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{"title":"The role of psychological factors in patients' choices to see their general practitioner or pharmacist for minor conditions.","authors":"Andrew Prestwich, Emma Gerrard, Kate Panniker","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2493885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2493885","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>UK-based patients can consult with, and be treated by, pharmacists for various minor medical conditions. However, research needs to identify the psychological factors that influence patients' decisions to consult with a pharmacist over alternative treatment responses. The current study addressed this gap.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>UK residents (<i>N</i> = 329) completed measures of respect and trust for general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists, alongside other measures that could influence treatment choices. Participants then read vignettes describing symptoms of conjunctivitis, influenza, and contact dermatitis and were asked to choose how they would respond if they experienced those symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants were nearly twice as likely to choose to see their pharmacist than GP. Respect and trust of pharmacists were higher for those choosing to see their pharmacist over those selecting treatment alternatives. GPs were respected more than pharmacists, an effect mediated by greater perceived assertiveness and morality of GPs. However, seeing pharmacists was rated less hassle and participants reported greater self-efficacy for seeing them compared to GPs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Strategies that increase pharmacists' perceived assertiveness and morality could enhance respect and trust of pharmacists. Such changes could facilitate the current drive in the UK to utilize pharmacies more to minimise GP service demand.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041740","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":"Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?","authors":"Fatih Bayrak, Emre Kayatepe, Nagihan Özman, Onurcan Yilmaz, Ozan Isler, S Adil Saribay","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2491598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective design: </strong>Periods of social turmoil, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, tend to amplify conspiracy beliefs, evidenced by increased vaccine hesitancy. Despite this trend, effective interventions targeting vaccine-related conspiracy beliefs remain scarce, partly due to underexplored cognitive processes. Three competing theoretical accounts offer differing predictions about the role of reflective thinking in supporting conspiracy beliefs: the Motivated Reasoning Account suggests reflection strengthens commitment to pre-existing attitudes; the Reflective Reasoning Account posits that reflection enhances belief accuracy; and the Reflective Doubt Account proposes reflection fosters general scepticism.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Utilising open science practices and a validated technique to activate reflection, we conducted an experimental investigation with a diverse sample (<i>N</i> = 1483) segmented by vaccine attitudes. We investigated the impact of reflection on specific and generic COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccine-support behaviours across pro-vaccine, neutral, and vaccine-hesitant groups, while examining the moderating effects of scientific literacy, intellectual humility, and actively open-minded thinking.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The confirmatory analysis provided no direct support for the theoretical predictions. However, findings indicated that intellectual humility significantly moderated the effect of reflection, enhancing vaccine-support behaviour among participants with high intellectual humility, highlighting the complex interplay of cognitive style and prior attitudes in shaping responses to conspiracy beliefs and vaccine-support actions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights that while reflective thinking alone did not directly influence vaccine support behavior, its positive effect emerged among individuals with higher intellectual humility, emphasizing the importance of individual differences in shaping belief-related outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042302","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":"Help-seeking in A&E for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): a mixed methods study of patient experiences of a war on two fronts.","authors":"Zachary Chan, Jane Ogden, Shelley Cummings, Bethan Garner, Mohammad Arbabi","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2491589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This mixed-method study aimed to i) describe characteristics of those who attend A&E frequently (FAs) with and without Functional Neurological Disorder (FND); ii) to explore patients' with FND's experiences of help-seeking in A&E.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>First, a database of NHS FAs (10+ times in a year; <i>n</i> = 99) from one hospital was analysed. Next, FAs with FND (<i>n</i> = 6) were interviewed about their help-seeking.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From stage 1, 61% of all FAs were female, had visited A&E a mean of 16 times in the past 12 months and had been referred to a wide range of clinics. No significant differences were found between FND (<i>n</i> = 11) and non FND patients (<i>n</i> = 88). In Stage 2, thematic analysis described four main themes: i) 'symptom experience'; ii) 'feelings of isolation'; iii) 'Healthcare Professional (HCP) barriers to care'; iv) 'HCP perseverance'. Transcending these themes was a transition from uncertainty to judgement as patients eventually obtained a diagnosis of FND. Overarching all themes was the sense of FND as a war on two fronts as patients battled both their symptoms and the health care system.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Help seeking for FND involves a battle which may be improved by educating HCPs and offering a specialised clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144012465","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":"Short-term prospective and reciprocal relations between social anxiety symptoms and sleep quality among community-recruited adolescents.","authors":"Banan Ramarushton, Linda Thompson, Danica C Slavish, Ashley A Knapp, Heidemarie Blumenthal","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2491586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491586","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Research conducted with socially anxious youth suggests that there is an increased risk for poor sleep quality; however, this link is not consistent across the few studies and there is evidence to suggest that poor sleep quality may increase the risk for elevated social anxiety symptoms. The present study investigates both prospective and reciprocal associations between levels of self-reported social anxiety and global sleep quality while also distinguishing between within-person and between-person variations in these associations.