Qualitative inquiries into social representations of health.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a multidimensional (educational, affective and behavioural) web-based intervention to change healthcare practitioners' attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. It aimed to measure gender and sexual (GenSex) prejudice pre- and pos...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Costa AB,Pase PF,de Camargo ES,Guaranha C,Caetano AH,Kveller D,da Rosa Filho HT,Catelan RF,Koller SH,Nardi HC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined nonverbal intelligence and scholastic achievement in children with type 1 diabetes. In a retrospective case-control study, 69 children (35 males) ages 5-10 years with type 1 diabetes and 69 healthy controls matched to patients by age, gender and socioeconomic status were compared according to their...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Troncone A,Chianese A,Zanfardino A,Cascella C,Confetto S,Perrone L,Iafusco D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PACE trial of cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis has raised serious questions about research methodology. An editorial article by Geraghty gives a fair account of the problems involved, if anything understating the case. The response by ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Edwards J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested whether the cortisol awakening response is dependent on the transition from sleep to awakening, or alternatively, a circadian-driven process that is independent of awakening. A total of 40 participants were randomly assigned to either a total sleep deprivation or a sleep condition. Salivary cortisol ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Vargas I,Lopez-Duran N

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined Ruiz et al.'s sociocultural model of Hispanic health resilience by assessing trauma exposure and symptoms and Hispanic cultural values in relation to the physical health of 97 Central American immigrant families, within 24 hours of arrival to the United States. Increased posttraumatic stress sympto...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mercado A,Venta A,Henderson C,Pimentel N

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the association between religious coping, mental health and the caring experience, as well as potential explanatory mechanisms, among 162 informal caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients. Regression analyses indicated that, controlling for socio-demographic variables, more use of positive ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Pearce MJ,Singer JL,Prigerson HG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality is associated with health, but examinations in patients with illnesses are lacking. We aimed to determine whether personality-physical health associations differed between community and cancer samples. This cross-sectional study involved 168 participants without cancer, 212 men with prostate cancer, and 55...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Rochefort C,Hoerger M,Turiano NA,Duberstein P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to measure psychological distress in women with breast symptoms over a period of three months following an outpatient appointment at a rapid access symptomatic breast clinic. Women were recruited (N = 150) at the weekly clinic and psychological distress was measured using the Hospital Anxiety ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Howard RA,Harvey PG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore young British men's understandings of prostate health and cancer of the prostate. A total of 16 White-British men between 31-50 years of age took part in interviews face-to-face or through computer-mediated communication. Thematic analysis broadly informed by grounded theory id...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Grogan S,Parlane VL,Buckley E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The salutogenic model has led to revolutionary changes in the study of health. In recent years, a large amount of research has been carried out on the relationship between sense of coherence and health, but relatively little is known about sense of coherence in adolescence. This study is a systematic review of the stu...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Rivera F,García-Moya I,Moreno C,Ramos P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed perceived cancer-related change in 153 recently diagnosed patients. High levels of social support and optimism at the start of chemotherapy predicted higher numbers of perceived positive changes and lower numbers of negative changes nine months later. Higher numbers of perceived gains predicted an increase...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Pinquart M,Fröhlich C,Silbereisen RK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence about psychological therapies used to manage co-morbid depression after a spinal cord injury is presented here. A comprehensive search of five electronic databases identified nine studies (participants, n = 591) meeting inclusion criteria. Pooled statistical analyses were conducted in combination with nar...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Perkes SJ,Bowman J,Penkala S

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：:The present research examined the respondents' preferences for approach and avoidance health aspirations (i.e. health related life goals) in relation to their age and self-rated health (SRH) in a representative Hungarian sample (N = 4841). Higher age predicted stronger preference for both orientations of health aspira...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Martos T,Konkolÿ Thege B,Kopp MS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to conduct an in-depth investigation of experiences with pain before knee and hip replacement surgery. A total of 20 patients were interviewed, and interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to identify themes. These were as follows: living with pain, pain conceptualised, pain treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Leov J,Barrett E,Gallagher S,Swain N

