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Representative Publications 

Scheier, M. F., & Bridges, M. W.  (1995).  Person variables and health:  Personality
predispositions and acute psychological states as shared determinants for disease.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 57, 255-268.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F., Matthews, K. A., Owens, J. F., Schulz, R., Bridges, M. W.,
Magovern, G. J., Jr., & Carver, C. S.  (1999). Optimism and rehospitalization
following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Archives of Internal Medicine
159, 829-835.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F., &  Carver, C. S. (2001).  Adapting to cancer:  The importance
of hope and purpose.  In A. Baum and B. L. Andersen (Eds.), Psychosocial
interventions for cancer (pp. 15-36).  Washington D.C.:  American Psychological
Association.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F., & Carver, C. S.  (2003).  Goals and confidence as self-regulatory
elements underlying health and illness behavior.  In L. D. Cameron and H. Leventhal
(Eds.), The self-regulation of health and illness behaviour (pp. 17-41).  London, UK:
Routledge.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F. & Carver, C. S. (2003).  Self-regulatory processes and responses to
health threats: Effects of optimism on well-being. In J. Suls & K. Wallston (Eds.),
Social psychological foundations of health (pp. 395-428).  Oxford UK: Blackwell.
View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F., Helgeson, V. S., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Bridges, M.
W., Knapp, J., Gerszten, K., Pappert, W. S. (2005).  Interventions to enhance
physical and psychological functioning among younger women who are ending
nonhormonal adjuvant treatment for early stage breast cancer.  Journal of Clinical
Oncology 23(19), 4298-4311.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Baum, A., Cohen, S., Martire, L. M., Matthews,
K. A., Schulz, R., & Zdaniuk, B. (2006).  The Life Engagement Test: Assessing
purpose in life.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine 29(3), 291-298.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Rasmussen, H. N., Wrosch, C., Scheier, M. F., & Carver, C. S. (2006).
Self-regulation processes and health: The importance of optimism and goal
adjustment.  Journal of Personality 74, 1721-1747.

Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., Scheier, M. F., & Brun de Pontet, S. (2007).  Giving up
on unattainable goals: Benefits for health?  Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin 33, 251-265.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Updated 10/3/2007 gp/tc.

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