</p><p><strong>Method and measures: </strong>Community-recruited adolescents from the United States (<i>N</i> = 71; <i>M_age</i>=16.04, <i>SD</i> = 1.08; 64.8% girls; 80.3% White) completed a battery of questionnaires across three time-points within a six-month period; each wave occurred three months apart. A random-intercepts cross-lagged panel model was used for the analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicated a positive relation between social anxiety and poor sleep quality at both within- and between-person levels. Higher levels of social anxiety were associated with poorer sleep quality three months later, but the reverse relation was not observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings provide evidence supporting the link between elevated social anxiety symptoms and future sleep problems among adolescents and lay groundwork for investigation of mechanisms driving this link. Findings suggests a need to screen for and treat sleep problems in socially anxious youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014238","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":"Understanding daily problematic social media use of young adults: the role of trait- and state-fear of missing out.","authors":"Xuemei Gao, Jiayu Li, Xujia Bai, Yuhong Zhou, Xintong Jiang","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2491588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fear of missing out (FoMO) is strongly associated with problematic social media use (PSMU) in young adults; however, little is known about the different roles of trait-FoMO and state-FoMO in PSMU. This longitudinal study used 9-consecutive-day ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to investigate the momentary association between state-FoMO and PSMU and to determine whether such association is moderated by trait-FoMO. We used EMA to measure three daily social media use variables (i.e. craving, time spent on social media, and daily social media self-control failure) to determine daily PSMU. 129 female undergraduates (M_age = 20.48, SD = 1.47) completed a total of 4290 EMA surveys. All main variables were significantly and positively correlated with each other at baseline. Multilevel models revealed that the association of momentary state-FoMO with PSMU was significantly positive. Furthermore, trait-FoMO only moderated the positive association between daily state-FoMO and craving. Specifically, trait-FoMO enhanced the influence of daily state-FoMO on craving, and individuals with lower state-FoMO were more susceptible to the effects of trait-FoMO than individuals with higher state-FoMO. Different implications of trait-FoMO and state-FoMO are discussed particularly regarding their potential to increase the risk of young adult PSMU.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034150","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":"An experimental investigation of daily mental contrasting with implementation intentions and goal motives in reducing bedtime procrastination: a registered report.","authors":"Berke Sezer, Nikos Ntoumanis, Hugh Riddell, Daniel F Gucciardi","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2491593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) is an effective self-regulation strategy for goal pursuit. Although it is a quick and cost-effective strategy, most of its applications have consisted of single-time training. Building on the existing research on bedtime procrastination, we propose that daily MCII applications can lead to more efficient pursuit of bedtime goals. Furthermore, we evaluate the conditions where MCII training could be more advantageous for people with different types of goal motives.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>We recruited 297 participants <i>via</i> Prolific and randomly allocated participants into either daily MCII or single MCII groups for a week-long diary study. We measured goal motives, goal-regulatory variables, bedtime procrastination, and affect to test our hypotheses. We conducted a multilevel structural equation modelling using <i>Mplus</i>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants who completed MCII daily reported less bedtime procrastination than individuals who performed MCII one-off at the start of the week. Participants experienced increased positive affect and decreased negative affect when they procrastinated less. Autonomous goal motives were not associated with bedtime procrastination.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Daily MCII appears as an effective and easy-to-implement strategy helps reducing bedtime procrastination. Future research should test the effectiveness of daily MCII in other contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014234","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":"'She thought the same way I that I thought:' a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness.","authors":"Laura M Lesnewich, Justeen K Hyde, Mikhaela L McFarlin, Rendelle E Bolton, Peter J Bayley, Helena K Chandler, Drew A Helmer, L Alison Phillips, Matthew J Reinhard, Susan L Santos, Rachel S Stewart, Lisa M McAndrew","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2248481","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2248481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), such as chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and Gulf War Illness (GWI), are difficult to treat. Concordance-shared understanding between patient and provider about illness causes, course, and treatment-is an essential component of high-quality care for people with MUS. This qualitative paper focuses on the experiences of United States military Veterans living with GWI who have endured unique healthcare challenges. <b>Methods & Measures:</b> Qualitative interviews were conducted with 31 Veterans with GWI to explore factors that contribute to and detract from concordance with their Veteran Affairs (VA) healthcare providers. In addition to being seen by VA primary care, over half of participants also sought care at a War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, which specializes in post-deployment health. Deductive and inductive codes were used to organize the data, and themes were identified through iterative review of coded data. <b>Results:</b> Major themes associated with patient-provider concordance included validation of illness experiences, perceived provider expertise in GWI/MUS, and trust in providers. Invalidation, low provider expertise, and distrust detracted from concordance. <b>Conclusion:</b> These findings suggest providers can foster concordance with MUS patients by legitimizing patients' experiences, communicating knowledge about MUS, and establishing trust.