Persistent, High Levels of Social Jetlag Predict Poor Weight Outcomes in a Weight Gain Prevention Study for Young adults
ConclusionsHigh SJL is associated with greater weight gain over time. Reducing SJL may positively impact weight status in young adults. (Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Diabetes stress contagion among romantic partners: a daily diary investigation
We examined the extent to which romantic partners of PWD (n = 199) identified their most significant daily stressor as diabetes-related (i.e., partner diabetes stress) using a 14-day daily diary design. Utilizing a communal coping framework, we examined appraisal and communication as predictors of partner diabetes stress and examined links of partner di abetes stress to supportive/unsupportive behavior and mood by assessing each construct daily. We also examined whether a survey measure of partner anxious attachment moderated these links. Results showed that viewing diabetes as a shared problem and greater diabetes com...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - July 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Day-level associations of physical activity and sedentary time in mother –child dyads across three years: a multi-wave longitudinal study using accelerometers
This study examined the extent to which mothers’ and their children’s device-measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and se dentary time (SDT) were associated at the day level during non-school time. Mother–child dyads (N = 193; baseline Mean ages = 40.69 ± 6.11 [mother] and 9.57 ± 0.89 [child] years) provided 3,135 paired days of accelerometry data from six bi-annual waves across three years. Contro lling for covariates, multilevel models revealed that mothers’ and their children’s MVPA and SDT were positively associated at the day level during non-school time, both on weekdays ...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Getting under the skin: long-term links of adolescent peer relationship difficulties to adult vagal tone
This study sought to examine the extent to which difficulties establishing positive social relationships from adolescence onward serve as long-term predictors of low adult vagal tone, which in turn has been linked to numerous long-term health problems. A diverse community sample of 141 individuals was followed via multiple methods and reporters from age 13 to 29. Across this span, social relationship quality was assessed via close friend and peer reports, observations of romantic interactions, and self-reported romantic relationship satisfaction. A range of potential personality and functional covariates was also considere...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The mediating role of scientifical-medical satisfaction between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccine confidence: a two-waves structural equation model
This study aimed to analyse the relationships among between vaccine confidence, conspir acy beliefs about COVID-19, and satisfaction with science and medicine in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal observational survey was administered to a convenience sample (n = 544; mean age 52.76 y.o., SD = 15.11; females 46.69%) from the Italian general population. A two-waves m ediation model—a structural equation model technique—was used. The survey was part of a larger international project (https://osf.io/qy65b/). The model highlighted that the conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 had a negative effect on the s...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Anxiety sensitivity and Pain Experience: a prospective investigation among World Trade Center Responders
AbstractChronic pain is a significant public health problem and is exacerbated by stress. The World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster represents a unique stressor, and responders to the WTC disaster are at increased risk for pain and other health complaints. Therefore, there is a significant need to identify vulnerability factors for exacerbated pain experience among this high-risk population. Anxiety sensitivity (AS), defined as fear of anxiety-related sensations, is one such vulnerability factor associated with pain intensity and disability. Yet, no work has tested the predictive effects of AS on pain, limiting conclusions reg...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Medical avoidance among marginalized groups: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
AbstractMedical avoidance is common among U.S. adults, and may be emphasized among members of marginalized communities due to discrimination concerns. In the current study, we investigated whether this disparity in avoidance was maintained or exacerbated during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the likelihood of avoiding medical care due to general-, discrimination-, and COVID-19-related concerns in an online sample (N = 471). As hypothesized, marginalized groups (i.e., non-White race, Latinx/e ethnicity, non-heterosexual sexual orientation, high BMI) endorsed more general- and discrimination-related medi...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A novel psychometric approach to assessing intersectional hiv stigma: the geometric intersectional stigma scales
