Physicians' understanding of patients' personal representations of their diabetes: accuracy and association with self-care.

abstract：:An important consideration that needs adding to discussions of patient choice and whether or not men are reluctant to use primary care services is that many frequent attenders are male. The aim of this article is to explore how male frequent attenders construct decisions to use or not use health-care services. This is...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Branney P,Witty K,Bagnall AM,South J,White A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine how risk-related decision making might be associated with habitual sleep variables, including sleep variability, sleep duration and perceived sleep need in young adults cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Design: 166 participants completed a 7-day protocol with sleep and risk-related decision-m...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Lau EYY,Wong ML,Rusak B,Lam YC,Wing YK,Tseng CH,Lee TMC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used multiple theoretical approaches simultaneously to predict an objectively measured clinical behaviour. The six theoretical approaches were: The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), Common Sense Self-Regulation Model (CS-SRM), Operant Learning Theory (OLT), Action Planning (A...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Bonetti D,Johnston M,Clarkson J,Turner S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed an HIV risk reduction intervention for people living with HIV (PLWH) obtaining care at primary healthcare clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by (1) conducting elicitation research to understand the dynamics of risk behaviour among PLWH, (2) modifying an existing HIV risk reduction intervention...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Cornman DH,Christie S,Shepherd LM,MacDonald S,Amico KR,Smith LR,Shuper PA,Adelaja A,Mahlase G,Fröhlich JA,Pillay S,Lalloo UG,Fisher WA,Fisher JD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation intentions planning in advance the situation in which one will act, have been proposed to be an effective self-regulatory technique for changing health behaviour. Encouraging people to receive text message reminders of their implementation intentions should enhance their strength and, thus, it was predi...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Prestwich A,Perugini M,Hurling R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of emotional approach coping (EAC), or expressing and processing emotions, has been equivocal for men. Gender role conflict, or the negative cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences associated with male gender role socialisation, likely shape coping responses and may negatively affect the efficacy...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Hoyt MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported study compared the efficacy of three self-affirmation manipulations in reducing defensive processing and instigating behaviour change in response to personally relevant information about the health risks of sunbathing. White female sunbathers (N = 162) were recruited on a beach in the south of England. Pa...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Jessop DC,Simmonds LV,Sparks P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition that can negatively impact on all aspects of patients' lives. The purpose of this study was: first, to explore the biopsychosocial factors that may contribute to adjustment to FM symptoms; second, to investigate how referrals to counselling related to patients' ratings of ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Egeli NA,MacMillan PD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in obesity and the many educational messages prompting us to eat a healthy diet have heightened people's concerns about the effects of food choice on health and weight. An unintended side effect may be that such awareness fuels feelings of guilt and worry about food. Although guilt has the potential to mo...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Kuijer RG,Boyce JA,Marshall EM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between worry and perceptions of likelihood and severity were evaluated across eight common diseases. Individual and disease variability in worry and perceptions were examined. 294 participants were recruited through the Multiplex Initiative, in which a genetic susceptibility test for eight common di...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Shiloh S,Wade CH,Roberts JS,Alford SH,Biesecker BB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Among couples coping with cancer diagnosis, the effects of gender, role (patient vs. spouse) and patient relationship status (single vs. partnered) on quality of life (QoL) have been investigated with inconsistent results. The present study examined the impact of gender, role and relationship status ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Kuenzler A,Hodgkinson K,Zindel A,Bargetzi M,Znoj HJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the direct effect of watching thin ideal children's television on body satisfaction in preadolescent girls (6-8 years old). A within-subject design was used in which girls (N = 51) were tested three times. They watched television clips in random order containing either (1) thin ideal animated charact...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Anschutz DJ,Engels RC,Van Strien T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of alcohol on intentions to have sex with a new partner and the antecedents of intentions were investigated in three studies (N = 139, 60, and 218, respectively). In all three studies, respondents were intoxicated or not intoxicated with alcohol and completed measures based on the Theory of Planned Behaviou...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Conner M,Sutherland E,Kennedy F,Grearly C,Berry C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current National Health Service policy advocates screening to identify individuals at 'high risk' of cardio-vascular disease (CHD) in primary care. This article utilizes the work of Radley to explore how 'high risk' of CHD patients make sense of their new risk status. Results are presented here from a nested qualitati...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Farrimond H,Saukko PM,Qureshi N,Evans PH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim is to offer and illustrate a novel meta-methodology to enhance the rigour of method selection and understanding of results in pluralist qualitative research (PQR). METHOD:To do so, we make innovative use of articulation of four discrete dimensions characterising different forms of thematic analysis. We pro...