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{"title":"Superwoman schema and arterial stiffness in Black American women: assessing the role of environmental mastery.","authors":"Kennedy M Blevins, Nicole D Fields, Sarah D Pressman, Christy L Erving, Zachary T Martin, Reneé H Moore, Raphiel J Murden, Rachel Parker, Shivika Udaipuria, Bianca Booker, LaKeia Culler, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed Quyyumi, Tené T Lewis","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf035","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Emerging evidence suggests that the Superwoman Schema (SWS)-the sociocultural representation of Black women as naturally strong, independent, and nurturing-may play an important role in Black women's cardiovascular health; but findings have been relatively mixed. One interesting possibility is that environmental mastery, a sense of control over one's environment, may mitigate negative aspects of SWS.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We investigated whether mastery moderated the association between SWS and pulse wave velocity (PWV), the gold standard measure of arterial stiffness linked to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were N = 368 early middle-aged (30-45 years old) Black women from the southeastern USA who completed the 35-item Giscombé Superwoman Schema Questionnaire and Ryff's 14-item environmental mastery scale. Carotid-femoral PWV was assessed using the SphygmoCor device. Linear regression models examined the main and interactive associations of SWS and mastery on PWV, adjusting for age, education, income, body mass index, smoking status, blood pressure, and antihypertensive medication use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analyses revealed a significant overall SWS endorsement by mastery interaction [β = -.11, P = .02], such that SWS was positively associated with higher PWV only when mastery was low. Three SWS dimensions drove this association: SWS strength, SWS suppress emotions, and SWS resistance to vulnerability (all P-values < .05) showing similar patterns to the overall SWS interaction with mastery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In Black women, high endorsement of SWS is associated with greater arterial stiffness when environmental mastery is low. Thus, SWS may be more physiologically taxing when one senses less control over their environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis.","authors":"Kristin M Davis, Grant S Shields, George M Slavich, Samuele Zilioli","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf013","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although sleep disparities contribute to racial health disparities, little is known about factors affecting sleep among African Americans. One such factor may be positive affect, which could impact sleep directly (direct effect hypothesis) or indirectly by buffering the effects of stress (stress buffering hypothesis).</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We tested the direct effect and stress buffering effects of positive affect on sleep at three levels (day, week, trait) in a sample of 210 older African American adults, ranging in age from 50 to 89 years old.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Daily positive affect, perceived stress, sleep quality, and sleep duration were collected for five consecutive days. Multilevel modeling was used to test the direct and stress buffering hypotheses both within-person (day level) and between-persons (week level). Trait positive affect, past five-year stress severity, and global sleep quality were assessed cross-sectionally. Regression was used to test the direct and stress buffering hypotheses at the trait level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In line with the direct effect hypothesis, higher week-level positive affect predicted better sleep quality and sleep duration. Day-level positive affect was not significantly associated with daily sleep quality or daily sleep duration. Higher trait positive affect predicted better global sleep quality. However, neither day-level perceived stress nor past five-year stress severity significantly interacted with positive affect measures for any sleep outcome; no interaction effect was observed on week-level sleep duration. Positive affect and perceived stress interacted at the week level to predict sleep quality, but not in the hypothesized direction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found support for the direct effect hypothesis at the week- and trait-levels, but not at the day level. In contrast, we found no support for the stress buffering hypothesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143622975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attitudes regarding polygenic risk testing for lung cancer: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Hoda Badr, Jinyoung Byun, Melinda C Aldrich, Laura J Bierut, Li-Shiun Chen, Rayjean J Hung, Christopher I Amos","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaf020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Polygenic risk scores (PRS) hold promise for early lung cancer detection and personalized treatment, yet factors influencing patient interest in PRS-based genetic testing are not well understood.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Grounded in the health belief model, this mixed-methods study explored knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits and barriers to lung cancer PRS, and preferences for receiving PRS results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 141 individuals (41% African American, 63% female) recruited from two hospital affiliates of a comprehensive cancer center in the Southwestern United States. Although participants recognized the severity of lung cancer, knowledge of PRS was limited. Concerns about privacy, psychological impacts, and uncertainty about result usefulness diminished interest in genetic testing for polygenic risk. Significant differences (P < .05) in attitudes were observed: women expressed heightened concerns about psychological effects, and African Americans reported greater perceptions of stigma and concerns about potential familial consequences. Qualitative findings emphasized the psychological burden of learning one's genetic risk, particularly among those with family cancer histories or smoking exposure. Participants emphasized the need for clear, actionable results and assurances of data privacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Perceived benefits and barriers to PRS-based testing varied by sociodemographic and personal risk factors, with concerns about stigma, psychological burden, and privacy shaping attitudes. Given participants' emphasis on clear, actionable results, strategies to enhance uptake should improve risk communication, ensure data privacy, and provide guidance on risk-reducing actions. Tailored approaches addressing subgroup-specific concerns may improve diverse patient engagement and equitable access to PRS.