Associations between risk perceptions and worry about common diseases: a between- and within-subjects examination.

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：: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：: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：:Abstract The aim of the present study was to differentially determine quality of life (QOL) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after successful kidney transplantation (RT, Group A) compared with ESRD patients on a waiting list for RT (Group B). and with healthy controls (Group C) because opinions vary a...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Franke GH,Heemann U,Kohnle M,Luetkes P,Maehner N,Reimer J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known about the reasoning underlying beliefs in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This study examined whether CAM beliefs can be better explained with intuitive reasoning, paranormal beliefs and ontological confusions of physical, biological and mental phenomena than with 12 variables that h...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Lindeman M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Communication of cancer information is an important element of cancer control, but cancer fear may lead to information avoidance, especially when coping is low. We examined the association between cancer fear and cancer information avoidance, and tested whether this was exacerbated by psychosocial stress. DE...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Vrinten C,Boniface D,Lo SH,Kobayashi LC,von Wagner C,Waller J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this research was to compare the effects of different causal attributions for overweight and obesity, among individuals with overweight and obesity, on weight-related beliefs, stigmatising attitudes and policy support. DESIGN:In Study 1, an online sample of 95 US adults rated the extent to w...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Pearl RL,Lebowitz MS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly half of all cancer deaths are attributable to preventable causes, primarily unhealthy behaviours such as tobacco use, alcohol use and overeating. In this review, we argue that people engage in these behaviours, at least in part, as a means of regulating their affective states. To better understand why people en...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： O'Leary D,Suri G,Gross JJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-efficacy is important for changing health behaviour in persons with chronic illness. Longer term trajectories have not been previously explored. OBJECTIVE:This study's objective was to explore the trajectories of self-efficacy in two different groups with chronic illnesses attending a patient education...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Bonsaksen T,Fagermoen MS,Lerdal A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether depressive symptoms mediated the association between coping strategies and quality of life (QoL) in a sample of hypertensive patients, and the prospective contribution of depressive symptoms and coping strategies in the prediction of their QoL. One hundred and fifty patients (50% males and ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Rueda B,Pérez-García AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Self-efficacy and physical activity (PA) enjoyment are related to PA behaviour, but it is unclear which is more important and how they interrelate. The purpose of this study was to examine how these two constructs interrelate to influence PA behaviour. DESIGN:Participants were low-active adults (n = 448) par...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Lewis BA,Williams DM,Frayeh A,Marcus BH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Implementation intentions (if-then plans) are helpful to health behaviour change. As these plans specify only one goal-directed behaviour for one specific situation, however, their effectiveness may be limited when a planned behaviour is impossible to execute in situ. The present research examines whether and...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Vinkers CD,Adriaanse MA,Kroese FM,de Ridder DT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The incidence of skin cancer can be reduced by increasing sun protective behaviours. Based on the Common-Sense Model and the Intervention Mapping approach, a brief intervention targeting illness representations about skin cancer to increase the intention to conduct sun protective behaviours was developed an...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Vollmann M,Engelhardt G,Salewski C

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

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：: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：:The aim of this study was to test whether maternal smoking-specific communication and parental smoking related to smoking cognitions (i.e. attitude, self-efficacy and social norm) derived from the Theory of Planned Behaviour in association with smoking onset during preadolescence. A total of 1478 pairs of mothers and ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Hiemstra M,Otten R,van Schayck OC,Engels RC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To change implicit and explicit bias so that active obese people are regarded as more fit and normal weight sedentary people as less fit. DESIGN:Study one created a questionnaire that measured perceptions of active obese persons and sedentary normal weight persons on fitness-related items. Study two used a m...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Berry TR,Elfeddali I,de Vries H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial latent structural regression analysis was used to evaluate the influence of perceived stress and coping resources on depression following acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in a sample of 113 participants (25 females and 88 males with a mean age of 57.61 years (SD = 12.63). Out of them, 55 participants were Aust...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Di Benedetto M,Len Burns G,Lindner H,Kent S

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：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：:The narratives of those with hepatitis C were viewed through the lens of Corbin and Strauss' [Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (1988). Unending work and care: Managing chronic illness at home. The Jossey-Bass health series and The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.] self-managem...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Fry M,Bates G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined associations between illness representation dimensions specified by the self-regulation model, coping and mood in recently diagnosed gynaecological cancer patients. Participants were 61 patients recruited from a specialist outpatient gynaecology clinic. Patients completed a survey measuring their c...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Gould RV,Brown SL,Bramwell R

更新日期：2010-06-01 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: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 situations when people have been drinking, they often find it difficult to tell their friends to stop drinking, or not to drive home. Most people want to avoid being seen as a busybody, which may inhibit advice giving. In the current study, we investigated how positive and negative descriptive and injunctive norms ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Mollen S,Rimal RN,Ruiter RA,Jang SA,Kok G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Failed reciprocity at work and in partnerships was shown to adversely affect wellbeing in general populations, but evidence in disability settings is widely lacking. We explore the effects of failed reciprocity on wellbeing and the impact of the partners' perception of reciprocity on wellbeing in persons w...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Siegrist J,Tough H,Brinkhof MWG,Fekete C,SwiSCI study group.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to find out the predictors of depressive symptoms of mothers of children with leukaemia. The potential predictors were chosen in the light of the caregiver stress model [Pearlin, Mullan, Semple, and Skaff, 1990. Caregiving and the stress process: An overview of concepts and their measures. Th...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Demirtepe-Saygılı D,Bozo O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the theoretical context of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, this study examined whether work has a disruptive influence on people's ability to carry out their daily intentions to exercise, and whether daily planning helps overcome this. A daily questionnaire was completed by 42 employees for 14 days. A brief dai...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Payne N,Jones F,Harris PR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00