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{"title":"\"I'm much more ok with my body just being mine and treating it well\": women's experiences of empowerment after completing a holistic health programme.","authors":"Victoria Chinn, Eva Neely, Sarah Shultz, Rozanne Kruger, Michelle McCulley","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2746081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2746081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Women are often disempowered by dominant discourses that narrowly define health in terms of weight, exercise, and diet. This study explored women's experiences of empowerment after completing Next Level Health (NLH), a holistic health programme that supported women to make small, achievable behaviour change across health domains including physical activity, sleep, nutrition, eating behaviour, self-care, and stress management.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Fifty-six women living in New Zealand completed evaluation forms that asked about their experiences of NLH and any outcomes they experienced at programme-end (6 months) and follow-up (12 months).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four themes were identified through reflexive thematic analysis. Women were empowered through (1) <i>embedded health routines</i>, (2) <i>adopting a holistic perspective</i>, (3) <i>health literacy in daily life</i>, and (4) <i>reframing success</i>. Collectively, these themes reveal the expansive and personal ways empowerment was realised and the context sensitivity it required.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings highlight how women gained greater agency over their health by shifting away from rigid norms towards context-sensitive and self-directed health practices. There is compelling evidence that future health interventions should embed holistic, women-centred approaches, with reflexive practice playing a key role in women's empowerment.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149216571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"It's quite a dark, long journey to the light at the end of the tunnel\": a qualitative study of children's experiences of living with Long COVID.","authors":"Camille Alexis-Garsee, Nicola Payne","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2743629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2743629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on global health, with some individuals experiencing long-term health effects known as Long COVID. This study explored the lived experiences of children with Long COVID, providing further insight into the impacts and needs within this group.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Semi-structured interviews, facilitated by children's drawings, were conducted with 15 children. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four themes were identified: (1) 'I feel completely different': the physical and emotional burden of Long COVID (2) 'Like the buzz of people speaking and I can't concentrate': education challenges created by Long COVID, (3) 'I'm on my third friend group since I've had COVID': disrupted relationships and fractured connections and (4) 'What can I do now to get myself better?': managing life with Long COVID. These findings reveal a narrative of loss and change during key developmental periods.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research illustrates the life-altering impact of Long COVID on children across many domains. Despite these challenges children were hopeful for the future. A multi-faceted approach to management is needed, including utilising technology to aid self-management strategies such as pacing and to support social connection, as well as psychological support and school adjustments.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimisation of Baby, Me & NRT: a nicotine replacement therapy adherence intervention for pregnancy.","authors":"Joanne Emery, Lisa McDaid, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Ross Thomson, Anne Dickinson, Darren Kinahan-Goodwin, Lucy Phillips, Miranda Clark, Katharine Bowker, Felix Naughton","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2727409","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2727409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is effective for quitting smoking, but pregnant women appear to benefit less than others. Likely reasons include poor adherence due to erroneous beliefs about NRT. We developed a theory-guided, blended interpersonal and digital NRT adherence intervention ('Baby, Me & NRT' [BMN]) for delivery alongside standard UK pregnancy smoking cessation care. Aims were to optimise BMN's acceptability and feasibility of delivery prior to efficacy evaluation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three sequential cohorts of pregnant daily smokers received standard care plus BMN from pre-quit to 28 days after quit date, with subsequent qualitative and quantitative data collection. Data analysis utilised the Person-Based Approach 'table of changes' method, with refinements after each cohort.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong><i>N</i> = 35 initiated BMN. All accepted NRT, with 91% (<i>n</i> = 32) accepting 'dual' NRT; 66% (<i>n</i> = 23) attended all six consultations. Twenty-five (71%) participants, and their practitioners, provided feedback. Improvements included: using an NRT beliefs questionnaire to guide counselling; recommending NRT patches overnight if needed; making texts responsive to recipients' smoking and NRT use; allowing recipients to reduce text frequency; adding a webpage featuring real-life pregnancy quit stories; adapting leaflet images to more clearly convey messages.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>BMN has been optimised <i>via</i> successive cohort testing and appears feasible to deliver.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149128395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multi-component self-regulation predicts physical activity intention-behaviour profiles in Canadian adults.","authors":"Alyssa T K Manankil-Lakusta, Alfred S Y Lee, Ryan E Rhodes","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2739463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2739463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Despite widespread intentions to engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), most fail to follow through, resulting in a persistent intention-behaviour (I-B) gap. The Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) framework highlights reflective, regulatory, and reflexive processes. This study tested multicomponent regulation alongside standard M-PAC predictors and explored age/gender patterns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Canadian adults (<i>N</i> = 389) completed two online surveys measuring baseline intention and M-PAC processes, followed by MVPA after three weeks. Discriminant function analysis was used to examine whether demographic predictors and M-PAC constructs differentiated I-B profiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four I-B profiles emerged-non-intenders (14.7%), active non-intenders (1.5%), unsuccessful intenders (46.5%), and successful intenders (37.3%), yielding an I-B gap of 55.5% among intenders. Each M-PAC construct statistically significantly predicted I-B profile membership (<i>p</i> < .01). Among regulatory processes, proactive regulation (<i>r</i> = .63) and reactive regulation (<i>r</i> = .60) had the strongest correlations with the primary discriminant function, followed by self-monitoring (<i>r</i> = .37) and social monitoring (<i>r</i> = .19). Exploratory subgroup analyses suggested broadly similar M-PAC profile-discrimination patterns across age-gender strata, with perceived opportunity differing between younger women and older men.