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The effectiveness of nudge-based interventions on self-monitoring behaviours among patients with cardiometabolic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 基于轻推的干预对心脏代谢疾病患者自我监测行为的有效性：一项系统综述和荟萃分析

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2532017

Jianing Yu, Yujia Fu, Haoyang Du, Qiwei Wu, Shunmin Zhang, Binyu Zhao, Erxu Xue, Yunyu Guo, Runjing Yang, Mengjie Zhu, Huafang Zhang, Jing Shao

{"title":"The effectiveness of nudge-based interventions on self-monitoring behaviours among patients with cardiometabolic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Jianing Yu, Yujia Fu, Haoyang Du, Qiwei Wu, Shunmin Zhang, Binyu Zhao, Erxu Xue, Yunyu Guo, Runjing Yang, Mengjie Zhu, Huafang Zhang, Jing Shao","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2532017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2532017","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiometabolic diseases are major global health concerns, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Self-monitoring is crucial for managing these conditions; however, the adherence to self-monitoring remains suboptimal. Nudge-based interventions, such as reminders and automatic prescription refills, have shown promise in improving self-monitoring behaviours. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of nudge-based interventions on self-monitoring behaviours and health outcomes in this population. Thirty-five randomised controlled trials from seven databases (earliest available date to March 2025) were included. Nudge strategies were categorised according to the choice architecture taxonomy by Münscher et al. Meta-analysis demonstrated that nudge-based interventions were associated with significant improvements in self-monitoring behaviours in cardiometabolic patients (Hedge's g = 0.56; 95% CI [0.44, 0.69]; p < 0.001) as well as reductions in HbA1c levels (MD = -0.50; p < 0.001), systolic blood pressure (MD = -4.47; p < 0.001), and diastolic blood pressure (MD = -2.02; p < 0.05) compared to the control group. Subgroup analyses indicated that the effect size of nudge interventions may vary by delivery mode, components, and intervention duration. Our findings suggest that integrating diverse behavioural nudges could optimise management strategies for these patients, enhancing both self-monitoring adherence and health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144700105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of social identity and procedural fairness in shaping the impact of police interactions on mental health: a justice-identification model. 社会认同和程序公平在塑造警察互动对心理健康的影响中的作用：一个司法认同模型。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2534499

Arabella Kyprianides, S Alexander Haslam, Ben Bradford, Clifford Stott

{"title":"The role of social identity and procedural fairness in shaping the impact of police interactions on mental health: a justice-identification model.","authors":"Arabella Kyprianides, S Alexander Haslam, Ben Bradford, Clifford Stott","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2534499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2534499","url":null,"abstract":"Research suggests a link between people's engagement with the police and their mental health, but little is known about how police activities affect the mental health of those they interact with. This paper develops a new theoretical model, the justice-identification model (JIM), to explain the social psychological dynamics underlying this relationship. The JIM integrates two unconnected frameworks - the social identity approach to health (SIAH) and procedural justice theory (PJT). It proposes that police contact negatively impacts mental health when it is associated with procedural injustice and exclusion but enhances health when it signals procedural justice and inclusion. Situating police-citizen interactions within an environment of inequality, we highlight how procedural fairness shapes the exercise of power by police officers. Social identity and experiences of procedural justice are framed as either stressors or sources of positive psychological connection. This analysis is instantiated in seven hypotheses that are broadly supported by existing empirical evidence. The JIM identifies three pathways linking exposure to policing and mental health through procedural justice and social identification. The paper explores the practical and theoretical implications of this model for mitigating negative mental health effects of police interactions and discusses strategies and priorities for both theory and practice.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144692049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review. 干预措施对创伤性医疗事件引起的创伤后应激障碍症状的疗效：一项系统综述。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2526666

Corinne Meinhausen, Katherine Fu, Richard D Urbina, Tanisha Gunby, Lauren A Perez, Patrick A Wilson, Christina M Luberto, Jennifer A Sumner

