Carnegie Mellon University

Gender and Health

Helgeson, V. S. (1990). The role of masculinity in a prognostic predictor of heart attack severity. Sex Roles, 22, 755-774.

Helgeson, V. S. (1991). The effects of masculinity and social support on recovery from myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine, 53, 621-633.

Helgeson, V. S. (1993). Implications of agency and communion for patient and spouse adjustment to a first coronary event. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 807-816.

Helgeson, V. S. (1994). The relation of agency and communion to well-being: Evidence and potential explanations. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 412-428.

Helgeson, V. S. (1995). Masculinity, men's roles, and coronary heart disease. In D. Sabo & D. Gordon (Eds.), Men's health and illness: Gender, power and the body (pp 68-104). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz, H. L. (1996). Implications of unmitigated communion and communion for adolescent adjustment to type I diabetes. Women’s Health:  Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 2, 163-188.

O’Leary, A., & Helgeson, V. S. (1997). Psychosocial factors and women’s health: Integrating mind, heart, and body. In S. J. Gallant, G. P. Keita, & R. Royak-Schaler (Eds.), Health care for women: Psychological, social, and behavioral influences (pp. 25-40). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Helgeson, V. S., & Lepore, S. J. (1997). Men’s adjustment to prostate cancer: The role of agency and unmitigated agency. Sex Roles, 37, 251-267.

Fritz, H. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (1998). Distinctions of unmitigated communion from communion: Self-neglect and overinvolvement with others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 121-140.

Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz, H. L. (1998). A theory of unmitigated communion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 173-183.

Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz, H. L. (1999). Unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: Distinctions from agency and communion. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, 131-158.

Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz, H. L. (2000). The implications of unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion for domains of problem behavior. Journal of Personality, 68, 1031-1057.

Tamres, L., Janicki, D., & Helgeson, V. S. (2002). Sex differences in coping behavior: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 2-30.

Fritz, H. L., Nagurney, A., & Helgeson, V. S. (2003). The effects of partner sex, gender-related personality traits, and social support on cardiovascular reactivity during problem disclosure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 713-725.

Helgeson, V. S. (2003). Gender-related traits and health. In J. Suls & K. A. Wallston (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of health and illness (pp. 367-394). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Helgeson, V. S. (2003). Unmitigated communion and adjustment to breast cancer: Associations and explanations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1643-1661. 

Helgeson, V. S., & Lepore, S. J. (2004). Quality of life following prostate cancer: The role of agency and unmitigated agency. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 2559-2585.

Reynolds, K. A., Helgeson, V. S., Seltman, H., Janicki, D., Page-Gould, E., & Wardle M. (2006). Impact of interpersonal conflict on individuals high in unmitigated communion. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1595-1616.

Helgeson, V. S. (2011). Gender, stress, and coping. In S. Folkman (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of stress, health, and coping (pp. 63-85). New York: Oxford University Press.

Helgeson, V. S.,  Escobar, O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). Unmitigated communion and health among adolescents with and without diabetes: The mediating role of eating disturbances. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 519-536. PMID: 17400835

Helgeson, V. S. (2012). Gender and health: A social psychological perspective. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of health psychology (2nd ed., pp. 519-537). New York: Psychology Press.

Helgeson, V. S., & Palladino, D. K. (2012). Agentic and communal traits and health: Adolescents with and without diabetes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 415-428NIHMSID 445908; PMC: 3582940

Naqvi, J. B., Helgeson, V. S., Gary-Webb, T. L., Korytkowski, M. T., & Seltman, H. J. (2020).  Sex, race, and the role of relationships in diabetes health: Intersectionality matters. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 43, 69-79.

Helgeson, V. S., & Mascatelli, K. (in press). Sex differences in health. Entry in Wiley encyclopedia of health psychology.