- Graduate School - Florida State University (2009-2012), Marriage and Family Therapy
- Graduate School - University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2005-2007), Marriage and Family Therapy
Sarah Woods, Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Research
- Stanley Gilbert, M.D., Professorship in Family Medicine
- Family Medicine
Education & Training
Honors & Awards
- Dissertation Award 2013, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Special Recognition Award 2017, Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Excellence in the Media 2017, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Books & Publications
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Books
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Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy: Through the Lens of Early Career Professionals
Connie Cornwell, Sarah Woods (2020), Routledge
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Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy: Through the Lens of Early Career Professionals
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Publications
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Family Support and Type 2 Diabetes Self-management Behaviors in Underserved Latino/a/x Patients.
Hiefner AR, Raman S, Woods SB, Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2024 May -
Longitudinal Associations of Family Relationship Quality with Chronic Pain Incidence and Persistence Among Aging African Americans.
Woods SB, Roberson PNE, Booker Q, Wood B, Booker S, The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2024 May -
Overcoming patient pain together: Breast cancer patients and caregivers' pre-treatment psychosocial distress linked to patients' pain interference during the first year of treatment.
Roberson PNE, Tasman JG, Woods SB, Cortez G, Somers TJ, Lloyd J, The journal of pain 2024 Feb -
"A cuff is not enough": A community-based participatory research approach to soliciting perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on self-management intervention features.
Woods SB, Udezi V, Roberson PNE, Arnold EM, Nesbitt S, Hiefner A, Family process 2023 Sep -
Family strain, but not family support, is linked to worse pain interference among midlife adults reporting new chronic pain.
Woods SB, Roberson PNE, Abdelkhaleq H, Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2023 Jul -
Validating the TeenHITSS to Assess Child Abuse in Adolescent Populations
Day P, Woods SB, Gonzalez L, Fernandez-Criado R, Shakil A Family Medicine 2023 Jan 1 55 12-19 -
Relationship Quality and Psychophysiological Distress for Underserved Breast Cancer Patients and Their Caregiver before Treatment.
Roberson PNE, Cortez G, Freeman T, Lloyd J, Tasman J, Woods SB, Psycho-oncology 2022 Sep -
Depressed mood and environmental mastery as potential pathways linking family relationship quality and disease self-management for African Americans with hypertension.
Woods SB, Hiefner A, Roberson PNE, Zahra N, Arnold EM, Udezi V, Family process 2022 May e12789 -
Relational and individual stress pathways linking discrimination and ageing cardiometabolic health.
Woods SB, Strenth C, Day P, Tsewang T, Aparicio K, Ross K, Ventimiglia J, Jetpuri Z, Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress 2022 May -
'They should walk with you': the perspectives of African Americans living with hypertension and their family members on disease self-management.
Woods SB, Hiefner AR, Udezi V, Slaughter G, Moore R, Arnold EM, Ethnicity & health 2022 Feb 1-26 -
Couple and family interventions for depressive and bipolar disorders: Evidence base update (2010-2019).
Wittenborn AK, Woods SB, Priest JB, Morgan PC, Tseng CF, Huerta P, Edwards C, Journal of marital and family therapy 2021 Nov -
The Biobehavioral Family Model: An Evidence-Based Approach to Biopsychosocial Research, Residency Training, and Patient Care.
Wood BL, Woods SB, Sengupta S, Nair T, Frontiers in psychiatry 2021 12 725045 -
Family emotional climate and health: Testing conveyance of effects via psychobiological mediators
Woods SB, Roberson PNE, Priest JB Personal Relationships 2020 -
Discrimination, family emotional climate, and African American health: An application of the BBFM.
Priest JB, McNeil Smith S, Woods SB, Roberson PNE, Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) 2020 Jan -
Linking family and intimate partner relationships to chronic pain: An application of the biobehavioral family model.
Signs TL, Woods SB, Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2020 Jan -
The development and validation of the FACES-IV-SF
Priest JB, Parker EO, Hiefner A, Woods SB, Roberson PNE Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2020 -
Family versus intimate partners: Estimating who matters more for health in a 20-year longitudinal study.
Woods SB, Priest JB, Roberson PNE, Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) 2019 Nov -
The Critical Need to Recognize That Families Matter for Adult Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Woods SB, Bridges K, Carpenter EN, Family process 2019 Nov -
Close relationships as a contributor to chronic pain pathogenesis: Predicting pain etiology and persistence.
