# Samuel Sears

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{{Short description|American professor of health psychology}}
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|name = Samuel F. Sears Jr.
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|birth_place = [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida), United States
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|fields = [Health psychology](/source/Health_psychology)
|known_for = Designing psychological [coping](/source/Coping_(psychology)) strategies for ICD patients and their spouses
|alma_mater = [University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida)
|workplaces = [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University), University of Florida
|awards = Early Contributions to Psychology Award (1998; Florida Psychological Association), [O. Max Gardner Award](/source/Oliver_Max_Gardner)
|spouse = Staci Evans
|children = Jackson, Brandon
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'''Samuel F. Sears Jr.''' is a [professor](/source/professor) of [health psychology](/source/health_psychology) at [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University) ([Greenville, NC](/source/Greenville%2C_NC)).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/psyc/searss/ |title=Samuel F. Sears, Jr., Ph.D. |publisher=East Carolina University |date=2010-02-03 |accessdate=2012-01-22 |archive-date=2010-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728224611/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/psyc/searss/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Early life and clinical training ==
Sears was born in [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida) and raised in its surrounding [suburbs](/source/suburbs). He graduated from [Lake Brantley High School](/source/Lake_Brantley_High_School) in 1986 and enrolled at the [University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida). He was a [walk-on](/source/Walk-on_(sports)) football player before incurring multiple injuries. These injuries prompted him to examine the psychological aspects of [health](/source/health) and [recovery](/source/Rehabilitation_medicine) as a psychology [major](/source/Major_(academics)). He further pursued these studies in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida, where he obtained his [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) and was later hired onto the faculty. He served as an [assistant professor](/source/assistant_professor) and later as an associate professor for 12 years. During his time at the University of Florida, he established the first cardiac psychology laboratory at that university.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/psyc/searss/ ECU Cardiac Psychology, Samuel Sears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728224611/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/psyc/searss/ |date=2010-07-28 }}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8sWy5acQAY&feature=em-uploademail  Sears receives O. Max Gardner award]

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