Dr. Debra Murphy

ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Debra A. Murphy, Ph.D.

Debra A. Murphy (Ph.D. in Psychology, Florida State University, 1987) is a Research Psychologist and Director of the Health Risk Reduction Projects within UCLA ISAP.  She has conducted HIV/AIDS behavioral research on children, adolescents, adults, and families over the past 19 years.  Dr. Murphy is currently Principal Investigator on two NIMH-funded R01s.  The first is to assess the impact of maternal HIV/AIDS on late adolescent/early adult children in what will be a 15-year longitudinal study, as she has followed these families since the children were 6 to 11 years of age.  The second is to test the preliminary efficacy of a parenting intervention for HIV-infected mothers with well children age 6 to 14 years old.  Overall, she has been the P.I. on nine federally funded grants and three state funded grants, as well as a Co-investigator on eighteen federally funded projects.  Prior to coming to UCLA, she was the Associate Director for the Center for AIDS Intervention in Wisconsin, and Co-Investigator on a series of federal grants focused on outcome evaluations of HIV behavioral risk-reduction interventions.

Education and Training

  • San Diego State University, B.A., Psychology, 1979
  • San Diego State University, M.S., Clinical Psychology, 1982
  • Florida State University, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1987

Specialties

  • HIV/AIDS behavioral research on children, adolescents, adults, and families.
  • Impact of maternal HIV/AIDS on early and middle adolescents.
  • Behavioral strategies for HIV-infected and at-risk adolescents Outcome evaluations of HIV behavioral risk-reduction interventions.

