abstract：:Characteristics were identified that predict adaptation following an unsuccessful attempt at in vitro fertilization (IVF). Forty-one women and their husbands were interviewed and administered questionnaires prior to IVF and 2 weeks after notice of a positive or negative pregnancy test. Of the 36 couples who failed to ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Litt MD,Tennen H,Affleck G,Klock S

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to examine whether lipid levels would be related to cynical hostility (an attitudinal component of hostility), expressive hostility (a behavioral component of hostility), and neurotic hostility (an emotional component of hostility). Subjects were 74 men and 54 women who were free of pot...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Dujovne VF,Houston BK

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 10% of women are severely affected by premenstrual syndrome (PMS) during their reproductive years. Several biological theories of causation have been proposed and each has provoked treatment attempts through medication to little sustained effect. As many of the reported complaints are psychological, a ne...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Morse CA,Dennerstein L,Farrell E,Varnavides K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to identify potential sources of estrangement and feeling psychologically flawed as perceived by temporomandibular pain and dysfunction syndrome (TMPDS) patients. It is our hypothesis that a primary source of patients' perceived stigma results from pejorative labeling by clinicians. The da...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Marbach JJ,Lennon MC,Link BG,Dohrenwend BP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the effects of a school-based smoking prevention program after 1 year, using school (22 middle/elementary schools, 15 high schools) as both the unit of randomization and the unit of analysis. The multigrade level (grades 6 through 9) intervention was designed to address comprehensively the social ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Ary DV,Biglan A,Glasgow R,Zoref L,Black C,Ochs L,Severson H,Kelly R,Weissman W,Lichtenstein E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether speech characteristics descriptive of Type A behavior were related to coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, we scored voice emphasis, speed of speaking, latency of answering, and answer content from 577 audiotaped structured interviews in a case-contro...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Scherwitz L,Graham LE 2nd,Grandits G,Billings J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study considers primary dysmenorrhea from a biopsychosocial perspective in examining the relationship between physical exercise and menstrual pain. Despite widespread claims of the benefits of exercise for perimenstrual symptoms, the evidence seems weak. Stronger evidence indicates that exercise helps relieve str...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Metheny WP,Smith RP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social and psychological variables are used to explain why young people become cigarette smokers, whereas biological factors have been virtually ignored as possible determinants of that behavior. In this study, salivary testosterone was positively associated with cigarette smoking among 201 subjects 12-14 years of age...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Bauman KE,Foshee VA,Koch GG,Haley NJ,Downton MI

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the effects of coping style and cognitive hardiness on physical and psychological health status. Measures of coping styles (intrusive positive thoughts, intrusive negative thoughts, avoidance, problem-focused coping), cognitive hardiness, stress, health habits, psychological distress, and physi...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Nowack KM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hostility as measured by the Cook-Medley Hostility (HO) Scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory has been suggested as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) and total mortality. This study tested the HO-CHD hypothesis in a sample of 1399 men who entered the University of Minnesota in 1953 and,...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Hearn MD,Murray DM,Luepker RV

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type A behavior pattern (TABP) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease and is characterized by hostile, aggressive, competitive behavior. TABP characteristics and CV risk factors have been found in children and adolescents. TABP has been correlated with adult alcohol consumption, but studies asso...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Johnson CC,Hunter SM,Amos CI,Elder ST,Berenson GS

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted to determine personality trait correlates of regularity of meditation practice and dropout over a 2-year follow-up period in outpatients referred for relaxation therapy. Patients were supervised on a monthly basis and classified as regular vs. irregular practitioners or dropouts at 3,...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Delmonte MM

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral control of abnormal breathing in sleep was studied to determine if an intervention procedure could reduce apnea duration and also SaO2 (blood oxygen) desaturation levels. Sleep apnea patients (n = 11) were instructed while awake that tones would be presented in sleep whenever an apnea event occurred. They w...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Badia P,Harsh J,Culpepper J,Shaffer J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the study was to compare the efficiency of the Fishbein and Ajzen and the Triandis models to predict (1) the intention to participate regularly in some physical activities during free time within a 3-week period and (2) the exercise behavior within these 3 weeks among a group of 166 subjects, aged ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Valois P,Desharnais R,Godin G

