A qualitative exploration of quality of life among individuals diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to identify individual factors that may predict which subset of prostate cancer patients is more likely to experience emotional distress. DESIGN AND METHODS:Prostate cancer survivors identified through the Icelandic Cancer Registry (N=184), completed questionnaires measuring emotion...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Agustsdottir S,Kristinsdottir A,Jonsdottir K,Larusdottir SO,Smari J,Valdimarsdottir HB

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Partners are a significant influence on individuals' health, and concordance in health behaviours increases over time in couples. Several theories suggest that couple-focused interventions for health behaviour change may therefore be more effective than individual interventions. DESIGN:A systematic review o...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Arden-Close E,McGrath N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Behavioural intentions as well as action planning can facilitate the adoption and maintenance of physical activity under certain conditions. The present study examined levels of plan-specific self-efficacy and habit strength as possible conditions that may modify this relationship. DESIGN:As a secondary ana...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Di Maio S,Keller J,Hohl DH,Schwarzer R,Knoll N

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess myocardial infarction (MI) patients' causal beliefs, how they change over time and the effects of different assessment methods. METHOD:The study used a longitudinal design with a follow-up to 1 year. The participants were 100 MI patients who were recruited within 72 hours of admission. Each partic...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Gudmundsdóttir H,Johnston M,Johnston D,Foulkes J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A conceptual model of the psychological factors underpinning adherence to anti-hypertensive medication is proposed and tested. The model suggests that adherence is influenced by three sets of variables: demography, health status, and perceived effects of medication; cognitions and motivation; and intention t...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Quine L,Steadman L,Thompson S,Rutter DR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multidisciplinary treatment approaches have been found to be effective for chronic pain patients although there are large individual differences in outcomes. To increase overall treatment effects, tools are needed to identify patients most likely to benefit from tailored, comprehensive modular treatment sche...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Samwel HJ,Kraaimaat FW,Crul BJ,van Dongen RD,Evers AW

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Drawing from self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002, Overview of self-determination theory: An organismic-dialectical perspective. In E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of self-determination research (pp. 3-33). Rochester, NY: The University of Rochester Press.), we examined how individuals' psyc...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Ng JY,Ntoumanis N,Thøgersen-Ntoumani C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Attendance at colposcopy following an abnormal cervical smear is potentially a highly distressing event. This study evaluates the role of cognitive appraisal components (Lazarus, 1991; Smith et al., 1993) in explaining emotional reactions to this event. We also compare the psychological sequelae of immediate...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Orbell S,Hagger M,Brown V,Tidy J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relation of social problem-solving abilities to distress experienced by family members assuming a caregiving role for a loved one who had recently incurred a severe physical disability. Family members completed measures of problem-solving, depression and health, while their loved one participated in an...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Elliott TR,Shewchuk RM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Negative attributional style (NAS), or tendency to explain negative events through internal, stable, and global causes, has proved to be an important predictor of depressive symptoms and poor health, including coronary heart disease (CHD). The goal of this two-wave longitudinal study was to look at whether d...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Sanjuán P,Arranz H,Castro A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES: The present study explored factors that underpin increased internalization (i.e., perceived autonomy) in motivation towards exercise over a 1-year period in adolescent girls. DESIGN: A mixed methods prospective study. METHODS: A total of 107 girls (mean age = 13.28 years) reported their exercise behaviour...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Gillison F,Sebire S,Standage M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored treatment mediators among caregivers of older adults who did not benefit from expressive writing in a recently published randomized clinical trial. METHODS:Twenty-seven expressive writing and time management participants completed questionnaires prior to writing, following their fourth w...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Mackenzie CS,Wiprzycka UJ,Hasher L,Goldstein D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Behaviour change interventions often target 'important' beliefs. The literature proposes four methods for assessing importance of attitudinal beliefs: elicitation frequency, importance ratings, and strength of prediction (bivariate and multivariate). We tested congruence between these methods in a Delphi stu...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Francis JJ,Duncan EM,Prior ME,Maclennan G,Marshall AP,Wells EC,Todd L,Rose L,Campbell MK,Webster F,Eccles MP,Bellingan G,Seppelt IM,Grimshaw JM,Cuthbertson BH,SuDDICU study groups.

