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Leveraging the adolescent brain cognitive development study to advance and promote adolescent health: Introduction to the special issue. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Mariana Sanchez,Sarah W Feldstein Ewing,Monica Luciana
The empirical reports in this special issue of Health Psychology showcase the work of a diverse array of accomplished early-stage investigators who are members of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study consortium and who are drawn from the community of female and underrepresented scientists. Their studies focus primarily on youth assessed during preadolescence and early adolescence
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Personality traits and mediating pathways to mortality risk: A systematic review. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Christopher S Grogan,Nicholas A Turiano,Andrea Habenicht,Máire McGeehan,Páraic S O'Súilleabháin
OBJECTIVE Personality traits have been regularly linked with all-cause mortality risk. However, what mechanisms may provide an indirect pathway from personality traits to mortality is unclear. We sought to systematically review the literature and provide an overview of the potential mechanisms that have been identified in the literature. METHOD Five electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL
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Positive and negative online social experiences and self-rated health: Associations and examination of potential pathways. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Bert N Uchino,Kevin D Jordan,Timothy W Smith
OBJECTIVE Technology is changing the way individuals socially connect. However, not much is known about how online forms of social exchanges might link to outcomes that predict longevity. This preregistered study examined the association between online social support and social negativity with self-rated health (SRH) and potential pathways responsible for such links. METHOD In this preregistered analysis
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Peer support as moderator of association between socioeconomic status and low-grade inflammation in adolescents. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Tao Jiang,Edith Chen,Phoebe H Lam,Jungwon Kim,Hee Moon,Gregory E Miller
OBJECTIVE Individuals who grow up in low-socioeconomic status (SES) families are at an increased risk of health problems across the lifespan. Although supportive social relationships are postulated to be a protective factor for the health of these individuals, the role of friend support in adolescence is not well understood. Given that low-grade inflammation is one key biological mechanism proposed
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A novel paradigm examining the remote induction of nocebo effects online. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kirsten Barnes,Kate Nicholls,Sascha Orlievsky,Christopher Pei,Christopher Elder,Kate Faasse
OBJECTIVE Side effect information is routinely communicated online. However, limited experimental evidence exists regarding the role of this information in generating maladaptive health outcomes (i.e., the nocebo effect). A novel paradigm was developed to remotely induce the nocebo effect via provision of online side effect information. METHOD Participants were given information regarding the positive
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Illness identity and well-being in congenital heart disease: Directionality of effects and developmental trajectories. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Sara Campens,Elise Van Laere,Janne Vanderhaegen,Liesbet Van Bulck,Philip Moons,Koen Luyckx
OBJECTIVE This longitudinal study explores the relationship between illness identity and well-being in emerging adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), aiming to understand the factors contributing to well-being in individuals with CHD. METHOD Dutch-speaking emerging adults with CHD (N = 254, age range = 24-28 years) participated in a three-wave study, which is part of the I-DETACH 2 project. Cross-lagged
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Psychological stress and the longitudinal progression of subclinical atherosclerosis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Chrystal Spencer,Rebecca G Reed,Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal,Peter J Gianaros
OBJECTIVE In a midlife sample of adults, the present study tested the extent to which changes in psychological stress relate to the progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease over multiple years and explored the potential moderating role of cardiometabolic risk. METHOD Participants were screened to exclude those with clinical cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, and other chronic illnesses
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Health insurance, perceived threat, and posttraumatic stress after suspected acute coronary syndrome. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Margaret E Murdock,Gaspar J Cruz,Lilly Derby,Julia Ellis,Ian M Kronish,Donald Edmondson,Jeffrey L Birk
