Publications

Springer, K., Graff, T.C., Birmingham, W.C. (2023). Living with Strain: Tension from Balancing Multiple roles Negatively Influences Mothers’ Marital Relationships. Poster submitted to the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Church, L., Holland, C., Springer, K., Graff, T.C., Birmingham, W.C., (May 2022). When it Rains it Pours: Predicting Poor Marital Relationship Quality in Mothers. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL

Graff, T.C., *Lee, E., *Kaseda, E., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. The Relationship between Work Social Support and Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

Birmingham, W.C. (March 2025). “While You Were Sleeping: Blunted Nocturnal Blood Pressure across Social Relationships” Invited talk given at BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID.

*Cressman, M., *Call, N., Siepert, S., **Graff, T., **Berrey, J., Birmingham, W.C. Comparing Two Measures of Relationship Quality on Systolic Blood Pressure. National Council on Undergraduate Research (2020 April). Digital Meeting.
 
Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., Hung, M., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T. Stress and marriage: Ambivalent relationships, stress and blood pressure. Poster presented at the annual mid-year conference for the American Psychosomatic Society. Oct 2017. Berkeley, CA

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., *Kaseda, E., *Wade, T.,* Eversole, K. (2017). Marital Relationship Quality Begins with Me: The Impact of One’s Own Behavior Toward Spouse on Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Poster presented at the annual conference for the American Psychological Society. March 2017. Seville, Spain.

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.M., Herr, R. M., Hung, M. Workplace support and nocturnal blood pressure dipping. Oral presentation at the International Association for Relationship Research, July, 2020. London, UK. Conference postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L M., Hung, M. What’s Happening While You Sleep? Relationship Quality and Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping. Oral presentation presented at the International Association for Relationship Research, July, 2019. Brighton, UK

Wadsworth, L., Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., *Wade, T. (2017). The Relationship Between Work Social Support and Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Oral presentation at the annual conference for the American Psychosomatic Society. March 2017. Seville, Spain

Birmingham, W.C. (April 2020) “Religious commitment, knowledge, and HPV vaccination adherence.” Invited talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Intermountain West HPV Coalition, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C. (Feb 2015). “HPV Vaccination: Understanding the LDS Perspective”. Invited talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Intermountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition. Boise, Idaho.

Brown, S.M., *Cressman, M.P., *Jenkins, L.C., Birmingham, W.C. Are Women Really Always Right? Comparing HPV Knowledge between Women and Men. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT

Deichman, C., *Kreutz, C., *Jenkins, L., **Graff, T., *Berrey, J., *Seipert, S., Birmingham, W.C. Religiosity and Perceptions of HPV Vaccine Safety. National Council on Undergraduate Research (2020 April). Digital Meeting.

Kemp, C., *Felin, M., * Kindt, C., * Fitzgerald, J., **Graff, T., Macintosh, J., Vaughn, A., Birmingham, W.C. Religiosity and HPV knowledge and adherence to vaccination. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research. (Jul 2018). Fort Collins, CO.

Kemp, C., *Felin, M., *Kindt, C.,* Fitzgerald, J., **Graff, T., Macintosh, J., Vaughn, A., Birmingham, W.C. Impact of religiosity on HPV knowledge and adherence to vaccination. Poster presented at the annual Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (Mar 2018). Cedar City, UT.

Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Sgro, J., *Hartung, E. (Oct 2015). Communication strategies associated with greater spousal influence in colorectal cancer risk prevention discussions. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. New Orleans, LA.

Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, A., Reblin, M. (June 2015). Spousal Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors and Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Perceptions of Both At-Risk Spouses and Their Partners.  Paper presented to the 2015 Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, New Brunswick, NJ.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., *Voss, M. W., *Bounsanga, J., Hung, M. Effects of frequent marital communication and decision-making on psychological outcomes: A study of older adults. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

Carlise, M., *Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C.  I know what I think about exercise, but does my spouse’s attitude matter? Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

*Eversole, K., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., *Kaseda, E., *Nielson, S.J., Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C., Spousal influence on health behavioral practices in young couples. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Sgro, J., *Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C., Carlisle, M. Effects of spousal attitudes on own exercise behavior. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Nielson, S., *Sgro, J., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C. Improving cancer screening behavior: How does spousal influence and communication effect behavior? Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., Birmingham, W.C., *Hartung, E., *Sgro, J. (July-August 2015). Spousal support can be  positive or negative: Qualitative analysis of colorectal cancer risk prevention discussions. Poster presented at the 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, American Psychosocial Oncology Society meeting. Washington, D.C.

Birmingham. W.C., Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., *Higbee, S., *Hartung, E., *Sgro. J., *Willoughby, A., *Romney, C. (July-August 2015). Improving cancer screening behavior: how does spousal Influence and communication effect behavior? Poster presented to the 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, American Psychosocial Oncology Society meeting. Washington, D.C.

*Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, K., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M. (April 2015). Spousal influence on colorectal cancer screening behaviors: a feasibility study.  Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah

*Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, A., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M. (Feb 2015). Spousal influence on colorectal cancer screening behavior and lifestyle choices. Poster presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research. St. George, Utah.

Birmingham, W.C. (January 2018) “Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice? “I do” and Body Image” Invited talk given at the Global Women’s Studies Capstone Seminar. Provo, UT

*Call, N.,  *Cole, J., *Jorgensen, A., *Hoskin, J., *Kreutz, C., *Seipert, S., Birmingham, W.C. Comparing religiosity and disordered eating behaviors among female university students. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT

*Lee, E.,* Lee, C., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L. He Thinks, She Thinks: Differences Between Self and Spousal Perceptions of Positivity and Negativity. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Nielson, A., *Wright, K., *Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C. (2016). I Feel Fat: Spousal Support and Body Image. Poster presentation at the annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentoring Undergraduate Research Conference; Provo, UT. (Undergraduate student presented). Award winner. April, 2016. Provo, Utah.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., Cavallini, A., *Ballew, K., *Nielson, S.J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., *Eversole, K., *Hyatt, K. Relationship quality and body image: Can supportive spouses make a difference? Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

*Ballew, K., *Sgro, J., *Kesada, E., Cavallini, A., *Nielsen, S.J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., Eversole, K., Hyatt, K., Birmingham, W.C.  Religiosity may not predict better body image: a study in sub-clinical women. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Kaseda, E., Sgro, J., Cavallini, A., Ballew, K., Nielson, S.J., Ray, K., Herron, C., Eversole, K., Hyatt, K., Birmingham, W.C. Personal susceptibility to media influence: Body satisfaction in sub-clinical women. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T., Wadsworth, L. Exercise and resilience after retirement. Poster presented at the 75^th annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. (Mar 2018). Louisville, KY.

*Kaseda, E., **Graff, T.C., Voss, M., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. (Apr 2017). Retirement and Family Support: Effects on Physiological and Psychological Health. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Subiantoro, T., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T.C., *Hall, K., Voss, M., Bounsanga, J., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M., Birmingham, W.C. Exercise After Retirement: The Secret to Productive Aging. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., *Kaseda, E., ** Voss, M.M., Bounsanga, J., Hung, M. Spousal Retirement Communication and Decision-Making on Relationship Quality and Self-Reported Health in Older Adults. Poster presentation at the annual conference for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. March 2017. San Diego, CA.

Birmingham, W.C. (September 2025). "How’s your heart? Students of Color on a predominately white campus.” Invited talk to be presented at BYU Idaho, Rexburg, ID.

Birmingham, W.C., *Jorgensen, A., *Rolfson-Taylor, M., *Kreutz, C., *Thomsen, M., *Williams, A., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. (June 2023). Differences matter: blood pressure in students of color on a predominately white campus. International Organization of Psychophysiology, Geneva, Switzerland.

Rolfson, M., *Kreutz, C., *Amdal, M., Baker, A., *Jamison, S., Birmingham, W.C. Stressed Out: Students of Color and Race-Related Stress. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT