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Stephen J. Lepore

Stephen J. Lepore

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
17501
World Ranking
2952
National Ranking
1694

Overview

Stephen J. Lepore is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work frequently intersects with Oncology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Stephen J. Lepore has been published in a variety of academic journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Psycho-Oncology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Trials

Their collaboration network includes several frequent coauthors, notably:

  • Jennifer Barsky Reese
  • Kristen A. Sorice
  • Lauren A. Zimmaro
  • Bradley N. Collins
  • Elizabeth A. Handorf

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen J. Lepore are:

  • Evaluating a couple-based intervention addressing sexual concerns for breast cancer survivors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2020, Trials)
  • Patients' perceived barriers to discussing sexual health with breast cancer healthcare providers (2020, Psycho-Oncology)
  • Efficacy of a multimedia intervention in facilitating breast cancer patients' clinical communication about sexual health: Results of a randomized controlled trial (2020, Psycho-Oncology)
  • Mobile Technology-Based (mLearning) Intervention to Enhance Breast Cancer Clinicians' Communication About Sexual Health: A Pilot Trial (2021, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
  • Peer Victimization Exposure and Subsequent Substance Use in Early Adolescence: The Role of Sleep Problems (2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)

Best Publications

  • Social constraints, intrusive thoughts, and depressive symptoms among bereaved mothers.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Roxane Cohen Silver;Camille B. Wortman;Heidi A. Wayment

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of written emotional disclosure on the health outcomes of clinical populations.

    Pasquale G. Frisina;Joan C. Borod;Stephen J. Lepore

  • A social–cognitive processing model of emotional adjustment to cancer.

    Stephen J. Lepore

  • The writing cure : how expressive writing promotes health and emotional well-being

    Stephen J. Lepore;Joshua M. Smyth

  • Expressive Writing Moderates the Relation Between Intrusive Thoughts and Depressive Symptoms

    Stephen J. Lepore

  • The role of social and cognitive processes in children's adjustment to community violence.

    Wendy Kliewer;Stephen J. Lepore;Deborah Oskin;Patricia D. Johnson

  • Dynamic role of social support in the link between chronic stress and psychological distress.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Gary W. Evans;Margaret L. Schneider

  • Talking facilitates cognitive-emotional processes of adaptation to an acute stressor.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Jennifer D. Ragan;Scott Jones

  • Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth: Recovery, Resistance, and Reconfiguration.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Tracey A. Revenson

  • Social support lowers cardiovascular reactivity to an acute stressor.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Karen A. Mata Allen;Gary W. Evans

  • Social Constraints, Intrusive Thoughts, and Mental Health after Prostate Cancer

    Stephen J. Lepore;Vicki S. Helgeson

  • Social conflict, social support, and psychological distress: evidence of cross-domain buffering effects.

    Stephen J. Lepore

  • Prostate cancer and health-related quality of life: A review of the literature

    David T. Eton;Stephen J. Lepore

  • Non-auditory Effects of Noise on Children: A Critical Review

    Gary W. Evans;Stephen J. Lepore

  • Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial of group education interventions.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Vicki S. Helgeson;David T. Eton;Richard Schulz

  • Mending Broken Hearts: Effects of Expressive Writing on Mood, Cognitive Processing, Social Adjustment and Health Following a Relationship Breakup

    Stephen J. Lepore;Melanie A. Greenberg

  • Expressive writing and health: Self-regulation of emotion-related experience, physiology, and behavior.

    Stephen J. Lepore;Melanie A. Greenberg;Michelle Bruno;Joshua M. Smyth

  • Social Constraints on Disclosure and Adjustment to Cancer

    Stephen J. Lepore;Tracey A. Revenson

  • Chronic Residential Crowding and Children's Well-Being: An Ecological Perspective

    Gary W. Evans;Stephen J. Lepore;B. R. Shejwal;M. N. Palsane

  • Cynicism, social support, and cardiovascular reactivity.

    Stephen J. Lepore

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Gary W. Evans
Gary W. Evans Cornell University
Stefano Occhipinti
Stefano Occhipinti Griffith University
Wendy Kliewer
Wendy Kliewer Virginia Commonwealth University
Vicki S. Helgeson
Vicki S. Helgeson Carnegie Mellon University
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Tracey A. Revenson
Tracey A. Revenson City University of New York
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Laura S. Porter
Laura S. Porter Duke University
Morton A. Lieberman
Morton A. Lieberman University of California, San Francisco

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