Melinda S Forthofer

Biographic Data

ID223125
NAMEMelinda S Forthofer
GIVEN NAMESMelinda S
FAMILY NAMEForthofer
SIGNATUREFORTHOFER M S
AFFILIATIONSa University of South Florida College of Public Health
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS35
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX2

  • Cigarette Use in 6 th Through 10 th Grade

    Lauren B Zapata, Melinda S Forthofer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2004

    Results underscore the need for multiple-component interventions. This study is unique in that it represents population-specific research in which community partners are using the findings to develop community-specific prevention marketing interventions

  • Gender Differences in the Associations of Self Esteem, Stress and Social Support with Functional Health Status Among Older Adults with Heart Disease

    Melinda S Forthofer, Melinda Forthofer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2001

    This study explored and compared the role of self esteem, stress and social support in maintenance or improvement in physical and psychosocial functioning over 12 months in older men and women with cardiovascular disease. Data from 502 adults over 60 years of age showed that self esteem and stress were both significantly associated with functioning when demographic and clinical factors were controlled. Men were significantly more likely than wome…

  • Community-Based Prevention Marketing

    Carol A Bryant, Melinda S Forthofer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2000

    OBJECTIVES: To develop and evaluate a new community-based social marketing (CBPM) model. METHODS: CBPM is being piloted to prevent the initiation of smoking and alcohol consumption among middle-school students. The project's impact on behavioral outcomes and the community's ability to use CBPM to solve public health problems are being evaluated. RESULTS: Community members have demonstrated an unexpected level of interest in learning CBPM and appl…

  • Using Audience-Segmentation Techniques to Tailor Health Behavior Change Strategies

    Melinda S Forthofer, Melinda Forthofer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2000

  • Florida Cares for Women Social Marketing Campaign

    Kelli McCormack Brown, Carol A Bryant et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2000

  • The Social Consequences of Psychiatric Disorders, III

    R C Kessler, Ellen E Walters et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Psychiatry1998

    OBJECTIVE: The associations of prior DSM-III-R disorders with probability and timing of subsequent divorce were examined. METHOD: The data came from the part II subsample (N=5,877) of the National Comorbidity Survey. The respondents completed a structured diagnostic interview that retrospectively dated age at onset of each of 14 lifetime DSM-III-R disorders and recorded ages at first marriage and divorce. These data were used to estimate survival…

  • Associations between Marital Distress and Work Loss in a National Sample

    Melinda S Forthofer, Melinda Forthofer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1996Cited by: 12

    Melinda S. Forthofer, Howard J. Markman, Martha Cox, Scott Stanley, Ronald C. Kessler, Associations between Marital Distress and Work Loss in a National Sample, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Aug., 1996), pp. 597-605

  • The Effects of Psychiatric Disorders on the Probability and Timing of First Marriage

    Melinda S Forthofer, Melinda Forthofer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1996Cited by: 23

    While studies of psychopathology have begun to consider social consequences of psychiatric disorders during the past decade, marriage has received little attention, despite evidence that it influences life quality. The present paper examines the effects of clinically significant psychiatric disorders on the probability and timing of first marriage and whether the relationships between psychiatric disorders and marriage differ by type of disorder,…