Sulamunn R. M. Coleman

 Sulamunn R. M. Coleman

Sulamunn R. M. Coleman

  • Courses1
  • Reviews4

Biography

Pennsylvania State University - Behavioral Sciences



Experience

  • Penn State University

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    As a doctoral student, my research focused on examining how individual differences (e.g., differences in personality and early life experience) associate with dynamic health processes, such as stress-reactivity and health behavior.

  • The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Sulamunn R. M. worked at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont as a Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Washington County Mental Health Services

    Case Manager, Specialized Treatment and Rehabilitation Team

    Developed individualized support plans for outpatient mental health service consumers.
    Supervised residential mental health support staff.
    Supervised community activities for outpatient consumers.

    Non-Abusive Physical and Psychological Intervention Certified Instructor (August 2011 – August 2012)

Education

  • Penn State University

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Biobehavioral Health

  • Penn State University

    Master of Science (M.S.)

    Biobehavioral Health

  • Penn State University

    Graduate Teaching Assistant


    As a doctoral student, my research focused on examining how individual differences (e.g., differences in personality and early life experience) associate with dynamic health processes, such as stress-reactivity and health behavior.

  • California State University-Northridge

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Psychology

Publications

  • Narcissism and stress-reactivity: a biobehavioural health perspective

    Health Psychology Review

    From a perspective broadly informed by Stress and Coping Theory, this review examined whether theoretically distinct and important dimensions of narcissism (grandiosity and vulnerability) associate with health-related stress-reactivity. Literature searches were conducted and articles were included if they contained a validated baseline assessment of narcissism, a stressor, and a within-person assessment of stress-reactivity (i.e., a baseline and post-stress assessment of a health-related psychological, biological, or behavioural process). Additionally, narcissism measures had to be systematically categorised as assessing grandiosity or vulnerability (see Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., Tay, L., Donnellan, M. B., Harms, P. D., Robins, R. W., & Yan, T. (2015). Gender differences in narcissism: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 141(2), 261–310. doi:10.1037/a0038231), and narcissism dimensions had to be assessed independently of other constructs. Findings were narratively synthesised within three broad dimensions of stress-reactivity (psychological, biological, and behavioural). Overall, there appear to be relatively consistent patterns that grandiosity and vulnerability are related to altered stress-reactivity. Additionally, grandiosity and vulnerability may differentially influence stress-reactivity depending on the type of stressor and/or indicator of stress-reactivity (e.g., under certain conditions, grandiosity may confer some level of resilience). This review highlights important theoretical and empirical gaps in the emerging narcissism and health literature. Furthermore, this review may help inform methodological considerations for future research, and may also point to physical health outcomes that could conceivably be affected by narcissism over time (e.g., overweight/obesity, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS).

  • Narcissism and stress-reactivity: a biobehavioural health perspective

    Health Psychology Review

    From a perspective broadly informed by Stress and Coping Theory, this review examined whether theoretically distinct and important dimensions of narcissism (grandiosity and vulnerability) associate with health-related stress-reactivity. Literature searches were conducted and articles were included if they contained a validated baseline assessment of narcissism, a stressor, and a within-person assessment of stress-reactivity (i.e., a baseline and post-stress assessment of a health-related psychological, biological, or behavioural process). Additionally, narcissism measures had to be systematically categorised as assessing grandiosity or vulnerability (see Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., Tay, L., Donnellan, M. B., Harms, P. D., Robins, R. W., & Yan, T. (2015). Gender differences in narcissism: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 141(2), 261–310. doi:10.1037/a0038231), and narcissism dimensions had to be assessed independently of other constructs. Findings were narratively synthesised within three broad dimensions of stress-reactivity (psychological, biological, and behavioural). Overall, there appear to be relatively consistent patterns that grandiosity and vulnerability are related to altered stress-reactivity. Additionally, grandiosity and vulnerability may differentially influence stress-reactivity depending on the type of stressor and/or indicator of stress-reactivity (e.g., under certain conditions, grandiosity may confer some level of resilience). This review highlights important theoretical and empirical gaps in the emerging narcissism and health literature. Furthermore, this review may help inform methodological considerations for future research, and may also point to physical health outcomes that could conceivably be affected by narcissism over time (e.g., overweight/obesity, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS).

  • Early adversity, personal resources, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating

    International Journal of Eating Disorders

  • Narcissism and stress-reactivity: a biobehavioural health perspective

    Health Psychology Review

    From a perspective broadly informed by Stress and Coping Theory, this review examined whether theoretically distinct and important dimensions of narcissism (grandiosity and vulnerability) associate with health-related stress-reactivity. Literature searches were conducted and articles were included if they contained a validated baseline assessment of narcissism, a stressor, and a within-person assessment of stress-reactivity (i.e., a baseline and post-stress assessment of a health-related psychological, biological, or behavioural process). Additionally, narcissism measures had to be systematically categorised as assessing grandiosity or vulnerability (see Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., Tay, L., Donnellan, M. B., Harms, P. D., Robins, R. W., & Yan, T. (2015). Gender differences in narcissism: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 141(2), 261–310. doi:10.1037/a0038231), and narcissism dimensions had to be assessed independently of other constructs. Findings were narratively synthesised within three broad dimensions of stress-reactivity (psychological, biological, and behavioural). Overall, there appear to be relatively consistent patterns that grandiosity and vulnerability are related to altered stress-reactivity. Additionally, grandiosity and vulnerability may differentially influence stress-reactivity depending on the type of stressor and/or indicator of stress-reactivity (e.g., under certain conditions, grandiosity may confer some level of resilience). This review highlights important theoretical and empirical gaps in the emerging narcissism and health literature. Furthermore, this review may help inform methodological considerations for future research, and may also point to physical health outcomes that could conceivably be affected by narcissism over time (e.g., overweight/obesity, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS).

  • Early adversity, personal resources, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating

    International Journal of Eating Disorders

  • Self-focused and Other-focused Resiliency: Plausible Mechanisms Linking Early Family Adversity to Health Problems in College Women

    Journal of American College Health

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