Kathryn Greene

Associate Professor, Department of Communication

Refereed Articles

Greene, K., Carpenter, A., Catona, D., & Magsamen-Conrad, K. (2013). The Brief Disclosure Intervention (BDI): Facilitating African Americans’ disclosure of HIV. Journal of Communication, 63, 138-158. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12010 Article

Greene, K., Magsamen-Conrad, K. C., Venetis, M. K., Checton, M., Bagdasarov, Z., & Banerjee, S. C. (2012). Assessing health diagnosis disclosure decisions in relationships: Testing the disclosure decision-making model. Health Communication, 27, 356-368. Article

Venetis, M. K., Greene, K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Banerjee, S. C., Checton, M., & Bagdasarov, Z. (2012). “You can’t tell anyone but…”: Exploring the use of privacy rules and revealing behaviors. Communication Monographs, 79, 344-365. doi:10.1080/03637751.2012.697628 Article

Checton, M., Greene, K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., & Venetis, M. K. (2012). Patients’ and partners’ perspectives of chronic illness and its management. Families, Systems, & Health, 30, 114-129.  doi: 10.1037/a0028598 Article

Checton, M., & Greene, K. (2012). Beyond initial disclosure: The role of prognosis and symptom uncertainty in patterns of disclosure in relationships. Health Communication, 27, 145-157.  Doi:10.1080/10410236.2011.571755 Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2012). “I quit” versus “I’m sorry I used”: A preliminary investigation of variations in narrative ending and transportation. Psychology & Health. DOI:10.1080/08870446.2012.675063  Advance online publication. Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2012). Role of transportation in the persuasion process: Cognitive and affective responses to anti-drug narratives. Journal of Health Communication, 17, 564-581. Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2012). “Yo! This is no lie, if you smoke, you die”: A content analysis of anti-smoking posters created by adolescents. Journal of Substance Use. Advance online publication. Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2012). Examining narrative transportation to anti-alcohol narratives. Journal of Substance Use. Advance online publication. Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2012). Framing and dosage effects: Use of protection motivation theory to examine efficacy of anti-cocaine visual messages. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 50, 68-80.  doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2012.

Banerjee, S. C., Hay, J. L., & Greene, K. (2012). College students’ cognitive rationalizations for tanning bed use: An exploratory study. Archives of Dermatology, 148, 761-762.doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.398 Article

Derlega, V. J., Anderson, S., Winstead, B. A., & Greene, K. (2011). Positive disclosure among college students: What do they talk about, to whom, and why? Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 119-130. Article

Banerjee, S. C., Greene, K., & Yanovitzky, I. (2011). Sensation seeking and dosage effect: An exploration of the role of surprise in anti-cocaine messages. Journal of Substance Use, 16, 1-13. Article

Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B., Ferrer, R., Pearson, M. R., Dutton, L. B., Janda, L. J., Lewis, R. L., & Greene, K. (2011). Unwanted pursuit in same-sex relationships: Effects of attachment styles, investment model variables, and sexual minority stressors. Partner Abuse, 2, 300-322. Article

Checton, M., & Greene, K. (2010). College students' use of compliance-gaining strategies to obtain prescription stimulant medications for illicit use. Health Education Journal, 1-14. doi:10.1177/0017896910375879 Article

Greene, K., Campo, S., & Banerjee, S. C. (2010). Comparing normative, anecdotal, and scientific risk evidence to discourage tanning bed use. Communication Quarterly, 58, 111-132. Article Received Eastern Communication Association's Article of the Year Award

Banerjee, S. C., Greene, K., Krcmar, M., & Bagdasarov, Z. (2009). Who watches verbally aggressive shows? An examination of personality and other individual difference factors in predicting viewership. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 21, 1-14. doi: 10.1027/1864-1105.21.1.1 Article

Bagdasarov, Z., Greene, K., Banerjee, S. C., Krcmar, M., Yanovitzky, I. & Ruginyte, D. (2010). I am what I watch: Voyeurism, sensation seeking and television viewing patterns. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 54, 299-315. Article

Banerjee, S. C., Greene, K., Bagdasarov, Z., & Campo, S. (2009). “My friends love to tan”: Examining sensation seeking and the mediating role of association with friends who use tanning beds on tanning bed use intentions. Health Education Research, 24, 989-998. doi: 10.1093/her/cyp035 Article

