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Anxiety effects on disaster precautionary behaviors: A multi-path cognitive model by Wirtz, Philip W, Rohrbeck, Cynthia A, Burns, Katherine M

“…Previous studies have revealed a negative relationship between anxiety and health-promoting behavior. This study identified three cognitive pathways through…”
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Network Support as a Prognostic Indicator of Drinking Outcomes: The COMBINE Study by LONGABAUGH, Richard, WIRTZ, Philip W, ZYWIAK, William H, O'MALLEY, Stephanie S

“…To increase understanding of the interrelationship between a patient's social network and patient drinking, the Important People and Activities (IPA)…”
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Age differences in emotional support buffering on the relationship between physical disability and psychological distress by Rohrbeck, Cynthia A., Wirtz, Philip W., Marceron, Jennifer E.

“…Greater levels of physical disability are often accompanied by greater levels of psychological distress. Stress Buffering Theory (Cohen & Wills, 1985; Thoits,…”
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Overcoming unpleasant affective experiences while learning: latent profiles of resilience while learning by Kayes, D. Christopher, Wirtz, Philip W., Burgi-Tian, Jing

“…PurposeResilience while learning is the capacity to initiate, persist and direct effort toward learning when experiencing unpleasant affective states. The…”
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The Effects of Implicit Theories on Body Weight Information Avoidance by Hagerman, Charlotte J., Stock, Michelle L., Post, Stacy, Macura, Zeljka, Moore, Philip J., Dodge, Tonya, Wirtz, Philip W.

“…Regular self-weighing is associated with more effective weight control, yet many individuals avoid weight-related information. Implicit theories about weight,…”
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Efficacy for Dealing With Terrorism Precautionary Behavior: Laying the Groundwork for Communication Effectiveness by Wirtz, Philip W., Rohrbeck, Cynthia A.

“…In order to formulate effective communication and intervention strategies to respond to the widespread lack of preparedness for public health crises resulting…”
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Angular declination and the dynamic perception of egocentric distance by Gajewski, Daniel A, Philbeck, John W, Wirtz, Philip W, Chichka, David

“…The extraction of the distance between an object and an observer is fast when angular declination is informative, as it is with targets placed on the ground…”
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The Importance of Self-Efficacy in Parental Emergency Preparedness: A Moderated Mediation Model by Ryan, Meagan T, Rohrbeck, Cynthia A, Wirtz, Philip W

“…Disasters occur without warning and can have devastating consequences. Emergency preparedness can reduce negative effects. It is especially important that…”
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Measuring Hotel Guest Satisfaction by Using an Online Quality Management System by Prasad, Kesh, Wirtz, Philip W., Yu, Larry

“…This study analyzes hotel guest satisfaction using an electronic guest feedback system based on web and Internet technologies. Data collected from a sample of…”
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Predictors of entry to the nursing home: Does length of follow-up matter? by Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska, Wirtz, Philip W

“…Abstract This study examined the extent to which predictors of nursing home entry vary in their salience as a function of length of follow-up. Participants…”
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Characteristics of Adult Day Care Participants Who Enter a Nursing Home by Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska, Wirtz, Philip W

“…The authors sought to determine the characteristics of individuals enrolled in adult day care who are most likely to enter a nursing home. The status of 201…”
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Extended naltrexone and broad spectrum treatment or motivational enhancement therapy by Longabaugh, Richard, Wirtz, Philip W., Gulliver, Suzy Bird, Davidson, Dena

“…Background Randomized clinical trials on the effectiveness of naltrexone (NTX) in the treatment of alcohol dependence have produced conflicting results. One…”
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Advances in Causal Chain Development and Testing in Alcohol Research: Mediation, Suppression, Moderation, Mediated Moderation, and Moderated Mediation by Wirtz, Philip W.

“…Background:  While causal modeling is generally well known to alcohol researchers, several causal structures (including suppression, mediated moderation, and…”
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The reasons for nursing home entry in an adult day care population: Caregiver reports versus regression results by Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska, Wirtz, Philip W

“…This article aims to compare reasons for nursing home entry determined through a regression of baseline predictors to relatives’ perceptions of reasons for…”
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Considering the Source: The Impact of Leadership Level on Follower Motivation and Intent to Stay by Basford, Tessa E., Offermann, Lynn R., Wirtz, Philip W.

“…Researchers and practitioners have devoted little attention to the impact of different sources of leadership support on follower outcomes. The present study is…”
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Network support for drinking, Alcoholics Anonymous and long-term matching effects by Longabaugh, Richard, Wirtz, Philip W., Zweben, Allen, Stout, Robert L.

“…Aims. (1) To examine the matching hypothesis that Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy (TSF) is more effective than Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) for…”
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Naltrexone's suppressant effects on drinking are limited to the first 3 months of treatment by DAVIDSON, Dena, WIRTZ, Philip W, GULLIVER, Suzy Bird, LONGABAUGH, Richard

“…Twelve weeks of naltrexone significantly improves drinking outcomes in alcoholics; however, the clinical benefits of naltrexone decline shortly after treatment…”
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Building better cognitive-behavioral therapy : Is broad-spectrum treatment more effective than motivational-enhancement therapy for alcohol-dependent patients treated with naltrexone? by DAVIDSON, Dena, BIRD GULLIVER, Suzy, LONGABAUGH, Richard, WIRTZ, Philip W, SWIFT, Robert

“…The current study investigated the treatment effectiveness, during treatment, of a second-generation cognitive-behavioral therapy for…”
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Internal Validity of Project MATCH Treatments: Discriminability and Integrity by Carroll, Kathleen M, Connors, Gerard J, Cooney, Ned L, DiClemente, Carlo C, Donovan, Dennis M, Kadden, Ronald R, Longabaugh, Richard L, Rounsaville, Bruce J, Wirtz, Philip W, Zweben, Allen

“…Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity) is a multisite collaborative project designed to evaluate patient-treatment interactions…”
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Treatment Settings for Persons With Alcoholism: Evidence for Matching Clients to Inpatient Versus Outpatient Care by Rychtarik, Robert G, Connors, Gerard J, Whitney, Robert B, McGillicuddy, Neil B, Fitterling, James M, Wirtz, Philip W

“…This study compared inpatient, intensive outpatient, and standard outpatient treatment settings for persons with alcoholism and tested a priori hypotheses…”
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