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Philip L. Ritter is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Health Professions, with publications also covering subfields such as General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics including Family Support in Illness, Family and Disability Support Research, Health and Wellbeing Research, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Health, Psychology, and Well-being, Health Policy Implementation Science, and Digital Mental Health Interventions.

Philip L. Ritter has contributed to several papers, with notable publications including:

  • "Development and Evaluation of the Eight-Item Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES-8)," 2020, published in The Gerontologist
  • "Effects of COVID-19 on Informal Caregivers and the Development and Validation of a Scale in English and Spanish to Measure the Impact of COVID-19 on Caregivers," 2020, published in Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • "Remote Delivery of the Chronic Pain Self-management Program Using Self-directed Materials and Small-group Telephone Support: A Pilot Study," 2021, published in Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • "AB1195 CO-RELATION BETWEEN SELF EFFICACY, DEPRESSION AND PAIN AMONG CAREGIVERS WITH AND WITHOUT ARTHRITIS," 2020, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Caregiver COVID-19 Limitations Scale," 2021, published in PsycTESTS Dataset

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • The Gerontologist
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Frequent collaborators in Philip L. Ritter's research include Khushboo Sheth, Kate Lorig, Anita L. Stewart, José F. Parodi, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson.

Best Publications

  • Evidence suggesting that a chronic disease self-management program can improve health status while reducing hospitalization: a randomized trial.

    Kate R. Lorig;David S. Sobel;Anita L. Stewart;Byron William Brown Jr.

  • THE RELATION OF PARENTING STYLE TO ADOLESCENT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

    Sanford M. Dornbusch;Philip L. Ritter;P. Herbert Leiderman;Donald F. Roberts

  • Chronic disease self-management program: 2-year health status and health care utilization outcomes.

    Kate R. Lorig;Philip Ritter;Anita L. Stewart;David S. Sobel

  • Effect of a Self- Management Program on Patients with Chronic Disease

    K R Lorig;D S Sobel;P L Ritter;D Laurent

  • CHAMPS physical activity questionnaire for older adults: outcomes for interventions.

    Anita L. Stewart;Kristin M. Mills;Abby C. King;William L. Haskell

  • Outcome Measures for Health Education and Other Health Care Interventions

    Kate Lorig;Anita Stewart;Philip Ritter;Virginia González

  • Single parents, extended households, and the control of adolescents.

    S M Dornbusch;J M Carlsmith;S J Bushwall;P L Ritter

  • Standardized percentile curves of body-mass index for children and adolescents.

    Lawrence D. Hammer;Helena C. Kraemer;Darrell M. Wilson;Philip L. Ritter

  • Family Influences on Dropout Behavior in One California High School.

    Russell W. Rumberger;Rita Ghatak;Gary Poulos;Philip L. Ritter

  • Internet-based chronic disease self-management: a randomized trial.

    Kate R Lorig;Philip L Ritter;Diana D Laurent;Kathryn Plant

  • Community-based peer-led diabetes self-management: a randomized trial.

    Kate Lorig;Philip L. Ritter;Frank J. Villa;Jean Armas

  • Internet Versus Mailed Questionnaires: A Randomized Comparison

    Philip Ritter;Kate Lorig;Diana Laurent;Katy Matthews

  • The internet-based arthritis self-management program: a one-year randomized trial for patients with arthritis or fibromyalgia.

    Kate R. Lorig;Philip L. Ritter;Diana D. Laurent;Kathryn Plant

  • Self-reports of health care utilization compared to provider records

    Philip L Ritter;Anita L Stewart;Hulya Kaymaz;David S Sobel

  • Parenting Styles, Adolescents' Attributions, and Educational Outcomes in Nine Heterogeneous High Schools

    Kristan L. Glasgow;Sanford M. Dornbusch;Lisa Troyer;Laurence Steinberg

  • Online diabetes self-management program: a randomized study.

    Kate Lorig;Philip L. Ritter;Diana D. Laurent;Kathryn Plant

  • Hispanic chronic disease self-management: a randomized community-based outcome trial.

    Kate R. Lorig;Philip L. Ritter;Virginia M. Gonzalez

  • Physical Activity Outcomes of CHAMPS II A Physical Activity Promotion Program for Older Adults

    Anita L. Stewart;Carol J. Verboncoeur;Barbara Y. McLellan;Dawn E. Gillis

  • A disease-specific self-help program compared with a generalized chronic disease self-help program for arthritis patients

    Kate Lorig;Philip L. Ritter;Kathryn Plant

  • Evaluation of champs, a physical activity promotion program for older adults

    Anita L. Stewart;Kris M. Mills;Peter G. Sepsis;Abby C. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford M. Dornbusch
Sanford M. Dornbusch Stanford University
Abby C. King
Abby C. King Stanford University
Marcia G. Ory
Marcia G. Ory Texas A&M University
Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura Stanford University
Larry W. Thompson
Larry W. Thompson Stanford University
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson Stanford University School of Medicine
Russell W. Rumberger
Russell W. Rumberger University of California, Santa Barbara

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