1. Original Articles:
Shields, C. G. Family therapy research and practice: Constructs, measurement, and testing. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 12, 379-382. 1986.

Shields, C.G. Critiquing the new epistemologies: Toward minimum requirements for a scientific theory of family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 12, 359-372. 1986.

Shields, C.G., & McDaniel, S.H: Process differences between male and female therapists in a first family interview. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 17(4):421-429, 1991.

Shields, C.G., Sprenkle, D.H., & Constantine, J.A.: Anatomy of an initial interview: The importance of joining and executive skills. American Journal of Family Therapy. 18:14-28, 1991.

Franks, P., Campbell, T., Shields, C.G., Harp, J., McDaniel, S., & Botelho, R: The relationship of family factors to depression: Testing an alternate to social support. Journal of Family Psychology. 6:49-59, 1992.

Franks, P., Campbell, T., & Shields, C.G. Social relationships and health: The relative roles of family functioning and social support. Social Science and Medicine. 34:779-788, 1992.

Shields, C.G., Franks, P., Harp, J., McDaniel, S., & Campbell, T: Development of the Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale (FEICS): A self report scale to measure Expressed Emotion. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 18:395-407, 1992.

Wynne, L.C., Shields, C.G., & Sirkin, M: Illness, family theory and family therapy: I. Historical and Conceptual Issues. Family Process. 31:3-18, 1992.

Botelho, R.J., Shields, C.G., & Novak, S.J: Using the Kvebaek Board for Brief Systems Consultation: A Teaching Technique for Preceptor-Resident Encounters. Family Systems Medicine. 10:91-97, 1992.

Shields, C.G. Family interaction and caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease patients: Correlates of depression. Family Process. 31:19-33, 1992.

Epstein, R., Christie, M., Frankel, R., Rousseau, S., Shields, C.G., & Suchman, A: Understanding fear of contagion among physicians who care for HIV patients. Family Medicine. 25(4):264-268, 1993.

Seaburn, D., Gawinski, B., Harp, J., McDaniel, S., Shields, C.G. & Waxman, D: Family systems therapy in a primary care setting: The Rochester experience. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 19(2):177-190, 1993.

Epstein, R., Christie, M., Frankel, R., Rousseau, S., Shields, C.G., Williams, G., and Suchman, A: Primary Care of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: The Physician's Perspective. Archives of Family Medicine. 2:159-167, 1993

Schaffer, C.R., Epstein, R., Christie, M., Frankel, R., Rousseau, S., Shields, C.G., and Suchman, A: Primary care physicians' emotional responses to death and dying in HIV patients. Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center. 5(2):15-22, 1993.

Steiner, B.D.* & Shields, C.G. Associations with high risk sexual behavior: A survey of young men of color attending urban youth centers. The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 7(3):189-195, 1994.

Shields, C.G., Wynne, L., McDaniel, S., & Gawinski, B.: The marginalization of family therapy: A historical and continuing problem. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 20(2):117-138, 1994.

Shields, C.G., Wynne, L.C., McDaniel, S.H. & Gawinski, B.A.: Conceptual and structural marginalization: Challenges and opportunities for the field of family therapy (A rejoinder to Hardy and Anderson). Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 20(3):297-300, 1994.

Shields, C.G., Franks, P., Harp, J.J., Campbell, T.L., & McDaniel, S.H.: Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale (FEICS): Reliability and Validity Studies II. Family Systems Medicine. 12(4):361-377, 1994.

Fiscella, K., Franks, P., & Shields, C. Perceived Family Criticism and Primary Care Utilization: Psychosocial and Biomedical Pathways. Family Process. 36(1):25-41, 1997.

Speice, J.*, Shields, C., & Bleizner, R.: Effects of Family Communication Patterns During Middle-Phase Alzheimer’s Disease. Families, Systems & Health, 16(3):233-248, 1998.

Shields, C.G., Travis, L., Rousseau, S.J. Marital Attachment and Adjustment in Older Couples Coping with Cancer. Aging and Mental Health. 4(3): 223-233, 2000.

