Suls Vitae

EDUCATION

1968	BA	Psychology, Temple University

1971	MA	Psychology, Temple University

1973	Ph.D.	Social Psychology, Temple University

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

2002- Coordinator of Personality & Social Psychology Training Area

1999-2001 Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology

1999- Vice Chair, IRB-02

1990-present Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa

1987-1990 Professor, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany

1987-1990 Co-Director, Center for Applied Psychological Research, State University of New York at Albany

1987-1990 Research Associate, Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, State University of New York at Albany

1984-1990 Director, Social-Personality Program, State University of New York at Albany

1978-1987 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany

1978-1981 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany

1975-1978 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany

1972-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University

1971 Visiting Graduate Student, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University

1969-1970 Research Assistant to Professor Ralph Rosnow, Department of Psychology,Temple University, NSF Grant GS-2385

1968-1969 Research Assistant to Professor Robert Weisberg, Department of Psychology, Temple University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Social Comparison Processes: Social Influence; Ability and Opinion Evaluation; Self-Evaluation

Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine: Psychosocial factors in etiology and coping with coronary heart disease; Cardiovascular psychophysiology; Life stress, coping, and illness; gastrointestinal diseases.

Mood and emotion: Stress and daily affective experience; personality and mood

AWARDS, GRANTS, & HONORS

NDEA Fellow, 1969-1972.

Research Associate, National Institute of Mental Health Grant, "Moral judgment and interpersonal judgment in children" (LRO3MH26213-01), 1974-1975. Daniel C. Gutkin, Principal Investigator, Department of Psychology, Lafayette College.

"The role of incongruity and cueing in human appreciation." Faculty Research Grant from the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Summer, 1976.

"Type A reactions to competition." Faculty Research Grant from the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Summer 1980.

"Psychology for pre-medical students." Faculty Grant for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction from the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Summer, 1981.

Faculty Development Grant for Training in the Assessment of Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Patter. Workshop conducted by Ray Rosenman, Margaret Chesney, and Michael Hecker, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, September 16-18, 1983.

"Recent life events and illness among prison inmates." Contract with Federal Prison System, United States Department of Justice, 1983.

Elected to Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 1986.

Elected to Fellow Status, American Psychological Association, Division 8, 1987.

Elected to Fellow Status, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1992.

Elected to Fellow Status, American Psychological Association, Division 38, 1995.

National Science Foundation Fellow for University of Iowa Summer Research Program in Social Psychophysiology, May 31-June 27, 1987.

Co-Investigator (15%, 1987; 20%, 1988-1990) "Psychological treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome" (Edward B. Blanchard, P.I.) NIDDK, 1987-1990; $475,000.

Principal Investigator (30%) "Coronary-prone behavior, conventional CHD risk factors and reactivity." National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R01 39118, 1988-1990, $138,200.

Principal Investigator (25%) "Coronary-prone behavior and life stress." National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R01 HL46448, 1990-1994, $472,813. No cost extension to 8/95.

Principal Investigator, "Investigations of the proxy social comparison model of ability self-evaluation" National Science Foundation, 1996-1999, $209, 983 plus REU Supplement, 1997-98: $4,000.

Principal Investigator, "Role of gender and living arrangement in adaptation to coronary heart disease. American Heart Association-Iowa Affiliate, 1996-1998, $42,550; no-cost extension to 11/98.

Principal Investigator, “Investigations of the triarchic model of opinion comparison” National Science Foundation, 2000-2003, $338,000

Co-Principal Investigator (with John Rapson, School of Music). “Emergence and Impact of the jazz avant garde: A musical and social psychological analysis.” Interdisciplinary research grant from Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa. Summer 2002, $9,000.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Experimental Social Psychology

American Psychological Association - Divisions 8 and 38

Midwestern Psychological Association

Society of Behavioral Medicine

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research

American Psychological Society

American Psychosomatic Society

EDITIORAL POSITIONS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editor, 1998-2001
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (Official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, published by Sage Publications.)