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem posed by chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to the affected individual can be conceptualized, using Leventhal's common sense model, as a health threat to be encoded and coped with accordingly. The current paper adopts an alternative use of self-regulation theory. It is hypothesized that in CFS the health threa...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Deary V

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cancer survivorship is often linked with identity reconstruction, and the extent to which individuals identify with their cancer experience may be an important aspect of their adjustment to longer-term cancer survivorship. However, little is known about the extent to which cancer is central to one's identity...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Park CL,Bharadwaj AK,Blank TO

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services in England have established a long-term condition (LTC) pathway in recent years, meaning that LTC therapies are now delivered via varied modes and by professionals with varied experiences. To gain insight into how this new pathway is functioning in p...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Carroll S,Moss-Morris R,Hulme K,Hudson J

更新日期：2020-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Consistent with behaviour observed in prior crises, individuals are stockpiling supplies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goal of this study was to describe stockpiling behaviour in response to COVID-19 and investigate individual predictors of stockpiling. METHODS:Workers (N = 363, 54.7...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Micalizzi L,Zambrotta NS,Bernstein MH

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Research on stress and salivary cortisol has focused almost exclusively on the effects of negative psychological conditions or emotional states. Little attention has been drawn to the impact associated with positive psychological conditions, which have been shown recently to have significant influences on ne...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Lai JC,Evans PD,Ng SH,Chong AM,Siu OT,Chan CL,Ho SM,Ho RT,Chan P,Chan CC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to systematically review the evidence for the potential promise of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) to increase physical activity among people with dementia (PWD). METHODS:PsychINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were searche...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Nyman SR,Adamczewska N,Howlett N

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the association between anxiety associated with COVID-19 and somatic symptoms, using data from a large, representative sample (N = 2,025) of the UK adult population. Results showed that moderate to high levels of anxiety associated with COVID-19 were significantly associated with general s...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Shevlin M,Nolan E,Owczarek M,McBride O,Murphy J,Gibson Miller J,Hartman TK,Levita L,Mason L,Martinez AP,McKay R,Stocks TVA,Bennett KM,Hyland P,Bentall RP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psychosocial factors have previously been linked with survival and mortality in cancer populations. Little evidence is available about the relationship between these factors and outcomes in gynaecologic cancer populations, particularly endometrial cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women. This study...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Telepak LC,Jensen SE,Dodd SM,Morgan LS,Pereira DB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationships between exposure to the air disaster in Amsterdam and multiple physical symptoms among firefighters and police officers, and to explore the role of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) herein. DESIGN:Historic cohort study. METHODS:On average 8.5 years post-disaster, exposed pr...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Slottje P,Witteveen AB,Twisk JW,Smidt N,Huizink AC,van Mechelen W,Smid T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The classification of health behaviours may provide a useful framework for understanding their characteristics and therefore the ways in which they are similar and different. However, to date, little research has attempted to identify these characteristics and explore the dimensions along which behaviours di...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： McEachan RR,Lawton RJ,Conner M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We report on the development and psychometric properties of a scale to measure perceived sensitivity to medicines (PSM). Design.  The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, criterion-related, and predictive validity of the PSM Scale were evaluated using data collected as part of four previously publi...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Horne R,Faasse K,Cooper V,Diefenbach MA,Leventhal H,Leventhal E,Petrie KJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:For the effective treatment of childhood obesity, intervention attendance and behaviour change at home are both important. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore influences on attendance and behaviour change during a family-based intervention to treat childhood obesity in the North West of En...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Watson PM,Dugdill L,Pickering K,Hargreaves J,Staniford LJ,Owen S,Murphy RC,Knowles ZR,Johnson LJ,Cable NT

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:According to the terror management health model, conscious thoughts of death motivate productive health behaviours when the targeted behaviour is perceived as an effective route for mitigating the threat and removing death-related thought from focal awareness. The present study thus examined whether messages...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Cooper DP,Goldenberg JL,Arndt J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to explore people's experiences of being diagnosed and subsequently living with congestive heart failure. DESIGN:Qualitative methodology involving in-depth, semi-structured interviews and interpretative phenomenological analytic techniques. METHODS:Twenty-five patients (twenty-one men) wi...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Thornhill K,Lyons AC,Nouwen A,Lip GY

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that depression is associated with a view of the future characterized by reduced anticipation of future positive experiences, but not necessarily increased anticipation of future negative experiences. The aim of the present study was to investigate how participants with relapsing-remitting...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Moore AC,MacLeod AK,Barnes D,Langdon DW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using the transactional model of stress and coping, the present study investigated whether specific coping resources act as buffers of the relationship between perceived stress and psychological well-being among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. DESIGN:A longitudinal observational study was carried out wi...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Treharne GJ,Lyons AC,Booth DA,Kitas GD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: The objective of the present study was to test the application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) in relation to exercise behaviour of 298 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used. Respondents completed measures of stages of change, self-efficacy, p...

journal_title：British journal of health psychology

authors： Callaghan P,Eves FF,Norman P,Chang AM,Lung CY

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00