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Fathers' Views and Understanding of their Roles in Families with a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: An Interpretative Phenomenological AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explored how fathers of children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) perceived and understood the roles they had within their family over the course of their child’s illness and treatment. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with five fathers. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The major themes that emerged were: adjusting to the diagnosis; the experience of maternal gate-keeping; striving for normalization; experiences of giving and receiving support. Overall, the fathers perceived themselves as having significant responsibility in...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hill, K., Higgins, A., Dempster, M., McCarthy, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Sleep Apnea and Psychological Functioning in Chronic Fatigue SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Objectives were to explore: (1) whether sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) should be considered a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) comorbidity, rather than a diagnostic exclusion criterion; and (2) to compare sleep/wake/ psychopathology in individuals with CFS, controls and another illness. Participants (CFS, SAHS, controls) completed questionnaires and were evaluated for SAHS; 68 percent were subsequently diagnosed with SAHS. CFS participants with and without SAHS did not differ. Both clinical groups were less well adjusted than controls. We conclude that SAHS should not be an exclusion criterion for CFS and that psycholo...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Libman, E., Creti, L., Baltzan, M., Rizzo, D., Fichten, C. S., Bailes, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Illness Acceptance, Hospitalization Stress and Subjective Health in a Sample of Chronic Patients Admitted to HospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of illness acceptance on the subjective health of hospitalized chronic medical patients. Participants were 128 patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease, cancer, or chronic renal disease, who were admitted to a public hospital. Illness acceptance was associated with higher levels of subjective health. It was negatively related to psychological symptoms and positively to self-rated health, even after controlling for demographic variables, type of disease, years since diagnosis, health-related quality of life and hospitalization stress. Furthermore,...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karademas, E. C., Tsagaraki, A., Lambrou, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

How Do People Change Their Diet?: An Exploration into Mechanisms of Dietary ChangeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study explored how people change their diet over the course of their lifespan and what factors facilitate this process. Twenty participants’ narratives were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The participants’ narratives indicated that diet changes can occur either with or without the individual’s active involvement. We labelled these the active path and the passive path. Four themes emerged denoting the mechanisms of change: accumulation of evidence; trigger to action; imposed change; and seamless change. These results indicate that dietary changes may not be as infreque...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chapman, K., Ogden, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Representations of voluntary childlessness in the UK press, 1990--2008Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Representations of voluntary childlessness — the declaration by an individual that he or she does not wish to bear or raise children — were studied in 116 articles published in British national newspapers in the period 1990—2008. Media framing analysis was used to examine broad patterns of framing of the topic, identifying four frames: voluntary childlessness as an individual rights issue, as a form of resistance, as a social trend, and as a personal decision. These frames, it is argued, may act as potential ‘scripts’ for newspaper readers who are debating the decision to start a family. (Sour...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Giles, D., Shaw, R. L., Morgan, W. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Influence of Family--Work Role Experience and Mastery on Psychological Health of Chinese Employed MothersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Four-hundred-and-thirty-five Chinese married nurses with children were surveyed on their family—work role experience, sense of mastery, and psychological distress. Hierarchical regression analyses showed spillover effects of role experience on psychological health as well as asymmetrical permeability of family and work boundaries. The hypothesis that mastery acted as a moderator between role experience and psychological health was supported. In general, a higher level of mastery augmented positive but mitigated negative influence of role experience on psychological functioning. Findings provide useful information to ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tang, C. S.-K. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Strength of Exercise Identity and Identity-Exercise Consistency: Affective and Social Cognitive RelationshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined Identity Theory hypotheses about identity—behaviour consistency. Exercise-identity strength and judgments about consistency were hypothesized to relate to perceptions of percent consistency and frequency of vigorous exercise. Identity strength and percent consistency were hypothesized to interact in their relationship with affective reactions to extent of consistency. Measures of exercise-identity strength, perceived consistency, exercise frequency, self-regulatory efficacy and consistency-related affect were completed by 528 exercisers. Exercise-identity strength and consistency judgments related...