Tobacco use, especially cigarette smoking, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality and is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Comprehensive …

Objective: Several health behavior theories converge on the hypothesis that attitudes,
norms, and self-efficacy are important determinants of intentions and behavior. However …

A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the extent of continued influence of
misinformation in the face of correction and the theoretical explanations of this phenomenon …

The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has already had serious worldwide health, socio-
economic, political, and educational consequences. In the present study, we investigated …

Self-efficacy is central to health behaviour theories due to its robust predictive capabilities. In
this paper, we present and review evidence for a self-efficacy-as-motivation argument in …

Assessment in clinical psychology typically relies on global retrospective self-reports
collected at research or clinic visits, which are limited by recall bias and are not well suited to …

The very little engine looked up and saw the tears in the dolls' eyes. And she thought of the
good little boys and girls on the other side of the mountain who would not have any toys or …

Abstract The Relapse Prevention (RP) model has been a mainstay of addictions theory and
treatment since its introduction three decades ago. This paper provides an overview and …

Despite a growing interest in how group membership can positively impact health, little
research has addressed directly the role social identity processes can have on recovery …

Background Several studies indicate that patients' presurgical expectations can influence
postsurgical health outcome. Purpose To estimate the potential for clinical exploitation of this …