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Support
Benefit-Finding
Tomich,
P. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2004). Is finding something good
in the bad always
good?
Benefit finding among women with breast cancer. Health Psychology,
23, 16-23.
Tomich,
P. L., Helgeson, V. S., & Nowak Vache, E. J. (2005). The
benefits and costs
of
breast cancer: A comparison to age-matched controls 5-years later.
Psycho-Oncology,
14, 307-317.
Park,
C. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2006). Growth following highly stressful
life events:
Current
status and future directions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology,
74,
791-796.
Helgeson,
V. S., Reynolds, K. A., & Tomich, P. L. (2006). A meta-analytic
review of
benefit
finding and growth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
74, 797-816.
Helgeson,
V. S., Lopez, L., & Mennella, C. (in press). Benefit-finding
among
adolescents
with chronic illness. In C. Park, S. Lechner, A. Stanton, & M.
Antoni
(Eds.),
Positive life change in the context of medical illness. Washington
D. C.:
American
Psychological Association.
Cancer
Helgeson,
V. S., & Cohen, S. (1996). Social support and adjustment
to cancer:
Reconciling
descriptive, correlational, and intervention research. Health Psychology,
15,
135-148.
Helgeson,
V. S., & Lepore, S. J. (1997). Men’s adjustment to prostate
cancer:
The
role of agency and unmitigated agency. Sex Roles, 37(3/4), 251-267.
Helgeson,
V. S., Cohen, S., & Fritz, H., (1998). Social ties and cancer.
In
J. C. Holland & W. Breitbart (Eds.), Psycho-Oncology. New York:
Oxford
University Press.
Lepore,
S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (1998). Social constraints, intrusive
thoughts,
and
mental health after prostate cancer. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology,
17,(1),
89-106.
Lepore,
S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (1999). Psychoeducational support
group enhances
quality
of life after prostate cancer. Cancer research, therapy and control,
8, 81-92.
Helgeson,
V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (1999). Education and
peer
discussion
group interventions and adjustment to breast cancer. Archives of
General
Psychiatry,
56, 340-347.
Brady,
S. S., & Helgeson, V. S. (1999). Social support and adjustment
to recurrence
of
breast cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 17, 37-55.
Helgeson,
V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (2000). Group
support
interventions
for people with cancer: Who benefits from what? Health Psychology,
19,
107-114.
Bogart,
L. M., & Helgeson, V. S. (2000). Social comparisons among
women with
breast
cancer: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology,
30,
547-575.
Helgeson,
V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (2001). Group
support
interventions
for people with cancer: Benefits and hazards. In A. Baum &
B. L.
Andersen
(Eds.), Psychosocial interventions for cancer (pp. 269-286). Washington,
D.C.:
American Psychological Association.
Helgeson,
V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., Yasko, J. (2001). Long-term effects
of
educational
and peer discussion group support interventions on adjustment to breast
cancer.
Health Psychology, 20, 387-392.
Eton,
D.T., Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (2001). Early quality
of life in localized
prostate
cancer: An examination of treatment-related, demographic, and psychosocial
factors.
Cancer, 92, 1451-1459.
Tomich,
P., & Helgeson, V. S. (2002). Five years later: A
comparison of breast
cancer
survivors with healthy women. Psycho-Oncology, 11, 1-15.
Helgeson,
V. S. (2003). Unmitigated communion and adjustment to breast
cancer:
Associations
and explanations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1643-1661.
Helgeson,
V. S., Snyder, P. R., & Seltman, H. (2004). Psychological
and physical
adjustment
to breast cancer over 4 years: Identifying distinct trajectories
of change.
Health
Psychology, 23, 3-15.
Lepore,
S. J., Helgeson, V. S., Eton, D.T, & Schulz, R. (2003).
Improving quality of
life
in men with prostate cancer: A randomized controlled trial of group education
interventions.
Health Psychology, 22, 443-452.
Tomich,
P. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2004). Is finding something good
in the bad always
good?
Benefit finding among women with breast cancer. Health Psychology,
23, 16-23.
