William D. Marelich, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Marelich received his Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, and completed a two-year NIMH Postdoctoral Scholar appointment in the Dept. of Sociology at UCLA. In addition to his current position at CSU Fullerton, he remains a consulting senior statistician with Health Risk Reduction Projects (part of ISAP at UCLA), and has been a visiting professor at UCLA. His research interests include decision-making strategies in health settings, patient/provider interactions, interpersonal relationships, and statistical/methodological approaches in experimental and applied research. His work has been published in journals such as AIDS Care, The Journal of Sex Research, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Methods, Assessment
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Applied Social Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making

Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Methods, Assessment
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Books:

Marelich, W. D., & Erger, J. (Eds). (2004). The social psychology of health: Essays and readings. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Journal Articles:

Gaines, S. O., Marelich, W. D., Bledsoe, K. L., Steers, W. N., Henderson, M. C., Granrose, C. S., Barajas, L., Hicks, D., Lynde, M., Takahashi, Y., Yum, N., Rios, D. I., Garcia, B. F., Farris, K. R., & Page, M. S. (1997). Links between race/ethnicity and cultural values as mediated by racial/ethnic identity and moderated by gender. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1460-1476.
Grusky, O., Marelich, W. D., Erger, J., Mann, T., Roberts, K. J., Steers, W. N., & Damesyn, M. (2003). Evaluation of a brief low-cost intervention to improve antiretroviral treatment decisions. AIDS Care, 15, 681-687.
Marelich, W. D. (2002). Effects of behavior settings, extradyadic behaviors, and interloper characteristics on romantic jealousy. Social Behavior and Personality, 30, 785-794.
Marelich, W. D., Berger, D. E., & McKenna, R. (2000). Gender differences in the control of alcohol-impaired driving in California. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 396-401.
Marelich, W. D., & Clark, T. (2004). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing and false disclosures in heterosexual college students. Journal of American College Health, 53, 109-115.
Marelich, W. D., Gaines, S. O., & Banzet, M. (2003). Commitment, insecurity, and arousability: Testing a transactional model of jealousy. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 27, 23-31.
Marelich, W.D., & Lundquist, J. (2008). Motivations for sexual intimacy: Development of a needs-based sexual intimacy scale. International Journal of Sexual Health, 20, 177-186.
Marelich, W.D., Lundquist, J., Painter, K., & Mechanic, M.B. (2008). Sexual deception as a social-exchange process: Development of a behavior-based sexual deception scale. The Journal of Sex Research, 45, 27-35.
Marelich, W. D., & Murphy, D. A. (2003). Effects of empowerment among HIV-positive women on the patient-provider relationship. AIDS Care, 15, 475-481.
Marelich, W.D., Murphy, D.A., Payne, D.L., Herbeck, D.M., & Schuster, M.A. (2012). Self-competence among early and middle adolescents affected by maternal HIV/AIDS. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 17, 21-33.
Marelich, W. D., Roberts, K. J., Murphy, D. A., & Callari, T. (2002). HIV/AIDS patient involvement in antiretroviral treatment decisions. AIDS Care, 14, 17-26.
Marelich, W.D., Shelton, E., & Grandfield, E. (2013). Correlates and factor replication of the Need for Sexual Intimacy Scale (NSIS). Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 16. Retrieved from http://www.ejhs.org/volume16/NSIS.html
Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., & Hoffman, D. (2002). A longitudinal study of the impact on young children of maternal HIV serostatus disclosure. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 7, 55-70.
Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., Hoffman, D., & Steers, W. N. (2004). Predictors of antiretroviral adherence. AIDS Care, 16, 471-484.
Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Marelich, W. D., & Srinivasan, S. (1999). Risk for HIV among homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual male and female youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28, 159-177.

Other Publications:

Marelich, W.D. (2010). Trend analysis. In N.J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 1535-1537). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage.
Marelich, W.D. (2007). Cognitive consistency theories. In R. F. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Marelich, W. D., Grusky, O., Mann, T., Erger, J., & Roberts, K. J. (2000). Biomedical markers, adherence myths, and organizational structure: A two-stage model of HIV healthcare provider decision making. In J. Kronenfeld (Ed.), Research in the Sociology of Health Care (Vol. 17, pp. 99-117). Stamford, CT: JAI.
Marelich, W. D., & Rotheram-Borus, M. J. (1999). From individual to social change: Current and future directions of health interventions. In T.P Gullotta, R. L. Hampton, G. R. Adams, B. A. Ryan, & R. P. Weissberg (Eds.), Child and family health care: Issues for the year 2000 and beyond (Vol 12, pp. 169-196). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Longitudinal Designs and Research Methods
Advanced Statistics
Health Psychology
Intimate and Close Relationships
Multivariate Statistics
Social Psychology
Structural Equation Modeling

Advanced Longitudinal Designs and Research Methods
Advanced Statistics
Health Psychology
Intimate and Close Relationships

William D. Marelich
Department of Psychology
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Boulevard, Box 6846
Fullerton, CA 92834
United States

Phone: (657) 278-4861
Fax: (657) 278-7134
Email: wmarelich@fullerton.edu