Jean-Philippe Laurenceau

Biography

Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Ph.D., is the Unidel A. Gilchrist Sparks III Chair in the Social Sciences and professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. He also is a senior research scientist at Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute. He completed his B.A. cum laude at Cornell University and received his master's and doctorate degrees from The Pennsylvania State University.

Prof. Laurenceau's interests focus on understanding the processes by which partners in marital and romantic relationships develop and maintain intimacy within the context of everyday life. His methodological interests include intensive longitudinal methods and applications of modern methods for the analysis of change in individuals and dyads. More recently, Prof. Laurenceau has been studying how couples cope with and maintain connection amidst health-related adversity, including breast cancer and diabetes.

Prof. Laurenceau has been an appointed member of the Social, Personality, and Interpersonal Processes grant review panel of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In addition to having been the recipient of an NIH K01 Research Scientist Development Award, Prof. Laurenceau has been principal investigator or co-investigator on NIH-funded research projects granted by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Cancer Institute.

Prof. Laurenceau regularly teaches methodological workshops at the University of Michigan's Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research and at Penn State's Summer Institute for Longitudinal Methods. He is the co-author of the Guilford Press 2013 book Intensive Longitudinal Methods: An Introduction to Diary and Experience Sampling Research.

Publications

Fenech, A. L., Soriano, E. C., Asok, A. Siegel, S. D., Morreale, M., Brownlee, H. A., Laurenceau, J.-P. (2024). Fear of cancer recurrence and change in cortisol levels in partners of breast cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-024-01631-1

Brownlee, H. A., Soriano, E. C., Lenhard, M. J., Fenech, A. L., Morreale, M., Siegel, S. D., Bolger, N., & Laurenceau, J.-P. (2024). Romantic relationships and type 2 diabetes: The role of invisible social control. Health Psychology, 43, 739–746. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001383

Fenech, A.L., Humphris, G.M., Laurenceau, J.-P., Siegel, S.D., Rogers. S.N., Ozakinci, G., Crawford, J., Pring, M. (2024). Anxiety, depression, and fear of cancer recurrence in head and neck cancer. Health Psychology, 43, 803–812. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0001397

Tsai, T. C., Mitchell, H. R., Zeitzer, J., Ting, A., Laurenceau, J.-P., Spiegel, D., & Kim, Y. (2024). Dyadic investigation of post-traumatic stress symptoms and daily sleep health in patients with cancer and their caregivers. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86, 234-243. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001283

Iida, M., Shrout, P. E., Laurenceau, J.-P., & Bolger, N. (2023). Using intensive longitudinal methods in psychological research. In H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher (Eds.), APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology (2nd Edition): Vol. 1. Foundations, Planning, Measures, and Psychometrics (pp. 327-360). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000318-016

Published Book

Bolger, N., & Laurenceau, J.-P. (2013). Intensive longitudinal methods: An introduction to diary and experience sampling research. New York: Guilford Press.

Federally-Funded Projects (selected)

Fenech, A. L. (2024-2026). Psychosocial Predictors of Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Patients with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Positive Head and Neck Cancer (F31DE034754). National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR/NIH). (Role: Mentor)

Lipton, R. (2022-2027). Glucose Regulation and Cognitive Function in Type 2 Diabetes (P01AG003949). National Institute of Aging (NIA/NIMH). (Role: Co-Investigator)

Laurenceau, J.-P. (2020-2025). Health Consequences of Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners (R01CA240727). National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)

Soriano, E. C. (2018-2020). Spouse Involvement in Everyday Type 2 Diabetes Care: Effects of Social Control on Continuously Measured Glucose (F31DK120201). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH). (Role: Mentor)

Laurenceau, J.-P. (2014-2017). Using Mobile Devices to Study Daily Diabetes Management in Marital Context (R21DK098679). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)

Laurenceau, J.-P. (2013-2017). Intensive Longitudinal Study of Fear of Recurrence in Cancer Patients and Spouses (R21CA171921). National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH). (Role: Principal Investigator)

Courses Regularly Taught

PSYC861: Psychological Statistics II (Regression Analysis)

PSYC878: Hierarchical Linear Modeling

PSYC867: Structural Equation Modeling

Research Projects

Areas: Clinical science, social psychology, health