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Current issues and new directions in psychology and health : what happened to behaviour in the decade of behaviour? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This editorial addresses two key aspects of the investigation of behaviour: the science and the application. On the one hand, researchers and policy makers recognise a need for good scientific evidence about behaviour and behaviour change, but are slow ...
Dixon, D.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Embodiment in social psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Psychologists are increasingly interested in embodiment based on the assumption that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are grounded in bodily interaction with the environment.
Simone Schnall   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Religiosidade e enfrentamento em contextos de saúde e doença: revisão da literatura Religiosity and coping in health and illness: a review

open access: yesPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2005
No contexto das práticas de saúde, observa-se alusão freqüente à influência de aspectos religiosos na cura e no tratamento de enfermidades. Nessa perspectiva, a interface entre religiosidade e enfrentamento tem sido investigada, principalmente nas ...
Juliana Bernardes de Faria   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reduction of Chronic Stress and Trait Anxiety by Inquiry of Cognitive Appraisals with the Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) Method

open access: yesOpen Psychology, 2019
Background: Chronic stress and anxiety can impair individuals’ health. Appraisal theories assume that stress and anxiety are experienced if individuals appraise a situation as threatening for their well-being.
Krispenz Ann, Dickhäuser Oliver
doaj   +1 more source

Stress Reduction in a High Stress Population: A Service-Learning Project

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2017
Psychology students delivered stress and coping workshops to homeless adolescent mothers as part of a college service-learning project. In this vulnerable and underserved population, stress reduction is critical. Service-learning was used as an avenue to
Kimberly J. McClure Brenchley   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

With a little help from my goals : integrating intergoal facilitation with the theory of planned behaviour to predict physical activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Reproduced with permission from British Journal of Health Psychology © The British Psychological Society 2010.Peer ...
Francis, Jill J   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Qualitative health psychology: Theories and methods

open access: yes, 2001
Qualitative Health Psychology aims to contribute to the debate about the nature of psychology and of science through ‘an examination of the role of qualitative research within health psychology’ (p. 3). The editors, in bringing together contributors from
Hepworth, Julie, Hepworth, J
core   +1 more source

Educational psychology for the effective management of medical-psycho-pedagogical centres: a correlation study

open access: yesОбразование и наука
Introduction. Educational psychology focuses on the psychological aspects of learning and teaching to optimise education by understanding how individuals develop skills and acquire knowledge in an educational context. Aim.
A. Kasmi, B. Touri
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term dropout from school and work and mental health in young adults in Norway: A qualitative interview-based study

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2018
School dropout is related to difficult life trajectories in Western society. Developing effective preventive interventions is urgent. Nevertheless, few studies have interviewed unemployed young adults in the aftermath of school dropout to understand ...
Gro Hilde Ramsdal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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