The Role of Negative Affectivity in Self assessment of Health: A Structural Equation Approach.

abstract：:The 'Teddy Bear Hospital' is a medical students' project, which has been increasingly established in many countries. To evaluate this concept, we examined the effects of a German Teddy Bear Hospital on children's knowledge relating to their body, health and disease. Using a quasi-experimental pre/post design, we exami...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Leonhardt C,Margraf-Stiksrud J,Badners L,Szerencsi A,Maier RF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty-nine hemodialysis patients completed questionnaires measuring three interpersonal processes, specifically, family expectations, social support, and negative support, and psychological adjustment as measured by depression, optimism, and quality of life. Follow-up assessments were collected three month...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Symister P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dropout is a frequent problem in face-to-face psychological interventions. However, little is known regarding dropout in computer-based interventions (CBIs). It is important to understand the extent to which children and adolescents drop out of CBIs, so we can ensure that more people complete the programmes to gain ma...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Dunn TL,Casey LM,Sheffield J,Newcombe P,Chang AB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health outcomes of adults with type 1 diabetes may be affected by relationship status and quality. Our objective was to examine associations between relationship status, relationship factors, and outcomes in adults with type 1 diabetes. N = 1660 participants completed surveys measuring relationship satisfaction and pe...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Trief PM,Jiang Y,Beck R,Huckfeldt PJ,Knight T,Miller KM,Weinstock RS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total and indirect effect of hostility on systolic and diastolic blood pressure was compared as a function of religious and spirituality identity in a nationally representative sample of 2971 adults aged 46.44 years. Structural equation modeling uncovered an indirect path from hostility to diastolic blood pressure...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： McIntosh RC,Ironson G,Krause N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a substantial number of individuals diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and the preponderance of research focused on the medical and paramedical issues, the psychological and mental health sequelae of HAVS are largely neglected within the published literature. A series of focus groups and interviews...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Ayers B,Forshaw M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addressed the question of whether the traditional tripartite distinction between cognitive, decisional and behavioral control is meaningful as applied to desire for healthcare control. Subscales of the Krantz Health Opinion Survey and the Autonomy Preference Index were administered to 680 undergraduates alo...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Auerbach SM,Pegg PO

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past research into exercise among people with long-term health conditions has paid surprisingly little attention to the concept of enjoyment. This study explored enjoyment of exercise among people with arthritis. Semi-structured interviews were held with 12 participants aged 20-85 years. The transcripts were analysed ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Kibblewhite JR,Treharne GJ,Stebbings S,Hegarty RS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the condition of continuous traumatic stress as common on the African continent and in other international settings characterised by very high levels of ongoing violence and threat of community, political or war-related origin. Through consideration of three case studies from South Africa, conte...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Kaminer D,Eagle G,Crawford-Browne S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effect of condom negotiation strategies on condom use and partner type and substance use before sex as moderators of strategy effectiveness. Women reported their daily sexual behavior during the last month. Withholding sex was more strongly associated with condom use when utilized with a non-ca...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Peasant C,Montanaro EA,Kershaw TS,Parra GR,Weiss NH,Meyer JP,Murphy JG,Ritchwood TD,Sullivan TP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome measurement in clinical genetics is problematic because the patient benefits are difficult to measure. The aim in this qualitative grounded theory study was to develop a theoretical framework describing the patient benefits from using clinical genetics services. Seven focus groups and 19 interviews were conduc...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： McAllister M,Payne K,Macleod R,Nicholls S,Dian Donnai,Davies L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the ways in which the meaning of 'sexual problems' is constructed and defined in undergraduate human sexuality textbooks. Drawing on feminist and critical discourse frameworks, the dominant as well as the absent/marginalized discourses were identified using critical discourse analysis. Sexual diffi...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Stelzl M,Stairs B,Anstey H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory has shown adequate psychometric properties to assess for fear of cancer recurrence among cancer survivors. However, the use of the Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory in Asia is limited due to the paucity of validation studies. Participants include 331 cancer survivors who compl...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Liu J,Mahendran R,Chua SM,Lam KF,Lim HA,Kuparasundram S,Chan YH,Simard S,Kua EH,Griva K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical, sexual and psychological abuse were examined as risk factors for pregnancy-related anxiety with resilience and social support as mediators. Pregnant women (n = 638) completed measures of pregnancy-related anxiety, resilience, perceived social support and childhood abuse. Women with an abuse history had highe...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Brunton R,Wood T,Dryer R

