Calissa Leslie-Miller


Calissa Leslie-Miller
  • BA (2020) Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
  • MS (2022) William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Contact Info

Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography

My research interests focus on improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents, especially those diagnosed with chronic medical conditions.

Selected Publications

Leslie-Miller, C.J. & Cushing, C.C. (2024). The Moderating Influence of Social Cognition in the Relationship Between Affect and Physical Activity in Adolescents: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Mental Health and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100642 

Leslie-Miller, C.J., Joormann, J., & Quinn, M.E. (2024). Coping Flexibility: Match between coping strategy and stressor controllability predicts depressed mood. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-024-00275-9 

Leslie-Miller, C.J., Simon, S.L., Dean, K., Mokhallati, N., & Cushing, C.C. (2024). The Critical Need for Expert Oversight of ChatGPT: Prompt engineering for Safeguarding Child Healthcare Information. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, jsae075, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsae075

Waugh, C.E., Leslie-Miller, C.J., & Cole, V.T. (2022). Coping with COVID-19: The efficacy of disengagement for coping with the chronic stress of a pandemic. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2022.208184.

Leslie-Miller, C.J., Waugh, C.E., & Cole, V.T. (2021). Coping with COVID-19: The benefits of anticipating future positive events and maintaining optimism. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.64604.

Waugh, C.E., Leslie-Miller, C.J., Shing, E.Z., Furr, R.M., Nightingale, C., & McLean, T.W. (2020). Adaptive and maladaptive forms of disengagement coping in caregivers of children with chronic illnesses. Stress and Health, 37(2), 213–222. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.298.