Howard Leventhal

Biographic Data

ID298070
NAMEHoward Leventhal
GIVEN NAMESHoward
FAMILY NAMELeventhal
SIGNATURELEVENTHAL H
AFFILIATIONSRutgers, the State University of New Jersey
ORCID0000-0001-5601-2500
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS65
TOTAL CITATIONS361
AUTHOR COUNT65
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1957
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX10

  • The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM): A dynamic framework for understanding illness self-management

    Open AccessHoward Leventhal, L A Phillips et al.ARTICLEJournal of Behavioral Medicine2016

  • Chronic Illness with Complexity: Association With Self-Perceived Burden and Advance Care Planning

    Open AccessJoanne Hash, Susan Bodnar‐Deren et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2016

    The present study examines how different chronic illnesses and mental illness comorbidity (chronic illness with complexity [CIC]) associate with components of advance care planning (ACP). We also explore the role self-perceived burden plays in the relationship between illness and ACP. Data were gathered from a cross-sectional survey of 305 elderly participants from the New Jersey End-of-Life study. Participants with diabetes and those with cardio…

  • Illness Behavior and Care-Seeking

    Open AccessHoward Leventhal, Jessica Yu et al.CHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • Heterogeneity in Depression Symptoms and Health Status Among Older Adults

    Open AccessPablo A Mora, Teerah Beamon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2012

    The results provide support for the idea that there is heterogeneity in the presentation of depression symptoms among older adults. These data showed that about a third of our sample of older adults reported increased levels of anhedonia and that negative interpersonal feelings were uncommon

  • Assessing the Relationship Between Language Proficiency and Asthma Morbidity Among Inner-City Asthmatics

    Juan P Wisnivesky, Meyer Kattan et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2009References: 18

    BACKGROUND: Patient-provider communication is essential for high-quality asthma care. The objective of this study was to assess the potential relationship of language barriers with outcomes of inner-city asthmatics. RESEARCH DESIGN: We interviewed a prospective cohort of 318 adults with persistent asthma receiving care at 2 large inner-city clinics. Patients were classified into 3 groups according to their English proficiency; non-Hispanics (all …

  • Depression as a predictor of perceived social support and demand: A componential approach using a prospective sample of older adults

    Michael J Maher, Pablo A Mora et al.ARTICLEEmotion2006

    This study examined the relationship of the cognitive, mood, and somatic components of depression on perceptions of social support and social demand among older adults (n = 851) over two years. Factor-analyses confirmed the factor structure of our multicomponential model of depression. Results supported our proposal that interpersonal specificity, as measured by depressive cognition about self and others, is important to predicting changes in per…

  • Psychological Approaches to the Connection of Health and Behaviour

    Open AccessHoward Leventhal, Tamara J Musumeci et al.ARTICLESouth African Journal of Psychology2006Cited by: 1References: 47

    Although Health Psychology was recognised as a speciality area by the American Psychological Association in 1978, research publications within its domain appeared in the 1930s and earlier. These publications focused on a variety of topics such as treatment for stuttering and rehabilitation from neurological disorders. Current topics in health and behaviour cover a much wider array of issues, and behavioural health research has been described by m…

  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Factors Associated With Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

    Evan A Howell, Elizabeth A Howell et al.ARTICLEObstetrics and Gynecology2005

    OBJECTIVE: To explore racial differences in reporting of early postpartum depressive symptoms. To explore whether racial differences in early postpartum experience (such as mother's health status and social context) might account for racial differences in reported postpartum depressive symptoms. METHODS: This was a telephone survey of 655 white, African-American, and Hispanic mothers between 2 and 6 weeks postpartum. Mothers reported on demograph…

  • Correlates of Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

    Open AccessEvan A Howell, Elizabeth A Howell et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2005

  • Differences in Illness Representation among Pulmonary Patients and their Providers

    Open AccessKathleen Collins Insel, Paula Meek et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2005Cited by: 1References: 27

    This investigation examined how patient and provider groups represent 11 descriptors (concepts) of breathing and breathlessness. Two patient groups, those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and those with asthma, and two provider groups, pulmonologists and nurse specialists (PNS), rated the dissimilarity between each of 55 pairs of concepts on visual analogue scales (VAS). The results demonstrate differences between the groups in i…

  • A story of maladies, misconceptions and mishaps: Effective Management of Heart Failure

    Open AccessCarol R Horowitz, Stephanie B Rein et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004Cited by: 6References: 41

  • Self-rated oral health as an independent predictor of self-rated general health, self-esteem and life satisfaction

    Open AccessYael Benyamini, Howard Leventhal et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004Cited by: 32References: 47

  • In Sickness but Not in Health: Self-ratings, Identity, and Mortality

    Open AccessEllen Idler, Howard Leventhal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2004Cited by: 34References: 17

    Self-rated health as a predictor of mortality has been studied primarily in large, representative populations, with relatively little progress toward understanding the information processing that individuals use to arrive at these ratings. With subsamples of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS) data for respondents with circulatory system disease (N = 3,709) and respondents with no diagno…

  • Symptom Patterns Among Gulf War Registry Veterans

    William K Hallman, Howard M Kipen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2003Cited by: 2References: 15

