S D Barger

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Affiliation: Northern Arizona University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Perceived emotional support and frequent social contacts are associated with greater knowledge of stroke warning signs: evidence from two cross-sectional us population surveys
    Steven D Barger
    Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Health Psychol 17:169-78. 2012
  2. ncbi The Marlowe-Crowne affair: short forms, psychometric structure, and social desirability
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff 86011, USA
    J Pers Assess 79:286-305. 2002
  3. ncbi Does generalized anxiety disorder predict coronary heart disease risk factors independently of major depressive disorder?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Affect Disord 88:87-91. 2005
  4. ncbi Hypertension labelling was associated with poorer self-rated health in the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    S D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Hum Hypertens 20:117-23. 2006
  5. ncbi Do psychological characteristics explain socioeconomic stratification of self-rated health?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Health Psychol 11:21-35. 2006
  6. ncbi The relative contributions of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health, and social relationships to life satisfaction in the United States
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, P O Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
    Qual Life Res 18:179-89. 2009
  7. ncbi Do induced moods really influence health perceptions?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    Health Psychol 26:85-95. 2007
  8. ncbi Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestry
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:1971-8. 2008
  9. ncbi The effects of social context and defensiveness on the physiological responses of repressive copers
    S D Barger
    Department of Psychology, University of Utah, USA
    J Pers Soc Psychol 73:1118-28. 1997
  10. ncbi Small changes in nutrition and physical activity promote weight loss and maintenance: 3-month evidence from the ASPIRE randomized trial
    Lesley D Lutes
    Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, 104 Rawl, East Fifth Street, Greenville, NC 27858 4353, USA
    Ann Behav Med 35:351-7. 2008

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Perceived emotional support and frequent social contacts are associated with greater knowledge of stroke warning signs: evidence from two cross-sectional us population surveys
    Steven D Barger
    Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Health Psychol 17:169-78. 2012
    ..Both higher levels of emotional support and more frequent social contacts were independently associated with greater stroke warning sign knowledge. Social isolation is a novel marker of poor knowledge of stroke warning signs...
  2. ncbi The Marlowe-Crowne affair: short forms, psychometric structure, and social desirability
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff 86011, USA
    J Pers Assess 79:286-305. 2002
    ..Using the Marlowe-Crowne scale or its various short forms as a control for response bias is discouraged on empirical and conceptual grounds...
  3. ncbi Does generalized anxiety disorder predict coronary heart disease risk factors independently of major depressive disorder?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Affect Disord 88:87-91. 2005
    ..We sought to determine if generalized anxiety disorder is associated with elevated CHD risk, and whether this association is independent of or interacts with major depressive disorder...
  4. ncbi Hypertension labelling was associated with poorer self-rated health in the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    S D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Hum Hypertens 20:117-23. 2006
    ..Public health efforts to increase the number of individuals screened for high blood pressure may successfully detect the presence of hypertension but may also reduce health-related quality of life as measured by global SRH...
  5. ncbi Do psychological characteristics explain socioeconomic stratification of self-rated health?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    J Health Psychol 11:21-35. 2006
    ..However, both psychological resources (e.g. social support, extraversion) and negative emotions independently predicted SRH. Detection of SRH determinants was sensitive to binary versus ordinal SRH definitions...
  6. ncbi The relative contributions of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health, and social relationships to life satisfaction in the United States
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, P O Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
    Qual Life Res 18:179-89. 2009
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  7. ncbi Do induced moods really influence health perceptions?
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    Health Psychol 26:85-95. 2007
    ..To determine whether induced mood alters health reports...
  8. ncbi Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestry
    Steven D Barger
    Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:1971-8. 2008
    ..We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population...
  9. ncbi The effects of social context and defensiveness on the physiological responses of repressive copers
    S D Barger
    Department of Psychology, University of Utah, USA
    J Pers Soc Psychol 73:1118-28. 1997
    ..Consistent with a theory of emotional inhibition, nonspecific skin conductance responses, but not heart rate, discriminated between repressors and nonrepressors...
  10. ncbi Small changes in nutrition and physical activity promote weight loss and maintenance: 3-month evidence from the ASPIRE randomized trial
    Lesley D Lutes
    Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, 104 Rawl, East Fifth Street, Greenville, NC 27858 4353, USA
    Ann Behav Med 35:351-7. 2008
    ..However, weight regain after treatment is common, and drop out rates are relatively high. Smaller behavioral changes could produce initial weight loss and be easier to sustain after active treatment...
  11. ncbi How well do people recall risk factor test results? Accuracy and bias among cholesterol screening participants
    Robert T Croyle
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Health Psychol 25:425-32. 2006
    ..The findings provide evidence that recall of self-relevant health information is susceptible to self-enhancement bias...