Faculty and Staff Profiles

• B.A. Psychology - University of Southern Mississippi - 1978
• M.S. Counseling Psychology - University of Southern Mississippi - 1982
• Ph.D. Counseling Psychology - University of Maryland, College Park - 1992
• Licensed Psychologist and Health Service Provider Psychology - State of Tennessee - 1993- Present

• Employment Counselor, Student Employment Office - University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi - 8/81-9/81 & 6/82-9/82 (part-time)
• Psychological Associate, Assessment and Intervention Department - Hunt Correctional Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 11/82-8-87
• Coordinator, Learning Assessment Project,   - Goucher College, Towson, Maryland - 8/87-8/88 (half-time)
• Therapist/Counselor,   - M.K. Spodak, M.D. PA, Towson, Maryland - 9/88-9/89 (part-time)
• Therapist/Counselor,   - Children of Separated and Divorced Parents Project, Columbia, Maryland - 9/90-12/90 (part-time)

• Diamond Special Recognition Award for Teaching and Research - Mental Health Association of the Mid-South - 1996
• Finalist, "Best Article of 1997" - Journal for Specialists in Group Work - 1997
• Nomination for Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, 2nd Edition - Marquis Who's Who - 1999-2000
• Nomination for Who's Who in America, 2003 Edition - Marquis Who's Who - 2002
• One of the three "Most Read" articles in The Counseling Psychologist - The Counseling Psychologist - 2006
• Advisee Research Award (Dave Dahlbeck): 2007 APA Annual Convention Student Poster Award in Pediatric Rehabilitation Psychology for the poster "Self-Efficacy, Meaning, and Coping as Predictors of Well-Being Among Children With Disabilities.” - Division 22, American Psychological Association - 2007
• Advisee Research Award (James Sweeney): 2006 First Place Award in the Education category in the 18th Annual University of Memphis Student Research Forum for the study “Self-Efficacy, Cohesion, and Meaning as Predictors of Family Satisfaction among Parents - University of Memphis - 2006
• Advisee Research Award (Anita G. Wells): 2005 APA Annual Convention Student Poster Award in Counseling Psychology for the poster "Negative Affect and Emotion-Oriented Coping Predict Pain-Related Distress" - Division 17, American Psychological Association - 2005

•   - CEPR Ad Hoc Committee to derive Tenure and Promotion Guidelines - 1995-1996
•   - CEPR Diversity Committee Chair - 1994-1996
•   - COE Faculty Research Committee (FRC) - 1993-1994
•   - COE FRC Subcommittee for developing Human Subjects Guidelines - 1993-1994
•   - CPSY Comprehensive Exam Coordinator - 2004-2008
•   - CEPR Tenure and Promotion Committee Chair - 2000-2001, 2004-2008
•   - University Faculty Senate - 1997-1998, 2003-2006
•   - Member, Center for Community Health - 2005-2008
•   - College of Education Tenure and Promotion Committee - 2006-2008
•   - Chair, Tenure and Promotion Subcommittee for Revising CEPR Tenure and Promotion Guidelines - 2007-2008
• The Counseling Psychologist - Editorial Board - 2001-2003, 2004-2006
• The Journal of Counseling Psychology - Editorial Board - 2001-2004
• The Journal of Specialists in Group Work - Editorial Board - 1998-2004
• Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 2004
• Rehabilitation Psychology - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 2004, 2005,2006
• Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 2000, 2007
• The Counseling Psychologist - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 1997-1999
• The Journal of Counseling Psychology - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 1994, 1995, 1999, 2005-2006
• Cognitive Therapy and Research - Ad Hoc Reviewer - 1995
• Personality and Individual Differences - Ad Hoc reviewer - 2006, 2007

• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Wells, A. G., Wang, M., Pietruszka, T., Ciftci, A., & Stancil, B. (2009). Emotion-oriented coping, avoidance coping, and fear of pain as mediators of the relationship between positive affect, negative affect and pain-related distress among Black and White college women. The Counseling Psychologist, 37, 116-146.
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., & Sweeney, J. (2008). Meaning in life, emotion-oriented coping, generalized self-efficacy, and family cohesion as predictors of family satisfaction among mothers of children with disabilities. The Family Journal, 16, 212-221.    
• Dahlbeck, D., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (co-first authors, 2008). Generalized self-efficacy, coping, and self-esteem as predictors of psychological adjustment among children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Children's Health Care, 37, 293-315.
•  Lightsey (2008). Hardiness and happiness. In F. L. Leong (Editor) Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Peck, L. D., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2008). The eating disorders continuum, self-esteem, and perfectionism. Journal of Counseling and Development, 86, 184-192.    
• Lightsey, O. R. Jr., & Barnes, P. W. (2007). Discrimination, attributional tendencies, generalized self-efficacy, and assertiveness as predictors of psychological distress among African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 33, 27-50.  
• Wang, M., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Pietruszka, T., Uruk, A. C., & Wells, A. G. (2007). Purpose in life and reasons for living as mediators of the relationship between stress, coping, and suicidal behavior. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 195-204. 
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Burke, M., Ervin, A., Henderson, D., & Yee, C. (2006). Generalized self-efficacy, self-esteem, and negative affect. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 38, 72-80. 
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2006). Resilience, meaning, and well-being. The Counseling Psychologist, 34, 96-107. 
• Harris, P. R., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2005). Constructive thinking as a mediator of the relationship between extraversion, neuroticism, and subjective well-being. European Journal of Personality, 19, 409-426. 
• Barnes, P. W., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2005). Perceived Racist Discrimination, coping, stress, and life satisfaction. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 33,48-61.  
• Francis-Fischer, J., & Lightsey, O. R. Jr. (2003). Parenthood after primary infertility. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 11, 117-128.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., & Hulsey, D. (2002). Gambling, self control, and dysphoria in a college student population. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 49, 202-211.   
• Rice, D. & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2001). Generalized self-efficacy and self-esteem as predictors of college freshman adjustment and performance. The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 30, 11-17.   
• Waldrop, D., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Ethington, C. A., Woemmel, C. A., & Coke, A. L. (2001). Self-efficacy, optimism, health competence, and recovery from orthopedic surgery. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 48, 233-238.  
• Williams-Collins, K. & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2001). Racial identity, generalized self-efficacy and self-esteem: A pilot study of a mediation model for African American Women. Journal of Black Psychology, 27, 272-287.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1999). Positive thoughts versus states of mind ratio as a stress moderator: Findings across four studies. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 469-482.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1997). Stress buffers and dysphoria: A prospective study. The Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 11, 263-277.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1997). The Role of Psychological Resources in Well-Being: A reply. The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 699-705.   
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1997). Generalized self-efficacy expectancies, optimism and growth group outcomes. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 22(3), 189-202.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., & Christopher, J. C. (1997). Stress buffers and dysphoria in a NonWestern population. Journal of Counseling and Development, 7, 451-459.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1996). What leads to wellness? The role of psychological resources in well-being. The Counseling Psychologist, 24, 589-735.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1994b). "Thinking Positive" as a stress-buffer: The role of positive automatic cognitions in depression and happiness. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 41, 325-334.  
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (1994a). Positive automatic cognitions as moderators of the negative life event-dysphoria relationship Cognitive Therapy and Research, 18, 353-365.  
• Hill, C. E., Corbett, M. M., Kanitz, B., Rios, P., Lightsey, R., & Gomez, M. (1992). Client behavior in counseling and therapy sessions: Development of a pantheoretical measure. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 39, 539-549.  
• Devlin, R. J., Klinger, J. H., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Marshall, G. M., & Price, A. W. (1984). The adult special education student in a state correctional system: A profile. Journal of Correctional Education, 35, 47-48.  

•                                               SELECTED PRESENTATIONS     
• Pietruszka, T., Lightsey, O.R., Jr., Uruk, A., Wang, M.C., Wells, A. G., & Stancil, B. (2005). General Coping Self-Efficacy Predicts Posttraumatic Growth. Poster presented at the 2005 American Psychological Association Convention
• Wells, A. G., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Pietruszka, T., Uruk, A. C., Wang, M. C., & Stancil, B. (2005). Emotion-oriented coping as a mediator of the relationship between negative affect and pain-related distress. Poster presented at the 2005 American Psychological Association Convention.
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Uruk, A., Pietruszka, T., Wang, M. C., & Wells, A. G. (2006). Self-efficacy, coping, stress, and life satisfaction. Poster presented at the 2006 American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boyraz, G., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2006). Resilience, meaning, and well-being. Poster presented at the 2006 American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Wang, M. C., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Pietruszka, T., Uruk, A. C., & Wells, A. G. (2006). Purpose in life and reasons for living as mediators of the relationship between stress, coping, and suicidal behavior. Poster presented at the 2006 American Psychological Association Convention. 
• Lightsey, O. R., Jr., Sweeney, J., & Dahlbeck, D. (2007). Meaning in Life, Emotion-Oriented Coping, Generalized Self-Efficacy and Family Cohesion as Predictors of Family Satisfaction among Mothers of Children with Disabilities. Poster presented at the 2007 American Psychological Association Convention. 
• Dahlbeck, D., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2007) Generalized Self-Efficacy, Coping, and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment among Children with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses. Poster presented at the 2007 American Psychological Association Convention. 
• Wang, M., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2008). Meaning in life and reasons for living as mediators of the relationship between stress and suicidal behavior among African Americans. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual American Psychological Association Convention (Not presented due travel complications)
• Boyraz, G., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2008). Positive thoughts, self-efficacy, and meaning as mediators between stress and life satisfaction. Poster presented at the 2008 American Psychological Association Convention.
• Maxwell, D., Lightsey, O. R., Jr., & Berkes, P. M. (2009). The measurement of adolescent purpose in life. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2009 American Psychological Association Convention.
• Cedarholm, K., & Lightsey, O. R., Jr. (2009). Examining protective moderators of the body dissatisfaction--eating disorder relationship. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2009 American Psychological Association Convention.