Greene, K., & Banerjee, S. C. (2009). Examining unsupervised time with peers and the mediating role of association with delinquent peers on adolescent smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp003 Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2009). Sensation seeking and adolescent cigarette smoking: Examining multiple pathways in cross-sectional data. Open Addiction Journal, 2, 12-20. Article

Bagdasarov, Z., Banerjee, S. C., Greene, K., & Campo, S. (2008). Indoor tanning and problem behavior. Journal of American College Health, 56, 555-562. Article

Banerjee, S. C., Greene, K., Krcmar, M., Bagdasarov, Z., & Ruginyte, D. (2008). The role of gender and sensation seeking in film choice: Exploring mood and arousal. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 20, 97-105. Article

Greene, K., & Banerjee, S. C. (2008). Adolescents' responses to peer smoking offers: The role of sensation seeking and self esteem. Journal of Health Communication, 13, 267-286. Article

Banerjee, S. C., Campo, S., & Greene, K. (2008). Fact or wishful thinking: Biased expectations in "I think I look better when I'm tanned." American Journal of Health Behavior, 32, 243-252. Article

Derlega, V. J., Greene, K., Henson, J. M., & Winstead, B. A. (2008). Social comparison activity in coping with HIV. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19, 164-167. Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2007). Anti-smoking initiatives: Effects of analysis versus production media literacy interventions on smoking-related attitude, norm, and behavioral intention. Health Communication, 22, 37-48. Article Received NCA 2009 Applied Communication Division Distinguished Scholarship Award for Scholarly Journal Article

Banerjee, S. C., & Greene, K. (2006). Analysis versus production: Adolescent cognitive and attitudinal responses to anti-smoking interventions. Journal of Communication, 56, 773-794. Article

Greene, K., & Banerjee, S. C. (2006). Disease related stigma: Comparing predicators of AIDS and cancer stigma. Journal of Homosexuality, 50, 185-209. Article

Greene, K., & Faulkner, S. L. (2005). Gender, belief in the sexual double standard, and sexual talk in heterosexual dating relationships. Sex Roles, 53, 239-251. Article

Elwood, W. N., & Greene, K. (2005). "Risks both known and unknown": A qualitative method to assess the role of situation in HIV/STD risk and prevention. Journal of Homosexuality, 50, 135-154. Article

Greene, K., & Krcmar, M. (2005). Predicting exposure to and liking of television violence: A uses and gratifications approach. Communication Studies, 56, 71-93. Article Appendix

Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B. A., Greene, K., Serovich, J., & Elwood, W. N. (2004). Reasons for HIV disclosure/nondisclosure in close relationships: Testing a model of HIV-disclosure decision making. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 23, 747-767. Article

Elwood, W. N., Greene, K., & Carter, K. K. (2003). Gentlemen don't speak: Communication norms and condom use in bathhouses. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 31, 277-297. Article

Greene, K., & Brinn, L. S. (2003). Messages influencing college women's tanning bed use: Statistical versus narrative evidence format and a self-assessment to increase perceived susceptibility. Journal of Health Communication, 8, 443-461. Article

Elwood, W. N., & Greene, K. (2003). Desperately seeking skeezers: Downward comparison theory and the implications of HIV/STD prevention among African-American crack users. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2, 15-33. Article

Greene, K., & Faulkner, S. L. (2002). Expected vs. actual responses to disclosure in relationships of HIV-positive African-American adolescent females. Communication Studies, 53, 297-317. Article

Greene, K., Krcmar, M., Rubin, D. L., Walters, L. H., & Hale, J. L. (2002). Elaboration in processing adolescent health messages: The impact of egocentrism and sensation seeking on message processing. Journal of Communication, 52, 812-831. Article

Greene, K., Derlega, V. J., & Frey, L. R. (2002). Interpersonalizing AIDS: Attending to the personal and social relationships of individuals living with HIV and/or AIDS. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19, 5-17. Article

Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B. A., Sachdev, M., Greene, K., Serovich, J., & Elwood, W. N. (2002). Perceived HIV-related stigma and HIV disclosure to relationship partners after finding out about the seropositive diagnosis. Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 415-432. Article