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Madill A,Flowers P,Frost N,Locke A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper present data from the second and third rounds of a three-phase longitudinal research project exploring the 'lived experiences' of patients with chronic low-back pain (CLBP) in the United Kingdom. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants 1 and 2 years after the first int...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Snelgrove S,Edwards S,Liossi C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: We examine parenting styles (characterized by warmth and strictness, i.e., neglectful, indulgent, authoritarian and authoritative) as either a protective or risk factor for adolescence drinking.Design: Two 4 × 2 × 3 multi-factorial MANOVAs. Sample consisted of 996 underage Spanish adolescents, 532 males (53...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Garcia OF,Serra E,Zacares JJ,Calafat A,Garcia F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored illness perceptions of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on both haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment, and their associations with quality of life. Leventhal's self-regulation model (SRM) was used as a theoretical framework. Illness perceptions and quality of life ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Timmers L,Thong M,Dekker FW,Boeschoten EW,Heijmans M,Rijken M,Weinman J,Kaptein A,Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis (NECOSAD) Study Group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to improve our understanding of the ways in which a medical consultation style relates to satisfaction and adherence. DESIGN:Participants completed questionnaires about preferred and perceived consultation styles; psychological variables such as satisfaction, anxiety and depression;...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wroe AL,Salkovskis PM,Rees M,Jack T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New genetic tests reveal risks for multiple conditions simultaneously, although little is understood about the psychological factors that affect testing uptake. We assessed a conceptual model called the multiplex genetic testing model (MGTM) using structural equation modelling. The MGTM delineates worry, perceived sev...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wade CH,Shiloh S,Woolford SW,Roberts JS,Alford SH,Marteau TM,Biesecker BB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of two differently-designed psychological interventions for chronic pain. Design: 138 patients presenting chronic pain were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: (1) Psychoeducational relaxation therapy (PRT, n = 84) or (2) PRT fo...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Roslyakova T,Falco MA,Gauchet A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the impact of HIV diagnosis on subjective social status and if changes are linked to health outcomes. DESIGN:Two measures of subjective social status, socio-economic and standing in the community were examined in 342 Australian HIV-positive gay men in 2014. Participants recalled ratin...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Heywood W,Lyons A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Breast cancer survivors who develop lymphedema report poorer quality of life (QoL) than those without lymphedema. Expressive writing is a potential intervention to address QoL. DESIGN:Adult women (N = 107) with breast cancer and chronic Stage II lymphedema were randomised to writing about thoughts and feelin...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Sohl SJ,Dietrich MS,Wallston KA,Ridner SH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two studies, we examined the relationship between self-aspects and socially engaging and socially disengaging emotions elicited by imagined and real physical health problems. In Study 1, participants imagined themselves experiencing a health problem described in a hypothetical scenario and rated the extent to which...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Uskul AK,Hynie M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study's purpose was to investigate changes in perceived overprotection - a problematic aspect of close relationships - over time in relationship to instrumental support receipt and vision rehabilitation service use in a sample of older adults with vision impairment. METHODS:Participants were 584 older ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Cimarolli VR,Boerner K,Reinhardt JP,Horowitz A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: There is a growing trend whereby office workers refrain from taking breaks at work. Previous research has not explored how employees understand the enablers and barriers to taking breaks. This study explored how office-based workers describe their behaviour in relation to, and perceive the notion of, taking...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Oliver M,Rodham K,Taylor J,McIver C

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research on illness representations explores how patients view single conditions, but many patients report more than one long-term condition (known as multimorbidity). It is not known how multimorbidity impacts on patient illness representations. This exploratory qualitative study examined patients' representatio...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Bower P,Harkness E,Macdonald W,Coventry P,Bundy C,Moss-Morris R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present work was to examine the association of depression and marital status, with the long-term prognosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), among a Greek sample of cardiac patients. METHODS:From October 2003 to September 2004, a sample of 2172 consecutive ACS patients from 6 hospitals was en...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Notara V,Panagiotakos DB,Papataxiarchis E,Verdi M,Michalopoulou M,Tsompanaki E,Kogias Y,Stravopodis P,Papanagnou G,Zombolos S,Stergiouli I,Mantas Y,Pitsavos C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant theories of health behavior posit that social-cognitive and conative variables are sufficient to explain health behavior tendencies. The current studies challenge this assumption in two ways: (1) by demonstrating that unique variance in health protective behavior is predictable by knowing about individual dif...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Hall PA,Fong GT,Epp LJ,Elias LJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In later life, optimistic health appraisals promote well-being and survival, whereas pessimistic appraisals can be harmful. This study contrasted subjective health (SH) appraisals with objective health (OH) to identify realists, whose ratings were congruent (SH = OH), distinguishing them from health pessimists (SH < O...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Ruthig JC,Chipperfield JG,Payne BJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00