Cheryl A. Armstead, PhD
Associate Professor; Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

USC Cancer Prevention & Control Program
2221 Devine St, Room 237
Columbia, SC 29208 (29205 for express delivery)
Tel:  803.734.4456
Fax:  803.734.5505
E-mail:  armstead@gwm.sc.edu

Bibliographic Profile

Research Interests

• Relationships between racism and cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stress
• Hostility and stress reactivity
• Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease
• Health promotion

Research

• Centers for Disease Control. Syphilis Community Outreach, Prevention and Education (SCOPE) PH-7-514
• Society of the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grants-in-aid. Examining the Effects of Racial Stress: The Midlands Minority Health Study
• Centers for Disease Control. Cross-Cultural Activity Participation Study

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

1. Macera, C., Armstead, C., & Anderson, N. (2000). Sociocultural influences on minority health. In T. Revenson (Ed.). Handbook of Health Psychology. Chapter 6. CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
2. McNeilly, M., Anderson, N.B., Robinson, E.F., McManus, C.F., Armstead, C.A., Clark, R., Peiper, C.F., Simons, C., & Saulter, T.D. (1996). The convergent, discriminant, and concurrent criterion validity of the perecived racism scale: A multidimensional assessment of White racism among African Americans. In R. L. Jones (Ed.), Handbook Tests and Measurements for Black Populations (Vol., 2, pp. 359-374). Hampton, VA: Cobb and Henry Publishers.
3. Lawler, K.A., Schmied, L.A., Armstead, C.A., & Lacy, N.E. (1991). Type A Behavior, Desire of Control, and Cariovascular Reactivity in Young Adult Women. In M.J. Strube (Ed.), Type A Behavior, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Journal Articles

1. Armstead, C., & Clark, R. (Manuscript accepted with revisions, 2001). Assessment of anger expression in pre- and early-adolescent African Americans: Psychometric considerations. Journal of Adolescence.
2. Clark, R., & Armstead, C. (2000). Family conflict predicts blood pressure changes in African-American adolescents: A preliminary examination. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 355-358.
3. Clark, R., & Armstead, C. (2000). A preliminary study examining relationship between family environment and resting mean arterial pressure in African-American youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 3-5.
4. Good, B.J., Kunitz, S., Armstead, C.A., Bastida, E., Haan, M., Johnson, K., Kramer, B.J., Moss, N., & Wong, M. (1996). Behavioral and sociocultural perspectives on ethnicity and health. Health Psychology, 18, 1502-1601.
5. McNeilly, M.D., Anderson, N.B., Armstead, C.A., Clark, R.A., Corbett, M., Robinson, E.L., Pieper, C.F., & Lepisto, E.M. (1995). The perceived racism scale: A multidimensional assessment of the experience of white racism among African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 5(2).
6. Anderson, N.B., & Armstead, C.A. (1995). Toward understanding the association of socioeconomic status and health: A new challenge for the biopsychosocial approach. Psychosomatic Medicine, 23, 3726-3751.
7. Anderson, N.B., McNeilly, M.D., Armstead, C.A., Clark, R.A., & Pieper, C. (1994). Assessment of Cardiovascular Reactivity: A methodological overview. Ethnicity and Disease, 3(4).
8. Lawler, K., Harralson, T., Armstead, C., Schmied, L., & Patton, E. (1993). Gender, and cardiovascular responses: What is the role of hostility. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 37(6), 603-613.
9. Lawler, K.A., Armstead, C.A., & Patton, E.K. (1991).Type A behavior and intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivational orientation in male college students. Psychological Record. 41(3): 335- 342.
10. Lawler, K.A., Lacy, J., Armstead, C.A., & Lawler, J.E. (1991). Family history of hypertension, gender, and cardiovascular responsivity during stress. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 14(2): 169-186.
11. Lawler, K.A., Schmied, L.A., Armstead, C.A., & Lacy, J.E. (1990). Type A behavior, desire for control, and cardiovascular reactivity in young adult women. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality. 5(1): 135-158.
12. Armstead, C., Lawler, K., Gordon, G., Cross, J., & Gibbons, J. (1989). The relationship of racial stressors to blood pressure responses and anger expressions in ebon college students. Health Psychology, 8, 542-556.

Manuscripts Submitted & In Preparation

1. Armstead, C.A., Lawler, K.A., Lawler, J.E., & Anderson, N.B. (Revisions under review, 2001. Accepted with revisions previously). Exposure to racial stimuli: Effects on cardiovascular and anger responses among black women. Ethnicity and Disease.
2. Armstead, C., Clark, R., & Anderson, N. (Manuscript Under Review, 2001). A question of color: Relationships between skin tone, perceived stress, racism and resting blood pressure among African American women. Journal of Black Psychology.
3. Armstead, C.A., Anderson, N.B., & Lawler, K.A. (Manuscript Under Review). The interactive effects of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and cardiovascular reactivity to a speech stressor in Black and White women. Ethnicity and Disease.
4. Armstead, C.A., Anderson, N.B., Muna, W.F.T., Nouedoui, K., Campbell-Adams, L. (Manuscript in preparation). The interactive effects of urbanicity and central adiposity on cardiovascular reactivity in Cameroonians. Ethnicity and Disease.