Selected research investigations (Updated 10/30/2020)
| 1. | Murrell, AR, Lester, EG, & Sandoz, EK. Grounding Turbulent Minds: The Challenges of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for College Students with ADHD and How to Overcome Them. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 2015; 29:314-328 |
| 2. | Lester, EG, & Murrell, AR. Mindfulness Interventions for College Students with ADHD: A Multiple Single Case Research Design. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 2018; 33(3):199-220 |
| 3. | Murrell AR, Jackson R, Lester EG, and Hulsey T. Psychological Flexibility and Resilience in Parentally Bereaved College Students. Omega (Westport). 2018 Feb;76(3):207-226. PMID: 28198653. |
| 4. | Murrell, AR., Lester, EG, Moyer, DN, & Lincoln, T. Three Tweets to the Wind: Providing context via simulated social media to decrease stigma toward problematic drinking. The Behavior Therapist. 2018; 4(41). |
| 5. | Moyer, DN., McMakin, DQ, Page, AR, Murrell, AR, Lester, EG, & Walker, H. The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Positive Parenting Strategies Among Parents who have Experienced Relationship Violence. Journal of Family Violence. 2018; 4(33):269-279 |
| 6. | Lester, EG, Murrell, A.R., & Dickson, D. A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Misconceptions of Mindfulness Meditation. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2018 |
| 7. | Murrell, A.R., Hulsey, T.C., Erguder, L., & Lester, EG. Making a Difference, Starting With Me: Mindfulness, Values Based Self-Care, and Self-Compassion for Psychologists Who Work With Children and Families. The Behavior Therapist. 2019; 42(5):163-169 |
| 8. | Al-Jabari, R., Murrell, A.R., Callahan, J.L., Cox, R.J., & Lester, EG. Do Distress Level and Waitlists Impact Termination in a Training Clinic?. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 2019; 13(2):127-137 |
| 9. | Lester, EG & Murrell, A.R. Becoming Mindful of Measurement: An experimental-experiential study of state mindfulness measures. Mindfulness. 2019; 10(10):2133-2142. |
| 10. | Greenberg, J., Carter, S., Lester, EG. et al. Cultivating resiliency in patients with neurofibromatosis 2 who are deafened or have severe hearing loss: a live‑video randomized control trial. J Neurooncol 145, 561–569 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03326-5 |
| 11. | Meyers E, Lin A, Lester EG, Shaffer K, Rosand J, Vranceanu AM. Baseline resilience and depression symptoms predict trajectory of depression in dyads of patients and their informal caregivers following discharge from the Neuro-ICU. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2020 Jan-Feb;62:87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.003. Epub 2019 Dec 20. PMID: 31887641; PMCID: PMC6948176. |
| 12. | Lester EG, DiStefano S, Mace R, Macklin E, Plotkin S, Vranceanu AM. Virtual mind-body treatment for geographically diverse youth with neurofibromatosis: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2020 Jan-Feb;62:72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.001. Epub 2019 Dec 6. PMID: 31841875. |
| 13. | Meyers EE, McCurley J, Lester EG, Jacobo M, Rosand J, Vranceanu AM. Building Resiliency in Dyads of Patients Admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and Their Family Caregivers: Lessons Learned From William and Laura. Cogn Behav Pract. 2020 Aug;27(3):321-335. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.02.001. Epub 2020 Mar 12. PMID: 32863700; PMCID: PMC7454168. |
| 14. | Lester EG, Macklin EA, Plotkin S, and Vranceanu AM. Improvement in resiliency factors among adolescents with neurofibromatosis who participate in a virtual mind-body group program. J Neurooncol. 2020 Apr;147(2):451-457. PMID: 32078086. |
| 15. | Bannon S, Lester EG, Gates MV, McCurley J, Lin A, Rosand J, and Vranceanu AM. Recovering together: building resiliency in dyads of stroke patients and their caregivers at risk for chronic emotional distress; a feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020;6:75. PMID: 32509320. |
| 16. | Lester EG, Gates MV, and Vranceanu AM. Mind-Body Therapy via Videoconferencing in Patients With Neurofibromatosis: Analyses of 1-Year Follow-up. Ann Behav Med. 2020 May 18;. PMID: 32421171. |
| 17. | Mace RA, Gates MV, Bullard B, Lester EG, Silverman IH, Quiroz YT, and Vranceanu AM. Development of a novel mind-body activity and pain management program for older adults with cognitive decline. Gerontologist. 2020 Jun 30;. PMID: 32601670. |
| 18. | Lester EG, Silverman IH, Gates MV, Lin A, and Vranceanu AM. Associations Between Gender, Resiliency Factors, and Anxiety in Neuro-ICU Caregivers: a Prospective Study. Int J Behav Med. 2020 Jun 3;. PMID: 32488793. |
| 19. | Vranceanu A, Bannon S, Mace R, Lester, EG, et al. Feasibility and Efficacy of a Resiliency Intervention for the Prevention of Chronic Emotional Distress Among Survivor-Caregiver Dyads Admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2020807. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20807 |
| 20. | Lester, EG, Vranceanu A-M. Adolescents with Neurofibromatoses: Greater Life Satisfaction and Less Perceived Stress Following an 8-Week Virtual Mind-Body Intervention. Psychosocial Oncology (accepted) |
Other peer-reviewed scholarship
| 1. | Lester EG. I Still Think of You. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2020 Sep-Oct;38(5):642-644. PMID: 32459142. |
Books/textbooks for the medical or scientific community
| 1. | Reichman, M. Grunberg, V., Doorley, J., Bakshai, J., Lester, EG, Mace, R.A., Vranceanu, AM., Being flexibile while maintaining fidelity for medical patients: Patient-centered and team-based strategies. Accepted. Eds Kendall, P. et al., |