International Journal of Behavioral Medicine This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Social Categorisation and Social Identification: The Mediating Role of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Adolescents Living with HIV
ConclusionThe negative experiences which adolescents living with HIV face can have an impact not only on their psychological wellbeing but also on their decision to disclose and seek support. These experiences may lead to social isolation and loneliness, an unintended consequence of their action in protecting themselves from the conditions created by the structures/environment in which they live. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

17th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine
(Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The Impact of Digital Mental Health Services on Loneliness and Mental Health: Results from a Prospective, Observational Study
ConclusionsThis study confirms previous findings of the high prevalence of loneliness among adults and risk factors for increased loneliness. Findings highlight the potential of digital platforms to reach lonely individuals and alleviate loneliness through remote mental health support. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Associations of Social Support with Sexual Practices, Health Behaviours, and Health Outcomes Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
ConclusionThis study highlights the protective role of tangible support in an environment of widespread poverty, and the additional effect of combining tangible support with non-tangible support. The findings strengthen recent evidence on the benefits of combining support in the form of cash and food with psychosocial care in mitigating risk behaviours associated with HIV and negative health outcomes among young women. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

An Intervention Program Using the Health Belief Model to Modify Lifestyle in Coronary Heart Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial
ConclusionsThis HBM-based behavior modification program improved both lifestyle and clinical measures in patients with CHD. Utilizing this program in patients with other cardiovascular diseases may in the future demonstrate similar results. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

In the Interest of Time: Assessing the Role of Resilience Across an Intergenerational Sample of People Living with HIV
ConclusionPLWH are a heterogeneous population where engagement in distinct processes of resilience may have important implications for optimal social and health outcomes. Better understanding of the distinct and diverse pathways through which PLWH engage in resilience may inform interventions promoting optimal well-being. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

What Promotes Positive Parenting During Breast Cancer? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Social Support, Emotion Regulation, and Meaning in Life
ConclusionsOur study suggests that promoting meaning in life and friend support may be key to helping mothers to sustain positive parenting behaviors throughout their cancer treatment. Future research may examine whether psychosocial interventions which foster meaning in life and friend support impact positive parenting among mothers with BC. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Associations for Sense of Purpose with Smoking and Health Outcomes Among Adults with Diabetes
ConclusionThese results highlight the relationship of a key individual difference, sense of purpose, to the behaviors and outcomes of adults with diabetes. While more research is needed to determine the boundaries of this relationship, it seems sense of purpose may be considered in the future as a potential target for intervention. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Examining Pathways from Food Insecurity to Safer Sex Efficacy Among Northern and Indigenous Adolescents in the Northwest Territories, Canada
ConclusionsFindings call for structural interventions to address food insecurity, alongside resilience-focused strategies that address the intersection of sexual and mental health. Sexual health strategies focused on individual behavior change are insufficient to address larger contexts of poverty among Northern youth. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research