Deborah Wiebe, PhD

Professor
Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences
Graduate Program: Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-5299
Office Fax: 214-648-5297

deborah.wiebe@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

EDUCATION

1981 Bethel College, BA, Psychology

1985 University of Alabama at Birmingham, MA, Medical Psychology

1987 University of Alabama at Birmingham, MPH, Epidemiology

1988 University of Alabama at Birmingham, PhD, Medical Psychology (APA-approved Clin Psych)

INTERNSHIP

 1987-88 West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (1988)

Research Interests

Coping with Chronic Illness
Diabetes Self-Management
Health Psychology
Pediatric Psychology
Self-Regulation

Publications

Featured
Defensive denial, affect, and the self-regulation of health threats

Wiebe, D.J., & Korbel, C. , The Self-Regulation of Health and Illness , 2003; :184-203

Featured
Neuroticism, symptom presentation, and medical decision-making

Ellington, L., & Wiebe, D.J. , Health Psychology , 1999; (18):1-10

Featured
Behavioral self-regulation in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Negative affectivity and blood glucose symptom perception.

Wiebe, D.J., Alderfer, M.A., Palmer, S.C., Lindsay, R., & Jarrett, L. , Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 1994; (62):1204-1212

Mother and adolescent representations of illness ownership and stressful events surrounding diabetes

Beveridge, R., Berg, C.A., & Wiebe, D.J. , Journal of Pediatric Psychology , 2006; (31):818-827

Children’s appraisals of maternal involvement in coping with diabetes: Enhancing our understanding of adherence, metabolic control, and quality of life across adolescence

Wiebe, D.J., Berg, C.A., Korbel, C., Palmer, D.L., Beveridge, R.M., Upchurch, R., Lindsay, R., Swinyard, M.T., & Donaldson, D. , Journal of Pediatric Psychology , 2005; (30):167-178

The role of autonomy and pubertal status in understanding age differences in maternal involvement in diabetes responsibility across adolescence.

Palmer, D.L., Berg, C.A., Wiebe, D.J., et al. , Journal of Pediatric Psychology , 2004; (29):35-46