Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-06-07DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2355131
Trinh L T Huynh, Whitney N Neal, Elizabeth A Barstow, Robert W Motl
{"title":"Preferred Behavior Change Techniques for Physical Activity Interventions among Persons Newly Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Trinh L T Huynh, Whitney N Neal, Elizabeth A Barstow, Robert W Motl","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2355131","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2355131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is increasing interest by researchers and clinicians in behavior change interventions for promoting physical activity in persons newly diagnosed with MS. Ideally, such interventions require the delivery of behavior change techniques (BCTs) based on theory and the selection of BCTs might further require tailoring for this MS subpopulation. The current study examined BCTs preferred by persons newly diagnosed with MS for informing the design and delivery of physical activity behavior change interventions in early-stages of MS. We recruited and interviewed 20 persons newly diagnosed with MS (i.e., disease duration ≤ 2 years). The interviews were conducted online <i>via</i> video conferencing platform and followed a semi-structured script. During the interviews, participants provided opinions regarding an ideal physical activity behavior change program, and the opinions of participants were mapped with the Intervention Functions of the Behavior Change Wheel, BCTs, and BCT groups. Ten frequently mentioned BCTs were identified as preferred strategies for a physical activity behavior change intervention among persons newly diagnosed with MS. These BCTs focused on providing social support, skills and strategies for physical activity performance and regulation, and knowledge on benefits of physical activity in MS. This research provides a refined list of BCTs that can be included when designing tailored physical activity behavior change interventions for persons newly diagnosed with MS.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"106-116"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11624314/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141285485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2406308
Jorge Schleef, Manuel S Ortiz
{"title":"Associations Between Habit and Its Determinants with Medication Adherence in Chilean Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"Jorge Schleef, Manuel S Ortiz","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2406308","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2406308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High rates of medication non-adherence have been reported in Chilean patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although habit is relevant to medication adherence, few studies have examined the antecedents of habit strength in taking diabetes medication. The aim of the present study was to assess the mediating role of habit strength in the association between determinants of habit formation and medication adherence in Chilean patients with T2DM. Participants were 245 T2DM patients from Chile. Variables were measured using self-report scales. Hypotheses were tested using a series of mediation models. Results supported the mediating role of habit strength in the relationships of medication adherence with planning, exposure to contextual cues, behavior repetition, perceived benefits, and intrinsic motivation. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings for the treatment of T2DM are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"136-145"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2375205
Mohammed Alfaqeeh, Sofa D Alfian, Rizky Abdulah
{"title":"Sociodemographic Factors, Health-Risk Behaviors, and Chronic Conditions Are Associated with a High Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms: Findings from the Indonesian Family Life Survey-5.","authors":"Mohammed Alfaqeeh, Sofa D Alfian, Rizky Abdulah","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2375205","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2375205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depression is a significant public health challenge. However, limited research exists regarding the risk of sociodemographic factors, health-risk behavior, and chronic conditions in relation to the development of depression in Indonesia. This study assesses the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents and adults, and identifies its potential associations with sociodemographic factors, health-risk behaviors, and chronic conditions. A national cross-sectional population-based survey was performed, using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS-5), to assess depressive symptoms in respondents aged 15 years and older. Depression was evaluated using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale, and potential associations with sociodemographic factors, health-risk behaviors, and chronic conditions were examined using logistic regression analysis. The study revealed a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, with the highest incidence observed in the age group of 25-34 years. Factors such as unmarried status, younger age, good physical activity, and having chronic conditions showed associations with depression. These findings have implications for developing public mental health strategies to reduce the prevalence of depression in Indonesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"117-127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Doug H Cheung, Casey D Xavier Hall, Liying Wang, Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Artur Queiroz, Lorie Okada, Avrum Gillespie, Gina Simoncini, John P Barile, Grace X Ma, Frank Y Wong
{"title":"Risk and Resilience Trajectories from Adverse Childhood Experience Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV.","authors":"Doug H Cheung, Casey D Xavier Hall, Liying Wang, Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Artur Queiroz, Lorie Okada, Avrum Gillespie, Gina Simoncini, John P Barile, Grace X Ma, Frank Y Wong","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2480562","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2480562","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly contribute to health disparities among minoritized populations. However, the characterization and impact of ACEs and the resilience of men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV remains under-examined. This study aimed to examine how the clustering profiles of ACEs and social support networks may affect psychosocial outcomes to elucidate ACEs resilience in relation to social support network among MSM living with HIV. Data (2019-2023) were obtained from a prospective cohort of MSM living with HIV