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings support the utility of M-PAC's reflective, regulatory, and reflexive processes, including multi-component regulation, for differentiating I-B profiles. M-PAC process patterns were broadly similar across age and gender strata in this sample, but confirmation with larger, and more balanced stratified samples is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149114272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promoting health information-seeking behaviour prior to vaccination decisions.","authors":"Rian Gross, Elisabeth D C Sievert, Lars Korn, Ana Paula Santana, Cornelia Betsch, Robert Böhm","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2739472","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2739472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previous research consistently links vaccination knowledge with increased vaccination intention and uptake. However, many health campaigns rely on one-way communication, limiting patient engagement. Patient-centered care promotes active health information-seeking, enabling informed vaccination decisions. This study series developed and evaluated novel interventions to encourage active health information-seeking behaviour and assessed their impact on vaccination and infectious disease knowledge.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>In Study 1, we created and tested a behavioural paradigm simulating a health website where participants searched for information before making a fictitious vaccination decision. Study 2 compared three theory-informed interventions to promote information seeking (notetaking, gamification with badges, and social comparison) to a control condition. Study 3 tested an enhanced gamification intervention that also incentivised knowledge acquisition.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across studies, active information-seeking correlated with greater knowledge, and perceived knowledge predicted higher vaccination likelihood. In Study 2, all interventions increased time spent seeking information versus control, but only gamification increased the number of thematic sections viewed. In Study 3, the enhanced gamification intervention further improved information-seeking and knowledge.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Promoting information-seeking may support informed vaccination decisions. Interactive, web-based interventions, especially gamified ones, can boost engagement and knowledge. The behavioural paradigm offers a robust, adaptable tool for measuring health information-seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149114237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does personality moderate relationships between change in social cognitions and physical activity among college women?","authors":"Kathryn E Wilson","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2543602","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2543602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Evidence links personality to physical activity (PA) and PA-related social cognitions commonly targeted in behavioral interventions. Frameworks of the personality system propose that traits moderate change in social cognitions which then influence behavior change.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to assess whether personality traits moderate organic change in PA-related social cognitions, and the relationship between those changes and changes in PA behavior.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sample (<i>n</i> = 346) of college women participated in a 12-week longitudinal observation. Surveys included measures of personality traits, PA-related social cognitions, and PA behavior. Conditional latent growth models tested the effect of personality traits on change in social cognitive and behavioral variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant mean-level change and/or variance of change was observed for exercise self-efficacy, descriptive norms, affective attitudes and several indicators of PA. Personality traits were not observed to moderate change in any social cognitive or behavioral variables, nor were changes in social cognitive variables related to changes in behavioral variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Changes in social cognitions and PA behavior over 12 wk were small and unrelated to personality traits. Future work should examine change over longer periods, and in response to behavioral intervention to determine whether traits impact the effectiveness of behavior change strategies targeting these constructs.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1656-1676"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144837479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients: direct and mediated pathways through illness representations.","authors":"Spyridoula Karveli, Evangelos Karademas, Fiorita Poulakaki, Zoe Antonopoulou, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Christos Markopoulos","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2546410","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2546410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Illness representations and Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) play a significant role in shaping emotional self-regulation processes. EMSs are trait-like structures that constitute vulnerability factors associated with psychopathology in adulthood. Adverse life events, such as a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, are assumed to trigger these EMSs. The present study examined, in a sample of BC patients, whether EMSs are related to anxiety/depression, directly as well as indirectly, through illness representations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study employed a prospective design, and newly diagnosed BC patients (<i>N</i> = 95; mean age = 50.4) completed self-report questionnaires within 4 wk (T0), 4 months (T1), and 12 months (T2) after surgery. The Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-S3), the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Path analysis revealed a statistically significant direct effect of T0 Vulnerability to Harm on T2 anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.23, <i>p</i> = 0.014). Vulnerability to Harm also predicted anxiety and depression through emotional representations (<i>β</i> = 0.16 and 0.13, respectively, <i>p</i> < 0.01). A direct effect of the Enmeshment EMS was also observed on anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.21 <i>p</i> = 0.010).