Wang, Yanli Hu, Xiaoyong Yang, Chao
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Journal of health psychology
Research has shown that social class is an important predictor of life satisfaction. However, the underlying mechanism for this relationship is yet to be fully elucidated. The study examined the underlying mechanism based on the social identity approach to health. Study 1 recruited 577 community residents to complete self-report questionnaires. Cor...
Capps, Karigan P Updegraff, John A
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Journal of health psychology
This study elucidates whether information avoidance may help explain demonstrated links between future orientation and health. In an online study, college students reported their self-reported prevention and detection health behaviors and responded to a prevention and detection health message. Path analyses indicated that information avoidance medi...
Parsons, Ryan D McParland, Joanna L Halligan, Sarah L Goubert, Liesbet Noel, Melanie Jordan, Abbie
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Journal of health psychology
A deficits-based approach to adolescent chronic pain currently dominates the literature, to the exclusion of positive approaches, such as flourishing. Addressing this knowledge gap, this study examined the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescent chronic pain. Seventy-nine adolescents aged 11-24 years were asked to ...
Temeloglu Sen, Esin Sertel Berk, Hanife Ozlem Rezvani, Aylin
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Journal of health psychology
This study examined the effect of patient satisfaction on medication adherence through serial mediation of Self Regulatory Model (SRM) components which are illness perception and beliefs about medicines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The 222 outpatients (nRA = 112; nAS = 110) were administered a sociodem...
Mommersteeg, Paula Mc van Valkengoed, Irene Lodder, Paul Juster, Robert-Paul Kupper, Nina
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Journal of health psychology
Women report more psychological distress than men, which may be related to both biological sex and socio-cultural gender. We tested whether associations between gender and distress differ for women and men. The cross-sectional sample consisted of 678 Dutch people (54% women). Gender roles were assessed as masculinity and femininity. A composite gen...
Shepherd, Lee O'Carroll, Ronan E Ferguson, Eamonn
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Journal of health psychology
In contrast to opt-in systems, relatively little is known about what influences whether or not people register a decision about organ donation in opt-out systems. We address this gap in the literature. Participants (N = 756) living in a country with opt-out consent (Wales, UK) provided information on demographics and blood donor status. Participant...
Aghaei, Atefeh Herran, Keren Fanaei, Seyed Ahmed Khalili, Mohsen Jayadev, Pallavi
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Journal of health psychology
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a neurogenetic disorder associated with visual-spatial problems, executive dysfunction, and language deficits, making patients experience social isolation, stigma, anxiety, and depression. Here, we explored NF1 patients' lived experiences by conducting semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 21 NF1 patients and 1...
Ericson, Stacey Michelle Gallagher, Joshua Paul Federico, Alicia Josephine Fleming, Joshua James Froggatt, Daniel Eleid, Adel Finn, Bridget Mary Johnston, Kim Cai, Ru Ying
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Journal of health psychology
Subjective well-being influences mental and physical health. Fortunately, interventions exist to improve people's subjective well-being. Emotion regulation and self-compassion are two transdiagnostic factors that impact mental health and have been separately shown to be associated with subjective well-being. However, their combined relationship wit...
Huang, Hsuan Yuan Gerend, Mary A
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Journal of health psychology
African Americans have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines were initially met with hesitancy from the African American community. This study identified predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intentions among students attending a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) when COVID-19 vaccines first became available...
Wu, Yelena P Tercyak, Kenneth P Wankier, Ali P Brunsgaard, Elise K Parsons, Bridget G Devine, Katie A Stump, Tammy K Boucher, Kenneth M Hay, Jennifer L
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Journal of health psychology
The purpose of this study is to examine the association between parents' fatalism about melanoma and their children's sun protection, and the potential moderating role of parent-child communication. In this observational study of N = 69 melanoma-surviving parents of children ages 8-17, parents reported on their own melanoma fatalism, as well as the...
