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PUBLICATIONS
Following is a list of Dr. Wilcox’s publications. For most, you can click on the citation to view the abstract. An asterisk (*) indicates that the author was a student or fellow at the University of South Carolina when the study was conceptualized and/or written.

2008

*Der Ananian, C.A., WILCOX, S., Watkins, K., Saunders, R., Evans, A.E. (2008). Factors associated with exercise participation in adults with arthritis. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 16(2), 125-143

Griffin, S., Wilson, D.K., WILCOX, S., Buck, J., Ainsworth, B.E. (2008). Physical activity influences in a disadvantaged African American community and the communities' proposed solutions. Health Promotion Practice, 9(2), 180-190. 

*Umstattd, M.R., WILCOX, S., Saunders, R., Watkins, K., Dowda, M. (2008). Self-regulation and physical activity: The relationship in older adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32(2), 115-124.

King, A.C., WILCOX, S. (2008). Exploring physical activity preferences. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 123-124.

Sharpe, P.A., Granner, M.L., Hutto, B.E., WILCOX, S., Peck, L., Addy, C.L. (2008). Correlates of physical activity among African American and White women. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32(6), 701-713.

2007

WILCOX, S., Laken, M., *Bopp, M., Gethers, O., Huang, P., McClorin, L., Parrott, A.W., Swinton, R., & Yancey, A. (2007). Increasing physical activity among church members: community-based participatory research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(2), 131-138.

WILCOX, S., Laken, M., Anderson, T., *Bopp, M., Bryant, D., Carter, R., Gethers, O., Jordan, J., McClorin, L., O’Rourke, K., Parrott, A.W., Swinton, R., Yancey, A. (2007). The Health-e-AME Faith-Based Physical Activity Initiative: Description and baseline findings. Health Promotion Practice, 8(1), 69-78. 

Matthews, C.E., WILCOX, S., Hanby, C.L., *Der Ananian, C., Heiney, S.P., Gebretsadik, T., Shintani, A. (2007). Evaluation of a 12-week home-based walking intervention for breast cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 15(2), 203-211.

Laken, M., WILCOX, S., Swinton, R. (2007). Working across faith and science to improve the health of African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 17 (S1), 23-26.

2006

Dye, C. J., WILCOX, S. (2006). Beliefs of low-income and rural older women regarding physical activity: You have to want to make your life better. Women and Health, 43(1), 115-134.

Prohaska, T., Belansky, E., Belza, B., Buchner, D., Marshall, V., McTigue, K., Satariano, W., & WILCOX, S. (2006). Physical activity, public health, and aging: Critical issues and research priorities. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 61B(5), S267-273.
Note: author order beyond 1st is alphabetical by last name. 

*DerAnanian, C.A., WILCOX, S., Abbott, J., *Vrazel, J., *Ramsey, J., Sharpe, P.A., Brady, T (2006). The exercise experience in adults with arthritis: A qualitative approach. American Journal of Health Behavior, 30(6), 731-744. 

*Umstattd, M.R., Saunders, R., WILCOX, S., Valois, R.F., Dowda, M. (2006). Correlates of self-regulation for physical activity among older adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 30(6), 710-719.

WILCOX, S., *Der Ananian, C., Abbott, J., *Vrazel, J., *Ramsey, C., Sharpe, P.A., Brady, T. (2006). Perceived exercise barriers, enablers, and benefits among exercising and non-exericising adults with arthritis: results from a qualitative study. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 55(4), 616-627.

WILCOX, S., Dowda, M., Griffin, S.F., Rheaume, C., Ory, M.G., Leviton, L., King, A.C., Dunn, A., Buchner, D.M., Bazzarre, T., Estabrooks, P.A., Campbell-Voytal, K., Bartlett-Prescott, J., Dowdy, D., Castro, C.M., Carpenter, R.A., Dzewaltowski, D.A., Mockenhaupt, R. (2006). Results of the first year of Active for Life: translation of two evidence-based physical activity programs for older adults into community settings. American Journal of Public Health, 96(7), 1201-1209.

*DerAnanian, C., WILCOX, S., Saunders, R., Watkins, K., Evans, S. (2006). Factors that influence exercise among non-exercisers, insufficiently active individuals and regular exercisers with arthritis. Preventing Chronic Disease. July;3(3):A81.

