Kazi Faria Islam, Abdul Awal, Hoimonty Mazumder, Ummi Rukaiya Munni et al.
Background: Using a theoretical perspective to guide research design and implementation can result in a coherent preventative intervention model. Among theoretical frameworks, Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) is particularly useful for studies focused on behavior change in health promotion re...
Erin E. Brannon, Christopher C. Cushing
OBJECTIVE: Systematically review and meta-analyze the pediatric literature on behavior-change techniques (BCT) as defined by Abraham & Michie (Health Psychology, 27, 379-387, 2008), and describe whether the most effective BCTs are incorporated in physical activity (PA) and dietary mobile apps. METHO...
Frances Mielewczyk, Carla Willig
Social cognition models (SCMs) have been described by Ingham as old clothes fit only for the jumble, yet their use in investigations of health behaviour performance in recent years has proliferated rather than declined. In a critique of the literature, this paper highlights a range of theoretical, m...
Jennifer Inauen, Robert Tobias, Hans‐Joachim Mosler
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to investigate the importance of commitment strength in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and to test whether behaviour change techniques (BCTs) aimed at increasing commitment strength indeed promote switching to arsenic-safe wells by changing commit...
Xiaoting Wu, Haibo Xu, Xiaomin Zhang, Shiyu Han et al.
BACKGROUND: Patients with gastric cancer experience severe psychological distress as a result of their cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy. Resilience is a defense mechanism that enables one to thrive amid distress. However, little research has been done to explore the formation and development mechan...
Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen, Talieh Sadeghi
Background: The Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) is a brief instrument designed to assess the five-factor model (FFM) personality dimensions. It was specifically developed to provide a brief assessment option in situations where using more comprehensive FFM instruments would be unfeasible. The ...
Jennifer Inauen, Hans‐Joachim Mosler
Millions of people in Bangladesh drink arsenic-contaminated water despite increased awareness of consequences to health. Theory-based and evidence-based interventions are likely to have greater impact on people switching to existing arsenic-safe wells than providing information alone. To test this a...
Farooq Naeem, Ishaque Sarhandi, Mirrat Gul, Mehwish Khalid et al.
Background Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based self-help has been found to be effective for treating depression and anxiety. There is some evidence to suggest that CBT needs to be culturally adapted for it to be effective in non-Western cultures. CBT is not widely used in low and middle income c...
Khondoker Tashya Kalam, Jannatul Mabia Rahman, Md. Rabiul Islam, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan
Background: ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) language model that has gained popularity as a virtual assistant because of its exceptional capacity to solve problems and make decisions. However, there are some ways in which technological misuse and incorrect interpretations can have potentia...
Hilde van Keulen, Ilse Mesters, Johannes Brug, Marlein Ausems et al.
BACKGROUND: A large proportion of adults fail to meet public health guidelines for physical activity as well as fruit, vegetable and fat intake. Interventions are needed to improve these health behaviors. Both computer tailoring and motivational interviewing have shown themselves to be promising tec...
Sahil Khan Warsi, Helen Elsey, Melanie Boeckmann, Maryam Noor et al.
BACKGROUND: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately impacted by interacting epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco consumption. Research indicates behavioural support delivered by health workers effectively promotes tobacco cessation. There is, however, a paucity of train...
Keon West, Rhiannon N. Turner, Liat Levita
Abstract This experiment ( N = 49) is the first to show that imagined contact can buffer anticipatory physiological responses to future interactions, and improve the quality of these interactions. Participants imagined a positive interaction with a person with schizophrenia, or in a control conditio...
Kazi Tanvir Mahmud, Ishraat Saira Wahid, Ishtiaque Arif
The prime objective of this study was to assess the impact of training needs assessment (TNA) on the performance of the employees who were employed in the telecommunication sector in Bangladesh. Primary data were collected from the employees of the commercial department of two telecommunication comp...
Stephen Clarke, Donncha Hanna, Ciaran Mulholland, Ciarán Shannon et al.
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of controlled studies to determine the effect of digital health technologies on psychotic symptoms.Method: Electronic databases were searched up to March 2019. A narrative synthesis and meta-analyses of subcategories were completed.Results: Twenty-one articl...
Marijn de Bruin
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