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Jennifer L. Francis
Researcher at Louisiana State University
Publications - 6
Citations - 613
Jennifer L. Francis is an academic researcher from Louisiana State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social perception & Schizophrenia. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 597 citations. Previous affiliations of Jennifer L. Francis include Earl K. Long Medical Center.
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Family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations in the emergency department: a critical review and suggestions for future research.
TL;DR: Despite what appear to be promising data regarding the benefits of family presence, this area of research is in the initial phases of development with many limitations that are discussed.
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Emotion recognition in schizophrenia: further investigation of generalized versus specific deficit models.
David L. Penn,Dennis R. Combs,Mark Ritchie,Jennifer L. Francis,Jeffrey E. Cassisi,Scott B. Morris,Mark H. Townsend +6 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the nature of emotion perception in schizophrenia and found that the acutely ill sample had a specific deficit in emotion perception that remained present after controlling for performance on the general perception tasks.
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Social perception in schizophrenia: the role of context
TL;DR: Task performance for the group with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder was relatively independent of symptoms, but was related to social functioning in the treatment setting, and the ecological validity of these measures was examined.
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The Relationship between Insight and Social Skill in Persons with Severe Mental Illness
TL;DR: Investigation of the relationship of insight with the social behaviors of outpatients with severe mental illness found greater insight was associated with better overall social skill, less observed strangeness, and greater self-disclosure of one’s mental illness.
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Changing multiple health behaviors: smoking and exercise.
Edwin D. Boudreaux,Jennifer L. Francis,Cindy L. Carmack Taylor,Isabel C. Scarinci,Phillip J. Brantley +4 more
TL;DR: Smoking and exercise appear to be specific health behaviors that are independent constructs in this particular sample, however, caution should be taken when interpreting the findings since 75% of the sample had at least one chronic illness.