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Alexander J. Rothman

Alexander J. Rothman

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
72
Citations
28462
World Ranking
2021
National Ranking
1175

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Alexander J. Rothman is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in applied psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, physiology, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work centers on topics including behavioral health and interventions, physical activity and health, media influence and health, obesity, physical activity, diet, health policy implementation science, misinformation and its impacts, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Frequent publication venues for Rothman include the following:

  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Health Psychology
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Psychology and Health
  • Social Science & Medicine

Notable recent papers include:

  • Development of an online tool for linking behavior change techniques and mechanisms of action based on triangulation of findings from literature synthesis and expert consensus (2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine)
  • Self-determination theory interventions for health behavior change: Meta-analysis and meta-analytic structural equation modeling of randomized controlled trials (2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
  • Public perceptions of conflicting information surrounding COVID-19: Results from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Does increasing autonomous motivation or perceived competence lead to health behavior change? A meta-analysis (2021, Health Psychology)
  • Developing an evidence-based online method of linking behaviour change techniques and theoretical mechanisms of action: a multiple methods study (2021, Health Services and Delivery Research)

Alexander J. Rothman has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Paschal Sheeran
  • Rebekah H. Nagler
  • Marco Yzer
  • William M. P. Klein
  • Rachel I. Vogel

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Shaping Perceptions to Motivate Healthy Behavior: The Role of Message Framing

    Alexander J. Rothman;Peter Salovey

  • Emotional states and physical health.

    Peter Salovey;Alexander J. Rothman;Jerusha B. Detweiler;Wayne T. Steward

  • Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action:

    Noel T. Brewer;Gretchen B. Chapman;Alexander J. Rothman;Julie Leask

  • Stage theories of health behavior: conceptual and methodological issues.

    Neil D. Weinstein;Alexander J. Rothman;Stephen R. Sutton

  • Toward a theory-based analysis of behavioral maintenance.

    Alexander J. Rothman

  • The Strategic Use of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages to Promote Healthy Behavior: How Theory Can Inform Practice

    Alexander J. Rothman;Roger D. Bartels;Jhon Wlaschin;Peter Salovey

  • The Impact of Changing Attitudes, Norms, and Self-Efficacy on Health-Related Intentions and Behavior: A Meta-Analysis.

    Paschal Sheeran;Alexander Maki;Erika Montanaro;Aya Avishai-Yitshak

  • Implicit Stereotyping in Person Judgment.

    Mahzarin R. Banaji;Curtis Hardin;Alexander J. Rothman

  • The Influence of Message Framing on Intentions to Perform Health Behaviors

    Alexander J. Rothman;Peter Salovey;Carol Antone;Kelli Keough

  • Message framing and sunscreen use: gain-framed messages motivate beach-goers.

    Jerusha B. Detweiler;Brian T. Bedell;Peter Salovey;Emily Pronin

  • The Effects of Message Framing on Mammography Utilization

    Sara M. Banks;Peter Salovey;Susan Greener;Alexander J. Rothman

  • Behavior Change Techniques and Their Mechanisms of Action: A Synthesis of Links Described in Published Intervention Literature

    Rachel N Carey;Lauren E Connell;Lauren E Connell;Marie Johnston;Alexander J Rothman

  • NIH working group report: Innovative research to improve maintenance of weight loss

    Paul S. MacLean;Rena R. Wing;Terry Davidson;Leonard Epstein

  • The Systematic Influence of Gain-and Loss-Framed Messages on Interest in and Use of Different Types of Health Behavior

    Alexander J. Rothman;Steven C. Martino;Brian T. Bedell;Jerusha B. Detweiler

  • Self-regulation and behavior change: Disentangling behavioral initiation and behavioral maintenance

    Alexander J. Rothman;Austin S. Baldwin;Andrew W. Hertel;Paul T. Fuglestad

  • Reflective and automatic processes in the initiation and maintenance of dietary change.

    Alexander J. Rothman;Paschal Sheeran;Wendy Wood

  • Evolution of the biopsychosocial model: prospects and challenges for health psychology.

    Jerry M. Suls;Alex Rothman

  • "Is there nothing more practical than a good theory?": Why innovations and advances in health behavior change will arise if interventions are used to test and refine theory

    Alexander J Rothman

  • From Theory-Inspired to Theory-Based Interventions: A Protocol for Developing and Testing a Methodology for Linking Behaviour Change Techniques to Theoretical Mechanisms of Action

    Susan Michie;Rachel N Carey;Marie Johnston;Alexander J Rothman

  • The impact of self-efficacy on behavior change and weight change among overweight participants in a weight loss trial.

    Jennifer A. Linde;Alexander J. Rothman;Austin S. Baldwin;Robert W. Jeffery

  • The impact of changing attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy on health-related intentions and behavior: a meta-analysis

    P. Sheeran;A. Maki;E. Monanaro;A. Bryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffry A. Simpson
Jeffry A. Simpson University of Minnesota
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neil D. Weinstein
Neil D. Weinstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Norbert Schwarz
Norbert Schwarz University of Southern California
Geoffrey Haddock
Geoffrey Haddock Cardiff University
Marco Yzer
Marco Yzer University of Minnesota

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