C E Schwartz

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The control group dilemma in clinical research: applications for psychosocial and behavioral medicine trials
    C E Schwartz
    Behavorial Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Brookline, Massachusetts 02167 2104, USA
    Psychosom Med 59:362-71. 1997
  2. ncbi Utilization of unconventional treatments by persons with MS: is it alternative or complementary?
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 2104, USA
    Neurology 52:626-9. 1999
  3. ncbi Learning from unreliability: the importance of inconsistency in coping dynamics
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:619-31. 1999
  4. ncbi Teaching coping skills enhances quality of life more than peer support: results of a randomized trial with multiple sclerosis patients
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
    Health Psychol 18:211-20. 1999
  5. ncbi Methodological approaches for assessing response shift in longitudinal health-related quality-of-life research
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:1531-48. 1999
  6. ncbi Helping others helps oneself: response shift effects in peer support
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:1563-75. 1999
  7. ncbi A comparison of two approaches for assessing patient importance weights to conduct an Extended Q-TWiST analysis
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
    Qual Life Res 8:197-207. 1999
  8. ncbi An evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for survivors of childhood cancer: paradoxical effects of response shift over time
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Psychooncology 8:344-54. 1999

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi The control group dilemma in clinical research: applications for psychosocial and behavioral medicine trials
    C E Schwartz
    Behavorial Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Brookline, Massachusetts 02167 2104, USA
    Psychosom Med 59:362-71. 1997
    ..We discuss the ethical, theoretical, scientific, and statistical considerations that shape current clinical outcomes research for psychosocial and behavioral medicine interventions...
  2. ncbi Utilization of unconventional treatments by persons with MS: is it alternative or complementary?
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 2104, USA
    Neurology 52:626-9. 1999
    ..We conclude that UT is complementary to allopathic medicine for people with MS...
  3. ncbi Learning from unreliability: the importance of inconsistency in coping dynamics
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:619-31. 1999
    ..We conclude that inconsistency in reported coping behavior does indeed reflect a meaningful behavior pattern, rather than simply measurement artifact...
  4. ncbi Teaching coping skills enhances quality of life more than peer support: results of a randomized trial with multiple sclerosis patients
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
    Health Psychol 18:211-20. 1999
    ..The coping group is discussed as a vehicle for facilitating response shift, helping patients to change their internal referents, their conceptualization of quality of life, and their priorities...
  5. ncbi Methodological approaches for assessing response shift in longitudinal health-related quality-of-life research
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:1531-48. 1999
    ..It is also recommended that criterion measures of change be included in future studies of response shift...
  6. ncbi Helping others helps oneself: response shift effects in peer support
    C E Schwartz
    Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Soc Sci Med 48:1563-75. 1999
    ..We suggest that a response shift may be induced by a therapeutic strategy involving the externalization and re-internalization of concern among physically ill patients...
  7. ncbi A comparison of two approaches for assessing patient importance weights to conduct an Extended Q-TWiST analysis
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
    Qual Life Res 8:197-207. 1999
    ..The second method, a Likert-scaled approach, asks patients to evaluate the importance of each quality-of-life (QOL) domain...
  8. ncbi An evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for survivors of childhood cancer: paradoxical effects of response shift over time
    C E Schwartz
    Behavioral Science Research Program, Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
    Psychooncology 8:344-54. 1999
    ..Future psychosocial intervention research should explicitly consider response shift in a randomized treatment evaluation...