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Wolfgang Linden is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their work spans several areas within psychology and medicine, with a total of 21 publications in psychology and 10 in medicine. Key subfields include clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, rehabilitation, general health professions, and applied psychology.

The researcher's main topics of study include stroke rehabilitation and recovery, behavioral health and interventions, mindfulness and compassion interventions, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and health disparities and outcomes.

Wolfgang Linden's recent publications encompass a variety of research themes and collaborative efforts. Examples of these papers include:

  • "Active With Whom? Examining the Social Context of Physical Activity in Individuals After Stroke and Their Partners" (2021) published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Editorial Perspective: Adverse childhood events causally contribute to mental illness - we must act now and intervene early" (2021) published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Let's Enjoy an Evening on the Couch? A Daily Life Investigation of Shared Problematic Behaviors in Three Couple Studies" (2023) published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • "Daily Affect and Daily Prospective Memory in People after Stroke and Their Partners: The Moderating Role of Resting Heart Rate" (2023) published in Gerontology
  • "Everyday Pain in Middle and Later Life: Associations with Daily and Momentary Present-Moment Awareness as One Key Facet of Mindfulness" (2023) published in Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

Frequent coauthors with whom Wolfgang Linden has collaborated include Maureen C. Ashe, Rachel A. Murphy, Denis Gerstorf, Kenneth Madden, and Christiane A. Hoppmann. These collaborations indicate a networked research approach involving multiple scholars within related fields.

Wolfgang Linden's research is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and depression after cancer diagnosis: Prevalence rates by cancer type, gender, and age

    Wolfgang Linden;Andrea Vodermaier;Andrea Vodermaier;Regina MacKenzie;Duncan Greig

  • Depression as a predictor of disease progression and mortality in cancer patients: a meta-analysis.

    Jillian R. Satin;Wolfgang Linden;Melanie J. Phillips

  • Social support interventions: do they work?

    Brenda E Hogan;Wolfgang Linden;Bahman Najarian

  • Psychosocial interventions for patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.

    Wolfgang Linden;Carmen Stossel;Jeffrey Maurice

  • Screening for Emotional Distress in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Assessment Instruments

    Andrea Vodermaier;Wolfgang Linden;Christopher Siu

  • PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS REACTIVITY AND RECOVERY: CONCEPTUAL SIBLINGS SEPARATED AT BIRTH?

    Wolfgang Linden;Wolfgang Linden;Wolfgang Linden;T. L. Earle;T. L. Earle;T. L. Earle;W. Gerin;W. Gerin;W. Gerin;N. Christenfeld;N. Christenfeld;N. Christenfeld

  • Toward a causal model of cardiovascular responses to stress and the development of cardiovascular disease.

    Amy R. Schwartz;William Gerin;Karina W. Davidson;Thomas G. Pickering

  • Getting the most out of cardiac rehabilitation: a review of referral and adherence predictors

    Leila West Jackson;J. Leclerc;Y. Erskine;W. Linden

  • Psychological treatment of cardiac patients: a meta-analysis

    Wolfgang Linden;Melanie Jayne Phillips;Jocelyne Leclerc

  • Type D personality is related to cardiovascular and neuroendocrine reactivity to acute stress.

    Martine E Habra;Wolfgang Linden;Jeremy C Anderson;Joanne Weinberg

  • Social support effects on cardiovascular reactivity: is a stranger as effective as a friend?

    Nicholas Christenfeld;William Gerin;Wolfgang Linden;Mara Sanders

  • Sex differences in social support, self-deception, hostility, and ambulatory cardiovascular activity.

    Wolfgang Linden;Laura Chambers;Jeffrey Maurice;Joseph W. Lenz

  • Effects of response styles on the report of psychological and somatic distress.

    Wolfgang Linden;Delroy L. Paulhus;Keith S. Dobson

  • There is more to anger coping than "in" or "out".

    Wolfgang Linden;Brenda E. Hogan;Thomas Rutledge;Anuradha Chawla

  • Appearance versus health: does the reason for dieting affect dieting behavior?

    Erin Putterman;Wolfgang Linden

  • Differential effects of harassment on cardiovascular and salivary cortisol stress reactivity and recovery in women and men.

    Tracey L Earle;Wolfgang Linden;Joanne Weinberg

  • Psychological treatments in cardiac rehabilitation: review of rationales and outcomes

    Wolfgang Linden

  • Gender, anger expression style, and opportunity for Anger release determine cardiovascular reaction to and recovery from Anger provocation

    Josanna Y. Lai;Wolfgang Linden

  • Disease stage predicts post-diagnosis anxiety and depression only in some types of cancer

    A Vodermaier;W Linden;W Linden;R MacKenzie;D Greig

  • The efficacy of behavioral treatments for hypertension.

    Wolfgang Linden;Janine V. Moseley

  • Psychosocial Interventions for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Wolfgang Linden;Carmen Stossel;Jeffrey Maurice

  • Psychological treatment of cardiac patients : a meta-analysis. Commentary

    Evangelos Giannitsis;Hugo A. Katus;Wolfgang Linden;Melanie Jayne Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Hewitt
Paul L. Hewitt University of British Columbia
Thomas Rutledge
Thomas Rutledge University of California, San Diego
William Gerin
William Gerin Pennsylvania State University
Nicholas Christenfeld
Nicholas Christenfeld University of California, San Diego
Josie Geller
Josie Geller University of British Columbia
Grant L. Iverson
Grant L. Iverson Harvard University
Linda E. Carlson
Linda E. Carlson University of Calgary
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Delroy L. Paulhus
Delroy L. Paulhus University of British Columbia

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