Winstead, B. A., Derlega, V. J., Barbee, A., Sachdev, M., Antle, B., & Greene, K. (2002). Close relationships as sources of strength or obstacles for mothers coping with HIV. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 7, 157-184. Article

Miller, D. H., Greene, K., Causby, V., White, B. W., & Lockhart, L. L. (2001). Domestic violence in lesbian relationships. Women & Therapy, 23, 107-127. Article

Greene, K., Krcmar, M., Walters, L. H., Rubin, D. L., & Hale, J. L. (2000). Targeting adolescent risk-taking behaviors: The contributions of egocentrism and sensation seeking. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 439-461. Article

Krcmar, M., & Greene, K. (2000). Connections between violent television exposure and adolescent risk taking behavior. Media Psychology, 2, 195-217. Article

Krcmar, M., & Greene, K. (1999). Predicting exposure to and uses of violent television. Journal of Communication, 49, 25-45. Article

Greene, K., Causby, V., & Miller, D. H. (1999). The nature and function of fusion in the dynamics of lesbian relationships. Affilia, Journal of Women and Social Work, 14, 78-97. Article

Serovich, J. M., Kimberly, J. A., & Greene, K. (1998). Perceived family member reaction to women's disclosure of HIV-positive information. Family Relations, 47, 15-22. Article

Lemieux, R., Tighe, M. R., Daniels, M., Greene, K., Hocking, J., Cairns, A., & Hale, J. (1998). The persuasive effect of the AIDS NAMES quilt on behavioral intentions. Communication Research Reports, 15, 113-120. Article

Greene, K., Hale, J. L., & Rubin, D. L. (1997). A test of the theory of reasoned action in the context of AIDS messages. Communication Reports, 10, 21-33. Article

Serovich, J. M., & Greene, K. (1997). Predictors of adolescent sexual risk taking behaviors which put them at risk for contracting HIV. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 26, 429-444. Article

Greene, K., & Serovich, J. M. (1996). Appropriateness of disclosure of HIV testing information: The perspective of PLWAs. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 24, 50-65. Article

Greene, K., Rubin, D. L., Walters, L. H., & Hale, J. L. (1996). The utility of understanding adolescent egocentrism in designing health promotion messages. Health Communication, 8, 131-152. Article

Greene, K., Rubin, D. L., & Hale, J. L. (1995). Egocentrism, message explicitness, and AIDS messages directed toward adolescents: An application of the theory of reasoned action. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 547-570. Article

Kimberly, J. A., Serovich, J. M., & Greene, K. (1995). Disclosure of HIV-positive status: Five women's stories. Family Relations, 44, 316-322. Article

Causby, V., Lockhart, L., White, B., & Greene, K. (1995). Fusion and conflict resolution in lesbian relationships. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 3, 67-82. Article

Rubin, D., Greene, K., & Schneider, D. (1994). Adopting gender-inclusive language reforms: Diachronic and synchronic variation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 13, 91-114. Article

Serovich, J. M., & Greene, K. (1993). Perceptions of family boundaries: The case of disclosure of HIV testing information. Family Relations, 42, 193-197. Article

Greene, K., Parrott, R., & Serovich, J. M. (1993). Privacy, HIV testing, and AIDS: College students' versus parents' perspectives. Health Communication, 5, 59-74. Article

Rubin, D., & Greene, K. (1992). Gender-typical style in written language. Research in the Teaching of English, 26, 7-40. Article

Serovich, J. M., Greene, K., & Parrott, R. (1992). Boundaries and AIDS testing: Privacy and the family system. Family Relations, 11, 35-45. Article

Parrott, R., Greene, K., & Parker, R. G. (1992). Negotiating child health care routines during pediatrician-parent conversations. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 11, 35-45. Article

Greene, K., & Rubin, D. (1991). Effects of gender inclusive/exclusive language in religious discourse. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 10, 1-18. Article

Rubin, D., & Greene, K. (1991). Effects of biological and psychological gender, age cohort, and interviewer gender on attitudes toward gender-inclusive/exclusive language. Sex Roles, 24, 391-412. Article