from Hawaii and Philadelphia, USA (<i>N</i> = 261). Latent profile analysis and propensity score-weighted generalized estimating equations were used to estimate group-level differences in psychosocial trajectories over the one-year study period. An ACEs-resilient profile with intensified, poly-types of ACEs and a robust social support network was significantly associated with higher perceived social support from family, resilient coping, lower depressive symptoms, and perceived stress, compared to those with similarly heightened ACEs exposure and a less optimal social support network. Bolstering social support networks could potentially improve the holistic range of ACEs-psychosocial outcome resilience among MSM living with HIV with heightened histories of ACEs. Future studies should examine the more nuanced socio-ecological and intrapersonal pathways of ACEs resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143702143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Theresa Schrage, Lea Schumacher, Martin Härter, David Leander Rimmele, Götz Thomalla, Levente Kriston
{"title":"Physical and Psychological Symptoms After Stroke: Longitudinal Symptom Prevalence and Network Analysis.","authors":"Theresa Schrage, Lea Schumacher, Martin Härter, David Leander Rimmele, Götz Thomalla, Levente Kriston","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2469911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2469911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stroke survivors experience physical and psychological symptoms. However, long-term symptom prevalence and symptom associations have not been extensively studied. The current study aimed to assess the prevalence of physical and psychological symptoms across four years after stroke and to evaluate the relationship between these symptoms. We conducted a secondary analysis of a prospective, clinical, observational study. Physical (pain, fatigue, and physical impairment) and psychological (loss of interest, depressed mood, anxiety, and worry) symptoms were assessed using the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Standard Set for Stroke and the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety three months, one year, two years, three years, and four years after hospital admission. We evaluated the prevalence of these symptoms across time and conducted a network analysis using panel vector autoregressive modeling. Physical impairment and fatigue had the highest prevalence in the sample. Psychological symptoms were also consistently observed, however, at a lower prevalence. There was no reduction in any symptom's prevalence across the course of four years after stroke. Furthermore, psychological and physical symptoms were associated with each other. Physical impairment was most strongly associated with the other symptoms, and anxiety symptoms preceded depressive symptoms. Thus, despite established follow-up care in Germany, symptoms persisted for years after stroke. Further, the observed symptom associations suggest the need to investigate the impact of physical symptoms on psychological distress. Our findings emphasize the need to prevent and treat persisting physical and psychological symptoms after stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Celina R Furman, Ingrid A Worth, Jacki D Zhang, Ashley N Gearhardt
{"title":"The Moderating Effect of Social Skills and Social Support on the Association Between Poverty Ratio and Health Promotion Behaviors in Adolescence.","authors":"Celina R Furman, Ingrid A Worth, Jacki D Zhang, Ashley N Gearhardt","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2471875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2471875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Eating and exercise habits established in adolescence are associated with immediate and long-term health outcomes. These habits may be influenced by adolescents' socioeconomic status (SES), such that low SES households often experience inequitable access to nutritious foods and opportunities for exercise. Emerging evidence suggests that social factors, such as social skills and social support may support adolescents' health behavior engagement. Thus, this study tested if social factors might be a viable target for interventions to reduce SES disparities in health behavior among adolescents. Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examined (1) if household SES is associated with adolescents' self-reported frequency of healthy eating and exercise, and (2) if social factors (e.g., social skills, connectedness, social support) mitigate the negative association between SES and each health behavior. Regression analyses revealed that adolescents in lower SES households reported fewer days of healthy eating and exercise. Social skills and support were positively associated with exercise for all adolescents, but did not reduce the SES disparity. Social skills and support were only associated with healthy eating for adolescents with higher SES, but connectedness was associated with healthy eating for all adolescents. Even so, connectedness did not reduce the SES difference in healthy eating. These findings suggest that high quality social relationships and social skills may have a significant but small positive effect on health behavior for adolescents in low SES households, and that systemic change is needed to achieve health equity and improve health outcomes for all adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143588237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Callon M Williams, Nadine R Mastroleo, Mark F Lenzenweger, Emily L Zale
{"title":"Pain Predicts Cannabis Initiation Among Emerging Adults: Results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.","authors":"Callon M Williams, Nadine R Mastroleo, Mark F Lenzenweger, Emily L Zale","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2465525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2465525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain is highly prevalent among emerging adults (18-25 years old), and rates of cannabis use are increasing among this population. Research indicates pain is a unique risk factor and motivator for substance use. However, evidence for pain-cannabis use relations among emerging adults is largely cross-sectional, and the only prospective evidence focuses on the frequency, quantity, and consequences of cannabis use, not initiation. Accordingly, this is the first study to examine pain as a prospective predictor of cannabis initiation among emerging adults. Data were drawn from five annual waves of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Emerging adults who denied cannabis use at baseline (<i>n</i> = 4,185) were included in the analysis. At baseline, a tenth of emerging adults reported moderate/severe pain (≥4/10). Adjusted Cox regression analysis revealed that emerging