*Fallon, E.A., WILCOX, S., Laken, M. (2006). Health care provider advice for African American adults not meeting health behavior recommendations. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online]. April.

*Bopp, M., WILCOX, S., Laken, M., *Butler, K., Carter, R.E., McClorin, L., Yancey, A. (2006). Factors Associated with Physical Activity Among African-American Men and Women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(4), 340-346.

WILCOX, S., Castro, C.M., King, A.C. (2006). Outcome expectations and physical activity participation in two samples of older women. Journal of Health Psychology, 11(1), 65-77.

The Healthy Aging Research Network Writing Group. The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network. (2006) Prev Chronic Dis [serial online]. January.
(S. WILCOX was a member of the writing group)
 

2005

*Fallon, E., WILCOX, S., Ainsworth, B.E. (2005). Correlates of self-efficacy for physical activity in African American women. Women and Health, 41(3), 47-62.

WILCOX, S., Sharpe, P.A., Hutto, B., & Granner, M.L. (2005). Psychometric Properties of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Questionnaire in a Diverse Sample of Men and Women. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2(3), 285-297.

WILCOX, S., *Oberrecht, L., *Bopp, M., Kammermann, S.K., McElmurray, C.T. (2005). A qualitative study of exercise in older African American and White Women in Rural South Carolina: Perceptions, Barriers, and Motivators. Journal of Women and Aging, 17 (1/2), 37-53.

WILCOX, S., *DerAnanian, C., Sharpe, P.A., *Robbins, J., Brady, T. (2005). Correlates of physical activity in persons with arthritis: Review and recommendations. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2, 230-252.

WILCOX, S., *Bopp, M., Wilson, D.K., *Fulk, L.J., Hand, G.A. (2005). Race differences in cardiovascular and cortisol responses to an interpersonal challenge in women who are family caregivers. Ethnicity & Disease, 15(1), 17-24.
 

2004

*Bopp, M., WILCOX, S., *Oberrecht, L., Kammermann, S.K., McElmurray, C.T. (2004). Correlates of strength training in older rural African American and Caucasian women. Women and Health, 40(1), 1-20.

Parra-Medina, D., WILCOX, S., *Thompson-Robinson, M., Sargent, R., Will, J.C. (2004). A replicable process for redesigning ethnically relevant educational materials. Journal of Women’s Health, 13(5), 579-588.

WILCOX, S., King, A.C. (2004). The effects of life events and interpersonal loss on adherence to home- and class-based exercise sessions in older adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 11, 117-130.
 

2003

WILCOX, S., *Bopp, M., *Oberrecht, L., Kammermann, S.K., McElmurray, C.T. (2003). Psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity in rural and older African American and White women. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B(6), P329-P337.

Tudor-Locke, C., Henderson, K.A., WILCOX, S., *Cooper, R.S., Durstine, J.L., & Ainsworth, B.E. (2003). In their own voices: Definitions and interpretations of physical activity. Women’s Health Issues, 13, 194-199.

*Sellers, D.B., *Thompson-Robinson, M., Parra-Medina, D., WILCOX, S., *Thompson, N.L., Will, J.C. (2003). Readability of educational materials targeting CVD risk factors in African Americans and women. American Journal of Health Studies, 18(4), 188-194.

WILCOX, S., Evenson, K.R., Aragaki, A., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Mouton, C.P., Loevinger, B.L. (2003). The effects of widowhood on physical health, mental health, and health behaviors: the Women’s Health Initiative. Health Psychology, 22 (5), 513-522.

Ainsworth, B.E., WILCOX, S., *Thompson, W.W., Richter, D.L., Henderson, K.A. (2003). Personal, social, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in African-American women in South Carolina. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (3Si), 23-29. 

Eyler, A.A., Matson-Koffman, D., Young, D.R., WILCOX, S., Wilbur, J., Thompson, J.L., Sanderson, B., Evenson, K.R. (2003). Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups. Women’s Cardiovascular Health Network Project. Introduction and Methodology. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (3Si), 5-14.
Note: author order beyond 1st 2 is reverse alphabetical. 

