Understanding the psychological and social influences on office workers taking breaks; a thematic analysis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the impact of HIV diagnosis on subjective social status and if changes are linked to health outcomes. DESIGN:Two measures of subjective social status, socio-economic and standing in the community were examined in 342 Australian HIV-positive gay men in 2014. Participants recalled ratin...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Heywood W,Lyons A

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：: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：: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:Taking adjuvant hormonal therapy for 5-10 years is recommended to prevent breast cancer recurrence in those with oestrogen positive disease. Despite proven clinical efficacy many women do not take their hormonal therapy as prescribed. This study reports the development and initial validation of a questionnair...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Cahir C,Dombrowski SU,Kennedy MJ,Sharp L,Bennett K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluates the role of distinct components of nicotine dependence (craving, withdrawal, behavioural dependence) in comparison to smoking-related cognitions (attitudes, perceived social approval, self-efficacy) in adolescent smoking cessation. In the process towards smoking cessation, we distinguish be...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Schuck K,Otten R,Engels RC,Kleinjan M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine how the association between psychological stress and ambulatory heart rate varies in the weeks before and after a planned vacation. We hypothesized that the impact of stress on heart rate would weaken in the weeks leading up to the vacation and return to normal levels in the weeks following the v...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Hruska B,Pressman SD,Bendinskas K,Gump BB

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：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：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：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 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：:Current National Health Service policy advocates screening to identify individuals at 'high risk' of cardio-vascular disease (CHD) in primary care. This article utilizes the work of Radley to explore how 'high risk' of CHD patients make sense of their new risk status. Results are presented here from a nested qualitati...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Farrimond H,Saukko PM,Qureshi N,Evans PH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This secondary analysis study examined the effects of a 6-week theory-based planning and mHealth text message intervention targeting workplace sitting time on health-related quality of life and work performance in office workers. DESIGN:Office-working adults (Mage=45.18 ± 11.33 years) were randomised into ei...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Rollo S,Prapavessis H

更新日期：2020-10-27 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: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：:In two studies, we examined the relationship between self-aspects and socially engaging and socially disengaging emotions elicited by imagined and real physical health problems. In Study 1, participants imagined themselves experiencing a health problem described in a hypothetical scenario and rated the extent to which...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Uskul AK,Hynie M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: A taxonomy of ninety-three functionally different behaviour change techniques (BCTs) has been identified. However, it is not fully clear how these and other theory-based techniques are applied in the day-to-day practice of people delivering health behaviour change interventions. This study examines feedback...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Ryan K,Murphy LE,Linehan C,Dockray S

更新日期：2020-11-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to describe the cognitive representations of migraine through the migraineurs' discourse. METHOD:A sample of subjects taken at random from a representative sample of the French general population is interviewed about their representations of migraine. A content analysis is performed using the...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Radat F,Koleck M,Foucaud J,Lantéri-Minet M,Lucas C,Massiou H,Nachit-Ouinekh F,El Hasnaoui A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:to access the cognitions of adults with type 2 diabetes whilst completing items on the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R). To determine whether these cognitions are congruent with the meaning of items and subscales as interpreted by researchers and clinicians using the IPQ-R and to identify th...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： McCorry NK,Scullion L,McMurray CM,Houghton R,Dempster M

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Action planning is assumed to mediate between intentions and health behaviours. Moreover, intentions are assumed to moderate the planning-behaviour relation, because people with high intentions are more likely to enact their plans. The present studies extend these suppositions by integrating both assumptions to a nove...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Wiedemann AU,Schüz B,Sniehotta F,Scholz U,Schwarzer R

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present work was to examine the association of depression and marital status, with the long-term prognosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), among a Greek sample of cardiac patients. METHODS:From October 2003 to September 2004, a sample of 2172 consecutive ACS patients from 6 hospitals was en...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Notara V,Panagiotakos DB,Papataxiarchis E,Verdi M,Michalopoulou M,Tsompanaki E,Kogias Y,Stravopodis P,Papanagnou G,Zombolos S,Stergiouli I,Mantas Y,Pitsavos C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used multiple theoretical approaches simultaneously to predict an objectively measured clinical behaviour. The six theoretical approaches were: The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), Common Sense Self-Regulation Model (CS-SRM), Operant Learning Theory (OLT), Action Planning (A...

journal_title：Psychology & health

authors： Bonetti D,Johnston M,Clarkson J,Turner S

更新日期：2009-09-01 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