Helgeson,
V. S., Novak, S. A., Lepore, S. J., & Eton, D. T. (2004)
Spouse social
control
efforts: Relations to health behavior and well-being among men with
prostate
cancer.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 53-68.
Helgeson,
V. S., & Lepore, S. J. (2004). Quality of life following
prostate cancer:
The
role of agency and unmitigated agency. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology,
34,
2559-2585.
Helgeson,
V. S. (2005). Commentary: Recent Advances in Psychosocial
Oncology.
Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Helgeson,
V. S., & Tomich, P. L. (2005). Surviving cancer: A comparison
of 5-year
disease-free
breast cancer survivors with healthy women. Psycho-Oncology, 14,
307-317.
Eton,
D. T., Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (2005). Psychological
distress in
spouses
of men treated for early-stage prostate carcinoma. Cancer, 92, 2412-2418.
Tomich,
P. L., Helgeson, V. S., & Nowak Vache, E. J. (2005). The
benefits and
costs
of breast cancer: A comparison to age-matched controls 5-years later.
Psycho-Oncology,
14, 307-317.
Scheier,
M. F., Helgeson, V. S., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Bridges, M.
W.,
Knapp,
J., Gerszten, K., & Pappert, S. (2005). Interventions to
enhance physical
and
psychological functioning among younger women who are ending non-hormonal
adjuvant
treatment for early stage breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology,
23,
4298-42311.
Helgeson,
V. S., Lepore, S. J., & Eton, D. T. (2006). Who benefits:
Moderators of
the
benefits of a psychoeducational intervention for men with prostate cancer.
Health
Psychology,
25, 348-354.
Roberts,
K. J., Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (2006). Social-cognitive
correlates
of
adjustment to prostate cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 14, 183-192.
Tomich,
P. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2006). Breast cancer recurrence
and cognitive
adaptation
theory: Are there limits? Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology,
74,
980-987.
Scheier,
M. F., & Helgeson, V. S. (2006). Commentary on Bardwell
et al. (2006).
Journal
of Clinical Oncology, 24, 2407-2408.
Scheier,
M., Helgeson, V., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Knapp, J., & Gerszten,
K.
(in
press). Moderators of interventions designed to enhance physical
and psychological
funcitoning
among younger women with early stage breast cancer. Journal of Clinical
Oncology.
Chronic Illness
Helgeson, V. S. (1993).
The onset of chronic illness: Its effect on the patient-spouse
relationship. Journal
of Social and Clinical Psychology, 12, 406-428.
Helgeson, V. S., & Mickelson,
K. D. (2000). Coping with chronic illness among the
elderly. In S. B.
Manuck, R. Jennings, B. S. Rabin, & A. Baum (Eds.), Behavior, health,
and aging (pp. 153-178).
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Helgeson, V. S., & Reynolds,
K. (2002). Social psychological aspects of chronic
illness. In A. J.
Christensen & M. H. Antoni (Eds.), Chronic physical disorders:
Behavioral medicine’s perspective
(pp. 25-46). Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers
Limited.
Martire, L., Lustig, A.
P., Schulz, R., Miller, G. E., & Helgeson, V. S. (2004).
Is it
beneficial to involve a
family member? A meta-analysis of family-focused interventions
for chronic illness?
Health Psychology, 23, 599-611.
Cognitive Adaptation
Theory
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1999). Cognitive adaptation as a predictor of new
coronary events following
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Psychosomatic Medicine,
61, 488-495.
Helgeson, V. S. (1999).
Cognitive adaptation theory: Predicting adjustment to heart
disease. Health Psychology,
18, 1-9.
Helgeson, V. S. (2003).
Cognitive adaptation among angioplasty patients:
4 years later. Health
Psychology, 22, 30-38.
Tomich, P. L., & Helgeson,
V. S. (2006). Breast cancer recurrence and cognitive
adaptation theory:
Are there limits? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
74, 980-987.