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of activity scheduling as a treatment for spasmodic dysmenorrhea, compared to relaxation training (a treatment of demonstrated effectiveness) and to a waiting-list control condition. The second purpose was to examine the differential effectiveness of the...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Sigmon ST,Nelson RO

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive-behavioral models of chronic pain emphasize the importance of situation specific as well as more general cognitive variables as mediators of emotional and behavioral reactions to nociceptive sensations and physical impairment. The relationship of situation-specific pain-related self-statements, convictions o...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Flor H,Turk DC

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First- and second-year medical students rated 35 diseases (e.g., cancer, heart attack, herpes, schizophrenia, alcoholism) on nine different rating scales (e.g., prognosis, ease of management). In order to uncover the underlying dimensional structure, mean ratings were subjected to multidimensional scaling analyses in ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Schmelkin LP,Wachtel AB,Schneiderman BE,Hecht D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that families are important influences on the development of health habits, and the purpose of the present study was to examine the familial aggregation of physical activity. Physical activity habits were assessed by standardized interview in adults and children in 95 Anglo families and 111 Mexican-Amer...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Sallis JF,Patterson TL,Buono MJ,Atkins CJ,Nader PR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated both substantive and methodological issues associated with school-based smoking prevention programs. Substantive issues included the efficacy of a refusal skills training curriculum and of parent messages mailed to students' homes. Methodological issues included the effects of assigning classro...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Biglan A,Glasgow R,Ary D,Thompson R,Severson H,Lichtenstein E,Weissman W,Faller C,Gallison C

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mailed questionnaire was used to obtain comparative risk judgments for 32 different hazards from a random sample of 296 individuals living in central New Jersey. The results demonstrate that an optimistic bias about susceptibility to harm--a tendency to claim that one is less at risk than one's peers--is not limited...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Weinstein ND

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the efficacy of three approaches to increasing breast self-exam frequency in college-aged women. Program components included (1) an educational format which provided information on breast cancer and breast self-examinations, (2) a demonstration format where examinations were demonstrated and pract...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Craun AM,Deffenbacher JL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of life events and previous symptoms on current symptom levels were examined in a model using data from a 3-year prospective study. Male psychiatric patients and nonpatients reported on life events and symptoms every 2 months on 18 occasions. Logistic regression analysis of these data revealed little depen...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Grant I,Patterson T,Olshen R,Yager J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments were conducted to test the proposal that laughter is a pain antagonist. In Experiment I, thresholds for pressure-induced discomfort of 20 male and 20 female subjects were measured after each subject listened to a 20-min-long laughter-inducing, relaxation-inducing, or dull-narrative audio tape or no tap...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Cogan R,Cogan D,Waltz W,McCue M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment failure is usually understood as a problem of patient compliance. This paper suggests another approach: to see this problem as resulting from a difference in the goals of the two parties involved, the doctor and the patient. Comparison was made between the goals of doctors and those of parents in treating ch...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Marteau TM,Johnston M,Baum JD,Bloch S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of hardiness and Type A behavior to burnout and psychological distress in the face of daily life hassles. Measures of hassles, hardiness, Type A behavior, and psychological distress were collected for 193 employees in the human services over 4 months. Analyses of covariance revealed tha...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Nowack KM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache variables were examined for 136 subjects who participated for 36 weeks in one of four groups--No Treatment, Autogenic Phrases, Electromyographic (EMG) Biofeedback, and Thermal Biofeedback. All subjects kept daily records of headache activity and medication usage and participated in 22 laboratory sessions duri...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Sargent J,Solbach P,Coyne L,Spohn H,Segerson J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Back-pain patients with onset in the preceding 1-10 days and comparable on a back examination were randomly assigned to traditional management (A regimen) and behavioral treatment methods (B regimen). Patients were compared at 6 weeks and 9-12 months on a set of "Sick/Well" scores derived from patient reported vocatio...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Fordyce WE,Brockway JA,Bergman JA,Spengler D