OBJECTIVE Threat perceptions during evaluation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the emergency department (ED) predict posttraumatic stress symptoms (PSS). It is unknown how health insurance status affects threat perceptions. We tested whether lacking health insurance is associated with higher threat perceptions and PSS in patients with suspected ACS in the ED and whether threat perceptions mediate
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Long-term mediation of a sexual risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Soojong Kim,Loretta S Jemmott,Larry Icard,Anne M Teitelman,Terri-Ann Kelly,Ann O'Leary,Zolani Ngwane,Scarlett Bellamy,John B Jemmott
OBJECTIVE Black adolescents in South Africa are disproportionately affected by HIV. A cluster-randomized controlled experiment examining the effects of a sexual risk-reduction intervention successfully reduced self-reported intercourse and unprotected intercourse. Based on long-term follow-up assessments, the present research examines theoretical constructs that could potentially mediate the intervention
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Multilevel prenatal socioeconomic predictors of Mexican American children's cardiometabolic health in preschool and school age. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Sarah G Curci,Linda J Luecken,Juan C Hernández,Laura K Winstone,Marisol Perez
OBJECTIVE Using a life course perspective, this longitudinal study examines the extent to which prenatal family- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors influence the cardiometabolic health of low-income Mexican American children. It was hypothesized that prenatal maternal residence in a more economically disadvantaged neighborhood and more family-level economic hardship would each be associated
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Changing medication-related beliefs: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Elizabeth Sheils,William Tillett,Delyth James,Sarah Brown,Charlotte Dack,Hannah Family,Sarah C E Chapman
OBJECTIVE Medication-related beliefs, for example, beliefs that medicines are unnecessary or that side effects are likely, can influence medication behaviors and experiences, potentially impacting quality of life and mortality. At times, it may be useful to change medication-related beliefs, for example, to reduce patients' concerns about side effects when extensive evidence suggests side effects are
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Understanding and reducing inappropriate antibiotic use in the context of delayed prescriptions. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Ana Paula Santana,Lars Korn,Cornelia Betsch,Eva M Krockow,Elisabeth D C Sievert,Marina Gross,Maxine Pepper,Robert Böhm
OBJECTIVE Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat perpetuated by the overprescribing of antibiotics in primary care. One strategy to reduce antibiotic use in this setting is delayed prescribing. However, several psychological factors might undermine its effectiveness. The aim of the study was to test whether different interventions aiming at helping patients to manage diagnostic uncertainty
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The nocebo effect across health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Tessa Rooney,Louise Sharpe,Jemma Todd,Biya Tang,Ben Colagiuri
OBJECTIVE The nocebo effect represents a growing concern in clinical settings. Nocebo effects occur when the treatment context generates negative expectancies that trigger the experience or worsening of negative symptoms beyond any effects attributable to the treatment itself. Despite being identified in a range of outcomes and conditions, from pain to Parkinson's disease, there has not been an attempt
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Cultural difference in the role of communion in coping with COVID-19. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Minjoo Joo,Susan E Cross,Sun W Park
OBJECTIVE People are overwhelmed with COVID-19 news every day, which induces stress but also makes people feel connected to others. The present study examined two conflicting pressures of COVID-19-stress and communion-on the link between COVID-19 saliency and psychological consequences in two cultures. Specifically, we aimed to examine whether COVID-19 saliency and daily emotional experiences are mediated
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Meaning-reconstruction factors and well-being in cancer survivor-caregiver dyads: Daily associations and mechanisms. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Aleksandra Kroemeke,Małgorzata Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka
OBJECTIVE The study aimed to expand the existing research on the meaning-making processes in cancer by examining (a) the relationship between daily meaning making and meanings made versus the emotional and social well-being in survivor-caregiver dyads, (b) whether meanings made moderated or mediated the meaning-making-well-being associations at the within- and between-dyad level, and (c) whether meaning