Control
Taylor, S. E., Helgeson,
V. S., Reed, G. M., & Skokan, L. A. (1991). Self-generated
feelings of control and
adjustment to physical illness. Journal of Social Issues, 47,
91-109.
Helgeson, V. S. (1992).
Moderators of the relation between perceived control and
adjustment to chronic illness.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63,
656-666.
Helgeson, V. S., & Franzen,
P. L. (1998). The role of perceived control in adjustment
to diabetes. Anxiety,
stress, and coping, 11, 113-136.
Coronary Heart
Disease
Helgeson, V. S. (1993).
Implications of agency and communion for patient and
spouse adjustment to a first
coronary event. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 64, 807-816.
Helgeson, V. S., & Taylor,
S. E. (1993). Social comparisons and adjustment among
cardiac patients.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 1171-1185.
Helgeson, V. S. (1993).
The onset of chronic illness: Its effect on the patient-spouse
relationship. Journal
of Social and Clinical Psychology, 12, 406-428.
Helgeson, V. S. (1995).
Masculinity, men's roles, and coronary heart disease.
In D. Sabo & D. Gordon
(Eds.), Men's health and illness: Gender, power and the
body (pp 68-104). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1999). Cognitive adaptation as a predictor of new
coronary events following
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Psychosomatic Medicine,
61, 488-495.
Helgeson, V. S. (1999).
Cognitive adaptation theory: Predicting adjustment to heart
disease. Health Psychology,
18, 1-9.
Diabetes
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1996). Implications of unmitigated communion and
communion for adolescent
adjustment to Type I diabetes. Women’s Health: Research
on Gender, Behavior, and
Policy, 2, 163-188.
Helgeson, V. S., & Franzen,
P. L. (1998). The role of perceived control in adjustment
to diabetes. Anxiety,
stress, and coping, 11, 113-136.
Helgeson, V. S., Viccaro,
L.., Becker, D., Escobar, O., Siminerio, L. (2006). Diet of
adolescents with and without
diabetes: Trading candy for potato chips? Diabetes
Care, 29, 982-987.
Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds,
K. A., Shestak, A., & Wei, S. (2006). Brief report:
Friendships of adolescents
with and without diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology,
31, 194-199.
Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds,
K. A, Escobar, O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). The
role of friendship in the
lives of male and female adolescents: Does diabetes make a
difference? Journal
of Adolescent Health, 40, 36-43.
Helgeson, V. S., & Novak,
S. A. (2007). Illness centrality and well-being among male
and female early adolescents
with diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32,
260-272.
Helgeson, V. S. Escobar,
O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). Unmitigated communion
and health among adolescents
with and without diabetes: The mediating role of eating
disturbances. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 519-536.
Helgeson, V. S., Snyder,
P. R., Escobar, O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007).
Comparison of adolescents
with and without diabetes on indices of psychosocial
functioning for three years.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 794-806.
Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds,
K. A., Siminerio, L., Escobar, O., & Becker, D. (in press).
Distribution of parent and
adolescent responsibility for diabetes self care: Emerging
impact of shared responsibility.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Gender Publications
Helgeson, V. S. (2002).
The psychology of gender. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall. also 2005
(2nd edition) and "in press" (3rd edition)
Helgeson, V. S., & Sharpsteen,
D. J. (1987). Perceptions of danger in achievement
and affiliation situations:
An extension of the Pollak and Gilligan vs. Benton et al.
debate. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 727-733.
Helgeson, V. S. (1994).
Prototypes and dimensions of masculinity and femininity.
Sex Roles, 31, 653-682.
Mickelson, K. D., Helgeson,
V. S., & Weiner, E. (1995). Gender effects on social
support provision and receipt.
Personal Relationships, 2, 211-224.
Johnson, M., & Helgeson,
V. S. (2002). Sex differences in response to evaluative
feedback: A field study.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 242-251.
Fritz, H. L., Nagurney,
A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2003). The effects of partner sex,
gender-related personality
traits, and social support on cardiovascular reactivity during
problem disclosure.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 713-725.
