Ralf Schwarzer

45.3k citations
352 papers · 27.0k · 13 hit papers · h-index 78

Impact in

    • Behavioral Health and Interventions
    • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
    • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Papers in

Ralf Schwarzer

338 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Ralf Schwarzer's Hit Papers

A meta-analysis of the health action process approach. 2019 · 275 citations
2750+9+19Years since publication50010001.5k

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Ralf Schwarzer
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  • Applied Psychology 6.5k
  • Social Psychology 5.6k
  • Clinical Psychology 5.1k
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 291
  • General Health Professions 4.1k
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All Works

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1
Modeling Health Behavior Change: How to Predict and Modify the Adoption and Maintenance of Health Behaviors
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20081778
2
The General Self-Efficacy Scale: Multicultural Validation Studies
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20051336
3
Is General Self-Efficacy a Universal Construct?1
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20021218
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Bridging the intention–behaviour gap: Planning, self-efficacy, and action control in the adoption and maintenance of physical exercise
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2005992
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Perceived Teacher Self‐Efficacy as a Predictor of Job Stress and Burnout: Mediation Analyses
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2008797
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General self‐efficacy in various domains of human functioning: Evidence from five countries
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2005795
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The Assessment of Optimistic Self‐beliefs: Comparison of the German, Spanish, and Chinese Versions of the General Self‐efficacy Scale
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1997675
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Action planning and coping planning for long-term lifestyle change: theory and assessment
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2005663
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Social-cognitive predictors of health behavior: Action self-efficacy and coping self-efficacy.
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2000564
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Mechanisms of health behavior change in persons with chronic illness or disability: The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA).
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2011486
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Measuring optimistic self-beliefs: A Chinese adaptation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale.
1995443
12 2007408
13 1991388
14 2006370
15 2003361
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Self-Efficacy
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2014340
17 1999294
18 1994293
19 1996292
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I believe, therefore I achieve (and vice versa): A meta-analytic cross-lagged panel analysis of self-efficacy and academic performance
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2017285

About Ralf Schwarzer

Ralf Schwarzer is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 352 papers that have together received 27.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (142 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (31 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (24 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (22 papers), Physical Activity and Health (22 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (16 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (6.5k citations), Social Psychology (5.6k citations), Clinical Psychology (5.1k citations), Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (291 citations) and General Health Professions (4.1k citations). Ralf Schwarzer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Poland and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Urte Scholz, Aleksandra Łuszczyńska, Sonia Lippke, Falko F. Sniehotta, Nina Knoll, Jochen P. Ziegelmann, Benjamin Schüz, Britta Renner, Benicio Gutiérrez‐Doña and Shonali Sud. Their work appears in journals such as Psychology and Health, Anxiety Stress & Coping, British Journal of Health Psychology, Health Psychology and Appetite.

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