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Strachan, S. M., Brawley, L. R., Spink, K. S., Jung, M. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Interrelationships of Adult Attachment Orientations, Health Status and Worrying among Fibromyalgia PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined associations between adult attachment dimensions, perceived health status and worrying (coping strategy with chronic pain), and explored whether worrying mediated observed relationships between attachment dimensions and health outcomes within a sample of 128 Portuguese female fibromyalgia patients. Physical health status was inversely correlated with dependence and worrying; mental health status was positively correlated with trust, and inversely related to attachment-related ambivalence, dependence and worrying. Finally, worrying mediated relationships between dependence and both physical and mental he...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Oliveira, P., Costa, M. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Using the Constructive Narrative Perspective to Understand Physical Activity Reasoning Schema in Sedentary AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We used the Constructive Narrative Perspective (CNP), a three-level, progressively complex reasoning schema, to examine how individuals perceive barriers to physical activity. Sedentary adults (N = 23) aged 50 years and older (M = 65.23; SD = 6.03) participated in semi-structured interviews regarding their reasons for physical inactivity. The results provided initial support for using the CNP framework. Level II (self-relevant) and Level III (cognitive-affective schema-related) reasons were most commonly reported. Level I (evidence-based) reasons were less commonly reported. The CNP framework could become a useful tool in ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Buman, M. P., Giacobbi, P. R., Yasova, L. D., McCrae, C. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Development and Validation of the Physician--Patient Humor Rating ScaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was the development of a rating instrument to assess the use of humor in physician— patient interactions, and to compare humor use as a function of patients’ socioeconomic status. The 46-item Physician—Patient Humor Rating Scale (PPHRS) was used to rate 246 audiotaped primary care interactions. Four subscales were reliable and valid, demonstrating correlations with patient satisfaction and reports of physician humor, with physician satisfaction and with separate affective communication ratings. There was a significant difference in use of humor as a function of patient socioecono...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Haskard Zolnierek, K. B., Dimatteo, M. R., Mondala, M. M., Zhang, Z., Martin, L. R., Messiha, A. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Crossed Evaluations of Temptation to Drink, Strain and Adjustment in Couples with Alcohol ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim was to describe discrepancies between patients’ and spouses’ dyadic adjustment scores, spouse strain and patients’ temptation to drink during abstinence. Patients overestimated the dyadic adjustment scores of their partner and spouses underestimated patients’ scores. Spouses overestimated patients’ temptation to drink. Correlations between patients’ and spouses’ scores were generally high (.61 to .78) except for five measures of spouse strain which were lower (.31 to .50). Results show discrepancies concerning marital function and the temptation to drink which could be impo...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Antoine, P., Christophe, V., Nandrino, J.-L. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

'Football Is Good for Your Sleep': Favorable Sleep Patterns and Psychological Functioning of Adolescent Male Intense Football Players Compared to ControlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the impact of football sports on the sleep patterns of 36 male chronic and intense football players and 34 controls. Participants completed a sleep log for seven consecutive days. Compared to controls, football players reported shorter sleep onset latency, fewer awakenings, higher scores of sleep quality and a lower variability of sleep from weekdays to weekends. The findings suggest that football sports activity is positively associated with both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of sleep. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brand, S., Beck, J., Gerber, M., Hatzinger, M., Holsboer-Trachsler, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Predictors of Familism in the Caregiver Role: A Pilot StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to investigate whether age, gender and ethnicity were predictive of familism in caregivers; and whether familism was associated with coping. Forty-five British South-Asian and 43 British Caucasian caregivers completed a cross-sectional questionnaire of demographics, the brief Cope and the Heller Familism scale. Asian and younger caregivers endorsed higher levels of familsim than Caucasian and older caregivers. In the final model, demographic variables, humour, religious, active and instrumental coping explained 41 per cent of the variance in caregiver familism. The findings suggest the need to consider fam...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Parveen, S., Morrison, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Protection Motivation Theory and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Test among a Representative Population Sample of Canadian AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to predict physical activity (PA) behaviour in a large, population-based sample of adults. One thousand six hundred and two randomly selected individuals completed two telephone interviews over two consecutive six-month periods assessing PMT constructs. PMT explained 35 per cent and 20 per cent of the variance in intention and behaviour respectively. Coping cognitions as moderators of threat explained 1 per cent of the variance in intention and behaviour. Age and gender as moderators of threat did not provide additional variance in the models. ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Plotnikoff, R. C., Rhodes, R. E., Trinh, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The individual health burden of acne: Appearance-related distress in male and female adolescents and adults with back, chest and facial acneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined appearance-related distress in patients with acne. One hundred and thirty-two people attending a specialist acne clinic completed questionnaires including the Derriford Appearance Scale and three self-rated acne scales covering more (facial) and less visible (chest, back) acne sites. Women with acne demonstrated greater self-consciousness of appearance and negative self-concept than men. Subjective rating of severity of facial acne was significantly associated with increased social self-consciousness in women, but not in men. Back acne was significantly associated with sexual and bodily self-consciousne...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hassan, J., Grogan, S., Clark-Carter, D., Richards, H., Yates, V. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Impact of Gender and Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Activity on Depressive Symptoms Following Surgical StressEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The impact of gender and cortisol levels on depression following planned surgery was examined in 95 men and women. Patients were assessed prior to surgery and at one and three months following surgery. Higher cortisol levels conferred greater risk for depression at one and three months following surgery. This effect was stronger for men than women at one month following surgery, but did not differ between genders at three months post-surgery. Results support a mechanistic role of HPA alterations in depression following a surgical stressor that differs in strength between men and women. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pinna, K., Cremeans-Smith, J. K., Greene, K., Delahanty, D. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Anxiety Sensitivity and Catastrophizing: Associations with Pain and Somatization in Non-clinical ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the relationships among anxiety sensitivity (AS), catastrophizing, somatization and pain in 240 non-clinical children (121 girls; mean age = 12.7 years). Children with pain problems (n = 81; 33.8%) reported greater AS and catastrophizing (ps < .01) relative to children without pain problems. AS but not catastrophizing was significantly associated with current pain. However, both AS and catastrophizing were significantly associated with somatization. AS and catastrophizing represent related but partially distinct cognitive constructs that may be targeted by interventions aimed at alleviating pain and ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tsao, J. C.I., Allen, L. B., Evans, S., Lu, Q., Myers, C. D., Zeltzer, L. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Changing Nutrition, Physical Activity and Body Weight among Student Nurses and Midwives: Effects of a Planning Intervention and Self-efficacy BeliefsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study tested if effects of a planning intervention on fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and body weight may be moderated by self-efficacy. Student nurses and midwives (N = 182) were randomly assigned to the planning or the control condition. The intervention included action and coping plans and was followed by two booster sessions. Follow-up took place at two months after last booster session. The intervention affected fruit and vegetable intake. Additionally, body mass index of overweight participants was reduced. Baseline self-efficacy moderated the effects of the intervention: only respondents repor...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Luszczynska, A., Haynes, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Mirrors and Resistance Exercise, Do They Influence Affective Responses?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine affective responses during and following resistance exercise in a mirrored environment. Thirty-two females completed three sessions. During session one, exercise intensity was determined for the subsequent two sessions. During the next two sessions participants performed eight exercises either with or without mirrors. Affect was measured prior to, during, immediately following and 15 minutes post-exercise. Affect was more pleasant and activated during and following exercise, but did not differ by condition. The inability to find a difference in mirrored condition may be a result of ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chmelo, E. A., Hall, E. E., Miller, P. C., Sanders, K. N. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Book Review: Katrina Karkazis, Fixing sex: Intersex, medical authority, and lived experience Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008, 365 pp. US$23.95 (pbk); ISBN-13: 978--0--8223--4318--9 US$84.95(hbk); ISBN-13: 978--0822343028Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Munoz, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

'That's not masculine': Masculine Capital and Health-related BehaviourEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In recent years increasing attention has been given to how different masculinities are expressed in young men’s health behaviour. To examine whether men can use competence in key health-related masculine domains to compensate for other non-masculine behaviour, group discussions were conducted with men aged 18—21 living in London, England. The analysis revealed the ways in which competence in traditionally masculine health-related domains produces masculine ‘capital’, which can be used to compensate for non-masculine behaviour in other domains. However, the capacity to trade this capital is limited b...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: De Visser, R. O., Smith, J. A., McDonnell, E. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Preventing Disability through Exercise: Investigating Older Adults' Influences and Motivations to Engage in Physical ActivityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this qualitative study focus groups were used to gain an in-depth understanding of personal and social influences on physical activity in 48 52—87-year-old participants. A model produced using a Grounded Theory analysis showed that preventing health decline was particularly important in determining physical activity participation. Other influences included enjoyment of exercise, others as motivators to exercise and perceived limited appreciation for older people’s needs. The results are discussed in relation to health and exercise interventions designed to motivate exercise behaviour in older adults. (Source...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hardy, S., Grogan, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Unveiled: Pre-wedding Weight Concerns and Health and Beauty Plans of Australian BridesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the prevalence of appearance and weight-related concerns in 879 Australian brides-to-be recruited from five bridal websites. Close to 75 per cent of the sample intended to exercise more and follow a ‘healthy eating plan’, while over 35 per cent planned to cut fat or carbohydrates out of their diets. On average, participants wished to lose over 8kg (18lbs) by their wedding day, and one-third had been told to lose weight by someone else for the wedding. These findings demonstrate the salience of appearance concerns among brides-to-be and highlight the need to promote a healthier bridal bod...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Prichard, I., Tiggemann, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Unsafe, Unwanted: Sexual Coercion as a Barrier to Safer Sex among Men Who Have Sex with MenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Individual and focus group interviews with a total of 40 gay and bisexual men, as well as with 23 community and/or professional key informants, highlighted that sexual coercion is an important, yet under-recognized, barrier to the practice of safer sex among men who have sex with men. In this article we discuss how the dynamics of sexual coercion, including subtle forms, can operate to compromise men’s ability to practise safer sex, leading men to have sex that is both unsafe and unwanted. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gavey, N., Schmidt, J., Braun, V., Fenaughty, J., Eremin, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Moderating Role of Different Sources of Perceived Social Support on the Dispositional Optimism-- Posttraumatic Growth Relationship in Postoperative Breast Cancer PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the dispositional optimism—posttraumatic growth (PTG) relationship in postoperative breast cancer patients and to examine if perceived social support moderates this relationship. The study was conducted with 104 women undergoing postoperative chemotherapy treatment or coming to the hospital for their routine controls. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that breast cancer survivors high on dispositional optimism and perceived social support, are more likely to develop PTG. Among the different sources of social support, only social support perceived from a p...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bozo, O., Gundogdu, E., Buyukasik-Colak, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Oh Stuff It! The Experience and Explanation of Diet Failure: An Exploration Using Interpretative Phenomenological AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Successful long-term weight-loss is exceptional, even with the best dietary and psychological interventions. Nomothetic accounts of diet failure focus on cognitive processes and emotional regulation. However, qualitative research suggests that successful dieters draw on wider understandings in explaining their success; this study extends this literature to address diet failure. Individual interviews with 10 self-selected UK dieters are analysed using IPA. Understandings of diet failure are explored and situated within wider cultural discourses. Five themes are identified: ‘Dieting mode’; ‘Multime’; ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Green, A.R., Larkin, M., Sullivan, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Avoidance and Inflexibility as a Common Clinical Pathway in Obesity and Smoking TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This brief study presents reductions in avoidance and inflexibility as a potential common clinical pathway to intervene on for both smoking cessation and weight control. A mediation analysis—using the Avoidance and Inflexibility Scale (AIS)—was conducted on a group of participants (N = 84) who were shown to improve weight control outcomes after receiving an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention. Results were then compared to a previous study using the same process measure (AIS) for smoking cessation. Results suggest a common clinical pathway. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gifford, E. V., Lillis, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Frequency of use and impact of coping strategies assessed by the COPE Inventory and their relationships to post-event health and well-beingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In dealing with a stressful event, 440 participants reported how frequently they used a variety of different coping strategies, rated their separate impacts on problems and the associated emotions, and reported their effects on subsequent health and well-being. Coping strategies did not generally impact problems or emotions differently. Use of planning led to increased self-efficacy, which along with positive reinterpretation, predicted growth. Emotional venting and behavioral disengagement predicted diminishment, which along with mental disengagement and self-injury, predicted illness. Social support buffered against dimi...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Litman, J. A., Lunsford, G. D. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

