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Dr. Luci Martin

Dr. Luci Martin

Professor Emeritus, Psychology

Emeritus / Psychology, BS
Cástulo de la Rocha College of Health and Community Well-Being
La Verne

Dr. Martin received her PhD in Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine from the University of North Texas in 2011. Her current interests are in the area of preventive care and health promotion within diverse patient and non-medical populations. Her research has focused on sex/gender and racial/ethnic differences in health outcomes and includes a combination of work with coping and quality of life within chronically ill populations and assessment of psychological and physiological variables aimed toward prevention. Clinical interests include use of evidence based methods that aid adjustment to disease and allow medical patients to live a healthier lifestyle with optimal life quality. Her philosophy in teaching is to provide an inspirational environment where students feel safe and able to explore their thoughts and beliefs. She encourages students to embrace challenges and be willing to make mistakes in order to grow. Success in academic study requires intrinsic motivation to pursue interests and to set and attain viable goals. Teaching allows Dr. Martin to continue her pursuit of knowledge as well as inspire students to do the same. She values learning and views education as an entertaining and challenging venue for intellectual stimulation. Dr. Martin is designated as core doctoral faculty and teaches courses in the areas of health psychology and assessment. Dr. Martin is licensed as a Psychologist in California and Texas.

Dr. Martin’s scholarly work can be found at Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

Educational Background

  • PhD, APA-Accredited Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Doctoral program, University of North Texas, August 2011
  • Pre-doctoral Internship, Boston Consortium, APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology Internship, Medical Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Track, September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011. A Consortium of Pre-doctoral Internship Training Programs Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • MS, Psychology, University of North Texas, August 2008
  • BS, Psychology, Minor in Business, Texas Christian University, August 2004

Publications

Select Publications and Presentations

*denotes current or former student collaborator from the University of La Verne

  • Awad*, N., Schall, S., Blumenthal*, B., Abbas*, M. & Martin, L. (2021). Diagnosis category differentiates quality of life for patients with depression and diabetes. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association.
  • Martin, L., Abbas*, M., Awad*, N., & Blumenthal*, B. (2021). The Big 5 Personality Traits as predictors of heart rate and heart rate variability. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association.
  • Price, E., Blumenthal*, B., Martin, L., Granquist, M., Awad*, N., & Abbas*, M. (2021). Exploring the influence of gender role and mindfulness skills on student athletes’ performance. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association.
  • Abbas, M., Martin, L., Awad, N., & Blumenthal, B. (2021). Association of mindfulness skills with reduced heart rate variability (HRV) during stress. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association
  • Martin, L. & Ter-Petrosyan*, M. (2020). Positive Affect Moderates the Relationship between Salivary Testosterone and a Health Behavior Composite in University Females. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Special Issue Salivary Bioscience, 27, 305-315. doi: 10.1007/s12529-019-09824-0
  • Dougherty*, J., Gidner*, B., Shaw*, C., Martin, L. (2020). Relationships Between Cardiac Vagal Tone, Behavioral Disengagement, and Depression. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82 (6), A71-A71.
  • Tsutakawa*, M., Esmaeili*, S., Costanza*, C. & Martin, L. (2020). Racism and Sources of Stress Associated with BMI. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, S618-S618.
  • DePascale*, E., Gidner*, B., La Mott*, J. & Martin, L. (2020). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Coping and Quality of Life in Mental Health Providers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, S642-S642.
  • Sciarrotta*, D., Martin, L., & Rogers, R. (2020). Control balance, personality traits, attachment, and communication styles associated with stalking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, In Press.
  • La Mott*, J. & Martin, L. (2019). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Self-Care and Compassion Outcomes in Mental Health Providers Working with Trauma. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22752
  • Peak*, A., Ter-Petrosyan*, M. & Martin, L. (2018). Presence of Support During Stressful/Uplifting Events Predicts Cardiovascular Outcomes. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52, S120-S120
  • Tajii*, K., Ter-Petrosyan*, M. & Martin, L. (2017). Lifestyle Behaviors, Type D Personality and Parasympathetic functioning Following a Social and Cognitive Task. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51, S1926-S1926.
  • Peak*, A., Schall*, S., Rodriguez*, L., Richard-Kassar*, T. & Martin, L. (2017). Anger Style as a Predictor of 10-Year Heart Attack Risk. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51, S1904-S1904.
  • Granquist, M., Martin, L. & Futch*, G. (2016). Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Stress, Coping, Resiliency and Quality of Life. Presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology annual convention.
  • Futch*, G., Martin, L. & Granquist, M. (2015). A Systems Approach to Understanding Clients with Spinal Cord Injury. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science annual convention.
  • Rodriguez*, D., Contreras*, D., Martin, L., Granquist, M. & Cespedes-Knadle, Y. (2014). Differences in the health behaviors of student athletes and non-athletes. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association’s Annual Conference.
  • Martin, L., Critelli, W., Doster, J., Powers, C., Purdum, M., Doster, M., & Lambert, P. (2013). Cardiovascular risk: Gender differences in coping strategies and lifestyle behaviors in college students. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 97-105. doi: 10.1007/s12529-011-9204-3
  • Martin, L., Vosvick, M., & Riggs, S. (2012). Attachment, forgiveness and physical health quality of life in HIV+ adults. AIDS Care, 24, 1333-1340. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2011.648598
  • Prazak, M., Critelli, J. W., Martin, L., Miranda, V., Purdum, M., Powers, C. (2012). Mindfulness and its role in physical and psychological health. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being, 4, 91-105.
  • Martin, L., Doster, J., Critelli, W., Purdum, M., Powers, C., Lambert, P., & Miranda, V. (2011). The “Distressed” personality, coping, and cardiovascular risk. Stress and Health, 27, 64-72.
  • Martin, L., Doster, J., Critelli, J., Lambert, P., Purdum, M., Powers, C., & Prazak, M. (2010). Ethnicity and Type D Personality as predictors of heart rate variability. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 76, 118-121.
  • Vosvick, M., Martin, L., Smith, N. G., & Jenkins, S. R. (2010). Gender differences in HIV-related coping and depression. AIDS & Behavior, 14, 390-400.

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