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{"title":"Bad situation, treat yourself: a qualitative exploration of the factors influencing healthy eating habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Christine A Pellegrini,&nbsp;Katherine DeVivo,&nbsp;Andrea T Kozak,&nbsp;Jessica L Unick","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2182307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2182307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore barriers and facilitators to healthy eating during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults enrolled in an internet-based weight loss program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adults in an internet-delivered weight loss program were recruited to participate. Participants completed online study surveys and a semi-structured interview via telephone between June 1, 2020 and June 22, 2020. The interview included questions to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced dietary behaviors. Constant comparative analysis was used to identify key themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants (<i>n</i> = 30) were primarily female (83%) and white (87%), 54.6 ± 10.0 years old, and had a mean body mass index of 31.1 ± 4.5 kg/m². Barriers included snacking/ease of access to food, eating as a coping mechanism, and lack of routine/planning. Facilitators included calorie control, regular routine/scheduling, and self-monitoring. General themes with eating were a change in eating out frequency or modality, cooking more, and changes in alcohol consumption.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Eating habits among adults enrolled in a weight loss program changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future weight loss programs and public health recommendations should consider modifying recommendations to place increased emphasis on strategies to overcome barriers to healthy eating and promote facilitators that may help with healthy eating, particularly during unexpected circumstances or events.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9987739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9082419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regulatory emotional self-efficacy and anxiety in times of pandemic: a gender perspective.","authors":"Esther Cuadrado,&nbsp;Manuel Rich-Ruiz,&nbsp;Tamara Gutiérrez-Domingo,&nbsp;Bárbara Luque,&nbsp;Rosario Castillo-Mayén,&nbsp;Joaquín Villaécija,&nbsp;Naima Z Farhane-Medina","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2022.2158831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2158831","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown and containment measures have instigated substantial changes in our daily lives and have affected many people's mental health. This paper reports two studies exploring gender-based differences with regard to the impact of COVID-related confinement on individuals' self-efficacy to regulate negative emotions (RESE-NE) and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study 1 (cross-sectional; 269 participants; 52% women) explored the evolution of RESE-NE and anxiety. To this end, participants assessed their status at two time points: a retrospective assessment of the period before confinement in Spain, and a current assessment during confinement. Study 2 (longitudinal; 114 participants; 72.2% women) explored the evolution of the variables by adding a post-confinement time point and analyzed the mediating role of RESE-NE in the positivity-anxiety and resilience-anxiety relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results confirmed that: (a) RESE-NE decreased and anxiety increased more among women than among men during confinement (Study 1); (b) women recovered their pre-pandemic levels of mental health more slowly than did men following confinement; and (c) the mediating role of RESE-NE could be observed in the two relationships under analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In practical terms, the research highlights the need to pay special attention to women undergoing mental health interventions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to the differential burden that the pandemic may entail for men and women and to the contrasting social roles traditionally attributed to them. From the gender differences identified, it is possible to infer how stereotypes and social roles influence the behavior and mental health of men and women, leading them to cope differently with stressful situations such as confinement.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9809367/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10494903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial challenges and coping strategies among people with minority gender and sexual identities in Zambia: health promotion and human rights implications.","authors":"Mataanana Mulavu,&nbsp;J Anitha Menon,&nbsp;Chama Mulubwa,&nbsp;Tulani Francis L Matenga,&nbsp;Hoa Nguyen,&nbsp;Karen MacDonell,&nbsp;Bo Wang,&nbsp;Oliver Mweemba","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2173201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2173201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual and gender minorities face high levels of stigma, discrimination, and violence. In many countries, they are often criminalized and are at risk of mental health challenges. In Zambia, little is known about the psychosocial challenges and coping strategies of sexual and gender minorities. This study sought to explore psychosocial challenges and coping strategies among sexual and gender minority populations in Lusaka, Zambia to inform mental health and human rights promotion for this population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study used a qualitative phenomenological study design. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 16 sexual and gender minority participants (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) and four key informants. The sexual minorities included four lesbian, five gay, and three bisexual participants while the gender minorities included two transgender men and two transgender women. Interviews with gender and sexual minorities were mostly focused on the lived experiences of participants, while those of key informants focused on their work with sexual and gender minorities. Snowball strategy was used to recruit participants, while purposive sampling was used to select key informants. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was carried out with the aid of Nvivo 12 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychosocial challenges included victimization in the form of threats and physical assault. Stigma and discrimination were experienced in different settings such as healthcare, the workplace, and school. Participants reported having experienced feelings of depression. Rejection from family members was experienced by those who revealed their sexual or gender minority status. Reported coping strategies included social support, self-concealment, listening to music, and substance use.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggests that sexual and gender minorities in Zambia experience various psychosocial challenges related to their sexuality and gender identity. To assist them cope better with the obstacles they experience, improved psychosocial counseling and mental health services are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9930791/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10767429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What's love got to do with it? Relationship quality appraisals and quality of life in couples facing cardiovascular disease.","authors":"Karen Bouchard,&nbsp;Alexandre Gareau,&nbsp;Paul S Greenman,&nbsp;Kathleen Lalande,&nbsp;Karolina Sztajerowska,&nbsp;Heather Tulloch","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2237564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2237564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Changes in couples' relationship quality are common post-cardiac event but it is unclear how relationship quality is linked to patients' and spouses' quality of life (QoL). The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between relationship quality on QoL in patient-spouse dyads within six months of a cardiac event.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (N = 181 dyads; 25.9% female patients), recruited from a large cardiac hospital, completed validated questionnaires measuring demographic, relationship (Dyadic Adjustment Scale; DAS) and QoL variables (Heart-QoL & Quality of life of Cardiac Spouses Questionnaire). An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model was used to investigate actor (i.e. responses influencing their own outcome) and partner effects (responses influencing their partner's outcome) of relationship quality and QoL.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients' and spouses' perceptions of relationship quality were in the satisfied range (DAS > 108; 65% of sample) and, as expected, patients reported lower general physical QoL than did their spouse (<i>t</i>₍₁₈₀₎ = -10.635, <i>p</i> < .001). Patient and spouse relationship quality appraisals were positively associated with their own physical (patient <i>β </i>= .25; spouse <i>β </i>= .05) and emotional/social (patient <i>β </i>= .21; spouse <i>β </i>= .04) QoL. No partner effects were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>High quality relationship appraisals appear to matter for patients' and spouses' QoL after the onset of CVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10360988/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10564735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the psychological wellbeing of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): increased risk of anxiety in women requiring insulin. A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Pilot Study.","authors":"Emma E Fraser,&nbsp;Kathryn J Ogden,&nbsp;Andrea Radford,&nbsp;Emily R Ingram,&nbsp;Joanne E Campbell,&nbsp;Amanda Dennis,&nbsp;Anne M Corbould","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2170378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2170378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) complicates ∼16% of pregnancies in Australia and has significant implications for health of both mother and baby. Antenatal anxiety and depression are also associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The interaction between GDM and mental health in pregnancy is poorly understood. With the aim of exploring the nuanced interaction between GDM and mental health further, we investigated whether GDM treatment modality (diet versus insulin) influenced psychological wellbeing in women with GDM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Psychological wellbeing was assessed in women with GDM treated with diet (GDM-Diet, <i>n</i> = 20) or insulin (GDM-Insulin, <i>n</i> = 15) and pregnant women without GDM (non-GDM, <i>n</i> = 20) using questionnaires [Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6), and in women with GDM, Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID)] at 24-34 weeks gestation and again at ∼36 weeks gestation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women in the GDM-insulin group had significantly higher levels of anxiety than the non-GDM group at both time points. Women in the GDM-Diet group had higher levels of anxiety at 24-34 weeks gestation than the non-GDM group but did not differ at ∼36 weeks gestation. Although depression scores tended to be higher in GDM-Insulin and GDM-Diet groups than in the non-GDM group at both time points, this was not statistically significant. Diabetes-related distress was similar in the GDM-Diet and GDM-Insulin groups at both time points and did not change during pregnancy. A high proportion of the GDM-Insulin group had past/current mental illness (60%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this pilot study GDM was associated with differences in psychological wellbeing, specifically increased anxiety in women treated with insulin. Specialised interventions to support women with GDM should be considered, especially those requiring insulin.<b>Trial registration:</b> Not applicable as this was a purely observational study.