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12012679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143961458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stability and change of illness identity in Belgian youth with type 1 diabetes: a latent transition analysis.","authors":"Elise Van Laere, Leen Oris, Korneel Schepers, Janne Vanderhaegen, Sara Campens, Philip Moons, Robert Hilbrands, Koen Luyckx","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae078","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are tasked with integrating their illness into their identity, a process conceptualized as illness identity. To date, longitudinal person-centered studies are lacking that substantiate qualitative research capturing illness identity as a process.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>First, the current study examined patterns of stability and change among illness identity profiles in youth with T1D. Second, the study investigated how these profiles and patterns are related to background and medical characteristics, psychological, and contextual variables.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This 4-wave longitudinal study (covering 3 years) included 558 adolescents and emerging adults with T1D at baseline recruited from the Belgian Diabetes Registry (age range = 14-26 years, 54% female). Latent transition analysis was used to examine (1) illness identity profiles and (2) patterns of stability and change among these profiles. Multinomial logistic regression models examined the profiles' and patterns' associations with the background and medical characteristics, psychological, and contextual variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three illness identity profiles emerged: the more-integrated profile, the less-integrated profile, and the least-integrated profile. Although most individuals remained within their profile across 3 years, several meaningful transitions occurred as well. Age, self-esteem, diabetes distress, and psychological control were related to profile membership, whereas only illness duration was related to transitional patterns.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present study informed both theory and clinical practice on how illness identity is experienced by youth with T1D from a person-centered perspective. In addition, the results provided insight into which aspects are meaningfully related to illness identity integration, supporting tailored interventions for youth with T1D.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heterogeneous depressive symptom trajectories among women with type 2 diabetes: findings from the Women's Interagency HIV Study.","authors":"Nicole Beaulieu Perez, Gail D'Eramo Melkus, Jason Fletcher, Kristen Allen-Watts, Deborah L Jones, Lauren F Collins, Catalina Ramirez, Amanda Long, Mardge H Cohen, Daniel Merenstein, Tracey E Wilson, Anjali Sharma, Brad Aouizerat","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae080","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression affects 33% of women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and leads to increased risks of premature mortality. Fluctuation and variation of depressive presentations can hinder clinical identification.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We aimed to identify and examine subgroups characterized by distinct depressive symptom trajectories among women with T2D.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective analysis leveraged the Women's Interagency HIV Study data to identify depressive symptom trajectories based on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scores (2014-2019) among women with and without HIV. Descriptive statistics characterized sample demographics (eg, age, race, income), clinical indices (eg, hemoglobin A1C [HbA1c], BMI, HIV status), and psychosocial experiences (eg, discrimination, social support, anxiety, pain). We used growth mixture modeling to identify groups defined by distinct depressive symptom trajectories and parametric and non-parametric tests to examine demographic, clinical, and psychosocial differences across subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 630 women included, the mean age was 50.4 (SD = 8.3) years, 72.4% identified as Black and non-Hispanic, and 68.2% were living with HIV. Five subgroups were identified and distinguished by severity and symptom type. Participants with lower incomes (P = .01), lower employment (P < .0001), lower social support (P = .0001), and experiences of discrimination (P < .0001) showed greater membership in threshold, moderate, and severe depressive subgroups. Subgroup membership was not associated with metabolic indices (BMI, HbA1c) or HIV status. Anxiety, pain, and loneliness (all P = .0001) were worse in subgroups with higher depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among women with T2D, depressive symptom trajectories differ across clinical and social contexts. This study advances precision by delineating subgroups within a broad clinical category.