Identifying eating behavior phenotypes and their correlates: A novel direction toward improving weight management interventions. Appetite , 111, 142-150. 2017. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Bouhlal S, Goldring M, McBride CM. Beliefs about genetic influences on eating behaviors: Characteristics and associations with weight management confidence. Eating Behaviors, 26, 93-98 . 2017. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP. Nonverbal and paraverbal behavior in (simulated) medical visits related to genomics and weight: A role for emotion and race. Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 39, 804-814. 2016. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP. Genomic information may inhibit weight-related behavior change inclinations among individuals in a fear state. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50 , 452-459. 2016. [ PubMed ]

Beekman JA, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP, Persky S. Effects of perceived weight discrimination on willingness to adopt unhealthy behaviors: Influence of genomic information. Psychology & Health , 31 , 334-348. 2016. [ PubMed ]

Persky, S., McBride CM, Faith MS, Wagner LK, Ward DS. Mothers' guilt responses to children's family history-based obesity risk feedback. Journal of Health Psychology , 20, 649-658. 2015. [ PubMed ]

Effects of Patient-Provider Race Concordance and Smoking Status on Lung Cancer Risk Perception Accuracy Among African-Americans

McBride CM, Persky S, Wagner LK, Faith MS, Ward DS. Effects of a providing personalized feedback of child's obesity risk on mothers' food choices using a virtual reality buffet. International Journal of Obesity, 37: 1307-1313. 2013. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Sanderson SC, Koehly LM. Online discussions about genetics and body weight: Implications for health behavior and internet-based education . Journal of Health Communication, 18,:241-249 . 2013. [ PubMed ]

Persky, S and Eccleston, CP. Impact of genetic causal information on medical students' clinical encounters with an obese virtual patient: Health promotion and social stigma. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 363-372. 2011. [ PubMed ]

Persky, S and Eccleston, CP. Medical student bias and care recommendations for an obese versus non-obese virtual patient. International Journal of Obesity , 35, 728-735. 2011. [ PubMed ]

Persky S. Employing immersive virtual environments for innovative experiments in health care communication. Patient Education and Counseling , 82:313-317. 2011. [ PubMed ]

Kaphingst KA, Persky S, McCall C, Lachance C, Loewenstein J, Beall AC, Blascovich J. Testing the effects of educational strategies on comprehension of a genomic concept using virtual reality technology. Patient Education and Counseling , 77(2), 224-230. 2009. [ PubMed ]

McCall C, Blascovich J, Young A, Persky S. Proxemic behaviors as predictors of aggression towards black (but not white) males in an immersive virtual environment. Social Influence , 4:138-154. 2009.

Persky S, Blascovich J. Immersive virtual video game play and presence: influences on aggressive feelings and behavior. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments , 17:57-72. 2008.

Persky S, Kaphingst KA, Condit CM, McBride CM. Assessing hypothetical scenario methodology in genetic susceptibility testing analog studies: a quantitative review. Genet Med , 9:272-738. 2007. [ PubMed ]

Persky S, Blascovich J. Immersive virtual environments versus traditional platforms: effects of violent and nonviolent video game play. Media Psychology , 10:135-156. 2007.

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