Heart Disease

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. (1992). Moderators of the relation between perceived control and adjustment to chronic illness. Journal of Personality and Social  Psychology, 63, 656-666.

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., & Taylor, S. E. (1993). Social comparisons and adjustment among cardiac patients. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 1171-1185.

Helgeson, V. S. (1993). The onset of chronic illness: Its effect on the patient-spouse relationship. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 12, 406-428.

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. (1999). Cognitive adaptation as a predictor of new coronary events after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61, 488-495.

Helgeson, V. S. (1999). Applicability of cognitive adaptation theory to predicting adjustment to heart disease after coronary angioplasty. Health Psychology, 18, 561-569.

Helgeson, V. S. (2003). Cognitive adaptation, psychological adjustment, and disease progression among angioplasty patients: 4 years later. Health Psychology, 22, 30-38.