Santos, B Daiana Moreira, Célia S Teixeira-Santos, Ana C Carvalho, Emília Pereira, M Graça
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Journal of health psychology
This paper explored changes in the HPV-related quality of life (QoL) of 209 women diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) during 1 year of medical monitoring, at three time points (6-month interval between them). Participants completed the HPV Impact Profile (HIP) questionnaire to assess HPV-related QoL. The relationship between HIP scores and ti...
Schopf, James Christopher
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Journal of health psychology
Gelfand et al. demonstrated that tight cultural norms lowered COVID-19 transmissions and deaths, but can't account for the lag between the beginning of the pandemic and the significance of tightness. Rational values help citizens adopt novel behavioral norms necessary to inhibit viral transmission. Multiple regression analysis on COVID-19 cases and...
Steil, Andrea Valéria Dias, Natália Martins Lopes, Fernanda Machado Silva, Mariana Luíza Becker da Bousfield, Andrea Barbará da Silva De Luca Canto, Graziela
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Journal of health psychology
This article describes the reporting characteristics of systematic reviews (SRs) in Psychology. The inclusion criteria were self-declared SRs in all branches of Psychology, published between 2019 and 2020. The search was performed in the PsycINFO and MEDLINE databases, from which 2487 records were identified, and 305 papers selected. There were man...
Versluis, Anne Alphen, Kirsten van Dercksen, Wouter Haas, Henk de Kaptein, Ad A Hurk, Corina van den
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This study explored the experienced impact of alopecia using patient's drawings. Forty patients made drawings of their feelings about appearance of their head and hair before and during chemotherapy. Patients also reported illness perceptions (B-IPQ). Twenty-four patients (60%) reported ⩾50% alopecia at enrollment. Most patients (70%) drew a negati...
Giolo, Suely Ruiz Giordani, Rubia Carla Formighieri Zanoni da Silva, Milene Dias, Paulo César Azevedo Estavela, Arune Ismael Mabuie, Janete
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This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the Portuguese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) across three countries: Brazil (South America), Mozambique (East Africa), and Portugal (Southwest Europe). A total of 8694 participants were recruited through convenience sampling (7430 Brazilians, 387 Mozambicans, and 877 Portuguese ad...
Gutiérrez-Velilla, Ester Barrientos-Casarrubias, Vania Cruz-Maycott, Rosa Perrusquia-Ortiz, Lydia E Alvarado-de la Barrera, Claudia Ávila-Ríos, Santiago Caballero-Suárez, Nancy Patricia
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Our aim was to assess the severity of anxiety in PLWHA in Mexico City and obtain the psychometric properties of the culturally-adapted Spanish version of GAD-7. Thirteen percent of participants presented moderate to severe symptoms. Reliability (α = 0.82) and construct validity (single-factor explained 48.9% of variance) were evaluated in 411 parti...
Anderson, Austen R Kurz, Andrew Solomon Szabo, Yvette Z McGuire, Adam P Frankfurt, Sheila B
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Lifestyle behaviors such as exercise, sleep, smoking, diet, and social interaction are associated with depression. This study aimed to model the complex relationships between lifestyle behaviors and depression and among the lifestyle behaviors. Data from three waves of the Midlife in the United States study were used, involving 6898 adults. Network...
Hopkins, Cierra N Lee, Cheryl A Lambert, Crystal Chapman Vance, David E Haase, Shakaye R Delgadillo, Jeremy D Fazeli, Pariya L
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Older people living with HIV (PLWH) are at risk for poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Psychological resilience may protect HRQoL in this population. The sample included 174 predominately African American PLWH (age 40-73). Results indicated associations between resilience, socioeconomic status, cognitive performance, instrumental activi...
Mayo, Nicole L Russell, Holly A Holt, Kathleen Williams, Geoffrey C
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Journal of health psychology
Health behaviors are the cornerstone of cardiovascular risk reduction but change is challenging and maintenance is uncommon. The use of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) can promote long-term change however the pathway is uncertain related to cardiovascular risk reduction. A multi-disciplinary clinical team trained in SDT counseled 294 individuals wi...
Bottaro, Rossella Craparo, Giuseppe Faraci, Palmira
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The aims of this systematic review were (a) to analyze recent studies about the association between social support and coping strategies in cancer patients after an established diagnosis; (b) to evaluate the direction of this association; and (c) to highlight any differences among different cancer types. Seven databases were searched for studies re...