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Interests:
Gerontology
Developing and Evaluating Evidenced-Based Interventions
for Older Adults and their Family Systems
Stress, Appraisal, and Coping Process of Alzheimer’s
Disease Caregivers
Issues of Minority Elders
Aging in the Urban Environment
Current Research:
Evaluating a 16-hour Psychoeducational Intervention
for African American Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers
A Geriatric Care Management Intervention for Hip Fracture
Patients and their caregivers
Impact of Religiosity on Men’s Roles in the
Family and Community
Selected Recent Publications:
Morano, C. L. & Sanders, S. (In Press). Exploring
Differences in Depression, Role Captivity and Self-Acceptance
in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Caregivers. Journal
of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity on Social Work.
Morano,
C. & DeForge, B. (2004). The Views of Older Community
Residents Toward Mental Health Problems. Journal
of Aging and Mental Health, 10, 1, 45-64.
Belcher,
J., Morano, C., & Deforge, B. (2004). Treating
Resistant Couples: The Use of Forgiveness in Conservative
Christian and Jewish Traditions, Family Therapy,
31, 2, 71-85.
Morano,
C. L., & King, D. (2005) Religiosity as a mediator
of caregiver well-being: Does ethnicity make a difference?.
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 45, 69-84
Morano,
C. (2003). Appraisal and Coping: Moderators or Mediators
of Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers?
The Journal of Social Work Research, 27, 116-128.
Sanders,
S., Morano, C., Corley, C. (2002). The Expressions
of Loss and Grief Among Male Caregivers of Individuals
with Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Gerontological
Social Work.
Morano,
C. (2003). The role of appraisal and expressive support
in mediating strain and gain in Hispanic Alzheimer’s
Disease caregivers. The Journal of Ethnic and
Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 12, 2, 1-18.
Morano,
C. (2002). A cognitive approach to intergenterational
family therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 29,
63-76.
Morano,
C. & Bravo, M. (2002). Development and Implementation
of a Psychoeducational Group for Hispanic Alzheimer’s
Disease Caregivers. The Gerontologist, 42,
122-126.
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