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10645257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Executive functioning as a moderator of flossing behaviour among young adults: a temporal self-regulation theory perspective.","authors":"Adam A Rogers,&nbsp;Anne E M Halvari,&nbsp;Jan-Are K Johnsen,&nbsp;Anne-Kristin Solbakk","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2249972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2249972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Flossing among young adults is often infrequent and barriers not completely understood. One explanation concerns the capacity for executive functioning (EF) during the self-regulation of behaviour.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using Temporal Self-Regulation Theory (TST) as a framework to explore EF, young adults from Norwegian universities completed a survey that measured monthly flossing frequency, flossing-related intentions and behavioural prepotency (BP), and EF using the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function - Adult Version (BRIEF-A).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 362 participants were analysed. The TST-model explained a substantial proportion of variance in monthly flossing (<i>R</i>² = 0<i>.</i>74), and flossing was associated directly with intention and BP, and interactions between intention and both BP and global-EF. Sub-domains of EF were explored using the same model, revealing that behavioural regulation processes, specifically those related to emotional control and shifting between tasks, offered better fit. Simple slopes revealed that moderation effects were only present at lower levels of BP.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>EF plays a role in moderating the translation of intentions into flossing behaviour. Specifically, emotional control and task-shifting appear to be influential, and this influence increases when habitual and environmental support (i.e. BP) is reduced. Overcoming EF-barriers may represent a key step in establishing flossing behaviours.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10188105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An ecological systems approach to the difficulties faced by social workers in community home-based care organisations for people living with HIV.","authors":"Maditobane Robert Lekganyane,&nbsp;Tsakani Salphinah Manganyi","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2236181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2236181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Social workers play an instrumental role in supporting vulnerable populations by among others, designing and implementing support programmes such as community home-based care (CHBC) for People Living with HIV (PLWHIV). Existing research studies have demonstrated their role in championing programmes like support groups, counselling services and material support to PLWHIV and their caregivers as well as the HIV prevention and other advocacy programmes across communities. Within the CHBC programmes for HIV, social workers' roles include supporting caregivers who care for PLWHIV to manage complex cases that are beyond their competencies and offering the necessary training on patient support. Although the contributions made by social workers in the field of HIV have immensely been documented in various parts of literature, less substantial attention has been given to their challenges particularly when working with PLWHIV through CHBC programmes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This qualitative research study was designed from exploratory and descriptive strategies and grounded on ecological systems theory to explore the challenges faced by social workers working with PLWHIV through the CHBC programmes. Thirteen social workers were sampled from South Africa's City of Tshwane Municipality (CTMM) through purposive and snowball techniques, to participate in semi-structured interviews of which the data were analysed thematically and verified according to Lincoln and Guba's data qualitative data verification strategies.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The findings highlighted several difficulties faced by social workers including difficulties associated with managing challenges faced by PLWHIV, dealing with uncooperative PLWHIV and lack of resources to effectively respond to their clients' needs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The conditions in which social workers render services to PLWHIV were highlighted by pointing to the complexities resulting from these challenges which further compromises the quality of services rendered to PLWHIV. For the success of HIV programmes, it is essential to support social workers through training, resources, community awareness and income-generating projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10355673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10192453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of hepatitis-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices on quality of life with the moderating role of internalized stigma among hepatitis B-positive patients in Pakistan.","authors":"Saba Ahmed,&nbsp;Rosario Yslado Méndez,&nbsp;Shaheryar Naveed,&nbsp;Shoaib Akhter,&nbsp;Iqra Mushtaque,&nbsp;Mareen A Malik,&nbsp;Waqar Ahmad,&nbsp;Roger Norabuena Figueroa,&nbsp;Ammar Younas","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2192782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2192782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to assess the Pakistani hepatitis B patients' knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards hepatitis management and the impact of self-management on the quality of life of hepatitis B patients as well as the moderating role of stigmatization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study design was used, and the data was collected from a total of 432 hepatitis B positive patients through a self-designed questionnaire. The studied subjects consisted of men (<i>n</i> = 205, 47%), women (<i>n</i> = 165, 38%), and transgender (<i>n</i> = 62, 14%). The obtained data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software version 26.0 for Windows.