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COVID-19 protective behaviors: A longitudinal study applying an extended protection motivation theory. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Urte Scholz,Tania Bermudez,Alexandra M Freund
OBJECTIVE Behavioral measures have proven indispensable to slow down the spread of COVID-19. However, adopting new health behaviors is generally challenging. This study aimed at identifying determinants of adopting protective behaviors over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. To explain adherence to protective behaviors over time, this study applied an extended version of the protection motivation
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Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Adam O'Riordan,Stephen Gallagher,Siobhán Howard
OBJECTIVES Type D personality has been associated with adverse cardiovascular health, with atypical cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress considered a possible mechanism of effect. However, studies examining Type D personality and cardiovascular reactions to acute stress have yielded mixed findings. Here, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analyses to examine if, and under what conditions
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Health equity is not possible without addressing disparities. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Monica Webb Hooper,Eliseo J Pérez-Stable
Health equity is the aspirational assurance of optimal health for all. Synonymous with fair and just opportunities for physical and mental health, equity work reflects intentional efforts to remove access barriers and allocate high-quality, need-based resources. Health equity is not possible without meaningful reductions in disparities-and evaluating progress goes further to describe, assess, and continuously
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Constant vigilance: The impact of weight stigma, vigilance, and internalization on maladaptive eating behaviors. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Karen E Wetzel,Mary S Himmelstein
OBJECTIVE Weight stigma (social devaluation because of weight) and weight bias internalization (self-stigma due to weight) have been independently implicated in maladaptive eating, which ultimately contributes to poor cardiometabolic health. Additionally, vigilance (being on the lookout for social devaluation) is connected to stress, poor sleep, and depression. Most research considers these factors
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Longitudinal relationships between lifestyle risk factors and neurodevelopment in early adolescence. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Louise Mewton,Sarah Davies,Matthew Sunderland,Katrina Champion,Nicholas Hoy,Nicola Newton,Maree Teesson,Lindsay M Squeglia
OBJECTIVE The goal of this study is to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between clustered lifestyle risk factors (sleep, physical activity, body mass index [BMI], and screen time) and neurodevelopment over the early adolescent period. METHOD Data from the ABCD Study Data Release 3.0 consisted of 11,878 participants (aged 9-10 years) at baseline and 6,571 participants (aged
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Psychological functioning of childhood cancer survivors: Longitudinal associations with the parental context. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Elise Van Laere,Koen Raymaekers,Sofie Prikken,Jurgen Lemiere,Janne Vanderhaegen,Trui Vercruysse,Anne Uyttebroeck,Koen Luyckx
OBJECTIVE The long-term psychological effects of childhood cancer vary, with childhood cancer survivors reporting depressive symptoms, fear of cancer recurrence, and benefit finding. As cancer is considered a family disease, investigating the parental context may provide insight into such individual differences in psychological functioning of survivors. This study examined the directionality of effects
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COVID-19 family dynamics and health protective behavior adherence: A 16-wave longitudinal study. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Gregory M Fosco,Hyanghee Lee,Mark E Feinberg,Shichen Fang,Carlie J Sloan
OBJECTIVE Health-protective behavior (HPB) adherence (wearing protective face masks, social distancing, and increased handwashing) plays a critical role in reducing infectious disease transmission; yet factors underlying HPB adherence are not well understood. Most research focuses on individual factors-beliefs about susceptibility, severity, and HPB efficacy; however, understanding parent and child
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Using decision analysis for intervention value efficiency to select optimized interventions in the multiphase optimization strategy. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Jillian C Strayhorn,Charles M Cleland,David J Vanness,Leo Wilton,Marya Gwadz,Linda M Collins
OBJECTIVE Optimizing multicomponent behavioral and biobehavioral interventions presents a complex decision problem. To arrive at an intervention that is both effective and readily implementable, it may be necessary to weigh effectiveness against implementability when deciding which components to select for inclusion. Different components may have differential effectiveness on an array of outcome variables
