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David Fedele, PhD, ABPP

Psychologist

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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Asthma , 25 publications
  • Stress, Psychological , 16 publications
  • Parents , 13 publications
  • Adaptation, Psychological , 13 publications

Research activity

115 publications

1,381 citations

Why is this important?

Focus

Dr. Fedele’s research broadly focuses on family adjustment to pediatric chronic illness. He is particularly interested in the psychosocial aspects of pediatric chronic illnesses including how health behaviors, adherence to treatment regimens, and the child-caregiver relationship impact adjustment and morbidity. Dr. Fedele’s current research predominantly focuses on youth diagnosed with asthma and their families.

Active clinical trials

AIM2ACT

The aim is to test the efficacy of AIM2ACT and long-term maintenance of treatment effects in a fully-powered randomized controlled trial with 160 early adolescents with poorly controlled persistent asthma, ages 12-15 years, and a caregiver

Investigators
David Fedele, Sreekala Prabhakaran
Status
Accepting Candidates
Ages
12 Years - 70 Years
Sexes
All

My publications

115 publications

2026

Development and Usability Testing of the Mobile Childhood Asthma Management Program (mCHAMP) App: Sequential Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting

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2026

Caregiver stress in the context of pediatric asthma: associations with youth quality of life and caregiver-child communication patterns.

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

PubMed Publisher's site

2025

Moderators of a mHealth Intervention for Adolescent Physical Activity: Intervention Refinement Study

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting

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2025

Determination of pediatric asthma severity using retrospective electronic health record prescription data: an analysis before and after the 2020 national asthma education and prevention program guideline update.

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

PubMed Publisher's site

2025

Managing children's asthma: what role do caregivers' mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?

Psychology & health

PubMed Publisher's site