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Ralf Schwarzer
Researcher at Free University of Berlin
Publications - 398
Citations - 39326
Ralf Schwarzer is an academic researcher from Free University of Berlin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Behavior change & Health action process approach. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 390 publications receiving 35303 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralf Schwarzer include The Chinese University of Hong Kong & Australian Catholic University.
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Coping as a mediator in recovery from cardiac surgery
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how recovery from surgery can be facilitated by adaptive coping or it can be inhibited by maladaptive coping, and how coping itself can be influenced by personal and social coping resources.
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Avoiding exposure to air pollution by using filtering facemask respirators: An application of the health action process approach.
TL;DR: Results support theory-based psychological mechanisms, with a focus on planning and action control, which might be influential in the adoption and maintenance of self-protective facemask wearing.
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Synergistic Effect of Social Support and Self-Efficacy on Physical Exercise in Older Adults
TL;DR: People with low self-efficacy were less likely to be active in spite of having social support and that these resources could be targets of interventions to increase older adults' exercise.
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Age and Body Make a Difference in Optimistic Health Beliefs and Nutrition Behaviors
TL;DR: It was found that individuals report better intentions to adhere to healthy foods and better nutrition behaviors as they grow older and gain weight.
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Turning Good Intentions Into Actions by Using the Health Action Process Approach to Predict Adherence to Internet-Based Depression Prevention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Anna Carlotta Zarski,Matthias Berking,Dorota Reis,Dirk Lehr,Claudia Buntrock,Ralf Schwarzer,David Daniel Ebert +6 more
TL;DR: Plans emerged as the strongest predictor of treatment adherence in highly motivated participants in an Internet-based intervention out of all HAPA variables investigated, in line with the hypothesis that planning facilitates the translation of good intentions into actions.