{"title":"Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review.","authors":"Corinne Meinhausen, Katherine Fu, Richard D Urbina, Tanisha Gunby, Lauren A Perez, Patrick A Wilson, Christina M Luberto, Jennifer A Sumner","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2526666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2526666","url":null,"abstract":"Serious medical events are increasingly recognised as potential triggers for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This systematic review evaluated the efficacy of interventions for medically induced PTSD. Nine electronic databases were searched from inception to November 2023 (PROSPERO ID: CRD42024504055). Eligible studies were randomised controlled trials of interventions for adults diagnosed with, or exhibiting elevated symptoms of, PTSD related to life-threatening medical events. Risk of bias (RoB) was assessed using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool. Group differences at follow-up were assessed using independent t-tests for statistical significance, and Cohen's d was calculated to measure effect sizes. Eleven trials (sample sizes: 17-89) met inclusion criteria, with PTSD primarily resulting from cardiovascular events (n = 5) or cancer (n = 4). Interventions included trauma-focused psychotherapies (n = 8; e.g., Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing [EMDR]) and others (n = 3; e.g., supportive therapy). Most studies reported significant posttreatment differences and large effect sizes favouring the intervention group, with EMDR and other trauma-focused psychotherapies particularly well-supported. Common limitations included small sample sizes, use of self-reported outcomes, and high dropout rates. Results highlight the efficacy of several interventions for medically induced PTSD and the need for larger trials.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144643859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Systematic review of the effects of decision fatigue in healthcare professionals on medical decision-making. 医疗保健专业人员决策疲劳对医疗决策影响的系统综述。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2513916

Mona Maier, Daniel Powell, Peter Murchie, Julia L Allan

{"title":"Systematic review of the effects of decision fatigue in healthcare professionals on medical decision-making.","authors":"Mona Maier, Daniel Powell, Peter Murchie, Julia L Allan","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2513916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2513916","url":null,"abstract":"Decision fatigue is the tendency towards making less effortful decisions as the cumulative mental burden of effortful decision-making increases. Health professionals working long shifts may be particularly vulnerable to decision fatigue. This preregistered systematic review (Prospero ID = CRD42021260081, no external funding) aims to synthesise the empirical evidence on decision fatigue in the healthcare context. Systematic searches across eight databases identified 14,740 records. N = 82 studies (72 quantitative, 1 qualitative, 1 review, 8 expert discussions) met the inclusion criteria (health professionals/trainees; medical decisions over time; healthcare context; any design). Study quality was assessed with the MMAT or relevant JBI checklist. Narrative synthesis revealed that 45% of cases that quantitatively assessed the decision fatigue hypothesis provided evidence of significant decision fatigue effects across diagnostic, test ordering, prescribing, and therapeutic decisions. Expert discussions confirmed healthcare professionals' recognition of decision fatigue as an important phenomenon. However, decision fatigue was inconsistently defined and inadequately operationalised, reflecting limitations in current theoretical understanding of the phenomenon. To address this, we propose a new definition for greater conceptual clarity and more consistent operationalisation in future research.' Future studies should prioritise the development and testing of different theoretical explanations for decision fatigue to improve understanding and facilitate the development of appropriate interventions.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-46"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144545498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adoption of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies: a cross-sectional study. 在健康心理学和行为医学期刊政策中采用促进透明度和开放性准则：一项横断面研究。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2516010

Elaine Toomey, Rory Coyne, Christina Derksen, Sean P Grant, Christopher M Jones, Marta Kijowska, Ilona McNeill, Felix Naughton, Aoife O'Mahony, Emma Norris

{"title":"Adoption of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Elaine Toomey, Rory Coyne, Christina Derksen, Sean P Grant, Christopher M Jones, Marta Kijowska, Ilona McNeill, Felix Naughton, Aoife O'Mahony, Emma Norris","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2516010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2516010","url":null,"abstract":"Scientific journals play a crucial role in promoting open science. The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines identify a range of standards that journals can adopt to promote the verifiability of the research they publish. We evaluated the adoption of TOP standards within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies, as this had not yet been systematically assessed. In a cross-sectional study on 19 health psychology and behavioural medicine journals, eight raters evaluated TOP standard adoption by these journals using the TRUST journal policy evaluation tool. Out of a total possible score of 29, journal scores ranged from 1 to 13 (median = 6). Standards related to use of reporting guidelines and data transparency were adopted the most, whereas standards related to pre-registration of study analysis plans and citation of code were adopted the least. TOP guidelines have to-date been poorly adopted within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies. There are several relatively straightforward opportunities for improvement, such as expanding policies around research data to also consider code and materials, and reducing ambiguity of wording. However, other improvements may require a collaborative approach involving all research stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144289695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effects of retirement on cognitive functioning based on a systematic review of longitudinal studies. 基于纵向研究系统回顾的退休对认知功能的影响。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2508987

