Elaine A. Leventhal

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Elaine A. Leventhal is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine A. Leventhal has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Applied Psychology, 17 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Elaine A. Leventhal's work include Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (11 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (10 papers). Elaine A. Leventhal is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (11 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (10 papers). Elaine A. Leventhal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Netherlands. Elaine A. Leventhal's co-authors include Howard Leventhal, Michael A. Diefenbach, Yael Benyamini, Howard Leventhal, Richard J. Contrada, Linda D. Cameron, Thomas Prohaska, L. Alison Phillips, Ellen Idler and Mary L. Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Cancer and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Elaine A. Leventhal

71 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Illness cognition: Using common sense to understand treatment adherence and affect cognition interactions

1992 1.1k citations Howard Leventhal, Michael A. Diefenbach et al. profile →
Self-regulation, health, and behavior: A perceptual-cognitive approach

1998 561 citations Howard Leventhal, Elaine A. Leventhal et al. Psychology and Health profile →
Illness representations: Theoretical foundations.

1997 510 citations Howard Leventhal, Yael Benyamini et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elaine A. Leventhal United States	41	1.9k	1.1k	1.0k	936	933	72	6.9k
Howard Leventhal United States	39	1.3k 0.7×	611 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	98	6.8k
Brenda M. DeVellis United States	39	1.8k 1.0×	594 0.5×	657 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	895 1.0×	113	6.2k
Heidi S. Lepper United States	12	1.3k 0.7×	533 0.5×	2.3k 2.3×	946 1.0×	1.8k 1.9×	14	7.7k
Barbara Strudler Wallston United States	21	2.3k 1.2×	785 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	47	6.5k
Lynda H. Powell United States	49	1.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	505 0.5×	1.8k 2.0×	145	10.6k
Edwin B. Fisher United States	54	3.7k 1.9×	892 0.8×	712 0.7×	904 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	225	11.5k
Gail M. Williamson United States	38	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	455 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	66	5.0k
Frank J. Penedo United States	47	1.9k 1.0×	818 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	875 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	141	8.4k
Mary Kay Rayens United States	43	1.4k 0.7×	413 0.4×	533 0.5×	428 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	310	6.9k
Paula Diehr United States	44	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	503 0.5×	416 0.4×	664 0.7×	141	9.2k

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Mora, Pablo A., et al.. (2013). Why do comparative assessments predict health? The role of self-assessed health in the formation of comparative health judgments.. Health Psychology. 32(11). 1175–1178. 9 indexed citations

Phillips, L. Alison, Howard Leventhal, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (2013). Assessing theoretical predictors of long-term medication adherence: Patients’ treatment-related beliefs, experiential feedback and habit development. Psychology and Health. 28(10). 1135–1151. 108 indexed citations

Leventhal, Howard, Susan Bodnar‐Deren, Jessica Y. Breland, et al.. (2012). Modeling health and illness behavior: The approach of the commonsense model.. 29 indexed citations

Mora, Pablo A., Marco DiBonaventura, Ellen Idler, Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (2008). Psychological Factors Influencing Self-Assessments of Health: Toward an Understanding of the Mechanisms Underlying How People Rate Their Own Health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 36(3). 292–303. 55 indexed citations

Saraiya, Biren, Susan Bodnar‐Deren, Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (2008). End-of-life planning and its relevance for patients' and oncologists' decisions in choosing cancer therapy. Cancer. 113(S12). 3540–3547. 19 indexed citations

Hekler, Eric B., et al.. (2008). Commonsense illness beliefs, adherence behaviors, and hypertension control among African Americans. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 31(5). 391–400. 94 indexed citations

Leventhal, Howard, John Weinman, Elaine A. Leventhal, & L. Alison Phillips. (2007). Health Psychology: The Search for Pathways between Behavior and Health. Annual Review of Psychology. 59(1). 477–505. 200 indexed citations

Kressel, Laura M., Gretchen B. Chapman, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (2007). The Influence of Default Options on the Expression of End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in Advance Directives. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22(7). 1007–1010. 34 indexed citations

Benyamini, Yael, Howard Leventhal, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (2004). Self-rated oral health as an independent predictor of self-rated general health, self-esteem and life satisfaction. Social Science & Medicine. 59(5). 1109–1116. 203 indexed citations

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Benyamini, Yael, Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (2003). Elderly people's ratings of the importance of health-related factors to their self-assessments of health. Social Science & Medicine. 56(8). 1661–1667. 124 indexed citations

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Benyamini, Yael, et al.. (2002). Living with the worry of cancer: health perceptions and behaviors of elderly people with self, vicarious, or no history of cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 12(2). 161–172. 44 indexed citations

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Benyamini, Yael, Ellen Idler, Howard Leventhal, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (2000). Positive Affect and Function as Influences on Self-Assessments of Health: Expanding Our View Beyond Illness and Disability. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 55(2). P107–P116. 296 indexed citations

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Benyamini, Yael, Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (1999). Self-Assessments of Health. Research on Aging. 21(3). 477–500. 145 indexed citations

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Leventhal, Elaine A., Stephen Hansell, Michael A. Diefenbach, Howard Leventhal, & David C. Glass. (1996). Negative affect and self-report of physical symptoms: Two longitudinal studies of older adults.. Health Psychology. 15(3). 193–199. 86 indexed citations

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Cameron, Linda D., Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (1995). Seeking Medical Care in Response to Symptoms and Life Stress*. Psychosomatic Medicine. 57(1). 37–47. 121 indexed citations

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Silliman, Rebecca A., Lodovico Balducci, James S. Goodwin, Frederick F. Holmes, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (1993). Breast Cancer Care in Old Age: What We Know, Don't Know, and Do. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 85(3). 190–199. 82 indexed citations

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Cameron, Linda D., Elaine A. Leventhal, & Howard Leventhal. (1993). Symptom representations and affect as determinants of care seeking in a community-dwelling, adult sample population.. Health Psychology. 12(3). 171–179. 229 indexed citations

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Keller, Mary L., et al.. (1989). Aging: The Lived Experience. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 29(1). 67–82. 47 indexed citations

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Sager, Mark A., Douglas Easterling, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (1988). An Evaluation of Increased Mortality Rates in Wisconsin Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 36(8). 739–746. 5 indexed citations

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Leventhal, Elaine A.. (1971). The SR Condition in Drosophila bifasciata: In Vivo and in Vitro Growth. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 55. 233–240. 2 indexed citations

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