Psychology & HealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-11-10DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2023.2280177
Heather Orom, Sanja Stanar, Natasha C Allard, Jennifer L Hay, Erika A Waters, Marc T Kiviniemi, Malwina Lewicka
{"title":"Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Heather Orom, Sanja Stanar, Natasha C Allard, Jennifer L Hay, Erika A Waters, Marc T Kiviniemi, Malwina Lewicka","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2280177","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2280177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>With screening, colorectal cancer can be detected when treatable, or even prevented. However, approximately one in five people tend to avoid colorectal cancer information, and avoidance is associated with being less likely to have been screened for the disease. Crucial to developing strategies to reduce information avoidance, we sought a comprehensive understanding of reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>In a mixed methods study, we surveyed 200 participants who varied with respect to avoidance and interviewed 15 people who tended to avoid colorectal cancer information (all aged 40-75) about reasons for avoiding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In both survey and interviews, primary reasons for information avoidance were: (1) shielding from anxiety and other aversive emotion, (2) perceived information sufficiency and (3) feelings of information overload. Trait anxiety, fear of diagnosis, anticipating negative interactions with healthcare, and negative associations with screening procedures exacerbated avoidance. Participants justified information non-relevance by attributing risk to other people's characteristics such as family history, gastrointestinal symptoms, being male, or living an unhealthy lifestyle.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Novel findings include the triggering influence of trait anxiety and financial constraints on information avoidance. Also, information overload and incorrect understanding of risk factors may exacerbate perceptions of information sufficiency and avoidance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"952-974"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72210546","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}
Psychology & HealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2023.2286296
Steven Nordin, Margareta Norberg, Irma Braf, Helene Johansson, Bernt Lindahl, Kristina Lindvall, Maria Nordin, Emma Nyman, Cecilia Vallström, Patrik Wennberg, Per Liv, Ulf Näslund
{"title":"Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age.","authors":"Steven Nordin, Margareta Norberg, Irma Braf, Helene Johansson, Bernt Lindahl, Kristina Lindvall, Maria Nordin, Emma Nyman, Cecilia Vallström, Patrik Wennberg, Per Liv, Ulf Näslund","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2286296","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2286296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To test the hypothesis of low emotional support being associated with lifestyle and biomedical cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, estimated risk of CVD morbidity and mortality, and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged healthy adults.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Cross-sectional data were obtained from participants aged 40-60 years who had one or more conventional CVD risk factor. They underwent assessment based on questionnaires, clinical examination, blood sampling, and carotid ultrasound of plaque formation and carotid intima-media wall thickness (cIMT). Based on the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction, the participants were categorised as either low in emotional support (<i>n</i> = 884) or as a referent (<i>n</i> = 2570). Logistic regression analyses were conducted to study the associations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Logistic regression analyses showed that low emotional support was significantly associated with smoking, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity (OR = 1.53 - 1.94), estimated risk of CVD morbidity and mortality (OR = 1.56 - 1.68), and plaque formation (OR = 1.39). No significant associations were found regarding biomedical CVD risk factors or cIMT.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings suggest that low social support is associated with lifestyle CVD risk factors, estimated risk of CVD morbidity and mortality, and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged healthy adults, encouraging causal evaluation with longitudinal data investigating an impact of emotional support on mechanisms underlying CVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"997-1011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138295841","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}
Olga Lainidi, Judith Johnson, Bethany Griffin, Panagiota Koutsimani, Christos Mouratidis, Chris Keyworth, Daryl B O'Connor
{"title":"Associations between burnout, employee silence and voice: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Olga Lainidi, Judith Johnson, Bethany Griffin, Panagiota Koutsimani, Christos Mouratidis, Chris Keyworth, Daryl B O'Connor","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2509074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2509074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The intention to speak-up or withhold one's voice is linked to employee well-being outcomes and is considered a proxy for the quality of organisational culture in the workplace. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesised evidence on the relationship between burnout and employee silence/voice outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An electronic database search up to May 2024 was conducted on eight databases combined with manual scoping of references and 84 studies met the inclusion criteria (<i>N</i> = 34,975).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The relationship between all employee voice/silence outcomes and burnout was statistically significant with greater silence and lower voice being associated with higher burnout (ρ = .36, 95% <i>CI</i> [.32, .40]). Examined separately, effects were moderate and positive for silence and burnout (ρ = .43, 95% <i>CI</i> [.37, .48]) and small and negative for voice and burnout (ρ = -0.28, 95% <i>CI</i> [-0.35, -0.21]). Subgroup analyses revealed larger effects in non-Western regions and studies using the Maslach-Burnout-Inventory.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The evidence consistently showed a larger overlap between burnout and silence, compared to voice, suggesting that reducing silence is more beneficial for addressing burnout than increasing voice. The evidence is limited primarily to emotional exhaustion, and more research is needed to distinguish the emotional/cognitive components of silence/voice from behavioural outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144174662","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}
Eline M Roordink, Myrthe M J Joosten, Ingrid H M Steenhuis, Willemieke Kroeze, Trynke Hoekstra, Nele Jacobs, Maartje M van Stralen
