Bonnie M. Hagerty
Associate Professor
Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
University of Michigan
United States of America
Biography
Education: PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989 MS in Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, IN, 1979 BS in Nursing, Russell Sage College, Troy New York, IN, 1974
Research Interest
As one of the major accomplishments of her career, Dr. Hagerty developed a theory of Human Relatedness with a focus on Sense of Belonging and designed an instrument to measure this concept, the Sense of Belonging Instrument (SOBI). This instrument has been published and is currently translated into several languages and used world-wide for research relating to belonging, depression, suicide, identity, and other indicators of social and psychological functioning. Results of her research indicate that sense of belonging is more powerful than social support in relation to interpersonal functioning difficulties. In related work, Dr. Hagerty has also been conducting research on depression with a specific focus on depression in the military, adherence to antidepressant medications, self-management of recurrent depression, and the relationship between depression and sense of belonging.
Publications
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Williams, R.A., Hagerty, B.M., Andrei, A.C., Yousha, S.M., Hirth, R.A., Hoyle, K.S. (2007). STARS: Strategies to assist Navy recruits’ success. Military Medicine, 172, 942-949.
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Hagerty, B.M., Williams, R.A., Bingham, M., & Richard, M. (in press). Military nurses and combat casualty patients: A qualitative analysis of psychosocial care. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.
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Arslanian-Engoren, C., Hagerty, B.M., Antonakos, C.L., & Eagle, K.A. (2010). The feasibility and utility of the aid to cardiac triage intervention to improve nurses' cardiac triage decisions. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care (39), 201-207.