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Introduction to the special issue on vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Robert A Bednarczyk,Mary Amanda Dew,Trevor A Hart,Kenneth E Freedland,Peter G Kaufmann
This is an introduction to the special issue "Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal." This special issue of Health Psychology examines various aspects of vaccine hesitancy using a health psychology lens. The timing of this issue, following a call for papers issued in the summer of 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, is reflected in the focus on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the papers included here
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Assessing fear of complications in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with the Fear of Diabetes Complications Questionnaire. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Andreas Schmitt,Dominic Ehrmann,Nadine Kuniss,Nicolle Müller,Bernhard Kulzer,Norbert Hermanns
OBJECTIVE Fear of diabetes complications (FDC) is a common source of emotional distress in people with diabetes across types and treatments and may affect health outcomes. To assess FDC, the Fear of Diabetes Complications Questionnaire (FDCQ) was developed. This study evaluates the FDCQ's German version in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHOD A German version of the FDCQ
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Early adversity and cardiovascular stress response: Stress reactivity or sensitivity to context. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Christopher J Wendel,Jenny M Cundiff,Matthew R Cribbet,Jason A DeCaro
OBJECTIVE The stress reactivity hypothesis (SRH) posits that stressful early environments contribute to exaggerated stress responses, which increase risk for later cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, recent studies have revealed conflicting associations. The current study examined whether the biological sensitivity to context theory (BSCT) or SRH is a more accurate description of associations between
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Correction to Maheu et al. (2023). Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-13
Reports an error in "Fear of cancer recurrence therapy (FORT): A randomized controlled trial" by Christine Maheu, Sophie Lebel, Lori J. Bernstein, Christine Courbasson, Mina Singh, Sarah E. Ferguson, Cheryl Harris, Lynne Jolicoeur, Lorena Baku, Linda Muraca, Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar, Frederic Lamonde, Monique Lefebvre, Christina Tomei, Brittany Mutsaers, Scott Secord, Joanne Power, Nancy Drummond
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Curb the spread: Leveraging intensive longitudinal data to unravel within- and between-person processes in adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Christopher M Jones,Stuart G Ferguson,Daryl B O'Connor,Benjamin Schüz
OBJECTIVES Adhering to behavioral recommendations and nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) is a key to control COVID-19 infection rates. However, rates have decreased globally, and potentially modifiable determinants of ongoing adherence and their interaction with social and physical momentary environments are still poorly understood. Here, we comprehensively examine within-person variations and
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Association between psychosocial factors and C-reactive protein across income, race, and sex. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Jenny M Cundiff,Aleena Bennett,Adrian Williams,Mary Cushman,Virginia J Howard
OBJECTIVE A health disparity is a health difference that adversely affects disadvantaged populations, and thus could plausibly be due to social factors. Biopsychosocial processes that contribute to health disparities are not well-understood. Establishing whether candidate biomarkers are similarly associated with biologically relevant psychosocial constructs across health disparity groups is a current
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Race, cortisol, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9- to 11-year-old children. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Brooks B Gump,Bryce Hruska,Kevin Heffernan,Lynn S Brann,Margaret Voss,Charlotte Labrie-Cleary,Hana Cheng,James A MacKenzie,Sarah Woolf-King,Stephen Maisto,Kestutis Bendinskas
BACKGROUND Non-Hispanic Black Americans have a greater risk for certain subtypes of cardiovascular disease (CVD; e.g., stroke and heart failure) relative to non-Hispanic White Americans. Moreover, Black relative to White adults consistently show elevated cortisol, a CVD risk. The impact of race, environmental stress, and cortisol on subclinical CVD has yet to be fully researched in children. METHOD
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Tutorial on causal mediation analysis with binary variables: An application to health psychology research. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Shu Xu,Donna L Coffman,George Luta,Raymond S Niaura
