Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. We investigated general practitioners’ (GPs’) responses to patients’ concerns in chronic care consultations. Video recordings of 14 consultations were analyzed with conversation analysis. We found two categ…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. This study examined differences in the associations between food insecurity and serious psychological distress (SPD) by key sociodemographic factors in a population-based sample of low-income adults from th…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Many patients with advanced illness have unrealistic survival expectations, largely due to cognitive biases. Studies suggests that when people are motivated to be accurate, they are less prone to succumb to…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted millions of lives, with life stress and daily hassles having a potential impact on parent mental health. This study examined whether preventive health behaviors (e.g. soc…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) and self-reported Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in the general population. This study used linear regressions for analyses, based o…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The recognition and representation of BAME community as ‘high risk’ of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Male baldness is physically benign though it is increasingly described as a “disease” based on claims that it is profoundly distressing. The medicalization of baldness was assessed using data extracted from…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Does an individual’s risk profile predict their social distancing and mask wearing in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic? Common sense and some health behavior theories suggest that as a perceived threat…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Data from a longitudinal questionnaire investigation of three time waves were used to investigate affective and behavioral changes and their covariant relationship among Chinese general population during th…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The study aims to investigate Multiple Sclerosis (MS) experiences of couples. Using a dyadic qualitative method, separate simultaneous interviews were conducted with 20 couples, including one partner with M…