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Valerie A. Earnshaw

Valerie A. Earnshaw

Valerie Earnshaw’s work contributes to understanding of how stigma relates to health outcomes and disparities across the lifespan, and what moderates these associations in protective ways. She primarily focuses on stigma experienced by adolescents and adults at risk for or living with chronic illnesses including HIV. Within the context of this work, she applies an advanced quantitative skillset including structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and psychometric evaluation techniques.

Dr. Earnshaw is Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Scientific Researcher in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 2011 from the University of Connecticut, where she pursued additional training in social processes of HIV/AIDS, health psychology, and quantitative research methods. Dr. Earnshaw completed post-doctoral training via the NIMH Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University before joining Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Person Perception
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Sociology, Social Networks

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Journal Articles:

  • Chaudoir, S. R., Earnshaw, V. A., & Andel, S. (2013). “Discredited” vs. “discreditable”: Understanding how shared and unique stigma mechanisms affect psychological and physical health disparities. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 75-87. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2012.746612
  • Chaudoir, S. R., Norton, W. E., Earnshaw, V. A., Moneyham, L., Mugavero, M. J., & Hiers, K. M. (2012). Coping with HIV stigma: Do proactive coping and spiritual peace buffer the effect of stigma on depression? AIDS & Behavior, 16, 2382-2391. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0039-3
  • Earnshaw, V. A., & Chaudoir, S. R. (2009). From conceptualizing to measuring HIV stigma: A review of HIV stigma mechanism measures. AIDS & Behavior, 13, 1160-1177. doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9593-3
  • Earnshaw, V. A., & Quinn, D. M. (2012). The impact of stigma in healthcare on people living with chronic illnesses. Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 157-168. doi: 10.1177/1359105311414952
  • Earnshaw, V. A., & Quinn, D. M. (2013). Influenza stigma during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, E109-E114. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12049
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Bogart, L. M., Dovidio, J. F., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Stigma and racial/ethnic HIV disparities: Moving toward resilience. American Psychologist, 68, 225-236. doi: 10.1037/a0032705.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Jin, H., Wickersham, J., Kamarulzaman, A., John, J., & Altice, F. L. (in press). Exploring intentions to discriminate against patients living with HIV/AIDS among future healthcare providers in Malaysia. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 19, 672-679.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Lang, S., Lippitt, M., Jin, H., & Chaudoir, S. R. (in press). HIV stigma and physical health symptoms: Do social support, coping, and/or identity centrality act as resilience resources? AIDS & Behavior.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Quinn, D. M., & Park, C. L. (2012). Anticipated stigma and quality of life among people living with chronic illnesses. Chronic Illness, 8(2), 79-88. doi: 10.1177/1742395311429393
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Quinn, D. M., Kalichman, S. C., & Park, C. L. (2013). Development and psychometric evaluation of the chronic illness anticipated stigma scale. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 270-282. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9422-4
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Rosenthal, L., Carroll-Scott, A., Peters, S., McCaslin, C., & Ickovics, J. R. (in press). Teacher involvement as a protective factor of the association between race-based bullying and smoking initiation. Social Psychology of Education, 17, 197-209.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Rosenthal, L., Lewis, J. B., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., & Ickovics, J. R. (2013). Maternal experiences with everyday discrimination and infant birth weight: A test of mediators and moderators among young, urban women of color. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 13-23. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9404-3
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Smith, L. R., & Copenhaver, M. M. (2013). Drug use stigma in the context of methadone maintenance therapy: An investigation into understudied sources of stigma. International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 11, 110-122. doi: 10.1007/s11469-012-9402-5
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Smith, L. R., Chaudoir, S. R., Amico, K. R., & Copenhaver, M. M. (2013). HIV stigma mechanisms and well-being among PLWH: A test of the HIV stigma framework. AIDS & Behavior, 17, 1785-1795. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0437-9
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Smith, L. R., Chaudoir, S. R., Lee, I., & Copenhaver, M. M. (2012). Stereotypes about people living with HIV: Implications for perceptions of HIV risk and testing frequency among at-risk populations. AIDS Education and Prevention, 24(6), 574-581.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Smith, L. R., Cunningham, C. O., & Copenhaver, M. M. (in press). Intersectionality between internalized HIV stigma and internalized substance use stigma: Implications for depressive symptoms among PLWH with a history of substance use. Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Earnshaw, V. A., Smith, L. R., Shuper, P. A., Fisher, W. A., Cornman, D. H., & Fisher, J. D. (2014). HIV stigma and sexual risk among PLWH in South Africa: A longitudinal exploration of mediating mechanisms. AIDS Care, 17, 197-209.
  • Quinn, D. M., & Earnshaw, V. A. (2013). Constructing the self: Concealable stigmatized identities and psychological well-being. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 40-51. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12005
  • Rosenthal, L., Earnshaw, V. A., Carroll-Scott, A., Henderson, K. E., Peters, S. M., McCaslin, C., & Ickovics, J. R. (in press). Weight- and race-based bullying: Health associations among urban adolescents. Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Rosenthal, L., Earnshaw, V. A., Lewis, J. B., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., & Ickovics, J. R. (2014). Discrimination and sexual risk among young urban pregnant women of color. Health Psychology, 33, 3-10. doi: 10.1037/a0032502

Valerie A. Earnshaw
College of Education & Human Development
University of Delaware
103 Alison Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716
United States of America

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