{"title":"Affective and cognitive predictors of lapse in exercise and dietary behavior: an ecological momentary assessment study amongst Dutch adults trying to lose weight.","authors":"Eline M Roordink, Myrthe M J Joosten, Ingrid H M Steenhuis, Willemieke Kroeze, Trynke Hoekstra, Nele Jacobs, Maartje M van Stralen","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2509070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2509070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>When losing weight, many individuals make healthy changes in their exercise and dietary behavior. However, maintaining these changes is often found to be challenging. To prevent individuals from lapsing, insight into predictors of lapse in exercise and dietary behavior is needed.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>An ecological momentary assessment (EMA) study amongst Dutch adults trying to lose weight was performed. Adults (<i>N</i> = 81) participated in two seven-day EMA weeks. Participants received six semi-random prompts a day, at which they indicated whether a lapse had occurred and responded to questions assessing emotional states, stress, hunger, coping self-efficacy and recovery self-efficacy. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine associations with lapse.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For exercise behavior, significant associations were observed between feeling hungry (OR = 1.14, 95% CI = 1.01-1.29) and an increased risk of lapsing, and between feeling relaxed (OR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.72-0.95), coping self-efficacy (OR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.62-0.75) and recovery self-efficacy (OR = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.69-0.89), and a reduced risk of lapsing. For dietary behavior, significant associations were observed between coping self-efficacy (OR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.76-0.86) and recovery self-efficacy (OR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.76-0.86), and a reduced risk of lapsing.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Practitioners and intervention programs promoting sustainable physical activity and dietary change should focus on enhancing individuals' self-efficacy, for which coping planning and cognitive restructuring could be efficacious techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142967","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":"Meanings made in women with breast cancer: a meta-synthesis.","authors":"Marwa Saab, Zhongling Pi","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2509073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2509073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study's objective is to analyze meaning in life and meaning-making in women with breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A meta-synthesis was used to reach the study's objective.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Nineteen articles were chosen from PubMed, EBSCO, and ProQuest platforms after screening and quality appraisal checks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five meaning-making themes emerged: change in life perspective, acceptance, solidarity and support, transformation, and attribution. Experiencing BC led to an increase in the value of life and loved ones. Additionally, acceptance of breast cancer gave women a sense of control and was attributed to religious beliefs. Breast cancer led to the transformation of women into a new person with a positive approach to life or a lower self-worth. Women with breast cancer found that support from their surroundings and their solidarity with others created a meaning of breast cancer. Women attributed breast cancer to their daily habits and routines or fate.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results align with the meaning-making model, which states that experiencing stressful events, such as breast cancer, can lead to meaning-making. The results and limitations concerning the articles and previous research are discussed. Further studies should focus on integrating meaning in life into breast cancer treatment through social institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128416","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":"Sleep quality among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 reopening period in China: the interplay of SARS-CoV-2 infection, mental distress, and physical activity.","authors":"Qin Zhao, Jia Liu, Qin Tang, Linghui Xiang, Hongyu Zhao, Lei Dong, Xiao Zhu","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2505899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2505899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Given immunosuppression and comorbidities, solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are more prone to infections during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and sleep quality in this population. This study aimed to investigate the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and sleep quality among SOT recipients, examine the moderating roles of anxiety and depression, and explore whether the moderating effects vary with physical activity levels.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>1121 participants were recruited online in Changsha, China, from February to March 2023. Measurements included sociodemographic and infection-related questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>83.0% of participants were infected during China's reopening period, and the average sleep quality score was 7.88 (SD = 3.59), indicating mild sleep disturbance. Anxiety and depression significantly moderated and strengthened the negative relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and sleep quality. Additionally, the moderating effects were significant at moderate-high levels of physical activity but not at low-moderate levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Promoting interventions to alleviate anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as facilitating a gradual return to general physical activity, is encouraged to mitigate the negative association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and sleep quality among SOT recipients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144111301","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}
Daria Hammond, Lydia Q Ong, Talia Morstead, Anita DeLongis, Nancy L Sin, Patrick Klaiber
{"title":"Optimism and depressive symptoms in an adult lifespan sample: evaluating coping in daily life as a mechanism.","authors":"Daria Hammond, Lydia Q Ong, Talia Morstead, Anita DeLongis, Nancy L Sin, Patrick Klaiber","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2505909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2505909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Dispositional optimism is a protective factor for mental health, but the mechanisms behind this relationship are unclear. Previous literature suggests coping may be involved. Optimism may impact how often and how flexibly one employs problem-focused, support-seeking, or cognitive strategies when coping with daily stressors, possibly contributing to mental health differences. We examined whether coping strategy use mediated the relationship between optimism and changes in depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>A community-based sample of 240 adults completed baseline assessments of optimism and depressive symptoms, followed by a 2-week experience sampling period where participants reported daily stressors and stressor-specific coping strategy use 4× daily. Participants then completed another questionnaire measuring depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Optimism predicted reductions in depressive symptoms from baseline to follow-up, but this was not mediated by coping strategy frequency or flexibility (<i>p</i> values > .05). Follow-up analyses demonstrated that optimism was related to lower depressive symptoms among younger and middle-aged and not among older adults, but no differences emerged during multiple group mediation analyses. Coping strategy use also had no direct effect on depressive symptoms (<i>p</i> values > .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study supports the protective role of optimism on depressive symptoms even over a short-term period, but research on mechanisms such as coping efficacy is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144094683","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}