Clark, P. C., Shields, C. G., Aycock, D. & Wolf, S. L. (2003). Preliminary reliability and validity of a family caregiver conflict scale. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 18(2): 77-82

Loader, S., Shields, C., Levenkron, J.C., Fishel, R., Rowley, P.T. Patient vs. Physician as the Target of Educational Outreach about Screening for an Inherited Susceptibility to Colorectal Cancer. Genetic Testing, 6(4): 281-290, 2002

Hodgson, J.*, Shields, C., & Rousseau, S. (2003). Disengaging communication in later-life couples coping with breast cancer. Families, Systems, & Health, 21, 145-163.

Brucker, P. *, Shields, C.G. (2003). Collaboration between mental and medical healthcare providers in an integrated primary care medical setting. Families, Systems, & Health, 21, 181-191.

Travis, L. A.*, Lyness, J. M., Sterns, G. K., Kuchmek, M., Shields, C. G., King, D. A., Sterns, S., & Northrup, L. (2003) Family and friends: A key aspect of older adults' adaptation to low vision? Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 97(8), 489-492.

Shields, C.G., Morrow, G.R., Griggs, J.; Mallinger, Jl, Roscoe, J., Wade, J.L., Dakhil, S.R., & Fitch, T.R. (2004). Decision role preferences of patients receiving adjuvant cancer treatment: A University of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program (URCC-CCOP). Supportive Cancer Therapy 1: 119-126.

Shields, C.G. & Rousseau. S.L. (2004). A Pilot Study of an Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors And Their Spouses. Family Process. 43: 95-107.

Fiscella, K., Meldrum, S., Franks, P. Shields, C.G., Duberstein, P., McDaniel, S.H., & Epstein, R.M. (2004) Patient trust: Is it related to Patient-centered behavior of primary care physicians? Medical Care.

Loader Starlene, Shields Cleveland G, Rowley Peter T. Impact of genetic testing for breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility. Genetic Testing 2004;8:1-12.

Travis,L.A.* Lyness,J.M., Shields,C.G., King,D.A. & Cox, C. (2004) Social Support, Depression, and Functional Disability in Older Adult Primary Care Patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 12(3):265-271

Shields, Cleveland G.; Epstein, Ronald, M.; Franks, Peter; Fiscella, Kevin; Duberstein, Paul; McDaniel, Susan H.; Meldrum, Sean. (2005) Emotion Language in Primary Care Encounters: Reliability and Validity of an Emotion Word Count Coding System. Patient Education and Counseling. 57(2):232-238

Poleshuck, Ellen.L., Dworkin, Robert H., Howard, Fred M., Foster, David C., Shields, Cleveland G., Giles, Donna E, & Tu, Xin. (2004) The contributions of physical and sexual abuse to women’s experiences with chronic pelvic pain.. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Clark, P.C, Dunbar, S.B., Shields, C. G., Viswanathan, B., Aycock, DM. & Wolf, S.L., (2004). Influence of stroke survivor characteristics and family conflict surrounding recovery on caregivers' mental and physical health. Nursing Research 53(6):406-13

Mallinger, J.B.*, Griggs, J., & Shields, C. G. (2005. Patient-centered care and breast cancer survivors' satisfaction with information. Patient Education & Counseling. 57(3):342-9

Walsh, Stephanie R., Brucker, Penny, Shields, Cleveland G. (IN PRESS) Attachment Behaviors and Proximity-Seeking in Cancer Patients and their Partners. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Shields, C.G. Epstein, R.M. Fiscella, K., Franks, P, McCann, R., McCormick, K., & Mallinger, J.B. (2005) Influence of Accompanied Encounters on Patient-Centeredness with Older Patients. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice.18: 344-354.