Associate Editor-Elect, 1990; Associate Editor, 1991-96
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes (American Psychological Association journal)

Editorial Boards:

Health Psychology, 1983-1989; 1994, 1996, 2001-

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition, 1986-1990

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1984-present

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality and Individual Differences, 1985

Journal of Personality, 1985-1998

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1986-present

Editorial Board, Praeger Series in Health Psychology (Greenwood Publishing Group): 2001-

Editor for Special Issue:

Journal of Personality on "Personality and Physical Health," Spring, 1987 with J. Rittenhouse

Journal of Personality on "Daily Experience and Personality," 1991 with H. Tennen and A. Affleck

Journal of Personality on "Personality and Coping," 1996 with John H. Harvey.

Review Committee:

Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000.

American Psychological Association Service

Member review committee, Division 8 Program, 1984, 1985, 1987

Member review committee, Division 38 Program, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999

Program Chair, Division 38 for 1997 APA Convention.

Chair, Division 38 Committee on Research, 1997-1999

Division 38 Liaison with Center for Advancement of Health, 1997-1999

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Division 38 Web Site, 1999

Chair, Publications Committee, Division 38, 1999-2003

GOVERNMENT CONSULTANTSHIPS

Appointments:

National Institutes of Health, National Reviewers' Reserve, 1987-1991.

Appointed Member, Behavioral Medicine Study Section, National Institute of Health, 1983-1986.

Appointed Member, Federal Bureau of Prisons Research Issues Forum, United States Department of Justice, 1989-1994.

Appointed Member, National Science Foundation, Social Psychology Advisory Panel , 1992-1995.

Member, Breast Cancer Review Panel, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC), October 1995.

Participant, “Toward Better Theories of Health Behavior Workshop 2002, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, May 16-17, 2002, Inn of the Governors, Sante Fe. New Mexico.

Ad Hoc:

Ad Hoc Member, Behavioral Medicine Study Section, National Institute of Health, 1982.

Member, Special Study Section, National Institutes of Health, April 9, 1984.

Co-Chairperson, Planning Meeting for NIH-Behavioral Medicine Conference on Directions in Behavioral Medicine, February 8, 1984.

Member, Special Study Section, NIH for Project Site Visits, University of Washington School of Dentistry, November 4-7, 1985.

Chairman, NIH program Site Visit, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Control Center, January 9-10, 1986.

Reviewer, Arizona Disease Control Center, 1986, 1987.

Chairman, Special Study Section, NIH, Arlington, VA, July 20, 1987.

Member, Special Study Section, NIH, August 28, 1987.

Chairman, NIH Site Visit Team and Ad Hoc Study Section, Cornell University Medical Center, New York City, October 19-20, 1987.

Member, NIH Site Visit Team, University of Southern California School of Medicine, April 3-4, 1988.

Chair, NIH Ad Hoc Study Section, July 21, 1988.

Chair, NIH Ad Hoc Study Section, December 7, 1988.

Ad Hoc Member, Behavioral Medicine Study Section, NIH, February 8-10, 1989.

Chair, NIH Ad Hoc Study Section, April 14, 1989.

Member, Special Study Section, Epidemiology and Disease Control-2, NIH, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1989.

Member, Special Study Section for Review of Applications Responding to RFA AG-89095, NIA, Washington, D.C., July 23-24, 1990.

Chair, Special Ad Hoc Study Section, NIH, December 12, 1990.

Consultant, Treatment of Inmates' Addictions to Drugs (TRIAD), Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1994.

Ad hoc member, Behavioral Medicine Study Section, February 5-7, 1992.

Panel member, Review Committee for Presidential Faculty Fellows Program, National Science Foundation, February 2-3, 1992.

Ad hoc reviewer, National Cancer Institute, Administrative Supplements: The impact of cancer on the family, August 1999.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Suls, J. M., & Weisberg, R. W. (1970). Processing syntactically ambiguous sentences. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 86, 112-114.

Rosnow, R. L., & Suls, J. M. (1970). Reactive effects of pretesting in attitude research. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 15, 338-343.

Goldstein, J. H., Rosnow, R. L., Goodstadt, B., & Suls, J. M. (1972). The "Good Subject" in verbal operant conditioning. Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 6, 29-33.

Goldstein, J. H., Suls, J. M., & Anthony, S. (1972). Enjoyment of specific kinds of humor: Motivation or salience? In J. H. Goldstein & P. E. McGhee (Eds.), The psychology of humor. New York: Academic Press.

Suls, J. M. (1972). A two-stage model for the appreciation of jokes and cartoons. In J. H. Goldstein & P. E. McGhee (Eds.), The psychology of humor. New York: Academic Press.