Mediation analysis has been widely applied to explain why and assess the extent to which an exposure or treatment has an impact on the outcome in health psychology studies. Identifying a mediator or assessing the impact of a mediator has been the focus of many scientific investigations. This tutorial aims to introduce causal mediation analysis with binary exposure, mediator, and outcome variables,
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Impact of warm mindfulness on emotion regulation: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Richa Gawande,Lydia Smith,Alexandra Comeau,Timothy B Creedon,Caitlyn L Wilson,Todd Griswold,Benjamin L Cook,Eric B Loucks,Zev Schuman-Olivier
OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of mindfulness training for primary care (MTPC), an integrated warm mindfulness training program, on emotion regulation and its relationship with health behavior change. Interventions that improve self-regulation, particularly emotion regulation, are needed for the self-management of comorbid chronic physical and mental illnesses. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs)
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Psychological pathways explaining the prospective association between obesity and physiological dysregulation. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 I Gusti Ngurah Edi Putra,Michael Daly,Angelina Sutin,Andrew Steptoe,Eric Robinson
OBJECTIVE Obesity is associated with a range of negative psychological conditions that may also affect physiological health. Across two studies, we tested whether a range of psychological measures explain why obesity is prospectively associated with physiological dysregulation, measured via clinical indicators of cardiovascular, immune system, and metabolic function. METHOD We used comparable 4-year
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Network stressors, personal stressors, and ambulatory blood pressure in African-American women-Does superwoman schema play a role? Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Tené T Lewis,Rachel Parker,Raphiel Murden,Telisa Spikes,Christy Erving,Izraelle I McKinnon,Miriam E Van Dyke,Bianca Booker,Arshed Quyummi,Viola Vaccarino,Reneé H Moore
OBJECTIVE Life stressors have been linked to cardiovascular risk; however, studies typically focus on stressors that directly impact the individual, that is, personal stressors. Research suggests that women, particularly African-American women, may be more vulnerable to network stressors that involve family members and friends-potentially due to norms around needing to be a "Superwoman." Yet few studies
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Eating healthy under work stress: A gene stress interaction model. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Yiqun Gan,Lizhong Wang,Ralf Schwarzer,Gang Chen,Yueqin Hu
OBJECTIVE Some employees tend to eat less healthy food when under work stress, while others tend to maintain a healthy diet. The factors underlying these different dietary choices are not yet clear. Individual differences in people's reactions to environmental stress may help explain this phenomenon. This study proposed a Gene × Stress interaction model of dietary choice, suggesting that different
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E-cigarette weight and appetite control beliefs and e-cigarette initiation in young adults. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Afton Kechter,Melissa Wong,Tyler B Mason,Alayna P Tackett,Caitlin E Smith,Adam M Leventhal,Genevieve F Dunton,Jessica L Barrington-Trimis
E-cigarette use has increased among young adults, and emerging research suggests a subset of young adults report using e-cigarettes for appetite control/weight loss. The current article examined the association of e-cigarette weight control beliefs with subsequent e-cigarette initiation. Data were collected via online surveys from a prospective cohort study of young adults in Southern California (N
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The differential predictive utility of two caregiver-targeted self-efficacy measures to promote oral health of underserved children. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Derek J Hevel,Michelle Henshaw,Romano Endrighi,William G Adams,Timothy Heeren,Alexis Jankowski,Belinda Borrelli
OBJECTIVE Oral health self-efficacy is a modifiable determinant of early childhood caries, which is one of the most prevalent childhood diseases. Yet, two common measures of self-efficacy (i.e., context-specific and behavior-specific) lack validation and clarity in the prediction of children's oral health behaviors. This study examined the psychometric properties of two caregiver oral health self-efficacy
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Risk and protective factors in predicting pediatric acute postsurgical pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Cheryl H T Chow,Christy Yu,Wei Yu,Klement Yeung,Louis A Schmidt,Norman Buckley