Gabriela Nazar, María-Francisca Cabezas, Daniel Reyes-Molina, Patricia Castillo-Trecán, Felipe Díaz-Toro, Fanny Petermann-Rocha

{"title":"The effects of retirement on cognitive functioning based on a systematic review of longitudinal studies.","authors":"Gabriela Nazar, María-Francisca Cabezas, Daniel Reyes-Molina, Patricia Castillo-Trecán, Felipe Díaz-Toro, Fanny Petermann-Rocha","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2508987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2508987","url":null,"abstract":"As cognitive decline is a progressive process, it is crucial to determine the environmental influences that contribute to its onset and advancement. The transition into retirement may be a pivotal moment impacting cognitive functioning. This study aimed to synthesise evidence on the effects of retirement on cognitive functioning through a systematic review of longitudinal studies. A systematic search was conducted in the CINAHL and APA PsycArticles databases, as well as in SciELO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, for studies published since 2013, following PRISMA guidelines. Twenty-two studies were selected. A narrative synthesis of the main characteristics and results of the included studies enabled the identification of overarching trends as well as confounding and moderating variables in the relationship between retirement and cognitive functioning. Overall, the findings suggested that retirement was associated with lower cognitive functioning, an increased rate of decline, and a higher risk of dementia. Sociodemographic variables, cognitive domains assessed, mental job demands, and occupational groups were found to modify this relationship. Possible mechanisms such as reduced cognitive stimulation, increased stress, and role disengagement are discussed.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Defining open goals for the promotion of health behaviours: a critical conceptual review. 确定促进健康行为的开放性目标：一项重要的概念审查。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2467695

Christian Swann, Scott G Goddard, Matthew J Schweickle, Rebecca M Hawkins, Ollie Williamson, Davide Gargioli, Melanie M Clarke, Patricia C Jackman, Stewart A Vella

{"title":"Defining open goals for the promotion of health behaviours: a critical conceptual review.","authors":"Christian Swann, Scott G Goddard, Matthew J Schweickle, Rebecca M Hawkins, Ollie Williamson, Davide Gargioli, Melanie M Clarke, Patricia C Jackman, Stewart A Vella","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2467695","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2467695","url":null,"abstract":"Recently there have been calls in health psychology to re-examine the assumption that goals must be specific to be most effective, and to understand when and why nonspecific goals may produce comparable effects to specific goals. In particular, open goals have received increasing attention from both research and applied perspectives. However, there has not yet been a clear and robust definition of open goals, without which there is a risk of inaccurate or inconsistent research and implementation. Therefore, our primary aim was to develop a conceptual definition of open goals by examining necessary (i.e., essential) and sufficient (i.e., unique) attributes. The resulting definition identifies that open goals are nonspecific and phrased in an exploratory way, with measurable parameters, producing graded outcomes. A secondary aim was to critically review the initial evidence on open goals and highlight key priorities for future research. Five databases were searched, identifying 16 studies reporting empirical data on open goals, which were assessed using the mixed methods appraisal tool. A critical appraisal is provided, and priorities for future research are highlighted. In turn, this definition and review may help guide research and practice in the use of open goals as a strategy to promote health behaviours.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"344-367"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology and diagnosis in burn survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 烧伤幸存者中创伤后应激障碍症状和诊断的流行率：系统回顾和荟萃分析。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2024.2423725

Elise Boersma-van Dam, Laura Shepherd, Rens van de Schoot, Iris M Engelhard, Nancy E E Van Loey