Rosnow, R. L., Goodstadt, B., Suls, J. M., & Gitter, A. G. (1973). More on the social psychology of the experiment: When compliance turns to self-defense. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 337-343.

Weisberg, R. W., & Suls, J. M. (1973). An information-processing model of Duncker's candle problem. Cognitive Psychology, 4, 255-276.

Suls, J. M. (1975). The role of familiarity in the appreciation of humor. Journal of Personality, 43, 335-345.

Suls, J. M. (1976). Misattribution and human appreciation: A comment on "Enhancement of human appreciation by transferred excitation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34, 960-965.

Suls, J. M., & Gutkin, D. C. (1976). Children's reactions to an actor as a function of expectations and of the consequences received. Journal of Personality, 44, 149-162.

Suls, J. M., & Miller, R. L. (1976). Humor as an attributional index. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2, 256-259.

Kane, T. R., Suls, J. M., & Tedeschi, J. (1977). Humour as a tool of social interaction. In A. J. Chapman & H. Foot (Eds.), It's a funny thing, humour. London: Pergamon Press.

Miller, R. L., & Suls, J. M. (1977). Affiliation preferences as a function of attitude and ability similarity. In J. M. Suls & R. L. Miller (Eds.), Social comparison processes: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. Washington, D.C.: Wiley-Halsted.

Miller, R. L., & Suls, J. M. (1977). Helping, self-attribution and the size of an initial request. Journal of Social Psychology, 103, 203-207.

Suls, J. M. (1977). Cognitive and disparagement theories of humour. In A. J. Chapman & H. C. Foot (Eds.), It's a funny thing, humour. London: Pergamon Press.

Suls, J. M. (1977). Gossip as social comparison? (Invited paper). Journal of Communication, 27, 164-168.

Suls, J. M. (1977). Social comparison theory and research: An overview from 1954. In J. M. Suls & R. L. Miller (Eds.), Social comparison processes: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. Washington, D.C.: Wiley-Halsted.

Suls, J., & Miller, R. L. (Eds.) (1977). Social comparison processes: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing Company.

Suls, J. M., & Miller, R. L. (1978). Ability comparison and its effects on affiliation preferences. Human Relations, 31, 267-282.

Suls, J. M., Gastorf, J., & Lawhorn, J. (1978). Social comparison choices for evaluating a sex- and age-related ability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 102-105.

Suls, J. M., & Tesch, F. (1978). Students' preferences for information about their test performance: A social comparison study. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 8, 189-197.

Kalle, R. J., & Suls, J. M. (1978). The relationship between emotional empathy and Kohlberg's moral judgment stages. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 191-192.

Suls, J. M., & Kalle, R. J. (1978). Intention, damage and age of transgressor as determinants of children's moral judgments. Child Development, 49, 1270-1273.

Suls, J. (1978). Estimating behavior-belief congruence for intoxicated individuals. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 39, 1299-1301.

Gastorf, J., Suls, J., & Lawhorn, J. (1978). Opponent choices of below average performers. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 12, 217-220.

Gastorf, J. W., & Suls, J. (1978). Performance evaluation via social comparison: Related attribute similarity vs. performance similarity. Social Psychology Quarterly, 41, 297-305.

Suls, J., Gutkin, D. C., & Kalle, R. J. (1979). The role of intentions, damage and social consequences in the moral judgments of children. Child Development, 50, 874-877.

Suls, J., & Kalle, R. (1979). Children's moral judgments as a function of intention damage, and an actor's physical harm. Developmental Psychology, 15, 93-94.

Gutkin, D. C., & Suls, J. (1979). The relation between the ethics of personal conscience-social responsibility and principled moral reasoning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 8, 433-441.

Suls, J., & Sanders, G. S. (1979). Social comparison processes in the young child. Invited paper, Journal of Research and Development in Education, 13, 79-89.

Suls, J. M., Gaes, G., & Gastorf, J. (1979). Evaluating a sex-related ability: Comparison with same- opposite-, and combined-sex norms. Journal of Research in Personality, 13, 294-304.

Suls, J., Gastorf, J., & Witenberg, S. (1979). Life events, psychological distress and the Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 23, 315-319.

Gastorf, J., Suls, J., & Sanders, G. S. (1980). Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern and social facilitation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 773-780.