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guided by vested interest theory, the impact of educating potential organ donors about the beneficial experiences afforded to families of deceased donors was assessed. Participants were informed about these benefits by taking a survey that asked them to indicate both their awareness, and the appeal, of numerous existi...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Siegel JT,Blazek DR,McManus MD,Alvaro EM,Crano WD

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-reduction interventions have been linked with enhanced well-being and health. This study examined affect and cortisol in 111 individuals randomly assigned to a single 35-minute guided relaxation or a stress management lecture control group. Positive affect increased more in the relaxation compared to the contro...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Unger CA,Busse D,Yim IS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the perspectives of Black men, originally from East Africa, living in the United Kingdom and their partners on what it means to live with diagnosed HIV. This article reports on concealment of HIV-positive status as a strategy adopted by the affected participants to manage the flow of information ab...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Owuor JO,Locke A,Heyman B,Clifton A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of a smoking health message on smokers' comparative optimism. Two groups watched an anti-smoking scenario, with one group imagining being part of the scenario. Participants, including controls, completed comparative optimism ratings for four smoking-related illnesses. The interventio...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Myers LB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Participant Action Research process was carried out with individuals affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease, more specifically Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. The results show evidence of a transformation of social representations of disease. 'Normalization' is the central component of the transformation, in...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Krause M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although obesity presents a serious health problem in children, parents often underestimate their children's overweight and obesity status. Therefore, scientific literature was systematically screened through PubMed and PsycINFO to demonstrate the psychological, social, and cultural processes that underlie this evalua...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Hochdorn A,Faleiros VP,Camargo BV,Bousfield AB,Wachelke JF,Quintão IP,Azzolina D,Gregori D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based young offenders are at high risk of self-harm and unlikely to be in contact with mental health services. Semi-structured interviews with community youth justice staff and a content analysis of 50 records of self-harm not only revealed staff concerns about the impact of stigma on disclosure and service ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Knowles SE,Townsend E,Anderson MP

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Moral distress occurs when professionals cannot carry out what they believe to be ethically appropriate actions. This review describes the publication trend on moral distress and explores its relationships with other constructs. A bibliometric analysis revealed that since 1984, 239 articles were published, with an inc...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Lamiani G,Borghi L,Argentero P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to clarify how motives influence sun-related behaviour. Participants were 239 adults, mean age 22 years. They completed questionnaire measures of life goals (representing dispositional motives), participatory motives for exposure and for protection, and exposure and protection behaviours. Analysis was by p...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Ingledew DK,Ferguson E,Markland D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiential accounts of HIV-positive gay men. Participants took part in open-ended interviews. Three key-related recurrent themes are presented: 'Disclosure, deliberation and the abject other'; 'Disclosure, care and the valued other' and 'Disclosu...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Flowers P,Davis MD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether a positive intervention (i.e. granting a wish) could promote positive psychological and physical changes (e.g. reduced nausea and pain) in seriously-ill children. Children and their parent were randomly assigned to a wish group (completed measures 2-3 days before the wish and 3 weeks later) or to a...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Chaves C,Vázquez C,Hervás G

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cognitive and emotional reactions resulting from a human papillomavirus-related illness threat (i.e. testing positive for human papillomavirus) and the potential behavioral implications resulting from these psychosocial processes among men (N = 536). Structural equation modeling was used to explore...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Wheldon CW,Buhi ER,Daley EM,Hernandez ND,Anstey EH,Kolar S,Giuliano AR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain-related cognitive biases have been demonstrated in chronic pain patients, yet despite theoretical predictions are rarely investigated in combination. Combined cognitive biases were explored in individuals with chronic headache ( n = 17) and pain-free controls ( n = 20). Participants completed spatial cueing (atte...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Schoth DE,Parry L,Liossi C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00