Appraisal of Desire for Control over Healthcare: Structure, Stability, and Relation to Health Locus of Control and to the 'Big Five' Personality Traits.

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：:Obtaining voluntary informed consent for research participation is an ethical imperative, yet there appears to be little consensus regarding what constitutes a voluntary consent decision. An instrument to assess influences on participants' consent decision and perceived voluntariness was developed and piloted in two S...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mamotte N,Wassenaar D

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Identifying the underlying psychological and social factors of social distancing is crucial to foster preventive behavior during a pandemic effectively. We investigated the relative contribution of self-focused factors (fear of infection, fear of punishment) and other-focused factors (moral judgment, moral identity, e...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Christner N,Sticker RM,Söldner L,Mammen M,Paulus M

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates how men's body image develops over time. A total of 14 men aged between 45 and 67 years completed in-depth interviews where they discussed their body image since childhood, prompted in some cases by photographs of themselves at different ages that they brought to the interviews. Transcripts wer...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Malik M,Grogan S,Cole J,Gough B

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:After baseline assessment of health and perfectionism trait measures, 385 diabetic older adults were followed for six-and-a-half years. We hypothesized that the potential for increased stress associated with perfectionism leads to an increased risk of impending mortality for diabetics. Contrary to our hypothesis, mort...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Fry PS,Debats DL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bariatric surgery is currently the most viable and cost-effective treatment for obesity. This study aimed to understand, from a female patient's perspective, what contributed to not achieving or maintaining excess weight loss from a primary laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery, leading to subsequent multiple r...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Janse Van Vuuren M,Strodl E,White KM,Lockie PD

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyses the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Beck Anxiety Inventory on Chinese doctors. Participants include 762 doctors sampled in 18 public hospitals in three cities in Eastern China. Exploratory factor analysis is employed to identify the potential factor structure ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Liang Y,Wang L,Zhu J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the psychosocial factors that influence psychological adjustment among women with genital herpes, while taking into account the physical factors. Women with herpes (N = 105, age 18-30) completed an on-line survey about factors related to their diagnosis and herpes-related quality of life. Perce...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Barnack-Tavlaris JL,Reddy DM,Ports K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have revealed a negative relationship between anxiety and health-promoting behavior. This study identified three cognitive pathways through which anxiety operates on preparedness behaviors for terrorist attacks. Preparedness was regressed on trait anxiety, perceived threat, and self-efficacy based on ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Wirtz PW,Rohrbeck CA,Burns KM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to antiretroviral therapies, HIV is now a chronic illness rather than a terminal disease. Chronic symptoms, including fatigue, should be identified and managed to prevent or minimise their potential negative consequences. We apply a Symptom Management Model to conceptualise fatigue among adolescents with HIV. In t...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Loades ME,Kagee A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether positive and negative romantic partner social control attempts (persuasion and pressure, respectively) were related to approach-avoidance motives and exercise among young adults (N = 98), using daily reports. Daily persuasion was linked to higher daily approach motives. At the person le...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Berzins TL,Gere J,Kelly SM,Updegraff JA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opening sequence of an emergency call influences the efficiency of the ambulance dispatch time. The greeting sequences in 105 calls to a South African emergency service were analysed. Initial results suggested the advantage of a specific two-part opening sequence. An on-site experiment aimed at improving call effi...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Penn C,Koole T,Nattrass R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidences highlight the co-existence of negative and positive (e.g. posttraumatic growth) identity changes following stroke. Identity changes were assessed by comparing 42 survivors 21 months after stroke and healthy controls. A total of 26 stroke survivors participated in a semi-structured interview. Stroke s...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Kuenemund A,Zwick S,Rief W,Exner C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between anxiety and feelings of being connected to nature. Two standardised self-report scales, the Nature Relatedness Scale and the State Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety, were used in tandem with a qualitative question. Quantitative results indicated that con...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Martyn P,Brymer E

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social constructions of men towards the availability of a male hormonal contraceptive, the 'male pill', were explored. A qualitative approach applying semi-structured interviews and scenarios with 22 men (mean age 35 years) from the North East of England revealed two core constructs and six sub-constructs using a Them...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Dismore L,Van Wersch A,Swainston K

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Few qualitative studies have examined the views of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) regarding psychosocial programme development and content. We conducted focus groups with 13 adolescents with T1DM to explore stressors and gain feedback on adapting a generic coping skills programme. The following preva...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Serlachius A,Northam E,Frydenberg E,Cameron F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests that patient uncertainty related to experiencing symptoms may drive decisions to seek care. The only validated measure of patient uncertainty assesses uncertainty related to defined illness. In prior work, we engaged patients to describe uncertainty related to symptoms and used findings to develop th...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： LaNoue MD,Gerolamo AM,Powell R,Nord G,Doty AM,Rising KL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that mindfulness training has a promising potential for smoking treatment. In order to examine the efficacy of mindfulness training in smoking cessation, we performed a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Four randomized controlled trials wit...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Oikonomou MT,Arvanitis M,Sokolove RL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient and public involvement in health research, including mental health research, is promoted by research funders in England. However, it is poorly conceptualised. One argument is that patient and public involvement in research is an ethical imperative because those who research is for should have a stake in how it...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Rose D

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Presence of injury is often examined as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, results have been mixed regarding the relationship between injury severity and PTSD symptoms (PTSS). The present study examined subjective and objective injury severity ratings in traumatic injury victims to determ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Gabert-Quillen CA,Fallon W,Delahanty DL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the mediation effects of both self-esteem and loneliness on the relationship between social support and subjective well-being in drug addicts. In all, 110 participants, all drug addicts from Guangdong Fangcun Brain Hospital, completed the questionnaire. Pearson's correlation anal...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Cao Q,Liang Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this qualitative study focus groups were used to gain an in-depth understanding of personal and social influences on physical activity in 48 52-87-year-old participants. A model produced using a Grounded Theory analysis showed that preventing health decline was particularly important in determining physical activit...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Hardy S,Grogan S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no question that health psychology needs to be more involved with matters concerning health inequalities and the social injustices associated with media racism, and racism in general. It is recognized that our discipline has the potential to develop and carry out research that can make valuable contributions ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Estacio EV

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low socioeconomic status, racial discrimination, and low acculturation are the major sociocultural correlates of smoking among African-American adults. This study is the first to examine all three variables simultaneously and to analyze gender differences in their association with smoking. Results for the sample revea...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Landrine H,Corral I

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:AIDS risk behavior and attitudes towards safer sex were studied in a sample of 666 African American and 626 European American women. Condom use, AIDS-related knowledge, risk perception, self-efficacy beliefs, attitudes and perceived partner attitudes, and an assertive coping style were analyzed with regard to mean dif...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Schröder KE,Hobfoll SE,Jackson AP,Lavin J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that people who have suffered a heart attack can hold misconceived or maladaptive beliefs and that these can have a deleterious effect on quality of life and functioning. It has also been noted that clinicians do not routinely elicit these maladaptive beliefs. It is probable that angina sufferers also hold...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Furze G,Bull P,Lewin RJ,Thompson DR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00