Woods SB, Priest JB, Kuhn V, Signs T, Social science & medicine (1982) 2019 Sep 237 112452 -
Implementing integrated behavioral health: Testing associations between shared clinical time and space and provider referrals.
Hiefner AR, Woods SB, Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2019 Jun -
Biopsychosocial theories
Woods, SB APA handbooks in psychology series. APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Vol. 1. Foundations, methods, and contemporary issues across the lifespan 2019 75-92 -
In sickness and in health: the longitudinal associations between marital dissatisfaction, depression and spousal health
Woods SB, Priest JB, Signs TL, Maier CA Journal of Family Therapy 2019 1 41 -
Goal setting in couple and family therapy
Woods, S B Encyclopedia of couple and family therapy 2019 -
PedHITSS: A Screening Tool to Detect Childhood Abuse in Clinical Settings.
Shakil A, Day PG, Chu J, Woods SB, Bridges K Family medicine 2018 11 50 10 763-769 -
In Our Lives and Under Our Skin: An Investigation of Specific Psychobiological Mediators Linking Family Relationships and Health Using the Biobehavioral Family Model.
Priest JB, Roberson PNE, Woods SB Family process 2018 Mar -
How health behaviors link romantic relationship dysfunction and physical health across 20 years for middle-aged and older adults.
Roberson PNE, Shorter RL, Woods S, Priest J Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Feb 201 18-26 -
My family is making me sick - but, for both him and her?: examining the effect of gender on the association between close relationships and health
Roberson PNE, Woods SB, Priest JB, Miller M Journal of Family Studies 2018 -
Do the Constructs of the FACES IV Change Based on Definitions of "Family?" A Measurement Invariance Test.
Priest JB, Parker EO, Woods SB Journal of marital and family therapy 2017 Jul -
The Biobehavioral Family Model: Close relationships and allostatic load.
Priest JB, Woods SB, Maier CA, Parker EO, Benoit JA, Roush TR Social science & medicine (1982) 2015 Oct 142 232-40 -
Experiences of family therapists working with families in a transitional homeless community.
Harris-McKoy DE, Woods SB, Brantley CW, Farineau HM Journal of marital and family therapy 2015 Apr 41 2 192-204 -
"I'm so excited for you!": How an enthusiastic responding intervention enhances close relationships
Woods SB, Lambert NM, Brown P, Fincham F, May R Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2015 32 1 24-40 -
Intimacy in the midst of caregiving: Examining relationship and sexual satisfaction of parents raising children with special needs
Negash S, Nalbone D, Wetchler J, Woods SB, Fontaine K Journal of Family Psychotherapy 2015 26 3 190-209 -
Predicting Improvement in Depression Across Therapies Using Indicators of Romantic Relationship Functioning: A Preliminary Investigation.
Woods SB, Priest JB, Denton WH The American journal of family therapy 2015 Jan 43 1 44-56 -
The role of close relationships in the mental and physical health of Latino Americans
Priest JB, Woods SB Family Relations 2015 64 2 319-331 -
Tell me where it hurts: A pilot study assessing mental and relational health in primary care using a biopsychosocial assessment intervention
Woods SB, Priest JB, Denton WH The Family Journal 2015 23 2 109-119 -
The biobehavioral family model: testing social support as an additional exogenous variable.
Woods SB, Priest JB, Roush T Family process 2014 Dec 53 4 672-85 -
The biobehavioral family model as a framework for examining the connections between family relationships, mental, and physical health for adult primary care patients.
Woods SB, Denton WH Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2014 Jun 32 2 235-40 -
Relational discord in urban primary care: prevalence rates and psychiatric comorbidities.
Woods SB, Priest JB, Fish JN, Rodriguez JE, Denton WH Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2014 May 25 2 913-29 -
Physical health, mental health, and behaviour problems among early adolescents in foster care.
Woods SB, Farineau HM, McWey LM Child: care, health and development 2013 Mar 39 2 220-7 -
A preliminary investigation of a telephone administration of the Quality of Marriage Index
Woods SB, Priest JB, Denton WH Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2013 39 2 261-267 -
A biopsychosocial approach to asthma in adolescents encountering child protective services.
Woods SB, McWey LM Journal of pediatric psychology 2012 May 37 4 404-13
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Family Support and Type 2 Diabetes Self-management Behaviors in Underserved Latino/a/x Patients.