{"title":"The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology and diagnosis in burn survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Elise Boersma-van Dam, Laura Shepherd, Rens van de Schoot, Iris M Engelhard, Nancy E E Van Loey","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2024.2423725","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17437199.2024.2423725","url":null,"abstract":"Great disparity is observed among studies investigating the prevalence of PTSD after burns. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to explore the pooled prevalence of PTSD in adult burn survivors over the first two years post-burn. Five electronic databases were searched for observational studies assessing the prevalence of PTSD symptoms after burns. Meta-analysis was performed using an auto-correlation and hierarchical effects model to estimate the course of PTSD prevalence rates over time and to establish point-prevalences. The effect of different moderators over time was tested with meta-regression. Thirty-two studies were included in the meta-analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of PTSD was 20.5% (95% CI 16.4-24.6) and the prevalence significantly decreased by about 0.37% per month post-burn over time. Questionnaire-based studies, and studies published from 2000 onwards, were more likely to show a decrease in PTSD prevalence over time compared to diagnostic studies and studies before 2000. A qualitative comparison revealed that inter-continental differences are likely to be complex and multi-factorial. PTSD affects about one in five burn survivors, with moderately decreasing rates from six months post-burn onwards. Early screening and identification of burn survivors who require specialist psychological care are vital for burns services.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"278-304"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Promoting self-management in chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behaviour change interventions for patients on dialysis. 促进慢性疾病的自我管理：透析患者行为改变干预的系统回顾和荟萃分析。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2471775

Olayinka Farris, Sheina Orbell, Veronica M Lamarche, Richard Smith

{"title":"Promoting self-management in chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behaviour change interventions for patients on dialysis.","authors":"Olayinka Farris, Sheina Orbell, Veronica M Lamarche, Richard Smith","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2471775","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17437199.2025.2471775","url":null,"abstract":"Given the importance of patients' ability to effectively self-manage their kidney disease, researchers have developed interventions focused on improving self-management for patients on dialysis. The review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy of these interventions and identify the characteristics of more effective interventions in this domain. A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials to promote self-management in patients on dialysis (N = 4201, k = 45) evaluated: the effect of the interventions on psychological, behavioural, and physiological outcomes; the relationships between changes in outcomes; the moderation of outcomes by behaviour change techniques employed in the interventions; and intervention duration. The meta-analysis obtained moderate effect sizes, demonstrating improvement in behavioural (g = 0.50 to 0.65) and physiological health outcomes (g = -0.32 to -0.57). Fewer studies assessed psychological intervention targets, but large effects were obtained for knowledge change and quality of life (g = 0.65 and 1.17, respectively). Improved knowledge was positively associated with improved medication adherence, which in turn was associated with one physiological outcome. Interventions incorporating psychotherapeutic techniques such as CBT or rational emotive therapy achieved superior physiological outcomes, particularly when used in isolation. The findings support the interpretation that intervention strategies to enhance emotional self-management are effective in optimising outcomes for patients on dialysis.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"368-408"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Analytical decisions pose moral questions. 分析性决策会提出道德问题。

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Health Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2024.2425689

Mirela Zaneva

{"title":"Analytical decisions pose moral questions.","authors":"Mirela Zaneva","doi":"10.1080/17437199.2024.2425689","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17437199.2024.2425689","url":null,"abstract":"How often do we reflect on the potential moral or value implications - what is right, wrong, has value and is (in)appropriate - of seemingly trivial analytical decisions, such as how to dichotomise a variable? I argue that analytical choices relate to multifaceted and oftentimes challenging moral issues that scientists should take into deeper consideration. Here, I illustrate a variety of potential considerations about moral values, including issues like exclusion, marginalisation, autonomy, responsibility, non-maleficence in relation to various common analytical choices and practices, such as the use of thresholds for disease diagnosis or population definition, the use of composite measures in the context of clarifying effects, classification practices, decisions on variable selection, as well as decisions relating to (dis)aggregation of data. I discuss these examples in the context of reasonable theoretical or statistical reservations. I advocate for deeper engagement with the difficult moral implications of analytical decisions, and for a principled and pluralistic science, that is also a more robust science. Such a science can include diverse moral views through a coupled ethical-epistemic approach, sensitivity tests, multiverse analysis, as well as stronger commitments to participatory and mutual learning practices.","PeriodicalId":48034,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Review","volume":" ","pages":"305-314"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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