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| John A UpdegraffSummaryAffiliation: Kent State University Country: USA Publications
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Searching for and finding meaning in collective trauma: results from a national longitudinal study of the 9/11 terrorist attacksJohn A Updegraff
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 0001, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 95:709-22. 2008..Results highlight the role of meaning in adjustment following collective traumas that shatter people's fundamental assumptions about security and invulnerability...
Sheltering the self from the storm: self-construal abstractness and the stability of self-esteemJohn A Updegraff
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 0001, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 36:97-108. 2010..Implications of these findings for the study of the self and well-being are discussed...
Framing flu prevention--an experimental field test of signs promoting hand hygiene during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemicJohn A Updegraff
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 0001, USA
Health Psychol 30:295-9. 2011..During the 2009-2010 H1N1 flu pandemic, many institutions installed alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in public settings in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. Yet, usage of these dispensers remained low...
Theory of Planned Behavior explains gender difference in fruit and vegetable consumptionAmber S Emanuel
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 0001, USA
Appetite 59:693-7. 2012..Thus, TPB constructs substantially explained the gender difference. Interventions targeted toward adult males may benefit by promoting favorable attitudes and perceived behavioral control over FVI...
When 'fit' leads to fit, and when 'fit' leads to fat: how message framing and intrinsic vs. extrinsic exercise outcomes interact in promoting physical activityKristel M Gallagher
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, 44242 0001, USA
Psychol Health 26:819-34. 2011..Findings shed light on how the outcomes and motivations associated with physical activity shape people's behavioural responses to framed health communications...
Health message framing effects on attitudes, intentions, and behavior: a meta-analytic reviewKristel M Gallagher
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 0001, USA
Ann Behav Med 43:101-16. 2012..Message framing has been an important focus in health communication research, yet prior meta-analyses found limited support for using framing to increase persuasiveness of health messages...
Mindfulness and its relationship to emotional regulationChristina L M Hill
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, USA
Emotion 12:81-90. 2012..This experience sampling study indicates that self-reported levels of mindfulness are related to higher levels of differentiation of one's discrete emotional experiences in a manner reflective of effective emotion regulation...
Research Grants
- Promoting Mamography Usage with an Individualized Approach to Message FramingJohn Updegraff; Fiscal Year: 2007....