Gender
and Health
Helgeson, V. S. (1990).
The role of masculinity in a prognostic predictor of heart
attack severity. Sex
Roles, 22(11/12), 755-774.
Helgeson, V. S. (1991).
The effects of masculinity and social support on recovery
from myocardial infarction.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 53, 621-633.
Helgeson, V. S. (1993).
Implications of agency and communion for patient and spouse
adjustment to a first coronary
event. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 807-816.
Helgeson, V. S. (1994).
The relation of agency and communion to well-being:
Evidence and potential explanations.
Psychological Bulletin, 116, 412-428.
Helgeson, V. S. (1995).
Masculinity, men's roles, and coronary heart disease.
In D. Sabo & D. Gordon
(Eds.), Men's health and illness: Gender, power and the body
(pp 68-104). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1996). Implications of unmitigated communion and
communion for adolescent
adjustment to Type I diabetes. Women’s Health: Research
on Gender, Behavior, and
Policy, 2, 163-188.
O’Leary, A., & Helgeson,
V. S. (1997). Psychosocial factors and women’s health:
Integrating mind, heart,
and body. In S. J. Gallant, G. P. Keita, & R. Royak-Schaler
(Eds.), Health care for
women: Psychological, social, and behavioral influences
(pp. 25-40). Washington,
D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Helgeson, V. S., & Lepore,
S. J. (1997). Men’s adjustment to prostate cancer: The
role of agency and unmitigated
agency. Sex Roles, 37(3/4), 251-267.
Fritz, H. L., & Helgeson,
V. S. (1998). Distinctions of unmitigated communion from
communion: Self-neglect
and overinvolvement with others. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 75, 121-140.
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1998). A theory of unmitigated communion. Personality
and Social Psychology Review,
2, 173-183.
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (1999). Unmitigated agency and unmitigated
communion: Distinctions
from agency and communion. Journal of Research in
Personality, 33, 131-158.
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz,
H. L. (2000). The implications of unmitigated agency and
unmitigated communion for
domains of problem behavior. Journal of Personality, 68,
1031-1057.
Tamres, L., Janicki, D.,
& Helgeson, V. S. (2002). Sex differences in coping behavior:
A meta-analytic review.
Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 2-30.
Helgeson, V. S., Janicki,
D., Lerner, J., & Barbarin, O. (2003). Brief report:
Adjustment to juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis: A family systems perspective. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, 28,347-353.
Helgeson, V. S. (2003).
Gender-related traits and health. In J. Suls & K. A. Wallston
(Eds.), Social psychological
foundations of health and illness (pp. 367-394). Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Helgeson, V. S. (2003).
Unmitigated communion and adjustment to breast cancer:
Associations and explanations.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1643-1661.
Helgeson, V. S., & Lepore,
S. J. (2004). Quality of life following prostate cancer: The
role of agency and unmitigated
agency. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34,
2559-2585.
Reynolds, K.A., Helgeson,
V.S., Seltman, H., Janicki, D., Page-Gould, E., & Wardle M.
(2006). Impact of
interpersonal conflict on individuals high in unmitigated communion.
Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 36, 1595-1616.
Helgeson, V. S. Escobar,
O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). Unmitigated
communion and health among
adolescents with and without diabetes: The mediating
role of eating disturbances.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 519-536.
Social Comparison
Helgeson, V. S., & Taylor,
S. E. (1993). Social comparisons and adjustment among
cardiac patients.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 1171-1185.
Helgeson, V. S., & Mickelson,
K. D. (1995). Motives for social comparison.
Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 21, 1200-1209.
Bogart, L. M., & Helgeson,
V. S. (2000). Social comparisons among women with
breast cancer: A longitudinal
investigation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
30, 547-575.
Social Support
Helgeson, V. S. (1993).
Two important distinctions in social support: Kind of support
and perceived vs. received.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 825-845.
Mickelson, K. D., Helgeson,
V. S., & Weiner, E. (1995). Gender effects on social
support provision and receipt.
Personal Relationships, 2, 211-224.