Suls, J., & Gastorf, J. (1980). Has the social psychology of the experiment influenced how research is conducted? European Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 291-294.

Suls, J., & Gastorf, J. (1981). The incidence of sex discrimination, sexual content and hostility in television humor. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 9, 42-49.

Suls, J., & Rosnow, R. L. (1981). The delicate balance between ethics and artifacts in behavioral research. In A. Kimmel (Ed.), New directions for methodology of behavioral science (3): The ethics of human subjects research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Suls, J., Witenberg, S., & Gutkin, D. (1981). Developmental changes in evaluations of reciprocal and non-reciprocal pro-social behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7, 25-31.

Suls, J., & Mullen, B. (1981). Life change and psychological distress: the role of perceived control and desirability. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 11, 379-389.

Suls, J., & Mullen, B. (1981). Life events, perceived control and illness: The role of uncertainty. Journal of Human Stress, 7, 30-34.

Suls, J., Becker, M. A., & Mullen, B. (1981). Coronary-prone behavior, social insecurity and stress among college-aged adults. Journal of Human Stress, 7, 27-34.

Becker, M., & Suls, J. (1982). Test performance and the hard-driving and speed components of the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 26, 435-440.

Mullen, B., & Suls, J. (1982). The effectiveness of attention and rejection as coping styles: A meta-analysis of temporal differences. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 26, 43-49.

Mullen, B., & Suls, J. (1982). "Know thyself": Stressful life changes and the ameliorative effect of private self-consciousness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 18, 43-55.

Sanders, G., & Suls, J. (1982). Social comparison, self-evaluation and marriage. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 44, 721-730.

Sanders, G. S., & Suls, J. (Eds.) (1982). Social psychology of health and illness. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J. (Ed.) (1982). Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 1). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J. (1982). Social support, interpersonal relations and health: Benefits and liabilities. In G. Sanders & J. Suls (Eds.), Social psychology of health and illness. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J., & Mullen, B. (1982). From the cradle to the grave: Comparison and self-evaluation across the life-span. In J. Suls (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 1). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J., & Sanders, G. (1982). Self-evaluation via social comparison: A developmental analysis. In L. Wheeler (Ed.), Review of personality and social psychology (Vol. 3). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Suls, J. (1983). Cognitive processes in humor appreciation. In P. E. McGhee & J. H. Goldstein (Eds.), Handbook of humor research (Vol. 1). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Suls, J., & Fletcher, B. (1983). Social comparison in the social and physical sciences: An archival study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 575-580.

Suls, J., & Greenwald, A. G. (Eds.) (1983). Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 2). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Witenberg, S. H., Blanchard, E. G., McCoy, G., Suls, J., & McGoldrick, M. D. (1983). Evaluation of compliance in home and center hemodialysis patients. Health Psychology, 2, 227-237.

Witenberg, S. H., Blanchard, E. B., Suls, J., Tennen, H., McCoy, G.,. & McGoldrick, M. D. (1983). Perceptions of control and causality as predictors of compliance and coping in hemodialysis. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 4, 319-336.

Suls, J., & Mullen, B. (1983-84). Social and temporal bases of self-evaluation in the elderly. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 18, 111-120.

Suls, J. (1984). Levels of analysis and attempts to modify adolescent health behavior. Health Psychology, 3, 371-375.

Suls, J., & Fletcher, B. (1985). The relative efficacy of avoidant and non-avoidant coping strategies: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 4, 249-288.

Suls, J., & Fletcher, B. (1985). Self-attention, life stress and illness: A prospective study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 47, 469-481.

Suls, J. (1986). Comparison processes in relative deprivation. In J. Olson, M. Zanna & C. P. Herman (Eds.), Relative deprivation and social comparison: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 4). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J. (1986). Notes on the occasion of Social Comparison Theory's Thirtieth birthday. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 289-296.

Suls, J., & Greenwald, A. G. (Eds.) (1986). Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 3). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J., Sanders, G., & Labrecque, M. (1986). Attempting to control blood pressure without systematic instruction: When advice is counterproductive. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9, 567-577.

Suls, J., & Rittenhouse, J. D. (Eds.) (1987). Personality and Physical Health. Special Issue, Journal of Personality, 55.