    Objectives. We identify symptom patterns among veterans who believe they suffer from Gulf War–related illnesses and characterize groups of individuals with similar patterns. Methods. A mail survey was completed by 1161 veterans drawn from the Gulf War Health Registry. Results. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 symptom factors. A K-means cluster analysis revealed 2 groups: (1) veterans reporting good health and few moderate/severe symptoms…

  • Elderly people's ratings of the importance of health-related factors to their self-assessments of health

    Open AccessYael Benyamini, Elaine A Leventhal et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2003Cited by: 31References: 36

  • Trait Negative Affect Relates to Prior-Week Symptoms, But Not to Reports of Illness Episodes, Illness Symptoms, and Care Seeking Among Older Persons

    Pablo A Mora, Chantal Robitaille et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: Use the commonsense model of self-regulation to generate and test hypotheses about the relationships of trait negative affect (NA) and self-assessed health (SAH) to reports of current symptoms (acute and chronic), episodes of illness, and use of health care during illness in a sample of elderly, community-dwelling respondents. Trait NA and SAH were compared with the properties of the illness episodes in models predicting the use of med…

  • Trait Anxiety and Tamoxifen Effects on Bone Mineral Density and Sex Hormone- Binding Globulin

    Linda D Cameron, Howard Leventhal et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: Tamoxifen therapy preserves BMD of the lumbar spine and increases levels of SHBG. We assessed whether trait anxiety, a factor linked with a reactive endocrine system, is associated with differential changes in BMD and SHBG levels in response to tamoxifen therapy. METHODS: Postmenopausal women (N= 140) with axillary-node-negative breast cancer participated in a 2-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tamoxifen (10 m…

  • Giving Up and Replacing Activities in Response to Illness

    Jennifer Duke, Howard Leventhal et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2002Cited by: 12References: 9

    Data from a longitudinal study of 250 older adults were used to examine activity loss and replacement as a consequence of an important illness episode. Multiple regression analyses revealed that reductions in activity were predicted by physical factors, specifically illness chronicity and severity. In contrast, replacing lost activities was facilitated by social support and optimism and inhibited by a belief in the need to conserve physical resou…

  • Gender Differences in Processing Information for Making Self-Assessments of Health

    Yael Benyamini, Elaine A Leventhal et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2000

    OBJECTIVE: This study proposes that women's greater inclusiveness of various sources of information when making self-assessed health (SAH) judgments accounts for the finding that SAH is a weaker predictor of mortality in women than in men. METHODS: Data from a sample of 830 elderly residents of a retirement community and a 5-year mortality follow-up study were used to examine the bases for women's and men's reports of negative affect (NA) and jud…

  • Positive Affect and Function as Influences on Self-Assessments of Health: Expanding Our View Beyond Illness and Disability

    Yael Benyamini, Ellen Idler et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2000Cited by: 58References: 4

    Longitudinal data from 851 elderly residents of a retirement community ( \(\mathrm{mean\ age\ }\mathbf{=}\ 73\ \mathrm{years}\) ) were used to examine the correlates of self-assessments of health (SAH) and the predictors of changes in SAH over several follow-up periods ranging from 1 to 5 years. The authors hypothesized that indicators of positive health, including feelings of energy and positive mood, social support, and active functioning, are …

  • Self-Assessments of Health: What Do People Know that Predicts their Mortality?

    Open AccessYael Benyamini, Elaine A Leventhal et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging1999

    Factors reflecting current experience—for example, number of medications used, poor function, negative affects, and positive affect—had stronger associations with self-assessments of health (SAH) than factors related to prior events (medical history, prior smoking) in baseline data from 830 elderly retirement-community residents (mean age = 73). Participants appear to have implicit knowledge of the factors affecting their SAH: The rank order of t…

  • The Meanings of Self-Ratings of Health: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach

    Open AccessEllen Idler, Ellen L Idler et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging1999

    Self-ratings of health are central measures of health status that predict outcomes such as mortality and declines in functional ability. Qualitative and quantitative data are used to test the hypothesis that definitions of health that are narrowly biomedical are associated with underestimates of self-ratings relative to respondents’medical histories, while definitions that are broad and inclusive are related to relatively better self-ratings. A s…

  • Self-regulation, health, and behavior: A perceptual-cognitive approach

    Howard Leventhal, Elaine A Leventhal et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health1998

    Self-regulation systems are designed to adapt to threats via coping procedures that make efficient use of resources based upon valid representations of the environment. We discuss two components of the common-sense model of health threats: illness representations (e.g., content and organization) and coping procedures (e.g., classes of procedure and their attributes - outcome expectancies, time-lines, dose-efficacy beliefs, etc.). Characteristics …

  • Systems as Frameworks, Theories and Models: From the Abstract to the Concrete Instance

    Open AccessHoward LeventhalARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology1997Cited by: 1References: 1

  • The Common-Sense Model of Illness Representation: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

    Michael A Diefenbach, Howard LeventhalARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…1996

    This article focuses on several areas. After reviewing the most commonly used approaches in the study of health behaviors, (e.g., the medical model, the health belief model, and the theory of reasoned action) the common-sense model is presented as an alternative. By presenting evidence across a wide range of illness domains, we demonstrate the usefulness of the common-sense, self-regulatory approach. We then discuss the importance of the common-s…