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations Among Experiences With Racial Discrimination, Religion/Spirituality, and Cigarette Smoking Among African American Adults: The Jackson Heart Study.","authors":"Cherell Cottrell-Daniels, Dawn M Aycock, Terry F Pecháček, Mario Sims, Claire A Spears","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae066","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>African American adults exhibit disproportionately high rates of tobacco-related diseases and associated death. Experiences with racial discrimination contribute to health disparities among African Americans, but more research is needed to understand associations between perceived discrimination and tobacco use as well as potential protective factors.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study examined associations between perceived racial discrimination and cigarette smoking, as well as religion and spirituality as moderators of any associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional data were drawn from the Jackson Heart Study, a study of cardiovascular disease risk factors among African American adults in Jackson, MS. Measures included perceived everyday discrimination and major life events discrimination that was attributed to race. Participants also reported religious attendance, prayer, spirituality, and whether they prayed in response to discriminatory experiences. Logistic regression models tested associations between perceived racial discrimination and cigarette smoking status, and interactions between religiosity/spirituality and discrimination in predicting smoking status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 2,972 participants were included in the analysis (62.7% female, mean age 55.1 years). Thirteen percent reported currently smoking cigarettes. Everyday racial discrimination was associated with a higher likelihood of current smoking (p = .01). The association between lifetime racial discrimination and current smoking status was weaker for those who reported prayer as a reaction compared to those who did not report prayer as a reaction (adjusted odds ratio = 0.32, 95% confidence interval: 0.11 to 0.91) while adjusting for demographics and covariates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Stressful experiences with racial discrimination may create risks for health behaviors like smoking. However, prayer may act as a coping strategy to help buffer the effects of racial discrimination on smoking behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11783324/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142543226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health-related quality of life and mental health outcomes among cancer survivors in an insomnia intervention: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Misol Kwon, Jingtao Zhu, Gregory E Wilding, Karen Larkin, Philip R Gehrman, Suzanne S Dickerson","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaae096","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaae096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While brief behavioral therapy for insomnia (BBTI) has shown promising results in improving sleep outcomes, its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and mental health among cancer survivors have been understudied.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the effect of BBTI on HRQOL and mental health outcomes among cancer survivors, relative to an attention control group receiving a healthy eating program (HEP), over periods from baseline to 12 months and from 3 to 12 months.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sample of 132 cancer survivors with insomnia symptoms (Mage: 63.7 ± 10 years; 55.3% female) was assessed at baseline, with the final analytical sample of 121 (BBTI = 62, HEP = 59). Self-reported HRQOL, mood disturbance, depression, and anxiety at baseline, 3 months, and 12 months were examined. A multivariate linear model using least squares means evaluated within- and between-group differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences in outcome variables were found between the randomized groups at any time point. Both groups showed significant improvements in total HRQOL, mood disturbance, and anxiety symptoms from baseline to 12 months. Only the BBTI group demonstrated a significant reduction in depressive symptoms within the group, an effect not observed in the HEP group. The most noticeable changes occurred within the first 3 months, with no statistically significant differences from 3 to 12 months within or between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While both randomized groups showed improvements in total HRQOL, mood, and anxiety symptoms, only BBTI produced significant within-group improvements in depressive symptoms over 12 months.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>https://ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03810365.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11783284/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143063379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting endocrine therapy adherence in women with breast cancer: findings from the ROSETA pilot fractional factorial randomized trial.","authors":"Samuel G Smith, Sophie M C Green, Emma McNaught, Christopher D Graham, Robbie Foy, Pei Loo Ow, David P French, Louise H Hall, Hollie Wilkes, Christopher Taylor Ba, Rachel Ellison, Erin Raine, Rebecca Walwyn, Daniel Howdon, Jane Clark, Nikki Rousseau, Jacqueline Buxton Ba, Sally J L Moore, Jo Waller, Catherine Parbutt, Galina Velikova, Amanda Farrin, Michelle Collinson","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf003","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in women with breast cancer is poor. Multicomponent intervention packages are needed to address adherence barriers. Optimizing these packages prior to definitive evaluation can increase their effectiveness, affordability, scalability, and efficiency.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To pilot procedures for an optimization-randomized controlled trial (O-RCT) of the 'Refining and Optimizing Strategies to support Endocrine Therapy Adherence' (ROSETA) intervention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a multisite individually randomized external pilot trial using a 24-1 fractional factorial design (ISRCTN10487576). Breast cancer survivors prescribed AET were recruited from 5 hospitals and randomized to one of 8 conditions, each comprising a combination of 4 intervention components set to \"on\" or \"off\" (SMS messages, information leaflet, guided self-help, and self-management website). We set criteria to inform the decision to progress to an O-RCT for consent rate, component adherence, and availability of outcome measures, with predefined cutoffs for \"green\" (proceed), \"amber\" (minor changes), and \"red\" (major changes).