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjective stress sensitivity and physiological parameters were compared between 24 migraine subjects and 24 matched headache-free controls during a multifrequency 85-dB (A) aversive auditory stressor and during a recovery period. Measures consisted of frontalis EMG, temporal artery blood volume pulse, heart rate, a s...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Rojahn J,Gerhards F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social insecurity is a psychological orientation that has been found to be associated significantly with both coronary atherosclerosis and psychological distress. Although sympathetic arousal has been assumed to be a cause of coronary atherosclerosis and an effect of psychological distress, neither of the prior studie...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Fontana AF,Rosenberg RL,Kerns RD,Marcus JL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Winning and losing were predicted to be more significant in determining cardiovascular responses for Type A's than for Type B's. Twenty-four healthy, preclinical medical students (12 Type A and 12 Type B) were randomly assigned to be winners or losers at a competitive reaction-time task. Type A winners were different ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Jones KV

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used a prospective design to examine the influence of examination stress and loneliness on herpesvirus latency as measured by changes in antibody levels to three herpesviruses, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Herpes simplex type I (HSV-1), and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Three blood samples were obtained from 49 first...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Glaser R,Kiecolt-Glaser JK,Speicher CE,Holliday JE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motivated by previous reports of relaxation successes with hemophiliacs, we sought to isolate the value of relaxation strategies. The effects of progressive and self-control relaxation on spontaneous bleeding and collateral symptoms were tested with seven hemophiliacs in a combined multiple-baseline partial-crossover ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Lichstein KL,Eakin TL

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on questionnaire responses from 206 college women, relationships were found between the Type A and Speed and Impatience factors from the Jenkins Activity Survey and various indicators of illness. Those scoring high on these factors reported considerably more physical symptoms, in general, than those scoring low....

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Woods PJ,Burns J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Autonomic Nervous System Response Inventory (ANSRI) was designed to elicit individuals' self-reported patterns of peripheral physiological response to emotion-provoking stimuli. Fifty-one items reflecting such responses were rated as having been present (1 = absent to 5 = intense) during prototypical emotional sit...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Waters WF,Cohen RA,Bernard BA,Buco SM,Dreger RM

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined whether persons with coronary risk factors have increased fatigue during or after exercise. Ratings of perceived exertion were first shown to be a valid measure of fatigue; i.e., ratings of perceived exertion correlated with heart rate both during and after exercise and at each of three exercise ...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Hughes JR,Crow RS,Jacobs DR Jr,Mittelmark MB,Leon AS

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a model, derived from subjective expected utility ( SEU ) theory, which attempts to explain the effects of a fear-arousing communication about smoking and lung cancer on smokers' decisions to try to stop smoking. According to the model, the strength of the smoker's intention to try to stop smoking...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Sutton SR,Eiser JR

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory studies indicate that obese individuals are more emotionally reactive and more likely to overeat when distressed than are those of normal weight. These studies were conducted under highly artificial conditions, however, and their generality outside of the laboratory remains largely untested. The present stu...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Lowe MR,Fisher EB Jr

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research involving cluster analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles among persons with chronic low back pain has suggested the existence of four distinct profile clusters. The present study had two goals: (1) to replicate the previous finding independently and (2) to investigate...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： McGill JC,Lawlis GF,Selby D,Mooney V,McCoy CE

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred forty-nine newly diagnosed hypertensive patients prescribed thiazide medication were recruited for study. Two-thirds were given a leaflet or patient package insert (PPI) that described the drug and its possible side effects, and one-third were not. At a revisit about 1 month later, patients were asked whet...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Morris LA,Kanouse DE

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on spasmodic torticollis is critically reviewed. The currently most popular etiological hypothesis characterizes torticollis as an extrapyramidal disorder, the symptoms of which are aggravated by stress, but there is no unequivocal evidence available to support this view. Psychological mechanisms have b...

journal_title：Journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Martin PR

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00