On becoming a first-time mother after an emergency Caesarean section: A journey from alienation to symbolic adoptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This qualitative research focused on the significance of subjective experience of mothers who gave birth in an emergency Caesarean section. Ten first-time mothers experiencing emergency Caesarean section were interviewed, and their narrative accounts were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological method. Mothers described alienation from the infant on encountering her/him; primal difficulties in holding; a ‘mechanistic’ pattern of childcare at home; over-apprehension and fear of a cradle-death. A few of the women seemed to cope with these experiences by performing ‘a symbolic adoption’ of their...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Herishanu-Gilutz, S., Shahar, G., Schattner, E., Kofman, O., Holcberg, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The role of rumination in affective distress in people with a chronic physical illness: A review of the literature and theoretical formulationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The role of maladaptive cognitive content among individuals with chronic physical illness has been acknowledged in cognitive models. Rumination has been documented as a key predictor of depression, and to a lesser extent of anxiety, in non-clinical samples. This paper provides a preliminary discussion of the potential role of rumination as a causal and maintaining factor for emotional distress in the setting of chronic physical illness. Although a number of methodological limitations exist, the current research on rumination may provide a useful framework for the extension of existing cognitive models in chronic illness. (...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Soo, H., Burney, S., Basten, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Latina Breast Cancer Screening Sacle: Beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer screeningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Latina Breast Cancer Screening (LBCS) was developed to measure Latinas’ culturally-shared health beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer screening. A 60-item LBCS scale was tested with 288 participants and reduced to 35 items using principal components analyses. The 35-item LBCS scale and other measures were administered to a second sample of 147 participants to establish the scale’s validity and reliability. A six-factor solution suggested six LBCS sub-scales. The LBCS in its entirety displayed strong internal consistency ( =.93) with adequate estimates of convergent, discriminant, and predictive val...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Borrayo, E. A., Gonzalez, P., Swaim, R., Marcus, A., Flores, E., Espinoza, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Stress management training in diabetes mellitusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Good diabetic control minimizes the risk of complications. Stress affects control directly through the release of hormones and indirectly by disrupting self-management activities. This review examines the impact of stress management interventions on glycaemic control. Qualifying studies since 1980 were identified using searches of Medline and PsycInfo databases. Ten were identified in adult populations, and four in adolescent populations. The general trend suggested that stress management interventions may be useful in management of diabetes. Further research will provide greater understanding of the particular benefits of...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Soo, H., Lam, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Perceptions of exercise among people who have not attended cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Perceptions of exercise among nonattenders of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) were explored using semi-structured interviews. Analysis indicated that participants did not recognize the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, and perceived keeping active through daily activities as sufficient for health. Health professionals were perceived to downplay the importance of exercise and CR, and medication was viewed as being more important than exercise for promoting health. The content of CR programmes and the benefits of exercise need to be further explained to patients post-MI, and in a manner that communicates to patients that thes...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mccorry, N. K., Corrigan, M., Tully, M. A., Dempster, M., Downey, B., Cupples, M. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Tobacco use and body mass index: Mediated effects through physical inactivityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study examined associations between smoking and body mass index (BMI) utilizing a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 1547). Previous research has shown that smokers have lower BMI than non-smokers; however among smokers, tobacco use is positively associated with BMI. Previous authors have hypothesized this is due to poor behavioral habits among smokers. Building on this, we found that smoking was positively associated with physical inactivity, which mediated the association between tobacco use and BMI. Interpretation, limitations, and future directions are discussed. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dvorak, R. D., Del Gaizo, A. L., Engdahl, R. M., Eliason, C. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

GPs' perceptions of the service needs of South Asian people with chronic pain: A qualitative enquiryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This qualitative study describes GPs’ experiences of and needs for management of people from a South Asian community who have chronic pain. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 GPs from practices in two PCTs in Leicester. The data was analysed using grounded theory. The results indicate that managing patients from a South Asian community with chronic pain can be challenging due to differing pain expression and presentation. Emerging themes refer to shortages of services for these patients including the need for CBT, counselling, community support and GP education and training. Potential implications of t...