Helgeson, V. S., & Cohen,
S. (1996). Social support and adjustment to cancer:
Reconciling descriptive,
correlational, and intervention research. Health Psychology,
15, 135-148.
Helgeson, V. S., Cohen,
S., & Fritz, H., (1998). Social ties and cancer. In J.
C.
Holland & W. Breitbart
(Eds.), Psycho-Oncology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson,
V. S. (1998). Social constraints, intrusive thoughts, and
mental health after prostate
cancer. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17,
(1), 89-106.
Brady, S. S., & Helgeson,
V. S. (1999). Social support and adjustment to recurrence
of breast cancer.
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 17, 37-55.
Helgeson, V. S. (2003).
Social support and quality of life. Quality of Life Research,
12 (Suppl. 1), 25-31.
Fritz, H. L., Nagurney,
A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2003). The effects of partner sex,
gender-related personality
traits, and social support on cardiovascular reactivity during
problem disclosure.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 713-725.
Helgeson, V. S., Novak,
S.
A., Lepore, S. J., & Eton, D. T. (2004) Spouse social
control efforts: Relations
to health behavior and well-being among men with prostate
cancer. Journal of
Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 53-68.
Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds,
K. A., Shestak, A., & Wei, S. (2006). Brief report:
Friendships of adolescents
with and without diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology,
31, 194-199.
Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds,
K. A, Escobar, O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). The
role of friendship in the
lives of male and female adolescents: Does diabetes make a
difference? Journal
of Adolescent Health, 40, 36-43.
Support
Interventions
Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson,
V. S. (1999). Psychoeducational support group enhances
quality of life after prostate
cancer. Cancer research, therapy and control, 8, 81-92.
Helgeson, V. S., Cohen,
S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (1999). Education and peer
discussion group interventions
and adjustment to breast cancer. Archives of General
Psychiatry, 56, 340-347.
Helgeson, V. S., Cohen,
S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (2000). Group support
interventions for people
with cancer: Who benefits from what? Health Psychology, 19,
107-114.
Helgeson, V. S., & Gottlieb,
B. H. (2000). Support groups. In S. Cohen, L. G.
Underwood, & B. H. Gottlieb
(Eds.), Social support measurement and intervention:
A guide for health and social
scientists. New York: Oxford University Press.
Helgeson, V. S., Cohen,
S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (2001). Group support
interventions for people
with cancer: Benefits and hazards. In A. Baum & B. L.
Andersen (Eds.), Psychosocial
interventions for cancer (pp. 269-286). Washington,
D.C.: American Psychological
Association.
Helgeson, V. S., Cohen,
S., Schulz, R., Yasko, J. (2001). Long-term effects of
educational and peer discussion
group support interventions on adjustment to breast
cancer. Health Psychology,
20, 387-392.
Helgeson, V. S., Snyder,
P. R., & Seltman, H. (2004). Psychological and physical
adjustment to breast cancer
over 4 years: Identifying distinct trajectories of change.
Health Psychology, 23, 3-15.
Lepore, S. J., Helgeson,
V. S., Eton, D.T, & Schulz, R. (2003). Improving quality
of
life in men with prostate
cancer: A randomized controlled trial of group education
interventions. Health
Psychology, 22, 443-452.
Scheier, M. F., Helgeson,
V. S., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Bridges, M. W.,
Knapp, J., Gerszten, K.,
& Pappert, S. (2005). Interventions to enhance physical
and
psychological functioning
among younger women who are ending non-hormonal adjuvant
treatment for early stage
breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23, 4298-42311.
Helgeson, V. S., Lepore,
S. J., & Eton, D. T. (2006). Who benefits: Moderators of
the
benefits of a psychoeducational
intervention for men with prostate cancer. Health
Psychology, 25, 348-354.
Scheier, M., Helgeson, V.,
Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Knapp, J., & Gerszten, K.
(in press). Moderators
of interventions designed to enhance physical and psychological
funcitoning among younger
women with early stage breast cancer. Journal of Clinical
Oncology.
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