Grant M. Harris
University of Alabama
14 Papers
134 Citations
Grant M. Harris is an academic researcher from University of Alabama. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Palliative care. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications.
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Papers
Resilience: Definitions, Ambiguities, and Applications
Rebecca S. Allen,Philip P. Haley,Grant M. Harris,Stevie N. Fowler,Roopwinder Pruthi +4 more
- 01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature on the construct of resilience within adult development and aging is presented, focusing on the definition, ambiguity, and application of resilience across the adult lifespan as it relates to successful aging.
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Can Senior Volunteers Deliver Reminiscence and Creative Activity Interventions? Results of the Legacy Intervention Family Enactment Randomized Controlled Trial
Rebecca S. Allen,Grant M. Harris,Louis D. Burgio,Casey B. Azuero,Leslie A. Miller,Hae Jung Shin,Morgan K. Eichorst,Ellen L. Csikai,Jamie DeCoster,Linda L. Dunn,Elizabeth Kvale,Patricia A. Parmelee +11 more
TL;DR: Delivery of the intervention by RSVs had a positive impact on palliative care patients' emotional symptoms and burden and caregivers' meaning in life.
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“Trouble Won’t Last Always”: Religious Coping and Meaning in the Stress Process
TL;DR: This work explored the experience of religious coping, organizational religious affiliation, and one’s relationship with God among older adults with advanced chronic illness and their caregivers and identified three themes: God is a provider, one‘s religion and relationship withGod when coping are essential, and the God–person relationship is intimate.
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Does religiousness and spirituality moderate the relations between physical and mental health among aging prisoners
Rebecca S. Allen,Grant M. Harris,Martha R. Crowther,JoAnn S. Oliver,Ronald Cavanaugh,Laura L. Phillips,Laura L. Phillips +6 more
TL;DR: Positive and negative religious coping as moderators of the relation between physical limitations, depression, and desire for hastened death among male inmates incarcerated primarily for murder are examined.
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Aging Prisoners’ Treatment Selection: Does Prospect Theory Enhance Understanding of End-of-Life Medical Decisions?
Laura L. Phillips,Rebecca S. Allen,Grant M. Harris,Andrew Presnell,Jamie DeCoster,Ronald Cavanaugh +5 more
TL;DR: Examination of end-of-life treatment preferences and days of desired life for several health scenarios among male inmates incarcerated primarily for murder found the effect of parole expectation on desire for life-sustaining treatment varied by race/ethnicity and treatment.