Author(s): Fairbank EJ; Borenstein-Laurie J; Alberts NM; Wrosch C;

Objective: High levels of optimism (and low levels of pessimism) are associated with improved physical health in adults. However, relatively less is known about these relations in youth. The present study aimed to review the literature investigating optimism, pessimism, and physical health in children and adolescents from populations with and without heal ...

Article GUID: 38879445

Author(s): Wrosch C; Heckhausen J;

This article addresses the motivational processes that enable older adults to manage health-related threats and to protect their psychological and physical functioning. Based on the Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development (MTD) [1], we describe how an age- and opportunity-adjusted use of control strategies can support the regulation of important deve ...

Article GUID: 38039949

Author(s): Sedemedes K; Knäuper B; Sadikaj G; Yuan TY; Wrosch C; Santosa S; Alberga AS; Kakinami L;

The "Compensatory Health Beliefs" scale assesses the degree to which one believes that unhealthy behaviours can be compensated through healthier ones. However, no validated scale to assess compensatory weight-related behaviors exists. The study's objective was to develop (Study 1) and validate (Study 2) a questionnaire measuring compensatory health mo ...

Article GUID: 37804879

Author(s): Giannis I; Wrosch C; Herriot H; Gouin JP;

ackground: Older adults often experience an increase in low-grade chronic inflammation. Purpose in life could act as a protective factor as it is associated with beneficial health outcomes. Purpose in life may exert part of its adaptive function by promoting persistence in goal pursuit. During older adulthood, however, when many individuals experience an ...

Article GUID: 37643057

Author(s): Caldwell W; MacNeil S; Wrosch C; McGrath JJ; Dang-Vu TT; Morin AJS; Gouin JP;

Brooding rumination is an intrapersonal emotion regulation strategy associated with negative interpersonal consequences. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a psychophysiological marker of self-regulatory capacity, may buffer the association between maladaptive emotion regulation and negative interpersonal behaviors. The current work examines the ...

Article GUID: 36844897

Author(s): Lambert M; Sabiston CM; Wrosch C; Brunet J;

Background: Breast cancer survivors (BCS) can exhibit a dysregulation of cortisol and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels post-treatment, which increase the risk of diverse health outcomes. Certain behavioural, physical, and psychological variables may help to predict cortisol and CRP levels post-treatment. The aims of this study were to: (1) describ ...

Article GUID: 34589720

Author(s): Herriot H, Wrosch C, Hamm JM, Pruessner JC

OBJECTIVE: Although evidence shows that stress experiences can predict both hyper- and hypo-cortisol regulation, there is a lack of research examining these associations longitudinally. Our study assessed whether levels and increases in psychological stress experiences predicted 12-year changes in circadian cortisol levels (area under the curve; AUC) and ...

Article GUID: 32866774

Author(s): Lambert M, Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Brunet J

Breast Cancer. 2020 Jun 01;: Authors: Lambert M, Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Brunet J

Article GUID: 32488733

Author(s): Gouin JP, Wrosch C, McGrath J, Booij L

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Nov 09;:104509 Authors: Gouin JP, Wrosch C, McGrath J, Booij L

Article GUID: 31744782

Author(s): Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Castonguay AL, Sylvester BD

Ann Behav Med. 2018 05 31;52(7):545-551 Authors: Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Castonguay AL, Sylvester BD

Article GUID: 29668832

Author(s): Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Fong AJ, Brunet J, Gaudreau P, O'Loughlin J, Meterissian S

BMJ Open. 2018 07 28;8(7):e021770 Authors: Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Fong AJ, Brunet J, Gaudreau P, O'Loughlin J, Meterissian S

Article GUID: 30056387