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
dmurphy@mednet.ucla.edu

Selected Publications

  1. Murphy, D. A., & Kelly, J. A.  (1993).  Women's health:  Impact of the expanding AIDS Epidemic.  In V. Adesso, D. Ready, & R. Fleming (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on women's health (pp. 285-312).  Taylor & Francis.
  2. Murphy, D. A., Mann, T., O’Keefe, Z., & Rotheram-Borus, M. J.  (1998).  Number of pregnancies, outcome expectancies, and social norms among HIV-infected young women.  Health Psychology, 17, 470-475.
  3. Murphy, D. A., O’Keefe, Z. H., & Kaufman, A. H.  (1999).  Improving comprehension and recall of information for an HIV vaccine trial among women at risk for HIV:  Reading level simplification and inclusion of pictures to illustrate key concepts.  AIDS Education and Prevention, 11, 389-399.
  4. Murphy, D. A., Moscicki, A. B., Vermund, S. H., & Muenz, L. R.  (2000).  Psychological distress among HIV-positive adolescents in the REACH study:  Effects of life stress, social support, and coping.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 391-398.
  5. Murphy, D. A., Durako, S., Muenz, L, & Wilson, C.  (2000).  Marijuana use among HIV+ and high-risk adolescents:  A comparison of self-report through audio computer-assisted self-administered interviewing and urinalysis.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 152, 805-813.
  6. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W., & Hoffman, D.  (2000).  Assessment of anxiety and depression in young children:  Support for two separate constructs.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 383-391.
  7. Murphy, D. A., Wilson, C., Durako, S., Muenz, L., & Belzer, M.  (2001).  Antiretroviral medication adherence among the REACH HIV-infected adolescent cohort.  AIDS Care, 13, 27-40.
  8. Murphy, D. A., Steers, W. N., & Dello Stritto, M. E.  (2001).  Maternal disclosure of HIV serostatus to their young children.  Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 441-450.
  9. Murphy, D. A., Durako, S. J., Moscicki, A. B., Vermund, S. H., Ma, Y., Schwarz, D. F., & Muenz, L.  (2001).  No change in high-risk behavior over time among HIV-infected adolescent in care:  Role of psychological distress.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 29S, 57-63.
  10. Murphy, D. A., Stein, J. A., Schlenger, W., & Maibach. E.  (2001).  Conceptualizing the multidimensional nature of self-efficacy:  Assessment of situational context and level of behavioral challenge to maintain safer sex.  Health Psychology, 20, 281-290.
  11. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., & Hoffman, D.  (2002).  A longitudinal study of the impact on young children of maternal HIV serostatus disclosure.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 7, 55-70.
  12. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., Dello Stritto, M. E., Swendeman,  D., & Witkin, A.  (2002).  Mothers living with HIV/AIDS:  Mental, physical, and family functioning.  AIDS Care, 14, 633-644.
  13. Murphy, D. A., Vermund, S. H., Mitchell, R., & Futterman, D.  (2002).  Factors associated with HIV testing among HIV-positive and HIV-negative high-risk adolescents:  The REACH study.  Pediatrics, 110;e36.
  14. Murphy, D. A., Greenwell, L., & Hoffman, D.  (2002).  Factors associated with antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected women with children.  Women & Health, 36, 97-111.
  15. Murphy, D. A., Roberts, K. J., & Hoffman, D.  (2002).  Stigma and ostracism associated with HIV/AIDS:  Children carrying the secret of their mothers’ HIV+ serostatus.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11, 191-202.
  16. Murphy, D. A., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., & Marelich, W. D.  (2003).  Factor structure of a coping scale across two samples.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1-23.
  17. Murphy, D. A., Sarr, M., Durako, S. J., Moscicki, A.-B., Wilson, C. M., & Muenz, L. R.  (2003).  Barriers to HAART adherence among HIV-infected adolescents.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157, 249-255.
  18. Murphy, D. A., Roberts, K. J., & Hoffman, D.  (2003).  Regrets and advice from mothers who have disclosed their HIV+ serostatus to their young children.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 307-318.
  19. Murphy, D. A., Belzer, M., Durako, S. J., Sarr, M. Wilson, C. M., & Muenz, L. R.  (2005).  Longitudinal antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adolescents.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 159, 764-770.
  20. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., Hoffman, D. A., & Schuster, M. A.  (2005).  Parental HIV/AIDS:  An empirical model of the impact on children in the United States.  In D. R. Crane & E. S. Marshall (Eds.), Handbook of families and health: Interdisciplinary perspectives.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
  21. Murphy, D. A., Roberts, K. J., & Hoffman, D.  (2006).  Young children’s reactions to mothers’ disclosure of maternal HIV+ sersostatus.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 39-56.
  22. Murphy, D. A., Greenwell, L., Mouttapa, M., Brecht, M. L., & Schuster, M. A.  (2006).   Physical health of mothers with HIV/AIDS and the mental health of their children.   Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27, 386-395.
  23. Murphy, D. A., Austin, E. L., & Greenwell, L.  (2006).  Correlates of HIV-related stigma among HIV-positive mothers and their uninfected adolescent children.  Women & Health, 44. 19-42.
  24. Murphy, D. A., Hoffman, D., Seage, G. R., Belzer, M., Xu, J., Durako, S. J., Geiger, M., and the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions.  (2007).  Improving comprehension for HIV vaccine trial information among adolescents at risk for HIV.  AIDS Care, 19, 42-51.
  25. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., Rappaport, N. B., Hoffman, D., & Farthing, C.  (2007).  Results of a behavioral medication adherence intervention for HIV-infected adults:  The STAR Project (Staying Healthy:  Taking Antiretrovirals Regularly).  Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 6, 113 – 124.
  26. Murphy, D. A., Greenwell, L., Resell, J., Brecht, M., & Schuster, M. A.  (2008).  Early and middle adolescents’ autonomy development:  Impact of maternal HIV/AIDS.  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 13, 253 – 277.
  27. Murphy, D. A. & Marelich, W. D.  (2008).  Resiliency in young children whose mothers are living with HIV/AIDS.  AIDS Care, 20, 284-291.
  28. Murphy, D. A. (2008).  HIV-positive mothers’ disclosure of their serostatus to their young children:  A review.  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 13, 105 – 122.
  29. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., & Herbeck, D.  (in press).  Family routines and parental monitoring as protective factors among early/middle adolescents affected by maternal HIV/AIDS.  Child Development
  30. Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D.,  & Amaro, H.  (in press).  Maternal HIV/AIDS and adolescent depression:  A covariance structure analysis of the “Parents and Adolescents Coping Together” (PACT) model.  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies.

Last updated - 11/04/2011

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