Donna W. Ronan Ph.D.

Donna Ronan

Address:
Health Professions 2104
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Email: ronan1dm@cmich.edu

Vita
Bio:

Health promotion and management

  • Weight regulation
  • Physical/athletic activity and health/well being
  • Alcohol consumption among college students
  • Self management of chronic health conditions (diabetes, persistent pain)

Coping

  • Social Problem Solving
  • Social Networks
  • Leisure Activity

Gender and well being 

Recent Research:

Dreer, L.E., Ronan, G.F., Ronan, D.W., Dush, D.M., & Elliott, T. Binge drinking in college students:  an investigation of social problem-solving abilities. (2004). Journal of College Student Development., 45(3), 303-315.  

Ronan, G.F., Ronan, D.W., & Dreer, L.E.(in progress).  Practitioner’s guide to empirically based measures of anger, aggression, and violence.  Norwell, MA.  Kluwer Publishers. 

Ronan, G.F., Dreer, L.E., Dollard, K. & Ronan, D.W. (2004). Violent Couples: Coping and communication skills. Journal of Family Violence, 19(2), 131-137. 

Ronan, D.W., Goodwin, B., Bradshaw,C., Kaiser, K.., Andrews, C., & Ronan, G.F. (2001, July).  Binge Drinking:  the role of social networks and problem solving.  Presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver. 

Ronan, D.W., Dreer, L.E., Pray, M., & Kaiser, K. (2000, November).  Dieting Cues and Weight Regulation.  Presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans. 

Dollard, K., Ronan, D.W., Ronan, G.F., & Dreer, L. (2000, March).  Inter-rater reliability of PPSS scoring of TAT responses using naïve raters. Presented at the Society for Personality Assessment, Albuquerque.