Promoting Resourcefulness in Maintaining Health and Functioning of Elders and Grandmothers
Preventing and Treating Depression across the Life Span
Instrument Development and Psychometrics
Family Caregivers of Persons with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and Dementia
Research Projects
Principal Investigator, "Teaching Resourcefulness to Chronically Ill Older Adults," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, R01 NR04428.
Principal Investigator, "Cardiovascular Responses in Black Female Caregivers," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, R01 NR04290.
Co-Investigator, "Intergenerational Caregiving to At-Risk Youth," Carol Musil, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, R01 NR05067.
Principal Investigator, "Social Cognitive Factors Affecting the Health of Elders," National Institute of Nursing Research and National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, RO3 AG16469.
Training Projects
Director, PhD Program in Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Education Interests
Psychiatric Nursing
Research Design and Methods
Educational Background
BA, Psychology/Interpersonal Communication, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
MA, Human Services/Counseling, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH
MSN, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH
PhD, Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH
Recent Publications
Zauszniewski, J.A. (2012). Intervention development: Assessing critical parameters from the intervention recipient's perspective. Applied Nursing Research, 25(1), 31-39.
Zauszniewski, J.A., & Bekhet, A.K. (2012). Developing a screening measure for early detection of depressive symptoms: The Depressive Cognition Scale. Western
Journal of Nursing Research, 34(2), 228-242.
Juratovac, E., Morris, D.L., Zauszniewski, J.A., & Wykle, M.L. (2012). Effort, workload, and depressive symptoms in family caregivers of older adults:
Conceptualizing and testing a work-health relationship. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 26(2), 74-94.
Bekhet, A.K., & Zauszniewski, J.A. (2012). Health of elders in retirement communities: Is loneliness a key factor? Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 26(3), 214-224
Bekhet, A.K., Zauszniewski, J.A., & Matel-Anderson, D. (2012). Resourcefulness Training Intervention: Assessing critical parameters from relocated older adults'
perspectives. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33(7), 430-435.
McDonald, P. E., Zauszniewski, J. A., Bekhet, A. (2011). Psychometric properties of a measure of acceptance of long-standing health problems. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 32(7), 416-423.
Bekhet, A. K., El-Geurinidi, M. M., Nakhla, W. E., Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). The effects of positive cognitions on the relationship between alienation and resourcefulness in nursing students in Egypt. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 32(1), 35-41.
Bekhet, A. K., Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). Creating a Therapeutic Milieu within Retirement Communities. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(5), 327-34.
Moller, M. D., Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). Psychophenomenology of the Post-Psychotic Adjustment Process. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 25(4), 253-68.
Bekhet, A.K. & Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). The role of positive cognitions in Egyptian elders’ relocation adjustment. [SAGE Outstanding faculty paper award]. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 33(1), 121-135.
McCann, J. J., Hills, E. B., Zauszniewski, J. A., Smith, C. E., Farran, C. J., Wilkie, D. J. (2011). Creative partnerships for nursing research. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 33(1), 79-105.
Abdrbo, A. A., Zauszniewski, J. A., Hudak, C. A., Anthony, M. K. (2011). Development and testing of a survey instrument to measure benefits of a nursing information system. Perspective in Health Information Management, 8, 1c.
Moring, J.C., Furhman, R., & Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). Interrelatedness of Proactive Coping, Reactive Coping, and Learned Resourcefulness. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 44(4), 204-214.
Bekhet, A. K., Zauszniewski, J. A., Nakhla, W. E. (2011). Psychometric properties of the Pressure to Move scale in relocated American older adults: Further evaluation. Issues Ment Health Nurs, 32(11), 711-716 doi: 10.3109/01612840.2011.600808.
Kidd, L., Zauszniewski, J. A., Morris, D. L. (2011). Benefits of a Poetry Writing Intervention for Family Caregivers of Elders with Dementia. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 32(9), 598-604.
Murrock, C., Zauszniewski, J. A. (2011). Late life function and disability instrument in African American women: function component. Woman & Health, 51(5), 482-96.
Musil, C. M., Gordon, N. H., Warner, C. B., Zauszniewski, J. A., Standing, T. S., Wykle, M. L. (2011). Grandmothers and caregiving to grandchildren: Continuity, change and outcomes over 24 months. The Gerontologist, 51(1), 86-100. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnq061.
McDonald, P.E., Zauszniewski, J.A., Bekhet, A.K., DeHelian, L., & Morris, D.L. (2011). The effect of acceptance training on psychological and physical health outcomes in elders with chronic conditions. Journal of National Black Nurses Association, 22(2), 11-19.
Zauszniewski, J.A., & Bekhet, A.K. (2011). Measuring use of resourcefulness skills: Psychometric testing of a new scale. ISRN Nursing Online.