OBJECTIVE Acute postsurgical pain (APSP), defined as pain within 3 months after surgery, is reported in most surgical pediatric patients, and a significant number of patients experience pain interfering with their daily life activities. We aimed to identify perioperative and psychosocial factors associated with APSP severity in pediatric patients undergoing surgery. METHOD MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL,
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A randomized controlled trial of an information intervention to bolster COVID-19 vaccination intention among people with purity concerns. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Catherine Chen,Zhihan Cui,Yixi Chen
OBJECTIVE Previous literature has indicated a strong negative correlation between the moral foundation of purity/sanctity and vaccination rates. The current research investigated how purity concerns impact COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and tested an information intervention to bolster vaccination intention among people with purity concerns. METHOD Study 1 surveyed 566 Republicans and Republican-leaning
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Omega-3 fatty acids reduce depressive symptoms only among the socially stressed: A corollary of the social signal transduction theory of depression. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Annelise A Madison,Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser,William B Malarkey,Martha A Belury
OBJECTIVE There is mixed evidence about whether omega-3 fatty acids reduce depressive symptoms. We previously reported that 4 months of omega-3 supplementation reduced inflammatory responsivity to a lab-based social stressor. In another study, we showed that those with exaggerated inflammatory responsivity to a social stressor had the greatest depressive symptom increases over time, especially if they
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Responses to a COVID-19 vaccination intervention: Qualitative analysis of 17K unsolicited SMS replies. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Eva Susanne Blazek,Ashley B West,Amy Bucher
The development of effective interventions for COVID-19 vaccination has proven challenging given the unique and evolving determinants of that behavior. A tailored intervention to drive vaccination uptake through machine learning-enabled personalization of behavior change messages unexpectedly yielded a high volume of real-time short message service (SMS) feedback from recipients. A qualitative analysis
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Psychological resources and incident hypertension in the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Jenna L Adamowicz,Miriam E Vélez-Bermúdez,Emily B K Thomas,Kiarri N Kershaw,Catarina I Kiefe,Norinna B Allen,Kara M Whitaker
OBJECTIVE Examining factors that may protect against the development of hypertension is critical, as hypertension is a major public health concern. We examined the individual and combined associations of psychological resources (optimism and mastery) on incident hypertension over 15 years. METHOD We used data from four exams of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study over
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The Physical Activity Regulation Scale: Development and validity testing. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Ryan E Rhodes,Alexander Lithopoulos
OBJECTIVE Behavioral regulation tactics used to manage actions after the formation of a physical activity (PA) intention are common to many theories, yet comprehensive measures of PA regulation are scant. PURPOSE To develop a reliable instrument of PA regulation and test predictive validity and its capacity to mediate the intention-PA relationship. METHOD To achieve a pool of candidate items, we used
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Implementing barbershop-based health-promotion interventions for Black men: A systematic scoping review. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Guillermo M Wippold,Sarah Grace Frary,Kaylyn A Garcia,Dawn K Wilson
OBJECTIVE Health-promotion efforts among Black men in the United States have been limited in their ability to recruit, retain, and produce meaningful health-related changes. These difficulties have led to Black men being referred to as a "hard-to-reach" population-a designation that places undue blame on these men as opposed to the dissemination and implementation strategies being used by health-promotion
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Sociocultural influences on alcohol expectancies in early adolescence: Findings from the ABCD study. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Mariana Sanchez,Marybel R Gonzalez,Alejandra Fernandez,Alexa Barton,Vanessa Diaz,Weize Wang
OBJECTIVE Alcohol expectancies (AE) during early adolescence predict early alcohol use initiation and problem drinking both cross-sectionally and prospectively well into adulthood. Yet, our understanding of the sociocultural factors associated with AE during this development period remains limited. This study examines associations between AE and sociocultural factors across various domains (i.e., individual