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Teenage binge drinking is a significant health issue. To explore teenagers talk about binge drinking, four peer-group interviews were conducted with 20 teenagers, aged 16-18 years, with experience of excessive alcohol use. A discourse analysis showed that a 'drinking is cool' discourse constructed 'getting wasted' as ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Chainey TA,Stephens C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concepts of health and illness have been a major topic for social representations research. Whereas studies on cognitive representations of health and illness develop a general, decontextualized schema of illness, social representations research focuses on the diversity of lay concepts of health and illness and how he...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Flick U

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate whether people who engage more frequently in healthy behaviours, and attach a higher value to health, are likely to engage less frequently in tattooing and piercing. One hundred and eight participants with tattoos and/or piercings completed questionnaires including the Reported H...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Huxley C,Grogan S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to identify salient factors associated with the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale to facilitate improved assessment and treatment of diabetes-related burden. Exploratory factor analysis assessed the factor structure of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale among 224 Veterans with uncontrolled type 2 diab...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Martin CE,Renn BN,Winderman KE,Hundt N,Petersen NJ,Naik AD,Cully JA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationships among age, health, beliefs, and possible-selves. Using a new approach based on health-related possible-selves, young-old and older individuals were separated into specific health types: (1) improvement or maintenance health hopes and (2) preventable or unpreventable health fears. The youn...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： McGinty HL,Dark-Freudeman A,West RL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study used mixed-methods to illustrate the complexity of the interplay between the contexts in Bulgaria and Romania and women's attitudes and behaviors related to screening. A secondary analysis of quantitative data from Romanian (n = 1053) and Bulgarian (n = 1099) women and qualitative interviews (n = 30 Romanian...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Crăciun IC,Todorova I,Băban A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study (1) identified the activities that breast cancer survivors report as passionate; (2) examined whether levels of passion differed based on the types of passionate activities reported and; (3) examined the association between harmonious and obsessive passion and emotional well-being. Early post-treatment brea...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Burke SM,Sabiston CM,Vallerand RJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from five community surveys suggest that the depressive symptom scores of African-Americans are the same as, or lower than, those of Whites. This seems at odds with the minority status hypothesis that predicts higher rates of mental disorders for African-Americans. However, little is known about the role of A...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Archibald PC,Dobson Sydnor K,Daniels K,Bronner Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the differences between normal-weight and overweight adolescents in psychopathology, social support and emotional competences, and the role of social support in the relationship between psychopathology and weight. We examined a clinical group of 83 overweight/obese adolescents, a community group o...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Freitas-Rosa M,Gonçalves S,Antunes H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the data of 1314 underprivileged children in Xiushui, China, this study adopted an ecological framework to explore how social capital embedded in family, peer, school, and community interplay and affect the mental health of poor children. Structural equation modeling was employed to verify the hypothesized model...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Li C,Jiang S,Fang X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been related with different psychological conditions. On the contrary, the role of psychological factors within gastrointestinal motor disorders remains unclear. The objective of this study was to explore the differences and congruence with clinical performance of the psychol...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Eiroa-Orosa FJ,Rodriguez-Urrutia A,Accarino A,Santamarina-Perez P,Parramon G,Azpiroz F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive individuals represent a "vulnerable" population regarding psychological health. While African Americans are disproportionally burdened with hypertension, pathways predicting their psychological health remain understudied. We examine if discrimination is associated with psychological health, through an ind...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Vargas EA,Chirinos DA,Mahalingam R,Marshall RA,Wong M,Kershaw KN

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates illness perceptions of inflammatory bowel disease patients in an outpatient population, examining whether these illness perceptions are related to disease severity, quality of life and psychological adjustment. A cohort of 102 inflammatory bowel disease outpatients was prospectively enro...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Rochelle TL,Fidler H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of the personality trait of unmitigated communion (UC) within the context of positive and negative relationship events. Ninety-one women diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome completed initial measures of UC as well as weekly measures of positive and negative relationship events and posi...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Nagurney AJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used exploratory structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the construct validity of the Chinese version of Stress Overload Scale-Short, which included personal vulnerability and event load. The participants included 629 community residents and 495 university students. The res...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mu W,Duan W

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine if an intervention could change social support and social-ecological resources of post-menopausal women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and if those changes mediated the intervention's effects on health behaviors and outcomes. Women (N = 279) were randomly assigned to receive a compr...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Barrera M Jr,Toobert DJ,Angell KL,Glasgow RE,Mackinnon DP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00