adults with moderate/severe baseline pain were more likely to initiate cannabis use, and did so earlier over the subsequent 4 years, than those with no/low baseline pain. These findings provide initial evidence for pain as a risk factor for cannabis initiation during emerging adulthood. Future research is needed to identify mechanisms by which pain motivates cannabis initiation and to examine the utility of pain-targeted content in cannabis use prevention and intervention efforts among emerging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Smoking on In Vitro Fertilization Cycle Characteristics and Outcomes in Women with Infertility Aged Under 35 Years.","authors":"Duha Shaqalaih, Mürüvvet Başer, Ahmet Emin Mutlu","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2465526","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2465526","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing incidence of infertility has increased the cost of assisted reproductive techniques and raised serious concerns on fertilization worldwide. Age and smoking adversely affect the reproductive system. This study aimed to assess the in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle characteristics and outcomes of smoking women ages over 35 years. The data of 329 women ages 20-35 who underwent frozen embryo transfer in IVF treatment were used in the study. The M2 number, pregnancy outcome, live birth rate, and embryo transfer day showed statistically significant differences according to age group. The 2PN rate, pregnancy outcome, and live birth rate were significantly higher in nonsmoking women with infertility than in smoking women. The effects of these factors, especially smoking behavior, which can potentially be modified to increase the chance of IVF success, on IVF cycle characteristics should be explained to patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meaghan L Delcourt, Emily Copenhaver, Dean G Cruess
{"title":"Cardiac Autonomic and Affective Reactivity to Laboratory Stressors across the Menstrual Cycle: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Meaghan L Delcourt, Emily Copenhaver, Dean G Cruess","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2451920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2451920","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluctuations in steroid sex hormones are associated with altered cardiac autonomic and affective functioning across the female lifespan. The neuroendocrine pathways which modulate sex hormone changes during the menstrual cycle have reciprocal interactions with the autonomic nervous system, an integral system for self-regulation and stress response. Cardiac autonomic activity is often imbalanced among individuals with mental and physical health conditions. However, it is unclear whether variations in female-typical sex hormones across the menstrual cycle significantly alter cardiac autonomic and affective stress reactivity, which may underlie menstrual-related mood and psychosomatic symptoms. The present systematic review aims to address this gap by characterizing patterns of cardiac autonomic activity at baseline, and cardiac autonomic and affective reactivity to laboratory stress tasks across the menstrual cycle in reproductive-aged women. The review was preregistered (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B2Y5Q) and conducted in line with PRISMA guidelines. Twenty studies and 28 records were identified and discussed. The study found modest support for increased cardiac sympathetic activation at baseline and in response to stress, and greater affective reactivity within the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. These results expand upon prior research demonstrating cardiac autonomic imbalance and affective vulnerability within the luteal phase to show that these patterns also influence stress reactivity. Additionally, the review aims to identify notable methodological limitations and gaps within this body of literature and suggests areas of future research to clarify the role of cardiac autonomic and affective processes in steroid sex hormone-related symptomatology.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
George N Okoli, Alexandra E Soos, Katharine Etsell, Alexandra Grossman Moon, Hannah Kimmel Supron, Avneet Grewal, Christine J Neilson, Caroline Richardson, Diane M Harper
{"title":"Socioeconomic and Health-Related Characteristics Associated with Initiation and Completion of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Males in the United States: An In-Depth Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"George N Okoli, Alexandra E Soos, Katharine Etsell, Alexandra Grossman Moon, Hannah Kimmel Supron, Avneet Grewal, Christine J Neilson, Caroline Richardson, Diane M Harper","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447358","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447358","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among males is poorly understood. We systematically reviewed individual socioeconomic/health-related characteristics associated with HPV vaccine initiation and vaccination series completion among males in the United States. We searched for literature up to August 1, 2023, and pooled appropriate multivariable-adjusted results using an inverse variance random effects model, with results expressed as odds ratios. Among pediatric males (<18 years old), we observed moderately increased odds of vaccine initiation in urban residence, with being a Black/Hispanic male versus White male, public versus private health insurance, and visiting a health care provider in the past year. Influenza vaccination in the past year strongly increased the odds. Further, urban residence and having a parent with lower/no education moderately increased the odds of vaccination series completion, whereas influenza vaccination strongly increased the odds. Among adult males (≥18 years old), we observed moderately increased odds of vaccine initiation in the US-born, unemployed, unmarried/separated/divorced/widowed; among the states in the Northern versus Western region; having had a sexually transmitted infection; and being gay/bisexual. Younger age, living in the states in the Northern versus Southern region, having health insurance, and having visited a health care provider in the past year strongly increased the odds. Further, higher education, unmarried/separated/divorced/widowed, being a White male versus Black male, living in the states in the Northern versus Western region, and having a primary care physician moderately increased the odds of vaccination series completion, whereas having health insurance and being gay/bisexual strongly increased the odds. These findings may inform age-targeted future vaccination program planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143034772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}