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A mixed-methods investigation into the us versus them mentality in Facebook groups for chronic pain. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Hallie Tankha,Bethany D Pester,Krista M Brumley,Annmarie Caño,Stephanie Tong,Emily Grekin,Julian Bruinsma,Jordan Gootee,Mark A Lumley
OBJECTIVE Social media groups for chronic pain have become increasingly popular, but the effects of these groups are largely unknown, and members may be exposed to both helpful and harmful group processes. We created a Facebook intervention for adults with chronic pain and used a mixed-methods design to evaluate the effects of group membership on social support, including examining social dynamics
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Life events and stress among young adults in weight gain prevention trial. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Jessica Gokee LaRose,Amy A Gorin,Katelyn Garcia,Jacqueline F Hayes,Deborah F Tate,Mark A Espeland,Cora E Lewis,Letitia Perdue,Erica Robichaud,Karen Hatley,Rena R Wing
OBJECTIVE Young adults (YAs) are at high risk for weight gain and show high variability in treatment response. Life events and high perceived stress are common in YAs and could drive less favorable outcomes. The goal was to examine whether life events and stress were related to program engagement and weight outcomes in a weight gain prevention trial for YAs. METHOD Secondary analysis from the Study
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Combined effects of cumulative stress and daily stressors on daily health. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Brook L Haight,Luke Peddie,Alexandra D Crosswell,Benjamin A Hives,David M Almeida,Eli Puterman
OBJECTIVE It has been proposed that cumulative stress, one's experience of chronic stressors across multiple domains, worsens health by altering the extent to which daily stressors impact daily affect and physical symptoms. Recent work confirms that high cumulative stress exacerbates the association between daily stressor exposure and increased daily negative affect, though it remains untested the
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Structural equation model of intersectional microaggressions, discrimination, resilience, and mental health among black women with hiv. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Sannisha K Dale,C Mindy Nelson,Ian A Wright,Kayla Etienne,Kimberly Lazarus,Nadine Gardner,Roxana Bolden,Layomi Adeojo,Jordan Patrick,Chelsie Wallen,Jingxin Liu,Gail Ironson,Maria L Alcaide,Steven Safren,Daniel Feaster
OBJECTIVE Compared to non-Black women, Black women in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with HIV, living with HIV, and have suboptimal HIV outcomes, disparities largely linked to structural and psychosocial factors that may impact mental health. METHOD 151 Black women living with HIV (BWLWH) enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study completed baseline assessments between October 2019
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Effects of diagnosis threat on cognitive complaints after COVID-19. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Daniella Winter,Yoram Braw
OBJECTIVE The term "long-COVID" refers to the persistence of neurological symptoms after being ill with COVID-19 (e.g., headaches, fatigue, and attentional impairment). Providing information about long-COVID (i.e., "diagnosis threat") increased subjective cognitive complaints among recovered COVID-19 patients compared with those exposed to neutral information (Winter & Braw, 2022). Notably, this effect
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The effectiveness of nonfinancial interventions and monetary incentives on COVID-19 vaccination: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Yi Huang,Xin Huang,Rongjun Yu
OBJECTIVE Although mass vaccination is critical for curbing the spread of COVID-19 and saving lives, vaccine rates remain suboptimal in most countries, calling for effective behavioral interventions to promote vaccinations. Nonfinancial behavioral interventions and monetary incentives are commonly used to promote COVID-19 vaccination but their effects are mixed. METHOD Articles were searched in the
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eHealth weight loss interventions for adults with low income: A systematic review. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Taylor L Clark,Kimberly L Savin,Perla Perez-Ramirez,Tania Valdez,Gloria Toba,Linda C Gallo
OBJECTIVE There is a tremendous opportunity for electronic health services (eHealth) to reach adults with low income who want to participate in weight loss interventions, but face barriers in access. This review (a) synthesizes and presents results from all studies evaluating the effectiveness of eHealth weight loss interventions for adults with low income and (b) describes the strategies used to tailor
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Coconstruction of adjunct behavioral interventions to bariatric surgery: The INTER-Change program. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Annabelle Fortin,Kim L Lavoie,Tair Ben-Porat,Reyhaneh Yousefi,Sandra Peláez,Anne-Sophie Studer,Simon L Bacon
