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Genevieve Fridlund Dunton, Ph.D, MPH
Cancer Prevention Fellow
Health Promotion Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Genevieve Fridlund Dunton is a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute. She earned a doctoral degree in psychology and social behavior with an emphasis in health psychology from the University of California, Irvine. She also holds a master of public health degree with focus on health promotion from the University of Southern California. Dr. Dunton’s research examines psychosocial and environmental determinants of physical activity and other health behaviors capable of reducing cancer risk. She has worked on a number longitudinal and intervention studies that examine psychological mediators of health behavior change. She has also used real-time data capture methodology such as Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to assess antecedents and concomitants of physical activity. Her doctoral work examined how anticipated emotions differentially influence physical activity adoption and maintenance among middle-aged adults. During her public health training, she investigated the extent to which environmental characteristics and motivational factors predicted overall levels of physical activity on a multi-use urban trail. Her current research projects include an EMA study that examines the time-lagged and concurrent effects of psychosocial factors on physical activity among middle-aged and older adults and an investigation of demographic and temporal patterns in the social and physical environments of physical activity reported in the American Time Use Survey.
Select Publications and Presentations
Dunton, G. F., Rodriguez, D., & Tscherne, J. (in press). Factor structure and validity of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in high school boys and girls. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
Alberts, J., & Dunton, G. F. (in press). Temporal orientation and illness-self-management among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The role of perceived threat to life goals. Psychology and Health.
Dunton, G. F., Whalen, C. K., & Jamner, L. D. Floro, J. N., (2007). Mapping the social and physical contexts of physical activity across adolescence using ecological momentary assessment. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 144-153.
Schneider, M., Dunton, G. F., & Cooper, D. M. (2007). Media use and obesity in adolescent females. Obesity, 15, 2328-2335.
Schneider, M. S., Dunton, G. F., & Cooper, D. M. (2007). Physical activity and physical self- concept among sedentary adolescent females: An intervention study. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Dunton, G. F., Jamner, M. S., & Cooper, D. M. (2007). An investigation of psychosocial factors related to changes in physical activity and fitness among sedentary female adolescents. Psychology and Health, 22, 929-944.
Vaughan, E., & Dunton, G. F. (2007). Socioeconomic circumstances influence the utilization of information to judge risk. Health, Risk & Society, 9, 1-19.
Ischander, M., Zaldivar, F., Eliakim, A., Nussbaum, E., Dunton, G., Leu, S., Cooper, D., & Schneider, M. (2007). Physical activity, growth, inflammatory mediators in BMI-matched female adolescents. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39, 1131-1138.
Schneider, M., Dunton, G. F., Bassin, S., Graham, D., Eliakim, A., & Cooper, M. (2007). Impact of a 9- month school-based physical activity intervention on fitness and bone health in sedentary adolescent females. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 4, 1-13.
Dunton, G. F., Jamner, M. S., & Cooper, D. M. (2007). Factors predicting behavioral response to a physical activity intervention among adolescent females. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31, 411-422.
Dunton, G. F., & Jamner, M. S. Perceived barriers to walking for physical activity. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2006 Oct [date cited]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/oct/05_0185.htm.
Dunton, G. F., Jamner, M. S., Graham, D. J., & Cooper, M. (2006). Physical activity, fitness, and physical self-concept in adolescent females. Pediatric Exercise Science, 18, 240-251.
Dunton, G. F., & Jamner, M. S. (2006). Reliability and validity of a scale to measure self-efficacy to overcome barriers to walking for transportation. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 3, 48-58.
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