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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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What Are Computing Experiences Good For?: A Case Study in Online Research

John Mueller, +2 more
TL;DR: This chapter speculated that the result should be a decrease in test anxiety and an increase in selfconfidence, with enhanced general academic performance, not just mathematics performance, in learning to program in LOGO on computers.
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Some retirees remain active: a commentary on Sniehotta, Presseau and Araújo-Soares

Ralf Schwarzer
- 01 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: Sometimes it needs strong words to get the attention of the scientific community, and using a provocative title for their editorial, Sniehotta, Presseau, and Araujo-Soares (2014) have succeeded in doing just that.
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Adherence to physical and mental activity interventions: Coping plans as a mediator and prior adherence as a moderator.

Andrea Evers, +3 more
- 01 Sep 2012 - 
TL;DR: Instructing older individuals to generate coping plans facilitated their adherence to physical and mental activity programmes, and this effect was larger for participants with lower levels of prior adherence--and may have prevented them from dropping out of the programme.
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A PTSD symptoms trajectory mediates between exposure levels and emotional support in police responders to 9/11: a growth curve analysis.

Ralf Schwarzer, +4 more
- 04 Jul 2016 - 
TL;DR: Initial trauma exposure levels can have a long-term effect on mean symptom levels, and emotional support is lower in police responders when PTSD symptoms persist over seven years, but becomes higher when reduction in symptoms occurs.
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Review: Nudge interventions to promote healthy diets and physical activity

Elpiniki Laiou, +16 more
- 01 Jul 2021 - 
TL;DR: Overall, specific types of interventions such as proximity and presentation alterations can be effective in encouraging people towards the adoption of healthier diet choices, whereas labelling, availability, prompting, functional design and sizing “nudge” interventions provide inconclusive results so far.