Health Psychology

This is a small series of studies, looking at online health communication. You will complete a series of tasks (20-30mins), involving some reading and short questionnaires. You will need to log-on to complete an online diary for the next 7 days (5mins per day)

To better assist Student Health Care Services and various tutoring departments in areas of student concern, it is essential that we find some common variables between the levels of stress, health concerns and the students’ grade point average in order to encourage a change in behaviors or coping skills.

This survey looks at how talking about different types of stressful or traumatic events may affect health and well-being. To participate you must have experienced or witnessed a very distressing or traumatic event at some point in your life.

Study on Attraction and Satisfaction in Current and Past Relationships

How are people with different infectious conditions such as tuberculosis, AIDS, and STDs viewed by society? Does personal/professional knowledge of different infectious conditions influence these views? Help us answer these important questions by completing a brief survey about your opinions on how society views people with different infectious conditions.

Does society view people with arthritis differently than people who suffer from migraines? Please complete this brief survey on your opinions about how society’s views people with different types of acute and chronic pain conditions to help us address this important question.

How are people with different types of cancer viewed by society? We are interested in your opinions about how society views people with different types of cancer so that we can better understand how society’s views of people with cancer may affect the care that people with cancer receive.

How are people with different chronic health conditions viewed by society? We need your help to answer this important question to understand how these views may impact the quality of care they receive.  Participation involves answering questions about your opinions regarding how society views people with different chronic health conditions.

This study involves completing a short questionnaire, asking questions regarding social demographic information, health beliefs and cancer knowledge.

I am looking for people to take part in a study about participation in exercise and your feelings towards exercise. You will be asked to complete 3 questionnaires which ask you to record how much exercise you do and your feelings about exercise. You may also be asked to complete an exercise plan and/or to imagine taking part in a physical exercise or activity. You will be asked to complete these questionnaires now and then again in 4 weeks and in 6 weeks time. You do not have to take part in any physical exercise as part of this study.

The current project aims to look at how daily life stress and social support can affect a person”s mood. The study will involve answering three questionnaires relating to daily life stressors, social support and mood. Your responses on the questionnaires will be kept confidential, and your anonymity will be ensured as the only demographic information asked for are your age, gender, and year of study. By proceeding on to the questionnaires you are consenting to taking part, however if at any point you feel upset or distressed please do not continue.

Nonadherence is a major concern for the UK National Health Service. It is estimated that up to 50 percent of all medication prescribed for chronic conditions are not taken as recommended(NICE, 2009). This study examines factors related to adherence to inhaled corticosteroids or preventer inhaler among adults with asthma.

The aim of the current study is to investigate how a person’s thoughts about health, and the type of information they find on the internet, influences how worried they are in response to the information, and what they think about the information source itself.

Our quick questionnaires aim at investigating several aspects of quality of life and well-being of family carers of people with dementia, such as: Psychological and Physical well-being, Illness perceptions, Sense of coherence, coping abilities, social support and the quality of caregiver-care recipient relationship.

Are you at least 18 years of age?

If so, you are invited to answer research questionnaires about your attitudes and beliefs about nutrition as well as about aspects of your personality and experiences. Help further our understanding of food preferences.

This questionnaire-based study investigates whether particular personality traits influence the way people eat and the way they look after themselves when they’re ill.  It takes about 20 minutes to complete.

The purpose of this study is to find out peoples’ views of “Gut Instincts” – a website providing advice for dealing with mild and common stomach or bowel-related problems.

An online questionnaire investigating the health outcomes of adjusting to a relationship breakdown.

I am investigating the reasons why people do or do not have a Chlamydia test, using the Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour.

A short online questionnaire that investigates the relationship between health promoting behaviours and health beliefs. If you are aged 18 years or over, I invite you to participate in this study.