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Vulnerability to Harm and Enmeshment EMSs both fall under the \"impaired autonomy/performance\" domain, reflecting lower self-esteem, diminished ability to function independently, and heightened fear. Recognizing these dispositional factors early is crucial for preventing long-term distress. The finding that illness representations mediated the relationship only for the Vulnerability to Harm EMS suggests a unique relationship between this schema and how individuals perceive their illness, likely due to its relevance to the illness experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1698-1713"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144822306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological interventions for children with chronic physical conditions: a systematic review assessing the role of coping, emotional and cognitive processes.","authors":"Mareike Kaemmerer, Olivier Luminet, Céline Jeitani, Cara Verwimp, Zoé Mallien, Magali Lahaye","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2528929","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2528929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Coping, emotional and cognitive processes are crucial in child development, particularly in children with pediatric chronic physical conditions (CPC). No systematic review in pediatric psychology has investigated the effectiveness of interventions on these processes concurrently. This review addresses this gap by focusing on the effectiveness of psychological interventions on coping, emotional and cognitive processes in children with CPCs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five electronic databases were searched for studies assessing at least one of these processes. Only randomized-controlled trials with children (8-12 years) with a CPC (e.g. diabetes, asthma), which implemented a psychological intervention were included. This study is registered in (CRD42021233505).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten intervention studies were identified. While cognitive interventions (Cogmed) showed some improvements in working memory, the effects varied across studies despite similar methodologies. Coping interventions (e.g. Coping Skills Training) showed little effect on coping strategies or psychological health variables and were no more beneficial than control groups. No study trained coping, emotional processes and cognitive processes together.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This review shows current limitations in evaluating psychological interventions targeting coping, cognitive or emotional processes in children with CPCs, limiting a comprehensive understanding of the interventions' action mechanisms. Systematically including underlying processes in intervention studies could help to better adjust those interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1714-1743"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144609197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Eating post-pleasure: a phenomenological exploration of loss, disgust and dislocation in the sensory worlds of individuals with persistent chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-19.","authors":"Elin Lövestam, Pernilla Sandvik, Frida Lindberg, Nicklas Neuman","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2563571","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2563571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates the subjective experiences of individuals with persistent chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-19 illness. By exploring the perceptual and emotional dimensions of their altered sensory worlds, and using a realist phenomenological approach, the study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the challenges these individuals face.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 patients undergoing treatment. A descriptive phenomenological approach was applied to analyse the interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants described profound emotional and sensory challenges following chemosensory dysfunction. 'Emotional Discontent' was a key theme, encompassing dissatisfaction, grief over the loss of sensory pleasure, and a sense of indifference toward food. The second theme, 'Sensory Aversion', highlighted participants' reports of discomfort and disgust toward previously enjoyable foods, which had become repellent or intolerable. The third theme, 'Perceptual Disorientation', captured the unpredictability of altered sensory experiences, with elusiveness reflecting the fleeting nature of perceptions and sensory alienation highlighting an intense disconnection from unfamiliar and unreliable senses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-19 disrupts embodied relationship with food, creating profound emotional challenges. Eating becomes a post-pleasure experience, shifting from a source of enjoyment to a merely functional act. Addressing this requires person-centered interventions that acknowledge the sensory and emotional dimensions of the condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1555-1577"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145125816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring illness perception classes in the general population: a latent class analysis^†.","authors":"Filip S Thidemann, Thomas T Lamm, Eva Ørnbøl, Kaare B Wellnitz, Lisbeth Frostholm","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2026.2739471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2739471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to identify classes of illness perceptions in the Danish general population and examine their association with physical and mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Latent Class Analysis was conducted on 4,999 participants using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) to identify distinct illness perception classes. Cross-sectional and five-year follow-up analyses explored associations between illness perception class and outcomes including symptom severity, physical functioning, anxiety, depression, and screening for functional somatic disorder (FSD).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three distinct illness perception classes were identified: <i>untroubled</i>, <i>detached</i>, and <i>distressed</i>. The <i>untroubled</i> class showed positive illness perceptions and favourable outcomes. The <i>detached</i> class showed low perceived control and symptom coherence but did not differ significantly from the <i>untroubled</i> class in outcomes. The <i>distressed</i> class showed negative perceptions of consequences, concern, timeline, and emotional responses and had the poorest health outcomes both at baseline and follow-up, even when adjusting for baseline scores. Class membership was significantly associated with all outcomes cross-sectionally and longitudinally.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Illness perception class membership was associated with long-term physical and mental health. Membership to the <i>distressed</i> class predicted poorer outcomes and higher FSD risk, suggesting that negative illness perceptions may precede negative health outcomes and represent a target for intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149114292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}