Objective To examine the influence of diabetes psychosocial attributes and self-management on glycemic control and diabetes status change. Methods Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal study of U.S. adults >51 years, we examined cross-sectional relationships among diabetes psychosocial attributes (self-efficacy, risk awareness, care understanding, prioritization of diabetes, and emotional… Continue reading The influence of diabetes psychosocial attributes and self-management practices on change in diabetes status
Keyword: Self-efficacy
Personality predicts prostate cancer treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfaction
Objective: Prostate cancer (PCa) patients often must decide between several treatment modalities considered equally efficacious, but associated with different benefits and side-effects. For some, the decision-making process can be difficult, but little is known about patient characteristics and cognitive processes that might influence the difficulty of such decisions. This study investigated the roles of dispositional… Continue reading Personality predicts prostate cancer treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfaction
Gender differences in neighborhood walking in older adults
OBJECTIVE: This study examined mobility, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, neighborhood (density, destinations, and design), and neighborhood walking in older men (n = 106, 60-99 years, M = 76.78, SD = 8.12) and women (n = 216, 60-99 years, M = 75.81, SD = 8.46). METHOD/RESULTS: In hierarchical regression, the variables explained 32% of the variance in… Continue reading Gender differences in neighborhood walking in older adults
The Self in Action: An Emerging Link Between Self-Beliefs and Behaviors in Middle Childhood
Abstract? For many decades, an important goal of psychological research has been to understand the link between self-beliefs and behaviors and functioning. This article considers converging evidence from diverse fields that a developmental shift in this linkage occurs in middle childhood?that, around age 8, children become more likely to use knowledge about their own selves… Continue reading The Self in Action: An Emerging Link Between Self-Beliefs and Behaviors in Middle Childhood