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Health Psychology Volume 20 Issue 2

Subject Areas: Medicine (miscellaneous); ; ;
Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association
ISSN: 0278-6133
SJR: 171

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Explaining Retrospective Reports of Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: Anxiety, Initial Symptom Experience, and Posttreatment Symptoms

Rabin, Carolyn; Ward, Sandra; Leventhal, Howard; Schmitz, Mark

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.91

This study evaluated different perspectives on the relationship of trait anxiety to symptom report. Baseline trait anxiety was related to (a) initial symptoms reported 2 days after beginning chemotherapy, (b) posttreatment symptoms reported 2 days after cessation of medication, and (c)...
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Smoking and Moods in Adolescents With Depressive and Aggressive Dispositions: Evidence From Surveys and Electronic Diaries

Whalen, Carol K.; Jamner, Larry D.; Henker, Barbara; Delfino, Ralph J.

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.99

Surveys and electronic diaries were used to examine depressive and externalizing dispositions as they relate to smoking and moods in 170 early adolescents. Negative moods were prevalent, with anger and anxiety reported on 26%–60% and sadness on 16%–40% of occasions. The risk of smoking, urges to...
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II With Primary Care Medical Patients

Arnau, Randolph C.; Meagher, Mary W.; Norris, Margaret P.; Bramson, Rachel

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.112

This study evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) in a primary care medical setting. A principal-components analysis with Promax rotation indicated the presence of 2 correlated factors,...
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The Role of Behavioral Experience in Judging Risks

Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L.; Millstein, Susan G.; Ellen, Jonathan M.; Adler, Nancy E.; Tschann, Jeanne M.; Biehl, Michael

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.120

This study used conditional risk assessments to examine the role of behavioral experiences in risk judgments. Adolescents and young adults (ages 10–30; N = 577) were surveyed on their risk judgments for natural hazards and behavior-linked risks, including their personal experiences with these...
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Identifying Trajectories of Adolescent Smoking: An Application of Latent Growth Mixture Modeling

Colder, Craig R.; Mehta, Paras; Balanda, Kevin; Campbell, Richard T.; Mayhew, Kathryn P.; Stanton, Warren R.; Pentz, Mary Ann; Flay, Brian R.

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.127

The goal of the current study was to identify discrete longitudinal patterns of change in adolescent smoking using latent growth mixture modeling. Five distinct longitudinal patterns were identified. A group of early rapid escalators was characterized by early escalation (at age 13) that rapidly...
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Accuracy of Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment: What Is the Benefit of Incorporating Patients' Preferences for Domain Functioning?

Gorbatenko-Roth, Kristina G.; Levin, Irwin P.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M.; Doebbeling, Bradley N.

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.136

This study investigated the accuracy benefit of incorporating patients' preferences for domains of functioning into health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement. Using policy-capturing techniques, 102 medical outpatients judged the HRQOL of 16 scenarios describing varying levels of...
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Psychological Factors and Depressive Symptoms in Ischemic Heart Disease

Shnek, Zachary M.; Irvine, Jane; Stewart, Donna; Abbey, Susan

2001 Health Psychology

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.141

The aim of this study was to determine whether learned helplessness, cognitive distortions, self-efficacy, and dispositional optimism assessed at Time 1 (T1; questionnaires mailed at 1 month postdischarge) would predict depressive symptoms at Time 2 (T2; questionnaires mailed at 1-year follow-up)...

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