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 141 eligible patients, 54 (38.3%) consented (green range). At least 50.0% of participants adhered to the minimum threshold set for each intervention component (green range). Data for one of the 3 medication adherence measures were available (amber range). Most (86.8%) participants were satisfied with their trial experience. Exploratory analysis indicated some evidence of a negative main effect of the information leaflet on medication adherence (adjusted mean difference = 0.088, 95% CI, 0.018, 0.158).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Progression to a fully powered O-RCT of the ROSETA intervention package is feasible, but review of medication adherence measures is required.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11783298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143062868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcomes of the linking exercise for advancing daily stress (LEADS) management and resilience randomized pilot trial in African American adolescents and families.","authors":"Dawn K Wilson, Mary Quattlebaum, Allison M Sweeney, Timothy Simmons, Colby Kipp, Taylor White, Vashti Wood, M Lee Van Horn, Pamela Martin","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous research has examined the deleterious impact of racial stress on African Americans' mental and physical health; however, few interventions have focused on utilizing culturally salient protective factors to buffer the effect of racial stress on physical health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This pilot feasibility trial assessed the preliminary impact of Linking Exercise for Advancing Daily Stress (LEADS) Management and Resilience, a cultural and family-based resilience intervention aiming to increase physical activity and improve coping in overweight African American adolescents (N = 23 adolescent-caregiver dyads; adolescent Mage 14.0 ± 2.2; MBMI percentile 97.8; 61.9% female; Parents Mage 46.4 ± 8.8; MBMI 41.2 ± 7.6; 100.00% female).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 10-week feasibility trial tested an online family-based group resilience and health promotion program compared to an online health education only program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Process evaluation demonstrated high feasibility and acceptability of both group programs. As hypothesized, among adolescents, the treatment means reflect an average increase of 4.31 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the intervention group compared to an average decrease of 7.84 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the health education group. For light physical activity, treatment means reflect an average increase of 11.08 min/day in the intervention group and an average decrease of 2.56 min/day in the health education group. Also, the intervention adolescents and parents had greater engagement in adaptive coping skills (active coping, religion to cope, cognitive reframing) from baseline to post-treatment than the health education group, and greater reductions in maladaptive, and passive coping skills (self-distraction) than the health education group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This pilot feasibility trial demonstrates the acceptabity and feasibiity of integrating culturally sensitive strength-based interventions for African American families to promote health promotion behaviors and coping.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcome expectations and repeated blood donation behavior: a moderated mediation model in a prospective observational study.","authors":"Huahua Hu, Wei Hu, Joseph Tak Fai Lau, Qiuyue Hu, Yan Yan, Phoenix Kit Han Mo","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf036","DOIUrl":"10.1093/abm/kaaf036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Social cognitive theory proposes outcome expectations as an important factor in behavior change and maintenance. However, it is unknown whether and how outcome expectations interact with prosocial traits in predicting repeated blood donation (RBD) behavior.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The current study aimed to test the prospective association between outcome expectations and RBD behavior and the roles of altruism and re-donation intention in this association.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 850 blood donors recruited from blood donation sites in Hangzhou, China, completed an online baseline survey. Their RBD behavior was captured by checking their blood donation records in the database of Blood Center of Zhejiang Province 6 months later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Anticipated physical benefits positively predicted RBD behavior, while anticipated physical harms negatively predicted it. Moderated mediation analyses showed that overall outcome expectations and anticipated physical benefits predicted more RBD behavior through increased re-donation intention, and this effect was moderated by altruism. Specifically, the positive effect of overall outcome expectations and anticipated physical benefits on re-donation intention was stronger among donors with lower levels of altruism. Overall outcome expectations and anticipated physical benefits were found to have a significant impact on RBD behavior only in donors with lower levels of altruism.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings suggest that interventions aimed at promoting RBD behavior should seek to enhance re-donation intention, overall outcome expectations, and altruism. In particular, it is important to increase the overall outcome expectations-especially anticipated physical benefits-of donors with lower levels of altruism.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}