A randomized controlled trial of expressive writing in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema.

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：:Objective: This study aims to predict exercise adherence by examining from the standpoints of the exercise intention, the self-determination theory and the sport commitment model. Design and Main Outcome Measures: Data were collected from 391 Korean sports centre members (teens: 5.4%, twenties: 15.1%, thirties: 25.1%,...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Kang S,Lee K,Kwon S

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The narrative responses of 32 people with AIDS or cancer with survival prognoses of 6 months to a year to monthly interview questions about their daily lives were analysed with a team-based qualitative methodology. Two groups emerged: (a) a Maintained Lifeworld Group characterised by one or more of the following: cont...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wrubel J,Acree M,Goodman S,Folkman S

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The efficacy of a tailored, web-based intervention communicating the risks of sexually transmitted infections (STI) for heterosexual young adults was examined in a randomised, controlled trial. The main aims of the relationship-oriented intervention were to influence risk perceptions and to promote (maintenance of) co...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Mevissen FE,Ruiter RA,Meertens RM,Zimbile F,Schaalma HP

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We examined how 'smoker' and 'non-smoker' self- and group-identities and socio-economic status (SES) may predict smoking behaviour and responses to antismoking measures (i.e., the Dutch smoking ban in hospitality venues). We validated a measure of responses to the smoking ban. DESIGN:Longitudinal online surv...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Meijer E,Gebhardt WA,Dijkstra A,Willemsen MC,Van Laar C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of two differently-designed psychological interventions for chronic pain. Design: 138 patients presenting chronic pain were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: (1) Psychoeducational relaxation therapy (PRT, n = 84) or (2) PRT fo...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Roslyakova T,Falco MA,Gauchet A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to investigate (a) if daily physical activity at the within-person level is related to four different core affects the same evening, (b) if core affects in the evening predict physical activity the following day, and (c) if physical activity predicts core affects the fol...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Ivarsson A,Stenling A,Weman Josefsson K,Höglind S,Lindwall M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the effects of experiential avoidance (EA) on the indirect relationship of chronic pain patients' illness representations to pain interference, through pain catastrophising Design and main outcome measure: The sample consisted of 162 patients diagnosed with an arthritis-re...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Karademas EC,Karekla M,Flouri M,Vasiliou VS,Kasinopoulos O,Papacostas SS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Individuals with obesity are often recommended weight loss for their health; however, the amount of weight loss that is recommended varies. Lay people's beliefs about weight loss could influence the types of behaviours they view as necessary for people with obesity. The present study explored lay beliefs rega...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Black C,Vartanian LR,Faasse K

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence-based recommendations, adherence with secondary prevention medications post-myocardial infarction (MI) remains low. Taking medication requires behaviour change, and using behavioural theories to identify what factors determine adherence could help to develop novel adherence interventions. O...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Presseau J,Schwalm JD,Grimshaw JM,Witteman HO,Natarajan MK,Linklater S,Sullivan K,Ivers NM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implicit attitudes, evaluations that can occur without effort, quickly and without conscious intent, have been shown to predict self-reported diets and objectively measured food choices within the laboratory. We present two studies which extend the literature by demonstrating that implicit attitudes predict objective ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Prestwich A,Hurling R,Baker S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine how risk-related decision making might be associated with habitual sleep variables, including sleep variability, sleep duration and perceived sleep need in young adults cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Design: 166 participants completed a 7-day protocol with sleep and risk-related decision-m...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Lau EYY,Wong ML,Rusak B,Lam YC,Wing YK,Tseng CH,Lee TMC

更新日期：2019-10-01 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

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：:This study applied the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to the prediction of breast self-examination (BSE) intentions and behaviour, and tested whether the frequency of past behaviour and context stability moderates intention-behaviour and habit-behaviour relations. Seventy-seven females completed measures of the TPB...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Norman P,Cooper Y

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In later life, optimistic health appraisals promote well-being and survival, whereas pessimistic appraisals can be harmful. This study contrasted subjective health (SH) appraisals with objective health (OH) to identify realists, whose ratings were congruent (SH = OH), distinguishing them from health pessimists (SH < O...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Ruthig JC,Chipperfield JG,Payne BJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：: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：:The impact of alcohol on intentions to have sex with a new partner and the antecedents of intentions were investigated in three studies (N = 139, 60, and 218, respectively). In all three studies, respondents were intoxicated or not intoxicated with alcohol and completed measures based on the Theory of Planned Behaviou...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Conner M,Sutherland E,Kennedy F,Grearly C,Berry C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate whether whole-body scanning might promote healthy eating and physical activity in women, and to explore the effects of scanning on body image. DESIGN:Fourteen women aged 22-45 years without histories of eating disorders or whole-body scanning took part in semi-structure...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Grogan S,Siddique MA,Gill S,Brownbridge K,Storey E,Armitage CJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Traditional models of health behaviour focus on the roles of cognitive, personality and social-cognitive constructs (e.g. executive function, grit, self-efficacy), and give less attention to the process by which these constructs interact in the moment that a health-relevant choice is made. Health psychology n...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Berkman ET

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the direct effect of watching thin ideal children's television on body satisfaction in preadolescent girls (6-8 years old). A within-subject design was used in which girls (N = 51) were tested three times. They watched television clips in random order containing either (1) thin ideal animated charact...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Anschutz DJ,Engels RC,Van Strien T

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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the reliability, dimensionality and validity of the self-report questionnaire Health-Risk Attitude Scale (HRAS-13) in a sample of the general population and a patient population. METHODS:Sample 1 (n = 930) was recruited from the general population aged 18-65 years in the ...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Huls SPI,van Osch SMC,Brouwer WBF,van Exel J,Stiggelbout AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether cancer patients reported increases in their goal adjustment capacities while receiving psychosocial care and whether these increases were related to changes in symptoms of depression, anxiety and fatigue. Goal adjustment was conceptualised as two independent capacities: goal diseng...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Zhu L,Ranchor AV,van der Lee M,Garssen B,Sanderman R,Schroevers MJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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