Greenley1

Rachel Neff Greenley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Phone: 847-578-8751 Email: Rachel.Greenley@rosalindfranklin.edu
Research interests
My research interests center on understanding factors that contribute to optimal psychosocial and physical functioning among youth affected by chronic medical conditions and their families. In particular, I am interested in the role of individual, familial, and health professional systems in promoting adherence to treatment and self management skill development among youth with chronic medical conditions. My research interests include both descriptive studies to better understand factors that promote optimal functioning or serve as barriers to adherence during the adolescent developmental period, as well as intervention studies to evaluate the efficacy of programs to enhance adherence and promote positive adjustment. I have conducted research with a variety of pediatric populations, but my current projects focus primarily on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and spina bifida. My Research Team
Selected publications
Greenley, R. N., Hauser Kunz, J., Biank, V., Martinez, A., Miranda, A., Noe, J., et al (2011). Identifying adolescent nonadherence in clinical settings: Data-based recommendations for children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, in press. Kaugars, A., Zebracki, K., Kichler, J. C., Fitzgerald, C., Greenley, R. N., Almezadah, R., & Holmbeck, G. N. (2011). Use of an observational coding system with families of adolescents: Psychometric properties among pediatric and health populations. Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access, doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq106. Hauser Kunz, J., Greenley, R. N., & Howard, M. (2011). Maternal, paternal, and family health-related quality of life in the context of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: The role of disease activity and youth adjustment. Quality of Life Research, epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-9853 Polfuss, M. L., Liebhart, J., Greenley, R. N. (2011). Relationship between overweight/obesity and risk-taking behaviors in adolescents. The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 15, 10 – 24. Hauser Kunz, J., Hommel, K. A., & Greenley, R. N. (2010). Health-related quality of life of youth with inflammatory bowel disease: A comparison with published data using the PedsQL 4.0 generic core scales. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 16, 939-946. Greenley, R.N., Doughty, A., Stephens, M., & Kugathasan, S. (2010). Development of the IBD Family Responsibility Questionnaire. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 183-187. Greenley, R. N., Doughty, A., Raboin, T., Stephens, M., & Kugathasan, S. (2010). Barriers to adherence among adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 16, 36-41. Weissberg-Benchell J., Zielinski T.E., Rodgers S., Greenley R. N., Askenazi D., Goldstein S.L., Fredericks E.M., McDiarmid S., Williams L., Limbers C.A., Tuzinkiewicz K., Lerret S., Alonso E.M., & Varni J.W. (2010). Health-Related Quality of Life: Feasibility, Reliability and Validity of the PedsQL™ Transplant Module. American Journal of Transplantation, 10, 1677-1685. Greenley, R. N., Hommel, K., A., Nebel, J., Raboin, T., Li, S., Simpson, P., & Mackner, L., (2010). A meta-analytic review of the psychosocial adjustment of youth with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 857-869. Greenley, R.N. (2010). Health professional expectations for self care development of youth with spina bifida in bowel, bladder, and skin care domains: Results of a national survey. Pediatric Nursing, 36, 98-102. Greenley, R. N., & Cunningham, C. (2009). Parent quality of life in the context of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(2), 129-136. Greenley, R. N., Josie, K. L., & Drotar, D. (2008). Self-reported quality of life among inner-city youth with asthma: an empirical examination of the PedsQL 3.0 Asthma Module. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 100(2), 106-111. Pai, A. L., Greenley, R. N., Lewandowski, A., Drotar, D., Youngstrom, E., & Peterson, C. C. (2007). A meta-analytic review of the influence of pediatric cancer on parent and family functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, 21(3), 407-415. Josie, K. L., Greenley, R. N., & Drotar, D. (2007). Health-related quality-of-life measures for children with asthma: reliability and validity of the Children's Health Survey for Asthma and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 Asthma Module. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 98(3), 218-224. Josie, K. L., Greenley, R. N., & Drotar, D. (2007). Cumulative risk and asthma outcomes in inner-city African-American youth. Journal of Asthma, 44(7), 535-541. Greenley, R. N., Taylor, H. G., Drotar, D., & Minich, N. M. (2007). Longitudinal relationships between early adolescent family functioning and youth adjustment: an examination of the moderating role of very low birth weight. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32(4), 453-462. Drotar, D., Greenley, R. N., Demeter, C. A., McNamara, N. K., Stansbrey, R. J., Calabrese, J. R., Stange, J., Vijay, P., & Findling, R. L. (2007). Adherence to pharmacological treatment for juvenile bipolar disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 831-839.
Teaching
Psychological Statistics I Health Psychology