Franks P, Fiscella K, Shields CG, Meldrum SC, Duberstein P, Jerant AF et al. (2005) Are Patients' Ratings of Their Physicians Related to Health Outcomes? Ann Fam Med 2005;3:229-234.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Fiscella K, Shields C.G., Meldrum SC, Kravitz KL, Duberstein PR. Measuring Patient-centered Communication in Patient-Physician Consultations: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Social Science and Medicine. In Press May 2005

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Franks P, Shields C.G., Duberstein P, McDaniel SH, Epstein RM. (2004) Patient Trust: Is it Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians? Medical Care,42(11)1049-1055.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Shields C.G., Meldrum SC, Miller KN, Campbell TL, Fiscella K. (2005) Patient Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing. Annals of Family Medicine, 3: 415-421.

Shields, C. G., Epstein, R. M., Franks, P., Fiscella, K., Duberstein, P., McDaniel, S.H & Meldrum, S., (2005) Emotion language in primary care encounters: reliability and validity of an emotion word count coding system Patient Education and Counseling, 57: 232-238

Shields, C. G., Franks, P., Fiscella, K., Meldrum, S., & Epstein, R. M. (2005) Rochester PArticipatory Decision-making scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity. Annals of Family Medicine, 3: 436-442

Bayer, William, Mallinger*, Julie B., Krishnan*, Ashok, Shields, Cleveland G. (2006) Attitudes Toward Life-Sustaining Interventions Among Ambulatory Black And White Patients. Ethnicity and Disease, 16: 915-920

Epstein, R. M., Shields, C. G., Meldrum, S. C., Fiscella, K., Carroll, J., Carney, P. A. et al. (2006). Physicians' responses to patients' medically unexplained symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine 68[2], 269-276.

Franks, P., Jerant, A. F., Fiscella, K., Shields, C. G., Tancredi, D. J., & Epstein, R. M. (2006). Studying physician effects on patient outcomes: Physician interactional style and performance on quality of care indicators. . Social Science & Medicine 62[2], 422-432.

Mallinger*, J. B., Griggs, J. J., & Shields, C. G. (2006). Family communication and mental health after breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 15, 355-361.

Mallinger*, J. B., Shields, C. G., Griggs, J. J., Roscoe, J. A., Morrow, G. R., Rosenbluth, R. J. et al. (2006). Stability of decisional role preference over the course of cancer therapy. . Psycho-Oncology 15[4], 297-305.

Shields, C. G. (2006). Searching for Mechanisms of Family Effect on Individuals: Comment on Williams et al. (2006). . Families, Systems, & Health 24[2], 195-197.

Duberstein, P., Meldrum, S., Fiscella, K., Shields, C. G., & Epstein, R. M. (2007). Influences on patients' ratings of physicians: Physicians' demographics and personality. . Patient Education and Counseling 65[2], 270-274.

Epstein, R. M., SHIELDS, C. G., Franks, P., Meldrum, S. C., Feldman, M., & Kravitz, R. L. (2007). Exploring and validating patient concerns: relation to prescribing for depression. Annals of Family Medicine, 5, 21-28.

Griggs, J. J., Sorbero, M. E. S., Mallinger*, J. B., Quinn, M., Waterman, M., Brooks, B. Shields, C.G. (2007). Vitality, mental health, and satisfaction with information after breast cancer. . Patient Education and Counseling 66[1], 58-66.

*=student or mentored fellow

2. Books, Monographs, Book Chapters and Review Articles:

Shields, C.G., King, D.A., & Wynne, L.M.: Interventions With Later Life Families. In R.H. Mikesell, D.D. Lusterman, S.H. McDaniel (eds.) Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family Psychology and Systems Theory. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 1995.

Shields, C.G., & Wynne, L.C.: The Strength-Vulnerability Model of Mental Health and Illness in the Elderly. In T. Hargrave and S. Hanna (eds.) The Aging Family: New Visions in Theory, Practice, and Reality. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1997.

King, D.A., Shields, C.G. & Wynne, L.C.: Interventions for Families of Older Adults. In Handbook of Psychiatry, (Harold I. Kaplan & Benjamin J. Sadock, Eds), 1998 Washington, D.C., APA Press. King, D.A., Shields, C.G. & Wynne, L.C.: Interventions and Consultation with Families of Older Adults. In Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, (Benjamin J. Sadock, & Virginia A. Sadock, Eds), 2000 Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Pages, 3122-3127