Negriff, Sonya Dorn, Lorah D Hillman, Jennifer B Huang, Bin
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Journal of health psychology
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...
Litman, Jordan A Lunsford, George D
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Journal of health psychology
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 plan...
De Visser, Richard O Smith, Jonathan A McDonnell, Elizabeth J
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Journal of health psychology
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 analy...
Kyriacou, O Easter, A Tchanturia, K
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Journal of health psychology
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. Q...
Gavey, Nicola Schmidt, Johanna Braun, Virginia Fenaughty, John Eremin, Maia
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Journal of health psychology
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, ...
Green, A R Larkin, M Sullivan, V
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Journal of health psychology
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 liter...
McCorry, Noleen K Corrigan, Mairead Tully, Mark A Dempster, Martin Downey, Bernadette Cupples, Margaret E
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Journal of health psychology
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 ...
Hardy, Suzanne Grogan, Sarah
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Journal of health psychology
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 influenc...
Borrayo, Evelinn A González, Patricia Swaim, Randall Marcus, Al Flores, Estevan Espinoza, Paula
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Journal of health psychology
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 sampl...
Herishanu-Gilutz, Shirley Shahar, Golan Schattner, Emanuel Kofman, Ora Holcberg, Gershon
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Journal of health psychology
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 ...
