Mark Schmitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Teaching/Instructional)

Education :

• Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 1986. BA major: physics.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1988. MS major: astronomy.
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 1993. MS major: sociology.
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 1996. Ph.D. major: sociology; minor: statistics

Areas of Interest :

• Mental health
• Mental health service use
• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Children and families
• Research methodology
• Social work practice evaluation

Publications:

• Wakefield, J.C., Schmitz, M.F., First, M.B., & Horwitz, A.V. (In Press). The importance of the main effect, even within an interaction model: Response to Kendler et al. (2008) on expanding the bereavement exclusion for major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry.
• Wakefield, J.C., & Schmitz, M.F. (In Press). The challenge of measurement of mental disorder in community surveys. In D. Pilgrim, A. Rogers, & B. Pescosolido (Eds.), Handbook of Mental Health and Mental Disorder: Perspectives from Social Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Wakefield, J.C., & Schmitz, M.F. (In Press). The measurement of mental disorder. In T. Scheid, & T. Brown (Eds.), The Measurement of Mental Disorder. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Baer, J.C., & Schmitz, M.F. (2007). Ethnic differences in trajectories of family cohesion for Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 583-592.
• Fagan, J., Schmitz, M.F., & Lloyd, J. (2007). Relationship between adolescent and young fathers´ capital and marital plans of couples expecting a baby. Family Relations, 56, 231-243.
• Munch, S., & Schmitz, M.F. (2007). The Hyperemesis Beliefs Scale (HBS): A new instrument for assessing beliefs about severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 28, 219-229.
• Wakefield, J.C., Schmitz, M.F., First, M.B., & Horwitz, A.V. (2007). Validity of extending the DSM-IV major depression bereavement exclusion to other losses: Evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 433-440.
• Munch, S., & Schmitz, M.F. (2006). Hyperemesis gravidarum and patient satisfaction: A path model of patients´ perceptions of the patient-physician relationship. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 27, 49-57.
• Schmitz, M.F. (2006). Influence of social and family context on self-esteem of Latino youth. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28, 516-530.