OBJECTIVE The INTER-Change program aims to use systematic frameworks to develop adjunct behavioral interventions to enhance long-term behavior change and improve outcomes in patients undergoing bariatric surgery (BS). This paper details the program strategies and how engagement of interested parties is shaping the research. METHOD The core elements of this work include: (a) A living systematic review
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Mediation analysis of conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiments on vaccine willingness. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Angélique M Blackburn,Hyemin Han,Rebekah A Gelpí,Sabrina Stöckli,Alma Jeftić,Brendan Ch'ng,Karolina Koszałkowska,David Lacko,Taciano L Milfont,Yookyung Lee,COVIDiSTRESS Ii Consortium,Sara Vestergren
OBJECTIVE Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood. METHOD In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June and August 2021 in 43 countries (N = 15,740) to investigate the roles of trust in government and science in shaping vaccine attitudes and willingness to be vaccinated
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Can the capabilities, opportunities and motivations model predict health behavior 1 year later? Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Christopher J Armitage,Kevin J Munro
OBJECTIVE The capabilities (C), opportunities (O) and motivations (M) model of behavior (B) change (COM-B) is designed to capture the key features of numerous models of behavior change, but little is known about its predictive validity. The present study tests the predictive validity of COM-B prospectively in the domain of attending hearing screening. METHOD 6,000 adults, representative of the U.K
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Effectiveness of hospital clowning on pediatric anxiety and pain: Network meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Laura Caci,Thea Zander-Schellenberg,Heike Gerger
OBJECTIVE Anxiety and pain during medical procedures may have adverse short and long-term consequences. We summarize the effectiveness of hospital clown interventions, as compared with medication, the presence of a parent, standard care, and other non-pharmacological distraction interventions on anxiety and pain in minors undergoing medical procedures. METHOD Randomized trials were identified in PsycINFO
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Health literacy, social cognition constructs, and health behaviors and outcomes: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Kaylyn McAnally,Martin S Hagger
OBJECTIVE Observed disparities in health behaviors and outcomes may be associated with socio-structural variables and individuals' beliefs concerning health behaviors. We proposed and tested a model in which the effects of health literacy, an independent predictor, on two target outcomes, health behavior participation and health-related outcomes, were mediated by belief-based constructs from social
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Health change awareness and its association with weight loss following bariatric surgery. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Michael B Wolfe,Todd J Williams,Elizabeth N Dewey,James E Mitchell,Alfons Pomp,Bruce M Wolfe
OBJECTIVE Patients' ability to judge health change over time has important clinical implications for treatment, but is understudied in longitudinal contexts with meaningful health change. We assess patients' awareness of health change for 5 years following bariatric surgery, and its association with weight loss. METHOD Participants were part of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (N =
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on screen time and sleep in early adolescents. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Orsolya Kiss,Jason M Nagata,Massimiliano de Zambotti,Anthony Steven Dick,Andrew T Marshall,Elizabeth R Sowell,Amandine Van Rinsveld,Mathieu Guillaume,William E Pelham,Marybel R Gonzalez,Sandra A Brown,Gayathri J Dowling,Krista M Lisdahl,Susan F Tapert,Fiona C Baker
OBJECTIVE During the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents and families have turned to online activities and social platforms more than ever to maintain well-being, connect remotely with friends and family, and online schooling. However, excessive screen use can have negative effects on health (e.g., sleep). This study examined changes in sleep habits and recreational screen time (social media, video gaming)
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Perceptions of social circle vaccine acceptance and COVID-19 vaccine initiation among postpriority vaccine eligible adults. Health Psychology (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Ashley Phelps,Paul L Sparks,Kayla de la Haye,Lindsay E Young
OBJECTIVES COVID-19 vaccines in the United States were made available to the general public aged 16 years and older in April 2021, but uptake in the months following was variable. We aimed to investigate this variability as a function of interpersonal factors, namely perceived social circle vaccine acceptance and proximity to illness, controlling for intrapersonal factors more often associated with