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patel, S., Peacock, S.M., Mckinley, R.K., Clark-Carter, D., Watson, P.J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The measurement of menstrual symptoms: Factor structure of the menstrual symptom questionnaire in adolescent girlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the factor structure of the Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire (MSQ) in a sample of 210 adolescent girls (11—17 years). Such an examination has not been carried out with an adolescent sample. In addition, the definitions of menstrual disorders have evolved since the creation of the MSQ. Exploratory factor analysis supported a three factor structure indicating abdominal pain, negative affect/somatic complaints, and back pain. Partial correlations indicated all three MSQ factors were correlated with depressive symptoms, but only the negative affect factor was correlated with trait anxiety. Future resea...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Negriff, S., Dorn, L. D., Hillman, J. B., Huang, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Similarity not favourability: The role of donor prototypes in predicting willingness to donate organs while livingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using an extended Prototype/Willingness Model, we examined the predictors of willingness to donate an organ to a partner/family member and a stranger while living. A questionnaire assessed university students’ (N = 284) attitudes, subjective norm, prototype favourability, prototype similarity, moral norm, and willingness to donate organs in each recipient scenario. All variables, except prototype favourability, predicted willingness to donate organs in both situations. Future strategies should emphasise perceived approval from important others for living donation, the consistency of living donation with one’s o...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hyde, M. K., White, K. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A home visit intervention program for adolescents throughout their pregnancy and during the early stages of motherhood was evaluated. The participants (N = 90) were part of a larger group of adolescents treated in two health centers in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile. The program was carried out by volunteer community health monitors and evaluated through an experimental, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Cost-effectiveness was examined in comparison with standard health care. Results show higher scores for the intervention group on the mothers’ mental health and nutritional state, as well as on the child...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aracena, M., Krause, M., Perez, C., Mendez, M. J., Salvatierra, L., Soto, M., Pantoja, T., Navarro, S., Salinas, A., Farah, C., Altimir, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Correlates of drive for muscularity: The role of anthropometric measures and psychological factorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drive for muscularity (DM) is associated with anabolic steroid and supplement use, exercise dependence, eating pathology, and low self-esteem. However, only one study has examined how anthropometric measures are related to DM. To extend previous research, and to clarify the relationship between DM and anthropometric indices, 113 college-aged men completed self-report surveys and were assessed for body fat percentage, fat-free mass, and body mass index. We found that supplement use, exercise dependence, and self-esteem, but none of the anthropometric measures, correlated with DM. These results enhance our understanding of D...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chittester, N. I., Hausenblas, H. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

What sense do people make of a theory of planned behaviour questionnaire?: A think-aloud studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to understand the processes of interpretation of, and responses to, the task of completing a theory of planned behaviour (TPB) questionnaire. Forty-five adults verbalized their thoughts while completing a full TPB questionnaire on walking behaviour. On average, participants’ verbalizations indicated around 16 problems with the 52 questions. Further, problems as indentified from verbalizations were associated with increased endorsement of the middle option on the questionnaire. Normative and intention questions were found to be particularly problematic. The current standardized method to develop TPB m...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darker, C. D., French, D. P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Social sharing of genetic information in the family: A study on hereditary breast and ovarian cancersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study assessed how preventive medical information about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer is spread within the family before actual genetic test results. Forty-two women (19 had a breast or ovarian tumor and 23 did not) were asked to fill out a questionnaire about: (1) the spread within the family of the medical information received during the consultation; and (2) the reasons for sharing this information. Results indicate that all of the women socially shared medical information with an immediate family member for preventive purposes, and generally not for seeking emotional or informative social support. (S...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christophe, V., Vennin, P., Corbeil, M., Adenis, C., Reich, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Comparing views of patients, parents, and clinicians on emotions in anorexia: A qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) may experience difficulties in emotional processing that can adversely affect treatment and maintenance of the illness. Focus groups or questionnaires were undertaken with patients with AN, parents and clinicians, with the aim to explore the most salient issues pertaining to emotions and social cognition in AN. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Seven primary themes were identified showing congruence across groups: ‘emotional awareness and understanding’; ‘emotional intolerance’; ‘emotional avoidance’; ‘emotional expressi...