Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Professor, Department of Psychology

rothm001@umn.edu
612-625-2573, office

Research Interests

Models of behavioral decision-making; The initiation and maintenance of behavior change; Health communication and persuasion; Application of social psychological theory to the design and implementation of interventions to promote healthy behavioral practices.

Selected Publications

Rothman, A.J. (2004). Is there nothing more practical than a good theory?: Why Innovations and advances in health behavior change will arise if interventions are more theory-friendly. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2004;1:11.

Finch, E.A., Linde, J.A., Jeffery, R.W., Rothman, A.J., King, C.M., & Levy, R.L. The effects of outcome expectations and satisfaction on weight loss and maintenance: Correlational and experimental analyses. Health Psychol. 2005;24:608-616.

Weinstein, N.D., & Rothman, A.J. (2005). Revitalizing research on health behavior theories. Health Education Research, 20, 294-297.

Baldwin, A.S., Rothman, A.J., Hertel, A.W., Linde, J.A., Jeffery, R.W., Finch, E.A., & Lando, H. (2006). Specifying the Determinants of Behavior Change Initiation and Maintenance: An Examination of Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Smoking Cessation. Health Psychology, 25, 626-634.

Rothman, A.J. (2006). Initiatives to motivate change: A review of theory and practice and their implications for older adults (pp. 121-144). In Carstensen, L.L., & Hartel, C.R. (Eds), When I'm 64. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Rothman, A.J., Bartels, R.D., Wlaschin, J., & Salovey, P. (2006). The strategic use of gain- and loss-framed messages to promote healthy behavior: How theory can inform practice. Journal of Communication, 56, S202-S221.

Rothman, A.J., & Salovey, P. (2007). The reciprocal relation between principles and practice: Social psychology and health behavior. In A. Kruglanski and E.T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2nd Edition; pp. 826-849). Guilford Press: New York, NY.

Baldwin, A.S., Rothman, A.J., Hertel, A.W., Keenan, N.K., & Jeffery, R.W. (in press). Longitudinal associations between people's cessation-related experiences and their satisfaction with cessation. Psychology & Health.

Fugelstad, P., Rothman, A.J., & Jeffery, R.W. (in press). Getting there and hanging on: The effect of regulatory focus on performance in smoking and weight loss interventions. Health Psychology.

Hertel, A.W., Finch, E., Kelly, K., King, C., Lando, H., Linde, J., Jeffery, R.W., & Rothman, A.J. (in press). The impact of outcome expectations and satisfaction on the initiation and maintenance of smoking cessation: An experimental test. Health Psychology.

Rutten, L.F., Hesse, B., Moser R., McCaul, K.D., & Rothman, A.J. (in press).  Public perceptions of cancer prevention, screening, and survival: Comparison with state-of-science evidence for colon, skin, and lung cancer. Psycho-Oncology.

Sullivan, H., & Rothman, A.J. (in press). When Planning Is Needed: Implementation Intentions and Attainment of Approach versus Avoidance Health Goals. Health Psychology.