Effectiveness of a multidimensional web-based intervention program to change Brazilian health practitioners' attitudes toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyse emotional distress and concerns related to body image in 712 normal-weight and overweight adolescent girls. A total of 12.3 per cent of the normal-weight girls and 25 per cent of the overweight girls showed extreme weight-control behaviours. In normal-weight adolescents, thei...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Cruz-Sáez S,Pascual A,Salaberria K,Echeburúa E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalized perceived powerlessness is an important psychosocial construct that determines a wide range of health behaviors and outcomes. This study has two aims: (1) examine the structure of the newly developed perceived powerlessness scale using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and (2) assess the scale's...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Lim S,Powell TW,Xue QL,Towe VL,Taylor RB,Ellen JM,Sherman SG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study objectives were (1) comparison of baseline characteristics between individuals with metabolic syndrome, adhering/not adhering to a primary prevention program modificação do estilo de vida e risco cardiovascular; and (2) determination of risk factors for program adherence. The sample included 127 participants...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Susin N,de Melo Boff R,Ludwig MW,Feoli AM,da Silva AG,Macagnan FE,da Silva Oliveira M

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Although the article by Scott rightly questions the dynamics of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies system and re-examines the recovery rates, finding quite shocking results, his recommendations are ultimately flawed. There is a strong critique of the diagnostic procedures in Improving Access to Psychologi...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Binnie J

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：: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：:This interview-based study uses phenomenology as a theoretical framework and thematic analysis to challenge existing explanatory frameworks of shared decision-making, in an exploration of women's experiences and perceptions of shared decision-making for adjuvant treatment in breast cancer. Three themes emerged are as ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mahmoodi N,Sargeant S

更新日期：2019-07-01 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

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：: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：:This study investigated the effects of experiences with weight stigma and weight bias internalization on exercise. An online sample of 177 women with overweight and obesity (M(age) = 35.48 years, M(BMI) = 32.81) completed questionnaires assessing exercise behavior, self-efficacy, and motivation; experiences of weight ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Pearl RL,Puhl RM,Dovidio JF

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined how coping styles are related to functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and to what extent depression and anxiety account for this relationship. In 90 Dutch adult patients presenting medically unexplained physical symptoms, coping styles, health-related functiona...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Sempértegui GA,Karreman A,van Hout GC,Bekker MH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internet forums represent a useful but understudied resource to understand psychosocial aspects of living with systemic lupus erythematosus. This study was aimed to describe the demand/supply of social support through the Internet in relation with the description of personal illness experiences. All the posts (118) fr...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mazzoni D,Cicognani E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We interviewed 15 South Africans seeking HIV testing to understand the factors that influenced their seeking an HIV test. Reasons in favour of testing included having had unprotected sex, availability of social support if testing HIV positive and modelling test-seeking behaviour to others. Reasons against seeking test...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： De Wet H,Kagee A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the roles of social appearance anxiety and emotional intelligence in the relationship between body esteem and eating-disorder risk among adolescents. A total of 2509 high-school students were sampled to participate in the study. Statistical methods mainly involved descriptive statistics, Bootstrapp...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：: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：:Although cancer disrupts development, the experience of having cancer is often understood using developmental theories that do not assume serious illness at an early age. This article presents a narrative analysis of one patient's story of survivorship. She tells three interrelated stories: how others have reacted to ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Lee CS

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type D personality is associated with unhealthy behaviour and poor subjective health in the general population. This study investigated whether health behaviour mediates the relationship between Type D and subjective health. There were 217 participants who completed measures of Type D, health-related behaviour, physic...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Williams L,Abbott C,Kerr R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we present an alternative to inventory checklist approaches to measuring coping. We utilized a qualitative approach to explore themes of problem-focused, emotion-focused and meaning-focused coping in a sample of 98 women from diverse backgrounds and caregiving situations. Their narratives reflected the...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Brannen C,Petite K

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Modern footwear has been associated with the development of foot pain and pathology in the ageing adult. Yet this foot health issue does not seem to alter the footwear purchases made by younger women. In total, 162 teenage girls were questioned regarding shoes purchased over a 6-month period. The results indicated tha...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Branthwaite H,Chockalingam N,Grogan S,Jones M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to qualitatively examine weight stigma in individuals who exercise frequently. In total, six focus groups, comprising 30 participants aged 18-25 years, were conducted using convenience sampling. All participants were frequent exercisers. Five themes emerged in the data with participants discu...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Flint SW,Reale S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness places many challenges on the ill and their loved ones. These challenges are even more pronounced when the critically-ill individual is a child. This article provides a very personal narrative account of a mother's use of communication to cope with the many stresses, constraints and symbolic challenge...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Snetsinger WR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of the family health-promotion project is introduced as a means of describing and analysing health-promoting processes in a family. We suggest that an action-theoretical conceptualization provides a language for dealing with socially embedded human behaviour. The levels of project organization are describe...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Valach L,Young RA,Lynam MJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interdependencies of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee members in 222 teaching hospitals were studied by use of the social relations model. Cooperation, influence, frustration and enjoyment were studied among four-person subgroups chosen from the five roles recommended for hospitals by the American Society of Ho...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Bagozzi RP,Ascione FJ,Mannebach MA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connectedness with nature (CN) is seen as a personal disposition relevant for environmental as well as human health. In five questionnaire studies (N = 547) we systematically investigated the relationship between various operationalizations of well-being and CN. CN was assessed with two different tools in parallel. Al...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Cervinka R,Röderer K,Hefler E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has demonstrated that positive affect may facilitate illness self-management. This study used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods typology to assess whether a brief writing task designed to boost positive affect (the Best Possible Self protocol) could improve aspects of diabetes self-management, spe...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Gibson B,Umeh KF,Newson L,Davies I

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This longitudinal study identified processes of exercise behaviour change (POC) associated with movement between the stages of exercise behaviour change (SOC). Participants' (N = 312) physical activity, SOC and POC were recorded at baseline, one, three, six and 12 months post-test. Following baseline, participants rec...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Lowther M,Mutrie N,Scott EM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00