Suls, J., & Rittenhouse, J. D. (1987). Personality and physical health: An introduction. Journal of Personality, 55, 155-167.

Suls, J., & Wan, C. K. (1987). In search of the false uniqueness phenomenon: Fear and estimates of social consensus. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 211-217.

Suls, J., & Rosnow, R. (1988). Concerns about artifacts in behavioral research. In J. Morawski (Ed.), The rise of experimentation in American psychology. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Suls, J., Wan, C. K., & Sanders, G. (1988). False consensus and false uniqueness in estimating the prevalence of health-protective behaviors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 18, 66-79.

Suls, J., & Sanders, G. S. (1988). Type A behavior as a general risk factor for physical disorder. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 11, 201-226.

Turrisi, R., Suls, J., Serio, S., Reisman, S. (1988). Drinking and driving: Perceptions and evaluations as a function of level of intoxication and weather. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 18, 891-903.

Baron, R. A., Byrne, D., & Suls, J. (1989). Exploring social psychology (3rd Ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Gergen, M., Suls, J., Rosnow, R., & Lana, R. (1989). Psychology: A beginning. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, & Jovanovich.

Suls, J. (1989). Self-awareness and identity in adolescence. In J. Worell & F. Danner (Eds.), The adolescent as decision-maker. New York: Academic Press.

Suls, J., & Sanders, G. (1989). Why do some behavioral styles place people at coronary risk? In A. Siegman & T. Dembroski (Eds.), In search of coronary-prone behavior. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J., & Wan, C. K. (1989). The effects of sensory and procedural information on coping with stressful medical procedures and pain: A meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 57, 372-379.

Suls, J., & Wan, C. K. (1989). The relationship between Type A behavior and chronic emotional distress: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 503-512.

Blanchard, E. B., Scharff, L., Schwarz, S., Suls, J., & Barlow, D. H. (1990). The role of anxiety and depression in the irritable bowel syndrome. Behavior Research and Therapy, 28, 401-405.

Suls, J. (1990). Type A behavior: The role of anxiety, self-awareness, and denial. In D. G. Byrne & R. H. Rosenman (Eds.), Anxiety and the heart. Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere.

Suls, J., & Marco, C. (1990). James, the self, and the selective industry of the mind. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 688-698.

Suls, J., & Marco, C. (1990). Relationship between JAS- and FTAS- Type A behavior and non-CHD illness: A prospective study controlling for negative affectivity. Health Psychology, 9, 479-492.

Suls, J., & Marco, C. (1990). The self. In R. Baron and W. Graziano (Eds.), Social psychology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (Chapter invited for APA division 9 text).

Suls, J., & Rittenhouse, J. D. (1990). Models to study the linkages between personality and disease. In H. Friedman (Ed.), Personality and disease. New York: Wiley.

Suls, J., Wan, C. K., Barlow, D., & Heimberg, R. (1990). The Fallacy of Uniqueness: Social consensus perceptions of anxiety disorder patients and community residents. Journal of Research in Personality, 24, 415-432.

Suls, J. Gaes, G., & Philo, V. (1991). Stress and illness behavior in prison: Effects of life events, self-care attitudes, and race. Journal of Prison and Jail Health, 10, 117-132.

Suls, J., Marco, C., & Tobin, S. (1991). The role of temporal comparison, social comparison and direct appraisal in self-evaluations of health in the elderly. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 1125-1144.

Suls, J., & Wills, T. A. (Eds.) (1991). Social comparison: Contemporary theory and research. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Tennen, H., Suls, J., & Affleck, G. (1991). Personality and daily experience: The promise and the challenge. Journal of Personality, 59, 313-338.

Williams, K. J., Suls, J., Alliger, G. M., Learner, S. M., & Wan, C. K. (1991). Multiple role juggling and daily mood states in working mothers: An experience sampling study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 76, 664-674.

Wills, T., & Suls, J. (1991). Neo-social comparison theory and beyond. In J. Suls, & T. A. Wills (Eds.), Social comparison: Contemporary theory and research. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Blanchard, E., Scharff, L., Payne, A., Schwarz, S., Suls, J., & Malamood, H. (1992). Prediction of outcome from cognitive-behavioral treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Behavior Research and Therapy, 30, 647-650.