AbstractRecent advances in stigma theories have emphasized intersectionality, but there are currently few approaches to measuring intersectional HIV stigma. Here we present a novel approach to assessing intersectional HIV stigma. Black/African American sexual minority men living with HIV (N = 437) completed newly developed measures of enacted and anticipated stigma along with a battery of instruments to examine construct validity. For each endorsed stigma item, participants rated three personal attributes ascribed to the stigma experiences, specifically race, same-sex sexual behav ior, and HIV status. Based on the not...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Is a cigarette brand with fewer chemicals safer? Public perceptions in two national US experiments
AbstractBy law, the US government must publicly display the quantities of harmful chemicals in cigarettes by brand, but doing so could mislead people to incorrectly think that some cigarettes are safer than others. We evaluated formats for presenting chemical quantities side-by-side to see if any were misleading. We recruited US convenience (n = 604) and probability (n = 1440) samples. We randomized participants to 1 of 5 formats: checklist, point estimates, ranges, a visual risk indicator, or no-quantity control. Participants were far more likely to incorrectly endorse one cigarette brand as riskier than the other...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The Effect of Science-Related Populism on Vaccination Attitudes and Decisions
In conclusion, limitations and directions for future research are addressed. (Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Predicting college students ’ COVID-19 vaccination behavior: an application of the extended parallel process model
AbstractThe two studies reported in the paper examined (1) the extended parallel process model ’s (EPPM; Witte 1992) ability to predict and explain college students’ COVID-19 vaccination behavior, and (2) the EPPM-related reasons for college students’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Study 1 was a longitudinal study that measured the EPPM constructs at Time 1 and COVID-19 vaccine behavior tw o months later at Time 2. For danger control, results indicate that perceived threat and perceived efficacy positively predicted intentions and that intentions positively predicted behavior. For fear control, results indicate that per...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
HPV and COVID-19 vaccines: Social media use, confidence, and intentions among parents living in different community types in the United States
AbstractOur study measured parental confidence and intention/uptake of two adolescent vaccines (HPV and COVID-19), focusing on differences among community types including urban, suburban, and rural. Although social media provides a way for misinformation to spread, it remains a viable forum for countering misinformation and engaging parents with positive vaccine information across community types. Yet, little is understood about differences in social media use and vaccine attitudes and behaviors for parents living in rural, suburban and urban areas. We sought to determine how to better reach parents living in different c...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected general vaccination hesitancy? Findings from a national study
AbstractExtensive media coverage and potential controversy about COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic may have affected people ’s general attitudes towards vaccination. We sought to describe key psychological antecedents related to vaccination and assess how these vary temporally in relationship to the pandemic and availability of COVID-19 vaccination. As part of an ongoing online study, we recruited a national (U.S.) sam ple of young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (N = 1,227) between October 2019 and June 2021, and assessed the “4Cs” (antecedents of vaccination; range = 1–5). Overal...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - May 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Scaling up the discovery of hesitancy profiles by identifying the framing of beliefs towards vaccine confidence in Twitter discourse
AbstractOur study focused on the discovery of how vaccine hesitancy is framed in Twitter discourse, allowing us to recognize at-scale all tweets that evoke any of the hesitancy framings as well as the stance of the tweet authors towards the frame. By categorizing the hesitancy framings that propagate misinformation, address issues of trust in vaccines, or highlight moral issues or civil rights, we were able to empirically recognize their ontological commitments. Ontological commitments of vaccine hesitancy framings couples with the stance of tweet authors allowed us to identify hesitancy profiles for two most controversial...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - May 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
HPV vaccine delay and refusal among unvaccinated Mexican American young adult women: a qualitative investigation of Mexican-born and US-born HPV vaccine decision narratives
AbstractLow HPV vaccination rates among Latina young adults perpetuate HPV-associated cancer disparities. Using qualitative methods, this study explored individual, interpersonal, and community factors that influence HPV vaccine delay and refusal among Mexican- and U.S.-born Mexican American young adult women. Participants (N = 30) between 18 and 26 years old were purposively sampled from two federally qualified health centers in Orange County, California. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities research framework and narrative engagement theory guided semi-structured phone interviews coded in...
Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine - May 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
