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Selected Articles on Coping

Schwarzer, R., & Schwarzer, C. (1996). A critical survey of coping instruments. In M. Zeidner & N. S. Endler (Eds.), Handbook of coping: Theory, research and applications (pp. 107-132). New York: Wiley. 

Stewart, S. M., & Schwarzer, R. (1996). Stability of coping in Hong Kong medical students: A longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 20(2), 245-255. 

Schröder, K. E. E., Schwarzer, R., & Konertz, W. (1998). Coping as a mediator in recovery from cardiac surgery. Psychology & Health., 13(1), 83-97.   

Schröder, K. E. E., Schwarzer, R., & Endler, N. S. (1997). Predicting cardiac patients’ quality of life from the characteristics of their spouses. Journal of Health Psychology, 2(2), 231-244.

 Schwarzer, R. (1999). Self-regulatory processes in the adoption and maintenance of health behaviors: The role of optimism, goals, and threats. Journal of Health Psychology, 4(2), 115-127. 

Schröder, K. E. E., & Schwarzer, R. (2001). Do partners' personality resources add to the prediction of patients' coping and quality of life? Psychology & Health, 16(2), 139-159).

Schwarzer, R. (2001). Stress, resources, and proactive coping. Applied Psychology: An International Journal.50, 400-407.

 Schwarzer, R. (2000). Manage stress at work through preventive and proactive coping. In E. A. Locke (Ed.), The Blackwell handbook of principles of organizational behavior (Chpt. 24; pp. 342-355). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Knoll, N., & Schwarzer, R. (2002). Gender and age differences in social support: A study on East German refugees. In G. Weidner, M. Kopp, & M. Kristenson (Eds.), Heart disease: Environment, stress, and gender. NATO Science Series, Series I: Life and Behavioural Sciences, Vol. 327. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press. 

Schwarzer, R., & Rieckmann, N. (2002). Social support, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. In M. Kopp, G. Weidner, M. Kristenson (Eds.), Heart disease: Environment, stress, and gender. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press.

 Schwarzer, R., & Schulz, U. (2002). The role of stressful life events. In A. M. Nezu, C. M. Nezu, & P. A. Geller (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychology, Vol. 9: Health psychology. New York: Wiley.

Schwarzer, R., & Taubert, S. (2002). Coping with stress. In E. Frydenberg (Ed.), Beyond coping: Meeting goals, visions and challenges. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Schwarzer, R., & Knoll, N. (2002). Positive coping: Mastering demands and searching for meaning (Chpt. 25). In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder, Handbook of positive psychological assessment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Schröder, K. E. E., & Schwarzer, R. (2001). Do partners' personality resources add to the prediction of patients' coping and quality of life? Psychology & Health, 16(2), 139-159).

Schulz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2003). Soziale Unterstützung bei der Krankheitsbewältigung: Die Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS) [Social support and coping with illness: The Berlin Social Support Scales [BSSS]). Diagnostica, 49(2), 73-82.

Luszczynska, A., Diehl, M., Gutiérrez Doña, B., Kuusinen, P., & Schwarzer, R. (2004). Measuring one component of dispositional self-regulation: Attention control in goal pursuit. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 555-566.

Schulz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2004). Long-term effects of spousal support on coping with cancer after surgery. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 716-732.

Knoll, N., Rieckmann, N., & Schwarzer, R. (2005). Coping as a mediator between personality and stress outcomes: A longitudinal study with cataract surgery patients. European Journal of Personality, 19, 229-247.

Luszczynska, A., Mohamed, N. E., & Schwarzer, R. (2005). Self-efficacy and social support predict benefit finding 12 months after cancer surgery: The mediating role of coping strategies. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 10, 365-375.

Schwarzer, R., & Gutiérrez-Doña, B. (2005). More spousal support for men than for women: A comparison of sources and types of support. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 52, 523-532.

Schwarzer, R., Luszczynska, A., Boehmer, S., Taubert, S., & Knoll, N. (2006). Changes in finding benefit after cancer surgery and the prediction of well-being one year later. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 1614-1624.

Schwarzer, R., & Luszczynska, A. (2007). Self-Efficacy. In M. Gerrard & K.D. McCaul (Eds.) Health Behavior Constructs: Theory, Measurement, and Research. National Cancer Institute Website: http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/constructs

Ziegelmann, J. P., Luszczynska, A., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Are goal intentions or implementation intentions better predictors of health behavior? A longitudinal study in orthopedic rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 52, 97-102.

Boehmer, S., Luszczynska, A., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Coping and quality of life after tumor surgery: Personal and social resources promote different domains of quality of life. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 20(1), 61-75.

Luszczynska, A., Boehmer, S., Knoll, N., Schulz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Emotional support for men and women with cancer: Do patients receive what their partners provide? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 14, 156-163.

Luszczynska, A., Gerstorf, D., Boehmer, S., Knoll, N., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Patients' coping profiles and partners' support provision. Psychology and Health, 22, 749-764.

Schwarzer, R., & Knoll, N. (2007). Functional roles of social support within the stress and coping process: A theoretical and empirical overview. International Journal of Psychology, 42, 243-252.

Schwarzer, R., & Hallum, S. (2008). Perceived teacher self-efficacy as a predictor of job stress and burnout: Mediation analyses. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.