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D-Index
88
Citations
36513
World Ranking
1022
National Ranking
636

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Jerry Suls is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics prominently cover Behavioral Health and Interventions, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Health Systems and Economic Evaluations with Quality of Life considerations, Frailty in Older Adults, Physical Activity and Health, as well as Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Diabetes and Multiple Long-term Conditions: A Review of Our Current Global Health Challenge," 2023, Diabetes Care
  • "Social Comparison Features in Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review," 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Measuring Multimorbidity," 2021, Medical Care
  • "National Institutes of Health Advancing Multimorbidity Research," 2021, Medical Care
  • "Emerging approaches to multiple chronic condition assessment," 2022, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Jerry Suls frequently collaborates with several coauthors. These include Karina W. Davidson, Ciarán P Friel, Mark Butler, Thevaa Chandereng, and Patrick L Robles.

Their work is commonly published in journals such as the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Medical Care, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Harvard Data Science Review, and BMJ Open.

Jerry Suls was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Associations of Depression With C-Reactive Protein, IL-1, and IL-6 : A Meta-Analysis

    M Bryant Howren;Donald M. Lamkin;Jerry Suls

  • Flawed Self-Assessment Implications for Health, Education, and the Workplace

    David Dunning;Chip Heath;Jerry M. Suls

  • The relative efficacy of avoidant and nonavoidant coping strategies: a meta-analysis.

    Jerry Suls;Barbara Fletcher

  • Psychological perspectives on the self

    Jerry M. Suls;Anthony G. Greenwald

  • Social Comparison: Why, With Whom, and With What Effect?

    Jerry Suls;René Martin;Ladd Wheeler

  • Anger, anxiety, and depression as risk factors for cardiovascular disease: the problems and implications of overlapping affective dispositions.

    Jerry Suls;James Bunde

  • Social comparison : contemporary theory and research

    Jerry M. Suls;Thomas Ashby Wills

  • Handbook of social comparison : theory and research

    Jerry M. Suls;Ladd Wheeler

  • Social comparison processes: Theoretical and empirical perspectives.

    Jerry M. Suls;Richard L. Miller

  • A Two-Stage Model for the Appreciation of Jokes and Cartoons: An Information-Processing Analysis

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  • A social comparison theory meta-analysis 60+ years on.

    J. P. Gerber;Ladd Wheeler;Jerry Suls

  • The daily life of the garden-variety neurotic: reactivity, stressor exposure, mood spillover, and maladaptive coping.

    Jerry Suls;René Martin

  • Social Psychology of Health and Illness

    Glenn S. Sanders;Jerry M. Suls

  • Emotional Reactivity to Everyday Problems, Affective Inertia, and Neuroticism

    Jerry Suls;Peter Green;Stephen Hillis

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

    Jerry M. Suls;Alex Rothman

  • Assessment and treatment of depression in patients with cardiovascular disease: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group report.

    Karina W. Davidson;David J. Kupfer;J. Thomas Bigger;Robert M. Califf;Robert M. Califf

  • Global self-esteem in relation to structural models of personality and affectivity.

    David Watson;Jerry Suls;Jeffrey Haig

  • Social psychological foundations of health and illness

    Jerry M. Suls;Kenneth A. Wallston

  • The relationship between trait hostility and cardiovascular reactivity: A quantitative review and analysis.

    Jerry Suls;Choi K. Wan

  • Effects of sensory and procedural information on coping with stressful medical procedures and pain: a meta-analysis.

    Jerry Suls;Choi K. Wan

  • Person-Environment Fit and its Limits: Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Emotional Reactivity to Interpersonal Conflict

    Jerry Suls;Rene Martin;James P. David

Frequent Co-Authors

Ladd Wheeler
Ladd Wheeler Macquarie University
Edward B. Blanchard
Edward B. Blanchard University at Albany, State University of New York
Herbert W. Marsh
Herbert W. Marsh Australian Catholic University
Pascal Huguet
Pascal Huguet University of Clermont Auvergne
William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Diederik A. Stapel
Diederik A. Stapel Tilburg University
Howard Tennen
Howard Tennen University of Connecticut
John B. Nezlek
John B. Nezlek University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Ralph L. Rosnow
Ralph L. Rosnow Temple University
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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