Stephen J. Lepore
My research focuses on the effects of stress on mental and physical health, with an emphasis on how different social contexts and coping processes mitigate or amplify stress effects. A second line of research focuses on cancer prevention and survivorship issues in cancer survivors. We have been developing and testing individual- and group-based interventions to enhance outcomes in people with or at-risk for cancer. A third line of research studies the effects of expressive writing interventions on health outcomes.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Close Relationships
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Health Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Personality, Individual Differences
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Journal Articles:
- Lepore, S. J. (1997). Expressive writing moderates the relation between intrusive thoughts and depressive symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1030-1037.
- Lepore, S. J., & Coyne, J. C. (2006). Psychological interventions for distress in cancer patients: A review of reviews. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 85-92.
- Lepore, S. J., Fernandez-Berrocal, P., Ragan, J., & Ramos, N. (2004). It’s not that bad: Social challenges to emotional disclosure enhance adjustment to stress. Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal.
- Lepore, S. J., & Helgeson, V. S. (1998). Social constraints, intrusive thoughts, and mental health after prostate cancer. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17, 89-106.
- Lepore, S. J., Helgeson, V. S., Eton, D., & Schulz, R. (2003). Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer: A randomized controlled trial of group education interventions. Health Psychology, 22, 443-452.
- Lepore, S. J., & Ituarte, P. H. G. (1999). Optimism about cancer enhances mood by reducing negative social relations. Cancer Research, Therapy and Control, 8, 165-174.
- Lepore, S. J., Ragan, J., & Jones, S. (2000). Talking facilitates cognitive-emotional processes of adaptation to an acute stressor. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 499-508.
- Lepore, S. J., & Revenson, T. A. (2007). Social constraints on disclosure and adjustment to cancer. Social & Personality Psychology Compass: Health, 1(1), 313-333.
- Lepore, S. J., Revenson, T. A., Weinberger, S., et al. (2006). Effects of social stressors on cardiovascular reactivity in Black and White women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 120-127.
- Lepore, S. J., Silver, R. C., Wortman, C. B., & Wayment, H. A. (1996). Social constraints, intrusive thoughts, and depressive symptoms among bereaved mothers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 271-282.
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Stephen J. Lepore
Department of Public Health
Temple University
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
United States of America
- Phone: (215) 204-9422