Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Health Psychology
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Aleksandra Luszczynska |
My research interests focus on the social-cognitive predictors of health behavior change, the development of theory-based interventions, and improving quality of life among people with chronic illness (e.g., the role of social support and benefit finding).
This work has been recognized with several awards, including the Early Career Award, International Society For Behavioral Medicine (2004); Early Career Award, Stress and Anxiety Research Society (2004); Award of Polish Academy of Science for the Best Young Psychologist (A. Malewski Award)(2005); and Citation Award from the Program Committee of the International Society For Behavioral Medicine (9th ICBM; 2006)
I am a Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society and am currently serving as President of the Health Psychology Division, International Association of Applied Psychology. In addition, I am Editor-in-Chief of Anxiety, Stress and Coping, Associate Editor of Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, and have served on the editorial board of the British Journal of Health Psychology, Health Psychology Review, Psychology and Health, Applied Psychology: International Review, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, and Polish Psychological Bulletin.
Journal Articles:
- Dombrowski, S., & Luszczynska, A. (2009). The interplay between conscious and automatic self-regulation and adolescents’ physical activity: The role of planning, intentions, and lack of awareness. Applied Psychology, 59, 257-273.
- Lis-Turlejska, M., Luszczynska, A., Plichta, A., & Benight, C. C. (2008). Jewish and non-Jewish World War II child and adolescent survivors at 60 years after war: Effects of parental loss and age at exposure on well-being. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 369-377.
- Luszczynska, A., Benight, C. C., & Cieslak, R. (2009). Self-efficacy and health-related outcomes of collective trauma: A systematic review. European Psychologist, 14, 49-60.
- Luszczynska, A., Benight, C., Cieslak, R., Kissinger, P., Reilly, K. H., & Clark, R. A. (2009). Self-efficacy mediates effects of exposure, loss of resources, and life stress on posttraumatic distress among trauma survivors. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 1, 73-90.
- Luszczynska, A., & Cieslak, R. (2009). Mediated effects of social support for healthy nutrition: Fruit and vegetable intake across 8 months after myocardial infarction. Behavioral Medicine, 35, 30-38.
- Luszczynska, A., Gerstorf, D., Knoll, N., Boehmer, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Patients’ coping profiles and partners’ support provision. Psychology and Health, 22, 749-764.
- Luszczynska, A., & Haynes, C. (2009). Changing nutrition, physical activity, and body weight among student nurses and midwifes: Effects of a planning intervention and self-efficacy beliefs. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 1075-1084.
- Luszczynska, A., Sobczyk, A., & Abraham, C. (2007). Planning to reduce weight: Implementation intentions intervention helps to reduce body weight among overweight or obese women by prompting action planning. Health Psychology, 26, 507-512.
- Luszczynska, A., & Tryburcy, M. (2008). Effects of a self-efficacy intervention on exercise: The moderating role of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Applied Psychology, 57, 644-659.
- Piko, B. F., Skultéti, D., Luszczynska, A., & Gibbons, F. X. (2010). Social orientations and adolescent health behaviors in Hungary. International Journal of Psychology, 45, 12-20.
- Scholz, U., Nagy, G., Goehner, W., Luszczynska, A., & Kliegel, M. (2009). Changes in self-regulatory cognitions as predictors of changes in smoking and low-fat diet. Psychology and Health, 24, 545-561.
- Schwarzer, R., & Luszczynska, A. (2008). How to overcome health-compromising behaviors: The Health Action Process Approach. European Psychologist, 13, 141-151.
- Schwarzer, R., Luszczynska, A., Ziegelmann, J. P., Scholz, U., & Lippke, S. (2008). Social cognitive predictors of physical adherence: Three longitudinal studies in rehabilitation. Health Psychology, 27 (1, Suppl), S54-S63.
- Turner, S. A., Luszczynska, A., Warner, L. M., & Schwarzer, R. (2010). Emotional and uncontrolled eating styles and chocolate chip cookie consumption: A controlled trial of the effects of positive mood enhancement. Appetite, 54, 143-149.
- Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., & Luszczynska, A. (2009). Planning to break unwanted habits: Habit strength moderates implementation intention effects on behaviour change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 507-523.
Aleksandra Luszczynska
Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
United States