John Sumerlin, PhD

John Sumerlin, Ph.D

Professor

Biography

Dr. Sumerlin is a Professor of psychology. His areas of concentration include health, aging, personality, and counseling from a positive psychology perspective. He obtained a B.A. and M.A. in psychology and counseling psychology respectively at the University of West Florida. He obtained his Ph.D. from New York University in human sexuality and psychology. His research centers on strengths in marginalized groups; e.g., unsheltered homeless individuals. Dr. Sumerlin has published psychometric instruments on self-actualization and romantic primary pair bonds and empirical studies describing life issues of unsheltered homeless men. Presently, Dr. Sumerlin’s interest’s exam aspects of cellular and molecular aging as contributors to an individual’s health span/life-span.

Publications

Sumerlin, J. R. (1999). Cognitive-affective preparation for homelessness: Quantitative and qualitative analyses of childhood out-of-home placement and child abuse in a sample of homeless men. Psychological Reports, 85, 553-573.

Sumerlin, J. R., & Bundrick, C. M. (1998). Revision of the brief index of self-actualization. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 87(1), 115-125.

Sumerlin, J. R., & Bundrick, C. M. (1997). Research on homeless men and women: Existential-humanistic and clinical thinking. Psychological Reports, 80(3), 1303-1314.

Sumerlin, J.R. (1996). Discriminant analyses of willingness to talk with a counselor and most difficult issues in the experience of unsheltered homeless men: Self-actualization, loneliness. Psychological Reports, 78(2), 659-672.

Sumerlin, J. R., & Bundrick, C. M.  (1996). Brief index of self-actualization: A measure of Maslow’s model. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 11(2), 253-264.

Sumerlin, J. R. (1996). What have you learned from your homeless experience? A phenomenological approach for counseling homeless men. Psychological Reports, 79(3), 883-890.

Sumerlin, J. R. (1995). Adaptation to homelessness: Self-actualization, loneliness, and depression in street homeless men. Psychological Reports, 77(1), 295-314.

Sumerlin, J. R., & Norman, R. L. (1992). Self-actualization and homeless men: A known-groups examination of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 7(1), 469-478.