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"616-634"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10502502","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":"'A healthy lifestyle is a journey': exploring health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health through photo-elicitation.","authors":"Iga Palacz-Poborczyk, Kerry Chamberlain, Felix Naughton, Alicja Baska, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Eleanor Quested, Martin S Hagger, Sherry Pagoto, Peter Verboon, Suzanne Robinson, Dominika Kwasnicka","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2252874","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2252874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health in general population. An additional aim of the study was to assess if these perceptions were connected with the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We applied photo-elicitation method by gathering original photographs and narratives (captions) <i>via</i> social media and e-mails. Participants (<i>N</i> = 50) were asked to answer the question: 'What does it mean to be healthy?'. Data were collected online in Poland. We generated and interpreted the main themes associated with common perceptions of health and self-defined facilitators to health using polytextual thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The health perception themes were, health as: a 'long journey'; keeping balance; and self-acceptance. The main facilitators to health were: enjoyment of activities that are part of a healthy lifestyle; planning time for rest; contact with nature, and supportive relationships. Participants' perceptions of how Covid-19 impacted on their health differed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings provide evidence for individual health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health and can support the development of future health interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"652-680"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10524015","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":"How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma.","authors":"Erika A Waters, Thorsten Pachur, Gabrielle Pogge, Jean Hunleth, Gregory D Webster, David A Fedele, James A Shepperd","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2244522","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2244522","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Parents and guardians (hereafter <i>caregivers</i>) make decisions for their children's medical care. However, many caregivers of children with asthma struggle to understand their child's illness. We used the psychometric paradigm to investigate how caregivers conceptualize, or <i>mentally represent</i>, asthma triggers and symptoms and how these representations are linked to perceived asthma exacerbation risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We asked 377 caregivers of children with asthma across the U.S. to rate 20 triggers or 20 symptoms along 15 characteristics. Caregivers also indicated their perceived risk of their child having an asthma exacerbation (hereafter <i>interpersonal risk perceptions</i>). Using principal components analysis, we extracted key dimensions underlying caregivers' ratings on the characteristics. Then we related the triggers' and symptoms' scores on the dimensions to caregivers' interpersonal risk perceptions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Interpersonal risk perceptions were higher for triggers with high ratings for the dimensions <i>severe and relevant,</i> and <i>negative affect-yet manageable</i>, but not <i>chronic-yet unpredictable</i>. Risk perceptions were also higher for symptoms with high ratings for the dimensions <i>severe and unpredictable</i>, and <i>relevant and common</i>, but not <i>self-blame</i> or <i>manageable despite unknown cause</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>By identifying key dimensions underlying caregivers' mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms, these findings can inform a new approach to asthma education.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"571-593"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers.","authors":"Marta Llorca-Pellicer, Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Vicente J Prado-Gascó, Pedro R Gil-Monte","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2253258","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2253258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to assess the effect of psychosocial risks and resources on burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction using Hierarchical Regression Modelling (HRM) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample consisted of 9020 non-university public education teachers (<i>M</i>_age = 45.33 years, <i>SD</i> = 9.15; 72.5% women).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Demands variables (Workload, Emotional labour, Imbalance, and Interpersonal conflict) were better predictors than resources variables (Job autonomy, Social support, and Resources at work). Resources also significantly improved the model's predictive capacity, except in the case of Indolence. In the QCA results, none of the conditions seems to be necessary. Regarding sufficiency, the combination of the different conditions explains between 44-49% of high levels of Burnout and between 40-47% of low levels of Burnout; between 44-47% of high levels of Psychosomatic disorders and 40-47% of low levels of Psychosomatic disorders; 49% of high Job satisfaction levels and 45-56% of low Job satisfaction levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results show that QCA models have better explanatory capacity than HRM. Some variables were not significant in HRM, but they were present in combination with other QCA model variables. The findings contribute to understanding how psychosocial risks affect workers' health and job satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"681-695"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10155298","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}