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| M F ScheierSummaryAffiliation: Carnegie Mellon University Country: USA Publications
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Optimism and rehospitalization after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryM F Scheier
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Intern Med 159:829-35. 1999..To determine whether optimism predicts lower rates of rehospitalization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery for the 6 months after surgery...- The Life Engagement Test: assessing purpose in lifeMichael F Scheier
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Behav Med 29:291-8. 2006..Discussion centers on the use of the Life Engagement Test in behavioral medicine and health psychology research and recent associations that have begun to emerge between the scale and health-relevant outcomes... - Moderators of interventions designed to enhance physical and psychological functioning among younger women with early-stage breast cancerMichael F Scheier
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:5710-4. 2007..To identify factors that condition or moderate the impact of a previously described set of interventions on psychological and physical adjustment after diagnosis and treatment for early-stage breast cancer... - Interventions to enhance physical and psychological functioning among younger women who are ending nonhormonal adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancerMichael F Scheier
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:4298-311. 2005..To conduct a clinical trial to determine if an educational intervention and a nutritional intervention could enhance physical and psychological functioning among younger women completing treatment for early-stage breast cancer... - Illness representations according to age and effects on health behaviors following coronary artery bypass graft surgeryB B Gump
State University of New York at Oswego, Department of Psychology, 13126, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:284-9. 2001..CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate significant differences in illness representations as a function of age. Furthermore, differences in postoperative health behaviors were consistent with differing illness representations... - Scaling back goals and recalibration of the affect system are processes in normal adaptive self-regulation: understanding 'response shift' phenomenaC S Carver
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 2070, USA
Soc Sci Med 50:1715-22. 2000..Other such phenomena are accounted for by the principle of hierarchical organization among the self-regulatory goals that comprise the self... - Does who you marry matter for your health? Influence of patients' and spouses' personality on their partners' psychological well-being following coronary artery bypass surgeryJohn M Ruiz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 91:255-67. 2006..Relationship satisfaction moderated these effects. These results suggest that partners' personality traits are important determinants of both patients' and their caregiving spouses' well-being... - Patient suffering and caregiver compassion: new opportunities for research, practice, and policyRichard Schulz
University Center for Social and Urban Research, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Gerontologist 47:4-13. 2007..We conclude with a discussion of implications and future directions for clinical intervention, research, and policy... - Adaptive self-regulation of unattainable goals: goal disengagement, goal reengagement, and subjective well-beingCarsten Wrosch
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 29:1494-508. 2003..In addition, the results showed that goal disengagement and goal reengagement can have interactive effects on subjective well-being. The importance of the findings for effective self-regulation and successful development are discussed... - Personality and quality of life: the importance of optimism and goal adjustmentCarsten Wrosch
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Qual Life Res 12:59-72. 2003..The reported evidence supports the conclusion that individual differences in people's abilities to adjust to unattainable goals are associated with a good quality of life... - Giving up on unattainable goals: benefits for health?Carsten Wrosch
Concordia University, Department of Psychology and Centre for Research in Human Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:251-65. 2007..The results also indicate that subjective well-being can mediate the associations between goal disengagement tendencies and physical health... - Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: benefits for older adults' psychological and physical healthCarsten Wrosch
Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada H4B 1R6
J Behav Med 29:299-306. 2006..The findings from cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental studies document the importance of adaptive self-regulation for maintaining older adults' health... - Really, disease doesn't matter? A commentary on correlates of depressive symptoms in women treated for early-stage breast cancerMichael F Scheier
J Clin Oncol 24:2407-8. 2006 - The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transitionIan Brissette
Insititute for Health Health Care Policy and Aging, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08901, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 82:102-11. 2002..Mediational analyses were consistent with a model in which increases in social support and greater use of positive reinterpretation and growth contributed to the superior adjustment that optimists experienced... - Regret and quality of life across the adult life span: the influence of disengagement and available future goalsCarsten Wrosch
Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Psychol Aging 20:657-70. 2005..Furthermore, the findings support the adaptive value of disengagement and available future goals for managing life regrets in older adults...
Research Grants
- The Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center - IIMichael Scheier; Fiscal Year: 2007..Support-in-kind from the host institutions will enable us to leverage the funds provided by the RFA to expand Center activities that would not otherwise be possible. ..