Eyler, A.A., Matson-Koffman, D., Young, D.R., WILCOX, S., Wilbur, J., Thompson, J.L., Sanderson, B., Evenson, K.R. (2003). Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups. Women’s Cardiovascular Health Network Project. Summary and conclusions. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (3Si), 93-103.
Note: author order beyond 1st 2 is reverse alphabetical. 

Evenson, K.R., Eyler, A.A., WILCOX, S., Thompson, J.L., Burke, J.E. (2003). Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire on physical activity and its correlates among women from diverse ethnic and racial groups. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (3Si), 15-22.

McTiernan, A., Kooperberg, C., White, E., WILCOX, S., Coates, R., Adams-Campbell, L.L., Woods, N., & Ockene, J. (2003). Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The Women’s Health Initiative cohort study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(10), 1331-1336.
 

2002

Evenson, K.R., WILCOX, S., Pettinger, M., Brunner, R., King, A.C., & McTiernan, A. (2002). Vigorous leisure activity through women's adult life: the Women's Health Initiative observational cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 156(10), 945-953.

WILCOX, S., Richter, D.L., Henderson, K.A., *Greaney, M.L., & Ainsworth, B.E. (2002). Perceptions of physical activity and perceived barriers and enablers in African-American women. Ethnicity and Disease, 12, 353-362.

Richter, D.L., WILCOX, S., *Greaney, M.L., Henderson, K.A., & Ainsworth, B.E. (2002). Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in African American women. Women and Health, 36(2), 91-109.

Eyler, A.A., Matson-Koffman, D., Vest, J.R., Evenson, K., Sanderson, B., Thompson, J., Wilbur, J., WILCOX, S., Young, D.R. (2002). Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women: The Women’s Cardiovascular Health Network Project – Summary and discussion. Women and Health, 36(2), 123-134. Note: author order beyond 1st 3 is alphabetical

Eyler, A.A., Matson-Koffman, D., Vest, J.R., Evenson, K., Sanderson, B., Thompson, J., Wilbur, J., WILCOX, S., Young, D. R. (2002). Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women: The Women’s Cardiovascular Health Network Project – Introduction and methodology. Women and Health, 36(2), 1-15. Note: author order beyond 1st 3 is alphabetical

Castro, C.M., WILCOX, S., O'Sullivan, P., Bauman, K., & King, A.C. (2002). An exercise program for women who are caring for relatives with dementia. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(3), 458-468.

WILCOX, S. (2002). Physical activity in older women of color. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 18(1), 21-33.

Eyler, A.E., WILCOX, S., Matson-Koffman, D., Evenson, K., Rohm-Young, D., Sanderson, B., Thompson, J., Wilbur, J. (2002). Correlates of physical activity among women from diverse racial/ethnic groups: A review. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine, 11(3), 239-253.

King, A.C., Baumann, K., O'Sullivan, P., WILCOX, S., & Castro, C. (2002). Effects of moderate-intensity exercise on physiological, behavioral, and emotional responses to family caregiving: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 57, M26-M36.

WILCOX, S., Ainsworth, B.E., *LaMonte, M.J., & *DuBose, K.D. (2002). Worry regarding major diseases among African American, Native American, and Caucasian women. Women and Health, 36(3), 83-99.

*Jamieson, M., WILCOX, S., Webster, W., Blackhurst, D., Valois, R.F., Durstine, J.L. (2002). Factors influencing health-related quality of life in cardiac rehabilitation patients. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 17(3), 124-131.

2001

WILCOX, S., Irwin, M., Addy, C., Ainsworth, B.E., Stolarczyk, L., Whitt, M., Tudor-Locke, C. (2001). Agreement between participant-rated and compendium-coded intensity of daily activities in a tri-ethnic sample of women 40 years and older. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 23(4), 253-262.

WILCOX, S., O’Sullivan, P., King, A.C. (2001). Caregiver coping strategies: wives versus daughters. Clinical Gerontologist, 23(1/2), 81-97.

WILCOX, S., Parra-Medina, D., *Thompson-Robinson, M., & Will, J. (2001). Nutrition and physical activity interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in health care settings: a quantitative review with a focus on women. Nutrition Reviews, 59(7), 197-215. 

Atienza, A.A., Henderson, P., WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (2001). Gender differences in cardiovascular response to dementia caregiving. The Gerontologist, 41(4), 490-498.