Lynda Fallon, Annie Lau, Donna Ciccia, Tanya Duckworth, Chantelle Pereira, Emily Kopp, Valentina Perica, Kerry A Sherman
{"title":"Health-related decision-making experiences of people with endometriosis: a qualitative analysis.","authors":"Lynda Fallon, Annie Lau, Donna Ciccia, Tanya Duckworth, Chantelle Pereira, Emily Kopp, Valentina Perica, Kerry A Sherman","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2502866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2502866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Endometriosis is an incurable inflammatory condition, characterised by chronic pelvic pain, among other symptoms. Optimal symptom management is dependent on an individual's preferences, underscoring the need for person-centred care and shared decision-making. Yet research on decisional support needs of people with endometriosis (PWE) is sparse. This qualitative study aimed to explore decisional processes and decision support needs among PWE regarding endometriosis management. <b>Methods and Measures:</b> Australian adults (<i>N</i> = 41) diagnosed with endometriosis were recruited from support communities to participate in focus groups. Open-ended questions prompted discussion about perceived challenges and facilitators of treatment decision-making. Multiple coders thematically analysed the transcribed qualitative data using the template approach. <b>Results:</b> Four themes were identified: (1) Challenges of accessing pertinent, quality information (sub-themes 1a: Inadequate information from healthcare professionals and 1b: Navigating external information sources); (2) Feeling empowered to self-advocate; (3) Balancing costs and benefits (sub-themes 3a: Financial considerations; and 3b: Balancing family needs); and, (4) Emotional toll of decision-making. Novel findings included emphasis by PWE on family needs when making decisions, and reports that decision-making eroded their resilience. <b>Conclusion:</b> Findings highlight difficulties experienced by PWE regarding endometriosis management, indicating a comprehensive decision support resource, such as a patient decision aid, is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144079780","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}
Charlotte Petter, Kareem Khan, Camilla Babbage, E Bethan Davies
{"title":"A systematic review exploring perceptions of Tourette syndrome and tic disorders using the common-sense model of illness representations.","authors":"Charlotte Petter, Kareem Khan, Camilla Babbage, E Bethan Davies","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2502515","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2502515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Tic disorders (TDs) are neurodevelopmental conditions characterised by tics and typically appear during childhood. The Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) provides a useful theoretical framework for understanding health beliefs in people with TDs - and parents' beliefs given 'shared' illness experiences between child and parent. Exploring health beliefs in adults can also provide insight as to how TD-related beliefs may evolve over time. This systematic review aimed to use the CSM to synthesise findings from published studies exploring illness perceptions in people with TDs and parents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Six databases were searched for studies reporting findings assessing perceptions and beliefs of TDs that aligned with ≥1 CSM illness representation dimension. Forty-four studies were eligible and narratively synthesised.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The evidence particularly highlights the negative <i>consequences</i> of TDs upon employment opportunities, schooling and education, social lives and relationships - with experiences of stigma and discrimination weaving throughout these consequences. Findings from several studies reflecting <i>emotional responses</i> report feelings of self-consciousness, abnormality, and anxiety arising from TDs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings have identified potential implications for research and practice, including identifying TD-related knowledge and beliefs that could be addressed through psychoeducation, and physiological and psychological outcomes which could be addressed through appropriate interventions.</p><p><strong>Protocol registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42023446800.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-34"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144013623","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}
Fien De Block, Delfien Van Dyck, Benedicte Deforche, Geert Crombez, Louise Poppe
{"title":"Which cognitive tests are used to examine the acute effect of physical activity on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older? - A systematic review.","authors":"Fien De Block, Delfien Van Dyck, Benedicte Deforche, Geert Crombez, Louise Poppe","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2025.2498577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2498577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The review aims to create an overview of current evidence on the acute effect of physical activity (PA) on cognition in adults aged 50 and older, focusing on which cognitive (sub)domains, cognitive tests, and outcomes are used, and whether effects were demonstrated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases were searched for articles assessing the acute effect of PA on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-two articles were included, using a variety of protocols. Executive functioning was the most frequently assessed cognitive domain. Overall, thirty-five different cognitive tests were administered, among which many variations and modifications were found. Furthermore, the reported outcomes varied greatly, even when using the same test. Across tests, 45.3% of the reported outcomes demonstrated an improvement in cognition shortly after PA. Time-based outcomes demonstrated an improvement more often than accuracy-based outcomes. However, because of the large variety among protocols and often insufficiently nuanced reporting, results should be interpreted carefully.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The acute effect of PA on executive functioning in older adults has been examined frequently, but research in other cognitive domains is limited. The variety among study protocols and test outcomes highlights the need for more rigorous research and reporting.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020551","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}