06/1996 University of California, Riverside Ph.D.: Social/Personality Psychology
Advisor: Professor M. Robin DiMatteo

06/1994 University of California, Riverside M.A.: Social/Personality Psychology

06/1992 University of California, Riverside B.A.: Psychology - Summa Cum Laude

0:7/1997 - 6/98 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Iowa State University,
Supported through National Institutes of Mental Health.

08/1996 - 6/97 Research Associate, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Nursing, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

01/2000 - present Part-time Faculty: Drake University

01/1998 - 12/03 Adjunct Professor: Upper Iowa University.

01/1993 - 6/94 Teaching Assistant: University of California, Riverside.

05/1998 - 10/1998 Contract with Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN, meta-analysis of the patient
compliance/adherence literature.

04/1995 - 06/1997 Consultant to the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, Project "Communication in Medical Care" (S. Fox, Principal Investigator).

08/1996 - 06/1997 Project Director, Research Development and Dissemination Core, Gerontological
Nursing Interventions Research Center, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and
The University of Iowa College of Nursing.

09/1992 Graduate Dean's Fellowship: University of California, Riverside

06/1992 Young Researcher Award: University of California, Riverside

06/1992 Summa Cum Laude: University of California, Riverside

In Pursuit of Happiness and Satisfaction. Received from Graduate Dean's Dissertation Research Grant in the amount of $989.00, October, 1995.

Geriatric Oral Health, Functioning and Quality of Life. Received from National Institutes of Dental Research in the amount of $50,000, October 1994 - September 1996 (M. Robin DiMatteo, Principal Investigator).

Relationship of Personality as Measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Physical and Psychological Functioning in Elderly Persons. Received from Consulting Psychologists Press in the amount of $3,000, August, 1993.

Longitudinal Study of Subjective Well-Being: An Examination of Retired Adults. Dissertation project support. Received from Southern California Edison, 1995-1996, $15,000.

1. Lepper, H.S., DiMatteo, M.R., & Tinsley, B.J. (1994). Postpartum depression: How much do obstetric nurses and obstetricians know? Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 21(3), 149-154.

2. McBride, C.A., Shugars, D.A., DiMatteo, M.R., Lepper, H.S., O'Neil, E.H., & Damush, T.M. (1994). The physician's role: Views of the public and the profession on seven aspects of patient care. Archives of Family Medicine, 3, 948-953.

3. Lepper, H.S., Martin, L.R., & DiMatteo, M.R. (1995). A model of nonverbal exchange in physician-patient expectations for patient involvement. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 19(4), 207-222.

4. Kwasman, A., Tinsley, B.J., & Lepper, H.S. (1995). Pediatricians' knowledge and attitudes concerning diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders: A national survey approach. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 149, 1211-1216.

5. DiMatteo, M.R., Morton, S.C., Lepper, H.S., Damush, T.M., Carney, M.F., Pearson, M.L., & Kahn, K.L. (1996). Cesarean childbirth and psychosocial outcomes: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 15(4), 303-314.

6. Lepper, H.S. (1998). Use of other-reports to validate subjective well-being measures. Social Indicators Research, 44, 367-379.

7. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Shin, C., Lepper, H.S., Haggerty, K., & Wall, M. (1998). Risk moderation of proximal parent and child outcomes of a universal family-focused preventive intervention: A test and replication.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68, 565-579.

8. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., & Lepper, H.S. (1999). Alcohol initiation outcomes of universal family-focused preventive interventions: One- and two-year follow-ups of a controlled study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 13S, 103-111.

9. Lyubomirsky, S. & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46(2), 137-155

10. Redmond, C., Spoth, R., Shin, C., Lepper, H.S. (1999). Modeling long-term parent outcomes of two universal family-focused preventive interventions: One-year follow-up results. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67(6), 975-984.

11. DiMatteo, M.R., Lepper, H.S., & Croghan, T. W. (2000). Depression is a risk factor for noncompliance with medical treatment: Meta-analysis of the effects of anxiety and depression on patient adherence. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160(14), 2101-2107.

12. Martin, L.R., DiMatteo, M.R., & Lepper, H.S. (2001). Facilitation of patient involvement in care: Development and validation of a scale. Behavioral Medicine, 27(3), 111-120.

1. DiMatteo, M.R. & Lepper, H.S. (1998). Promoting adherence to courses of treatment: Mutual collaboration in the physician-patient relationship. In L. Jackson & B.K. Duffy (Eds.), Health Communication Research: A Guide to Developments and Directions, pp. 75-86. Greenwood Press.

2. Lepper, H.S. & Titler, M.G. (1997). Program evaluation. In M.A. Mateo & K.T. Kirchhoff (Eds.), Using and Conducting Research in the Clinical Setting. W.B. Saunders Company.

1. Lepper, H.S., DiMatteo, M.R., & Tinsley, B.J. Gender differences on obstetricians' sensitivity to postpartum depression. Poster session at the Convention of the American Psychological Society, June 22, 1992, San Diego, CA.

2. Lepper, H.S., DiMatteo, M.R., & Tinsley, B.J. Sensitivity to postpartum depression among obstetrician-gynecologists and obstetric nurses. Poster session at the 73rd annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, April 23, 1993, Phoenix, AZ.

3. Damush, T.M., Lepper, H.S., Martin, L.R., Niemeyer, L.O., & DiMatteo, M.R. Exercise, leisure activities, and quality of life in older adults. Poster session at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 12, 1994, Los Angeles, CA.

4. Martin, L.R. & Lepper, H.S. Facilitation of patient involvement scale: An early exploration. Poster session at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 14, 1994, Los Angeles, CA.