Do religious and spiritual identity confer risk for hypertension via psychosocial and lifestyle factors?

abstract：:This study explored health anxiety and associated constructs in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease and typically developing children and adolescents. A total of 84 participants (7-16 years) completed measures of health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety sensitivity, and DSM-IV anxiety dis...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Oliver AM,Wright KD,Kakadekar A,Pharis S,Pockett C,Bradley TJ,Tomczak CR,Erlandson MC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia is associated with widespread pain, depression, and declines in physical functioning. The purpose of this study was to examine the trajectory of these symptoms over time related to physical activity adoption and maintenance via motivational interviewing versus education, to increase physical activity. The...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Steiner JL,Bigatti SM,Ang DC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the perspectives of Black men, originally from East Africa, living in the United Kingdom and their partners on what it means to live with diagnosed HIV. This article reports on concealment of HIV-positive status as a strategy adopted by the affected participants to manage the flow of information ab...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Owuor JO,Locke A,Heyman B,Clifton A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article I consider the changing context and constitution of food in contemporary society, and the variety of ways it is bound up in health, identity and social relations. In particular, I briefly discuss the position of food in health, illness, embodiment, and the ways that food is becoming increasingly medica...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Chamberlain K

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated whether lifetime stress exposure is associated with greater impulsivity and addictive behavior. We also examined whether stress and impulsivity interactively predicted food addiction and alcohol-related behavior. Greater lifetime stress exposure was related to more impulsivity and food addictive...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： McMullin SD,Shields GS,Slavich GM,Buchanan TW

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to clarify how motives influence sun-related behaviour. Participants were 239 adults, mean age 22 years. They completed questionnaire measures of life goals (representing dispositional motives), participatory motives for exposure and for protection, and exposure and protection behaviours. Analysis was by p...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Ingledew DK,Ferguson E,Markland D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to explore the relationships proposed in the Common Sense Model (CSM) in eating disorder (ED) patients. METHOD:98 female (ED) patients completed measures of illness representation and psychosocial adjustment. RESULTS:The confirmatory structural equation analysis revealed that illn...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Quiles Y,Terol MC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to see whether qualitative analysis improved quantitative measurement of illness perception after heart transplant. Two methods of evaluating illness representations were compared: one quantitative (administration of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised) and one qualitative (phenomenological reduct...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Janelle C,O'Connor K,Dupuis G

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:This study examined the association between mental adjustment styles and quality of life, and affect as a mediator among 238 Chinese cancer survivors. Regression analysis showed that quality of life was positively associated with fighting spirit and negatively associated with fatalism. Path analysis showed that greate...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Yeung NC,Lu Q

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to contraceptive attitudes and behavior among a sample of African Americans (aged 18-45) in the USA (N = 71). Results indicated that a large percentage of respondents perceived d...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Thorburn Bird S,Bogart LM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a substantial number of individuals diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and the preponderance of research focused on the medical and paramedical issues, the psychological and mental health sequelae of HAVS are largely neglected within the published literature. A series of focus groups and interviews...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Ayers B,Forshaw M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the role of dichotomous thinking on eating behavior and its association with restraint eating and weight regain in a wide range of people. In a web-based survey with 241 adults, dichotomous thinking and behavioral outcomes related to eating (restraint eating, weight regain, body mass index, dieting...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Palascha A,van Kleef E,van Trijp HC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examining interpersonal (physician-patient) communication strategies for promoting walking exercise to patients with type 2 diabetes assigned to primary care clinics, the study evaluated two message design variables--frame and presentation mode--as influencers of communication and adoption success. The single-site, fo...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Ledford CJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between community social support, neighbor relationship, and the subjective well-being of the elderly in China. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model based on a sample of 2732 senior adults from 2010 Chinese General Social Survey. Results ...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Jiang S,Li C,Wang Z,Fang X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong social support is associated with lower mortality and morbidity and better self-rated health in later life. The aim of this study was to compare social network size and satisfaction in men (N = 2589) and women (n = 3152), aged 72-78 years. Women reported significantly larger networks (Difference 1.36, 95% CI 0....

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： McLaughlin D,Vagenas D,Pachana NA,Begum N,Dobson A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An individual's attachment style can be conceptualized as a working model for interactions with others, developed as result of experiences with childhood caregivers. People with hypochondriacal tendencies are preoccupied with thoughts of having an illness and constantly seek medical reassurance. We hypothesized that s...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Wearden A,Perryman K,Ward V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents access information about fitness, including content labelled as #fitspiration, through social media. A total of 77 adolescents (mean age = 12.49; standard deviation = 0.55; girls = 27) participated in semi-structured focus groups to explore their perspectives on #fitspiration and fitness more broadly. Thro...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Bell BT,Deighton-Smith N,Hurst M

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial disfigurement affects approximately one in 500 children and young people in the UK. Four mothers and their four children aged 11-13 years who have a facial disfigurement were recruited through the charity Changing Faces, in order to examine the perspectives and concerns of adolescents and their mothers, and how...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Prior J,O'Dell L

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used exploratory structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the construct validity of the Chinese version of Stress Overload Scale-Short, which included personal vulnerability and event load. The participants included 629 community residents and 495 university students. The res...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Mu W,Duan W

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep problems are prevalent in people living with HIV/AIDS; however, few studies examine how poor sleep affects mental health and quality of life longitudinally. A sample of people living with HIV/AIDS from a randomized trial (N = 240; mean age = 47.18; standard deviation = 8.3; 71.4% male; 61.2% White) completed mea...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Rogers BG,Lee JS,Bainter SA,Bedoya CA,Pinkston M,Safren SA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 spousal caregivers to people with a traumatic spinal cord injury and were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Here, we present two inter-related master themes: (1) coping with the spousal caregiver role; and (2) putting the pieces back together...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

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

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the effects of guided imagery in patients with fibromyalgia show varying results. This randomized controlled trial (n = 65) aims to give more insight into the effects on pain, functional status, and self-efficacy. Daily pain was assessed with a pain diary using a Visual Analogue Scale. Functional status and...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Verkaik R,Busch M,Koeneman T,van den Berg R,Spreeuwenberg P,Francke AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How can psychological description orient to an experiential understanding inclusive of and sensitive to situated ontological variability? To do so requires development of theory capable of engaging people in the living of their lives reconciling notions of personhood within the prospective nature of psychosocial actio...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Corcoran T

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Dropout is a frequent problem in face-to-face psychological interventions. However, little is known regarding dropout in computer-based interventions (CBIs). It is important to understand the extent to which children and adolescents drop out of CBIs, so we can ensure that more people complete the programmes to gain ma...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Dunn TL,Casey LM,Sheffield J,Newcombe P,Chang AB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore young British men's understandings of prostate health and cancer of the prostate. A total of 16 White-British men between 31-50 years of age took part in interviews face-to-face or through computer-mediated communication. Thematic analysis broadly informed by grounded theory id...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Grogan S,Parlane VL,Buckley E

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Religions instruct individuals to engage in prosocial behaviors. Previous studies are lacking on a positive relation between religiousness and blood donation. We tested this hypothesis using a national survey of 7611 women and 4282 men aged 18-44 years. In women, positive associations of childhood religious affiliatio...

journal_title：Journal of health psychology

authors： Gillum RF,Masters KS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00