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kyriacou, O., Easter, A., Tchanturia, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Book Review: From Local to Global: Contextualizing Women's Sexual Health in the Shadow of AIDS Ida Susser, AIDS, sex and culture: Global politics and survival in South Africa Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, 276 pp. {pound}18.99 (pbk); ISBN-13: 978--1--4051--5587--8; {pound}80.00 (hbk); ISBN-13: 978--1405155861Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Campbell, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Book Review: Health, Culture and Communication: Realities and Possibilities Mohan J. Dutta, Communicating health: A culture-centered approach Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2008, 306 pp. $74.95 (hbk); ISBN--13: 978--07456--3491--3; $26.95 (pbk); ISBN--13: 978--07456--3492--0Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sanders, V. L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Patient's PerspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study patients (N = 68) reported impacts of AS across a wide range of life domains; negative impacts included physical effects of AS, changes in mood or personality, effects on social life and relationships with friends and family, low self-esteem, stigma and worry about the future; positive impacts included increased exercise, feelings of achievement and empathy, stronger relationships, slower pace of life and a more positive perspective. Implications for treatment are discussed. (Source: Journal of Health Psychology)
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hamilton-West, K. E., Quine, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Role of Individual and Familial Protective Factors in Adolescents' Diet ControlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines a conceptual model linking individual cognitive-behavioral and familial influences to adolescents’ poor diet control as a health-risk behavior. A cross-sectional survey collected data from students enrolled in the secondary schools of the Middle Transylvanian Region, Romania (N = 1977). Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Logistic regression analyses revealed that future-orientation, self-regulation, life purpose, parenting style and parental support were all significant protective factors against adolescents’ poor diet control. While both individual and familial ...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Piko, B. F., Brassai, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

A Pragmatist Approach to the Problem of Knowledge in Health PsychologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The multiplicity of forms of health-related knowledge, including biomedical knowledge, lay knowledge and critical constructionist knowledge, raises challenges for health researchers. On one hand, there is a demand for a pluralist acceptance of the variety of health-related knowledge. On the other, the need to improve health calls for action, and thus for choices between opposing forms of knowledge. The present article proposes a pragmatist approach to this epistemological problem. According to pragmatism, knowledge is a tool for action and as such it should be evaluated according to whether it serves our desired interests....
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cornish, F., Gillespie, A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Mediating Role of Time Perspective in Socio-economic Inequalities in Smoking and Physical Activity in Older English AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Socio-economic variations in health behaviours contribute to socio-economic inequalities in health. Time perspective describes how individuals’ consideration of future outcomes influences their present day behaviours and is associated with health behaviours and socio-economic position. Although theoretically plausible, the potential mediating role of time perspective in socio-economic inequalities in health behaviours has received little research attention. Analysis of data from wave 1 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing revealed that time perspective played a small partial mediating role in socioeconomic ine...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Adams, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Effects of Exercise Interventions on Body Image: A Meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our meta-analysis examined the impact of exercise interventions on body image; and participant, intervention, and design features associated with larger effects. We identified 57 interventions (with pre-and post-data for the exercise and control groups) examining the effects of exercise on body image. A small random effect indicated that exercise intervention conditions had improved body image compared to control conditions; and that participant (age), design (year of publication), and intervention (exercise frequency and specificity) features moderated the effect size. Research examining the mechanisms and the exercise do...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Campbell, A., Hausenblas, H. A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Measuring Rebelliousness and Predicting Health Behaviour and Outcomes: An Investigation of the Construct Validity of the Social Reactivity ScaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Social Reactivity Scale is a questionnaire measure of individual differences in rebelliousness. The associations between rebelliousness, health behaviours and health outcomes were examined in two Dutch samples by means of cross-sectional survey data. We found moderate support for the reliability and construct validity of the scale. Findings were suggestive of rebelliousness, first, being associated with low control beliefs, second, being related to hostility and, third, also heightening the risk of engaging in unhealthy behaviours and that of poor health (perhaps through deliberately rejecting health education messages...
Source: Journal of Health Psychology - August 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Klabbers, G., Bosma, H., van den Akker, M., van Boxtel, M.P.J., Kempen, G.I.J.M., McDermott, M.R., Van Eijk, J. TH. M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals