Elizabeth Altmaier

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Elizabeth Altimaier
Alma materWheaton College; Ohio State University
OccupationProfessor Emeritus
Awards
  • APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology (1994)
  • Dorothy Booz Black Award (2003)
Academic career
InstitutionsUniversity of Iowa
Website http://elizabethaltmaier.com/

Elizabeth Mitchell Altmaier (born 1952) [1] is a counseling psychologist whose clinical and academic work has focused on issues related to overcoming life-threatening and traumatic circumstances. [2] Altmaier is Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa.

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Altmaier is a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA) Division 17. [3] She served as Chair of the APA Council on Accreditation [4] and was a Member of the APA Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology. [5] She served as Editor of APA’s Clinician’s Research Digest and as Associate Editor of The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Contemporary Psychology. [1]

Biography

Altmaier was born in New York City in 1952. [4] She earned her B.A. degree from Wheaton College in Psychology in 1973. [1] She continued her education at Ohio State University, graduating with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 1977. [4]

Altmaier taught in the Psychology Department at the University of Florida from 1977 to 1980, before moving to the University of Iowa. She taught in the Counseling Psychology program at University of Iowa from 1980 until her retirement in 2015. [6]

At the University of Iowa [7] and on N.C.A.A. commissions, [8] Altmaier served as a faculty athletics representative, assisting college athletes in addressing concerns about inadequate compensation and supporting their case to loosen rules to allow monetary payments for the use of their images in college and N.C.A.A. publicity materials. [9] Altmaier strongly endorsed the position that Division 1 college athletes should receive more than scholarships for their "work" on behalf of N.C.A.A. sports. [8]

Altmaier is a licensed psychologist in the state of Iowa and served as chair of the Iowa Psychological Association’s Ethics Board. [1]

Research

Altamier clinical and professional work explores how personal resources, coping style, and personality influence an individual's response to difficult circumstances. Much of her work has focused on helping individuals cope with chronic pain and cancer, bereavement, and life-changing trauma, including childhood sexual abuse. Altmaier has contributed to applied education and training efforts in various areas of counseling and health psychology. [10] Altmaier and her colleagues conducted research on self-efficacy among patients who have chronic lower back pain. [11] Other research focused on spiritual growth and well-being among cancer patients, [12] [13] and the role of social support in helping patients recover after a bone marrow transplant. [14] Her work on the coping and anxiety management strategies of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy [15] was funded by National Institutes of Health. [6]

Altmaier's research was deeply influenced by her own life difficulties, which developed as a consequence of the trauma of being abused as a child. [16] As an adult, she found treatment to help her cope with the pain. While finding meaning in her own transformation, she became very passionate about the potential of interpersonal collaboration in promoting growth after trauma. [17]

Awards

Altmaier received the 1994 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology for "her commitment and dedication to ensuring quality education and training programs in professional psychology." [4] Other awards include the 2003 Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Psychology (APA, Division 17) [18] and the 2005 Michael J. Brody Award, given by the Faculty Senate at the University of Iowa in acknowledgment of her contributions and service to the university. [19]

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  3. ↑ "Fellowship – Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17". www.div17.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Awards for distinguished education and training contributions: Elizabeth M. Altmaier". American Psychologist. 50 (4): 258–259. 1995. doi:10.1037/h0090707. ISSN   1935-990X.
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth M. Altmaier, PhD – Council on Education for Public Health". ceph.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. 1 2 "About Elizabeth Altmaier, Ph.D. :: Dr. Elizabeth Altmaier". elizabethaltmaier.com. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth Altmaier | Office of the President". president.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  8. 1 2 Eder, Steve; Bishop, Greg (2013-11-25). "Under Pressure, N.C.A.A. Weighs Momentous Changes (Published 2013)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  9. ↑ Strauss, Ben (2014-06-18). "N.C.A.A. Begins Its Turn in Antitrust Case Brought by Athletes (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  10. ↑ Kagan, Norman; Armsworth, Mary W.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M.; Dowd, E. Thomas; Hansen, Jo-Ida C.; Mills, David H.; Schlossberg, Nancy; Sprinthall, Norman A.; Tanney, Mary Faith; Vasquez, Melba J.T. (1988). "Professional Practice of Counseling Psychology in Various Settings". The Counseling Psychologist. 16 (3): 347–365. doi:10.1177/0011000088163004. ISSN   0011-0000. S2CID   145476068.
  11. ↑ Altmaier, Elizabeth M.; Russell, Daniel W.; Kao, Chuan Feng; Lehmann, Thomas R.; Weinstein, James (1993). "Role of self-efficacy in rehabilitation outcome among chronic low back pain patients". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 40 (3): 335–339. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.40.3.335. ISSN   0022-0167.
  12. ↑ Tallman, Benjamin; Shaw, Kari; Schultz, Jessica; Altmaier, Elizabeth (2010). "Well-being and posttraumatic growth in unrelated donor marrow transplant survivors: A nine-year longitudinal study". Rehabilitation Psychology. 55 (2): 204–210. doi:10.1037/a0019541. ISSN   1939-1544. PMID   20496975.
  13. ↑ Tallman, Benjamin A.; Altmaier, Elizabeth; Garcia, Carla (2007). "Finding benefit from cancer". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 54 (4): 481–487. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.54.4.481. ISSN   1939-2168.
  14. ↑ Jenks Kettmann, Julie D.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M. (2008). "Social Support and Depression among Bone Marrow Transplant Patients". Journal of Health Psychology. 13 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1177/1359105307084310. ISSN   1359-1053. PMID   18086716. S2CID   22208555.
  15. ↑ Altmaier, Elizabeth Mitchell; Ross, Warren E.; Moore, Kathleen (1982). "A pilot investigation of the psychologic functioning of patients with anticipatory vomiting". Cancer. 49 (1): 201–204. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19820101)49:1<201::AID-CNCR2820490139>3.0.CO;2-X . ISSN   1097-0142. PMID   7053817. S2CID   9538774.
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  17. ↑ Altmaier, Elizabeth M. (2017). Push Back the Dark : Companioning Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Hulst, Mary S. Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   978-1-4982-0209-1. OCLC   983736693.
  18. ↑ "Past Recipients of the Dorothy Booz Black Award – Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17". www.div17.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  19. ↑ "Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service | Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost". provost.uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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