Blanchard, E. B., Schwarz, S. P., Suls, J. M., Gerardi, M. A., Scharff, L., Greene, B., Taylor, A. E., Berreman, C., & Malamood, H. S. (1992). Two controlled evaluations of multicomponent psychological treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Behavior Research and Therapy, 30, 175-179.

Leventhal, E. A., Suls, J., & Leventhal, H. (1993). Hierarchical analysis of coping: Evidence from life-span studies. In H. Krohne (Ed.), Attention and avoidance: Strategies in coping with aversiveness. New York: Hogrefe & Huber.

Marco, C. M, & Suls, J. (1993). Daily stress and the trajectory of mood: Spillover, contrast, and trait negative affectivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 1053-1063.

Schwarz, S. P., Blanchard, E. B., Scharff, L., Taylor, A., Greene, B., Suls, J. M. & Malamood, H. S. (1993). Psychological aspects of irritable bowel syndrome: Comparisons with inflammatory bowel disease and nonpatient controls. Behavior Research and Therapy, 31, 297-304.

Suls, J. (Ed.) (1993). Psychological perspectives on the self (Vol. 4). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Suls, J., & Martin, R. M. (1993). Daily recording and ambulatory monitoring methodologies in behavioral medicine. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 3-7.

Suls, J., & Swain, A. (1993). Use of meta-analysis in health psychology. In S. Maes, H. Leventhal, & M. Johnston (Eds.), International Review of Health Psychology: Vol. 2 (pp. 3-28)

Suls, J., & Wan, C. K. (1993). The relationship between trait hostility and cardiovascular reactivity: A quantitative review and analysis. Psychophysiology, 30, 615-626.

Suls, J., & Swain, A. (1994). Type A-B personalities. In U. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.

Suls, J., Wan, C. K., & Blanchard, E. B. (1994). A multi-level data analytic approach for evaluation of relationships between daily life stressors and symptomatology: The case in irritable bowel syndrome. Health Psychology, 13, 103-113. (featured article)

Suls, J., & Goodkin, F. (1994). Medical gossip and rumor: Their role in the lay referral system (pp. 169-179). In A. Ben-Zeev & R. Goodman (Eds.), Good gossip. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press. (Also published by Hakibbutz Hamehuad in Tel Aviv.)

Suls, J., & Martin, R. (1994). Social comparison. In A.S.R. Manstead & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology. London: Blackwell.

Suls, J. (1994). Meta-analysis in the biological sciences. Contemporary Nutrition, 19, (1).

Martin, R., Davis, G., Baron, R. S., Suls, J., & Blanchard, E. B. (1994). Specificity in social support: Perceptions of helpful and unhelpful provider behaviors among irritable bowel syndrome, headache, and cancer patients. Health Psychology, 13, 432-439.

Suls, J., Wan, C.K., & Costa, P. (1995). Relationship between trait anger and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 14, 444-456.

Swain, A., & Suls, J. (1996). Reproducibility of blood pressure and heart rate reactivity: A meta-analysis. Psychophysiology, 33, 162-174.

Green, P., & Suls, J. (1996). The effects of caffeine on ambulatory blood pressure, heart rate, and mood. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19, 111-128..

Suls, J. (1996) Psychosocial and organizational factors: Gastrointestinal problems. In ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th ed.). Geneva, IL: ILO.

Green, P., Kirby, R., & Suls, J. (1996). The effects of caffeine on blood pressure and heart rate: A review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 18, 201-216.

Suls, J., David, J., & Harvey, J. (1996). Personality and coping: Three generations of research. Journal of Personality, 64, 711-736.

Suls, J., & David, J.P. (1996). Coping and personality: Third time's the charm? Journal of Personality, 64, 993-1005.

Wheeler, L., Martin, R., & Suls, J. (1997). The Proxy model of social comparison for self-evaluation of ability. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1, 54-61.

Rose, G., Suls, J., Green, P., Lounsbury, P., & Gordon, E. (1996). Comparison of adjustment, activity, tangible social support in men and women patients and their spouses during the six months post-myocardial infarction. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 18, 264-272..

Suls, J., Green, P., Rose, G., Lounsbury, P., & Gordon, E. (1997). Hiding worries from one's spouse: Coping via protective buffering in male post-MI patients and their wives. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 333-349.

