Dr. Janice (Jan) Hastrup
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Office: 321 Park Hall
Phone: (716) 645-3650 x. 321
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Summary of Research Interests:

• Beliefs about disease causation, especially related to: genetic factors and gene-behavior interactions, tobacco and nicotine, environmental hazards
• Methodological issues, including: accuracy of family health history information and control of confounding
• Emotional development

Representative Publications:

• Feskanich, D., Hastrup, J. L., Marshall, J. R., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M.J., Willett, W. C., & Kawachi, I. (in press). Stress and suicide in the Nurses' Health Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
  
• Hastrup, J.L., Kraemer, D.T., Bornstein, R., & Trezza, G. (2001). Crying frequency across the lifespan. Chapter in R. Cornelius & A. Vingerhoets (Eds.), Adult crying: Psychological and psychobiological aspects. Harwood.
  
• Hastrup, J.L., Cummings, K.M., Swedrock, T., Hyland, A., & Pauly, J. L. (2001). Consumers' knowledge and beliefs about the safety of cigarette filters. Tobacco Control, 10, 84.
  
• Cummings, K. M., Hastrup, J. L., Swedrock, T., Hyland, A., Perla, J., & Pauly, J. L. (2000). Consumers' perception of risk associated with filters contaminated with glass fibers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention, 9, 977-979.
  
• Swedrock, T.L., Hyland, A., & Hastrup, J. (1999). Changes in the focus of cigarette advertisements in the 1950s. Tobacco Control, 8, 111-112.
  
• Marshall, J.R., Hastrup, J.L., & Ross, J.S. (1999). Mismeasurement and the resonance of strong confounders: Correlated errors. American Journal of Epidemiology, 150, 88-96.