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Robert M. Hessling
Researcher at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Publications - 12
Citations - 1778
Robert M. Hessling is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Negative affectivity & Social support. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1681 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert M. Hessling include Iowa State University.
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Direct and moderating effects of community context on the psychological well-being of African American women.
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of community characteristics on well-being were examined among 709 African American women and the direct and moderating effects of neighborhood characteristics on distress were tested.
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A longitudinal study of the reciprocal nature of risk behaviors and cognitions in adolescents: what you do shapes what you think, and vice versa.
TL;DR: The results demonstrate reciprocity between risk behaviors and related cognitions and suggest that adolescents are aware of the risks associated with their behavior but modify their thinking about these risks in ways that facilitate continued participation in the behaviors.
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Measuring the tendency to conceal versus disclose psychological distress.
TL;DR: In this article, individual differences in one's tendency to conceal versus disclose psychological distress were hypothesized to reflect a unidimensional construct related to changes in psychological adjustment, and these hypotheses were tested using a newly validated self-report instrument called the Distress Disclosure Index.
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Neighborhood Context, Personality, and Stressful Life Events as Predictors of Depression Among African American Women
Carolyn E. Cutrona,Daniel W. Russell,P. Adama Brown,Lee Anna Clark,Robert M. Hessling,Kelli A. Gardner +5 more
TL;DR: Women who experienced recent negative life events and lived in high disadvantage/disorder neighborhoods were more likely to become depressed than were those who lived in more benign settings, both concurrently and over a 2-year period.
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Using Images to Increase Exercise Behavior: Prototypes Versus Possible Selves
TL;DR: Results revealed that health images have an important impact on health behavior and individuals who were high on SC and exposed to a prototype manipulation increased their exercise behavior at follow-up.