About the authors:

Marianne Frauenknecht, PhD received a doctor of philosophy degree in health promotion in 1990 at Purdue University. In her dissertation titled “Psychometric Evaluation of the Personal Problem-Solving Inventory for Adolescents (PPSI-A),” she began to develop the line of research around adolescent problem solving. She is currently a professor at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan where she conducts research, works with P/K-12 schools on health education projects, and teaches from among 30 different health education program courses that she has developed. Her primary responsibility has been to prepare candidates for teaching certification in health education as well as supervise interns during their clinical experience.

David R. Black, PhD, HSPP, MPH, CHES, FASHA, FSBM, FAAHB, received his doctoral degree from Stanford University in counseling psychology in 1978 with an emphasis in prevention and bio-behavioral health modification. His dissertation was titled “Evaluation of a Problem-Solving Approach to Weight Loss.” He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program and Laboratory for the Study of Behavioral Medicine. Currently he is a professor of Health Promotion at Purdue University and holds adjunct professorships in the School of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, and the Department of Foods and Nutrition. His research has focused on health diversity, women’s health, and social problem-solving skill development.

Invited Authors:

Jody A. Brylinsky, PhD, received her doctor of philosophy degree in sport psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1987. Currently, she is a professor of sport studies in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Western Michigan University. She has focused on the application of social and psychological issues to areas of sport and coaching education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that allow her to integrate behavioral theory including social problem solving into the course work, such as Principles and Problems of Coaching and Modifying Health Behaviors.

Daniel C. Coster, PhD, is a research and teaching statistician in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Utah State University. He earned his PhD from the Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. His dissertation was titled “Bicriteria Optimality of Fractional Factorial Run Orders.’’ In 1990, he joined the faculty at Utah State University where he is now an Associate Professor and Associate Department Head. His primary responsibilities are teaching graduate and undergraduate statistics courses, both theoretical and applied, and conducting research on the theory of optimal experimental design and the design and analysis of public health and health education studies.

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