'Straight to the GP; that would be where I would go': an analysis of male frequent attenders' constructions of their decisions to use or not use health-care services in the UK.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Understanding the concerns of cancer survivors is essential for effective interventions. This study was designed to identify the primary concerns of dyads coping with cancer, how concerns differed by role and sex, and whether concerns expressed during counselling were associated with survivors' psychosocial w...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Dorros SM,Segrin C,Badger TA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Self-isolation is a vital element of efforts to contain COVID-19. We set out to test whether decision aids can support self-isolation. DESIGN:We conducted a pre-registered online experiment with a nationally representative sample (n = 500). Three stages tested: (i) whether decision trees help people to decid...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Lunn PD,Timmons S,Julienne H,Belton CA,Barjaková M,Lavin C,McGowan FP

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research into both masculinity and health, and the provision of social support for people with cancer has focused upon the variations that may underlie broad assumptions about masculine health behaviour. The research reported here pursues this interest in variation by addressing the discursive properties of tal...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Rennoldson M,Brennan J,Tolosa I,Ismail T

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:The degree of accuracy with which physicians understand their patients' views may be of central importance for promoting self-care in the majority of chronic illnesses and in type 2 diabetes in particular. The objectives of this study were to measure the accuracy of the general practitioners' understanding of the pati...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Sultan S,Attali C,Gilberg S,Zenasni F,Hartemann A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australia is at the forefront of tobacco control, yet 17% of Australian women smoke during pregnancy. Negative attitudes to smoking are intensified when the smoker is pregnant, consistent with a discourse that encourages surveillance of pregnant women. Such overt anti-smoking attitudes create a context which may make ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wigginton B,Lee C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the independent association between dispositional optimism compared to dispositional pessimism and ideal cardiovascular health (defined by the American Heart Association). DESIGN:A prospective design with a study sample of 1113 participants aged 24-39 years from the longitudinal Young Finns Study...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Serlachius A,Pulkki-Råback L,Elovainio M,Hintsanen M,Mikkilä V,Laitinen TT,Jokela M,Rosenström T,Josefsson K,Juonala M,Lehtimäki T,Raitakari O,Keltikangas-Järvinen L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand women's experiences of coping with endometriosis, and impact on their lives. DESIGN:Women accessed an online questionnaire through a U.K.-based endometriosis charity website. METHODS:Thirty-four women, aged 22-56 years, with self-reported medically-diagnosed endometriosis, 30 of whom were Whit...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Grogan S,Turley E,Cole J

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:The purpose of the current study was to focus on the subjective experience of mothers of daughters with ongoing anorexia nervosa. Specifically, we explored the stressors faced by these mothers while coping with their daughters' illnesses; we also looked at how they experienced their maternal selves and roles, and thei...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Tuval-Mashiach R,Hasson-Ohayon I,Ilan A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to explore the lived experience of assuming the primary caregiver role in a group of spouses of individuals living with a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) (injuries ranged from paraplegia to quadriplegia). Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants who were both the spouse an...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Dickson A,O'Brien G,Ward R,Allan D,O'Carroll R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physical activity is a key factor for healthy ageing, yet many older people lead a sedentary lifestyle. Traditional physical activity interventions do not consider the specific needs and views of older adults. As views on ageing are known to be related to health behaviours, the current study evaluates the eff...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wolff JK,Warner LM,Ziegelmann JP,Wurm S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite increased awareness of family responses to chronic illness and disability, there is still a need to understand experiences of well siblings. We begin to address this issue by asking, 'What is it like to have a sibling with juvenile idiopathic arthritis?' (JIA). Eight families with an adolescent diagnosed with ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Waite-Jones JM,Madill A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The current study is a longitudinal conceptual replication and aimed to investigate the effect of a food repositioning nudge on healthy food choice in a kiosk. Design During eight weeks, sales data were collected. The former four weeks formed the baseline phase and the latter four weeks formed the nudge phas...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Van Gestel LC,Kroese FM,De Ridder DTD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benefit finding is a meaning making construct that has been shown to be related to adjustment in people with MS and their carers. This study investigated the dimensions, stability and potency of benefit finding in predicting adjustment over a 12 month interval using a newly developed Benefit Finding in Multiple Sclero...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Pakenham KI,Cox S

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of conscious and non-conscious processes for prediction of older adults' physical activity (PA), we tested a dual-process model that integrated motivational (behavioural intention) and volitional (action planning and coping planning) processes with non-conscious, automatic processes (hab...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Arnautovska U,Fleig L,O'Callaghan F,Hamilton K

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Few systematic studies have examined the contexts in which social-class variables will predict engagement in health-relevant behaviours. The current research examined whether the impact of social-class on health behaviours depends upon how social-class is assessed and the category of health behaviour under co...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Haught HM,Rose JP,Brown JA

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Prior studies have examined how individuals may undermine their partner's efforts to maintain a healthy diet, but gay couples have not been represented in this work. Additionally, research has not accounted for mixed-weight status [lighter partner (LP) and heavier partner] nor investigated the mechanisms thr...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Novak JR,Wilson SJ,Gast J,Miyairi M,Peak T

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the sleep hygiene behaviour of university students within the framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB [Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211.]), and examined the predictive validity of additional variables i...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Kor K,Mullan BA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study examined whether having high self-esteem or a self-compassionate perspective help mitigate the impact of daily social rejection on negative affect and restrictive eating behaviours. DESIGN:Following a baseline survey assessing self-esteem and self-compassion, 121 college women completed onl...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Beekman JB,Stock ML,Howe GW

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study focussed on the mutual role of emotion covariation and psychological flexibility in understanding the reciprocal effects of chronic pain and psychological distress. DESIGN:A longitudinal design was applied with a sample of 177 adults (mean age = 58.3, 57.1% women) suffering from chronic back/neck ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Goldbart A,Bodner E,Shrira A

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of this research is to understand how mindsets about weight controllability in the United States relate to population health. We examined the distribution of people's implicit theories of weight, from an incremental (controllable) to an entity (not controllable) mindset, in a nationally repre...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Auster-Gussman LA,Rothman AJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective There is extensive evidence for weight gain among people migrating from low/middle-income to high-income countries, which may be due, in part, to acculturation factors. This review aimed to identify associations between acculturation and body weight among immigrants to high-income countries and identify if s...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Alidu L,Grunfeld EA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study employed the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and additional variables (descriptive norm, moral norm, self-identity) to investigate the factors underlying breastfeeding intention and subsequent breastfeeding at four time points (during hospital stay, at hospital discharge, 10 days postpartum and 6 weeks po...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： McMillan B,Conner M,Woolridge M,Dyson L,Green J,Renfrew M,Bharj K,Clarke G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00