David, J., Green, P., Martin, R., & Suls, J. (1997). Differential roles of neuroticism, extraversion and event desirability on mood in daily life: An integrative model of top-down and bottom-up influences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 149-159.

Suls, J., Martin, R., Leventhal, H. (1997). Social comparison, lay referral, and the decision to seek medical care. In B. Buunk & F. Gibbons (Eds.) Health, coping and well-being: Perspectives from social comparison theory (pp. 195-226). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Suls, J., Green, P., & Hillis, S. (1998). Emotional reactivity to everyday problems, affective inertia, and neuroticism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 127-136.

Rao, S. C., Hatfield, R., Suls, J., & Chamberlain, M. (1998). Psychological and physical stress induce differential effects on human colonic motility. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 93, 985-990.

Suls, J., Martin, R., & David, J.P. (1998). Person-environment fit and its limits: Agreeableness, neuroticism, and emotional reactivity to interpersonal conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 88-98.

Watson, D., David, J., & Suls., J. (1999). Personality, affectivity, and coping. In C.R. Snyder (Ed.) Coping: The psychology of what works (pp. 119-140). New York: Oxford University Press.

Schwebel, D.C., & Suls, J. (1999). Cardiovascular reactivity and neuroticism: Results from a laboratory and controlled ambulatory stress protocol. Journal of Personality, 67, 67-92.

David, J., & Suls, J. (1999). Coping efforts in daily life: Role of Big Five Traits and problem appraisal. Journal of Personality, 67, 119-140.

Suls, J. (1999). The nature of the question in motivated cognition and social comparison. Psychological Inquiry, 10, 73-75.

Tesser, A., Felson, R. , & Suls, J. (Eds.) (2000). Perspectives on self and identity. Washington, DC: APA Books.

Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of social comparison. New York: Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing Corp.

Suls, J. (2000). Opinion comparison: The role of the corroborator, expert, and proxy in social influence. In Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.), Handbook of social comparison (pp. 105-122). New York: Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing Corp.

Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (2000). A selective history of classic and neo-social comparison theory. Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.) Handbook of social comparison (pp. 3-19). New York: Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing Corp.

Wheeler, L., Suls, J., & Martin, R. (2000). The psychology of social comparison. In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds.), International encylopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. Oxford: Pergamon.

Olson, B., & Suls, J. (2000). Self-, other-, and ideal judgments of risk and caution as a function of the five-factor model of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 28, 425-436.

Suls, J. (2000). Affect, stress and personality. In J.P. Forgas (Ed.). Handbook of affect and social cognition (pp. 392-409). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (2000). Three kinds of opinion comparison: The Triadic Model. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 219-237.

Suls, J., & Martin, R. (2001). Social comparison processes in the physical health domain. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds). Handbook of health psychology ( pp 195-208). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

Suls, J., Lemos, K., & Stewart, H. (2002). Self-esteem, construal and comparisons with self, friends and peers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 82, 252-261.

Martin, R., Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (2002). Ability evaluation by proxy: Role of maximal performance and related attributes in social comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relationships and Group Processes, 82, 781-791.

Watson, D., Suls, J., & Haig, J.(2002). Global self-esteem in relation to structural models of personality and affectivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 83, 185-197.

Martin, R., & Suls, J. (in press). How gender stereotypes influence self-regulation of cardiac health care-seeking and adaptation. In L. Cameron & H. Leventhal (Eds.), The self-regulation of health and illness behavior. Reading, UK: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (in press). Social comparison: Why, with whom and with what effect? Current directions in psychological science.

Suls, J., & Wallston, K. (Eds.) (in press) Social psychological foundations of health and illness. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Suls, J. (in press). Contributions of social comparison to physical health and well-being. In Suls, J., & Wallston, K. (Eds.) Social psychological foundations of health and illness. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Lemos, K., Suls, J., Jenson, M., Gordon, E., & Lounsbury, P. (in press). How do female and male cardiac patients and their spouses share responsibilities after discharge from the hospital? Annals of Behavior Medicine.

Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (in press). The importance of the question for social comparison judgments of abilities and opinions. In. J. Forgas, K. Williams, & W. van Hippel (Eds.), Responding to the social world: Explicit and implicit processes in social judgments. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Jenson, M., Suls, J.,& Lemos, K. (in press). A comparison of physical activity of male and female cardiac patients: Are women at greater risk during recovery? Women & Health.