WILCOX, S., Shumaker, S.A., Bowen, D.J., Naughton, M.J., Rosal, M.C., Ludlam, S.E., Dugan, E., Hunt, J.R., & Stevens, S. (2001). Promoting adherence and retention to clinical trials in special populations: A Women’s Health Initiative workshop. Controlled Clinical Trials, 22 (3), 279-289.

Espeland, M.A., Kumanyika, S., Wilson, A.C., WILCOX, S., Chao, D., Bahnson, J., Reboussin, D.M., Easter, L., & Zheng, B. (2001). Lifestyle interventions influence relative errors in self-reported diet intake of sodium and potassium. Annals of Epidemiology, 11, 85-93.

2000

WILCOX, S., King, A.C., Vitaliano, P.P., & Brassington, G.S. (2000). Anger expression and natural killer cell activity in family caregivers participating in a physical activity trial. Journal of Health Psychology, 5(4), 431-440. 

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (2000). Self-favoring bias for physical activity in middle-aged and older adults. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30(9), 1773-1789.

WILCOX, S., Brenes, G.A., Levine, D., Sevick, M., Shumaker, S.A., & Craven, T. (2000). Factors related to sleep disturbance in older adults experiencing knee pain or knee pain with radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(10), 1241-1251.

WILCOX, S., Castro, C., King, A.C., Housemann, R., & Brownson, R. (2000). Determinants of leisure time physical activity in rural compared with urban older and ethnically diverse women in the United States. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 54, 667-672.

King, A.C., Castro, C., WILCOX, S., Eyler, A.A., Sallis, J.F., Brownson, R.C. (2000). Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial-ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women. Health Psychology, 19(4), 354-364.

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (2000). Alcohol consumption in older adults: A comparison of two assessment methods. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 19, 170-180.

WILCOX, S., King, A.C., Castro, C., & Bortz II, W. (2000). Do changes in physical activity lead to dietary changes in middle and older age? American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 18(4), 276-283.
 

1999

WILCOX, S., King, A.C., Brassington, G.S., & Ahn, D.K. (1999). Physical activity preferences in middle-aged and older adults: A community analysis. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 7, 386-399.

WILCOX, S., & Stefanick, M.L. (1999). Knowledge and perceived risk of major diseases in middle-aged and older women. Health Psychology, 18, 346–353. 

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (1999). Sleep complaints in older women who are family caregivers. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 54B, P189-P198. 
 

1998 and earlier

King, A.C., Kiernan, M., Ahn, D.K., & WILCOX, S. (1998). The effects of marital transitions on physical activity levels: Results from a 10-year community study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 64-69.

WILCOX, S. (1997) Age and gender in relation to body attitudes: Is there a double standard of aging? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 549-565.

WILCOX, S., & Storandt, M. (1996). Relations among age, exercise, and psychological variables in a community sample of women. Health Psychology, 15, 110-113.

LaBarge, E., & WILCOX, S. (1995). Emotional effects of cognitive testing in demented vs. non-demented healthy older people [Letter]. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 43, 838-839.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS
WILCOX, S., King, A.C. (2005). Goal setting and behavioral management. C.J. Jones & D.J. Rose (Eds). Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults (pp. 111-127). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (2003). Health behaviors and adherence. W.R. Hazzard, J.P. Blass, J.B. Halter, J.G. Ouslander, & M.E. Tinetti (Eds). Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (5th ed., pp. 265-283). New York: McGraw-Hill.

WILCOX, S., Tudor-Locke, C.E., & Ainsworth, B.E. (2002). Physical activity patterns, assessment, and motivation in older adults. R. Shephard (Ed.). Physical Activity and Gender Differences in the Aging Process (pp. 13-39). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. (2000). Type, frequency, and correlates of sleep complaints in older women caring for a family member with dementia. B. Vellas & L.J. Fitten (Eds). Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease (Vol. 3, pp. 315-322). New York: Springer.

WILCOX, S., & King, A.C. Health behaviors and aging. (1999). W.R. Hazzard, J.P. Blass, W.H. Ettinger, J.B. Halter, & J.G. Ouslander (Eds). Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (4th ed., pp. 287-302). New York: McGraw-Hill.
 

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