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Bruce Rybarczyk
Associate professor and director, clinical graduate program
Education
Ph.D. (1988) Virginia Commonwealth University
Contact information
Phone: (804) 828-1675
E-mail: bdrybarczyk@vcu.edu
Program affiliation
Clinical Psychology
Research interests
My main research focus has been understanding and facilitating the psychological adaptation of older adults to chronic medical illness and disability. This work has covered several areas: examining psychological adjustment to amputation, heart transplant and stroke; designing and testing coping enhancement and wellness interventions for older medical patients; and, more recently, testing home and classroom cognitive-behavioral treatments for older adults with chronic disease and insomnia (now termed “comorbid insomnia”). Clinical interests include behavioral medicine, rehabilitation psychology, clinical geropsychology, and general outpatient psychotherapy.
Selected publications
Stepanski, E., & Rybarczyk, B. (2006). Emerging research on the treatment and etiology of secondary or comorbid insomnia. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 10, 7-18.
Rybarczyk, B., Stepanski, E., Fogg, L., Lopez, M., Barry, P., & Davis, A. (2005). A Placebo-controlled test of CBT for comorbid insomnia in older adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 1164-1174.
Rybarczyk, B., Lopez, M., Schelble, K., & Stepanski, E. (2005). Home-based video CBT for comorbid geriatric insomnia: A Pilot study using secondary data analyses. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 3, 158-175.
Rybarczyk, B., Edwards, R., & Behel, J. (2004). Diversity in adjustment to a leg amputation: Case illustrations of common themes. Disability and Rehabilitation, 26, 944-953.
Rybarczyk, B., Lopez, M., Benson, R., Alsten, C., & Stepanski, E. (2002). Efficacy of two behavioral treatment Programs for comorbid geriatric insomnia. Psychology and Aging, 17, 288–298.
Recent/current courses taught at VCU
- Introduction to the Helping Relationship (undergraduate level)
| Recent grants or awards | |
| 2000 – 2006 | Principal Investigator, National Institute on Aging Received an RO1 grant to study of a classroom cognitive-behavioral treatment program for comorbid insomnia. |
| 2001 – 2006 | Site Principal Investigator, National Institute on Aging Received an SBIR II grant in colloboration with Dr. Alsten of Inner Health (San Diego, CA) to study efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral home treatment program for older adults with comorbid insomnia. |