Laughter and short-term blood pressure reactivity in middle-aged and older adult spousal support interactions.
Conclusions: In social support interactions, targets’ laughter may have short-term blood pressure benefits for caregiving spouses and distress reducing benefits for both spouses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How family history of premature myocardial infarction affects patients at cardiovascular risk.
Conclusions: Participants with cardiovascular risk factors and FH-MI report increased distress, even years after the event, which might be one component leading to their increased CHD risk. They should be offered support for dealing with distress and life events recurring on sociotropy and avoidant coping as important diathesis factors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Self-compassion and subclinical cardiovascular disease among midlife women.
Conclusions: Self-compassion is associated with lower subclinical CVD. Associations were not explained by standard CVD risk factors nor by depressive symptoms. Future research should consider whether enhancing self-compassion improves women’s vascular health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Results everyone can understand: A review of common language effect size indicators to bridge the research-practice gap.
Conclusions: In general, CLES indicators are tools that can benefit health psychology because of their shared goals to aid practitioners in understanding research findings and making informed decisions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores in medically compromised patients: A scoping review.
Conclusions: Cognitive impairment as detected by the MoCA was shown in 34 of 36 studies to be associated with worse functional or medical status compared to those with better cognitive functioning across a variety of medical populations. Further research is needed to better understand how to best use the MoCA to potentially inform treatment planning in medical populations, including referral for more detailed neuropsychological evaluation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Does increasing autonomous motivation or perceived competence lead to health behavior change? A meta-analysis.
Conclusion: The present review suggests that autonomous motivation and perceived competence are valid targets for interventions to promote health behavior change but also indicates that research is warranted to ensure that interventions more effectively engage these targets. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Prediction of posttraumatic stress and depression one-month post-injury: A comparison of two screening instruments.
Conclusions: The ITSS and PDI each demonstrated significant clinical utility in practice. Use of both measures, versus either alone, likely does not produce sufficient added clinical benefit. Follow-up screening and/or ongoing symptom monitoring is recommended as an adjunct to brief bedside screening. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Medical responsibility growth in youth with spina bifida: Neuropsychological and parenting predictors.
Conclusion: Results indicated that youth with SB obtain increasing responsibility for their health care over time. The transfer of responsibility for SB management may differ based on individual (i.e., the child’s neuropsychological abilities) and family level (i.e., parenting behaviors) factors. Further research is needed to understand how growth in medical responsibility relates to changes in other aspects of SB self-management across development, such as medical adherence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Loneliness and immune gene expression in Korean adults: The moderating effect of social orientation.
Conclusion: The current finding highlights the role that individual variation in social orientation plays in modulating the risk of loneliness on adverse health outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Integrating headache trigger management strategies into cognitive-behavioral therapy: A randomized controlled trial.
Conclusions: The results suggest the value of using LCT as a component of a CBT program but were not conclusive as the direct comparisons between the two treatment conditions failed to reach statistical significance. The findings support a study of LCT/CBT with a larger sample. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Behavioral economic cigarette demand among individuals who smoke with and without obesity.
Objective: Obesity and cigarette smoking are leading preventable causes of mortality, with greater mortality risk when these disorders occur together. Comorbid obesity and cigarette smoking may affect the valuation of cigarettes. The present study examines the demand for cigarettes between obese and nonobese smokers. Method: Participants (N = 187) from four in-laboratory studies completed the hypothetical cigarette purchase task. According to self-reported height and weight, participants were assigned to either the obese group (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30) or to the nonobese group (BMI (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Sharing positive behavior change made during COVID-19 lockdown: A mixed-methods coproduction study.
Conclusions: The current study yields insights into achieving positive behavior change at a time of international crisis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Trajectories of resilience and posttraumatic stress in childhood cancer: Consistency of child and parent outcomes.
Conclusions: Resilience, depicted by low PTSS, is by far the most common outcome observed in both children and caregivers. However, the smaller subset with elevated PTSS do not show recovery over time, and are identified as a group in need of targeted interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Race, trust, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in people with opioid use disorder.
Conclusions: Proactive outreach from trustworthy sources will be needed to counter vaccine hesitancy in people with OUD, especially among Black Americans with OUD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Caregiver perceived financial strain during pediatric cancer treatment: Longitudinal predictors and outcomes.
Conclusions: On average caregivers perceive less financial strain over the first year of treatment; however, nonmarried caregivers and those with lower income are at risk for higher PFS over time, and PFS may contribute to psychological maladjustment in caregivers. Caregivers may benefit from psychosocial support focused on managing financial strain. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - December 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
