The effects of messaging on long COVID expectations: An online experiment.
We examined whether varying information about long COVID would affect expectations about the illness. Method: In October 2021, we conducted a 2 (Illness Description: long COVID vs. ongoing COVID-19 recovery) × 2 (Symptom Uncertainty: uncertainty emphasized vs. not emphasized) × 2 (Efficacy of Support: enhanced vs. basic support) between-subjects randomized online experimental study. Participants (N = 1,110) were presented with a scenario describing a positive COVID-19 test result, followed by one of eight scenarios describing a long COVID diagnosis and then completed outcome measures of illness expectations including: sy...
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Self-care behaviors and affect during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: Self-care behaviors continue to have mental health benefits during stressful environments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders. Negative affect can play an adaptive role during times of stress by facilitating self-care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The effects of messaging on long COVID expectations: An online experiment.
We examined whether varying information about long COVID would affect expectations about the illness. Method: In October 2021, we conducted a 2 (Illness Description: long COVID vs. ongoing COVID-19 recovery) × 2 (Symptom Uncertainty: uncertainty emphasized vs. not emphasized) × 2 (Efficacy of Support: enhanced vs. basic support) between-subjects randomized online experimental study. Participants (N = 1,110) were presented with a scenario describing a positive COVID-19 test result, followed by one of eight scenarios describing a long COVID diagnosis and then completed outcome measures of illness expectations including: sy...
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Self-care behaviors and affect during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: Self-care behaviors continue to have mental health benefits during stressful environments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders. Negative affect can play an adaptive role during times of stress by facilitating self-care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Value, implementation, and opportunities for cardiovascular behavioral medicine: A special issue commentary.
Behavioral and psychosocial factors related to the incidence, progression, and treatment of cardiovascular health, have seen increased attention in recent years, from scientific statements to a robust and growing body of literature. Despite this attention, and clear need to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease (CVD) the world over, implementation of cardiovascular behavioral medicine, specialty care that addresses behavioral and psychosocial risk factors among those with, or at risk for, CVD, remains limited. The current commentary discusses the contributions of the diverse body of science published in the Cardiovascul...
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
If not us, who? If not now, when? Paths forward in science, patient care, and training to maximize the impact of cardiovascular behavioral medicine.
One might expect that the provision of integrated cardiovascular care—an approach that treats people as more than their biology; that spans primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; and that is consistent with our understanding of behavioral and psychosocial factors as major drivers of chronic disease burden— would be the norm. This is clearly not the case, and this fact served as our central motivation for assembling this Special Issue of Health Psychology. The response to the Special Issue announcement as represented by the papers published here reflect where cardiovascular behavioral medicine (CVBM) has been, whe...
Source: Health Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Why rush to get vaccinated earlier?”: Regulatory focus and COVID-19 vaccination.
Conclusions: The present study illuminates how regulatory focus, especially promotion focus, can be a predictor of earlier vaccination. Our findings suggest that promotion-focused messages highlighting desirable outcomes of vaccination may help encourage earlier vaccination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Factors related to COVID-19 vaccination intention and uptake among childbearing women.
Conclusions: COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women is influenced by SDoH and perceptual factors. Particular attention should focus on persons with lower SES and Black/African American women who reported lower vaccination intention and uptake. Potential routes to increase vaccination in perinatal populations include reducing accessibility barriers and providing information about vaccine safety and efficacy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How do vaccination intentions change over time? The role of motivational growth.
Conclusions: Findings suggest that a growing sense of ownership and a reduction in distrust is critical for individuals to develop a stronger intention to get vaccinated, particularly when people had initially low vaccination intentions. We discuss conceptual, methodological, and practical implications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Lexical markers of cognitive reappraisal, bereavement, and proinflammatory cytokine production.
Conclusions: LD may have a buffering effect for this vulnerable population. This work elucidates novel dependencies among language, emotion, and health. This work identifies resilience factors and probes the translational value of LD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Tailored visuals, implementation interventions, and sun safe behavior: A longitudinal message experiment.
Conclusions: The results contribute to research on lay reactions to tailored visuals, implementation interventions, and theorizing the indirect effects of affect and cognition across time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Sexual minority–specific experiences of colorectal cancer survivors.
Conclusion: Addressing and counteracting sexual minority–specific and other lifetime discrimination experiences may be a pathway to improving sexual minority cancer survivors’ quality of care, quality of life, and psychological adjustment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Does interpretation bias moderate the relationship between pain and fear of cancer recurrence?
Health Psychology, Vol 41(11), Nov 2022, 874-883; doi:10.1037/hea0001217Objective: The Cancer Threat Interpretation model proposes that clinically significant fear of cancer recurrence/progression (FCR/P) can occur when people misinterpret ambiguous physical symptoms as a sign of recurrence. The aim of this research is to test whether interpretation biases moderate the relationship between pain and FCR/P in women with breast cancer, as predicted. Method: One hundred forty-seven women with breast cancer completed questionnaire measures of demographic and medical information, FCR/P, interpretation bias, and symptom burden, a...
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Sexual minority–specific experiences of colorectal cancer survivors.
Conclusion: Addressing and counteracting sexual minority–specific and other lifetime discrimination experiences may be a pathway to improving sexual minority cancer survivors’ quality of care, quality of life, and psychological adjustment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Does interpretation bias moderate the relationship between pain and fear of cancer recurrence?
Objective: The Cancer Threat Interpretation model proposes that clinically significant fear of cancer recurrence/progression (FCR/P) can occur when people misinterpret ambiguous physical symptoms as a sign of recurrence. The aim of this research is to test whether interpretation biases moderate the relationship between pain and FCR/P in women with breast cancer, as predicted. Method: One hundred forty-seven women with breast cancer completed questionnaire measures of demographic and medical information, FCR/P, interpretation bias, and symptom burden, as well as other known predictors of FCR/P. Results: Women with clinicall...
Source: Health Psychology - September 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
