Faculty
Diane LaChapelle
Title: Associate Professor
Previous Degrees/Licensing/Training Obtained:
BSc (Hons) McMaster University, MA & PhD (Clinical Psychology) University of Regina, L.Psyc (Province of NB)
My research interests fall in the area of health and rehabilitation psychology focusing on adjustment to chronic illness and disability. I am particularly interested in factors that impact adjustment to chronic pain from the perspectives of both the person with pain and the professionals/community members who try to help them. My research is founded in social psychological, health/rehabilitation, cognitive-behavioural, and acceptance and commitment based theories. Recent projects have focused on the process of acceptance of chronic pain, identifying stereotypes about patients with pain that are held by patients themselves, health care providers and the general community, the sociocommunications model of pain, and the value/effectiveness of self-management programs from the perspectives of both patients and health professionals.
Personal website:
http://www2.unb.ca/~dlachape
Recent or Selected Publications:
LaChapelle, D. L., Lavoie, S., & Dick, B. (2010). The Impact of Stereotypes and Stigma on the Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Pain. Symposium Chair. Pain Research and Management, 15(2), 83.
LaChapelle, D. L. (2009). Health Professionals’ Views Of Patient Self-Management. Pain Research & Management, 14(2), 153.
LaChapelle, D. L., Lavoie, S., & Boudreau, A. (2008). The Meaning and Process of Pain Acceptance. Perceptions of Women Living with Arthritis/Fibromyalgia. Pain Research & Management, 13(3), 201-210.
LaChapelle, D. L., Higgins, N. C., Harman, K., & Hadjistavropoulos, T. (2008). The Relationship between Beliefs and Adjustment to Pain is Mediated by Anxiety. Presented at the World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain, Glasgow, Scotland.
LaChapelle, D. L., & Hadjistavropoulos, T. (2005). Age-Related Differences in Coping with Pain: Evaluation of a Developmental Life-Context Model. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 37, 123-137.
MacLeod, F. K., LaChapelle, D. L., Hadjistavropoulos, T., & Pfeifer, J. E. (2001). The effect of disability claimants’ coping styles on judgments of pain, disability, and compensation: A vignette study. Rehabilitation Psychology, 46(4), 417-435.
Teaching:
Undergraduate courses: Foundations of Clinical Psychology (Pscy 2313), Foundations of Social Psychology (Psyc 2403), Health Psychology (Psyc 3033).
Graduate courses: Foundations of Clinical Psychology (Psyc 6205), Assessment Skills with Adults
Any Professional Awards/Honours:
2005 Canadian Psychological Association, President’s New Researcher Award
2003 Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Achievement (Ph.D. Category)
2003 Psychological Society of Saskatchewan Student Research Award (Ph.D. Category)
2002 Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada: Graduate Student Award of Merit
1999-2002 Doctoral Fellowship: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($49,860)
1997 Jillings’ Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychology
Contact Information:
Department of Psychology
University of New Brunswick
38 Dineen Drive, Room 115
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada E3B 5A3
Tel. (506) 458-7744
Fax (506) 447-3063