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the study participants was 48. Knowledge has a significant positive relationship with hepatitis self-management and quality of life, whereas knowledge has a negative relationship with stigmatization. Furthermore, multivariate analysis revealed that men were more knowledgeable about the disease than women and transgender people (6.14 ± 2.08 vs. 3.23 ± 1.61 vs. 1.03 ± 0.73, F = 8.2**, <i>p</i> = .000). On the scale of attitude and practice, significant gender differences were found. Women had more experience with hepatitis self-management than men or transgender (4.21 ± 13.0 vs. 2.17 ± 6.02 vs. 0.37 ± 0.31, F = 6.21**, <i>p</i> = .000). The regression analysis showed that self-management has a positive association with quality of life (B = 0.36, <i>p</i> = .001). The moderation analysis revealed that stigmatization negatively moderates the relationship between self-management and quality of life (B = -0.53, <i>p</i> = .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Generally, patients had good knowledge about the disease and its self-management. However, a societal and community-level awareness campaign should be organized on the quality of life and stigmatization of people with chronic illness regarding their human rights, dignity, and physical, mental, and social well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9242454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Anxiety, depression, and uncertainty appraisal and factors affecting uncertainty risk and opportunity appraisal of health care workers in Korea during the COVID-19 outbreak: Uncertainty risk and opportunity appraisal.","authors":"Soo Young An,&nbsp;Jong Sun Ok,&nbsp;Hyeongsu Kim","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2182306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2182306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Due to the prolonged period of COVID-19, the uncertainty related to COVID-19 is bound to increase for healthcare workers (HCWs) in tertiary medical institutions as much as for the HCWs in dedicated hospitals.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess anxiety, depression, and uncertainty appraisal, and to determine the factors affecting uncertainty risk and opportunity appraisal experienced by HCWs at the forefront of COVID-19 treatment.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The participants were HCWs at a tertiary medical center in Seoul. HCWs included medical (doctors, nurses) and non-medical (nutritionists, pathologists, radiologists, office workers, etc.) personnel. Self-reported structured questionnaires (patient health questionnaire, generalized anxiety disorder scale, and uncertainty appraisal) were obtained. Finally, responses from 1337 people were used to evaluate factors affecting uncertainty risk and opportunity appraisal using a quantile regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average ages of medical and non-medical HCWs were 31.69 ± 7.87 and 38.66 ± 11.42 years, and the proportion of females was high. The rates of moderate to severe depression (23.23%) and anxiety (6.83%) were higher in medical HCWs. The uncertainty risk score was higher than the uncertainty opportunity score for all the HCWs. Factors that increased uncertainty opportunity were a decrease in depression in medical HCWs and a decrease in anxiety in non-medical HCWs. Increase in age was directly proportional to uncertainty opportunity in both groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a need to devise a strategy to reduce uncertainty among HCWs who inevitably face various infectious diseases that appear in the near future. In particular, since there are various types of non-medical as well as medical HCWs in medical institutions who can prepare an intervention plan that comprehensively considers the characteristics of each occupation and the distribution of risks and opportunities of uncertainty will be able to improve the quality of life of HCWs and further promote the health of the people.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9970208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9368912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study.","authors":"Nana Manwanina Kiumba,&nbsp;Olivier Luminet,&nbsp;Betty Chang,&nbsp;Emmanuel Mopendo Mwisomi","doi":"10.1080/21642850.2023.2229411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2229411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> More than 300 peoples in the world consume edible insects either as a component of the traditional diet, or in the event of famine. Despite the benefits of insects, their acceptance by some consumers as a source of human food remains the main obstacle to their consumption. The present study focuses on the consumption of edible insects in the Kinshasa city (DRCongo) in a context of food crisis and shortage. <b>Methods:</b> The study examined individual (attitudes, perceived control, intent); collective factors (subjective norms); context of consumption and emotional factors that influence insect consumption. A semi-directive interview study based on the theory of planned behaviour was conducted among 60 participants. <b>Results:</b> The results showed that the consumption is a common practice in the study area, but that its frequency is influenced by factors related to the individual, such as participants' positive attitudes towards insect consumption and ease of obtaining edible insects. The consumption of insects is also influenced by collective factors, such as family, friends, etc. The taste of insects, contextual factors such as family consumption, nutritional intake, habit and belonging to some specific tribes were related to greater consumption. Negative emotions, such as fear, insect characteristics or lack of knowledge about edible species were related to reduced consumption. <b>Conclusions:</b> The results suggest that there is a need to implement interventions that focus specifically on changing certain attitudes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12891,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304425/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9736032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}