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Overview

Urte Scholz is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research primarily within the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields, most notably applied psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, general health professions, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research topics covered by Scholz focus heavily on behavioral health and interventions, digital mental health interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, mental health research topics, health disparities and outcomes, attachment and relationship dynamics, as well as mobile health and mHealth applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Urte Scholz include the following:

  • Social Stigma, Mental Health, Stress, and Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Long COVID (2023), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Determinants of protective behaviours during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in British Journal of Health Psychology

Other notable papers by Scholz's frequent collaborators or relevant to their research field include:

  • Which Components of a Smartphone Walking App Help Users to Reach Personalized Step Goals? Results From an Optimization Trial (2020), published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Teachers' perceived time pressure, emotional exhaustion and the role of social support from the school principal (2021), published in Social Psychology of Education
  • Understanding and predicting health behaviour change: a contemporary view through the lenses of meta-reviews (2020), published in Health Psychology Review

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Scholz include Janina Lüscher, Nina Knoll, Corina Berli, Tobias Kowatsch, and Walter Bierbauer.

Scholz has published multiple articles in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Health Psychology Review
  • Health Psychology
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being

Best Publications

  • The general self-efficacy scale: multicultural validation studies.

    Aleksandra Luszczynska;Urte Scholz;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Is General Self-Efficacy a Universal Construct?1

    Urte Scholz;Benicio Gutiérrez Doña;Shonali Sud;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Bridging the intention–behaviour gap: Planning, self-efficacy, and action control in the adoption and maintenance of physical exercise

    Falko F. Sniehotta;Urte Scholz;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Action planning and coping planning for long-term lifestyle change: Theory and assessment

    Falko F. Sniehotta;Ralf Schwarzer;Urte Scholz;Benjamin Schüz

  • Action plans and coping plans for physical exercise: A longitudinal intervention study in cardiac rehabilitation.

    Falko F. Sniehotta;Urte Scholz;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Adoption and maintenance of four health behaviors: Theory-guided longitudinal studies on dental flossing, seat belt use, dietary behavior, and physical activity

    Ralf Schwarzer;Benjamin Schüz;Jochen P. Ziegelmann;Sonia Lippke

  • Social-cognitive predictors of physical exercise adherence: Three longitudinal studies in rehabilitation.

    Ralf Schwarzer;Aleksandra Luszczynska;Jochen P. Ziegelmann;Urte Scholz

  • Predicting Physical Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Role of Phase-Specific Self-Efficacy Beliefs

    Urte Scholz;Falko F. Sniehotta;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Long-Term Effects of Two Psychological Interventions on Physical Exercise and Self-Regulation Following Coronary Rehabilitation

    Falko F. Sniehotta;Urte Scholz;Ralf Schwarzer;Bärbel Fuhrmann

  • Beyond behavioural intentions: planning mediates between intentions and physical activity.

    Urte Scholz;Benjamin Schüz;Jochen P. Ziegelmann;Sonia Lippke

  • Dementia caregiving in spousal relationships: a dyadic perspective.

    Melanie Braun;Urte Scholz;Barbara Bailey;Sonja Perren

  • Social support and quality of life among lung cancer patients: a systematic review.

    Aleksandra Luszczynska;Izabela Pawlowska;Roman Cieslak;Nina Knoll

  • Disentangling the relation between intentions, planning, and behaviour: A moderated mediation analysis

    Amelie U. Wiedemann;Benjamin Schüz;Falco Sniehotta;Urte Scholz

  • Implementation intention and planning interventions in Health Psychology: Recommendations from the Synergy Expert Group for research and practice.

    Martin S Hagger;Aleksandra Luszczynska;Aleksandra Luszczynska;John de Wit;Yael Benyamini

  • Changes in self-regulatory cognitions as predictors of changes in smoking and nutrition behaviour

    Urte Scholz;Gabriel Nagy;Wiebke Göhner;Aleksandra Luszczynska

  • The role of action control in implementing intentions during the first weeks of behaviour change

    Falko F. Sniehotta;Gabriel Nagy;Urte Scholz;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Predicting behavioral intentions and physical exercise: a test of the health action process approach at the intrapersonal level.

    Urte Scholz;Roger Keller;Sonja Perren

  • Dyadic planning of health-behavior change after prostatectomy: a randomized-controlled planning intervention.

    Silke Burkert;Urte Scholz;Oliver Gralla;Jan Roigas

  • On the assessment and analysis of variables in the health action process approach conducting an investigation

    Ralf Schwarzer;Falco F. Sniehotta;Sonia Lippke;Aleksandra Luszczynska

  • Go no-go performance under psychosocial stress : Beneficial effects of implementation intentions

    Urte Scholz;Roberto La Marca;Urs M. Nater;Ingo Aberle

  • Beyond behavioural intentions: Planning mediates between intentions and physical activity

    U Scholz;Bec Schuez;JP Ziegelmann;S Lippke

Frequent Co-Authors

Nina Knoll
Nina Knoll Freie Universität Berlin
Aleksandra Luszczynska
Aleksandra Luszczynska University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Ralf Schwarzer
Ralf Schwarzer Freie Universität Berlin
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Benjamin Schüz
Benjamin Schüz University of Bremen
Jochen P. Ziegelmann
Jochen P. Ziegelmann Freie Universität Berlin
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Sonia Lippke
Sonia Lippke Jacobs University
Niall Bolger
Niall Bolger Columbia University

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